High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Lei Yuan stepped forward and stood beside Song Chen, his voice steady: "Lei Mo, you know the Elders Council would never agree to the conditions you proposed in your three negotiations: abolishing the Elders Council, redistributing the mineral veins, and compensating the secondary continent with half of the main continent's resources."

"I've proposed debt redistribution dozens of times at the Elders' Council, and each time it's been rejected by your representative from the Cloud Hidden Continent."

"Your representative from the Cloud Hidden Continent accepted bribes from my rival family and betrayed us in a crucial vote, and now you're blaming me?"

"Absurd!" Lei Mo roared, his voice carrying the pressure of a peak seventh-tier spiritual energy, causing the ground within a radius of tens of kilometers to tremble slightly.

"Your council of elders is full of families from the main continent; the representatives from the three sub-continents are just for show."

"The representative from the Hidden Cloud Continent has had his family threatened by your people. If he doesn't betray you, his entire family will be executed. How can you expect him to surrender?"

"Lei Yuan, you've ruled Thunder Star for three thousand years. Besides making the main continent richer and the sub-continent poorer, what else have you done?"

Lei Yuan opened his mouth, but ultimately did not refute.

Some things are hard to explain in this situation. After thousands of years of grudges and entanglements, right and wrong are no longer clearly defined.

Seeing his silence, Lei Mo sneered and turned to look at Song Chen.

"My lord, Lei Yuan is not worthy to be the star lord. As long as you nod your head, I can immediately replace him."

"I assure you, I will pay every penny of Lei Mingxing's debt in full."

"My lord, you only need to say one word, no, you don't even need to say anything. Just turn around and leave, as if you never saw what happened today. I will clean up this mess myself. Afterwards, I, Lei Mo, will personally go to the Judgment Star to kowtow and express my gratitude to you."

"No." Song Chen shook his head without any hesitation.

Lei Mo's brows furrowed: "Why? Do we really have to fight?"

Song Chen explained in a calm but undeniable tone: "Because the Lord of Lei Yuan Star is recognized by the Alliance."

"During Lei Yuan's tenure, debts were paid on time and treaties were signed in accordance with the law. Whether he oppressed the subcontinent or the Elders' Council was corrupt, that was an internal matter of Lei Ming Star."

"The alliance recognizes the signatory on the contract. If you, Lei Mo, want to become the Star Lord, that's fine. Lei Yuan will voluntarily step down, the Elders' Council will vote to approve it, and then the alliance's Star Lord change procedure will be followed."

"Complete the procedure, and you will become the star lord; fail to complete the procedure, and you will become the rebel leader."

Lei Mo's purplish-red electric eyes flickered violently a few times, and he said in a very low voice:

"My lord, how about this: kill Lei Yuan and say he died in the war?"

"I surrender immediately, disband the Lei Ji Army, restore Lei Ming Star to unity, and my repayment ability will not be affected in any way."

"Afterwards, I would set aside an extra 10% of Lei Mingxing's annual income each year and deposit it directly into your personal account."

"One-tenth of the size of Thunder Star is enough for an adult to buy half a planet in a year."

Looking into Lei Mo's eyes, Song Chen saw nothing hidden in those two balls of purplish-red lightning; he could tell that Lei Mo was genuinely offering his price.

In his eyes, all the officials in the alliance were tradable; interest-free periods were tradable, penalty-free periods were tradable, and of course, the position of the Star Lord was also tradable.

"No," Song Chen said again.

"If you want to fight, I'll fight with you."

Upon hearing this, all the anger, pleading, sincerity, and scheming on Lei Mo's face vanished, leaving only a cold, hard fighting spirit.

He gripped his battle axe tightly, and the purple arcs of electricity on the blade suddenly surged, extending from the blade all the way to the handle, turning the entire axe into a pulsating purple aura.

"If that's the case, then let's fight."

He turned around and raised his battle axe to the million-strong army behind him.

The purple lightning on the axe shot straight into the sky, exploding in the clouds and forming a purple pillar of lightning that pierced the sky.

That was the signal for Lei Jijun's general offensive.

"Listen up, Lei Jijun! That old bastard Lei Yuan has finally left the royal city. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Kill this old man, and our suffering will be over."

"All troops, attack! Remember, you are not allowed to kill the Heavenly Punishment Messenger, just defeat him."

"yes!!!"

The shouts of five million people exploded at the same time, so loud that the mound beneath Song Chen's feet trembled.

The rebel vanguard, consisting of 30,000 Tier 6 heavy infantry, launched the first charge.

The murderous intent of 30,000 men made the entire Cangkong Plain tremble.

The shield bearers advanced their psionic shields side by side, forming a mobile wall stretching for several kilometers. The shields were covered with dense lightning, and any enemy that came into contact with them would be burned to a crisp by the high-voltage current.

The spearmen were arranged in three layers behind the shield wall, with the spear tips protruding from the gaps in the shields.

Each spear tip contains a ball of lightning energy compressed to its limit. Once it locks onto a target, it will detach from the spear tip, fly out, and detonate upon tracking.

This was the moment Song Chen had been waiting for; he drew his Heavenly Blade.

"Lei Yuan, take your men and retreat five kilometers. I'll come back to clean up after I'm done fighting."

"Yes."

Lei Yuan waved his hand, signaling the seventy-four generals to retreat with him.

He knew he couldn't be of any help here. He might have a chance against Lei Mo in a one-on-one fight, but against a million elite troops charging in, his old bones would be sent to their deaths.

The only thing we can do is trust Song Chen and wait for him to finish.

Song Chen stood alone on the mound, facing a million-strong army charging forward.

He held the Heavenly Blade horizontally in front of him and took a deep breath.

The highly charged air from Thunder Star rushed into his lungs, his spiritual energy accelerated through his meridians, and the star core in his dantian began to rotate at high speed.

The first wave of attacks arrived after 0.5 seconds.

Behind the shield formation of 30,000 level 6 heavy infantry, 10,000 archers simultaneously fired their arrows.

The arrows are not ordinary metal arrowheads; the shafts of each arrow are carved from lightning-struck wood, and the arrowheads are embedded with fragments of psionic crystal cores. During flight, they automatically absorb charged particles from the atmosphere, forming an ever-expanding ball of lightning elemental energy at the tip.

Ten thousand arrows rose into the air at the same time, turning half the sky a dazzling blue-white. The rain of arrows drew a dense parabola in the air, and then fell down like ten thousand small lightning bolts.

Song Chen looked up at the rain of arrows, and his Eye of Truth automatically activated. The flight paths of ten thousand arrows turned into ten thousand clear blue lines in his eyes.

The speed, angle, and landing point of each line are all perceived by him with precision down to the micrometer level.

Song Chen activated his Void Shuttle, tearing a rift in space in front of him. He stepped into it, and his figure disappeared from the spot a fraction of a second before the rain of arrows arrived.

Ten thousand arrows landed where he had just stood, and the explosions continued. The mound was blasted into a huge crater several hundred meters in diameter, and the scorched soil was blasted hundreds of meters into the air before falling back down like raindrops.