The effect of the famous lines was indeed better than imagined.
The group of Wanling Sect followers and Lumina Rebels before him definitely numbered over a thousand at first glance.
Moreover, those who could gather in this underground altar of Sero Ancient City were either minor leaders or elite grunts.
Of course, there were also the enemy's leaders, including major terrorists like Flores Wanda, who even left a mark in later generations.
Now, they were all rendered speechless and horrified by Yu Lian's grand entrance and lines.
In this vast underground altar, apart from the increasingly obvious "humming" tremor flowing from the white light behind him, there was truly no other sound.
There were clearly over a thousand fully armed or strangely dressed rebels and cultists Present, yet they were plunged directly into an oppressive silence.
The power of his words was truly terrifying!
Although Yu Lian was very satisfied, as a modern soldier with ideals, morals, and quality, he felt he still had an obligation to point out a clear path for everyone.
As the saying goes, learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones, and treat the illness to save the patient.
Thinking of this, he spoke loudly, "People of Lumina Present, since I have come, it means you are surrounded.
You should understand that you have no chance whatsoever.
Meaningless bloodshed will only make your ancestors, who built this ancient city, weep!
Why not turn your weapons, lay down your armor, and surrender with courtesy?
Wouldn't that be beautiful, to appease the heavens above, bring peace to your ancestors below, and ensure national prosperity and peace?"
Most of the cultists and rebel soldiers were uneducated, but facts proved that reactions to famous lines might be universal throughout the Universe.
As soon as his words fell, the awkward and chilling silence gradually gave way to a stir, which then turned into a chaotic din.
Everyone finally recovered from the shock.
They finally realized that Yu Lian was trying to persuade them to surrender, but the more astute ones realized that Yu Lian's persuasion seemed to be directed only at the Lumina people.
So, what position should the Wanling Sect followers take?
The humans and Lumina people Present couldn't help but try to get closer to their compatriots and further away from their "allies."
They looked at the uninvited guest with a face full of "sincerity," their emotions a chaotic mess, and naturally, they dared not act rashly.
What's more, didn't they see that the Sect Master and leaders hadn't made any moves yet?
If the leaders haven't moved, what right do you have to move?
Flores Wanda's expression remained calm, as if he had already anticipated the enemy's appearance.
At least, that was certainly the case on the surface.
He stared down at Yu Lian, who had just walked out of the array's light halo, not speaking immediately, maintaining a calm exterior while deep in thought.
In the past, the "magnanimous and refined" Sect Master Wanda wouldn't even bother to look directly at the opponent.
After all, this was his territory, surrounded by his subordinates and allies, and he also occupied the high ground.
However, this enemy named Yu Lian had appeared after all.
He inexplicably arrived at the deepest altar of Sero Ancient City, bypassed all of his warnings and defensive subordinates, and appeared directly within the array without any warning.
"No matter what, he must be eliminated as quickly as possible!"
To become a cult leader, Flores Wanda was naturally a decisive individual, and never the typical villain who misses opportunities by engaging in various nonsense with the opponent.
He slightly opened his mouth, preparing to instruct Regis to act immediately with elite cultists, and was also mentally prepared to take action himself.
But just then, he suddenly felt a sharp pain, as if seven or eight needles had simultaneously pierced his Solar System and forehead.
The experienced Sect Master Wanda had experienced this sensation before, and quickly took a deep breath without changing his expression, thus avoiding losing composure on the spot.
He knew that his soul domain had been under an extremely heavy burden in order to directly face the descent of the Myriad-Headed Beast.
Now, the burden on the spiritual level had finally transformed into direct pain.
Wanda sighed inwardly.
If he didn't want to leave himself with incurable spiritual trauma, it would be best not to make a move for several days.
However, this was also a price that had to be paid.
There was no other way; to completely obtain the ancestors' legacy, in addition to relying on the treasures and arrays left by the ancestors, he also had to show the courage and determination to face the Void Realm Behemoth.
Nao Wen and Regis looked at their Sect Master, who hadn't reacted immediately, with some surprise, but only saw the Sect Master still standing on the high platform, unmoving like a mountain.
However, they couldn't see the Sect Master's expression, and for a moment, they couldn't even sense his aura, as if a corpse was standing there.
Both of them inwardly thought, "This is bad," and at this moment, Yu Lian's verbal assault naturally continued.
"I'll repeat myself: you are surrounded.
People of Lumina, do you think you only need to contend with the security forces of this star system?
The moment your leaders chose to cooperate with The Myriad Souls Heresy, what you face is already the thunderous wrath of the entire Commonwealth."
The commotion became increasingly evident.
Yu Lian didn't want to distinguish which were panic, which were doubt, or which were resolve.
He only needed to know that the Lumina people were wavering, and that was enough.
Thinking of this, he loudly added, "Now, a fleet has already stopped in orbit around this planet!
Military Command Headquarters has directly taken over all operations here!
Do you really think the Sero Ancient City left by your ancestors can stop orbital bombardment?
Or that your sky god, who is about to descend, can?"
More and more people began to ponder and hesitate; of course, there were also quite a few stubborn ones, and a strong Lumina man a few meters away from Yu Lian let out a roar, "The sky god is omnipotent!" and lunged directly.
However, as soon as he rushed into the range of the white light, he seemed to be completely bound by invisible threads.
His entire body, like a marionette, twitched stiffly and distortedly in his arms and joints, and his eyes instantly lost focus.
His lifeless body tilted towards the ground, but before it fell, it instantly turned to ashes.
It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that the priests within the array, those pioneers who had been loudly chanting "scum die" just now, had all been annihilated.
Yu Lian shook his head mournfully: "You see, your leaders and the evil demons of the Wanling Sect are colluding, treating ordinary Lumina warriors as sacrifices.
The sky god is the universe spirit of the Lumina people, the mother of all things, so why would she need the lives and souls of children as flesh for her descent?"
The ordinary rebel soldiers and cultists looked at each other, speechless.
They had long been indoctrinated with the idea of "sacrificing for the descent of the true god," but Yu Lian's appearance indeed caused their heated minds to gradually cool down.
As for the high-ranking officials, they thought even more.
The flesh and lives of those people were all absorbed by the Myriad-Headed Beast through the array.
To bring a giant monster, originally from the Void Realm, into the material world, it indeed required the living beings of the material world to condense into the power of existence.
But, you indeed walked out from the center of the array just now!
You are a spiritual energy user!
To a Void Realm monster, you are much more "delicious" than ordinary people!
Does this mean that this large divine descent array is useless against you, and that the Void Realm monster about to descend can't do anything to you?
Is this child truly so terrifying?
Lord Yan was dumbfounded, somewhat wanting to give up thinking for a moment.
Although he was also a powerful individual, such a development still exceeded the scope of his elderly common sense.
"By the sky god... bah, by the universe spirit, can't I just smoothly accomplish anything?"
As he thought this, his heart was instantly filled with sorrow.
Ke'ermo was equally surprised.
He considered the possibility of a surprise attack by the Commonwealth army, the possibility of an air raid, and even the possibility of being faced by multiple spiritual energy users, but he never expected the opponent to appear here.
He had, of course, already arranged his loyal elite forces in this altar.
But the problem was that these people were limited, and the targets they could deal with were naturally also limited; there was truly no way to deal with additional ones...
Ke'ermo genuinely urgently wanted to communicate with his superiors who were coming to support, but all external communications were currently blocked.
He couldn't even know the situation outside the virtual ring... Wait, upon closer thought, it seemed terrifying!
The young Lumina rebel leader began to feel that this was not a place to stay long, but for a moment, he couldn't find a direction to retreat.
The two most prominent leaders of the Lumina Rebels were like this; the others were even less worth mentioning.
At this juncture, it was the high-ranking cult members who were more decisive.
Regis had already pulled out a weapon from beneath his gray robe, a long-handled staff with a blade attached to its end.
While such a classical weapon perfectly matched his aesthetic, it didn't fit the aesthetic of this cosmic era.
Of course, considering that cultists basically have no brains, but cult high-ranking officials must be very intelligent, that thing must be a spiritual energy treasure with some special power.
At the same time, several high-ranking guards of the Wanling Sect beside him also pulled out firearms from under their robes.
Beneath their lifted robes, the plastic texture of their close-fitting undergarments could vaguely be seen, clearly indicating close-fitting armor made of composite materials.
...The equipment of these people certainly matched the aesthetic of this era, but it was also very much out of place with the aesthetic of the scene.
"So, don't you feel your daily aesthetics are being forcibly (meow) violated?" Yu Lian looked at them with sympathetic eyes.
Yu Lian's expression remained sincere, with three parts pity in his sympathy, and a few more parts of world-weary Feelings in his pity.
He was standing in the white light at this moment, with the Void Realm Behemoth forming behind him.
Perhaps with such a background, his expression was truly too convincing, and the faces of these Wanling Sect guards were somewhat stiff.
"Sect Master... he's only one person!" Regis whispered.
Whether Yu Lian was terrifying or unfathomable, they couldn't let him continue his verbal assault.
Anyway, there was only him here!
Yes, and we have no choice...
I cannot fall here either!
Sect Master Wanda straightened himself again, suppressing the increasingly obvious stinging pain, and spoke in a flawless, calm-as-water voice, full of boss aura: "Kill..."
But at this moment, Yu Lian loudly said, "Do you feel a severe headache?
Even when using a Proca-configured spirit-controlling array, and even when trying to control this Myriad-Headed Beast, it shouldn't hurt that much, right?"
Wanda's composure and calmness finally broke, the suspicion and gloom seeping from his green eyes almost congealing into mist, and the command that had reached his lips simply couldn't be uttered.
"Count Salwen, through the environmental structure of Sero Ancient City itself, created a colossal spirit-controlling array, suppressing a Myriad-Headed Beast here.
Thus, the existence of this Void Realm monster not only became the guardian of a Mustard Seed World, but also the natural beacon for this treasure trove...
Over these past few decades, there have always been more charlatans among the Lumina people, which is actually because the spirit-suppressing seal left by Count Salwen has begun to loosen, and the will of the Myriad-Headed Beast, Ogsola, can occasionally penetrate and influence the Present.
Isn't the so-called sky god just this?"
Yu Lian admired this magnificent ancient city; it was indeed a good place.
The ancient Sero royalty, perhaps having obtained some ancient transcendent knowledge from somewhere, or perhaps they were natural mystic architects, built an ancient city that could indeed gather spiritual energy.
Operating spiritual control, soul suppression, and Void Realm communication spiritual arrays here was indeed much more efficient than in other places.
Furthermore, it was also very close to the territory of Salwen's secret ally, Karlsa II, allowing for nearby oversight.
This was probably why Count Salwen chose to build his Mustard Seed World here and leave his legacy for future generations.
However, even he didn't expect that in less than two hundred years, the flourishing Empire would completely lose control of this star system.
And Tangheisser Duke would also directly become extinct.
Because of this, his legacy ultimately did not directly fall into the hands of his truly intended successor, but instead attracted a group of grave robbers.
The painting left in Karlsa II Duke's mansion was one of the entrances to the Mustard Seed World.
Yu Lian had already conquered it once, and although he fled in disarray due to the Myriad-Headed Beast inside, he still gained a lot.
The "Source of Life" was definitely a divine skill that could be used up to Nine Rings!
However, anyone who has played games knows that how can you get the highest reward from a dungeon where even the boss hasn't been defeated?
There must be something else in there...
Of course, all of the above was not something the cultists and Lumina Rebels opposite needed to know.
"You've stirred up such a big fuss, causing the entire Far Shore Star Region to be in an uproar.
Besides treasure hunting, was it just to summon a Void Realm Behemoth?
That goal is truly quite classical!"
Indeed, if it were in ancient times, such a Void Realm monster could truly be regarded as a deity.
When civilization had not yet escaped the confines of its home planet, its power was indeed worthy of such reverence.
In the "Universal Phantom Beast Encyclopedia" issued by the Guerrilla Association, its combat power was rated as "Planetary Disaster Class," meaning it could cause a "world-ending" catastrophe to a planet.
...However, a destroyer loaded with neutron bombs and tri-phase bombs seems capable of doing the same, right?
The Myriad-Headed Beast, after all, was not the kind of Leviathan beast that could single-handedly contend with an entire fleet, nor was it one of those abyss-like Void Realm Kings.
Compared to the Aether Star Dragon, they were like kittens in front of a lion.
Even Snowflake, that baby weighing hundreds of thousands of tons, as long as it lived safely for another one or two hundred years, could easily bat this thing around like a ball.
For the top experts standing at the pinnacle of the transcendent domain, it could even be regarded as a valuable prey that could be hunted down by a group.
Yes, prey.
This thing, after all, was also a high-level Void Realm monster, and its drops would inevitably be treasures that could tempt top experts and various major forces.
"So, what exactly do you want to do?
Flores Wanda, you should want Salwen's legacy.
As for the rebels... why are you willing to cooperate with him?
You wouldn't really be so foolish as to think that just adding an oversized wild Phantom Beast would allow you to achieve independence?"
Of course, no one answered him, but Yu Lian didn't care, instead revealing a mischievous smile.
"No matter what, the prerequisite is... that this Phantom Beast can truly obey your commands!
So, will it?
Flores Wanda, are you sure you've found all the sacrificial artifacts left by Count Salwen back then?"
All those who had a full understanding of the ins and outs of this ritual changed their expressions dramatically at this moment.
They couldn't help but all look towards the "antique ring" that was suspended in mid-air within the array.
"I lost a ring in New Seville.
This is a treasure I made with almost 5 million in material costs and 5 million in labor costs!
Can you return it to me now?
I don't want a fake."
Yu Lian opened his arm armor to reveal his left hand and took out an identical ring.