I was taken directly to the scene. The surrounding mountains and fields were filled with people, and piles of people had already begun to form. Looking at the people in front of me, I suddenly changed my mind. I suddenly looked at Ban Ye with a firm gaze and said...

"Release all the humans, just keep the various monsters."

Madara suddenly narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous aura. The atmosphere at the scene made the palms of several non-Heroic Spirits sweat. The matter had reached the final step, and I had actually gone back on my word. We had captured so many people and wasted so much effort, and now it had all been for nothing.

Anyone would be angry in this situation, but just when everyone thought Madara was about to get furious with me, he surprisingly calmed down.

"Prepare to release them"

Many of my subordinates didn't understand at all, but they also learned about my authority within the entire Biyou Palace once again.

He truly has the final say; whatever he wants to do, people will obey him unconditionally.

When I saw the atmosphere at the scene, I suddenly realized that if I really did that and sacrificed so many innocent people, I would be just like those extraterrestrial evil gods. Although they are not Chinese, they are still human beings. I can ignore their lives and deaths, but I cannot actively disrupt their life and death.

Otherwise, I would have become the kind of person I hate the most. Madara understood my thoughts, which is why he didn't explode on the spot, but he still gave me a thorough dressing-down in the telepathic network.

"If you didn't want to do it, you should have said so earlier. Going back on your word now, are you trying to play with this idiot?"

I showed no expression on my face, but in the mental network, I kept apologizing to Madara. After all, it was my own willfulness that wasted Madara's efforts of half a year.

When I first heard what he was going to do, I didn't really think much about it. Although I knew the number of people, it was just a number on a document. But when I saw how many people that number represented...

I was truly shocked. There was really no way to just sacrifice people without even blinking. I still haven't mastered the art of cultivation. Although I've always heard the saying that "one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand," and that the path of the strong is paved with countless corpses.

But I really can't give such an order. I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me. Maybe I'll never become the strongman or hero that others talk about in this lifetime.

But everyone around me was laughing, probably mocking my weakness. I watched as all my subordinates tried their best to move people elsewhere, while the demons and monsters left behind still had to be sacrificed.

In fact, the magic array is basically complete. This area has been transformed into a huge magic array by Madara, with experts of the fourth realm or above guarding many nodes.

As long as Madara activates his Rinnegan, he can convert all the creatures inside into life force. But I could see it clearly from the side; his subordinates moved people very quickly, as if they had been prepared in advance.

I was frustrated at the time. I saw that although Madara had prepared so many people, he also had a premonition of what I would choose and had already made contingency plans. But I didn't say anything. I guess I'm considered a good person in the eyes of my subordinates.

Although I was friend-zoned, I was still a little happy inside.

The other Heroic Spirits around me took their positions in an instant, and Madara began to absorb my Rinnegan power, preparing to use the Rinnegan. The sacrifice was about to begin, but then I had another flash of inspiration.