Chapter 497: Chapter 361: Why Does Your Majesty Choose to Surrender When We Are Ready to Fight to the Death_2

“To kill it, you need to use the Laws to slowly erode it; as long as the Undying Law within it isn’t completely wiped out, it can’t be killed. It will take some time,” the old silver dragon said.

In order to exterminate this clan, that deity had thoroughly dissected their very essence.

Chen Xing couldn’t help but take another look at the descended calamity. The Soul Butterfly said to kill and killed; yet, this descended calamity seemed to be even more troublesome.

Qiu Shangqing looked towards the old silver dragon, and from their conversation, it seemed that this dragon was not from this era.

“This one is…” Qiu Shangqing wasn’t sure how to address him.

The old silver dragon casually said, “Just an old relic struggling to survive from the era of deities.”

It turned its gaze toward the Azure Sea Emperor Crocodile beneath Qiu Shangqing.

This little crocodile, although much weaker than the current it, had not bad potential.

From its aura, the little crocodile was indeed young. Back when it was a hundred years old, it hadn’t reached the second step of Ascension.

To be able to break through to its current realm at the beginning of the great era, its future potential was not weak.

It might even have the chance to reach the level it now occupied.

However, its bloodline was not very strong; there was still much room for improvement.

If it could advance further in terms of bloodline, its chances would be even greater.

…

As the war broke out, some of the information about the Exotic Region that had been blocked within the Great Xia gradually became accessible.

After being enlightened, many ordinary people learned about the knowledge of the Transcendence Realm.

It turned out that those Advanced Beast Tamers were indeed Beast Tamers of the Transcendence Realm.

Above the Transcendence Realm was the even higher Ascension Realm.

The Ascension Realm was originally just rumors among the common folk; the officials didn’t block such rumors, but official media had never acknowledged them either.

But due to the recent war, news about the Ascension Realm spread widely and became known to the general public.

This was mainly thanks to certain forces promoting Chen Xing; without popularizing the Ascension Realm, without linking the latest Ascension of Chen Xing and Great Xia, how could they criticize him?

“Those news items were fuelled by certain forces behind the scenes,” Qin Yun glanced at Chen Xing.

He noticed that Chen Xing’s expression hadn’t changed much.

He felt slightly relieved.

Qin Yun said, “Now those forces have been brought under control.”

“My family is okay, right?” Chen Xing asked directly.

Qin Yun said, “Your family is fine. We have Ascended ones specifically stationed in Longdu, and your parents’ whereabouts haven’t been leaked. Virtually no one knows of your parents’ current location.”

Only then did Chen Xing slightly relax; as long as the people were safe, that was enough.

As for public opinion…

Unless the world becomes a utopia, there will inevitably be dissenting voices.

Qin Yun said, “This whole incident is a coincidence. We were originally planning to come over and surround and kill it. Your sudden appearance caught us off guard, but the outcome is good, and… quite dramatic.”

Chen Xing had been unaware in advance. He and the old silver dragon had used the Teleportation Array to reach a realm adjacent to the Fentian region and then sped towards this place.

En route, the old silver dragon detected the fluctuations of Laws here.

Since the Soul Butterfly had been continuously employing the Space Law to seal off the region and considering the region was already within the range of conflict between two powers, such persistent Law fluctuations definitely belonged to one of the fighting parties.

Therefore, he and the old silver dragon rushed over to this place, arriving several minutes before Qin Yun and his group.

Chen Xing also recognized this enemy who had attacked him once before.

So he squatted aside for a while, ready to watch the drama, curious to see whom the Soul Butterfly was attempting to lure with these hostages. Instead, he overheard Soul Butterfly’s speech.

Family, who would have thought the drama would unfold upon himself while he was just here to watch?

This scoundrel even tried to morally blackmail him into coming forward!

Be careful what you wish for; Chen Xing had no choice but to ask the big shot to finish it off.

…

The group used the Teleportation Array to return to Great Xia.

The events of the day, after being reviewed by Great Xia officials and consulting Chen Xing for his opinion, were ultimately broadcast on major news media!

Instantly, the news exploded globally!

#Space Ascension Fallen#

#Great Xia Reinforcements! Suspected Alliance with the Dragon Clan#

#The Battle is Set, Annihilation of Fentian Giant City Ascension Captured in One Fell Swoop#

#The Strongest New Ascender#

Headlines from all major news outlets were all about war.

At the same time, the news spread throughout all realms of Great Xia, and was also known in the direction of Fentian Giant City.

After the news fermented, whether they knew Chen Xing’s identity or not, from this day on, his name resonated throughout the entire Blue Star.

Chen Xing’s communication accounts and cell phone received countless messages and calls.

Under official control, external calls could not reach his phone, but numbers Chen Xing had saved before could get through.

After ending the call with his mentor, Chen Xing hung up the phone.

He turned his head to see his sister smiling at him, “How does it feel to be a hero?”

Chen Xing thought seriously, “Pretty happy, and more people on the front line can be spared.”

In the war against Fentian Giant City, not to mention the high-level casualties, but the middle and lower-tier warriors were definitely the ones who suffered the most losses.

They were someone’s husband, wife, father, daughter…

To avoid sacrifices as much as possible is always good!

It was heard that the higher-ups had been in contact with the high-levels of Fentian Temple, and thanks to the Red Lotus Heartburn Flame Dragon, this process went very smoothly.

It flew back to Fentian Giant City personally, opened the doors of the temple, and then invited all the high-levels back.

Your subjects were ready to fight to the death, why did you turn to the enemy, Your Majesty?

That must be what was running through the minds of the higher-ups in the Fentian Temple.

Moreover, the influence the Red Lotus Heartburn Flame Dragon had from defecting was devastating. In the minds of many Beast Tamers in Fentian Giant City, it was a pillar of support! Now their pillar of support had defected…

“How was the front line handled?” Chen Lingya curiously asked.

“They probably co-opted some and eradicated others,” he answered.

Chen Xing recalled some not-so-pleasant memories. At that time, the nine ascenders were video chatting using the built-in communication software.

The computer screen was laid out in a nine-square grid.

Chen Xing’s avatar was in the fifth position, right in the middle.

As for handling the Fentian Giant City, the various ascenders had different opinions. The hardliners suggested killing all the high-levels of Fentian Giant City and then ruling over the lower tiers.

The conservatives thought the hardliners were too conservative. They believed the entire population of the Fentian region should be slaughtered, and then replaced by citizens of Great Xia.

Of course, there were also those who did not recognize the hardliners and those who pretended to be conservative hardliners.

They thought both approaches were too extreme. They suggested assimilating the high levels of Fentian Giant City into Great Xia in the manner of noble families, becoming subordinate to Great Xia, and then gradually introducing Great Xia’s culture into Fentian region. Over time and after a couple of generations, both races could completely integrate. Bloodshed could not solve all problems; it would only deepen hatred and perpetuate it.

The last to speak, Emperor Xuan Yi asked for Chen Xing’s opinion.

After thinking, Chen Xing honestly said that there was some truth to what they were saying.

For instance, slaughtering all the native people of the Fentian region, then letting the Great Xia’s population replace them was the simplest and most brutal method.

That was exactly how the Eagle Federation treated the Native Americans.

But then what? After all the people are dead, then what?

How would the other ninety-eight regions in the Exotic Region view Great Xia?

Great Xia would truly become notorious.

However, directly merging the two forces is also not feasible, as that would be like stuffing a large, dark tumor into the body.

So, wooing some of the higher echelons that can be won over, like Fentian Temple, then exterminating all the pro-war high-level members of Fentian Giant City.

The middle and lower tiers should all be winnable.

When Chen Xing shared his thoughts.

He saw the other eight old Silver Coins on the screen nodding in agreement.

Chen Xing then reacted.

Chen Xing rolled his eyes, too lazy to continue the chat.

After all, he had just stated a general attitude; the specifics would definitely be fine-tuned by professional strategists.

Chen Lingya made an “Oh” sound and then bobbed her head like a pecking chick.

Chen Xing’s phone rang again, and someone sent him a congratulatory message.

Almost everyone who knew Chen Xing, after watching the videos released by the reporters, felt a sense of absurd dark humor.

Who could have imagined that an “acquaintance” they knew would turn out to be a top boss and, according to media propaganda, the primary hero to turn the tide of the battlefield?

In the media, these five Dragon Kings were troops called in personally by Chen Xing, acting because of Chen Xing’s personal relations, not because of ties with Great Xia.

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