Jiang Guxu's words were crude, but the reasoning was sound. They summed up most of the situation facing the Heaven Eight Demon-Extermination Army.
Facing Li Tianming, the newly appointed Great War God, he showed neither hostility nor contempt, but neither did he show much respect. Clearly, he did not think highly of Li Tianming either.
Yet Li Tianming smiled and said, "I know everything you've said. This road is indeed far from simple, and I'm not naive enough to think everyone will submit to me the moment I take office. I merely wanted to remind you of one thing."
Jiang Guxu's gaze flickered. He slowly rubbed a white stone between his fingers, seemingly lost in thought.
His expression remained calm as he slowly said, "What do you want to say? Don't tell me that because we did not proactively revere you and support your ascension, some catastrophe will befall us? Even the three deputy generals can do nothing about us seven border generals. What can you do?"
"Using threats to establish my position would indeed be difficult, and even if I managed it, I wouldn't sit securely. I have never thought that way," Li Tianming said with a smile.
"Then what do you intend to do?" Jiang Guxu frowned.
"Though the position of Great War God is enticing, it isn't a necessity to me. I'm still young, and I have plenty of opportunities. Right now, it isn't that I need you; it's that you need me. More precisely, you need a true Great War God," Li Tianming said slowly.
"What a joke!" Jiang Guxu sneered. "What do you mean, we need you? You're just an unripe brat. Your usefulness to the entire Heaven Number Eight Sector is, at most, comparable to a commander of ten thousand. There are far too