Great Tang Lord Taizong was furious, but also somewhat uneasy.
His angry thoughts were:
[What do you all mean by jumping out one after another to say you can accept Lu Wang's affiliation request?] [Are you ignoring my Great Tang Domain?]
What made him nervous was that he truly feared Lu Wang would accept an invitation from one of those established territories and become its subordinate territory.
The Great Tang Domain had indeed once been prosperous, but after he, a second-generation lord, took over, it had shown obvious signs of decline. Talented Evolvers had been leaving in droves, and the treasury had run deficits year after year. The territory's crucial military had not recruited any new troops for over a decade due to financial constraints.
This time, joining forces with the Black Heaven Cult to conquer the Shaoding Plane was an attempt Taizong had made through gritted teeth. He had even committed his prized two hundred Giant Savage Soldiers and two hundred Netherdemon Army troops!
But now, the two territorial armies he had sent out had been wiped out by Lu Wang with the help of the righteous forces of the Shaoding Plane. This gamble had not only brought no returns, but had also dealt another heavy blow to the territory's already strained finances and military strength!
If Lu Wang truly got in bed with Candice and the others, would Taizong still dare declare war on Lu Wang?
Although Taizong was still immersed in the Great Tang Domain's former glory and regarded territories that had risen over the past twenty years, such as Candice's Rivendell Territory, as barbarian backwaters and nouveau riche upstarts, his remaining rationality still told him—
He couldn't beat them. He had to back down.
Taizong stared anxiously at the Blue Star Lords' Group.
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