This happened too suddenly—so suddenly that, aside from Demon Wolf Douluo and the eight commanders of the Heaven Dou army, no one saw it coming.
The army erupted into chaos once more.
"Otto, Basa, Colin, you three bastards actually dared to murder Marshal Ge Long! Are you trying to rebel? Everyone, follow me and kill these three traitors!"
But it was as though no one had heard him. Everyone looked upon Ge Long's deputy with contempt.
Otto sneered, lopped off the deputy's head with a single sword stroke, then spread wings from his back and summoned a bird-type Martial Soul. Flying above the army, he declared in a ringing voice, "Everyone, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family is cruel and tyrannical. Only the Angel God can save us. The Heaven Dou Empire is finished now. If you do not wish for your families and descendants to become slaves, join us and defect to the Spirit Hall Empire. Down with the Heaven Dou Empire! Long live the Angel God! The people shall never be slaves!"
As soon as his words fell, cheers like crashing mountains and roaring seas erupted from the army:
"Down with the Heaven Dou Empire! Long live the Angel God! The people shall never be slaves!"
"Down with the Heaven Dou Empire! Long live the Angel God! The people shall never be slaves!"
More than ninety percent of the two hundred thousand troops shouted along with Otto. This showed just how deep the resentment of the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers and civilians ran, as well as how terrifying Spirit Hall's influence over the Heaven Dou Empire had become since Qin Xuan took power.
The tiny number of remaining nobles stared around them in confusion and panic, at a complete loss.
But they soon stopped being confused.
Soldiers planted