In addition to its high-tech magic legions, the Empire also possessed an extremely terrifying monster legion, as well as an angel legion from the heavens that the Emperor could summon at any time.
The latter need not be mentioned for now. Its strength was enough to directly declare war on the entire Cardinal World.
The strongest among them, Feldway, possessed individual power sufficient to rival Rimuru in the original work, a genuine boss-level existence.
As for the monster legion.
With the Otherworlders bringing the concept of DNA, the Empire, through magic and certain Unique Skills, successfully deciphered the essence of the life map.
Using this technology, they enhanced monsters and mixed the genes of different monsters to design even more powerful chimeras and synthetic beasts.
But this was not all.
The monster legion not only contained monsters, but also monster knights specially trained by the Empire.
These knights were not purely natural lifeforms.
Rather, they were new heroes created by the Empire using DNA technology, based on the bloodlines of ancient heroes.
Only when a hero and a powerful monster merged into one, and then used the Unique Skill Beast-Demon Fusion to integrate their powers, could they achieve an effect where 1+1 was greater than 2.
The entire monster legion numbered more than 400,000 riders.
One person and one beast counted as one rider.
A single monster could only be considered an A-rank combatant.
But with the cooperation of a hero, the two combined could even unleash A-rank, or even A+ rank combat power.
400,000 A+ rank combatants.
It was hard to imagine how the Western Nations would deal with it if the Empire launched a war without Rin and Rimuru from the original work.
This was also why Rin had never given the Western Nations a second glance.
Compared to the Empire, the Western Nations were simply a pile of trash that should have been eliminated by history long ago.
Of course, Rin also noticed the Empire's movements.
But he did not pay much attention to them.
After all, in the face of absolute strength, the Empire's advanced magic technology was not worth putting in Rin's eyes at all.
If it really came to a fight, just Velzard and Velgrynd working together would be enough to flatten the entire Empire and beat Michael and Feldway black and blue.
"Who are you?"
In the northern region of the Cardinal World, in the heart of the frozen continent, before the White Ice Palace, a group of strange-looking creatures discovered Luo Hao's presence.
They stopped her and asked about the girl's identity.
"Human?"
"No, this aura..."
"Who exactly are you? And how did you get here?"
The frozen continent had always been a forbidden zone for the living. The environment here was similar to the Northern Icefield of the Soul Land Continent.
Aside from some powerful monsters, only the demons summoned by Guy remained on the frozen continent.
Without a doubt, these guys were Guy's subordinates, and also the guards at the gate of the White Ice Palace.
"So ugly..."
Unfortunately, Luo Hao was never someone good at communicating.
She did not even spare those demons a glance. With a single burst of magicules pressure, she crushed the hundreds of demons before the palace into dust.
However, it was not over yet!
Along with the release of her magicules, Luo Hao's dual pressure, a mixture of Campione and True Dragon, instantly enveloped the entire White Ice Palace.
"Rumble~"
For a moment, the earth shook, and cracks appeared across the palace, making it look somewhat unstable.
"Oh?"
This sudden disturbance instantly drew Guy's attention from his throne.
"When did such a person appear?"
Guy sensed Luo Hao's aura. That surging fluctuation of magicules undoubtedly belonged to a top-tier powerhouse capable of rivaling him.
"And this aura..."
Guy muttered, "A new True Dragon? How interesting."
Luo Hao's aura was too unfamiliar.
And since the other party was a True Dragon, it had nothing to do with angels or spirits.
Was this your doing?
Guy raised his head, his gaze seeming to pass through the palace's obstruction and meet Violet's eyes as she looked down upon this world.
Of course, the person he was speculating about was not Violet, but Rin standing behind her.
Unfortunately, with Guy's power, he could not truly cross the Void Universe and speak with Rin.
"Lord Guy?"
"Do we need to take action?"
The two maids beside Guy, Primordial Blue and Primordial Green, were Primordial Demons just like Testarossa and the others.
It was just that after being defeated by Guy, according to demon rules, they willingly submitted to him and served at his side as subordinates.
"You are not her match."
Guy stopped the two women's intentions. He rose from his seat, then took a step forward and appeared directly before the White Ice Palace.
"Has he arrived?"
Noticing the arrival of the main person, Luo Hao withdrew her aura while carefully observing the bare-chested red-haired man before her.
Earlier, Rin had already introduced Luo Hao to information about the Ten Great Demon Lords.
Among them, Sky Queen Frey, Lion King Carrion, and Nightmare Queen Luminous had already submitted to Rin, so Luo Hao no longer needed to notify them.
Among the remaining ones, Clayman was too weak. Luo Hao did not even plan to make the trip herself.
Milim was Velzard's niece.
Luo Hao did want to fight Milim, but the other party was just a crazy little girl.
If she got carried away, she would bring destruction to the entire world.
If Luo Hao truly wanted to fight Milim, once Rin subdued Milim, he would naturally allow them to vent their fighting spirit freely in the Void Universe.
"You are Dark Emperor Guy?"
"Yes, that's me."
Guy showed no anger at Luo Hao's arrogance. He knew the other party was one of Rin's people.
"May I ask what brings you here?"
"Two things."
Luo Hao spoke, then tossed an invitation to Guy.
This scene made the demons hiding in the shadows extremely furious, wishing they could rush forward immediately and tear Luo Hao to pieces.
Of course, the main reason was that demons possessed immortality in the material world.
Even if Luo Hao crushed them to dust, their spiritual bodies would return to the Underworld and be reborn there.
To some extent, this was already comparable to a law of the world.
Even an Ultimate Skill could not bypass this rule and directly erase a demon's soul.
"Hm?"
Guy opened the invitation. With only a glance, he understood Luo Hao's identity.
"Did that person send you?"
"Snap!"
Guy closed the invitation and smiled.
"I accept the invitation. I will arrive on time."
"Now, you can tell me about the second matter."
Those words were clearly asking the obvious.
Luo Hao's fighting spirit had already overflowed long ago.
What she wanted to do with the second matter was already self-evident.
(To be continued.)