"Oh no! His Majesty the Emperor has been captured! Go and call for help!"

All the high-ranking and powerful ministers of the Xinghen Empire were terrified.

No one expected that things would suddenly change so drastically.

Even the empress herself did not expect Xu Yang's strength to be so terrifying.

“That is absolutely impossible.

Even a true martial god-level warrior cannot escape from my main artifact cage. How did you do it?"

Xu Yang still had a warm smile on his face. He directly injected a mental force into the soul world of the woman beside him and transmitted the situation around his location to the empress.

“The me holding your body now is just a phantom of my soul.

"After the empress figured out the situation, she sneered."

It turns out that your so-called sincerity is just lip service.

You never really believed in our Xinghen Empire from beginning to end."

Xu Yang smiled and nodded repeatedly.

“You are quite right.

Because I am not as honest as you think. If I hadn't kept some thoughts in mind, I would have been played around by you. Unfortunately, I saw through your plan."

The empress was really gritting her teeth at this moment, wishing she could tear Xu Yang into pieces, but unfortunately she didn't have the strength to do so. Even the most basic right to move freely had been deprived by Xu Yang.

If Xu Yang was not such a gentleman, but a despicable villain, with his extraordinary strength, he could do whatever he wanted to the empress at this moment.

"You little guys should stop making trouble here.

I will not do anything to your Emperor, but I need her to give me a satisfactory answer."

Xu Yang directly released a powerful mental force wave downwards. The sound was transmitted to the ears of every minister of the Star Mark Empire, which gave them a reassurance.

At the same time, more than a dozen various rules have quietly emerged around Xu Yang's body, firmly guarding Xu Yang's body in the prison so that it will not be impacted by any power of a Martial God-level strongman.

Soon, under the guidance of Xu Yang's phantom, the two arrived at the top of Juexing Peak.

Now, besides the old living fossil, there are also hundreds of female captives from the Xingheng Empire guarding this mountain range.

Because these people were properly resettled by Xu Yang, they have not only returned to their normal pace of life, but also, under the guidance of the old living fossil predecessor, these ordinary women who were originally powerless have now stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

Coupled with the primitive power cultivation method that Xu Yang had taught them before, now these hundreds of ordinary women have the ability to compete with ordinary warriors.

After seeing the empress in person, they all knelt on one knee and bowed respectfully to the empress and Xu Yang.

When the empress saw that these women were all from her own country, she became furious on the spot.

"Is this what you call sincerity? You're using an ordinary woman from our Xinghen Empire as a hostage to threaten me?"

Xu Yang was too lazy to explain anything to her. He just smiled and shook his head. Instead, the old living fossil who was the leader of these women left a spiritual imprint, which transmitted the whole process of Xu Yang's rescue of these women of the Star Mark Empire and their children to the empress's soul world.

After finding out what happened, a look of shame appeared on the empress's face. However, with her proud personality, she did not give in to Xu Yang. She just lowered her head again and fell silent.

"You don't have to feel any psychological burden. I brought you here to further confirm what I said before.

It won’t be long before the dark side disciples show up again.”

As Xu Yang spoke, he used his powerful mental strength to build a mental barrier in front of himself and the empress. Through this barrier, the two of them could clearly see everything that was happening around Xu Yang's camp far away in the city-state of the Star Mark Empire.

In fact, the reason why Xu Yang did not immediately let his body break free from the prison of the main artifact was not because his strength did not allow it. As long as Xu Yang wanted to be a mere main artifact, how could it be possible to restrain him?

He was just playing hard to get. Xu Yang had long expected that the disciples of the dark forces would never focus on the invasion of only one empire, and they must have spies in the camp of the Star Mark Empire.

Therefore, Xu Yang's strategy of playing hard to get was indeed flawless.

He predicted that soon after his physical body was suppressed, the disciples of the dark forces would not be able to find an opportunity to attack the 100,000-strong imperial army, and would definitely turn their spearheads towards the Star Empire as soon as possible.

And their next actions will become the best bargaining chip for Xu Yang to resolve the empress's desire to invade.

As long as the empress sees the terror of the dark forces with her own eyes, she will definitely consider the overall situation and give up the invasion of the empire's borders.

At first, the empress was deeply skeptical of Xu Yang's solemn promises. She simply regarded Xu Yang's tactics as a trick to delay her from sending troops to invade.

After all, ever since the empress led her army to the border of the empire, she has never encountered any disciples of the dark forces.

However, she did not expect that on the second night after she and Xu Yang arrived at the top of Juexing Peak, large numbers of disciples of the dark forces could no longer hold back and attacked the camp of the border city-states of the Zhunxinghen Empire.

The flames that shot up into the sky from the mental power light curtain immediately attracted the special attention of Xu Yang and the empress.

Through this most perfect view of Xu Yang's real body, the empress's face looked extremely ugly.

“Damn, what’s going on with these guys? They’re all wearing robes of various colors, and I can’t see their faces clearly.

Moreover, each of them possesses extremely powerful strength, which is absolutely impossible for ordinary warriors to contend with.

It seems that everything you said to me before was true, and I misunderstood you."

This was the first time that the empress took the initiative to bow to Xu Yang and admitted her mistake in judgment.

Xu Yang naturally didn't want to do anything to her. After all, he just wanted to gain the empress's spiritual resonance. Only in this way could he fundamentally resolve the conflict between the two empires.

Xu Yang sat next to her and spread his hands helplessly.

"Now you understand my good intentions, right?

The more intense the conflict between your two empires, the more warriors will die, and the more benefits these disciples of the dark forces will gain.

And when these meaningless war puppets truly grow to a certain scale and strength, they will not hesitate to turn their spearheads towards all the imperial forces in the Ancient Martial Arts Shinto.

By that time, the master behind them will fully recover, and the entire Ancient Martial Arts will fall under his control."