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"Is this fellow...not tired at all?"

The Emperor in the Paint World was also observing the battle outside, his eyes filled with apprehension.

Since gaining great power, he had seldom been at a disadvantage, even when facing Kagura, he was not outclassed. However, against this monster, he found himself utterly powerless and imprisoned here; he truly learned that there are always people stronger than oneself...

The situation displayed by the opponent was even more unexpected.

Facing an army alone and under the attack of numerous masters, he was still able to kill hundreds of soldiers without showing any signs of exhaustion.

For an army like the Four Holy Army, even one at the King Level in a head-on confrontation could last at most about a quarter of an hour. This monster has been fighting for so long; does it have endless stamina?

"What does Your Majesty think, with me having no army of my own, what gives me the courage to plunge into this chaos?" King of Qin said with a slight smile.

The Emperor remained silent. The trump card displayed by King of Qin was terrifyingly shocking.

Now, it seemed that sealing the Demon Statue at the first opportunity was indeed a wise decision.

With just one Demon Statue demonstrating such capability, if those in the Heavenly Pit were all to awaken, what force in this world could contend with them?

"I am curious, after taking over the Dragon Palace, you seized the best geographical advantage at Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. So many years have passed, and you still haven’t been able to build your own army?"

Upon hearing this, King of Qin rubbed his fingers but did not speak.

He indeed wanted to...

The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, being the foremost among the Four Great Dragon Palaces and with the richest legacy, had significant drawbacks—the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace was the hardest to subjugate.

Among the Four Dragon Kings, the Eastern Sea Dragon King was the most upright, not colluding with any external forces, a loyal subordinate of the traditional and proper Buddha Kingdom, and also the staunch foundation of the Shenwu Guild.

By occupying that place, it led to an interruption of the Shenwu Guild’s plans.

However, it also meant that the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace would not be so easily taken over by him.

Whether it was the Dragon King himself or the will of the Dragon Palace Aquatic Race, both were firmly resisting him, unlike Chen Qing, who could win over Princess Ao Zhen and thus utilize part of the West Sea Aquatic Tribe, or like the Southern Sea where the Western Sea Dragon King opened many Dragon Transformation sites to confuse the Southern Sea.

He didn’t have a large number of top-tier Sorcerer Families for Dragon Transformation, didn’t possess a Divine Path army like Chen Qing to integrate with the West Sea Aquatic Tribe, nor did he have a place like Jiangnan Academy to assimilate the legacies of the West Sea.

In plain words... he lacked depth!

Without an army, without Sorcerer Families, lacking a solid foundational support, even now after acquiring a significant legacy site, his rise in power was naturally far slower than Jiangnan and Southern Sea.

Of course, he had a method to control the East Sea Aquatic Clan, but it required the help of the five masters and could not be fully activated yet.

Having been outmaneuvered by Chen Qing in the Federation, his original plan was to use that cover to lay low, but the incident in Yundu was significant. He learned from special channels what would likely happen here, and he had to seize at least one person involved in the Four Holy Ritual.

"Ah... I see." Watching the silent King of Qin, the Emperor gave a cold smile, instantly seeing through the other, "You can’t raise one, can you?"

King of Qin: "......"

"Eastern Sea has a pleasant climate, isolated from the major powers, with thriving overseas trade and harmonious relations among countries. The willingness of people in Eastern Sea to join the military is extremely low; most prefer to be merchants sailing ships. Moreover, with a scanty population and no major families’ support, even you.

..can’t create a force out of nothing there, right? "

"Looking at it this way, you indeed are not as competent as Chen Qing..." The Emperor sneered: "Admittedly it’s a place with a heavy commercial atmosphere where people are reluctant to serve in the military; look at Chen Qing..."

King of Qin took a deep breath, his tone still cold, "Chen Qing’s crooked techniques are quite accidental..."

Jiangnan, that place, many situations are even worse than the Eastern Sea, at least the Eastern Sea doesn’t have a single dominant force balancing it out, whereas Jiangnan initially had the Shen Family, under normal circumstances, it would have taken Chen Qing at least a decade to compete with the Shen Family.

But the crisis with the Ancient Worm happened, and Chen Qing had a set of Divine Path Technique, which we had no intel about.

He forcibly established a power system in Jiangnan and rose within merely five years; this experience is simply irreplicable because even now the Emperor does not know that the power Chen Qing wields and the initial willingness of the Emperor to appoint him as Magistrate and later as King had a significant role.

"Do you mean to say that Chen Qing winning you is also accidental? Including this time when he plotted against you?"

"Are you trying to provoke me?" said King of Qin, his eyes chilly.

"Yes..." The Emperor, with hands clasped behind his back, looked around.

King of Qin noticed his gaze wandering the surroundings, his heart missed a beat, but his face remained unchanged, "You don’t seem like someone who likes to beat around the bush, what’s the point of this provocation?"

"I am not bad at beating around the bush, it’s just that there are few in this world who can make me do so, even in my weaker days, whether in your presence, or in front of the Black Empress, was I not beating around the bush?"

King of Qin: "......"

"As to why I’m provoking you, does His Highness King Qin really not know?"

"What do you mean..."

"What do I mean?" The Emperor suddenly burst into laughter: "His Highness King Qin is quite a good actor, aren’t you just deliberately delaying time?"

At these words, King of Qin’s pupils shrank, he never thought he could keep it hidden for long, but isn’t this guy reacting a bit too quickly?

"Indeed so..." The Emperor’s tone turned icy: "I realized it just now, since that monster clashed with the army, this world seems rather unstable, such as.

.." The Emperor pointed to the distance: "The mountains and waters that were there just now have already gone, although the foreground hasn’t changed much yet, the background is clearly collapsing, and even the foreground is. .."

The Emperor glanced at the other’s teacup; King of Qin deliberately sipped his tea, but actually, one side of the teacup was already missing half.

King of Qin deliberately covered it with his sleeve.

This action seemed casual, but he had been closely observing the other, how could he possibly let him get away with it?

"There is no demon without a weakness, you once said that to me, and I was thinking, that monster is weird enough in ability, also has such formidable skills, and it’s stamina doesn’t even seem to deplete, if it’s truly so powerful, why does it need to be so convoluted?

Why not just come at us directly? By inserting powerful freaks into this world with its almost infinite stamina, killing all the armies, who could stop it? "

"It only has one reason for not doing so..." The Emperor looked certain: "It can’t do it!"

"I knew it, hiding it from you is difficult..." King of Qin stood up and said, "What else have you guessed?"

"If I am not wrong, its strange ability and its current unlimited stamina are conflicting, right?"

King of Qin: "....."

This guy... truly a troublesome figure, the destiny of the Human Race created him and his twin sister, his sister with high martial talent, and he himself must have sufficiently high intelligence.

But now, with a deal made with a Demon Statue, he has compensated for his lack in martial prowess, truly almost an existence without weaknesses.

I should have considered him a threat from the beginning, this truly is the greatest oversight of my life!