Wen Zhiyuan flew to Qin Shilei's side, pointing at the many evolutionaries below and asking, "My King, they might have filmed what just happened. Should we make them delete the videos?"
Qin Shilei scanned the crowd and said calmly, "Feel free to post what just happened on the chat channels. Let's see if I, Qin, fear anything!"
"I possess a sword that will one day cleave the very heavens. What fear do I have of these mere demons and phantoms!"
Looking at Qin Shilei's world-defying demeanor, Wen Zhiyuan was filled with boundless admiration and longing.
He had once considered himself a great leader and had built a formidable force.
However, due to various reasons, he had no choice but to bow before Qin Shilei.
Yet, as time passed, he felt incredibly fortunate to have recognized Qin Shilei as his master.
Now, he had become Qin Shilei's utterly loyal subordinate.
Witnessing Qin Shilei effortlessly obliterate his own city lord and the immensely powerful Fengmei King with a mere wave of his hand,
the people below felt a tremor of fear, terrified that Qin Shilei might kill them with another wave.
They all shouted, "King Qin An is just and discerning. We will never frame you, King Qin An!"
Upon realizing that Qin Shilei had no intention of killing them, they spoke again, "We implore King Qin An to be our King. We will pledge our lives to follow you."
Qin Shilei ignored the cries from below and turned to instruct Wen Zhiyuan, "You and your men kill those Fengmei and then depart on your own."
Wen Zhiyuan nodded in agreement, "As you command!"
Qin Shilei mounted the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc again and flew into the distance.
Meanwhile, after Wen Zhiyuan and his men took action, the remaining Fengmei were quickly eliminated.
The survivors of this city would, in the near future, all relocate to another city that possessed walls.
Without the protection of Gold-tier experts, they would likely not survive much longer if they remained here.
Before that, a video had already been uploaded online.
It was the video of Qin Shilei killing Mailun, a complete recording from Qin Shilei's appearance to his departure.
This video immediately sparked widespread discussion.
"What a pretentious fellow. I suspect that Fengmei was lured here by King Qin An."
"'Number One Person on Blue Star'? I never expected him to be such a sinister individual."
"Look how he killed Mailun at the end. Isn't he just afraid of Mailun exposing his ugly true colors?"
However, these attacks on Qin Shilei were quickly drowned out by another wave of voices.
"So handsome! King Qin An, I want to have your babies!"
"So domineering! From today on, I'm a die-hard fan of King Qin An."
"With such strength, King Qin An indeed has no need to play any tricks with a mere Gold-tier expert."
"Facing the unparalleled King Qin An, aren't some ambitious schemers hiding in the corners, trembling with fear?"
During this period, Qin Shilei had spent most of his time in seclusion. Although he had consistently held the top spot on the cultivation rankings, many had begun to forget or overlook his immense power.
Now, a single video once again allowed everyone to witness Qin Shilei's invincible might.
A Gold-tier high-level Fengmei King was subdued with ease.
Currently, on the rankings, apart from Qin Shilei and his three wives, the next highest cultivation level was only Gold-tier four stars.
This meant that no evolutionary on Blue Star was a match for Qin Shilei's single move.
Discovering this fact, many ambitious individuals indeed felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
However, many other evolutionaries were conquered by Qin Shilei's dismissive, world-ignoring aura and felt the urge to pledge their allegiance to him.
At this moment, Qin Shilei had already entered the blessed land once more.
With the addition of experts from the Demonic Sect and the Righteous Alliance, Qin Shilei could now once again delegate the task of expanding their territory and become a hands-off manager.
A day later, several maps indicating vast oil reserves were delivered to Qin Shilei.
Qin Shilei, holding the maps, rode the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc and flew at great speed for nearly a day. The oil he acquired could supply Great Xia for more than half a year.
He then produced ten large-capacity space rings and arranged for ten Gold-tier experts to transport the oil for the expeditionary army.
With everything arranged, Qin Shilei and An Qian, along with the others, entered seclusion once more. Ten days later, when he emerged from the blessed land again, his cultivation had reached Platinum peak.
By then, the army of King Qin An's Residence had already swept through the Southern Yue Republic and the Republic of Pahooth.
Eighty percent of the evolutionaries in these two countries had chosen to become affiliated forces of King Qin An's Residence.
Immense resources flowed continuously into Qin Shilei's hands. The materials for setting up teleportation arrays alone were gathered in triple sets.
Qin Shilei was now somewhat conflicted.
Should he suppress his cultivation and wait for the spatial rifts to allow Platinum-tier experts to pass through, then go to another realm to harvest resources before continuing his upgrade?
"Shilei, I think you should consider advancing your cultivation. After all, there are still nearly ten months until the one-year deadline," An Qian suggested.
"But there are many resources in the other realms that do not exist on our Blue Star. If I hadn't obtained a batch of materials from Frost Venerable back then, I wouldn't have been able to gather the materials for the teleportation array now," Qin Shilei hesitated.
"Brother Qin, I think you are getting too fixated. We haven't even fully explored the vastness of Blue Star, yet you're already thinking of going to other realms. Only by becoming strong enough will it be safer to venture into other realms," Zhang Xiaoli also persuaded Qin Shilei to find a way to advance his cultivation as soon as possible.
Qin Shilei chuckled, "Indeed, I was being too focused. I kept thinking I was invincible on Blue Star and should explore other realms. I didn't consider that if I encountered a Master-tier expert, they might just obliterate me with a single palm strike."
Having decided to break through, he followed the sensed connection with Ding Teng all the way to the vast grasslands north of Great Xia.
When Qin Shilei saw Ding Teng, the latter was holding a three-to-four-meter-long grey wolf and was absorbing its blood. Dozens of high-level Gold-tier zombies stood around him.
"Greetings, my King. May I know your command?" Ding Teng quickly dropped the grey wolf and flew over to greet him.
"It's nothing, I just came to check on your situation. I'll be leaving shortly," Qin Shilei replied casually.
As he spoke, he had already extracted the orange attribute "Yin Ji Yang Sheng" (Yin Births Yang) from Ding Teng.
Then, he temporarily refreshed and fixed a purple attribute for Ding Teng.
After casually inquiring about the construction of the Zombie Empire, Qin Shilei flew back towards Hope City.
While flying, he extracted the "Element Transformation" attribute from himself into his collection, and then fixed the "Yin Ji Yang Sheng" attribute onto himself.
Yin Ji Yang Sheng (Orange): The Zombie Emperor is originally a creature of extreme Yin and malevolence. However, Yin alone does not flourish. When Yin reaches its limit, a ball of Yang is born. Resistance to the most powerful and righteous Heavenly Thunder is greatly increased.
[The Host is not a zombie. They can only exert half the effect of Yin Ji Yang Sheng. Wearing this attribute helps in comprehending the principle of Yin and Yang complementing each other.]
The system's prompt immediately chimed.
Although he couldn't maximize the attribute's effect, Qin Shilei was already very satisfied.
Because one of the conditions for advancing to the Diamond realm was to comprehend the principle of Yin and Yang complementing each other.