At this moment, faced with the terms Lan Xuanyu had laid out for negotiation.
Huo Yuhao on the high platform remained silent in thought for a long while, seeming deeply troubled. Lan Xuanyu stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao above him, tightening his grip around the Dragon God Spear until sweat seeped from his palm.
At last, Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh. Leaning back against his chair, he rubbed his brow.
"Xuanyu... to speak from the heart, I find your proposal quite tempting as well. After all, it is better to resolve enmities than to deepen them. I know all about your family's affairs. These years have not been easy for any of you."
"Besides, the Great God Circle has always upheld loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness. I, Huo Yuhao, have never been one to delight in extermination. And you are Father-in-law's family besides. How could I not wish to let your whole family return to the Divine Dragon Realm, enjoy the happiness of family reunion, and bring about everlasting peace between the Divine Dragon Realm and the Great God Circle?"
As Huo Yuhao spoke, he pointed toward the dozen or so God Kings around the hall—Chang Gongwei, Hai Long, and the others—who had just been beaten to the ground vomiting blood by Lan Xuanyu, their divine bodies cracked.
"But look around you."
Huo Yuhao's tone grew grave and earnest, like that of a leader truly concerned for the greater good. "Today, you rebelled against your superiors, stormed the Great God Circle Committee without distinguishing right from wrong, and severely wounded so many senior God Kings. Sigh, sigh..."
"You know as well as I do that a man may be innocent, but possessing a treasure makes him guilty. You, Lan Xuanyu, are now a Supreme God King, and you