Jiang Ming had invited Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina over partly because he truly needed the cooperation of the two great empires, and partly because he wanted to take the feelings of their imperial families into consideration.
Why did he need to consider the feelings of the two imperial families?
The reason was simple. If Jiang Ming simply entered Radiant City alone, broke into the imperial palace, and killed Xu Tianran, it would certainly be easy—and it would demonstrate absolute force.
But the problem was that although Xu Tianran was the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, he was still an emperor! The emperor of an empire!
In fact, among the emperors of the current four great empires, Xu Tianran seemed to be the strongest in terms of personal strength!
If Jiang Ming killed Xu Tianran in the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace without so much as a warning, he might intimidate the world, but the emperors of the other Three Great Empires would inevitably feel immense apprehension—even terror!
If he could silently kill Xu Tianran, then how difficult would it be for him to silently kill them as well?
Even if they had never targeted Jiang Ming and held no grudge against him, that constant fear would make every imperial family feel as if a sharp blade hung over their heads. Once that blade fell, they would not even have the ability to resist!
What emperor could accept that?
In truth, all the major empires now knew that Jiang Ming was the continent's strongest expert, yet they were not excessively wary of him. Based on Jiang Ming's past actions, he was not someone who liked killing indiscriminately.
But if he set the precedent of directly killing Xu Tianran, then every move Jiang Ming made in the future would leave