We Surrender
Venerable Yumu and Venerable Bing were stunned, but Zhao Xing burst into laughter after hearing this.
Withdraw divine power? The cockpit itself is merely at the level of an ordinary Reincarnation Dao Soldier. If divine power is withdrawn, then with his abilities, he wouldn't even need to destroy the cockpit; he could kill the two people through the cabin.
"Meng Wu, no! If you take it back now, you're putting us to Death Trap!"
"Meng Wu, you're definitely spreading false information about the God of War! You're being biased!"
"General Meng, Lord Meng—"
At first, Carlos's two Demigod were still stubborn, but when Meng Wu took out a gourd and pointed it at the cockpit, the writing on it slowly turned into Golden Light and disappeared, they really panicked and began to beg for mercy.
However, Meng Wu just looked at them coldly. "Back then, when you took action, I advised you not to do it so badly. But you turned around and launched an economic siege, forcing the Great Zhou to engage in a Karma War."
"Heaven's sins can be mended, but self-inflicted sins cannot be escaped."
"Speak, "Meng Wu said, annoyed by their noise, and simply blocked out the sounds coming from inside.
As he absorbed the divine power, Meng Wu turned around and looked at him. "Zhao Xing."
"General Meng." Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting. He had always respected Meng Wu. When Yuanhai Dharma Assembly tricked Meng Wu into coming here, the other party was very generous and did not hold it against him. He was only imprisoned for five hundred years. In fact, these five hundred years were also a kind of training, allowing him to learn the Great Five-Finger Mountain from Wu Tian.
Later, when the Annihilating Star Ancient Road was developed, Meng Wu, as a partner, actually did some things beyond cooperation, such as stopping the Carlos Family's military actions.
However, Meng Wu was unable to offer any further assistance in the subsequent Karma War stemming from the business war.
After all, he's not alone; he needs to consider the thoughts of many people.
"At the beginning of the Desolate Territory Era, a point of formal establishment of a spacetime defense was also set. Back then, the Great Emperor and many other Divine Realm made some protective measures for the meritorious officials who fought against the demons, to prevent them from perishing in the Desolate Territory Era."
Meng Wu explained, "During that special period when everyone was united in hatred against the enemy, Carlos Divine Official asked my master to write an inscription for his son."
"My teacher used divine power to carve the virtues of a martial artist onto a stone wall: benevolence, righteousness, trustworthiness, courage, propriety, and filial piety."
Loyalty means guarding against pride, extravagance, and debauchery.
"Afterwards, Carlos Divine Official carved the stone wall into the cabin of the Realm Ship and gave it to his son."
"After delivering the gifts, Master went into seclusion."
Zhao Xing listened quietly to this story.
Meng Wu continued, "As you know, the empire's system grants great privileges to the strong, especially the Carlos Family. Therefore, the words left by my master were merely a wishful thought, not an expectation that they would become morally upright individuals."
"As long as they don't go too far, the words imprinted by Master with his essence, energy, and spirit will continue to protect them."
"But if you go too far, these words will slowly fade away."
Zhao Xing suddenly realized. "No wonder most of the words on the cockpit were blurred, with only three words and the Martial God's signature remaining. So that's why."
Meng Wu nodded. "Yes, but my teacher is in seclusion and wouldn't concern himself with such trivial matters. He just instructed me that if the martial virtue divine power he left behind were to disappear one day, I should collect the remaining divine power."
Zhao Xing nodded. The two Venerables of the Carlos Family, even if they erased the inscription, might not necessarily violate the Empire's laws. For example, their wanton killing of secondary cultivators didn't break the Empire's laws. In fact, given their privileges, some things could be redeemed by paying fines.
As long as the Carlos Family doesn't betray their country, they can basically continue to prosper.
However, the empire's laws are merely the most basic moral baseline. The standards of the Martial God Yan Ao are clearly above this baseline.
Even if they are not punished by the empire, they will no longer be protected by Yan Ao's divine power.
"Zhao Xing, my mission is complete." The divine light quickly disappeared completely, and Meng Wu swallowed the gourd.
"Do whatever you want."
"But my teacher asked me to pass on a message to you."
"General Meng, please speak." Zhao Xing became respectful, but he did not rush to make a move.
My teacher said:
"You have a good chance of becoming Divine Realm, so don't waste your energy on this. Don't torture them with cruel methods; give them a quick death."
Zhao Xing nodded. "I have learned a lot."
After saying that, Meng Wu left without looking back.
At this moment, Feather Mother Venerable and Venerable Bing, who could still hear Meng Wu and Zhao Xing's conversation inside the cockpit, were utterly disgusted.
"Zhao Xing is on the verge of reaching the Divine Realm? Did I hear that right?"
"My God, neither Father nor my eldest brother have ever received such praise. Yanwu God actually said Zhao Xing is 'very promising'?"
"If we had known this would happen, we would never have bothered with Zhao Xing— "
Venerable Yu Hui and Venerable Bing both trembled.
If they had known that Zhao Xing had such a high opinion of them, they would never have bothered to try and take over the Annihilating Star Ancient Road.
"It's too late to say anything now! Brother, hurry up and reincarnate!" Venerable Yu said to Venerable Bing. "Reincarnation offers hope of survival."
"If Zhao Xing triggers True Spirit Tribulation, then we're completely finished."
Venerable Bing gritted his teeth and immediately took out his Natal Reincarnation Dao Soldier from his robes, intending to undergo a true spirit reincarnation.
However, at that moment, the cockpit suddenly shattered, interrupting their Reincarnation Secret Technique.
The two found themselves in a fiery red world.
But Zhao Xing swallowed the two of them along with the cabin.
The second secret technique of the Nine Marsh God' descendants was activated: Heavenly Ruins Five Organs.
"The five internal organs form a world of their own, capable of devouring the vast majority of non-divine objects and transforming them into nutrients."
"However, I find it disgusting to eat them," Zhao Xing snorted.
A pair of fiery eyes reflected the souls of the two.
The second type of innate secret technique is activated.
The World Burning Divine Eyes, activated with the Mysterious Soul Mana, is a talent skill that amplifies the power of the True Spirit.
The World Burning Divine Eyes didn't kill them directly, but rather added fuel to the fire of their true spirits.
Zhao Xing knew very well that killing these two people in the ordinary sense would likely result in their reincarnation or resurrection by Carlos Divine Official.
As a result, my plan for the First Tier could not achieve the expected results.
Therefore, Zhao Xing chose to burn away the opponent's true spirit in this way, forcing them to undergo the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation.
The fire from the World Burning Divine Eyes gave them a boost, making their True Spirit Fire Seed burn incredibly brightly, as if proclaiming their existence to the dark universe.
"The True Spirit Tribulation is a calamity born from violating the Lifespan Law."
"Burning one's own True Spirit Fire Seed is very likely to trigger True Spirit Tribulation."
"Therefore, Demigod of the fourteenth rank or above rarely go all out; they can't even dodge in time."
Zhao Xing's eyes continuously stimulated the True Spirit Fire Seed between the two.
With each attempt, the spiritual energy of these two was forced to surge continuously.
On the seventh attempt, their true spirits became stronger than ever before!
As if sensing something, Zhao Xing immediately threw out Venerable Yu Hai and Venerable Bing.
"Zhao Xing —you, you wolf!" The Venerable Bing looked at the void layer above his head with an expression of extreme fear. It suddenly cracked open, and a gust of Void Wind suddenly appeared.
"The eleventh tribulation of the Venerable Bing is the Wind Spirit Tribulation." Zhao Xing looked at it carefully.
This Void Wind appeared extremely abruptly, as if the Origin Dao, which is omnipresent in the universe, had suddenly descended upon this place and was heading towards the Venerable Bing.
"True Spirit Tribulation are divided into tangible tribulations and intangible tribulations. This way of destroying living beings with the violent Origin Dao is called a tangible tribulation."
"I've never encountered a tangible calamity before, so I can take a closer look," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
As for Venerable Yu Hai? His calamity seems to be brewing, but Zhao Xing's Void Claw talent has sealed his fate, so he can't escape and can only quietly wait for death to come, which makes him even more desperate.
"Zhao Xing, listen to me. I can tell you a big secret. Spare my life." Venerable Yu Hai transmitted his voice to Zhao Xing. Seeing that his brother's True Spirit Tribulation had been triggered, he calmed down instead.
Zhao Xing ignored him.
Soon, another Void Wind appeared, trapping Venerable Yu as well.
"L!"
The Void Wind seemed to traverse endless void layers, with four Wind Wall surrounding it from above, below, left, and right, forming a Zifang box that was the origin of wind. This box continuously contracted and rotated in layers, creating tens of thousands of different types of winds, which began to strangle the Venerable Bing.
"This is a tangible calamity! Once it descends, there is no way to avoid it; the Venerable Bing can only withstand it head-on." Zhao Xing carefully observed the formation of the winds, constantly sensing them.
"There are Yin Wind from the Dao Ancient Layer, and Solar Yang winds blowing from the largest star in the Profound Spirit Galaxy, the Giant Sun Star. Some of these winds also come from the Wu Hai Sea, and some from the Arctic Ice Zone—"
In the eyes of Zhao Xing, the Agricultural Official, wind is not only classified by its direction but also by its region; this is the Agricultural Official's regional classification of wind force.
Zhao Xing could remember every type of wind he had ever been to, but now, the Wind Spirit Tribulation that the Venerable Bing was undergoing had brought forth billions of types of wind.
Many of these were things Zhao Xing had never seen before, and each one was extremely powerful. Even the spiritual energy winds, in this confined space, did not become Venerable Bing's help, but rather a death trap.
"Break! Break! Break!" The Venerable Bing threw out the Dao weapons on his body recklessly.
Several of them are objects of divine power.
However, under the eleventh Wind Spirit Tribulation, the power of the divine object was quickly extinguished.
The essence of the True Spirit Tribulation is the Great Dao Origin of the Universe, the operation of the laws of nature. Even if one can resist it for a while with the help of divine objects, one will be trapped again immediately.
Unless protected by an exceptionally powerful Great Dao Divine Weapon, which is extremely demanding to withstand a True Spirit Tribulation Great Dao Divine Weapon.
In most cases, it can only be used once, and it will be completely useless the second time, because the Divine Soldier made from the Great Dao Origin is ultimately a part of the rules of the universe.
You can avoid it for a while, but you can't avoid it forever.
Therefore, the same method cannot be used multiple times; it can only be used once at most. This is why Demigod resources are so precious.
"Hmm? This Feather Mother Venerable does seem to have some merit." Zhao Xing quickly lost interest in the Venerable Bing.
Because this person wasn't strong enough, he didn't dare to resist the calamity on his own and relied entirely on the treasure.
However, his younger brother, Venerable Yu, took out two swords.
Both Venerable Yu Hai and Venerable Bing are martial artists, which is why they were given the words they obtained from the Martial God Yan Ao.
Yan Ao's calligraphy is not only for protection, but can also be used for observation, enlightenment, and improvement of martial arts skills.
The twin blades used by the Venerable Bing are Peak-Grade Reincarnation Dao Soldier.
"Only a natal Dao weapon can be fully activated and connected with one's mind. When a divine object is undergoing tribulation, unless it is particularly heaven-defying, it is not as useful as Peak-Grade Reincarnation Dao Soldier."
"Clearly, the Venerable Bing trusts his twin swords more."
"Zhao Xing, I have a secret to tell you, in exchange for sparing my life." Even amidst the tribulation, Feather Mother Venerable still had the mind to think.
He sent a telepathic message to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing looked over and saw that Feather Mother Venerable's twin swords stirred up a whirlwind, and her figure moved lightly in the box like a dancer.
His swordsmanship was extraordinary. His left-hand sword was mainly for defense, protecting himself, while his right-hand sword constantly emitted bursts of Golden Light, probing into the source of wind time and time again, actively shattering various wind sources.
Upon closer inspection, Zhao Xing discovered that Venerable Yu Hai's right-hand sword technique was yang in nature, while his left-hand sword technique was yin in nature, forming a perfect balance on his body.
Within this balance of Venerable Yu Hai positioned himself at the equilibrium point, and gradually a glimmer of life began to emerge.
"Every time he uses his swordsmanship, his own martial Golden Body becomes stronger, and he is actually strengthening himself by taking advantage of the Wind Spirit Tribulation."
"This is the reward for successfully transcending the tribulation."
"Not simple at all." Zhao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Venerable Yu is probably quite confident in passing the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, but according to the records, his brother is even stronger. It seems he has been hiding his true strength all along."
The fact that he was willing to ask me to let him go clearly shows that he was extremely confident in surviving the tribulation.
Venerable Yu must have realized that even after surviving the eleventh tribulation, he still couldn't defeat himself in Marquis Transformation State.
"Zhao Xing, I beg you to give me a chance! I am willing to repent and make amends," Venerable Yu roared, his voice filled with a desperate desire to survive.
He was certainly confident in passing the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, but he would not take the initiative to undergo it. He would delay it for as long as possible. After all, being in the Carlos Family, the need to become stronger through tribulation was not great, unless one became a god.
Having survived the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, the next True Spirit Tribulation will be even stronger, far exceeding the benefits gained from passing the tribulation.
"In Zhao Xing's current state, even if I survive the eleventh tribulation, I won't be able to live. If he triggers my twelfth True Spirit Tribulation, I'm doomed." Feather Mother Venerable was extremely anxious.
During his tribulation, he had no way to notify his elder brother and father, and besides, it was simply too late.
Who could have imagined that the two brothers would be assassinated? Who could have imagined that Yanwu God's divine power would crumble, and that Meng Wu had come not to save people but to take away divine power?
Perhaps they had considered it, but having enjoyed too much comfort and held power for too long, they hadn't taken it seriously. They hadn't even brought any powerful divine artifacts with them. After all, this was just a small-scale incorporation operation.
However, calamities often occur unexpectedly.
Zhao Xing, with his overwhelming strength, plunged them into Death Trap.
There was no other way but to bow down and beg Zhao Xing for mercy.
"Even the Cosmic Laws, in their operation, offer a glimmer of hope. Zhao Shennong, you are the model of Agricultural Official for all under heaven; surely you won't spare my life? I'll tell you the secret, and then I'll be reincarnated immediately. The Great Emperor has decreed that once a child is reincarnated, they will no longer enjoy his protection; all karma will be wiped away. I will pose no threat to you anymore!"
Venerable Yu's will to survive was absolutely off the charts.
Because at this moment, both his tribulation and his brother's tribulation were slowly dissipating.
But his brother was gone, melted and crushed into the source of wind, drifting with the wind to all parts of the universe, completely indistinguishable from me.
He survived this ordeal, but Zhao Xing was still by his side; that was the greatest calamity!
"The Venerable Bing's original aura has completely vanished." Zhao Xing watched the Void Wind gradually disappear.
"They can't be separated at all, nor can they be reassembled or pieced together. Even dying under the True Spirit Tribulation couldn't Time Reversal and bring him back to life. Because in this era, he has completely ceased to exist." Zhao Xing realized this.
Theoretically speaking, if a powerful God King were willing to take the Venerable Bing from a certain point in the past to the past, he could still live in an earlier point in time.
But Venerable Bing is just a nobody. Which God King would be willing to cross countless time and space barriers just to save a nobody?
Moreover, even the Venerable Bing of the past was utterly bewildered. "I'm alive and well, and you're saying I'm going to die in the future?"
So you're going to take me away? Are you crazy?!
This would be considered a definite Evil God.
"Venerable Yu Hai, then tell me," Zhao Xing said calmly. "You'd better think it over. You only have one chance. If this secret doesn't satisfy me, you'll still face certain death."
"Yes." Having survived eleven True Spirit Tribulation, Venerable Yu adopted a very humble attitude, desperately praising Zhao Xing: "With Zhao Shennong's talent and current strength, I am just a minor character. After reincarnation, I will never be able to catch up with you and will no longer pose a threat to you."
"Alright, hurry up and say it." Zhao Xing interrupted Venerable Yu Hai.
"Zhao Shennong, the secret I'm about to tell you concerns the Black Abyss and the Master of Cold Food Festival," said Venerable Yu.
"Ever since Bowei released a God King avatar called the Master of Cold Food Festival, a Black Abyss has appeared near the Black Heaven Desolate Territory, along with many altars."
"An altar to Evil God, is that it? You call that a secret?" Zhao Xing interrupted again. "I now have a chance to become Divine Realm,"
"Is it possible that I can't find out the information you have?"
"No, no, no—" Venerable Yu said, sweating profusely, "That's not what I meant. Of course, you may know, but as a member of the Carlos Family, I know many specific details."
"Back then, the Divine Realm of the Origin Heavenly Palace went to investigate, and subsequently sent many Demigod to monitor the situation in various Desolate Territory, because if one wanted to hide, the Desolate Territory were the best places to hide."
"Of course you have some understanding of the big picture, but the message I'm talking about is something I analyzed myself."
Seeing Zhao Xing's somewhat impatient expression, Venerable Yu could only quickly say, "Aside from the Black Abyss in the Black Heaven Desolate Territory, which is on the surface, there should be similar altars in other Desolate Territory Belt around the world."
"In the past two years, many geniuses at the Source Origin Realm and Dao Domain Realm Xuanling Star Domain. I have analyzed their experiences and they all have similar characteristics, namely, that after entering a certain Desolate Territory, they suddenly experienced a significant increase in their abilities."
"Since this data comes from vassals controlled by my Carlos Family or from foreign Demon Race territories, only I know this speculation."
Zhao Xing stared intently at Venerable Yu, then took out a mirror and reflected the other person in it.
"Senior, is what he said true?"
"It has a certain degree of authenticity." The spirit of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror nodded.
"The Divine Realm focuses on a different dimension. If they only focus on high-end power, they will regard this World Transfer Tower incident as a short-term, high-intensity accident."
"Suppose the Evil God left behind the spacetime altar not to bewitch Emperor Lord Realm and Demigod, but rather to those at the Source Origin Realm with decent talent,..."
"At the Dao Domain Realm, are they planning a protracted war?"
"If the altar in the Black Heaven Desolate Territory is just a facade, and people think they're safe once it's removed, then it's easy to overlook some details."
Zhao Xing pondered, "So, Venerable Yu really did provide me with some good information."
"This contribution must be substantial. Did Venerable Yu Hai simply not have time to report it?"
The spirit of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror said, "I don't think it's because he didn't have time to report it. Maybe this guy wants to try it himself. He might be thinking of being a spy from another time."
"Don't kill him. Take him back and interrogate him. I feel like he might reveal some information that could help your plan."
Zhao Xing nodded, grabbed Venerable Yu, and began to cast the Desire Dream Method on him, causing him to sink into an endless illusion.
"Yanwu God told me not to torment him because of hatred, so that I would not let hatred cloud my mind and affect my Dao heart."
"I am torturing him now for the safety of the entire Xuanling Star Domain, not for my own amusement."
Zhao Xing's mind was at peace. He began to return to the imperial territory, while at the same time, in the Dream of Desire, he separated a thought to observe Venerable Yu's experiences one by one.
The human mind is most vulnerable in a dream, and any secret may be revealed. At the same time, the soul will not collapse, but some methods of forcing information can easily cause the true spirit to collapse.
Zhao Xing tormented Venerable Yu Hai with the Desire Dream Method for a long time, but found that the man never revealed his secret.
His true spirit was on the verge of collapse, yet it remained out of control.
Zhao Xing was also puzzled. He carefully observed hundreds of Reincarnation before he finally understood the reason.
"Killing Venerable Yu is easy, but interrogating him is more difficult than dealing with Fu Mengzhen."
"Because he has been blessed by the Free God, he can be killed but not Body Snatching or enslaved."
Either die or maintain the independence of your soul—this is the protection that a certain spiritual god of the empire offered to Venerable Yumu.
"The Desire Dream Method is good, but it can't force Venerable Yu to confess. It seems I can only take him back first and remove this layer of protection," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
"But this is just right, it can be used as a means to attack the Carlos Family in the second phase."
Zhao Xing, accompanied by Feather Mother Venerable, returned directly to the Primordial Beginning Realm.
In the seventy-fifth year before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, news of the death of Venerable Bing and the injury of Venerable Yu spread like wildfire.
This immediately caused a great uproar.
"What?! The Carlos Family, two Demigod, one dead and one wounded? Who did it?"
"I heard it belongs to Zhao Xing Xingqian."
"How is that possible? When did Zhao Xing become Demigod?"
"Why is it impossible? You laymen simply don't understand the ingenuity of Zhao Shennong Art theories. In Agricultural Official's eyes, he is already Demigod."
"Now that the Annihilating Star Ancient Road has been sold, isn't it perfectly normal for Zhao Shennong to have this kind of strength?"
"That's Demigod from the Carlos Family! That's incredible! He's improved so much in just two thousand years?"
"The Carlos Family is really unlucky. They're used to bullying others, but this time they've met their match."
"Oh? It's the Carlos Family. Tell me in detail how they've been so unlucky."
"It's a long story. When Zhao Shennong was developing the Annihilating Star Ancient Road, he was ambushed by these two, which greatly delayed the development of the ancient path."
"..."
The news spread, shocking most of the Xuanling Star Domain.
Since the Desolate Territory Era, there have been wars with the Demon Race and wars of expansion with the Tianze Star Domain. In the two eras combined, no more than twenty Demigod have died.
But now, one of them has actually died, and this news immediately caused a sensation.
The three elder brothers of the Carlos Family, including the Venerable Bing, were also extremely angry.
"This is outrageous! Zhao Xing actually killed Bing'er? He didn't even give her a chance to be reincarnated?" A man with fiery red skin and a black crescent moon mark on his brow slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
"Yes, brother, we must retaliate, otherwise the Carlos Family's prestige will be completely destroyed!" Another figure, identical to the Black Moon man, stood up angrily.
"Yi Ping, Yi Le, please sit down." A green-robed man sitting at the head of the table, stroking the strings of a zither, said calmly.
He was none other than Carlos Divine Official's first son, Fu Jin.
"I've been thinking about what you want to do for three hours now," Fu Jin said calmly. "But just as I was about to act, I was warned by the Mind General ' Qi Luo '."
"What?" Yi Ping and Yi Le sat down immediately.
Mind General Qi Luo, was more famous than Yan Ao among the empire's high-ranking officials.
Despite his brilliant record and formidable strength, Yanwu God did not concern himself with the petty squabbles among his subordinates.
However, the Mind General Qi Luo is known as the Judicial Celestial God of the empire.
The Great Emperor inherited some systems from the Five Emperors Era. The Judicial Celestial God was in charge of the gods, so he was naturally terrifying. However, the Red Star Empire was not as strong as the Five Emperors Era and did not have as many gods to manage. Therefore, theoretically, Demigod who had the potential to become gods were also under his supervision.
Of course, those below the level of Demigod are not worth the Mind General Qi Luo.
If they were warned by the Mind General, it proves that their two younger brothers have violated some taboos, or at least—are unclean!
"Big brother, do you mean that Bing'er and the other two have broken a taboo?" Yi Ping and Yi Le asked cautiously. "I don't know, but no force is allowed. This is a warning," Fu Jin said. "I heard Yu is still alive. Let's see how things go first."
The Carlos Family wanted to assess the situation, but Zhao Xing's second phase of attack had already begun.
Zhao Xing summoned his former partners, including Du Yun, Tuo Sen, Yang Baihe, the Black Sea Emperor Lord of Mirage Sea Tower, the Emperor Lord Chengxing of the Zi Wu Heavenly God Hall, the Emperor Tianwu of the Origin Heavenly Palace who owed him a favor, the Chixiao Emperor Lord whom he had met on Extreme Star Island, the prince of Kingdom of Heavenly Ease whom he had saved before, the current Lord of the Kingdom Liang Rui, the Emperor Yushu of the Ancient Kingdom Alliance, and others, and declared war on the Carlos Family.
Seventy years before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, a battle that used economic encirclement as a method, but was in fact a war of Karma War, began.
"Ji Si, put this on." Zhao Xing lent Ji Si the palm bone of Xuerui Luck God, and then handed her the Eight Directions Ji Si Eight Directions Divine Mirror.
Ji Si had seen a lot in his life, and he calmly accepted the two items.
The next moment, the word "Holy shit" came out of his mouth.
This drew the attention of all the causal incarnations within the Hall of Minds.
"Lord Ji, what's wrong?"
"Venerable Ji, what's wrong?" the Black Sea Emperor Lord of Mirage Sea Tower asked hurriedly.
He just ordered the cut-off of the sea market supply from the Southern Spirit Sea Territory to the Carlos Family. Could there be something wrong with this decision?
"Lord Ji, are we not strong enough?" the Black Sea Emperor Lord asked cautiously. The first step was to cut off the Carlos Family's foreign trade market, because this step was crucial.
Most of the Carlos Family's debts are located overseas.
The reasoning is simple: the Carlos Family can borrow cheap money abroad, so why not take advantage of it?
"No, it has nothing to do with you—everyone, please continue." Ji Si realized she had lost her composure and quickly regained her calm.
The others, unsuspecting, continued their actions.
Ji Si was trembling with excitement.
He and Zhao Xing opened a private chat window. "Grand Minister of Agriculture, where did you get such a wonderful thing! It's absolutely amazing!"
"Is it easy to use?" Zhao Xing asked.
"It's so damn useful!" Ji Si couldn't help but swear.
Xuerui Luck God Bone directly raised his Qi Luck level to Derivation-30. The Eight Directions Divine Mirror was an even more Fate Master Divine Item.
If I had these two treasures during the last Karma War, would I have had to face life and death, or have nightmares every day?
Ji Si has never fought such a rich battle before!
"As long as it works, that's fine." Zhao Xing laughed. "Give me back the bone afterward. You can try the mirror and see if you can get the spirit's approval."
"Okay, okay."
Ji Si was immediately filled with confidence.
From the very beginning of the conflict, Zhao Xing's side gained the upper hand.
Because Venerable Yu was captured alive, and Zhao Xing handed him over to Venerable Starfire through his channels, he was imprisoned by Mind General Qi Luo.
This made the Carlos Family hesitant to act, resulting in a very weak counterattack.
Aside from verbal protests against the cooperating forces that broke their agreements, there has been almost no substantive action.
This weakness immediately led to a major problem.
Seeing the situation was not good, the old noble families began to prepare to cut ties or hedge their bets, so as not to offend the Carlos Family, but also to send money to Zhao Xing's side.
In just five years, most of their overseas business was cut off, except for business that was still operating under the empire's official backing.
Almost all private businesses have come to a standstill.
This scene utterly shocked all the major powers that operated chambers of commerce.
How did the once invincible Carlos Family become so weak?
"Quickly, quickly throw away all the Carlos Family's debt bonds!" The deputy island master of the Myriad Hearts Mother River roared in a Star Mirror hall.
"Island Master, it's too late, no one's answering!"
"Sell it to Zhao Xing's side. They need it to strike at the Carlos Family!" The deputy island master in charge of business operations at the Myriad Hearts Mother River said, his voice trembling.
He seemed to see countless causes and effects gaining momentum through commercial activities, about to spread to all the star systems of the empire.
"Island Master, what price should we discuss?"
"What's the point of negotiating? We'll sell at a discount, we'll sell for whatever price you offer! Go and contact the Great Zhou Commerce Association!"
"Yes, yes!"
In the Four Seasons Palace, the Palace Master Ji Xia is discussing matters with the other four palace masters.
"Raise prices! Raise the prices of everything! Every economic crop sold to Carlos-controlled star systems will be increased fiftyfold!"
"All cargo Realm Ship that have already been dispatched, turn back immediately!"
"Teacher, this will cause us serious losses as well. What if the Carlos Family buys the seeds from other sources?" someone questioned.
"Stop talking nonsense and just do as I say. You'll make back the losses quickly later. Execute immediately!" Palace Master Ji Xia roared.
When the disciple went to carry out the mission, Palace Master Ji Xia looked at the information sent by Starfire, feeling both nervous and extremely relieved.
"Even the Venerable Five Poisons have given their unequivocal support, and all sixteen Primordial Beginning Envoy are involved. What cheap seeds can the Carlos Family still buy?"
"Fifty times? In another year they'll have to buy a hundred times more!"
"Ordinary restrictions imposed by chambers of commerce are one thing," Midsummer Palace Master couldn't help but say, "But cultivation seeds used by those at the Source Origin Realm and above are restricted to specific regions based on their Source of Life. In the territory belonging to Van Carlos, not a single seed can survive."
"This must be the Venerable One's method, right? How could such a decree be successfully issued from the Primordial Beginning Realm?"
The Deepwinter Palace Master laughed and said, "No need to think, it must be the Venerable's method. You don't know, more than a thousand years ago, the Five Poisons was Emperor Lord Realm. After receiving dividends from the disciples of the Great Zhou Commerce Association, he was attempting to break through to the True Spirit Tribulation."
"In the end, the Carlos Family forced me to go into seclusion for a while."
"Although they reconciled later, you all know the nature of the Five Poisons."
"He has neither a family nor personal influence; this is a grave enemy who has blocked his path. How could he possibly let it go?"
"That's true." Palace Master Ji Xia nodded. "There's never any such thing as 'letting go,' only the helpless 'whatever' due to insufficient strength."
"Now that the Five Poisons have become Venerables, I think the Carlos Family is in for a rough time."
"Why is everyone attacking Carlos? What happened?"
"Forget about it, shorting Carlos right now is all about making money. Brother, stop cultivating, quickly borrow some money and let's make a killing!"
"They're here!"
In this battle of Karma War, the Carlos Family can be said to have suffered repeated defeats.
In the sixtieth year before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, the Carlos Family could barely resist, let alone fight back.
"The Carlos Family, which has always been tough, will be pushed down by everyone if they show the slightest weakness."
"Since the empire began developing the Desolate Territory, a large amount of wealth has been divided up, and the powerful elites within the empire have to be reshuffled."
"The Great Emperor doesn't spend the poor's money, which can be seen in his policy of developing the ancient road; powerful forces are always losing money year after year."
Smaller and medium-sized enterprises, on the other hand, are often the ones that make money.
"This time, Great Zhou is the initiator in hunting down the Carlos Family, a big catch, and its purpose is simple." Zhao Xing emphasized his philosophy at a partners' expansion meeting. "Great Zhou will only take a small share of the wealth harvested from the Carlos Family. I have already made appropriate adjustments based on everyone's proportions in the Chamber of Commerce back then."
"When using a small force to defeat a large one, the attack should be fiercer and more relentless!"
"Please take a look at this contract, everyone."
Du Yun was secretly alarmed when he saw the dividend ratio that Zhao Xing had reissued.
His advisors told him that if the Great Zhou's approach encountered any obstacles in the attack, the casualties would be significant.
Even if the harvest is completed, it will be difficult for Great Zhou to make a significant profit in the short term.
"Brother Zhao is truly ruthless. He'd rather lose a piece of his own flesh than let the Carlos Family be wiped out?"
"However, only with such momentum can one challenge the Carlos Family's management over hundreds of eras."
Du Yun immediately ordered his advisors, "Go! Drain all the liquid funds from my territory immediately. Forget about conversion rates; bring everything that can into the Lai Empire. I want to accompany Brother Zhao to slay the dragon!"
"Furthermore, place all talented fate Fate Master under Ji Si's leadership and let them seize the opportunity!"
"If they win this Karma War, they'll all be at the Lord Level from now on!"
"Yes, Lord." Du Yun's advisor immediately went to mobilize manpower and funds.
The forty-fifth World Star Year before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory.
Fu Jin sat in his palace, watching one bad news after another being delivered to his desk, his brows furrowed.
In front of him was a standing Bagua diagram, and next to it was a star chart.
The map above indicates the Carlos Family's territories and the various locations they operate.
At this point, 60% of the dots had turned red, indicating a dangerous situation and difficulties in non-military conflict.
The remaining half is also under serious alert.
In particular, mid- to high-end cultivation crops, herbs, and military units are in dire need, indicating an extreme shortage!
"In just over thirty years, it collapsed so quickly."
Fu Jin's gaze passed through the palace walls and landed on another Bagua Hall.
This is where the Carlos Family trained their Fate Master; almost all of their elites have been transferred here.
For over thirty years, these Fate Master have spent their days either scheming or taking drugs.
Even so, most of them already have gray hair.
"Xin Yue, what are our chances of winning?" Fu Jin walked into the Fate Master's palace and asked the Fate Master at the top.
She was also a Demigod Fate Master. Before entering this Life Palace, she was very beautiful, with fair skin, delicate features, and an outstanding temperament, like a fairy.
But now, Xin Yue looks like an old woman.
This was the strongest Fate Master in their Carlos Family, but in just thirty-five years, he had become like this.
Xin Yue has been Fu Jin's childhood friend since he was a child, accompanying him since he was young.
Seeing her like this, Fu Jin felt a little sorry for her.
"Young Master, if we continue with our current strategy of only resisting and not attacking, we can only hold out for another eighty years at most," Xin Yue said.
"So short?" Fu Jin wanted to wait until his brother's matter was settled, but he didn't expect Xin Yue to say it was only eighty years.
"Yes, time and fate are on Zhao Xing's side." Xin Yue said meaningfully.
Fu Jin understood. "Father has held a high position for many years and has controlled a lot of resources, but he has been unable to break through to the Divine Realm. Zhao Xing has a better chance of becoming a god. Gu Luo River tacitly allowed the Five Poisons to set up that prohibition. His Mind General Qi Luo's decision on his younger brother, making us hesitant to act."
"But at this time, Father was sent to explore the Black Abyss— "
Fu Jin suddenly realized: it wasn't that time and fate were on Zhao Xing's side, but that God was on Zhao Xing's side. The Carlos Family had been abandoned by God.
No matter how hard we fight, it's useless in this battle.
Fu Jin even felt that if things continued like this, the Carlos Family would only see the judgment of the Mind General when they collapsed!
Fu Jin seemed to see countless Zhao Xing outside, laughing at him.
"It's time to stop, "Fu Jin thought to himself.
He sighed and sent a spiritual medicine into Xin Yue's body, "Xin Yue, contact Zhao Xing for me through the Karma Thread."
"Are you sure, young master?" Xin Yue asked hesitantly. "I still have the strength to fight."
"No, there's no need," Fu Jin. "We concede."