It was not until the flames blazed into the heavens and Yang God Lord turned and left that the ordinary people of Golden Gate Country realized what had happened.
Staring at the altar, now reduced to ruins, their eyes widened as they struggled to process the scene before them.
They looked at one another and saw the profound shock in each other's eyes.
"Lord of Silent Thunder and the other Lords... they all died?"
"It has to be fake, right? The Lords were so powerful—they even wiped out Xia Kingdom's God Punisher Squad in a single strike."
"Lord of Silent Thunder could wipe them out in one strike, yes, but Yang God Lord seemed to have killed them all with one slash. He seems even stronger..."
"Ah...?"
The people of Golden Gate Country were still utterly bewildered. In less than half a month, they had first accepted help from Xia Kingdom's God Punisher Squad, then been enslaved by Lord of Silent Thunder and the other Lords. After suffering for a week, Lord of Silent Thunder had been cut down by Yang God Lord in a single slash, and Golden Gate Country had returned to Xia Kingdom's jurisdiction... What kind of wildly twisting plot was this?
In just half a month, Golden Gate Country and the surrounding smaller nations had undoubtedly experienced the fall and restoration of their countries, then latched onto Xia Kingdom and become Golden Gate Province. Although they had not officially been designated as Golden Gate Province, they now wished they could throw themselves at Xia Kingdom and beg for its protection.
Lord Yang God... no, Daddy Yang God, was simply too reassuring!
Was there anything in this world he could not solve with a single slash?
Golden Gate Country and Silver Gate Country immediately returned to Xia