Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 2112: Applying Pressure and Gaining Time

The four great empires launched their offensive immediately, with a massive military gathering at the borders. This was no small skirmish, but a true assembly of armies. Additionally, a large number of Elemental Lords began suppressing all areas.

If they weren’t worried about Du You breaking them one by one, these forces might have spread out, creating an even wider pressure range.

"Are these guys getting impatient? Well, they are empires that have existed since ancient times. I remember they were once companions, cooperating many times," a gleam of insight flashed in Du You’s eyes.

However, soon after, Du You gave an order. "Go negotiate with them, stall them, and then act as if we are ready to abandon this place at any time."

After all, those people don’t know that I can modify the soul of an Elemental Lord. They still think I am only trying to persuade them to surrender, with no direct lethality against Elemental Lords. Even if the Dark Elemental Lord under my command can kill an Elemental Lord, they wouldn’t think I would use it, as it’s too laborious and offers no benefit.

More so, quickly killing an Elemental Lord isn’t easy. Of course, if they had seen my Bone Dragon, they wouldn’t think so. The deathly power of the Bone Dragon can kill an Elemental Lord in a short time.

Du You’s soul abilities can do it too, and perhaps even faster.

Next, the opponents applied constant pressure, while Du You’s Doppelganger and subordinate Elemental Lords tried every method to delay time. The negotiations always proceeded smoothly but often took unexpected turns.

In summary, a vast amount of time was wasted by them.

As for the territories of the Sunset Empire that had been conquered, Du You merely rapidly restored people’s livelihoods and continuously developed. To outsiders, it seemed to cause no harm to the Sunset Empire itself, hence they paid no attention.

Then, a vast amount of minerals and goods were rapidly transported by Du You’s subordinates toward the Elemental Empire’s territory. This created a very confusing phenomenon for the opponents.

The other empires thought Du You was stalling for time to transfer resources, intending to return the Sunset Empire to them later.

After all, it would be quite wasteful not to take any resources from the empire they conquered. They don’t care about these things; they care about Du You quickly releasing the Elemental Lords.

After all, these are the elite of humanity, and sealing them results in a massive loss for humanity. Not to mention their personal ties; even some Elemental Lords from the outside might react if they learn of humanity’s heavy losses. After all, in their eyes, these lands originally belonged to them.

The stance Du You adopted made them think he didn’t intend to swallow the entire Sunset Empire.

Or perhaps the Elemental Empire is unable to withstand the pressure from the four countries, hence wishing to compromise. This made them more at ease. Although negotiations were ongoing, they weren’t in a rush.

As for the reduction in resources and weakening of the Sunset Empire, this was something they were willing to see.

As long as the Sunset Empire’s upper-class experts remain, weakening their strength would reduce their competitive pressure. Moreover, the Sunset Empire would owe them a great debt of gratitude.

Even though this was a joint plan by five countries, with the Sunset Empire only stepping forward to test the waters, the situation had changed.

They also acknowledged the birth of Du You’s sixth empire because his strength was formidable, stronger than any single empire. Domestically, there were a lot of mutated Elemental Lords.

There were two difficult conditions in the negotiations. One was the demand for Du You to make public the Secret Method for subjugating the Elemental Lords or to seal it away, never to be used again.

This is a key condition related to strengthening national power and increasing external threats, so Du You’s negotiators firmly held their ground. Since the opponents believed in such methods, Du You’s Doppelganger didn’t deny it either.

Another condition was the territorial issue. The opponents offered a condition of one-third of the territory, while Du You demanded four-fifths. The two sides continually clashed over territory problems.

After all, for the Elemental Lords, the range of their territory is most important.

Having a larger territory allows their power to increase more rapidly in secret, up to the peak of tier seven. They don’t know how to continue after that. Additionally, an Elemental Lord’s territory is also a symbol. Even for the sake of face, Elemental Lords maintain their territories, and the stronger the Elemental Lord, the larger the territory.

Because these two points were firmly held, the negotiations couldn’t proceed further.

Meanwhile, while negotiating, Du You wasn’t idle. Development and restoration of the civilian economy brought Du You a lot of points. The Sunset Empire’s range was similar to the Elemental Empire’s, but it was much more prosperous.

The dense population and rich resources significantly improved living standards, earning him many home base points. With these points, Du You swiftly began manufacturing more and more Elemental Lords.

The strength in hand gradually grew, and while the other countries didn’t notice, the Elemental Empire’s power became unmatched. Ultimately, even the king of the Sunset Empire was reformed.

The negotiations took several months, which, for Elemental Lords, wasn’t very long.

But for Du You’s side, this time was sufficient. "It’s about time, we now have over 400 subordinate Elemental Lords. The other four empires’ Elemental Lords combined surely outnumber us, probably reaching 600, but with the help of our light and dark Elemental Lords, our overall strength is not weaker."

"Yes, our Elemental Lords function as a unified whole that can completely synchronize, which they cannot. Their Elemental Lords basically lack collaboration experience. They might be stronger with the power of Elemental Pools and Elemental Towers."

Lin Yucha spoke up, understanding their strength as well as Du You.

Unfortunately, the Elemental Pools and Elemental Towers are immobile, so they can only watch. Either they all defend within their territories, or perhaps even within their Imperial Capitals, or they engage in field battles, and they’re not necessarily their opponents.

The quantity isn’t sufficient, but the quality is superior, combined with supportive and weakening magic, it’s practically cheating. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Since that’s the case, there’s no need to continue bickering with them," Du You stated.