Of everyone present, the one most infuriated by Dill's words was Charles Stan, emperor of the Eternal Day Empire.
I'm the emperor, and I still have to stand trial?
Charles Stan could already picture it: after returning home, he would have to attend a tribunal at the Papal Palace despite being the emperor, and even prepare evidence to argue that he had not betrayed his country.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Being emperor was nothing but an exercise in humiliation.
Meanwhile, the neighboring emperor simply ignored the Holy See and called Dill a dog, and Dill did not even dare talk back.
Charles Stan glanced at Li Chen, something dawning on him.
No wonder, when he had asked Li Chen earlier how to deal with disobedient people, Li Chen had said to kill them all outright.
Indeed, there was nothing wrong with that.
Li Chen had the strength to do it.
Charles Stan finally understood why the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty, whose internal chaos and factional struggles in the Imperial Court had once been even worse than those of the Eternal Day Empire, had grown increasingly stable lately. As long as the emperor was in the Saint Realm, there was apparently no trouble he could not resolve.
Charles Stan was only one step away from the Saint Realm, yet he could never take that final step.
In truth, Charles Stan had not considered the whole picture. Li Chen was no ordinary Saint Realm cultivator.
Charles Stan had not reached that realm himself, either, so he could not imagine what combat strength beyond that threshold would look like.
Still, there was one thing he deeply resented. No emperor could stomach being lectured in public by his own "subject."
Dill did not actually want to bully the weak