The Measure of an Emperor

With a snap of Qin Shi Huang fingers, the lights in the entire room came on, and Ritsuka and the others finally saw the room clearly. It was clearly a court, with thick pipes covering the walls, making it even more spacious than a football field.

It's unimaginable what a magnificent scene it would have been if the Qin Shi Huang had issued his orders from here. But now, the place seems rather empty.

"The former ministers have gradually passed away, like leaves falling in the wind."

Seeing this scene, the Qin Shi Huang was quite moved. Then, he turned his gaze to Bai Mo, who had already stepped forward. He walked up the steps alone, one step at a time.

"I thought you would use the military strength of the Blue Country to wage war against me. If that were the case, I would have a headache. Most of the generals in Mount Li have already been nailed with bronze nails. If war breaks out, I estimate that I will have to say goodbye to many of my old ministers."

"War always inflicts deep wounds, and I'm not here to fight for power."

Bai Mo had already walked up to the Qin Shi Huang. Upon hearing this, the Qin Shi Huang changed the subject, saying, "So, you've come to offer advice? Very well, I will listen carefully to your advice and then reject it."

"I did prepare a lot of things to say at the beginning, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that just exchanging words would be empty and powerless. Let's have a fight instead."

Your body can be called the final answer to this empire's millennia-long history, and whether it is right or wrong, it will be revealed once again.

Upon hearing Bai Mo's words, Xu Fu immediately burst into an incomprehensible wail. She rushed over, grabbed Bai Mo's hand, and cried out repeatedly, "Boss, are you some kind of bloodthirsty war maniac? Let's talk, don't fight!"

Bai Mo flicked his finger onto Xu Fu's forehead, looking at her with a hint of helplessness.

"Save your breath. Even if we argue all day, it won't be as effective as showing the facts once. You have some faith in me, and some faith in yourself, don't you?"

He led Xu Fu back by the collar, slowly drawing the Blade of Hell. Upon seeing this, the Qin Shi Huang's sword also changed shape, pointing directly at Bai Mo. Looking at the sword reflecting light, Bai Mo raised an eyebrow.

"You really like mercury."

"Indeed, it remains unchanged and incorruptible, just like my empire."

"And it must taste absolutely awful."

"That's true."

The moment the two finished their exchange, a raging fire erupted from the Blade of Hell, its blade glowing a deep blue light. Bai Mo's figure traced a path as he fell straight down, while the Qin Shi Huang was already seated, his mercury-infused sword thrusting straight towards Bai Mo.

The fire and mercury collided here, the surface of the mercury churning, causing the Qin Shi Huang to narrow his eyes slightly. He moved his two fingers, and countless sharp blades flew towards Bai Mo. His figure was like a butterfly fluttering among flowers.

"Is my empire as worthless as edible mercury in your eyes? This is quite a blow to me."

As he spoke, his hands never stopped moving. With a step, raging flames surged from beneath Bai Mo's feet, like a Phoenix taking flight.

But in the next instant, a golden light flashed beside Bai Mo, and the Sword of Victory danced like twinkling stars in the night.

"Is it only now that you feel discouraged by something so obvious?"

As Bai Mo answered, he urged the Sword of Victory to thrust forward, but behind the Qin Shi Huang, chains resembling Phoenix tail feathers sprouted, constantly hindering the Sword of Victory's attack.

"Clear at a glance? My calculations have not been flawed in any way. For each of my subjects, I have calculated their lifespan and prescribed a reasonable way of life for them."

"They all live in cave dwellings, working day after day. Do these things even need to be calculated?"

Bai Mo waved his hand, and several Magnetic Field Heavenly Blade, like guillotines falling from the sky, severed the Phoenix tail feathers. These were creations of some kind of Magecraft, capable of reacting on their own, but with this strike, the Sword of Victory, like a ferocious beast freed from its cage, flew towards the Qin Shi Huang.

Pointing straight at the head!

Clang! The mercury transformed into a sharp sword engraved with inscriptions, colliding with the Sword of Victory. The mercury clung to it, trying to control it.

"Day after day of toil? It's more than that. I will also bestow blessings upon them, and in return, they will be grateful to me. Perhaps in your eyes, such a life is incredibly tedious, but behind this tedium lies two thousand years of peace."

Bai Mo slowly walked forward, turned back to look in the direction of the Blue Country, and asked:

"If it were before, you had no enemies, but now, isn't the Blue Country also an enemy of the Great Qin? Under your rules, your people have made gratitude a daily necessity."

But the excellence of a king can be seen from whether his enemies are jealous or fearful of him. Similarly, the excellence of a country can be seen from whether the people of an enemy country admire and yearn for it.

Why would someone from Qin want to go to Blue Country? It was filthy and utterly terrible, yet it possessed things that Qin lacked.

By the way, Zhang Xianzhong was quite envious of you.

Upon hearing Bai Mo's words, the Qin Shi Huang couldn't help but twitch his lips. Envious of such a thing? The envy of a wise ruler is a manifestation of talent, but the envy of a beast is anything but pleasant.

Bai Mo slapped his hand, unleashing the Ultimate Palm Lightning that shattered the mercury. The Sword of Victory broke free once more, automatically circling around and joining Bai Mo in attacking the Qin Shi Huang.

"What a troublesome weapon. Is its underlying principle your own power?"

It's Runes.

The Whale Dominates the World unleashed his power, a man and a sword aimed directly at the Qin Shi Huang, followed immediately by the Sea Tiger Exploding Fist. But in an instant, a silver-white sphere enveloped the Qin Shi Huang. Bai Mo's power struck the mercury sphere, creating a ripple.

The power was greatly dissipated.

"Dissolving the force by breaking down mercury molecules? But unfortunately, this method of force dissipation is somewhat lacking." Bai Mo stepped forward, his fists flying everywhere, and explosive Sky Explosive Fist, triggering a chain of explosions.

But the mercury barrier before him precisely blocked all the attacks, neutralizing as much of the explosive force as possible. At the same time, he sensed a threat.

Bai Mo frowned and turned to leave. Almost at the same moment, the Qin Shi Huang's fist struck out after Mercury. Mercury dodged on its own but missed.

"Not under your control?"

This is clearly not the case. The Qin Shi Huang's Complete Realm is definitely not as high as mine. Yet, he is able to both neutralize his own power to the greatest extent and organize a counterattack. This level of the Complete Realm remarkable.

"Yes and no."

The Qin Shi Huang replied, then pointed to the ceiling.

"My Epang Palace is also my mechanical body, not a human body, but an existence that imitates the natural environment, using the body itself as a microcosm, based on the principles of Feng Shui Magecraft that operates in the actual natural world."

Although I now possess the body of an immortal, I can still use this computational power to deal with it. Hmm, perhaps this will help you understand a little better."

The Qin Shi Huang snapped his fingers, and the mass of mercury transformed, gradually becoming a person dressed as a maid. Beside him, Reines's lips twitched; this was the Volumen Hydrargyrum, passed down through generations of her family.

"Ordinary Magecraft may not be powerful enough to harm a powerful user, but in reality, it's just a matter of density and the difference between the Complete Realm. Once these two points are bridged, the effect can be quite considerable."

Mercury surrounded the Qin Shi Huang, and this mercury was directly controlled by his Epang Palace. Over the long years, the Qin Shi Huang had long since upgraded it at any cost, turning it into an unimaginable supercomputer.

"I'm afraid it's more than that?"

Bai Mo asked, and upon hearing this, the Qin Shi Huang smiled and nodded.

"That's right. Besides that little girl's Mystic Code, I also borrowed technology from Qin Hong and Landao Tianwu, specifically that Giant Spirit technology. If I didn't need the technology in their heads, why would I have allowed them into my Mount Li?"

Bai Mo's lips twitched, and he said, "Could it be that Blue Country is also yours..."

"If I hadn't let them leave the Blue Country, how could I have acquired those technologies? It's a pity that I implanted mind Magecraft into Qin Hong back then, but that guy just had an artificial intelligence replace him."

"What a pity, I was planning to activate the spell and send him back to Mount Li after all his value had been extracted."