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...Time flies; half a year passes in the blink of an eye.
But for the high-ranking officials of the Douluo Federation, these six months have been a nightmare of torment.
Since six months ago, when Huo Yuhao—whom they regarded as a stray dog—piloted that terrifying soul tool mecha named "dark blood demon" and tore four Demi-God rank enshrinements secretly sent by the Federation into pieces with a near-slaughtering posture on the border of the Heavenly Soul Province, the backbone of the entire Federation was broken.
Those were Demi-Gods! Beings close to gods!
In the face of the "dark blood demon's" ethereal blue divine force shield and violent soul tool firepower, these four Old Ancestors, who were usually high and mighty, didn't even have a chance to escape.
That mecha was like a tireless god of death; the deep sea crystal at its core continuously provided energy as vast as the ocean, making it a perpetual motion killing machine on the battlefield.
What made the Federation even more desperate was that in a subsequent encirclement, Huo Yuhao, who was thought to have run out of supplies, actually discovered a large number of rare metal veins in an ancient ruin.
Relying on these resources, that crazy woman Tang Ya actually managed to build a second "Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus"!
Thus, today's scene occurred.
Douluo Federation, Radiant City, the Central Plaza in front of the Parliament Building.
This is the core of Federal power, the most prosperous and majestic place on the entire planet. But at this moment, it is deathly silent.
Tens of thousands of fully armed soul tool mecha pilots surrounded the plaza so tightly that not even water could leak through. The "Heavens Punishment" defense System in the sky was fully operational, locked onto the lonely figure in the center of the plaza.
However, no one dared to fire.
They didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.
Because in the very center of that plaza, a fifty-meter-tall, ferocious black-and-red mecha stood there quietly.
The mecha's cockpit was open; Huo Yuhao was not sitting inside but was sitting cross-legged on the mecha's shoulder.
In his hands, he toyed with a metal lotus only the size of a palm, blood-red throughout and emitting an eerie light.
Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
That seemingly delicate little thing contained a terrifying power of Law sufficient to instantly erase this city, or even half of Radiant City.
Opposite Huo Yuhao, the Federal Speaker led a group of high-ranking officials, their faces pale and sweating profusely.
"Your Excellency... Your Excellency Huo Yuhao."
The Speaker wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced a smile that looked worse than crying. "I think... there might be some misunderstanding between us. It's better to resolve an enmity than to keep it; as long as you are willing to put down the... dangerous items in your hand, we can completely sit down and have a good talk."
"Talk?"
Huo Yuhao raised his eyelids. In those deep blue eyes, the youthfulness and innocence of the past were long gone, replaced by the indifference and sarcasm of someone who had seen through the coldness of the World.
"Six months ago, when you sent four Demi-Gods to kill me, why didn't you say you wanted to talk?"
"Three months ago, when you used 'Heavens Punishment' to bomb the Tang Sect's temporary base, leveling three surrounding civilian villages in the process, why didn't you say you wanted to talk?"
"Now that my blade is at your throats, you remember you want to talk?"
The Speaker was left speechless, but to save his Life, he still spoke up. "What happened in the past was because we were deceived by treacherous people! It was those fanatics from the Church who misled us! Now we have realized our mistake!"
"After an emergency discussion by the highest level of the Parliament, we are willing to show the greatest sincerity!"
The Speaker took out a gold-stamped document and read it with a trembling voice:
"First, the Federation will immediately rescind the arrest warrants for you and all members of the Tang Sect, restoring the Tang Sect's legal status."
"Second, the Federation recognizes the legality of the 'Soul Spirit System' and allows the Spirit Pagoda to establish branches in major cities."
"Third, the Federation will compensate for all losses of the Tang Sect and posthumously honor the Tang Sect ancestor, Tang San, as the 'Federal Saint Master'."
As soon as these three conditions were announced, the surrounding citizens and Spirit Masters couldn't help but gasp.
This was a total compromise! It was the first time in the ten thousand years since the Federation's founding that it had bowed its head to an individual power!
However, the Speaker's words were not yet finished.
He swallowed, his eyes flickering as he continued cautiously, "But... to ensure the safety of the Federation's billions of citizens and to maintain World peace and stability, we need you to... show a little bit of sincerity."
"What sincerity?" Huo Yuhao asked with a faint smile.
"We need you to... destroy that 'dark blood demon' mecha and hand over the detailed manufacturing blueprints of the 'Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus' for the Federation to manage and seal uniformly."
The Speaker's voice grew smaller as he spoke, but he still forced himself to finish, "After all, this kind of power capable of slaying a god, held in the hands of an individual... is simply too dangerous. Only by handing it over to the Federation, to the state, can we ensure it is used for the right purposes..."
"Hahahahahaha!"
A sudden burst of loud laughter interrupted the Speaker's words.
Huo Yuhao laughed towards the sky, laughing so hard he doubled over, laughing until tears almost came out.
That laughter was filled with endless mockery and sorrow.
"Destroy the mecha? Hand over the blueprints?"
Huo Yuhao abruptly stopped laughing, his eyes instantly becoming as sharp as a blade's edge, staring fixedly at those sanctimonious high-ranking officials.
"Are you treating me like a three-year-old child? Or do you think my, Huo Yuhao's, head is filled with mush?!"
"Hand over the blade, then tie myself up and kneel on the chopping block, begging for your great mercy not to kill me?"
"Do you think... that's possible?!"
"If it were ten years ago, perhaps that naive Huo Yuhao really would have believed your lies, thinking that for peace, for the big picture, sacrificing a bit of personal interest was nothing."
"But now..."
Huo Yuhao slowly stood up, the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus in his hand emitting a heart-palpitating red light.
"I have witnessed your treachery too many times. I have seen how you sell out allies for profit, how you trample on Life for power, and how you can be smiling one second and stab a knife into my heart the next!"
"Hand over the weapons? In your dreams!"
"In this dog-eat-dog World, truth only exists within the range of fire, and dignity only exists on the edge of a blade!"
"I stand here today not to beg for your forgiveness, nor to haggle with you."
"I am here to... inform you."
Huo Yuhao's voice was not loud, but with the enhancement of his mental force, it clearly spread throughout all of Radiant City and into everyone's ears.
"Either fully accept my conditions: disband the existing Church forces, reorganize the Federal Parliament, and have all high-ranking officials who participated in the encirclement of the Tang Sect publicly tried and executed!"
"Or..."
He gently raised the red lotus in his hand, as if lifting the scythe of the Grim Reaper.
"Then let the war continue."
"I will personally detonate this lotus, turning this city that symbolizes corrupt power into ashes."
"Then, I will pilot this mecha, kill all the Limit Douluos of the Federation, and slaughter all your Demi-God Old freaks hiding in the deep mountains and old forests!"
"I will kill until no one in this World dares to claim supremacy, kill until no one in this World dares to say 'no' to the Tang Sect!"
"Peace? That is something I fight for, not something you bestow!"
"Now, I give you ten breaths of time to consider."
"Ten..."
"Nine..."
Following Huo Yuhao's countdown, the mecha named "dark blood demon" seemed to sense its master's killing intent. The deep sea crystal on its chest suddenly erupted with brilliant blue light, its massive ship-cutting blade was raised high, and terrifying energy fluctuations instantly locked onto the entire Parliament Building.
"Madman! He's a madman!"
The Speaker sat paralyzed on the ground in fear. "Quick! Quick, agree to him! Agree to everything!"