Wanting to Turn Federation Property into Private Property?

Elder Bei's favor could only protect Long Yeyue for a time, not for a lifetime...

Nor could it protect Shrek Academy forever.

Although Qiangu Dieting had not lashed out at the time, he remembered the humiliation of that slap. The Qiangu Family remembered it, and Spirit Pagoda remembered it as well.

Yet Shrek had grown accustomed to lording over everyone and had not guarded against Spirit Pagoda or the Qiangu Family in the slightest.

They thought that once Elder Bei stepped forward and apologized, the matter was over.

They thought that Qiangu Dieting's refusal to turn hostile on the spot meant the Qiangu Family had backed down.

They thought Shrek's Ten Thousand Year Glory was enough to make everyone fear them.

In the end, that very arrogance brought about their catastrophic downfall.

Unfortunately, he was not Yun Ming.

Chen Yu would not make such low-level mistakes.

He would not look down on everyone else merely because he was powerful.

He would not forget the traps beneath his feet merely because he stood high above.

Nor would he lower his guard just because his opponents had fallen silent for the moment.

More than forty years ago...

He had only recently become Speaker.

The Federation back then was nowhere near as stable as it was now.

The Eight Great Legions operated independently, the great families were deeply entrenched, and Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, and the War God Temple openly and covertly fought one another. The entire continent was like an enormous powder keg that could explode at any moment.

And he, a Speaker born from humble origins, had no background and no foundation. The only capital he possessed was his own fist.

At that time, Chen Xinjie had also just become the new commander of the Tianhai Legion.

At first, he had wondered why, in the original work...

The Federation's Three Great Navies had been the Sea God, Donghai, and Beihai Navies, while reality had the Tianhai, Donghai, and Beihai Navies instead.

He had searched through a vast amount of historical material in an attempt to uncover the reason, yet he never found an answer.

But soon...

Chen Xinjie gave him quite a performance.

At the time, Chen Xinjie, in the name of the current head of the Sea God Family, demanded that the Federation approve the renaming of the Tianhai Legion as the Sea God Legion.

He claimed it was to express gratitude for the Sea God's contributions to Douluo Continent.

He claimed it was to promote the Sea God's spirit of selfless dedication.

He claimed it was to ensure that more people remembered the Sea God's benevolence.

His words were grand and flowery.

Chen Yu had been directly amused by it.

Leaving aside what contributions Tang San had actually made to Douluo Continent...

What was there to be grateful for about a god who, after ascending to godhood, washed his hands of everything and allowed the continent to fall into war?

What was there to remember about a father who threw his daughter into the lower realm and ignored her for decades?

He had truly been curious...

How could Chen Xinjie's skin be so thick?

With a few words, he wanted to turn a Federation legion into the private army of his Sea God Family.

Where in the world could one find such a good deal?

On one hand, they enjoyed Federation resources, collected Federation pay, and used Federation equipment...

On the other, they pledged loyalty to his Sea God Family, obeyed his Sea God's orders, and served his Sea God's interests?

The abacus had clattered so loudly that the entire Ming Capital could hear it.

Of course, in the original work...

Chen Xinjie had most likely succeeded in this maneuver.

After all, by the time Tang Wulin, the protagonist, appeared, there had long been only the name Sea God Legion.

And in the original work...

No one thought there was anything wrong with it.

Even fewer thought it inappropriate for a Federation legion to bear the name of a private family.

But he was not one of those people from the original work.

He thought there was a huge problem.

So, he refused.

And not only did he refuse, he also removed Chen Xinjie from his position as commander of the Tianhai Legion and replaced him with one of his own people.

He also took the opportunity to conduct a major purge of the entire Federation military system, kicking out every officer who ate Federation food while serving someone else.

He knew Chen Xinjie hated him.

He also knew that Chen Xinjie had always been looking for a chance to take revenge...

He had even known from the very beginning that Chen Xinjie would join forces with Yun Ming...

But he did not care.

It could be said...

The entire era of The Legend of the Dragon King was a history of Shrek Academy and its many allies bleeding the Federation dry.

They used Federation resources to enrich themselves, preserving their legacies for ten thousand years, keeping the great families standing for ten thousand years, and ensuring the sects endured for ten thousand years.

But behind all that...

Were generations of Federation citizens reduced to fuel.

Those civilian youths, those ordinary soldiers, and the hard-earned money of taxpayers...

All of it became Shrek Academy's Battle Armor, Tang Sect's Soul Tools, and the rare treasures of the great families.

One had to know that more than six thousand years ago...

The Federation's Eight Great Legions had been powerful forces capable of battling the endless Abyss armies of the Abyss Plane.

But six thousand years later...

Not only had the Eight Great Legions failed to grow stronger, they had become weaker instead.

Did no one see how, in the original work...

The Northern Legion, one of the Eight Great Legions, had its defenses easily breached by merely a small vanguard force from the Abyss Plane?

The Abyss Plane had not even gone all out.

Yet the Northern Legion's defensive line had already collapsed.

If Tang Wulin had not arrived to provide support...

The Northern Legion would have been wiped out on the spot.

And this was supposedly one of the Federation's Eight Great Legions?

Did that not seem laughable?

A legion the Federation had supported for thousands of years had been beaten into total disarray by a group of Abyss creatures.

Where had the resources gone?

Where had the strong experts gone?

Whose pockets had the enormous funds allocated from the Federation treasury year after year ultimately flowed into?

But...

He had arrived!

Since Chen Yu had transmigrated to Douluo Continent.

Since he had become the Federation's Speaker.

Since he held power enough to change everything.

Then this kind of injustice...

Every one he saw, he would destroy!

He wanted to see whether the heads of this trash that clung to the Federation and sucked its blood were harder, or whether his blade was sharper!

At this moment, Chen Yu's gaze fell upon Yun Ming.

His expression remained as calm as ever.

Yet the invisible pressure grew even heavier, pressing the people behind Yun Ming until they could barely breathe.

"Yun Ming."

Chen Yu's voice was as placid as water.

"You have one last chance."

"Hand over Zang Xin and cooperate with the Federation in purging the Tang Sect."

"Otherwise, bear the consequences yourself."

There was no threat or warning in his words. He was merely stating a fact.

That calm tone was more terrifying than any threat.

Yun Ming clenched his teeth and fists.

His gaze remained locked with Chen Yu's. Struggle, hesitation, unwillingness, and fury flashed through his eyes...

Countless emotions intertwined and shifted across his face.

"No..."

Yun Ming's voice was hoarse and low, yet exceptionally resolute.

"Impossible."

Chen Yu nodded slightly and did not say another word.

Then, his gaze passed over Yun Ming, over the skies above Shrek City, and toward the distant northwest.

That was the direction of Skysea City.

At that moment, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, revealing an inscrutable smile.

The real show...

Had only just begun.