Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

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Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

However, for the higher-ups of the Douluo Federation, these past six months have been a nightmare.

Half a year ago, Huo Yuhao, whom they regarded as a stray dog, piloted that terrifying mech called "Dark Blood Demon" and tore the four demigod-level elders secretly sent by the Federation to pieces on the border of Tianhun Province in an almost brutal manner, and the backbone of the entire Federation was broken.

That's a demigod! A being close to a god!

Faced with the "Dark Blood Demon's" azure divine power shield and ferocious soul-guided firepower, these four usually high and mighty ancestors didn't even have a chance to escape.

That mech was like a tireless grim reaper, with the deep-sea crystal at its core continuously providing a vast amount of energy, making it a perpetual motion killing machine on the battlefield.

What made the Federation even more desperate was that during a subsequent siege, Huo Yuhao, who thought he had run out of ammunition and food, actually discovered a large number of rare metal veins in an ancient ruin.

With these resources, that crazy woman Tang Ya actually managed to create a second "Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus"!
So, today's scene happened.

Douluo Federation, Mingdu, the central square in front of the parliament building.

This is the heart of federal power, the most prosperous and majestic place on the entire planet. But at this moment, it is deathly silent.

Tens of thousands of fully armed Soul Guidance Mech Pilots surrounded the plaza, and the "Heavenly Punishment" defense system in the sky was activated at full power, locking onto the lone figure in the center of the plaza.

However, no one dared to fire.

They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Because, right in the center of the square, a 50-meter-tall, menacing black and red mech stood silently.

The cockpit of the mecha was open, but Huo Yuhao did not sit inside. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the mecha's shoulder.

In his hand, he toyed with a metal lotus flower, no bigger than the palm of his hand, blood red in color, radiating an eerie light.

Buddha's Wrath: Tang Lotus.

That seemingly exquisite little thing contained a terrifying power of law that was enough to wipe out the city, or even half of Mingdu, in an instant.

Opposite Huo Yuhao, the Federal Speaker, accompanied by a group of high-ranking officials, was pale-faced and sweating profusely.

"Mr. Huo... Huo Yuhao."

The speaker wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "I think... there might be some misunderstanding between us. It's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. As long as you're willing to put down those... dangerous items, we can sit down and have a proper talk."

"talk?"

Huo Yuhao raised his eyelids, and in his deep blue eyes, the naivety and innocence of yesteryear were long gone, replaced by a cold indifference and sarcasm that came from seeing through the fickleness of human nature.

"Why didn't you say you wanted to talk when you sent four demigods to kill me six months ago?"

"Three months ago, when you used 'Heavenly Punishment' to bomb the Tang Clan's temporary base, which also razed three surrounding civilian villages, why didn't you say you wanted to talk?"

"Now that I have a knife to your throats, do you finally want to talk?"

The speaker was speechless, but to save his life, he forced himself to say, "We were deceived by villains in the past! Those charlatans in the church misled us! Now we have realized the truth!"

"After an emergency discussion at the highest levels of parliament, we are willing to offer our utmost sincerity!"

The speaker produced a document with gold lettering and read it aloud in a trembling voice:
"First, the Federation will immediately withdraw the arrest warrants for you and all members of the Tang Clan, and restore the Tang Clan's legal status."

"Second, the Federation recognizes the legitimacy of the 'Soul System' and allows the Spirit Tower to establish branches in major cities."

"Third, the Federation will compensate the Tang Clan for all its losses and posthumously confer the title of 'Federal Holy Master' upon Tang San, the ancestor of the Tang Clan."

Upon hearing these three conditions, the surrounding crowd and Soul Masters couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

This is a complete compromise! It is the first time in the ten thousand years since the Federation was founded that it has bowed down to a single individual power!
However, the speaker had not yet finished speaking.

He swallowed hard, his eyes flickering slightly, and continued cautiously, "But... in order to ensure the safety of hundreds of millions of citizens of the Federation, and to maintain world peace and stability, we need you... to show a little bit of sincerity."

"What sincerity?" Huo Yuhao asked with a half-smile. "We need you to... destroy that 'Dark Blood Demon' mech and hand over the detailed manufacturing blueprints of the 'Buddha's Wrath Lotus' for the Federation to keep and seal away."

The speaker's voice trailed off as he spoke, but he still managed to finish, "After all, such power, capable of killing gods, in the hands of an individual... is far too dangerous. Only by entrusting it to the Federation, to the nation, can we ensure it is used for the right purposes..."

"Hahahahahaha!"

A sudden burst of laughter interrupted the speaker's words.

Huo Yuhao laughed loudly, laughing so hard that he almost cried.

That laughter was filled with endless mockery and sorrow.

"Destroy the mechs? Hand over the blueprints?"

Huo Yuhao abruptly stopped laughing, his eyes instantly turning as sharp as knives as he stared intently at the hypocritical high-ranking officials.

"Are you trying to fool me like a three-year-old? Or do you think my brain is full of mush?!"

"Hand over the knife, then tie yourself up, kneel on the chopping board, and beg you to have mercy and not kill me?"

"Do you think...it's possible?!"

"If it were ten years ago, perhaps that naive Huo Yuhao would have actually believed your nonsense and thought that sacrificing a little personal interest was nothing for the sake of peace and the greater good."

"but now……"

Huo Yuhao slowly stood up, the Buddha's Wrath Lotus in his hand emitting a heart-palpitating red light.

“I have witnessed your treachery far too many times. I have seen how you betray your allies for profit, how you trample on lives for power, and how you can be smiling one second and stabbing me in the heart the next!”

"Hand over your weapons? Dream on!"

"In this cannibalistic world, truth lies only within the range of a shot, and dignity only on the edge of a blade!"

“I am not standing here today to beg for your forgiveness, nor am I here to bargain with you.”

"I'm here to... inform you."

Huo Yuhao's voice wasn't loud, but with the support of his mental power, it clearly resonated throughout the entire Ming Capital, reaching the ears of everyone.

"Either you accept all my conditions: disband the existing church armed forces, reorganize the Federal Parliament, and publicly try and execute all high-ranking officials who participated in the siege of the Tang Clan!"

"Either..."

He gently raised the red lotus in his hand, as if raising the scythe of death.

"Then let the war continue."

"I will personally detonate this lotus flower, turning this city, a symbol of corrupt power, into ashes."

"Then, I will pilot this mech and slaughter all the Limit Douluos in the Federation, and exterminate all the demigod monsters hiding in the deep mountains and forests!"

"I will slaughter until no one in this world dares to claim supremacy, until no one in this world dares to say 'no' to the Tang Clan!"

"Peace? I fought for it, not you gave it to me!"

"Now, I'll give you ten breaths to consider."

"ten……"

"Nine……"

As Huo Yuhao counted down, the mecha named "Dark Blood Demon" seemed to sense its master's killing intent. The Deep Sea Crystal on its chest suddenly burst out with a dazzling blue light, and the huge ship-slaying sword was raised high. The terrifying energy fluctuations instantly locked onto the entire parliament building.

"Crazy! He's a crazy person!"

The speaker was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. "Quick! Quickly agree to his demands! Agree to everything he says!" (End of Chapter)