For when everyone had given him their loyalty, that terrifying memory represented authority!
Now, beneath Tang Changsheng's fury, everyone had been jolted awake and reminded of that authority!
Even the fiercest, most formidable warriors obeyed instinctively and awaited his orders.
In the blink of an eye, the two Wizards had lost their Divine Souls. Then pain stabbed through their backs: the warriors behind them had drawn their weapons without mercy and plunged them into their bodies.
In an instant, the two men who had made such an imposing entrance lay butchered by the very subordinates they led, drenched in blood.
The blood was a glaring red, yet everyone erupted in cheers. "Great Wizard! Great Wizard!"
The Shaman Barbarians of the Black Rock Mountains had never been a gentle or merciful people. Blood could inspire fear in them, but it could also win their conviction and worship!
Tang Changsheng raised his Witch Staff high. His voice carried steadily through the tumult of cheers, reaching every ear with perfect clarity.
"While I was away, who appointed and dismissed Wizards at will? Who dared disregard my authority?
"Only I, the Great Wizard of Hongdong Stockade, am your king! Only I can represent the Ancestral God and lead you to strength and glory.
"I have emerged from seclusion to lead you in uniting the entire Black Rock Mountains and driving out the King Pan's army!
"I declare that every Wizard and chief I did not appoint is a fraud! They are spies sent by the King Pan. Kill them all!"
"Great Wizard! Great Wizard!"
"Witch King! Witch King!"
"Kill! Kill..."
Their cheers rang through the clouds.
At that same moment, countless Tribal Stockade Barbarian warriors approached, chanting the Great Wizard of Hongdong's name as they cheered.
They, too, were Tang Changsheng's followers, won over