Winning Hearts and Minds

The same words carried different weight depending on who said them.

Some people could say a hundred sentences without anyone taking in a single one. But others only needed one sentence to strike straight into the heart.

Shi Tiexin had long since mastered Basic Rhetoric. After steeping himself in poisonous chicken soup for so long, and with both his facial and throat nerves fully opened, his words had already been highly effective. Now, with his formidable personal strength and the Vast Overlord Physique's innate infectious charisma, his speech became especially forceful and effective.

Whether people saw him as a peerless Demon Lord or a born overlord, his words would never be ignored.

Coupled with his ever-reliable innate talent, he always gave people the impression of being stern, serious, and sparing with his words. A person like that did not speak much, but every word he spoke counted.

If he praised someone, he was undoubtedly praising them with utmost sincerity. Thus, when he commended Shadow Moon's loyalty and courage, even she could not help feeling proud, experiencing the peculiar delight of being acknowledged by a powerful enemy—Japanese people especially fell for that sort of thing.

Conversely, if he was disdainful, it was disdain from the bottom of his heart, the most powerful kind of disdain. Shadow Moon immediately became furious like an Idol Fanatic being mocked with, "Your idol brother is trash"—Japanese people fell for this even harder.

"What do you know?!" Shadow Moon shot upright from her deathbed. "His Majesty is nothing like those traitors who abandoned their country and people! We will surely slay that false emperor. His Majesty is the true sovereign of the Yamato People!"

It actually worked!

Well, that made sense. These people's obsessions were both their greatest strength and their greatest weakness. That mad monk