"Those who want to leave directly must first hand over their Sumeru Rings... All the brothers behind me know this has always been my rule!"
As Li Tianming spoke, he looked at every one of them.
Hearing this, those people instead breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, compared to their lives, losing their Sumeru Rings was something they could accept.
A few were dissatisfied, but they did not dare rally a group to resist. Several tried to run outright, but at a time like this, they would be attention magnets and were immediately singled out!
"Destiny Bro..."
A black-clad youth asked respectfully, "If we choose to follow you, can we keep our Sumeru Rings?"
His words made even more people stare fervently at Li Tianming. They had previously followed Xuanzhao, and now that even Xuanzhao had been taken down, naturally they did not care who they followed.
That was also why many of them had not wanted to leave.
"You can ask my centurion, Zhao Guodong, about that."
As Li Tianming spoke, he turned to look back.
Zhao Guodong was brimming with spirit as he stepped forward. Holding his head high and puffing out his chest, he said with immense pride, "To be honest with you, I used to follow Duanmu Qingwan. After she was defeated by Destiny Bro, I chose to surrender to Destiny Bro. But what left me both incredulous and somewhat angry was that Destiny Bro's rule was that even those who surrendered had to hand over their Sumeru Rings, because that was the punishment a defeated person deserved!"
At those words, the expressions of the more than five hundred people changed, all of them looking rather grim... That was only human nature.
"Even surrendering means handing over your Sumeru Ring. What's the difference from leaving