655: Unity of Will is an Impregnable Stronghold

Unity of Will is an Impregnable Stronghold

Crimson Light Son of God looked at the divine arts practitioner that had landed in front of him, and his gaze gradually rose to look at Qin Mu in the face. His gaze then passed by Qin Mu as he looked into the distance. He saw the enormous pits scattered around the plaza and the divine arts practitioners of the floating world were piled up in those pits.

There were a lot of divine arts practitioners that didn't fall into the pits, but they suffered heavy injuries from Qin Mu. They either had their ribs, arms, or legs broken.

There were also some that didn't suffer serious injuries, but they had been turned into lambs by creation divine arts. At the moment, they were aimlessly turning around while bleating in the plaza.

If this was a battlefield, the younger generation of the floating world would have been completely massacred. A civilization that became more resolute with the passing of time would have a gap in generation in just a short while!

Crimson Light Son of God got up and walked past Qin Mu. He came to the top of the steps and looked down, still disregarding Qin Mu.

"Crimson Light God Dynasty had been through two eras, and Crimson Emperor had grown an empire from uncultivated land. Light Emperor rose in the time of need and saved our God Dynasty from ruins. The people of our Crimson Light Era have fought fiercely for a hundred generations to found a resplendent era!"

His voice didn't resonate much, but it sounded heavy—it pierced into everyone's ears. "Yet after hiding in this floating world, everything happened. People who had hidden in this place have gradually forgotten the outside enemy that had wiped out our home, wiped out our country, and wiped out our clansmen. People have gradually forgotten the bravery and struggles of Crimson Emperor and Light Emperor. They have forgotten that they are once gods of war. They have forgotten that their race is the race of gods of war! All of you had hidden together in a small building and stopped caring about anything. Wrong! When you guys hid, that means there was defeat! There was humiliation!"

His voice resonated louder and louder. Everyone in the plaza below was ashamed, and they didn't dare to raise their heads. Even Chi Xi and the other gods also lowered their heads in shame.

"I need to borrow the hands of this outsider to disgrace you all, to insult you, to wake you all up!"

Crimson Light Son of God's voice was full of anger. "I want to borrow his hands to warn you, and to tell you that you have already forgotten your tradition, your hatred. You have forgotten the spirit of Crimson Light Era! Without this spirit, Crimson Light Era is then truly dead! It's not dead in the hands of the celestial heavens. It's dead under your hands—the hands of you lucky survivors!"

His voice slowed down again, and his tone became heavy and slightly depressed. "Do you know why I only dare to call myself Son of God? Why do I keep sending people out of the floating world to scout news? Do you know why I was insistent on contacting Founding Emperor and even submit to him three thousand years ago? I couldn't bear—

"Couldn't bear to see you all sink any further. I couldn't bear to see Crimson Light Era be destroyed under your hands. I couldn't bear to see you become sinners…

"I just want to let you all return to the real world, to let you guys rediscover the spirit of Crimson Light Era, to pick up your fighting spirit and regroup ourselves."

He slowly moved in front of the steps. "I don't dare to call myself Emperor. I only dare to call myself Son of God, His Highness. It's not because I'm inferior to an emperor from a small country like Eternal Peace, it's because my subjects aren't worthy! If you guys aren't worthy, I'm also not worthy!

"Are the envoys of Eternal Peace very strong? Yes, they are powerful! He can beat six of you all at once! But think about it, did he keep fighting like this, from the beginning till the end? Among the ten thousand of you, only six people were able to attack him?"

His voice stopped after this question. He gave people the time to think.

The defeated divine arts practitioners below gave off blank looks. Finally, someone broke the silence and muttered, "It was indeed like that. After he rushed into the crowd, only six people could attack him."

More and more people nodded their heads, and they whispered in each other's ears. After being defeated by Qin Mu, their confidence was crushed along with it. He destroyed the pride of an era, and this made them feel that Qin Mu was invincible.

And now, a glimmer of hope was slowly growing in their hearts.

Qin Mu could only defeat six people at the same time. He wasn't completely invincible!

Crimson Light Son of God's voice rang out once again, and he said coldly, "Yet during the period of Crimson Light God Dynasty, as a warrior of Crimson Light Era, one of us can fight six opponents! Because we could fight six at one time, we gained our reputation in this world, and that's why we are called the gods of war! But now, you are all defeated by a newly rising empire. How can we answer to our ancestors? Where should we put our reputation as gods of war? I'm ashamed, but you guys can understand the sense of shame and work even harder!

"In the battle earlier, you are all like a plate of scattered sand. Everyone was stepping on one another, squeezing one another. The chaos was unnecessary. There weren't even six that could attack him at the same time. You weren't defeated by the hands of the envoy from Eternal Peace, you have lost by your own hands, the hands of our people! Shameful! Such humiliation is unacceptable!"

He shouted, "What should we do about Crimson Light's humiliation?"

He paused for a moment and bellowed, "Fight back! Only then can we redeem ourselves, only then can we raise our heads up high! Today, the envoy from Eternal Peace has defeated you, and you guys shall defeat him in the future. In the past, the celestial heavens have defeated our Crimson Light. In that case, we shall annihilate the celestial heavens in the future!"

In the plaza below, countless divine arts practitioners of the floating world were roused by his words, and many people endured the pain to roar and express their sentiments. Everyone was talking all at once. The situation was quite chaotic, but gradually, their voices merged to form a flood that shook everyone to the core. Their deafening shouts were stirring and world-shaking!

The tens of thousands of voices that accumulated together formed a flood that was so shocking and deafening that Qin Mu and Ling Yuxiu's expression changed.

Qin Mu turned and looked down. He saw the aura of the divine arts practitioners linking up with one another like a prairie fire burning fiercely, like spring returning to earth, and like a flood washing over everything.

"Unity of will is an impregnable stronghold. This is the spirit of the unity of will. The spirit of Crimson Light Era has been revived..." Qin Mu muttered.

First Ancestor Human Emperor's voice came from behind, and he said, "This is the effect of having a good leader. Emperor Yanfeng is such a person, and Son of God is such a person as well. You and Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor aren't this kind of person, and you can't say this kind of motivational speech. Only such a leader could unite the hearts of everyone."

Qin Mu nodded his head and said, "A true leader can change a bad thing into something good, twisting everyone's hearts together to form a rope. I still can't do it as of now."

Ling Yuxiu said in a low voice, "This Son of God just changed how you beat ten thousand people into beating six people. He even mentioned that the six people couldn't unleash their full power and this brought your abilities down some more. He's very cunning."

Qin Mu smiled. "What he said wasn't wrong. It's indeed difficult for me to defeat ten thousand divine arts practitioners of Seven Stars Realm. Under a proper formation, hundred divine arts practitioners of Seven Stars Realm just need to bombard me with one wave of divine arts, and they would be able to kill me easily. If a hundred divine arts practitioners could do it, what more could ten thousand do? The method I used messed up their formations first and scattered all of them, creating chaos within their ranks. I then took the chance and went into the fray. There were indeed only six people who could attack me at one time, and since everyone wanted to rush at me, after squeezing and pushing one another, there were only about three or four that could truly attack me. This was the strategy I used to defeat ten thousand divine arts practitioners."

Ling Yuxiu said with a smile, "Nonetheless, he's beating down on your impressiveness."

"He's doing it for his race, so it's understandable."

Qin Mu added, "Anyway, my goal is to borrow this battle to fight fifty years of peace between Eternal Peace and Crimson Light."

He gave a slight smile and said, "These gods and divine arts practitioners of Crimson Light Floating World are haughty. Even if they allied themselves with Eternal Peace, they would look down on us. They would gradually have discrimination, and that would lead to oppression. Since they're looking down on us, they will definitely bully the people and divine arts practitioners of Eternal Peace. Sooner or later, that would lead to a huge disaster. Now that I've beaten them up, the divine arts practitioners of the floating world wouldn't dare to create trouble for at least fifty years."

Ling Yuxiu was astonished. "I didn't think you had actually thought that far ahead. Then what happens after fifty years?"

"After fifty years, I'll beat them up once more."

Qin Mu had a calm expression as he said, "Then we can have another fifty years of peace."

After their inspiring and spirited scene, Crimson Light Son of God allowed the excited divine arts practitioners to go down and heal their injuries. He then turned around and returned to his seat. He gave a slight smile and said, "Envoys of Eternal Peace, please take a seat."

Qin Mu, Ling Yuxiu, and First Ancestor sat down. Crimson Light Son of God's gaze was bright as he carefully observed them. He asked First Ancestor, "Dao friend is from Founding Emperor Era?"

First Ancestor answered, "Immigrants of Founding Emperor."

"I've sent out Chi Xi to meet Founding Emperor as I was planning to submit to Founding Emperor and ally with them to fight the celestial heavens."

Crimson Light Son of God sighed. "Never did I expect things to change with the passage of time. Nothing is indeed permanent. Before Chi Xi reached him, Founding Emperor Era has already come to a premature end. Founding Emperor Era existed for twenty thousand years, but to my floating world, merely three thousand years have passed. What a pity, what a pity. Luckily, there's still Eternal Peace."

His gaze fell on Ling Yuxiu's body, and he said with a smile, "Princess Yuxiu personally came. Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling. Chi Xi has signed a pact with Emperor Yanfeng, and I've already looked through it. If my disciple had defeated the envoys, I could still negotiate the terms and amend some of the conditions. However, he has lost, so I won't be changing the terms and conditions that Chi Xi had signed."

Ling Yuxiu bowed slightly and said with a smile, "Your Highness, Son of God, is magnanimous. If we have offended you in any way earlier, I seek your pardon."

"Princess is courteous. I had originally wanted to give you guys a show of power, but never did I expect I was the one who has been kicked off my high horse."

Crimson Light Son of God laughed. He seemed to be easy-going, but his eyes avoided Qin Mu. He said, "I have agreed to the clause of this oath of alliance. May Princess and Envoy wait a few days. I still need to prepare some trifle matters before sending a group of clansmen to head out to Eternal Peace."

The discussion this time ended in harmony.

Ling Yuxiu, together with Qin Mu and First Ancestor, returned to their residence. Once they stepped inside, she immediately said, "This Son of God gives me a terrifying and troublesome feeling. What kind of person is he exactly? I can never see through him! Will he really give way just because cowherd boy had shown him his power? I don't believe so."

Qin Mu stretched his back and smiled. "He's naturally a person with ambition, but his goal now is to send his clansmen out of this place that's cut off from the world, to return to the world that's filled with struggles. But he won't put all of his eggs in one basket, so he would only let a portion of his clansmen to leave the floating world and head to Eternal Peace. If it's only a portion, it won't pose any danger to Eternal Peace. Instead, it would be a chance for Eternal Peace to receive a huge helping hand."

Ling Yuxiu pondered for a moment and said, "Once they had a firm footing, they will be a threat to Eternal Peace."

Qin Mu said, "When that time comes, Eternal Peace would have grown stronger, right? Anyway, we don't have to think about these for now. These matters should be games for him and the emperor, so just let the emperor have this headache. Let's take these few days to walk around and look at the scenery in the floating world. Sister Xiu, would you like to join me?"

Ling Yuxiu shook her head. "I need to think about certain matters."

She started to rack her brains and put herself in the shoes of Emperor Yanfeng. What was she supposed to do to achieve victory in this game?

'Crimson Light Son of God is a terrifying opponent. His talent, boldness, aspiration, and methods are no inferior to father. If he wants to defeat him in the future, he will have to be more talented and bolder. He needs broader aspirations and more strategies!' She thought secretly to herself.

…

Qin Mu strolled around in the city. He used his eyes to observe the local conditions and customs of the floating world, looking at the style of their structures in particular. First Ancestor followed behind him without a word.

The floating world was actually not smaller than Eternal Peace, but the population here wasn't much—it was far inferior to Eternal Peace. It might be because they were living an abundant life, so they weren't interested in reproducing.

This was a strange phenomenon. When one was situated in danger, one would try all ways to reproduce and secure future generations. On the other hand, when life was plentiful and carefree, they would lose interest in reproducing for their next generation. In that way, the population would start to decrease. This was evident in a place where there were no outside enemies, no war, and no worries about food and clothing.

"Crimson Light Son of God is right. If the floating world continued to hide here, they would destroy themselves," Qin Mu muttered.1

This god city was built in a majestic and vast mountain, and this mountain was much larger than Mount Meru. When standing on the top of the city tower, he could see the scenery of the floating world, and the light lingering in the sky seemed to be within his reach.

Qin Mu was carefree and relaxed as he looked at his surroundings. He turned around to look and was stunned at what he saw. The highest point in this city was actually not the imperial city. Instead, it was a gorgeous and large palace that was behind the imperial city.

When he was in the city, he couldn't see this place at all.

'What is that place?'

Qin Mu was full of excitement as he hurriedly walked down from the city tower. He walked around the imperial city and headed towards that palace hall. First Ancestor calmly followed behind him with a disheartened look.

Finally, they came to the palace hall that was behind the imperial city. Qin Mu saw stone steps that were laid forward continuously. He didn't know how the steps were laid out, but it was very terrifying. He couldn't see its end at all.

Qin Mu scaled upward, and when he almost reached the top, several three-headed and six-armed gods popped their heads out from the top. Their faces were huge. They shouted, "Envoys of Eternal Peace, this is a sacred hall and forbidden ground. Please go back!"

Qin Mu stopped in his tracks, and a familiar voice came from above. "Guardian Jin, let them come up."

"Crimson Light Son of God is also here?" Qin Mu was slightly stunned. He walked forward and saw Crimson Light Son of God.

Crimson Light Son of God was wearing a body-hugging purple-red robe, and he stood in front of him, facing this large and beautiful hall. He said leisurely, "Envoys of Eternal Peace, this place is the heart of Crimson Emperor's brows. Inside the hall, the divine rays of his brain are hidden inside."

Qin Mu hesitated for a moment. "Since this is the sacred ground of Crimson Emperor, I guess I shouldn't go in."

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