They knew Huo Yuhao was shielding his own people, but what could they do? He had strength, backing, and money. How could they afford to offend him?
In truth, however many Soul Engineers the empire lost had nothing to do with them. They were all from the Sun Moon Empire, but as for how patriotic they were?
Oh, give them a break.
The Sun Moon Empire's national policies made it impossible for even its great nobles to love it.
What state was the empire really in? It honestly had little to do with them. After all, if the sky fell, the tall ones would hold it up.
The empire was so powerful that, however many Level 9 Soul Engineers it lost, the people of the Douluo Continent would not dare invade the Sun Moon Empire.
It would only slow the empire's advance toward invasion. But so what?
Who gave a damn?
They were just minor figures. What did the empire's rise and fall, glory and disgrace have to do with them?
What benefits would they get out of the empire's invasion?
They would get nothing. Instead, their families might be ruined and destroyed, and they would suffer heavy losses. During wartime, the Sun Moon Empire's taxes were at their harshest, wringing its people dry with brutal levies. Such was the barbaric Sun Moon Empire.
Everyone knew perfectly well how the Sun Moon Empire had risen to power. When such a brutal empire launched a war of aggression, they would be the first to suffer.
They had mocked Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen simply because an opportunity to mock the siblings had presented itself. Naturally, they did not want to let such a fine opportunity slip away.
They were mocking Xiao Hongchen himself, not the Illustrious Virtue Hall, and they had