Chapter 264: Hard bone!
Soon, the battle gradually subsided.
After Emperor Xue Ye ordered the attack, in less than three minutes, the Heaven Dou Imperial Guard and the experts guarding the Imperial Palace were annihilated under the large-scale Spirit Ability attacks of the many Titled Douluo from Sky City.
A legion composed of low-level Spirit Master might be useful against ordinary Titled Douluo, but for Paris and the others, it would at most consume some spirit power, especially for Titled Douluo with large-scale area-of-effect Spirit Ability.
Paris's Poison Domain alone was an unsolvable problem; activating her Domain and running through a Spirit Master's legion would wipe it out.
Not to mention the many Titled Douluo from Sky City helping out.
At this moment, Emperor Xue Ye was dumbfounded; he never expected that the Heaven Dou Imperial Guard he relied on and the many Spirit Saint and Spirit Douluo level experts would be completely wiped out in less than three minutes, leaving his mind in a state of bewilderment.
After the battle, the square in front of the main hall of the Imperial Palace had become riddled with pits, all destroyed by powerful Spirit Ability.
This was unavoidable; even though Wang Teng had previously instructed his subordinates to be careful not to turn the Imperial Palace into ruins, many buildings were still affected.
Just then, the many Destroyers, moving much slower, also arrived led by Satai. Immediately, Emperor Xue Ye and a group of high-ranking officials of the Heaven Dou Empire became prisoners.
"Xue Ye, how have you considered it?"
After the battle subsided, Wang Teng asked Emperor Xue Ye.
Emperor Xue Ye remained silent, his fists tightly clenched, his eyes fixed on Wang Teng, clearly very angry.
However, anger was anger, and it was useless; mere glares couldn't kill anyone.
Well, at least Emperor Xue Ye didn't have that ability.
"Heh~, you can't stand this? Then what about the common people oppressed by you corrupt nobles throughout the Heaven Dou Empire? They can endure it, so why can't you, Emperor Xue Ye?"
In the original novel, only the passionate Spirit Master's world was described, with little mention of the lives of ordinary people on the Douluo Continent.
But in an Empire with a noble system, where slaves could even be openly sold in the capital, how good could the lives of ordinary people be? One could figure it out even with their toes, right?
Wang Teng admitted that Bibi Dong was a villain, and his mother-in-law's actions in the original work were indeed those of a blackened villain, but this did not mean that everyone in Spirit Hall was a villain.
Without Spirit Hall's suppression of Evil Soul Master, considering how Evil Soul Master would slaughter cities in the future Douluo Continent, one could understand Spirit Hall's achievements.
Moreover, without the many Spirit awakening deacons of Spirit Hall, those ordinary people who couldn't become Spirit Master would only be oppressed by corrupt nobles their entire lives.
Although some nobles could be considered true nobles and would not oppress the common people, most nobles were still corrupt.
Of course, for the Spirit Beast race, they must hate Spirit Hall to death. After all, Spirit Hall helped many ordinary people awaken their Spirit, so many Spirit Beast must have been hunted by these Spirit Master.
Furthermore, in Wang Teng's view, Spirit Hall's unification of the Douluo Continent was not wrong.
Wang Teng, having experienced his previous life, knew that a unified World was more beneficial for the vast majority of ordinary people compared to a World where many forces were divided.
Although Bibi Dong was not friendly to those Spirit Master forces, she would not harm ordinary people.
Looking at the unmoving Emperor Xue Ye, Wang Teng turned to Satai.
"Satai, bring all the Snow Family members here!"
"Yes!"
Satai immediately took the order and led the Destroyers to round up all the Snow Family members in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
As the Imperial Family of the Heaven Dou Empire, there were quite a few Snow Family members, but at this moment, there were only about twenty people in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
These included Emperor Xue Ye's concubines, Lightning Douluo's descendants, and the Fourth Prince Xue Beng and Princess Princess Xue Ke. As for the other Snow Family members, none were in the Imperial Palace.
"Xue Ye, you only have one son left, right? Are you really so heartless as to let your only son die here?"
Emperor Xue Ye looked at Xue Beng, opened his mouth, but still remained firm, absolutely refusing to surrender.
Looking at the unmoving Xue Ye, Wang Teng was also a bit frustrated.
"Xue Beng, aren't you going to beg your Imperial Father? Your Imperial Father is an old man who has lived long enough. But you are different; you are still young and have plenty of time to enjoy life."
As soon as these words came out, Xue Beng's heart, like his name, collapsed.
"Imperial Father, please order a surrender quickly! Your son is still young and doesn't want to die!"
"Hmm, same goes for you all. If you can't persuade Xue Ye, then you'll have to say goodbye to your lives!"
Wang Teng looked at Emperor Xue Ye's concubines.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy on your concubine~!"
Instantly, Emperor Xue Ye's many concubines also began to cry.
"Good, you officials, why aren't you quickly pleading with Xue Ye? Otherwise, you'll all be beheaded later."
Wang Teng turned his gaze to the high-ranking officials of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Your Majesty, Sky City has so many powerful experts. For the sake of the Imperial Family's legacy, please order a surrender!"
Immediately, a pot-bellied high official began to persuade Emperor Xue Ye.
"Yes, yes~, Your Majesty, there's no hope left, so don't resist anymore!"
Many high officials of the Heaven Dou Empire, for the sake of their lives and fortunes, immediately began to persuade Emperor Xue Ye.
"Xue Ye, you're not still thinking that the Heaven Dou Empire's ten great legions will form a loyalist army to rescue you, are you?"
"Hmm?"
Emperor Xue Ye's expression changed slightly; he was indeed counting on that.
"Then you don't need to wait. As early as many years ago, my Sky City had infiltrated many experts. Now, among your ten great legions, a thousand Spirit Emperor are people from my Sky City.
Moreover, for each legion, I have dispatched a Titled Douluo to oversee it. You will not be able to wait for a loyalist army."
"What?!"
Emperor Xue Ye was immediately horrified.
He hadn't expected Sky City to have made so many preparations. Spirit Master of the Spirit Emperor level held important positions in the ten great legions, at least serving as deputy commanders of a thousand men. Coupled with a Titled Douluo overseeing them, there was truly no hope left.
"Impossible, where did your Sky City get so many Titled Douluo?"
There were already nine Titled Douluo here at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and one for each of the ten great legions, wouldn't that mean there were ten more?
"Three from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, two from the Elephant Armored Academy, two from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, plus Dugu Bo and two under my Sky City's command—isn't that exactly ten?
Furthermore, Spirit Hall has many Titled Douluo; your Heaven Dou Empire has no hope whatsoever!"
"..."
Emperor Xue Ye found himself very sad. Besides the only Titled Douluo of his Snow Family, Lightning Douluo, who would absolutely not betray him, all the Titled Douluo within the Heaven Dou Empire had actually betrayed him.
Especially the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. The relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Empire was so close, and the seemingly trustworthy Ning Fengzhi had actually betrayed them?
"Impossible~ The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would never betray us!"
Emperor Xue Ye shouted loudly, refusing to believe that Ning Fengzhi would betray them.
"Why not? What relationship does the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have with the Heaven Dou Empire? As for ordinary interests, don't even mention it; they're not short on money."
"Ning Fengzhi is my son Qinghe's teacher; he would never betray the Heaven Dou Empire."
"That can hardly be called betrayal, because the real Xue Qinghe died more than ten years ago. The one who became his teacher back then was actually someone from Spirit Hall!"
"This~, how is this possible?"
Clearly, Emperor Xue Ye could not accept this fact. Could it be that the Grand Prince Xue Qinghe, who had been with him for so many years, was not his own son? Was he an imposter?
"Alright, I won't waste any more words with you. I'll give you one last chance. If you don't surrender, including you, all members of the Snow Family Imperial Family will die!"
"Hmph~, my Snow Family only dies standing, never lives kneeling!"
Emperor Xue Ye hardened his heart and said through gritted teeth. Then, he closed his eyes, awaiting death's arrival.
"Good, very good, old man Xue Ye, I have to admire you. Although your strength isn't much, I didn't expect your bones to be so hard!"
Wang Teng was a little surprised. He hadn't expected Emperor Xue Ye to be so unyielding, comparable to Chongzhen who hanged himself during the Great Ming Dynasty in Wang Teng's previous life.
"I promised not to kill Princess Xue Ke, and out of respect for my father, I won't kill you.
Satai, take the Snow Family members and temporarily bring them to Sky City for safekeeping."
Satai nodded, then took all the Imperial Family members, including Emperor Xue Ye, to Sky City for safekeeping.
"I'm giving you a task: according to Emperor Xue Ye's wishes, issue orders of surrender to the various legions. Otherwise, you will die!"
Actually, whether Emperor Xue Ye personally issued the surrender decree or not didn't make much of a difference.
Regardless of whether the surrender order was real or fake, as long as the order could be conveyed to the various legions, he believed these 'loyal' high officials of the Heaven Dou Empire would help.
"Yes, yes, yes! We will immediately issue His Majesty's order!"
It was still that pot-bellied high official who immediately understood Wang Teng's meaning and acted accordingly.
The other opportunists nearby also followed suit, coming to help.
Soon, ten fresh orders personally issued by Emperor Xue Ye were produced.
Of course, this surrender order was just a way for the soldiers of the ten great legions to save face.
They had already been led to mutiny by Sky City's spies, and with Titled Douluo suppressing the legions' high-ranking generals, plus the Emperor's surrender order, they naturally took the easy way out.
After all, for soldiers, who the Emperor was didn't matter much to them; even if the Emperor changed, they would still receive military pay.
Moreover, it seemed that Sky City replacing the Heaven Dou Empire was also beneficial. At the very least, their side had more top-tier experts, and in future wars, they wouldn't be wantonly slaughtered by the enemy's high-level Spirit Master.
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