Come, Let Me Show You a Fine Treasure!

[Inside the palace, candlelight illuminated the faces of Yadada and the others.]

[Those present here today are all those who fought alongside you across the globe and achieved great feats.]

[After the founding of the nation, some of them became high-ranking officials, while others became key figures in the court. They were all extremely powerful, capable of causing global upheavals with a single word or a stomp of their foot.]

[These people, though they respect you, you listen to their thoughts every day and know exactly what they're thinking.]

Some of them still doubt your true identity and feel that it should be revealed, perhaps to seize the opportunity to rebel.

[Some of them suspect that your motives for supporting the Human Race are impure, and that Human Race may have reached some kind of agreement with them, intending to bypass you and directly contact the Dragon Person Race forces on First-Class Star, attempting to lure foreign troops to your aid and overthrow you.]

[Some of them feel they have overshadowed the ruler and deserve to do whatever they want on this planet for the rest of their lives, instead of being bound by the laws you set. In fact, they are already doing whatever they want on their own turf.]

In short, none of them had pure intentions.

Even if they weren't of Alien Race, none of them would be innocent if you eliminated them today.

[On the surface, however, the relationship between you, the ruler and your subjects, remains polite and respectful.]

[The Grand Eunuch is reporting to you.]

"Your His Majesty, all the ministers you secretly summoned are here. Even Marquis Chenbing, who lives the farthest from the Capital City, has arrived using his flying Spirit Treasure."

"Very well, now that you see each other, you should be able to guess why I've summoned you all."

The ministers exchanged glances, their smiles barely concealed.

"His Majesty is finally going to stand up for us! We can no longer allow those rebels to slander and provoke us!"

"A bunch of Taiping rebels who've never even seen a battlefield want to seize power from us veterans? They should take a good look at themselves in the mirror! Thankfully, His Majesty is on our side!"

"I knew His Majesty was sharp-witted and intelligent, certainly not a fool!"

Seeing how happy they were, you couldn't help but smile too.

[A bunch of idiots, they're about to die and they still want to use me to solidify their position?]

[A toad lusting after a swan; ugly as it is, it dreams big.]

"My esteemed subjects, please be quiet. Tonight, I'd like to show you a wonderful treasure first."

The hall fell silent.

[A treasure that could elicit the words "good treasure" from the current ruler of Blaze Star, the Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, must truly be a great treasure.]

[A golden slingshot.]

"Oh! What is this? I've never seen anything like it before!"

"Crystal clear, radiant with countless rays of light, it is no ordinary object!"

"Could it be Innate Spirit Treasure? Or Heavenly Emperor Relics?!"

[Just as everyone was speculating, they saw you pull out another object, a cluster of characters.]

[Then you used a slingshot to launch this ball-shaped object into the air above the main hall.]

[Lines of text scattered down, merging into the bodies of everyone in the hall.]

Everyone was confused.

[They were about to ask a question when they saw you quickly launch a second ball of projectiles, then a third, a fourth, a fifth...]

[It seems like this will never end!]

[Finally, someone realized something was wrong, because someone was already acting strangely.]

["The Beauty of Ji Ni!! Ji Ni is just too beautiful~~"]

[Yadada, the former Great Elder of the Heavenly Sha Sect, now the Prime Minister the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, and an elderly Dragon Person Race, was actually striking poses in the center of the hall.]

[And then there's the imposing and dignified Grand Marshal of the Three Armies, who publicly lamented to everyone that his wife had cheated on him, while repeatedly chanting things like, "The celebratory drinks have already been opened for me."]

[The six calm and experienced ministers, surprisingly, joined hands and sang in unison, "Come on~ Let's have fun~ Anyway, we have~ plenty of time~~"]

"What's going on?! Have they gone mad?!"

"It's those things His Majesty just fired—they're poisonous!"

["Your His Majesty ...why...why are you playing us for fools?!"]

["He still calls him Your His Majesty! I knew something was off about him a long time ago! He gathered us all here today to kill us!!"]

[These people finally realized, belatedly, that you were trying to harm them.]

[It's not their fault for being slow to react.]

[Who could have imagined that the founding emperor would have the audacity to wipe out all the founding heroes and high-ranking officials in one fell swoop?]

[This completely disregards whether the country can function properly after these people die.]

[You've already launched a bunch of negative keywords using the "Entry Slingshot".]

Today's battle is even more difficult than the one at Spearhead Valley.

[Because over 90% of those present today are at the Heaven-Reaching Realm!]

[Thanks to their delayed realization that something was wrong, you were able to unleash the full power of your slingshot.]

[Even Heaven-Reaching Realm's consumed a bunch of negative stats isn't much stronger than you, Desperate Realm cultivator.]

[Moreover, you have far more resources at your disposal today than you did back in Spearhead Valley.]

"Activate the formation!!"

[Ten second-grade Killing Array rose up inside and outside the palace, intertwining and murderous intent atmosphere!]

When Yadada and the others sensed the aura of the formation, their hearts sank.

["I think I'm seeing the Golden Crow Burns Heaven Array ... Isn't this the Green Hill Sect's long-lost Killing Array? How come..."]

"What else is unclear! Our scheming His Majesty must have found the array manual in the Green Hill Sect's warehouse and then mobilized global resources to restore it!"

"Very well, very well, you really think highly of us! Everyone! There's nothing more to say, let's fight him!"

["Let's fight! Whoever survives will write history!!"]

Many people are coming to kill you.

[But the real you had already been transported outside the palace through one of the formations the moment the formation was activated.]

[What remained there was merely an illusion created by the formation.]

[You remain silent and continue adding "prizes" to the prize pool.]

"Battle Armor Mechanical Puppet, activate!"

[Ten thousand Puppetry soldiers, forged from Vajra, burst forth from the ground, charged into the great formation, and slaughtered the entire court of officials.]

"Release the Gu worms, savage beasts, and Void-devouring raptors!"

[In the distance, swarms of buzzing insects, roaring beasts, and wailing birds of prey sealed off the sky and the ground, ensuring that no one could leave this place silently or using any Secret Technique.]

[This isn't over yet. You've used every Killing Move that has ever appeared on this planet that could threaten a high-level Cultivator.]

[Every move you used tonight might be a trump card that any faction would only resort to in a life-or-death situation.]

[But you just dumped it all out at once.]

[Anyway, the entire Blaze Star is yours; you're not lacking in resources.]

[Looking at the fires, beasts, array patterns, and Divine Pattern covering the mountains and fields...]

[The Myriad Souls Banner cried out in alarm.]

"Dude! That's ruthless! You're making them die a hundred times over!"

[Aside from pressing a bunch of "switches," you didn't actually do much.]

[This felt much easier than the one at Spearhead Valley.]

"They're all shrewd people; who knows if any of them have some secret weapon I don't know about? It's best to be absolutely certain—that's called a saturation attack!"

The Banner of Myriad Souls Banner made a clicking sound.

"My goodness! These people are incredibly unlucky to have followed you!"