Jiang Chen!
Those two words fell like a curse, unleashing boundless terror upon the people of the Three Talents Island Domain.
Including His Majesty the Emperor, every single one of them wore expressions of fear and regret. They finally understood just how foolish it had been to think they could stand against him.
Jiang Chen — he was not someone their Three Talents Island Domain had any right to oppose. To put it bluntly, their domain didn't even qualify as a worthy enemy in his eyes.
If he wanted to deal with the Three Talents Island Domain, wanted to wipe it from existence, it would cost him practically no effort at all.
The facts had already proven just how misguided their earlier defiance had been.
"Zhao Situ, why didn't you say so sooner!" The Emperor's voice was thick with anguish. His current state of mind could only be described as infinitely complicated.
Fear, worry — and even a measure of despair.
What he was considering now was not how to resist, but how to preserve the seed of the Three Talents Island Domain beneath Jiang Chen's fury.
His greatest worry was whether Jiang Chen, in a fit of wrath, might order a massacre of their people.
Such things were not unheard of in the Myriad Abyss Island. Their old rivals, the Huichun Island Domain, had suffered exactly that at the hands of several first-rate families from the Duowen Divine Kingdom.
In the Myriad Abyss Island, when such things happened, they simply happened. There was no justice to be found — not a shred.
Who told you to offend someone beyond your reach?
In the Myriad Abyss Island, the forces of the Ten Great Divine Kingdoms were born above the rest. Forget that Jiang Chen was the prodigious successor of the Eternal Sacred Land — even an ordinary child of a first-rate power could walk all over a place like theirs without consequence.
Moreover, the name "Jiang Chen" had resounded like thunder these past years.
Among the younger generation, who now could match his reputation?
Such a figure was simply not someone the Three Talents Island Domain could afford to offend.
Jiang Chen had dispatched those stubborn holdouts with casual ease, and Prince Huo and the others watched with immense satisfaction. The Three Talents Island Domain had been taunting them for years, a thorn in the Huichun Island Domain's side.
Unfortunately, the Huichun Island Domain had never had the strength to punish them — until now. Seeing the experts of the Three Talents Island Domain suppressed one after another by Jiang Chen, the feeling of catharsis was beyond satisfying.
Jiang Chen's Heavenly Eye Divine Pupil radiated its majestic divine might, sweeping over the cultivators of the Three Talents Island Domain below. One glance, and every last one of them hung their heads in defeat.
Without question, they had completely lost the will to fight. Forget resistance — they didn't even have the courage to meet Jiang Chen's gaze.
After all, the gap between them was simply too vast.
For Jiang Chen to destroy them would be no different from crushing a few ants.
"People of the Three Talents Island Domain, listen well." Jiang Chen's voice was calm, almost indifferent. "This young master has no wish to pile up unnecessary killing. If you remain obstinate and insist on provoking me, I will not hesitate to strike with full force and erase the Three Talents Island Domain from the Myriad Abyss Island entirely. I trust you will not doubt my ability or my resolve."
The moment these words left his lips, every person from the Three Talents Island Domain shuddered — then, almost immediately, felt a surge of relief. From his tone, it was clear there was still room for negotiation.
The Emperor stepped forward and dropped prostrately to the ground, crying out: "Young Master Jiang Chen, we were blind and failed to recognize your great presence! Had we known it was the august personage of Young Master Jiang Chen, we would never have harbored the slightest thought of defiance! We beg Young Master Jiang Chen to be magnanimous and grant us this one act of mercy!"