"Everything has to follow the order of who came first. I'm not some scavenger picking through Void Ancestor's scraps, so of course the people who follow me should be ranked by seniority. Right?"
My fingers slid through Xianliu's blue-black hair, and the sensation was just as intense.
The resonance deep within the soul was inherently sensitive.
Even Xianliu closed her eyes in enjoyment, her face filled with pleasure. "Master, whatever you say goes. No one will contradict you. You can put me wherever you like."
"Good. Now that's more like it—my people." I smiled in satisfaction.
Seeing Xianliu receive praise, Xuanmiao naturally came over as well, taking her turn to flatter me. She benefited greatly from the awakening of the trinity resonance.
Shark Girl also happily said, "Then I'm at least above Emperor Xian, right?"
"Hmph. That depends on how you help me recruit Emperor Xian. The limits of this realm are about to reach their end. If the enemy launches a full assault, it won't hold for long. When two tigers fight, that'll be our chance to act. So our resonance has to be completed now, and we need to recruit more talent—especially you three. You may even need subordinates of your own, lesser hollows." I pinched her pointed chin, my eyes filled with coercion.
Instead, Shark Girl became even more excited under my gaze.
Her worship of the strong was the most intense. Naturally, that also made her the most difficult to control.
The moment an existence more terrifying than me appeared, the pressure of survival would force her to make a choice.
So the only way to deal with her was to squeeze her for all she was worth.
Xuanmiao was different. She was willing to die for me now, so as the first in line, I