The four great empires launched their offensive imdiately, with a massive military gathering at the borders. This was no small skirmish, but a true assembly of armies. Additionally, a large number of Elental Lords began suppressing all areas.
If they weren’t worried about Du You breaking them one by one, these forces might have spread out, creating an even wider pressure range.
"Are these guys getting impatient? Well, they are empires that have existed since ancient tis. I rember they were once companions, cooperating many tis," a gleam of insight flashed in Du You’s eyes.
However, soon after, Du You gave an order. "Go negotiate with them, stall them, and then act as if we are ready to abandon this place at any ti."
After all, those people don’t know that I can modify the soul of an Elental Lord. They still think I am only trying to persuade them to surrender, with no direct lethality against Elental Lords. Even if the Dark Elental Lord under my command can kill an Elental Lord, they wouldn’t think I would use it, as it’s too laborious and offers no benefit.
More so, quickly killing an Elental Lord isn’t easy. Of course, if they had seen my Bone Dragon, they wouldn’t think so. The deathly power of the Bone Dragon can kill an Elental Lord in a short ti.
Du You’s soul abilities can do it too, and perhaps even faster.
Next, the opponents applied constant pressure, while Du You’s Doppelganger and subordinate Elental Lords tried every thod to delay ti. The negotiations always proceeded smoothly but often took unexpected turns.
In summary, a vast amount of ti was wasted by them.
As for the territories of the Sunset Empire that had been conquered, Du You rely rapidly restored people’s livelihoods and continuously developed. To outsiders, it seed to cause no harm to the Sunset Empire itself, hence they paid no attention.
Then, a vast amount of minerals and goods were rapidly transported by Du You’s subordinates toward the Elental Empire’s territory. This created a very confusing phenonon for the opponents.
The other empires thought Du You was stalling for ti to transfer resources, intending to return the Sunset Empire to them later.
After all, it would be quite wasteful not to take any resources from the empire they conquered. They don’t care about these things; they care about Du You quickly releasing the Elental Lords.
After all, these are the elite of humanity, and sealing them results in a massive loss for humanity. Not to ntion their personal ties; even so Elental Lords from the outside might react if they learn of humanity’s heavy losses. After all, in their eyes, these lands originally belonged to them.
The stance Du You adopted made them think he didn’t intend to swallow the entire Sunset Empire.
Or perhaps the Elental Empire is unable to withstand the pressure from the four countries, hence wishing to compromise. This made them more at ease. Although negotiations were ongoing, they weren’t in a rush.
As for the reduction in resources and weakening of the Sunset Empire, this was sothing they were willing to see.
As long as the Sunset Empire’s upper-class experts remain, weakening their strength would reduce their competitive pressure. Moreover, the Sunset Empire would owe them a great debt of gratitude.
Even though this was a joint plan by five countries, with the Sunset Empire only stepping forward to test the waters, the situation had changed.
They also acknowledged the birth of Du You’s sixth empire because his strength was formidable, stronger than any single empire. Dostically, there were a lot of mutated Elental Lords.
There were two difficult conditions in the negotiations. One was the demand for Du You to make public the Secret thod for subjugating the Elental Lords or to seal it away, never to be used again.
This is a key condition related to strengthening national power and increasing external threats, so Du You’s negotiators firmly held their ground. Since the opponents believed in such thods, Du You’s Doppelganger didn’t deny it either.
Another condition was the territorial issue. The opponents offered a condition of one-third of the territory, while Du You demanded four-fifths. The two sides continually clashed over territory problems.
After all, for the Elental Lords, the range of their territory is most important.
Having a larger territory allows their power to increase more rapidly in secret, up to the peak of tier seven. They don’t know how to continue after that. Additionally, an Elental Lord’s territory is also a symbol. Even for the sake of face, Elental Lords maintain their territories, and the stronger the Elental Lord, the larger the territory.
Because these two points were firmly held, the negotiations couldn’t proceed further.
anwhile, while negotiating, Du You wasn’t idle. Developnt and restoration of the civilian economy brought Du You a lot of points. The Sunset Empire’s range was similar to the Elental Empire’s, but it was much more prosperous.
The dense population and rich resources significantly improved living standards, earning him many ho base points. With these points, Du You swiftly began manufacturing more and more Elental Lords.
The strength in hand gradually grew, and while the other countries didn’t notice, the Elental Empire’s power beca unmatched. Ultimately, even the king of the Sunset Empire was reford.
The negotiations took several months, which, for Elental Lords, wasn’t very long.
But for Du You’s side, this ti was sufficient. "It’s about ti, we now have over 400 subordinate Elental Lords. The other four empires’ Elental Lords combined surely outnumber us, probably reaching 600, but with the help of our light and dark Elental Lords, our overall strength is not weaker."
"Yes, our Elental Lords function as a unified whole that can completely synchronize, which they cannot. Their Elental Lords basically lack collaboration experience. They might be stronger with the power of Elental Pools and Elental Towers."
Lin Yucha spoke up, understanding their strength as well as Du You.
Unfortunately, the Elental Pools and Elental Towers are immobile, so they can only watch. Either they all defend within their territories, or perhaps even within their Imperial Capitals, or they engage in field battles, and they’re not necessarily their opponents.
The quantity isn’t sufficient, but the quality is superior, combined with supportive and weakening magic, it’s practically cheating.
"Since that’s the case, there’s no need to continue bickering with them," Du You stated.
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