Chapter 719: Chapter 714: But I Refuse Them All
"Silver Bridge, stand down."
Gray Fox gently tapped the table and said leisurely.
Silver Bridge bowed respectfully, took half a step back, and stood behind Gray Fox.
The leaders of Huaxia were filled with despair. Silver Bridge was so powerful, yet he was merely a subordinate of Gray Fox. How powerful must Gray Fox himself be?
Gray Fox sipped his tea and leisurely said, "My demands really aren’t high. First, I have a few juniors in Southeast Asia; let them join your Central Council and let them have the final say on its affairs. Second, you handle Huaxia’s matters yourself, while regions outside of Huaxia manage their own issues. As for the third..."
Gray Fox glanced at Bai Pu and smiled, "Grant my starship ’Spirit Wing’ permanent passage rights."
Most of the Huaxia leaders glared furiously. Gray Fox’s three conditions completely disrupted the unified cultural structure of Huaxia. Gray Fox himself even wanted to remotely control Earth and become a "Supreme Emperor" over it!
"We cannot possibly agree to these conditions."
Speaker Wan, having recently suffered a setback, said through gritted teeth. He knew that if Bai Pu refused directly, there would be no room for negotiation.
"Refusing? Then Gangxin can’t continue as the Earth Captain either; this water is too deep for you to handle! Let Boss Gray Fox take over!" shouted his subordinate Silver Bridge.
The hall was tense, as if a conflict was imminent.
Ox Demon, sitting next to Gray Fox, kept frowning as he observed Bai Pu’s reaction.
He saw that Bai Pu had no expression, showing no apparent panic.
Ox Demon burst into laughter and said, "Gray Fox, does it have to be so tense? If Lord Bailu or Lord Discarding and Letting Go finds out, it won’t end well."
Bailu.
Discarding and Letting Go.
The eyes of Huaxia’s leaders suddenly showed a glimmer of hope. These two code names belonged to Evolvers from Huaxia who had emerged in the past few decades.
Since Ox Demon mentioned Lords Bailu and Discarding and Letting Go, it indicated that these two Huaxia Evolvers were not only alive in the Silver Heart Great World but were also stronger than Gray Fox’s group!
Gray Fox smiled, "Alright, out of respect for Lords Discarding and Letting Go, I’ll compromise. I just want the territory of Southeast Asia and to send a few representatives to the Central Council, with priority up to the top ten."
Speaker Wan and the others looked at Bai Pu.
This condition seemed less demanding than the previous ones and might be negotiable.
However, it still required Bai Pu’s decision.
"It seems like a genuine offer; I have no reason to refuse." Bai Pu spoke.
Gray Fox showed a slight smile.
"But I refuse them all." Bai Pu’s next words froze the smile on Gray Fox’s face.
"Kid, are you looking for death?" Gray Fox spoke coldly.
The temperature in the hall plummeted, and flakes of ice started to drift down like real ice flowers, sharp and piercing.
These ice flowers, when landing on the table, could even silently cut through its surface!
"Transforming illusion into reality, practice makes perfect."
Sword Saint Heavy Rain looked concerned, "This is no longer a True Intent Prototype; it’s a real ’True Intent’..."
"Haha, now you’re scared..." Silver Bridge mocked.
Suddenly, Silver Bridge’s mouth stopped moving, and his body became entirely frozen.
It wasn’t just him; everyone else in the hall was also frozen, as if plunged into a dream, unable to use even the slightest bit of energy or Mystical Arts.
And it wasn’t just this meeting hall. The entire Western Capital, all of Huaxia, and even the whole Earth had become immobilized.
A circle of white light silently swept across, covering the entire surface of Earth.
Every living being on Earth had been Spiritual Essence-ified, frozen in place as Earth stopped rotating.
Two peaks, each a hundred thousand meters tall and nearest to the Western Capital, under the Spiritual Essence-ification’s influence, pointed their now-bent, cavernous "volcanic craters" towards the direction of the Western Capital.
[Starship Spiritual Essence-ification complete.]
[TX074, TX077 Particle Propulsion systems calibrated, target locked.]
Lines of notification messages flashed before Bai Pu.
In the hall, Gray Fox and his three companions were unable to move, though their Thought Sense was uninterrupted, instead becoming more desperate, echoing in Bai Pu’s mind with each passing moment.
"What did you do?"
"Gangxin, let’s talk this out reasonably!"
Gray Fox and his companions all received a "You’ve been targeted" notification, their souls practically leaving their bodies in terror.
Targeted — targeted by what?
No need to guess, it had to be the Spiritual Energy Cannon loaded on the Earth Battleship!
"Gangxin, please don’t take things so far, okay? We’ll leave right away, and Earth will be yours. I, Gray Fox, won’t meddle anymore!"
Gray Fox’s voice got more and more urgent.
Suddenly, the white light disappeared.
The hall returned to normal, and Earth’s rotation resumed.
The Spiritual Essence-ification was lifted, and those two peaks, long back to their original state before the Spiritual Essence-ification was lifted, continued to point straight into space.
Gray Fox and his three companions were drenched in sweat.
"Let’s go!"
As soon as they regained their freedom, Gray Fox left without looking back.
Feng Jian and Silver Bridge hurried to follow.
Ox Demon, however, didn’t rush to leave, remaining seated.
"Ox Demon, why aren’t you leaving?" Gray Fox asked as he reached the exit of the meeting room, turning to look back.
"You all go ahead. I’m planning to split from the group." Ox Demon displayed a simple, honest smile.
Gray Fox’s expression changed several times, but he eventually snorted, "Don’t regret it later!"
Then Gray Fox, with his two subordinates, flew toward the sky.
"Boss, are we just letting it go like this?" Feng Jian asked.
"I think Gangxin wouldn’t dare fire, considering how close they are; they’d be caught in the blast too," Silver Bridge replied.
"Let it be! Didn’t expect that kid to actually install a weapons system on the Earth Battleship."
Gray Fox said, "I struggled so hard to become a Mid-level Evolver and don’t want to die on such a remote, low-tier planet. Earth has only a 1.2 Spiritual Particle intensity — too barren, no profit to be made. Forget it."
"I’m just feeling unsatisfied, being played by a Tier One Awakened," Silver Bridge grumbled.
"Don’t worry, Gangxin won’t last long either."
Gray Fox’s Thought Sense conveyed a tone of indifference, "Gangxin wants to monopolize Earth, but who agrees? Not just us, but even the Evolvers from the US-Canada Federation and Europe-Africa Union wouldn’t? Moreover, is the Silver Heart Great World an easy place? Even if the Evolvers from Earth don’t cause trouble, the lunatics from the ’Burning Ash’ organization won’t spare him!"
"Right! How could I forget, there are still Yazd Awakened prisoners detained on Earth! Just let ’Burning Ash’ know, and they’ll surely step in to flatten Earth."
...
In the Western Capital, inside the meeting hall.
After Gray Fox and the other two left, Bai Pu and Ox Demon sat facing each other.
"Ox Demon senior, why did you want to leave Gray Fox?" Bai Pu asked.
Ox Demon smiled, "In the Silver Heart Great World, Evolver groups form and break up frequently, all depending on interest. I stayed because I think we can discuss a business deal... By the way, since you’re new here, you must be in need of a guide, right?"
