Xu Yi waved a hand. "No rush, no rush. If Captain Li wants to make a passionate speech, by all means. But why not watch a short video first, then start ranting?"
As he spoke, a Ruyi Pearl appeared in Xu Yi's palm. Images flickered into view, showing everyone taking turns pledging their allegiance to him in the secret room.
Xu Yi hadn't asked for much. All he wanted was for each of them to hand over something he could use against them, giving him a firm hold on them, and then he would let them go.
He had made himself perfectly clear, too: as long as they didn't cause trouble and were willing to obey orders, everything would stay as it was.
Compared to losing their authority at any moment, having Lei Chiyan hold something over them had undoubtedly become the least bad option.
Li Kang could hardly believe his eyes. He murmured, "They've gone mad. Mad! How could they accept terms like these? How could they..."
As it turned out, back then he had been the first to beg for mercy. After Xu Yi led him into the secret room and laid out his condition—that he wanted something to hold over him—Li Kang had immediately refused.
As far as Li Kang was concerned, pledging allegiance was already the most he could offer. Letting Xu Yi hold something over him was tantamount to handing over his Vital Point. He wouldn't even consider it.
Besides, he figured no one would agree to such terms. Why should he? The law could not punish everyone, and he didn't believe Xu Yi would dare push things to the point where they became impossible to control.
Li Kang had never imagined that the second man to enter the secret room would think, *Even Li