The Heavenly Soldiers from the Nine Provinces and Ten Islands still did not understand what had happened, but it seemed Haotian intended to let them go.
Yet none of them could quite believe he would release them so easily. Could there be an ambush?
They surveyed their surroundings warily, afraid Haotian was trying to make them lower their guard so he could slaughter them.
That fellow was no good man.
There was nothing he would not do.
Haotian had no idea what these people were thinking.
Right now, he only wanted them to leave as quickly as possible.
He summoned a guard.
"Take them to Human Sovereign Fuxi's territory and hand them over to the Human Sovereign. Even if someone tries to escape, you needn't worry. The Human Sovereign saved them, and if they wish to leave, I'm sure he won't stop them."
He said this in front of everyone, as though he hoped these fellows would flee along the way.
In truth, Haotian was deeply displeased. How could he not know what these people were thinking?
If he let them leave and delivered them to the Human Sovereign unharmed, they would probably have an enormous impact on the Heavenly Court in the future.
But if he refused to release them, he could not get the Ziwei Emperor and the others back. Those fellows all held some degree of military authority, and they had not deployed their own soldiers at all during this expedition.
Most of the Heavenly Court's strength was still in their hands.
He could not simply abandon them, so he had no choice but to release these slaves.
He had crushed the Restraining Seal precisely to give these fellows the freedom to choose.
If they left, they would be nothing but scattered soldiers and stragglers, posing no