It meant that one of humanity's top powers had publicly had two of its strongest experts killed by the Soul Beasts, in front of all its citizens—and then accepted it.
From then on, the Federation's so-called prestige, order, and ability to protect its people would all be called into question.
It would not even take propaganda from hostile forces. Ordinary people would think it themselves.
If they did not even dare say a word after Ultimate Douluo were publicly cut down, then what were people like us?
So even if the Federation did not want to fight, it absolutely could not brush this matter aside so lightly.
At the very least, it had to respond, take a stance, and show a sufficiently forceful attitude.
Otherwise, the credibility of the entire political system would suffer.
But that was precisely the problem.
If it could not retreat, then it could only move forward.
But one step forward—what awaited them?
That was the End Dragon—the being that had once driven the Angel God and an entire era into despair.
"What is there to fear? So what if the End Dragon is powerful? This is not the Eternal Night Era anymore. Times have changed."
"The Federation has the Level-12 Fixed-Mounted God-Slaying Soul Guidance Cannon. Why do you think it is called God-Slaying? Do you think they picked that name at random?"
"Back then, the technology tree had not advanced this far. Now it has."
"If she dared show her true body, the Federation would have what it took to blast her out of the sky."
Such remarks quickly sparked fierce debate.
The military had plenty of supporters in particular.
In many people's minds, no matter how powerful a Soul Master was, they were still living beings—still carbon-based organisms.
As long as they were carbon-based