The spirit masters invited to attend the ceremony today, besides those titled douluo, were mostly representatives of local families in Barrack, members of the main spirit halls in several major cities, and a large number of mid-level officials.
Previously, to prevent information leakage, this group was not included in the scope of winning over and control.
But now that the nation has been established, it is naturally necessary to bring all forces within the territory under control to forge them into an iron plate.
Otherwise, once chaos breaks out, it will inevitably cause considerable trouble and casualties.
Things were indeed as nangong lingyun had expected.
As soon as the national policy was announced, many people were immediately shocked and angered; if not for the large army suppressing them nearby, they would have probably caused great chaos long ago.
Especially after the prisoners were brought out and they saw the crimes displayed on the iron plates on their chests,
these so-called nobles not only didn't calm down but became even more righteously indignant.
In the eyes of many spirit masters, commoners without spirit power were fundamentally not the same species as them, and there wasn't much difference between them and pigs, dogs, cattle, or sheep.
Because they liked to eat pork, enslaved cattle and horses, killed a few sheep and dogs, they were to be sentenced to death; this was no longer absurd, it was simply preposterous.
However, when the tornadoes began to spit fire,
almost everyone, whose faces had just been red with anger, instantly turned incredibly pale, and the anger in their eyes suddenly faded, replaced by waves of panic and disbelief.
Taking an enemy's head from a thousand meters away; even rare long-range system spirit masters, ninety percent of them couldn't do it.
And it didn't require consuming spirit power, using gunpowder to fire metal projectiles, making the sustained combat capability incomparable.
After the God of Fire's Wrath was activated,
everyone completely slumped into their chairs, their eyes losing their luster, trembling uncontrollably.
All the grand principles of benevolence, righteousness, and morality were hollow; possessing the power to destroy was the truth.
Including ning fengzhi, xue ye, dai tianli, and others, they originally had some reservations in their hearts,
feeling that nangong lingyun's ideas were too naive.
He himself was indeed invincible; even tang chen, the successor of a god king and a limit douluo, was not his opponent.
But governing a country was not that simple.
No matter how strong a person's power is, they cannot do everything; they must rely on the help of enough subordinates.
The various ministries, departments, and academies of the court, hundreds or even thousands of cities large and small, over a hundred thousand officials, and a million-strong army; starting from centurions, there are nearly twenty thousand officers needed.
And besides nobles and spirit masters, who else could they rely on?
As for letting ordinary people manage spirit masters...
Heh heh, you go collect taxes, issue orders, or even get killed by a single strike as soon as you take office; what management is there to speak of?
But when firearms that could be operated by ordinary people and whose power was comparable to that of intermediate spirit masters appeared, things became completely different.
nangong lingyun could entirely establish another system of governance.
This time, things were really going to be big.
The spirit masters were silent as cicadas in winter, while the ordinary people watching outside the venue, after a moment of stunned silence, all cheered excitedly.
They roared themselves hoarse, and many even wept bitterly on the spot.
In the previous world, which was considered free and democratic, various horrifying and bizarre tragedies occurred frequently.
In this unequal feudal world of douluo, which possessed extraordinary power, the plight of the lower-class people could only be more unimaginable.
What was shown just now was just the tip of the iceberg; almost every city had such characters, and the upper class had long been accustomed to it, or even more insane.
Even this was the result of the spirit hall's efforts to suppress it.
They provided low-level spirit masters with enough living subsidies each month and hunted down evil spirit masters and those who enjoyed slaughtering mortals throughout the continent.
zhao wuji was wanted because he was unhappy while eating at a restaurant and, in a fit of anger, flattened the entire establishment.
If you waited until tang san took power and the Douluo II era where he was in control behind the scenes, forget about subsidies; if the commoners didn't obediently serve as slaves and consumables, and actually wanted to awaken their spirit and change their fate? They must be dreaming.
The spirit masters were silent, the people cheered, but ma ergou scratched his head awkwardly.
According to the procedure, the combat demonstration segment was not over yet; there was still the God of Thunder's Wrath to be displayed.
But the problem was that all the criminals were dead; even the two defensive system spirit kings who teamed up couldn't withstand the God of Fire's Wrath for five seconds, instantly turning into scattered mud and crushed dust.
After a moment of depression and hesitation, he could only step forward and ask for instructions:
"Reporting to your majesty, all the criminals have been executed. Should the combat demonstration continue?"
As soon as he said this, before nangong lingyun could speak, the titled douluo immediately became anxious.
"This is the founding ceremony, how can the procedure be changed arbitrarily?"
"How about we serve as targets?"
"That's right, spirit kings are still too weak to perfectly demonstrate the power of the firearms."
The God of Fire's Wrath could already instantly kill spirit kings, and judging by its power, spirit emperors shouldn't be a big problem either.
They were eager to know how strong the clearly more powerful God of Thunder's Wrath was.
If it could rival a spirit saint, they would probably have to seriously consider their future path.
With more than ten titled douluo watching intently, nangong lingyun smiled slightly.
"Grant their request. However, since you are facing titled douluo,
this time you can use your spirit and spirit power to assist, use all the weapons, and the time doesn't have to be limited to five seconds."
He was very clear that to suppress the corrupt practices of the entire spirit master class, it was not enough to just set rules for them; more importantly, he had to demonstrate enough capability to replace or even completely destroy them.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
ma ergou quickly returned to the formation to command.
The major powers then hurriedly sent one or two titled douluo each to the center of the execution ground.
chrysanthemum douluo from the spirit hall, bone douluo from the seven treasure glazed tile school, Thunderbolt douluo from the blue lightning tyrant dragon clan, clear sky douluo from the clear sky sect, Leopard douluo from the great spirit arena, a total of five people.
They did not try to escape like the previous criminals,
but instead released their spirits, prepared their spirit abilities, and waited to be bombarded.
A huge golden chrysanthemum shone brightly, a bone dragon stretched out a hundred meters, a blue lightning dragon squatted on the ground spreading its wings, plus a leopard and a hammer.
They lined up side by side.
Two minutes later, ma ergou set up the positions, and with an order,
from eight directions, the eight hundred thousand strong army, totaling over a thousand various artillery pieces, a thousand machine guns, and over ten thousand rifles, all spat fire simultaneously.
If not for the fact that even surrounding the area in a circle wasn't enough space for all the troops to deploy, the number of tornadoes and God of Fire's Wrath would have been several times higher.
The whistling sounds of shells and bullets tearing through the air instantly filled the area, followed by a series of deafening, dense explosions that nearly stopped everyone's hearts.
The frantic explosions directly stirred up a gale on the field.
Much of the metal in douluo contained extraordinary properties, with extremely high malleability and toughness.
Coupled with the combination of gunpowder and spirit power,
the firearms produced had much greater power than those in the previous world.
The agility-attack system titled douluo with the leopard spirit was the first to be unable to withstand it and ran to hide behind yu yuanzhen.
But within two seconds, even the blue lightning tyrant dragon began to falter.
In a normal battle, an ordinary army was indeed no match for a titled douluo; just the speed advantage could make the opponent lose their bearings.
But if they stood still and took artillery fire, with over a thousand cannons, even a limit douluo would have times when they couldn't bear it.