The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 359: To Secure Internal Stability Before Expelling External Threats

Chapter 359: Chapter 359: To Secure Internal Stability Before Expelling External Threats

Looking at the handsome young man in black whose side profile was almost otherworldly, Luo Ming clicked his tongue, finding it hard to express his feelings.

Reasonable my ass!

Is this the effect of natural growth?

Forget the eighteen transformations, even seventy-two transformations wouldn’t allow an average human to look this "breathtaking"!

This kind of "beauty" transcends the material, penetrating to the soul level, with an indescribable and extraordinary charm in every move!

Even Luo Ming, with his seasoned mindset, couldn’t help but be affected and wanted to take another look.

But after all, he was a Supreme Grandmaster alive for hundreds of years, well-informed. Once, his favorite fox demon clan concubine had a similar peculiar charm, though not as exaggerated as Li Lin.

After taking a couple of curious glances, Luo Ming quickly cast this small matter aside and brought the topic back on track.

"Over on the side of the Golden Court, they’re mobilizing troops on a large scale. There’s a big scare at the Yong State Pass every day. Do I really not need to go back and sit in command?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haomiao shook his head with a strange expression.

"No need, we have accurate intelligence that their target this time isn’t directed at [Da Zhen]."

"Not directed at us? Then who are they targeting?"

In Luo Ming’s understanding of the world, only [Da Zhen] was qualified enough to prompt the Golden Court to mobilize its army, and vice versa.

"The various countries of the Western Regions, and... Shendu."

At this, Zhu Haomiao sighed with a complicated expression.

Brother’s politicians are magic; they openly bragged about such a significant strategic operation, wishing for everyone to know.

If it weren’t for the current chaos and instability within [Da Zhen], he would’ve definitely gathered his troops to exploit the enemy’s thin defenses and fiercely attack the Golden Court.

A westward expedition, huh?

Swallow Shendu, huh?

Watch out or I’ll dig up your ancestors’ graves!

Sucking on his cheek with hatred, Zhu Haomiao sighed regretfully.

"The Western Regions? Shendu? What are they going there to do?"

Luo Ming frowned, finding it strange. In his understanding, those places had only some scattered small countries. Even if there were some prosperous cities, most places were still wastelands.

"Expand territory, plunder population and wealth, and finally gather the force of thunder to turn around and attack [Da Zhen], unifying the world."

This wasn’t Zhu Haomiao’s speculation, but the strategic plan leaked by Brother’s politicians.

"Would this... be effective? Governance requires costs. Blind expansion would only drain national strength..."

Being a founding hero who survived since the inception of the kingdom, Luo Ming was deeply aware that ’winning the world is difficult, governing it is even harder.’

Normally, his ideas weren’t wrong either.

The only issue is that, in reality, Brother’s population could violently break the stalemate.

With millions of descenders as the grassroots nodes of governance, they could completely control such a vast territory.

Moreover, some politicians from Brother even shouted out that classic famous line.

Before the last Tianzhu person perishes, Dai Ying... no, the Golden Court will never surrender!

It’s like a dream back to war.

But one cannot deny, Brother’s sheer population can give the enemy a suffocating despair.

Never mind the quality, just ask, can you kill them all?!

Thinking of this, Zhu Haomiao couldn’t help but feel exhausted and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I’m afraid it’ll be effective, you saw that night, didn’t you? The Buddha Light shone upon, and heavenly rain fell, the Golden Court had a Divine Person achieve enlightenment."

"This westward expedition, armed with weapons, supported by faith, plus a little bit of vassal allegiance, they can completely capture many regions bloodlessly, providing almost endless supply for the subsequent attack on [Da Zhen]."

Upon hearing this, Luo Ming realized the seriousness of the issue and deeply furrowed his brow.

Seeing his worried look, Zhu Haomiao changed his tone and smiled reassuringly.

"However, there’s no need to worry overly, our [Da Zhen] just needs internal stability and unity of purpose, even the strongest external enemy can be feared not."

Hearing these words, Luo Ming thoughtfully glanced at the young man.

"So, that’s why you washed the Jianghu with blood so simply and brutally, even forcing the remaining sects to unite against you..."

Seeing the young man in black with an ambiguous smirk, a spirit light suddenly flashed in Luo Ming’s mind.

"No, you intentionally forced them to form an alliance to conveniently capture them all at once?!"

"Hmm, you have to stabilize the internal situation before dealing with external problems. I really don’t want to waste energy on these unruly people, so I might as well hit them big."

After finishing, Zhu Haomiao stood up and looked towards the north.

But just at that moment, Luo Ming suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance. The whole world resonated with his will, and suddenly the wind and clouds surged.

"Caught you!"

A sinister grin appeared on his lips, and Luo Ming instantly vanished from the spot, a disc-shaped sonic boom cloud exploding in the dilapidated pavilion.

Boom!

The fierce Gang Wind made Zhu Haomiao’s clothes flutter wildly, following Luo Ming’s rushing direction, the young man saw a nearly imperceptible small black dot descending upon this world.

On the other side, just returning to the Illusion Realm, he felt boundless killing intent encasing him. The figure under a black robe and hood grumbled impatiently in a low voice.

"Relentless pursuit..."

Facing Luo Ming’s sudden attack, the man in black lifted his palm, where three inches from the center, a tiny black orb the size of a soybean condensed.

The black orb formed entirely from pure Divine Power trembled at high frequency, emitting flickering golden lightning. As Luo Ming approached within a kilometer, the man in black lightly pushed his hand, and the extremely compressed energy erupted instantly, transforming into a several-meter-diameter black beam across the sky.

Boom!

The entire world fell into brief darkness at that moment, the terrifying black beam engulfing Luo Ming and crashing into a small mountain with its remaining momentum, instantly vaporizing the mountain, leaving a radial deep hole over a hundred meters wide.

The oncoming shockwave felt like an invisible wall impacting him, causing Zhu Haomiao’s pupils to slightly contract, looking incredulously at the person in a black robe standing in the void.

This power... had the flavor of his strength at the peak of the First Layer Heaven!

But oddly, in Zhu Haomiao’s intuitive perception, the opponent’s actual energy level showed a huge gap with their manifested Destructive Power.

That is to say, their combat prowess exceeded their own energy level...

Similar to himself and the likes of Emperor Shitian, yet subtly different.

However, before Zhu Haomiao could figure it out, a deafening explosion came from the sky.

The whole world was responding to the Child of Destiny’s anger, infinite energy gathered and condensed, continuously pouring into the tiny human body.

Bzzz bzzz bzzz~

At the center of the radial deep hole over a hundred meters wide, Luo Ming’s disheveled hair danced without wind, his form seemingly defying gravity as he hovered upwards, pure golden Divine Light blossoming in the depths of his pupils, surrounded by fine cyan-white lightning snakes.

Staring intently at the man in a black robe several kilometers away, the humanity in Luo Ming’s eyes slowly faded, replaced by the cold and majestic Divinity.