"Let Her Majesty the Queen render judgment!"
As soon as Chen Denglong said this, the Phoenix Spirit Queen's gaze turned toward Di Kuohai in the Military Exercise Parade Ground below, and she seemed rather moved by the suggestion.
Huang Tianhuo grew anxious. "Your Majesty, absolutely not! Deciding a person's life or death based on such groundless speculation—isn't that far too hasty?"
Soul-searching was not only the harshest form of torture, but no matter how powerful a person's divine soul was, once they had undergone a forced soul-search, they were basically ruined.
At best, they would become an idiot or a madman. At worst, their divine soul would collapse on the spot.
"Who said I'm making groundless speculation?" Chen Denglong's lips curled with coldness. "Di Kuohai, with World King Realm cultivation, was able to kill a Dao Realm cultivator. That shows he possesses the strength or methods of the Dao Realm. A person like that is absolutely suspicious!"
"Having the strength and methods of the Dao Realm makes him suspicious?" Jiang Qianyi, the Minister of Military Affairs, suddenly spoke. "Her Majesty the Queen, since Chen Denglong says so, then let us proceed as he suggests. First, soul-search everyone in the Fifth Guard and Seventh Guard who possesses Dao Realm strength or methods.
In my view, Chen Denglong, with his Late Dao Realm strength, is the strongest. His suspicions are also the greatest, so let us begin the soul-search with him!"
Just moments ago, Chen Denglong had still been wondering why Jiang Qianyi had begun speaking up for him. Had the man changed his nature?
Who would have thought that in the next instant, he would dig a massive pit for him!
"You... I have been utterly loyal to the Phoenix Spirit Race. How could I possibly steal the Seven-Colored Profound Essence