World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 764 - 373: Tuli Yang is shocked, catch the adulterer!_2

Chapter 764: 373: Tuli Yang is shocked, catch the adulterer!_2

All the lords present stood up one after another to declare their intentions to sanction Suo Lun and swear loyalty to Zhi Li.

Without a doubt, the stance of Marquis FuE of BaiHuo City and Suo Lun’s own mother Fu Lingxi were the most crucial as they directly influenced the other lords and nobles.

After all, these two were Suo Lun’s blood relatives.

In the end, the entire Rage Wave Kingdom, except for Rou Ran City and Linhai City, saw all nineteen lordships declare their position, completely sanctioning Suo Lun.

Following that, governors of the various provinces and prefectural governors stood to declare their loyalty to Zhi Li, fully sanctioning Suo Lun!

Within just over half an hour, all the nobles, lords, governors, prefectural governors, generals, and civil officials representing the entire power structure of the Rage Wave Kingdom had declared their support for Zhi Li and sanctioned Suo Lun.

As a result, Suo Lun lost the entire market of the Rage Wave Kingdom.

Because of Yan Mo’s blockade, he had already lost all his maritime trade, losing sixty percent of his income.

And now, facing a total sanction by the entire Rage Wave Kingdom, he would lose another two and a half percent of his income.

If this situation could not be reversed, Suo Lun’s monthly economic revenue would only be one and a half percent of what it was before, plummeting from hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins to a mere twenty thousand.

Of course, this amount was still significant for other lords, but for Suo Lun, twenty thousand Gold Coins was scarcely enough to maintain his army of over a hundred thousand troops.

His army of more than a hundred thousand troops was not loyal to Suo Lun because of noble sentiments but because they were well paid and could live a good life by following him.

Once the money was gone, his army of more than a hundred thousand would dissolve, and the situation in the Southeast Province would collapse.

At that point, not to mention defeating Zhi Li, even the survival of the Suo and Zhi Yan families would be in question.

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Now that the most important choices and declarations had been made, Zhi Li was truly content.

Previously, lords and nobles wavered and hedged, causing Zhi Li many sleepless nights. Now, this situation was completely reversed and changed.

He had once again pushed Suo Lun into a corner. And this time, it would be difficult for Suo Lun to survive.

And what Zhi Li had to pay was merely a secret pact with Yan Mo. Although he had made a great concession in this pact, he didn’t have to fulfill it himself but instead let the Suo and the Hai Clan of Yingzhou Island bear the cost.

Yan Mo was a man who wouldn’t get up early for nothing. Without substantial benefits, why would he make a big move against Suo Lun?

Thinking of Yan Mo, Zhi Li couldn’t help but loathe him, for his greed was unparalleled. He wanted not only Suo Lun’s Chaos Stone Salt Field and Magic Mirror Industry but also to monopolize the entirety of Tianshui City and Linhai City Territory.

Naturally, Zhi Li would not allow such an ambitious man to lay his hands on the continent.

Thus, Yan Mo proposed that if Zhi Li wanted to take back Tianshui City and Linhai City, he must exchange them for Yingzhou Island. In the future, when Yan Mo attacked Yingzhou Island, Zhi Li needed to send at least a hundred thousand troops to assist him.

All these terms were included in the secret treaty, and Zhi Li had personally signed and stamped it.

Only for such immense benefits did Yan Mo dare to provoke the whole world and launch a proactive attack on the ever-rising Suo Lun.

In fact, Zhi Li was extorted by Yan Mo.

Yan Mo knew that Suo Lun was vengeful, having offended Suo Lun twice before, and once Suo Lun had full control over the Rage Wave Kingdom, he would surely seek revenge.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend; thus, the alliance between Yan Mo and Zhi Li came naturally and readily.

And to eliminate Suo Lun, of course, it was necessary to strike when he was at his weakest.

At that time, Suo Lun had just been through the Second Desolate Suo War, and had not yet had time to reorganize and recuperate, which was indeed when he was most vulnerable.

Yan Mo made a decisive move, immediately hijacking Suo Lun’s merchant fleet and assembling a hundred thousand navy to block Suo Lun’s maritime trade.

Not only that, but he also commenced hostilities, aiming to completely annihilate Suo Lun’s navy and sweep clean all of his maritime and coastal industries.

Eliminating Suo Lun was Yan Mo’s plan all along, and Zhi Li just happened to join in, with demands from him, Yan Mo predictably asked for a high price.

And Zhi Li, not pained by selling others’ fields, acceded to Yan Mo’s extortion.

Moreover, the Order of No Killing in the Underworld Society was bought by Zhi Li with money, as a pre-negotiation gift to Yan Mo.

The reason Yan Mo scheduled the naval battle for a few days later was not only because his hundred thousand navy needed rehearsal and supply before the battle but more importantly to align with Zhi Li’s wedding and the complete allegiance of the lords of the world.

When the entire Rage Wave Kingdom had completely sanctioned Suo Lun, the morale of Suo Lun’s navy would plummet to the lowest point. And starting a battle at that moment, Yan Mo felt, would be more advantageous.

Through a secret pact with Yan Mo and then a wedding ceremony, Zhi Li not only turned around the previous adverse situation but also once again forced Suo Lun into a corner.

"Suo Lun, I know you are prepared for a marine defeat, that you’ve begun moving many industries inland, and you are tightening your purse strings to enter a defensive state. But now, retreat is not even an option," Zhi Li thought to himself. "This time, I want you dead!"

Yan Mo’s marine blockade and the annihilation of Suo Lun’s navy were just the beginning.

The second step to follow was Rage Wave Kingdom’s complete economic sanction against Suo Lun.

It must be noted that Suo Lun was at a crucial moment of reorganizing his army. Once the financial roots were cut off, Southeast Province and Tianshui City would descend into chaos.

By that time, Zhi Li would commence the third step, deploying his army to strike when the enemy was unprepared, while Yan Mo’s army would land from the sea. Two forces would attack from the east and the west to completely annihilate Suo Lun, ultimately securing a decisive victory.

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