“Who are you!? State your identity immediately!!!”
“Who let someone unknown in when we’re in the middle of a strategic discussion!?”
“Guards!! Drag him out and prepare to interrogate him!!!”
Multiple voice comes out of the huge hall, each one of them clearly hostile towards the young man who just appeared out of nowhere, some of them even shaking a bit as they thought that the young man is some kind of ghost who’s about to bring a disaster in.
This speculation strengthens even further as despite the people in this hall being the strongest in this empire, they couldn’t even feel a single trace of the young man despite him just standing there, almost as if he’s not there at all.
As armored people starts entering the hall, the commotion starts to die out, the armed men in the front pointing shining spears towards the young man, while the men in the back stretched their bows and aimed the tip of their arrows towards him.
“Raise your hands, state your name, nationality, as well as the reason why you’re here” one of the guards, clearly more well-dressed than the others, asked without letting his spear down, his voice clearly wary and aggressive, as if he’s whenever a fight breaks down.
“I mean no harm… put down your weapons” Wu Xiaotian replies, not even bothering to introduce himself, his hands still on its previous position, his left hand on his back while his right hand is on top of the hilt of the blade currently hanging on his waist.
“Don’t try anything funny!!! I repeat, raise your hands, state your name, nationality, and reason why you’re here!!” the previous guard said, now with a bit of anger in his voice as he never expected anyone to not even bother with his words, the first time since he became the head of the imperial guard that someone ignores his orders.
After a few moments of silence, the young man in front of him still refuses to comply with his words, causing him to point towards the young man while shouting, “Arrest him!!!”
As the guards slowly moves forward, Wu Xiaotian shakes his head as he never expected that no one will listen despite him not doing anything. Sighing in his mind, Wu Xiaotian decided to let out his soul power, suppressing everyone in place, the eyes of everyone in the hall going wide in surprise as they realized that they can no longer move.
The terror of the people grew even more as they saw every weapon pointed towards the young man floating in the air, each of them turning around, aimed at the people currently wielding them, their sharp, shining edge reflecting the fear in the guards’ eyes.
Looking around, Wu Xiaotian decided to scan everyone in the surrounding, trying to search for someone who’s authoritative enough to pull these annoying guards back, smiling as he reads one of the pieces of information being displayed, the information from the person sitting beside the one at the seat farthest from the entrance of the hall.
[Name: Ludwig Van Anderson]
[Age: 49]
[Affiliation: Black Iron Empire (Emperor)]
[Cultivation: Advance state Qi Refining Realm (Supreme Master)]
[Stats]
[Strength: 78,000]
[Agility: 72,000]
[Intelligence: 75,000]
[Stamina: 76,000]
[Vitality: 78,000]
[Aptitude: Middle Quality Mortal Level]
[Detected a different cultivation system than the user. Now briefly explaining the equivalent power of each cultivation level to the host]
[Each of the levels on this world corresponds with a state in the user’s world, with the lowest being Martial Disciple (Early state Body Refining Realm) and the highest being Martial Saint (Perfection state Qi Refining Realm)]
Reading the information of the man wearing an embroidered robe a bit more modest than what the others are wearing, Wu Xiaotian walks, each of his steps heavily resounding throughout the entire hall, the only thing that can be heard as even the people’s breathing were sealed by him.
“So you’re the ruler of this land huh…” he said while looking at the man in front of him, scrutinizing the guy’s appearance, quite disappointed as he witnesses the terror on the man’s eyes.
Hearing his statement, the other people start going into panic as they never expected that the young man will easily identify the real emperor despite all of them wearing something more grandeur than the man, an order that he sent down ages ago as a way to prevent any reckless assassination of him.
This is proven to be ineffective to the young man in front of him though, as he clearly saw the confidence in the young man’s eyes, and he knew that there’s nothing he could say that would convince the young man otherwise.
“Hmm? You’re quite the wicked guy, aren’t you? I see it in your eyes, fear, guilt, a false sense of regret coming from your massive sins” Wu Xiaotian stated while looking at the man’s eyes, the terror visible from it clearly mixed with other things than just the terror of him possessing an overwhelming strength incomprehensible to them.
“Let’s see…” as he thought of something, Wu Xiaotian decided using the [Immortal Illusion Technique], invoking the deepest fears in the hearts of the people in the hall.
The next moment after he snaps his hands, terrified screams start coming out of the people in the hall, nearly all of them looking at something in front of them, begging for forgiveness in fear while striking their forehead on the ground, their bodies leaking pungent fluids causing Wu Xiaotian to frown a bit, creating a barrier of soul power that prevents any smell from reaching him.
After that, he decided to leave here as he couldn’t stand existing on the same space as this kind of people, ones who abuse their powers in order to get whatever it is that they want.
“Who am I to judge them though? I am also the same kind of person, the only difference is that I have some kind of bottom line” Wu Xiaotian mocks himself while shaking his head, scaring the people in the hall even more as he starts stepping in the air, moving upwards then breaking the ceiling of the hall to go outside.
“A… a god…”
“I-is this divine punishment?”
“W-we’re doomed”
As they stare at the open ceiling with the sun shining down on them, the officials start mumbling incoherently as they recall what they just saw, shivering in terror as the face of the ones they toyed and dealt with in all of their life appearing in front of them, seemingly devouring their everything, even their flesh and bones, yet still keeping them alive, the situation almost breaking them if not for the young man snapping them out of what they thought is another form of reality.
“What are you mumbling around for!!??? Pull the soldiers preparing to invade the neighboring kingdoms back!!! Prepare searching for that being!!! I will personally offer my apologies to him for everything that happened today once his location is known!!!”
With the emperor of the Black Iron Empire shouting commands, the officials and the guards finally snapped back to reality, their bodies and voices still trembling as they answered and saluted to the emperor, before hurrying to move outside the court and do everything they can to pull back their forces and search for what they thought is a god descending from the heavens, thinking of ways to appease the anger of such extraordinary being.
Meanwhile, the said extraordinary being is now exploring this new world, creating multiple illusions from the [Immortal Illusion Technique], using them to spread the news of a divine being descending to unify and rule the entire world.
“Who would’ve guessed that it’s going to be this convenient” Wu Xiaotian muttered to himself while using the illusion technique, evaluating its uses outside of combat with extremely high appreciation.
