Zhang Yu saw that the Court Executives remained silent, so he spoke. "Everyone."
The moment he spoke, every Court Executive looked over solemnly.
As the absolute mainstay of this battle, Zhang Yu's achievements had been witnessed by all. It could be said that at least half the credit for this victory belonged to him.
If the treasures that stabilized the Dao were one pole, then he was the other. Especially the final sword he had struck—merely seeing it gave one the feeling that body and spirit would be annihilated together. It seemed faintly to transcend every level before them.
Every Court Executive felt that, after Zhuang Zhishi, if anyone could seek the upper realm, it could be none other than this man.
Seeing them look his way, Zhang Yu said, "In this invasion, what we need to do is not seek another ten years, twenty years, or even longer peace from Origin Xia. We must weaken Origin Xia as much as possible. Forgive my bluntness, but after suffering such a loss in this matter, how could Origin Xia possibly allow us to keep accumulating time and strength?
"Moreover, different circumstances call for different measures. In my view, Origin Xia now needs a chance to catch its breath more than we do. If we were to slow down for more than a decade, we would instead be handing them such an opportunity. Therefore, I believe that once we begin our campaign against Origin Xia, we will not stop midway."
After a brief pause, he continued, "Though Origin Xia has deep foundations and cannot be weakened too greatly in a single blow, since we can strike them once, we can strike them twice, three times—continue weakening them, give them no chance to recover, and when the time is right, destroy them in