Heaven Dou City. Former Heaven Soul Empire Palace.
Marshal Evil Dragon sat in the main seat, his face full of exhaustion.
He tapped the table lightly with his finger, his gaze sweeping over the several soul engineers from the Sun Moon Empire opposite the conference table.
"You mean to say, let us cede several coastal cities in exchange for relief supplies for the disaster victims?"
"Exactly." The leading Class 9 soul engineer looked at Marshal Evil Dragon with a smile and continued: "Your Excellency Evil Dragon, you must know that in the world today, trade cooperation between countries on the continent is the general trend. My Sun Moon Empire has vast land and abundant resources, and strong financial resources. If we can reach cooperation, the chaos within the Heaven Soul territory will surely end soon, and the country can enjoy long-term peace and stability."
"You don't want the newborn nation to gradually die out in chaos either, right?"
His words undoubtedly hit Marshal Evil Dragon's sore spot. Over the past year, the Heaven Soul People's Republic had encountered a flood rarely seen in a hundred years. Many water-attribute high-level soul masters were roped in by various warlords with benefits. Facing the phenomenon of the people in the country having no means of livelihood, even after exhausting the national treasury, the situation had not improved much.
And the best way to control floods, besides dispatching a large number of water-type high-level soul masters, was only by adopting advanced soul tool engineering.
Even though Xian Lin'er was the original Dean of the Soul Tool Department of Shrek, she was ultimately alone and could hardly support the soul tool research of such a large newborn country by herself.
After all, in any era, the proportion of soul masters in a country would never be too large, let alone in the chaotic Heaven Soul People's Republic.
However, the condition offered by the Sun Moon Empire was to lease national territory, which would undoubtedly damage the territorial sovereignty of the newborn country.
This time they only proposed several coastal cities, but who knew if they would demand more territory greedily in the future?
No matter what, this precedent could not be set!
"We cannot accept your request. Please change the condition!" Xian Lin'er at the side spoke, her tone unusually firm.
"Premier Valkyrie, don't think we are begging to cooperate with you!" The leader snorted coldly.
Xian Lin'er's pretty face changed. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she saw that person sizing her up with an unscrupulous gaze.
"Her Crown Valkyrie defected from Shrek Academy. I didn't expect you to commit yourself to such a small country. It's really a waste of the strategic value of a Super Douluo..."
"What does my conduct have to do with you?" Xian Lin'er was unhappy with his gaze, and her pretty face was instantly covered with frost.
"It is rumored that Her Crown Valkyrie was captured by that Demon King Huo Yuhao back then. Presumably, you took a fancy to the Demon King's outstanding talent, or were controlled by him..." The man said with frivolous eyebrows, "But these are all things of the past. Since the Demon King Huo Yuhao caused a scene in my Sun Moon Empire and disappeared with a golden giant dragon, he has probably died long ago. Otherwise, how could he ignore the chaotic Heaven Soul People's Republic?"
"Why doesn't Her Crown Valkyrie join my Sun Moon Empire? You will definitely obtain a seat as an imperial consecration. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"Wishful thinking." Xian Lin'er sneered. She didn't expect the other party to still harbor thoughts of recruiting her.
"The distinguished guest's words seem a bit excessive." Even Marshal Evil Dragon's face looked extremely ugly. The other party actually dared to speak wildly about recruiting his premier in the public hall, which was equivalent to completely disregarding him and the country.
"Oh, I understand. So Her Crown Valkyrie is not only enamored with that Demon King, but also has a complicated relationship with Marshal Evil Dragon..."
The man raised an eyebrow, and his casual words made people even more furious.
"Bastard, simply too excessive!" A member of parliament couldn't help but stand up and shout angrily.
"You're courting death!" Xian Lin'er had never been a person with a good temper. She immediately slapped the table and stood up to attack.
"Hey—" That Class 9 soul engineer immediately raised his hand, his gaze sweeping coldly across the audience. "There is a soul engineer legion accompanying me. If anything happens to me during the meeting, then..."
Hearing this, Marshal Evil Dragon's face instantly became very ugly. Even Xian Lin'er couldn't help but withdraw her surging soul power.
She could certainly kill this person instantly, but then, the accompanying soul engineer legion outside the palace would very likely take action. Even if the defensive force of Heaven Dou City was enough to swallow this small legion, the country's military strength could not afford to be consumed again.
After all, the situation and scale of the flood completely exceeded Xian Lin'er's expectations. The military strength of the newborn country had been dispersed too much to control the flood, causing the military strength stationed in Heaven Dou City to be relatively weak.
This was also the fundamental reason why the Sun Moon delegation was so arrogant. They had understood the current situation of the Heaven Soul People's Republic before visiting.
If the Heaven Soul People's Republic insisted on keeping them here today, then without even needing the Sun Moon Empire to take retaliatory action, just the warlords within the Heaven Soul territory would be enough to overthrow this new regime.
"Hehehe..." The Class 9 soul engineer laughed strangely, not putting Marshal Evil Dragon and the others in his eyes at all.
However, his laughter stopped abruptly in the next moment.
A hand touched his throat without warning, lifting his body up on the spot.
Unknowingly, a young figure appeared in the hall, and a voice without emotional fluctuations sounded immediately—
"Do you want to dance too?"
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Divine Realm, Sea God Palace.
Tang San sat cross-legged in the bedchamber, absorbing the immortal spiritual energy originating from the Divine Realm to recover from his serious injuries.
Not far beside him stood six deities. Among them, a woman with a peerlessly beautiful face showed a look of worry. It was his wife, Xiao Wu.
Of the other five, one was a golden-haired man with muscles bulging all over his body, and nestled beside him was a woman with a devilish figure. There was also a pair of handsome man and beautiful woman, and a red-haired man emitting a scorching aura all over his body.
These five people were shockingly the original Shrek Seven Devils who ascended one after another after him.
"Little San gathered us to guard against the sudden attack of the God King of Destruction. We must be prepared these few days." The God of War Dai Mubai's tiger eyes emitted a dangerous aura. As the former boss of the Seven Devils, he had to take the lead in protecting the safety of his companions.
"I wonder what Third Brother encountered in Douluo to suffer such serious injuries." The Nine-Color Goddess Ning Rongrong pursed her small mouth. Among the people present at this time, only she, the former Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master, could assist Tang San in accelerating his recovery.
"I heard from Third Brother that he went to the lower realm to capture that Golden Dragon King, but didn't expect to be plotted against by Douluo's Child of Fortune." Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes burned with raging anger. She had also just received the news that her two good brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming, had both died on the Douluo Continent.
Fortunately, they left a trace of life origin in Tang San's divine soul, so they could be resurrected again in the future.
Out of revenge, Tang San triggered the authority of the Sea God, increased the evaporation of seawater, and pulled patches of cumulonimbus clouds into the territory of the Heaven Soul Empire, causing floods, intending to destroy the people's kingdom established by Huo Yuhao on the continent.
If a people-oriented country was really born on this continent, the feudal royal power protected by divine power would surely suffer a severe blow, and the faith of all living beings mainly in the Sea God Tang San would also be cut off because of this.
This was unacceptable to the Sea God Tang San and the equally famous original Seven Devils.
Tang San dared not go too far at present. his previous behavior against the Child of Fortune had seriously violated the rule that the Divine Realm must not interfere with the normal development of the lower realm. Considering that it was his first offense, the three God Kings other than the God of Destruction couldn't say much.
As for what the God of Destruction, who had been watching his every move, would think, Tang San didn't know. After all, that one hadn't liked him for just a day or two.
After creating floods in the Heaven Soul territory, Tang San went into seclusion to nurse his injuries. The situation in Douluo was basically settled, just waiting for the Child of Fortune to ascend and become a god.
In his view, Huo Yuhao, who had burned his soul and lost the blessing of fortune, was already dead.
Unless something happened to his daughter Tang Wutong, he no longer needed to spare energy to pay attention to the changes in the Douluo Continent.
Hurrying to recover and guarding against the God of Destruction were the things he should do at the moment.