Supreme Tamer

Chapter 937: Chapter 805: In My Eyes, You Are Also Ants

“The duty of the Soul Emperors is to defend human territories and protect the lives of our kin when foreign enemies invade! You’ve all conveniently forgotten the teachings left by the King of Wanxiang!”

The Golden Flames were like Mu Qingyi’s raging fury, letting one feel the scolding in her voice. However, both sides of the Soul Emperor Camps were confused; after all, did the Female War Goddess stop their fighting just to lecture them?

Each Soul Emperor has their own agenda, fighting for their interests. Those duties the Female War Goddess spoke of, none of the Soul Emperors would keep the words once said by the King of Wanxiang in mind during non-critical times.

This was a civil war, not an invasion by an external enemy!

“Now, all of you look towards the Outer City of Snow City!” When Mu Qingyi spoke these words, one could feel a command of Soul Sense pressing on the minds of the many Soul Emperors, forcing them to look in that direction.

What they saw was the ruined Outer City, a picture of devastation with blood flowing on the streets. Mangled corpses lay ignored on the ground, and many ragged people were searching through dilapidated courtyards for their family members…

In this battle, the Outer City had suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties. Nearly every brutal battlefield inevitably affected ordinary people, but the death toll was extremely heavy in this war. Chu Mu, while flying over West City, felt exceptionally heavy-hearted, and Ning Man’er was still between the streets, helping to care for those who were seriously injured…

“You may forget this teaching, you may divide the King’s territory, enjoy the tributes from the King’s subjects, and occupy all the resources he left you, but who gave you the right to kill at will!!”

“Even the King does not have this right, so where does your authority come from!!”

When she said these words, Mu Qingyi’s voice was angrily trembling!!

“Your Highness, it was just an accident…” At this moment, the only one who dared to speak was Xiong Mo Mo Ling.

Xiong Mo was indifferent to Mu Qingyi’s anger. He felt that war inevitably led to death and that the Heavenly Consort was making a big fuss or perhaps meddling too much out of a sense of self-importance as the Female War Goddess.

“Shut up!” The Heavenly Consort’s gaze was coldly fixed on Mo Ling.

Xiong Mo Mo Ling opened his mouth, a surge of resentment rising in him wanting to argue, but in the end, he held back.

“In your eyes, they are like ants, not worth any compassion. Well then, don’t forget, in my eyes, you are all nothing but insects!”

“For every future offence against the citizens of Wanxiang Realm, a High-level Soul Pet Master shall pay with a Soul Pet from those with the rank of Soul Lord or above!!”

Mu Qingyi’s resounding, furious voice fell with emphasis, and that thick hostility and murderous intent also penetrated the ears of everyone present.

Perhaps, the previous teachings might have been dismissed by the Soul Emperors or even found irritating for the Female War Goddess’s unsolicited intervention, but those last two sentences made all Soul Emperors shudder at heart!

Under Heaven, who could regard Soul Emperors as ants?! Yet, at this moment, the Heavenly Consort, riding a Dominator-level Ancestral creature, was precisely such an existence!

The smoky aftermath of war fell silent this once. In the devastated Outer City of Snow City, those who had lost family members, those who had watched familiar faces die miserably in the chaos of battle between two camps, those injured lying ignored on the ground—all heard the words of Mu Qingyi.

The helpless ones, at this moment, kneeled in the direction of the Female War Goddess, suspended high outside the City, with eyes brimming with tears, worshipping the woman who raged and admonished on their behalf, who stood against the wanton slaughter of lives. She was the true King in the hearts of the citizens of the Wanxiang Realm!

Through the lingering smoke, most of the Soul Emperors floated in mid-air, observing countless people kneeling down in the decaying Outer City, in alleys and even in the untouched Middle City; one could see the masses kneeling en masse.

Those who had not embarked on the path of high-level Soul Pet Masters were indeed humble and weak; they were numerous but could not control their own lives, especially in the chaos of war. However, this did not mean they did not cherish their own lives, or the lives of those around them. At the moment when their lives hung in the balance of war, hung on the decision of the Strong Ones, a person who regarded their lives as lives stood up for them. With greater strength and authority, she protected these people who were even more insignificant than ants to her. How could such a Strong One not be worthy of their worship?

Her last two sentences, responding to brutality with brutality, made it even clearer why she was revered as the “Female War Goddess”.

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The Soul Alliance could not influence the position of Heavenly Consort, and the Three Great Palaces equally could not understand whether she could maintain neutrality. But now both sides should have realized that she is a descendant of the King of Wanxiang, her stance is that of the entire Wanxiang Realm’s citizens, and certainly not just the Soul Alliance’s or the Three Great Palaces’.

Mu Qingyi was not ignorant of the cruelty of war, and she was well aware that a conflict of strength between both sides would inevitably result in massive casualties.

In some past disputes, nearly one hundred thousand innocent people were affected. At that time, she was merely angry but did not truly issue a warning to the two major powers.

But this time, Mu Qingyi could no longer tolerate it!

The Three Great Palaces, in charge of Snow City, could prevent her from entering Snow City with an immense army that even she had to be wary of, but why did they let tens of thousands of people in the Outer City lose their lives?

For the Soul Alliance, city walls were almost as if they didn’t exist; why start a battle in the Outer City when so many people had not yet evacuated.

War comes with casualties, it is cruel, but there is absolutely no reason for such outrageous casualties when there are shelters under the homes of every resident to avoid the chaos of war.

The only explanation is that neither side truly regards their lives as lives.

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“Mo Ling, if a Silver Demon wreaks havoc and slaughters wantonly somewhere, I will hold you responsible first,” Mu Qingyi said to Mo Ling with a cold tone.

Mu Qingyi had sent Mo Ling to the Earth Realm of Snow City to guard against the Silver Demon that could likely bring disaster to the Wanxiang Realm. Yet, he led troops to battle here, an intolerable act!

Mo Ling’s face was ashen; being reprimanded by a woman in front of so many people was a bitter pill to swallow.

“From today onwards, any City conflicts above Boundary City must not use the City as a defense, and the Battlefield must be beyond five kilometers from the City,” commanded Mu Qingyi.

In fact, for Soul Pet Masters who are not footsoldier armies, city defenses are hardly effective in the eyes of Soul Masters and Soul Lords. The battle could entirely be moved out of the City, but it’s impossible to make the two major powers fully comply with her command.

Even Mu Qingyi herself knew that the war regulation she had set was rather feeble… but her words, at the very least, could reduce some casualties to a certain extent.

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“The course of the battle is about to change. However, this woman has great courage,” Chu Mu muttered to himself as he watched Mu Qingyi in the sky.

“In your eyes, those lives are as ants, but don’t forget, you are equally ants in my eyes.” This statement from Mu Qingyi truly ignited something in Chu Mu, as this was what a true Strong One should say!

Chu Mu too hoped that one day, he could cast aside his half-demon status and speak such words with the foundation of a true Strong One!! (.)