National Tower Defense Survival: Start Awakening Fusion System

Within the Imperial Guild Channel, there was a deathly silence. No one dared to speak. They all knew that the one on the throne was on the verge of a volcanic eruption.

Bai Qi, the General’s ID was gray; he had gone offline. This God of Slaughter, who had never tasted defeat in his life, chose to temporarily avoid the limelight after being made a fool of and watching his “heart-piercing scheme” become his opponent’s stepping stone. He needed time to digest this humiliation.

After a long while, Li Si, bracing himself, broke the suffocating silence.

Li Si: “Your Majesty… victory and defeat are common in warfare. This Heaven’s Choice, his methods are cunning, not to be measured by common sense. We… indeed made a misstep.”

“A misstep?”

First Emperor finally spoke, his voice very soft, yet carrying a bone-chilling coldness.

“I did not make one misstep.”

He slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over the vast lands before him, his voice imbued with an unprecedented weariness and… anger.

“What he destroyed was not just one of my hunts. It was the damn ‘rules’! It was my ‘order’ that I painstakingly established on this chaotic land, belonging to me!”

“He used my reward to slap my face. He stood on my head in front of the whole world, telling everyone that my imperial majesty was nothing but a joke!”

“This is no longer war; it is uprooting! It is uprooting the very foundation of my emperorship!”

Upon hearing this, Li Si’s heart trembled violently, and cold sweat instantly drenched his back. He finally understood what truly angered His Majesty.

It was the collapse of authority! Heaven’s Choice’s actions were like drilling a visible hole in the foundation of a magnificent building that had just been completed!

Li Si prostrated himself even lower: “Your Majesty is sagacious! Your subject… is foolish.”

First Emperor ignored him, simply stood with his hands behind his back, his imperial robe flapping in the dawn wind.

“Issue my decree.”

“The Hunting Ceremony continues. From Night Two onwards, all rewards will be doubled!”

“Tell the world that I can afford to lose. As long as my rewards are there, my rules are still there.”

“This is dignity, the dignity of an emperor. Even if it’s fake, it must be maintained for me!”

A flicker of understanding passed through Li Si’s eyes, and he immediately accepted the order: “As you command!”

“Furthermore,” First Emperor’s voice sounded again, this time with a hint of chilling amusement, “you personally go to the treasury and retrieve that item.”

Li Si’s body trembled violently, and he looked up, his face showing unconcealed shock and fear: “Your Majesty, are you referring to… the catastrophe horn? That is a forbidden item; once it is blown…”

First Emperor interrupted him: “I know its side effects. But now, I need an absolutely fair ‘test’ that cannot be broken by clever tricks.”

“Heaven’s Choice, doesn’t he like breaking situations?”

“Then I will give him a dead end.”

“I want his ‘monsters and demons’ to fight among themselves in his ‘monster paradise’ that he prides himself on!”