Chapter 555 553: Five Nations Surrender

The upper echelons of the Qingyue Kingdom's Royal Family left the Imperial Palace.

Luo Tian followed behind them.

The journey was long, and the agonizing feeling made it even more unbearable.

"Since you're going to apologize, you should prepare a gift to show your sincerity. Why don't you give Qingyue Kingdom to Li Yunxiu?"

Luo Tian said suddenly.

The Qingyue Kingdom's leadership understood what Luo Tian meant. He wanted them to do the same as the Qiu Yue Kingdom and cede their territory to the Azure Cloud Kingdom!

What a humiliation!

Fury boiled in the hearts of many of Qingyue Kingdom's leaders. They wanted to take Luo Tian down with them, even if it meant mutual destruction!

Unfortunately, that would be like an egg trying to smash a rock.

Glancing at the Imperial City that Luo Tian had cleaved in two with a single sword strike, they all swallowed hard and nodded in agreement, not daring to say another word.

...

The Azure Cloud Kingdom's border army had just finished escorting the Qiu Yue Kingdom's Royal Family to the Royal Capital.

Less than a month later.

The upper echelons of the Qingyue Kingdom's Royal Family arrived.

"This... they're not here to... apologize too, are they?"

The General was slightly bewildered.

Just as he had expected, the Qingyue Kingdom's Royal Family was indeed there to apologize.

The Azure Cloud Kingdom's generals and soldiers eyed the group as if they were looking at a bunch of idiots.

'What the hell is going on?'

At present, only Li Yunxiu knew that Luo Tian was helping the Azure Cloud Kingdom eliminate its enemies; everyone else was in the dark.

Afterward, the border guards once again escorted the upper echelons of the Qingyue Kingdom's Royal Family to the Royal Capital.

「On the way.」

They ran into some of the Qiu Yue Kingdom's Royal Family members who were on their way back.

The leaders of Qiu Yue Kingdom glanced at the leaders of Qingyue Kingdom and suddenly felt a sense of comfort. They weren't alone.

The people of Qingyue Kingdom felt the same, a sense of commiseration and mutual sympathy for their shared plight.

Once that group was sent off.

Luo Tian headed to his next destination: the Tielu Kingdom.

「Two months later.」

Luo Tian arrived without incident.

The incidents with the Qiu Yue and Qingyue Kingdoms had long since fermented and spread.

The Tielu Kingdom had naturally heard about it long ago and guessed that Luo Tian would be coming for them!

"Luo Tian is here!"

Finally, on this day, a voice rang out from within the Tielu Kingdom's Imperial Palace.

A few breaths later.

A figure flew through the sky—it was Luo Tian!

From the Imperial Palace, a large group of people rushed out instantly!

Waves of Earth Element Realm auras billowed out, forming a majestic pressure that shook the entire area!

"So many Earth Element Realm experts," Luo Tian chuckled.

At this moment, more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists had appeared in the Tielu Kingdom.

This was an unimaginable number for an ordinary small kingdom.

"Of course! After you took down two kingdoms, did you think we wouldn't be prepared?"

The Monarch of the Tielu Kingdom was a red-haired old man. His face was stern, and a cold sneer tugged at the corner of his mouth!

It turned out...

The military forces of the remaining Three Kingdoms had all gathered in the Tielu Kingdom's Imperial Capital, planning to have a decisive battle with Luo Tian and put an end to all this.

They were confident of their victory!

After all, the elite experts of the Three Kingdoms were all gathered here!

"Oh? It seems you are prepared... for all three kingdoms to go apologize together."

Luo Tian revealed a playful smile.

"Insolence! You dare speak such arrogant words when death is at your doorstep!"

The Monarch of Tielu Kingdom roared, then fiercely swung down his raised hand!

At that moment, the fully prepared Tielu Kingdom launched their attack.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH...

Over a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists surrounded Luo Tian from all directions.

At the same time, an army of tens of thousands took up an Array Formation, their soaring momentum erupting forth!

Luo Tian seemed to have willingly walked into a trap, caught in a heavy encirclement with no way out.

"Luo Tian, we didn't have to let things get to this point, but you are simply too arrogant, too ignorant!"

A silver-haired old woman holding a Dragon Head Staff spoke coldly.

"You will soon understand who is truly arrogant and ignorant."

Luo Tian gave a faint smile.

VWOOM!

A biting chill suddenly pulsed from Luo Tian's body. A violent wind rose around him, merging with the cold and sweeping out in all directions!

The dozen or so Earth Element Realm experts surrounding Luo Tian felt as if they had been plunged into an Extreme Ice World. The chill corroded them, slowing the circulation of their blood and True Essence.

"So cold!"

"What a terrifying chill!"

The more than a dozen Earth Element Realm experts felt their bodies grow stiff with cold and couldn't help but tremble!

In the next instant.

A dozen grayish-white whirlwinds coalesced around Luo Tian, like blades of ice, blowing outwards in all directions!

The more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists all sensed a crisis.

This was an Attack from Luo Tian!

They either condensed a True Essence Shield or used a Body Technique to dodge, but with the chill invading their bodies, their True Essence flowed sluggishly, and their movements were clumsy!

It all seemed futile.

SHICK SHICK SHICK...

The dozen grayish-white, icy Wind Blades struck the tops of the more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists' heads!

Afterward, the more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists felt a draft on the top of their heads.

They looked at each other and discovered that the tops of their heads were all... bald!

"My hair!"

"Damn it, I'm bald!"

The reactions of the more than a dozen Earth Element Realm experts varied, from anger to panic to terror!

Down below, the military forces of the Three Kingdoms and their Royal Family leaders, who stood ready for battle, found the scene both laughable and inexplicably terrifying!

With a wave of his hand, Luo Tian had turned more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists bald!

This was simply too frightening!

The more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists also stared at Luo Tian, their eyes filled with horror and profound fear.

They now recognized the terror of Luo Tian's power and realized that they themselves were the truly arrogant and ignorant ones!

"This time, I just shaved your hair. Next time, I'll shave off your heads!"

Luo Tian's calm words sounded like they came from a demon, sending shivers down their spines!

The more than a dozen Earth Level Martial Artists did not doubt for a second that Luo Tian had the ability to do it!

Their fighting spirit and passion instantly vanished like smoke, replaced by an overwhelming gush of terror!

In the end, the dozen or so bald men lowered their heads!

They were the top experts of the Three Kingdoms. Now that they had submitted to Luo Tian, the rest of the people from the Three Kingdoms naturally wouldn't dare to oppose him.

A battle they had meticulously prepared for was over before it had even begun.

The people of the Three Kingdoms felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness and despair.

"Since all the Royal Families of the Three Kingdoms are here, it's perfect. You can all set off together."

Luo Tian commanded.

In fact.

Luo Tian had deliberately taken his time getting to the Tielu Kingdom to give the remaining Three Kingdoms plenty of time to prepare and gather together so he could send them off in one fell swoop.

Going to each of them one by one was too inefficient.

Afterward.

Under Luo Tian's supervision, the upper echelons of the Three Kingdoms' Royal Families set off together for the Azure Cloud Kingdom!

...

In the past, if the army stationed at the Azure Cloud Kingdom's border saw people from the other three kingdoms arriving together, they would have been scared into an immediate retreat.

But now.

Having been "tempered," they didn't fall into disarray.

"No need to ask. They must be here to apologize. It's just a bigger group this time, nothing to worry about."

The General said, pretending to be calm.

He was still a bit panicked inside, only relaxing completely after confirming the situation was as he thought.

"Supreme Elder!"

The General saw Luo Tian in the distant sky!

He knelt in respectful worship, and all the soldiers of the Azure Cloud Kingdom followed suit, kneeling as one!

At this moment.

The General finally understood why the Royal Families of the Five Nations had come one by one like idiots to apologize and offer up their territories!

It was because of the terrifying deterrence of the Azure Cloud Kingdom's First Supreme Elder!

It was just that...

Why were there so many bald people this time?

The General didn't dare to ask.

...

When Luo Tian returned to the Azure Cloud Kingdom Capital once more.

The entire kingdom was shaken!

The remaining Three Kingdoms had surrendered together!

And the top Great Powers of the Three Kingdoms had all been turned bald! What an utter humiliation!

The gazes of the Azure Cloud Kingdom's Royal Family leaders toward Luo Tian were filled with even greater awe; they didn't even dare to get too close.

Luo Tian had become like a Divine Spirit.

Of course.

His old acquaintances wouldn't be like this.

In their eyes, although Luo Tian had become much more of a stranger, he was still the Luo Tian they remembered.

"So quickly, the Five Nations have all been dealt with... No, they've been annexed by the Azure Cloud Kingdom!"

Li Yunxiu lamented.

The Azure Cloud Kingdom had done nothing, yet it had annexed the Five Nations.

Anyone who learned of this matter would be unable to remain calm. It was all like a dream.

It took a long time for Li Yunxiu to recover from the shock.

At the same time, she also realized that the distance between her and Luo Tian was growing ever wider, the gap ever larger.

Luo Tian was right in front of her, yet he gave her a feeling of being incredibly distant.

Li Yunxiu suddenly understood that there was no longer any possibility between her and Luo Tian.

With the matter settled.

Luo Tian took a temporary break to rest and relax. He resided in the Imperial Palace, practicing his swordplay when he had free time.

The territory of the Azure Cloud Kingdom expanded to an unprecedented extent, and the citizens of the entire kingdom were immersed in joyful surprise.

In various places, people even built statues, ancestral halls, and temples for Luo Tian, offering worship daily.

Luo Tian was aware of all this, but he couldn't be bothered to interfere.

「Two months later.」

Luo Tian prepared to leave the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

"Reporting to the Monarch, a message has arrived from 'Zheng Qingtian' of the Chilong Dynasty!"

A Guard hurried over.

"What message?"

Li Yunxiu's delicate brows furrowed slightly.

She had long suspected that the Chilong Dynasty was behind the pressure being put on the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

And this Zheng Qingtian was no ordinary person; he was a legendary figure in the Chilong Dynasty.

He was the older brother of the current Monarch of the Chilong Dynasty and the Mansion Master of the dynasty's First Holy Mansion. He never meddled in court affairs, but everyone treated him with the utmost respect!

"He said... that Luo Tian is to go to him, kowtow, and apologize!"

The Guard stammered.