Chapter 1113 The Alliance's Trump Card: 3 Saint-Ranked Individuals
Mo Yu's continuous questioning, like thunder from the heavens, carrying the terrifying imagery and pressure of the remnants of the Heavenly Demon Emperor's demonic claws, struck the hearts of the Eastern Region Autonomous Alliance members like an invisible giant hammer.
It also struck the hearts of all the leaders present, stirring up huge waves!
The main hall was eerily silent.
Only the chilling aura emanating from the image of the demonic claw's remains, and the sudden heavy breathing of the allies, echoed in the empty and majestic palace.
After a brief silence, a sudden uproar erupted, followed by incredulous stares!
"Colluding with extraterrestrial evil races?! Luring the Heavenly Demon Emperor to descend and plot against the Demon King of Zhendong?!"
"This...how is this possible? The Wind Spirit Clan, the Eastern Family...how dare they?!"
"No wonder! No wonder the Heavenly Demon Emperor was able to arrive so precisely! It turns out there was a traitor among them!"
"Lord Lei Di just repelled the Heavenly Demon Emperor for the Eastern Region, and these people are stabbing him in the back? It's utterly depraved!"
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Countless gazes quickly shifted from initial shock and doubt to contempt, anger, and even murderous intent!
The extraterrestrial evil race is the mortal enemy of all living beings in the Great Thousand Worlds. Any action involving them is an absolute bottom line that cannot be crossed, and is a sin more serious than life-and-death feuds!
If what Mo Yu said is true, then Feng Yuanzi, Dongfang Changqing and others, as well as the forces behind them, are the common enemies of the entire Great Thousand World, and everyone has the right to kill them!
The eyes of some of the top leaders of the Eastern Region of the Great Thousand Worlds also flickered slightly at this moment. Based on their understanding of the Wind Spirit Clan, the Eastern Family, and other forces, it seemed unlikely that these families would join forces to collude with the extraterrestrial evil race. However, seeing the solid evidence that Mo Yu presented, they were caught up in speculation for a moment.
Could it be that in order to resist the power of Mo Yu and Lei Yu, Feng Yuanzi, Dongfang Changqing, and others have secretly colluded with the evil race from beyond the realm?
If that's the case, then they've practically cut themselves off from the world. After all, if word gets out, these forces will immediately become universally reviled.
Therefore, they remained silent for a time and did not speak up for him because of past friendship or any other reason.
"No! No! We didn't! You're making baseless accusations! Thunder Emperor! This is slander! Utter slander!"
Feng Yuanzi suddenly stood up, his face turning from white to red, then from red to green. He stood up abruptly, and a whirlwind of wind erupted around him, making his robes flutter wildly. He pointed at Mo Yu, his voice sharp and distorted with extreme fear and anger.
"We are holding this secret meeting to discuss the defense of the Eastern Region and to explore how to deal with the overbearing integration of your royal palace!"
As for the items deployed… they were merely some detection artifacts used to probe the environment of the Annihilation Star Lightning, just in case! There was absolutely no malicious intent involved! Furthermore, they had absolutely no connection to the extraterrestrial evil race! Don't you dare to make baseless accusations here, attempting to maliciously twist the charge of resisting your tyrannical actions into treason and collusion with the enemy!
He must deny it to the death! If he gives in, he will be doomed!
Dongfang Changqing also forced himself to stand up, his once refined face vanished, and the veins on his hand gripping the jade sword bulged: "Thunder Emperor! We respect you as the King of the East, for your great merit in repelling the demons in the Eastern Region!"
But what you said today is going too far! Just because our gathering time is close to the time of the demon's descent, you assume that we are colluding with it? Such logic is utterly ridiculous!
Are you implying that from now on, wherever demons appear, everyone nearby will be suspected of treason? This is a baseless accusation; you can always find a pretext!
He attempted to steer the conflict towards Mo Yu's alleged exclusion of dissidents and abuse of power.
The Azure Sword Immortal drew half of his ancient sword with a clang, his sword energy soaring into the sky. Although his expression was equally grim, he stubbornly maintained the arrogance of a sword cultivator.
"Our Ancient Sword Sect has always upheld the Dao with the sword, slaying demons and monsters. How could we associate with evil spirits? Thunder Emperor, though you are strong, if you try to frame us with this fabricated charge, our Ancient Sword Sect would rather die than live in dishonor!"
His words resonated subtly with some of the same independent and powerful individuals who also disliked constraints.
At this moment, Qian Wanguan no longer cared about pretense. His small eyes were filled with panic and ruthlessness as he shrieked, "Lord Thunder Emperor! Our Four Seas Merchant Guild travels the world on the basis of our reputation! Colluding with the evil race? That's tantamount to cutting ourselves off from the world!"
Our gathering is purely for business dealings and exchanging goods! As for the Dark Star you speak of, I have no idea where it is! And as for dropping items? That's utterly fabricated!
"What...what evidence do you have?! You want to condemn us to death with just empty words? How can people of the world believe this?!" He tried to resist by arguing that there was insufficient evidence and that he was trying to incite public outrage.
The Star Calculator was even more exhausted. With the help of his disciples, he barely managed to speak. His voice was weak but carried a certain grief and indignation: "I have been divination about the secrets of heaven and have sensed a change in the east. Therefore, I invited you fellow Daoists to discuss this matter. What is wrong with that?"
The demon descended, disrupting the heavenly order. The backlash left me severely injured...cough cough...The Thunder Emperor, ignoring the truth, instead suspects the victim. Doesn't this chill the hearts of loyal and righteous men?"
The seven people spoke one after another, their words seemingly fierce but actually weak, full of loopholes and far-fetched reasons, but they clung to the idea of coincidence and false accusation, refusing to admit it to the death.
They knew that this was a life-or-death moment, and any slight lapse could be seized by Mo Yu and become the last straw that broke their backs.
After all, in this vast world, once you are accused of colluding with evil races from beyond the realm, it is almost like cutting yourself off from the world!
However, Mo Yu had prepared such a grand show; how could he let them pass so easily?
No matter how they argued, they seemed so pale and powerless in the face of Mo Yu's overwhelming evidence and a series of precise, coincidental questions.
The leaders of the various factions in the main hall were not fools; they had a vague idea of some of the trickery involved and suspected that Mo Yu was deliberately trying to smear Feng Yuanzi and the others.
However, given Mo Yu's absolute strength and the righteousness of defeating the Heavenly Demon Emperor, coupled with the fact that Feng Yuanzi and others had indeed made some underhanded moves, although they were not satisfied with Mo Yu's domineering attitude, their hearts had already been tipped in favor of him.
Most people looked at the group of allies with growing coldness, their suspicion and alienation undisguised.
Even some forces that were originally on good terms with them or neutral have quietly moved away, fearing that they might be implicated.
Mo Yu watched their performance quietly, his face expressionless, devoid of joy or anger, only a cold and profound look.
After their voices subsided, he slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but it drowned out all the noise.
"Evidence? I certainly have it."
He waved his hand gently.
"Thunder."
"Your subordinate is here." The figure of the Thunder Emperor reappeared, holding a spiritual crystal ball that was constantly flashing with images and data.
"I will show you the coordinates of the Dark Star, the monitoring records of abnormal spatial fluctuations in its vicinity over the past three days, a comparison chart of the secret movements of the core members of the seven forces including the Wind Spirit Clan and the Eastern Family during that period, and... the flow of some special materials that can be used to refine concealment and interference magic artifacts in the recent abnormal material mobilization of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce."
Lei Dong responded and channeled his spiritual energy into the crystal ball.
Instantly, clear light and shadow charts appeared in the air above the main hall!
Although the images of them dropping objects were not directly shown, the coordinates of Dark Star, the trajectories of the seven faction leaders who approached and left from different directions almost simultaneously, and some clearly directional records of resource mobilization...
These interlocking chains of circumstantial evidence, like an invisible noose, tightened step by step, largely confirming their secret meetings and ulterior motives!
In particular, the list of supplies contained several rare materials commonly used in crafting insidious and disruptive magical artifacts, which made Qian Wanguan's face turn ashen!
"As for whether you have a deeper collusion with the extraterrestrial evil race..." Mo Yu's gaze swept over the group with lightning speed, and he said indifferently, "I am still investigating, and I believe there will be results soon."
"You...you're framing me! You're fabricating evidence!" Feng Yuanzi shouted hoarsely, already somewhat out of control.
Mo Yu's words almost certainly condemned them to the historical shame of colluding with the evil races from beyond the realm.
However, Feng Yuanzi was well aware that the purpose of their gathering was merely to secretly deal with the domineering consolidation of the Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion, but now they had become criminals who colluded with the evil races from beyond the realm.
It's like mud falling into your pants; even if it's not shit, it looks like shit.
Dongfang Changqing's eyes were bloodshot; he knew that things were unlikely to end well today.
Mo Yu was clearly determined to make an example of them, to deter others, and to completely integrate the Eastern Region!
Conventional explanations are no longer effective.
He took a deep breath, exchanged glances with Feng Yuanzi and Qian Wanguan, and the three of them seemed to have made some kind of decision.
Immediately afterwards, Dongfang Changqing slammed the jade sword in his hand onto the ground!
"Boom!"
A deep, muffled thud did not come from the jade sword itself, but rather seemed to have triggered some kind of restriction hidden deep in the void!
The entire East Town Hall trembled slightly!
At the same time, Feng Yuanzi also suddenly crushed a warm, cyan jade pendant from his sleeve!
Qian Wanguan, with a pained yet resolute heart, tore apart a strange talisman that shimmered with light and seemed to be composed of countless tiny crystal coins!
Three distinct yet equally vast and powerful auras, far surpassing the peak of the Immortal Rank, suddenly awakened like slumbering ancient beasts from outside the main hall and even further into the void!
And with incredible speed, it crashed down upon the Thunder Continent and the East Town Palace!
"Who... dares to bully my Wind Spirit Clan?!" An old, ethereal voice, seemingly coming from the Nine Heavens Gale Layer, rang out first.
Before the words were finished, the space at the gate of the East Town Hall distorted slightly, and an old man dressed in a simple blue linen robe, with white hair and beard and a gaunt face, seemed to walk out of the wind and stepped into the hall!
There was no strong spiritual light around him, but wherever he passed, the space rippled like water. The thunderous spiritual power that was originally abundant in the hall was faintly repelled and sorted out by the invisible wind law around him!
Its aura was as deep as the sea, clearly indicating that it belonged to a Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign!
It was none other than Feng Wuyai, the reclusive Supreme Elder of the Fengling Clan!
"The Eastern family has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. How can we tolerate such humiliation?" From another direction, a crack appeared in the void.
A middle-aged emperor, dressed in a black imperial robe with dragon patterns, wearing a flat crown, with a dignified and ancient face, as if he had stepped out from the long river of history, stepped out.
He strode with the power of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, each step seemingly landing on a spatial node, bringing immense pressure. His imperial might was so vast that it seemed to rival Mo Yu's Thunder Emperor might!
Another Saint-Rank Heavenly Sovereign!
The legendary ancestor of the Dongfang family, Dongfang Shuo, who is said to have long since passed away!
"Tsk tsk, what a grand display, what an overbearing King of Zhendong. The favor from Chairman Qian, plus the price of this 'Myriad Realms Treasure Talisman,' has forced this old man to make this trip." A third voice rang out with a hint of cynicism and a touch of helplessness.
Before everyone's eyes, a wealthy old man dressed in brocade robes, with seven or eight different storage bags hanging from his waist and two spiritually powerful pearls in his hands, appeared out of thin air and sat on a pillar in the main hall, swinging his legs.
His aura was equally unfathomable. Although it did not have the same strong sense of spiritual pressure as the previous two, it gave people a feeling of being well-rounded and having endless potential. He was obviously a Saint-level being as well!
Moreover, judging from his words, this was actually an outsider whom Qian Wanguan had invited with a large sum of money and favors!
Three Saint-Rank Heavenly Sovereigns appeared simultaneously in the East Town Hall!
The hall fell into complete silence; you could hear a pin drop!
All the leaders of the various factions were stunned by this sudden turn of events!
No one could have imagined that the Wind Spirit Clan and the Eastern Family actually had Saint-level ancestors hidden away!
Even more unexpectedly, Qian Wanguan actually had such great power that he could persuade a stranger, a Saint-level expert, to come and help him!
Is this... is this a complete breakdown in relations, a head-on clash with the Prince of Zhen Dong's Mansion?!
When Feng Xingyun, Dongfang Xian, and the others saw their ancestor descend, they were like drowning people grasping at a last straw, and a glimmer of madness and hope rekindled in their desperate eyes!
They knew this was their last trump card and their last asset!
With three Saint-level experts appearing together, even Mo Yu would have to think twice, right? At least, having the leverage to negotiate might force Mo Yu to back down, or at least... preserve his life and some independence!
"Supreme Elder!" Feng Yuanzi exclaimed excitedly.
"Ancestor!" Dongfang Changqing bowed respectfully.
"Thank you for your trouble, Venerable Baosheng!" Qian Wanguan bowed deeply to the wealthy old man on the beam.
Feng Wuyai's gaze swept across the hall, lingering briefly on Mo Yu. A hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes. He then looked at his clan leader and asked calmly, "Feng Yuanzi, what is the matter that has caused you to panic and need to wake this old man?"
Dongfang Shuo, exuding imperial majesty, stared directly at Mo Yu: "King Zhen Dong, I wonder what crime my Dongfang family descendant has committed that warrants such a great mobilization of your forces to frame me?"
The portly old man, known as the Venerable Treasure Saint, smiled at Mo Yu and shook the precious pearl in his hand: "Emperor Thunder, I have been entrusted with a task, and I will fulfill it faithfully."
"Regarding today's matter, could you perhaps do me the honor of compromise? Fighting only damages relationships and affects business."
The three holy figures had different attitudes, but there was no doubt that their arrival instantly changed the balance of power in the hall, pushing the originally one-sided questioning into a tense standoff!
Countless gazes instantly focused on Mo Yu, who sat on the throne.
Faced with the subtle coercion of three Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns, how will the Thunder Emperor, who has just repelled the Evil Demon Emperor, respond?
Is the choice to compromise, temporarily spare the alliance, and maintain a superficial peace?
Or... should we risk a war and use swift and decisive measures to completely suppress them?
The air in the entire East Town Hall seemed to solidify, so heavy that it was hard to breathe.
A great battle of saintly rank, far exceeding previous expectations and potentially affecting the entire Eastern Region, seems imminent!
