Only then did Tang Changsheng speak, his voice cold and sharp. "Whoever dares utter such treacherous words had better not blame me for what follows!"
Not a sound came from the crowd. Tang Changsheng's ruthless methods had left them all shaken.
But Tang Changsheng knew such force could only hold them for so long. It could make them submit in word, but winning their hearts was another matter.
This was not something he could solve through pressure alone. So he softened his tone. "Don't forget: our forebears gave their lives fighting foreign enemies. Anyone who colludes with the Taiping Church and tries to become a traitor who shows the enemy the way must never be spared! But..."
His words rang out like stones striking the ground. Then he changed tack. "But this World of the End Dharma and No Spirits will eventually wipe out everyone who cultivates. We cannot accept that either..."
They listened as Tang Changsheng argued both sides. Had he not just cowed them, they would have started heckling.
After a long pause, Yu Menghai asked hesitantly, "Then what do you want to do? Great Chu certainly won't stand by and watch us destroy the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array..."
Not just Great Chu. The entire world would probably refuse to allow it.
Tang Changsheng thought as much, but he smiled with complete confidence. "Rest assured, I have a way. I've already begun setting up a Nine-Dragon Heaven-Locking Heart Array in Lower River... Once it locks the Spiritual Qi there in place, Lower River will become an exception to this world—a place with spiritual energy..."
As Tang Changsheng spoke at length, everyone fell into deep thought.
Destroying the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array would be no easy feat. At the very least, it had been laid down by seven or eight masters