The sky above Mingdu, originally deafening with the roar of soul tools ringing out, fell into an eerie silence.
Except for Wang Chen, the emperor Xu Jing, Kong Deming, and others were all imprisoned in space, unable to move.
At this moment, Xu Jing had completely lost the majestic aura of an emperor and the domineering strength he had when commanding the masses earlier.
Now, he was like a small insect, imprisoned in mid-air, unable to budge.
However, although Xu Jing's body was unable to move due to the spatial imprisonment, his mind was not imprisoned and remained clear.
But after witnessing Wang Chen suppress all the top powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire with a single move, Xu Jing's mentality completely collapsed.
At this moment, Xu Jing had only one thought in his mind: his Sun Moon Empire was going to be seized by someone else, and his Xu family was finished.
Wang Chen's strength far exceeded his imagination. With one move, just one move, he had netted all the high-end combat power of his Sun Moon Empire, leaving everyone like fish on a chopping board, unable to move.
Wang Chen could take their lives at any time. Although Wang Chen had said that he would not kill anyone today, Xu Jing fundamentally did not believe Wang Chen's words.
In Xu Jing's heart, Wang Chen was a treacherous minister who had rapidly increased in strength and was attempting to usurp power.
The other ninth-level soul engineers might be fine, because even if Wang Chen usurped the throne, he would still need a large number of people to assist him; otherwise, he simply could not control the vast Sun Moon Empire.
But as the emperor, he was definitely doomed. The imperial family and relatives of the Sun Moon Empire would probably also face a purge.
For a moment, Xu Jing was filled with regret. If he had known that Wang Chen was ambitious and intended to usurp power, he should have eradicated him early when Wang Chen was still weak.
Not far from Xu Jing, Xu Tianyuan, Xu Guozhong, and several other powerhouses with the bloodline of the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family also showed eyes full of shock and fear.
Clearly, like Xu Jing, they were worried that they would be crushed to death by Wang Chen.
Just as Xu Jing and the imperial family powerhouses of the Sun Moon were regretting and terrified.
The Hall Master of the Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen, was overjoyed at this moment.
Jing Hongchen was very clear that Wang Chen and his granddaughter Meng'er were childhood sweethearts with deep feelings, so he definitely would not do anything to him.
As for the others... he estimated that except for a portion of ninth-level soul engineers with imperial bloodline who might be purged, the others probably would not die.
If Wang Chen really wanted to massacre everyone, then everyone present would not just be imprisoned but crushed into meat paste. The difficulty of capturing and suppressing alive was far greater than killing.
With Wang Chen's strength, there was no need for any pretences; he could do whatever he wanted, and no one could stop him.
Jing Hongchen thought to himself, "My grandson-in-law easily suppressed all the powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire. With such strength, who would not submit? Later, this old man will take the lead and express submission first, then perform a double act with my grandson-in-law.
At that time, as long as they are not die-hard loyalists of the imperial family, others will surely follow suit and submit.
In the future, the Sun Moon Empire will be under Wang Chen's control. After mastering the Sun Moon Empire, my grandson-in-law can then conquer the three countries of the Douluo Continent and unify the world, becoming the master of the continent, the king of the world.
My Hongchen family will inevitably reap huge benefits, hahahaha.
This truly proves the saying: rather than striving hard, it's better to make the right choice.
That girl Meng'er has had good eyesight since she was young; when Wang Chen had not yet shown his talents, she spotted him at a glance.
This is truly heaven, allowing my Hongchen family to soar!"
Just as Jing Hongchen was preparing to support his grandson-in-law in achieving a great hegemony.
The Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, the regiment leader of the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion Wang Yiheng, the regiment leader of the Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Legion Liao Mengkai, the regiment leader of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion Luan Feng...
These high-level ninth-level soul engineers of the Sun Moon Empire all rose with the same thoughts.
After personally experiencing Wang Chen's god-like, mighty power, they were completely convinced.
From the bottom of their hearts, they revered Wang Chen, not even having the courage to resist.
Ninth-level soul engineers were all shrewd people with sharp minds.
In the current situation, any clear-eyed person could see at a glance that Wang Chen's rise was unstoppable, and in the future, who would be the boss of the Sun Moon Empire was without doubt.
Anyone who did not want to die would definitely have to pledge allegiance to Wang Chen. As for loyally fighting to the death for the Xu family of the Sun Moon imperial family, that was overthinking it.
As the saying goes, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly separately.
As high and mighty ninth-level soul engineers with great strength, there were still many good days ahead.
Moreover, everyone had families and businesses; even if not for themselves, they had to consider their family members, disciples, and clan members.
Fighting against Wang Chen was like eggs smashing against a rock, pure suicide.
Many ninth-level soul engineers had already begun calculating in their hearts what posture to use to surrender later.
There were even ruthless ones who were already thinking in their hearts about killing a few imperial relatives of the Sun Moon as a certificate of allegiance to show loyalty to Wang Chen.
...
Just as the high-level powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire had various thoughts.
Wang Chen stood with his spear behind his back, his eyes calm and profound as he looked at everyone.
Wang Chen did not kill, and the reason for this was that if he killed the emperor and all the high-level powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire, the Sun Moon Empire would inevitably fall into huge chaos.
This was not what Wang Chen wanted to see. Wang Chen's goal was to conquer all the high-level powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire, seize control of the Sun Moon Empire's power, and stand above the emperor.
The key was in "seizing control." If Wang Chen killed everyone, who would he control? Who would handle such a large mess in the Sun Moon Empire?
Killing was never the purpose. Of course, if later some high-level members of the Sun Moon Empire were insensible and failed to recognise the situation, Wang Chen did not mind killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, letting them clearly understand who decided their fate.
As for the emperor Xu Jing, he was too old; it was better to replace him with someone else as emperor. Anyway, there were so many imperial relatives in the Sun Moon Empire; whoever was obedient would take the position.
If there were no obedient ones in the Sun Moon Empire's imperial clan, then Wang Chen would take the position himself as emperor.
Anyway, it would just take some time to handle government affairs, and he could afford to waste that time. He could even be a hands-off shopkeeper and find a few secretaries to handle the Sun Moon Empire's government affairs for him.
Wang Chen possessed absolute strength; he was not afraid of being hollowed out as a hands-off shopkeeper. Those without strength had to tightly grasp power, or the day they lost power would be the day of death.
But for Wang Chen, who belonged to the realm of a great power with one spear capable of suppressing a country, he was not afraid of this. Whoever dared not listen to him was simply courting death.
Wang Chen said to the imprisoned crowd, "From this moment on, I stand above the emperor. Who approves, who opposes!"
After speaking, Wang Chen released the spatial imprisonment.
As the imprisonment was lifted, before Jing Hongchen could perform, many ninth-level soul engineers immediately slid into a kneel.
They opened their mouths to express loyalty to Wang Chen, indicating that from now on, they would follow Lord Wang Chen's lead.
Jing Hongchen watched his colleagues kneel so quickly, his mouth twitching. He thought to himself, "A bunch of shameless people, kneeling so fast! This old man truly overestimated your loyalty to Xu Jing."
Nearby, Xu Jing watched the ministers who had previously pledged loyalty to him all turn to express loyalty to Wang Chen.
He was so angry that his face turned red, his fingers trembling as he pointed at the crowd kneeling and licking Wang Chen, saying, "You... you, pfft!"
Xu Jing: Σ_(」)
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