The existence of the Divine Dragon Empress is a huge problem for these forces.
The words “invincible supreme expert” alone have stumped a lot of people.
The leaders of these forces all fell silent at this point.
After quite a while, someone finally spoke up and said:
“Well, I do know one invincible supreme expert. If he’s willing to help us, maybe he can deal with the Divine Dragon Empress.”
“The only catch is, asking him to step in comes with a very steep price. It might cost us half of the spoils of war.”
“Half?”
The moment the word “half” came out, everyone was shocked.
Think about it—the Divine Dragon Empire has nearly one hundred major worlds. If they have to hand over half the spoils, wouldn’t that mean giving up fifty major worlds?
Fifty major worlds is already about as many as each of them currently controls.
Giving away that many worlds all at once is hard to swallow.
So, quite a few of them immediately spoke up to reject the idea.
“No way. Half the spoils is way too much. The four of us are joining forces to take down the Divine Dragon Empire. If we still have to give away half of what we get, and then split the rest among ourselves, wouldn’t each of us only end up with ten major worlds?”
“Exactly! Attacking the Divine Dragon Empire is a huge risk. If we only get ten major worlds each, the risk just doesn’t match the reward.”
“The price is just too high. I disagree. The danger isn’t worth the gain.”
“I’m with you. I’d rather not attack the Divine Dragon Empire at all than do something with such high risk and such low return.”
The thought of only getting ten major worlds made many of them immediately give up on the idea of attacking the empire.
Ten major worlds—if they wanted, they could just absorb some smaller forces and get that many worlds without taking on too much risk.
But attacking the Divine Dragon Empire? Whether they could even win was uncertain. Under those circumstances, who would want to do something like that?
However, this isn’t something they can just decide not to do.
“Yes, I admit the cost doesn’t match the reward.”
“But don’t forget, just because you don’t attack the Divine Dragon Empire doesn’t mean they won’t attack you.”
“Even if we don’t strike now, that doesn’t mean the empire won’t strike us later.”
“And when they do come for us, what will we have to defend ourselves?”
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
They hadn’t thought about this issue at first, but now that they did, their hearts were pounding with fear.
If the Divine Dragon Empire suddenly attacked them at some point down the line, they really wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
At that moment, everyone felt weak in the knees.
They also realized that even if they didn’t want to attack the Divine Dragon Empire, they had no choice but to.
After a long silence, someone finally spoke up and said:
“In that case, let’s invite that invincible supreme expert to join us in attacking the Divine Dragon Empire. We’re willing to pay the price.”
“Now that’s more like it. We need to be willing to give if we want to get.”
“Besides, we’re talking about an invincible supreme expert. If he wanted to, he could wipe us out anytime. We should show some respect for such a being.”
With those words, the foundation for attacking the Divine Dragon Empire was basically set.
Five days later, they confirmed that the invincible supreme expert was willing to act on their behalf.
Ten days later, the four major forces had already mobilized their armies and were preparing to march on the Divine Dragon Empire.
Because of this, the people of the Divine Dragon Empire were absolutely shaken.
The combined forces of these four major powers totaled a staggering 400 million soldiers. On top of that, they had over a hundred invincible supreme experts among them.
A force of this magnitude could easily ignite a massive war across the Tianyuan Universe.
It wasn’t just the Divine Dragon Empire that was rattled—even the major powers in the surrounding regions couldn’t help but frown as they turned their attention toward the empire.
“What are the Overlord Spear Sect and the others trying to do? Four major forces joining forces and mobilizing such a massive army of cultivators?”
“From the looks of it, they’re planning to attack the Divine Dragon Empire. Are they trying to swallow it up?”
“Four forces working together is no small matter. Their combined strength might even rival ours. We need to stay very alert.”
Normally, these major powers wouldn’t pay much attention to smaller forces. Those groups were too insignificant to be on their radar.
If not for the fact that they didn’t have the capacity to absorb too many major worlds, they might have already swallowed them up.
But this time was different. With four forces united, their power was now closing in on the major powers.
Even the major powers felt a strong sense of crisis from this alliance.
They even started to worry that these four forces might turn around and attack them next.
The moment that thought crossed their minds, the major powers didn’t hesitate. They immediately mobilized their own main forces.
“On guard! Everyone, go on high alert! If anything unexpected happens, strike first!”
“Yes, sir!”
Under this heightened state of alert, many major powers sprang into action.
And their movements made a lot of people feel deeply uneasy.
People began to fear that the Tianyuan Universe might soon erupt into war.
If that happened, and the universe descended into chaos, ordinary folks like them would surely suffer terribly.
So, many people were filled with anxiety.
And none were more anxious than the citizens of the Divine Dragon Empire.
When the forces of the Overlord Spear Sect and the other three major powers appeared on the empire’s border, the empire’s soldiers were terrified.
They had never seen such a massive army before.
The endless sea of soldiers made their scalps tingle.
But the most terrifying part was the number of Supreme Realm experts.
With so many supreme experts gathered, the pressure on them was overwhelming.
Just one look, and they felt like the sky was falling.
So, while some rushed to send word back, others began shouting in panic.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Our Divine Dragon Empire is doomed!”
“Oh my god! Is this the apocalypse? Why are so many soldiers and experts descending upon our empire?”
“Hurry! Tell Her Majesty! We must report this to Her Majesty! Only she can save our Divine Dragon Empire!”
The appearance of such an enormous army and so many powerful experts completely shattered everyone’s morale. The Divine Dragon Empress became their only lifeline.
