Lin Yue glanced at Gu Yuena.
Just from a single sentence of his, she'd guessed that he might not actually be very strong. Could anything be more fitting of Gu Yuena, with her astonishing wisdom?
And yet this Gu Yuena, with her astonishing wisdom, seemed to turn into an idiot in the future...
"Why?"
"Because your Soul Beast Clan has, in fact, already become mine to do with as I please. Isn't that enough?"
Lin Yue gave a derisive laugh, then spoke with contempt.
"Human..."
Hearing Lin Yue treat their Soul Beast Clan as his possession, Gu Yuena's eyes grew even colder.
If she hadn't known that attacking Lin Yue was useless, she would definitely have struck again.
Di Tian, Snow Empress, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the other powerful soul beasts were just as furious.
"Since you already consider us your possession, why do you still want us to submit?"
Gu Yuena forcefully suppressed the rage and killing intent in her heart.
She was analyzing Lin Yue's motives.
"As you said, my combat ability is average. Naturally, I want you to submit so you can fight for me!"
"Once you submit, you'll form a contract with my Martial Soul. Only then will I feel safe summoning you out to fight for me."
Lin Yue didn't hide anything. There was no need to. He was going to make Gu Yuena and the others choose submission one way or another.
"So... you need us, right?"
Gu Yuena spoke calmly.
Her gaze turned colder still. He needed their Soul Beast Clan, yet treated them this way. It was simply outrageous.
"That's right. But don't even think about standing as my equal. Your only choice is to submit, and submission is all I need from you!"
Lin Yue laughed heartily.
"Human, how dare you insult our Soul Beast Clan like this? You're asking for death!"
Hearing Lin Yue say this, Di Tian couldn't hold back his fury.
And it wasn't just Di Tian. All the other soul beasts were the same.
Every soul beast who heard Lin Yue's words through the projection was panting with rage, eyes bloodshot.
"What if we refuse?"
Gu Yuena fixed Lin Yue with a frigid stare.
If looks could kill, Lin Yue would have been riddled with holes and killed ten thousand times over.
"Why do you think I came looking for you?"
"I simply didn't want to waste time subduing you one by one!"
"I may not be very strong, but dealing with you one at a time would still be a piece of cake."
"In this world, you can refuse my summons. But if I want to throw you out of this world, I don't need your consent!"
"If you refuse to submit today—or if even one of you refuses—I'll throw you out one by one."
"If you won't submit, then you're not welcome here!"
Lin Yue said with a cold laugh.
"You're going to let us leave?"
Gu Yuena and the other soul beasts were stunned by Lin Yue's words. A flicker of joy appeared in their eyes.
But they were also a little confused.
Lin Yue had clearly been unwilling to let them leave just now. He had treated them as his possessions.
"That's right. I'll send you out one a day, straight into the strongest human faction—the Spirit Hall."
"If you won't submit, then become Soul Rings and Soul Bones for us humans. At least you'll be making a contribution to humanity!"
Lin Yue continued with a cold laugh.
Silence.
A brief, suffocating silence fell over the space before Lin Yue, where the top experts of the Soul Beast Clan had gathered.
It was as if even the air had frozen. Only Lin Yue's cruelly smiling face and his words lingered in the stillness.
The next second, a volcano erupted!
For the first time, Gu Yuena's exquisitely beautiful face, as if carved from eternal ice, twisted violently beyond her control.
"You—dare!"
Her voice was no longer clear and melodious. It became a shrill dragon's roar, almost enough to tear the air apart! Each word carried tangible dragon might and boundless killing intent. Space warped violently around her as raging elemental energies surged, collided, and annihilated one another, letting out a heart-pounding hiss.
"ROAR—!!!"
Di Tian was the first to unleash a thunderous roar.
"Wretched human! If you dare, I'll tear you apart!" Di Tian's eyes were bloodshot, as if they were about to drip with blood.
After her fury had peaked, Gu Yuena forcibly suppressed the urge to unleash the destruction nearly bursting from her. Her violet eyes locked onto Lin Yue, and her voice trembled slightly with rage as she demanded, the last vestige of a ruler's authority still in her tone, "Human...! Are you threatening us?"
"That's right! I am threatening you!"
"So, will you choose submission or destruction?"
Lin Yue replied calmly.
He had once thought of slowly subduing these powerful soul beasts one by one. But after forcing the Evil Orca King to submit, he'd figured it out.
There was no need.
As long as he had a way to threaten these soul beasts, they had no choice but to submit to him.
Just as he'd said.
With soul beasts so scarce across Douluo Continent, if he tossed them into Spirit City one by one, not a single one would escape.
With the Spirit Hall's capabilities, capturing these soul beasts individually would be a piece of cake.
Qian Daoliu alone would be enough to give them a hard time.
And that wasn't even counting the many Super Douluo-level enshrined elders in the Worship Hall.
Finally, there was Bibi Dong, heir to the Rakshasa God's legacy!
Even Gu Yuena might not be able to handle her.
After all, the Silver Dragon King wasn't in her normal state at this time.
"You're shameless!"
Gu Yuena couldn't help cursing aloud.
But after cursing, all she could do was rage helplessly. Faced with Lin Yue's threat, she truly couldn't think of any way out.
All she wanted to know now was how this damned human had come to possess such a terrifying Martial Soul.
"Stop wasting your energy getting angry and think carefully about your choice!"
"Submission or destruction?"
"Soul Beast Co-Lord!"
Lin Yue ignored Gu Yuena's fury and continued pressuring her to choose.
"..."
Gu Yuena's expression shifted again and again, growing more unsightly by the moment. Her fists clenched tight. If she could, she truly wanted to fight the human before her to the death.
But they'd already proven that, in this world, they couldn't do anything to him.
"My liege, you mustn't!"
"Our Soul Beast Clan must never bow to humans!"
Seeing Gu Yuena hesitate, Di Tian hurriedly shouted to her, "Even if we die, we can't let this despicable human have his way!"
"What? You're just a subordinate. Do you think you can decide for your liege?"
Lin Yue looked coldly at Di Tian.
He was the one making the biggest fuss.
This dragon had a death wish.