Chapter 808: Impact

The God Council was different from normal civilization clusters; news only circulated among Deities.

After all, for those Believers, it was enough to just know which Divine Spirit they believed in; they didn't need to know too much.

However, there were spies from many factions within the God Council.

They maintained close relationships with some Mid-to-Low Tier Deities, all to obtain important information from the God Council in a timely manner.

But this kind of information transmission had a significant lag.

A few days later, in Returning Star's Nova Palace, a regular meeting was taking place.

"Empress, the price of alloy-type metals within our borders has already risen by 36%. Many financial institutions have set their sights on us. If we don't stabilize the situation soon, I'm afraid the domestic economy will suffer a massive fluctuation."

The Minister of Finance said with a bitter expression. Due to most alloy factories within Returning Star's borders Work Overtime to forge Transformers Alloy for Li Yu,

This led to Returning Star's own alloy demands not being met, thus causing the price of alloy-type metals to rise.

"Another cut?" Another General couldn't help but speak up. His scalp tingled under Klein's cold gaze, but he still gritted his teeth and said:

"Empress, the Military's alloy quota has already been compressed to the minimum. If this continues, it will be difficult to maintain regular military needs."

Every year, the Military spent massive amounts of alloy on fleet maintenance, resupply, and building new fleets.

The Military's quota had already been cut once before. If it was cut again, Returning Star's own military system would suffer damage.

"Oh? General Inces, do you have any new suggestions?" Klein's gaze carried scrutiny and pressure.

The other High Echelons also fixed their eyes on him.

Feeling the gazes from all directions, General Inces felt himself drenched in cold sweat.

But who asked him to be unable to hold back his words? He had already become the Military's spokesperson.

If he didn't argue strongly based on reason today, or if he stayed silent, neither the Empress nor the Military would let him off.

He took a deep breath and still voiced that taboo suggestion no one dared to mention: "I suggest temporarily halting a portion of the alloy factories serving Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign, to first supply the internal demands of our civilization."

"I believe Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign will definitely be able to understand."

The Dragon Sovereign would understand, of course, but the problem was whether their own Empress could understand.

This sentence couldn't help but surface in the hearts of the many High Echelons present.

They had all interacted with the Dragon Sovereign directly or indirectly and knew he wasn't an unreasonable person.

The problem lay in the fact that their Empress was a pure Love-struck idiot.

"Is this suggestion General Inces's own idea, or the Military's suggestion?" Klein's tone revealed no joy or anger.

The entire High Echelon had long been her One-Man Show. Even if she ordered General Inces to be exiled on the spot, no one could say anything.

"Empress, you are first and foremost the Empress of Returning Star!" General Inces said in a muffled voice, Facing Death With Equanimity.

Actually, he couldn't quite wrap his head around it either. They had no objections to helping the Dragon Sovereign, but shouldn't they take care of themselves first?

Klein's expression was icy cold, her eyes staring fixedly at him.

Just at this moment, an urgent message suddenly popped up on the conference table. It was an urgent message from the God Council.

Klein's expression paused slightly. It naturally wasn't a secret that the Dragon Sovereign had gone to the God Council.

She had been paying close attention to this.

Right now, she couldn't be bothered with dealing with this guy and directly opened the communication.

The numerous High Echelons also cast inquiring gazes, simultaneously sighing slightly. Every single action of Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign tugged at the Empress's heart.

The communication unfolded, and an unbelievable briefing appeared before everyone.

"Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign killed four Councilors in the God Council: the Divine Forging Master, the God of War, the Nightmare Knight, and the Lady of the Night, and severely injured the Solar Councilor.

Using time reversal methods, he assisted Miss Mo Duo in ascending to a Councilor Seat, cleaved the Throne of Ruin apart with one axe strike causing the Golden Armored One to be heavily injured and near death, pocketed something called the Supreme Forge, and has currently left with Alfrey."

These intelligence workers had very strong summarizing abilities, summarizing the entire event in just a few words.

As for Returning Star's High Echelons, they had already fallen into a stupor.

Killed four Councilors in the God Council's territory?

This was too heaven-defying! Those were four Super Lifeforms, not some ordinary Deities.

Let alone the subsequent time reversal and cleaving the Throne of Ruin with one axe, which were even more unbelievable.

They knew the Dragon Sovereign was very strong, but wasn't this strength a bit beyond comprehension?

Their throats bobbed, suddenly realizing that the Dragon Sovereign seemed completely invincible.

After all, the Star Glory Empire's power couldn't possibly be stronger than the Councilors in their own lair.

If even the God Council couldn't oppose the Dragon Sovereign, let alone the Star Glory Empire.

They calmed down a bit and continued to read the detailed information.

After a while, they realized that killing four Councilors wasn't essentially the Dragon Sovereign's sole accomplishment; he had the assistance of people from the Other-Dimensional Camp, and even help from people of the Star Glory Empire.

Damn it, these intelligence guys also know how to Brown-Nose.

After understanding this, these High Echelons couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Obviously, using such a summary briefing would put Empress Klein in a very good mood.

At this point, they couldn't help but turn their gazes toward their own Empress, only to find that, contrary to their expectations, Empress Klein was actually frowning deeply.

Oh my goodness! Is the Empress no longer a Love-struck idiot?

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the Empress be uncontrollably excited right now?

The numerous High Echelons secretly exchanged glances, feeling somewhat bewildered.

"Mo Duo..." Klein murmured this name, an emotion called "jealousy" flickering in her eyes.

"Does the external Interstellar Society know about this news?" Klein suddenly asked.

"News from the God Council has never spread on a large scale, but the major factions and civilizations should have already received the news," the Head of Intelligence Department spoke up.

"However, they probably won't build momentum for Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign."

"If they don't, we will. Spread this news out," Klein ordered. "Don't mention too many details. This briefing summary is very good. Recall the people who collected the intelligence and put them in charge of this matter."

"Understood." Everyone nodded.

"Also, let word out: say that whoever dares to secretly target Returning Star is making an enemy of the Dragon Sovereign, the kind that will Fight to the death," Klein suddenly added.

"Huh?"

The numerous High Echelons froze. They carefully looked at the Empress and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?"

This was unusual. In the past, Empress Klein wasn't very willing to borrow the Dragon Sovereign's influence.

This had also caused the outside world to sometimes be very suspicious of Returning Star.

The previous "Ten Thousand A-Ranks Heading to Star" event indeed allowed Returning Star to act arrogantly for a while.

But some also said the Dragon Sovereign was there to clear out Terror Lifeforms, and Returning Star merely happened to Coincidentally Meet.

This was also related to Klein's unwillingness to cause trouble for the Dragon Sovereign.

If Klein was willing to leverage his power, these High Echelons wouldn't have to worry so much.

"Didn't you strictly forbid us from using the Dragon Sovereign's name before..." Another High Echelon asked cautiously.

"Since Mo Duo can do it, then I can too..." Klein abruptly shouted. Halfway through, she stopped talking, glanced around, and said indifferently, "Go do it. No one will dare to cause trouble for us anymore."

After saying that, she stood up and left the room accompanied by her maids.

The group of High Echelon projections Look at Each Other in Dismay, only then realizing that their Empress was jealous.

After all, that Miss Mo Duo had ascended to a Divine Throne with Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign's assistance, which meant she would have supreme Status within the God Council.

However, this was also quite good. After all, Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign himself didn't resist it. Returning Star served him, and using his name to avoid some minor troubles was actually very normal.

They could only blame their own Empress for taking so long to come around.

After discussing in low voices for a while, the projections of the numerous High Echelons gradually disappeared.

............

The Interstellar Society had been quite ordinary lately, with no major news.

The most eye-catching thing was merely some interstellar celebrity suddenly being exposed for character issues. Although it caused quite a bit of Public Opinion, the scope of influence was ultimately limited.

And right at this time, a piece of news spread crazily through various channels, sweeping across like a prairie fire.

The Dragon Sovereign had done something massive again! He slaughtered four Councilors in the God Council, displaying incomparable dominance!

Due to the interstellar civilizations' strict defense against the poison of "Faith," many lower-class Citizens actually didn't understand the God Council very well.

Nor did they understand what a Councilor represented.

But the two words "Dragon Sovereign" alone were enough to trigger a storm of Public Opinion.

And not to mention, a large number of news experts subsequently worked tirelessly to explain the true value of a "Councilor."

"There are only twelve in the massive God Council!"

"Each one is incomparably powerful and can easily annihilate an A-Tier Lifeform."

Some even went as far as saying things like, "Every Councilor can be compared to an Emperor."

Of course, this wasn't an exaggeration; it was just to help the Interstellar Citizens better understand the value of a Councilor.

Some people also dug up the great war the Star Glory Empire once had with the Council.

Even the powerful Star Glory Empire could only operate on the periphery and didn't dare to venture deep into it.

As a result, the Interstellar Citizens, who were already bored stiff, began to join in this carnival.

If the lower-class Citizens, unaware of the truth, threw themselves into it just because of the two words "Dragon Sovereign."

Then the factions and civilizations with a bit more Status were simply dumbfounded on top of being dumbfounded.

No one could have ever predicted that the Dragon Sovereign could be this fierce.

Directly slaughtering four Councilors right in the God Council's territory.

And as for the Star Glory Empire, it wasn't just as simple as being dumbfounded.

Within the small group of eight, the atmosphere was Gloomy and dismal. The Emperor's expression was taut, and the Noble Controllers didn't know how to speak up.

Four Councilors fallen, the Solar Councilor heavily injured.

Time reversal methods that encompassed Super Lifeforms.

Three unknown Super Lifeforms.

And even almost shattering the Throne of Ruin with one axe, with Lord Golden Armor still not having awakened to this day.

This series of events had caused a severe Impact on them.

Even the worst-case estimates hadn't predicted this situation would occur.

The display of strength by the Other-Dimensional Camp and Li Yu once again refreshed their data statistics database; the danger level was already off the charts.

"I said long ago that Xia En must be in his hands!" Sissoko said in a muffled voice. His idea had been verified, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of excitement.

"Is there any point in saying this now?" Mozambique shook his head.

Fucking hell, I told you guys early on and you didn't believe me, now you're saying it's pointless. No matter what you say, you're always right, huh?

Sissoko was already in a bad mood, and now he was even more displeased, saying directly: "Nothing has any point. With the power he has revealed now, we simply aren't his match."

"What the hell is there to discuss? We might as well just surrender the whole country. If we run fast enough, maybe we can even wash his feet."

Everyone's expressions varied. No one argued with Sissoko, or rather, they were too lazy to argue.

"Your Excellency Alfrey told me not to panic. Li Yu has no intention of falling out with us. He might even need to rely on us to build the supporting equipment for the Supreme Forge." The Emperor spoke slowly; not much emotion could be seen on his face.

"The fact that he didn't take the opportunity to kill Lord Golden Armor is proof."

"Actually, the situation hasn't changed. Our respective interest demands are different. Since his methods are more brilliant and he snatched the Supreme Forge, that is his victory," Loren spoke up.

"He doesn't have the idea of expanding the conflict, so we don't need to have Groundless worries either. Moreover, there's no need to go to war with us."

"Right now, it's just that the other party's comprehensive strength display exceeded expectations."

The Dragon Sovereign's woman became a Councilor, and he even obtained the Supreme Forge. He got everything; what need was there to expand the conflict?

And what about them? The Throne of Ruin was crippled, the Golden Armored One was heavily injured, and they couldn't even snatch back fucking Xia En. They were the ones whoshouldexpand the conflict!

Yet now they felt fortunate just because the other party didn't pursue them after his victory.

Truly...

The numerous Noble Controllers sighed inwardly. It was hard to describe the emotions in their hearts with words.

Loren immediately added: "Additionally, using the Supreme Forge to extract Cosmic Prime Matter isn't that simple either. He might seek our help, and we can use this as a trade."

"We indeed can try to make contact on this basis," someone agreed.

Sissoko met them with cold eyes, glancing around, finding these guys who "judged the hour and sized up the situation" and "bullied the weak but feared the strong" to be laughable.

At worst, they could just fight him until there was an Earth-Shaking Upheaval and fill it with their lives!

As long as they made ample preparations, he didn't believe the Other-Dimensional Camp could crush them!

He believed that there must be a reason why the Other-Dimensional Camp didn't appear in the Main Universe!

Unfortunately, this group of people had already been scared out of their wits. They fundamentally didn't dare, nor did they want, to resist.

They even hoped to obtain some benefits from between the other party's fingers.