The seven days set by Sea God Tang San passed in the blink of an eye.
Over these seven days, although the riots in the Eden Alliance were brought under control, panic was still unavoidable. Millions of alliance citizens gathered in front of Heaven Dou Square, waiting for Demon King Huo Yuhao and his partners to appear.
Early this morning, Huo Yuhao's divine sense clone made an appearance with a group of partners, including his queens and the important companions who had walked alongside him all the way.
"This day has finally come."
Looking at the crowd gathered in the square, Huo Yuhao infused his divine sense into his voice and proclaimed to the crowd.
"Citizens of the Alliance, you do not need to head towards destruction along with the Alliance. If you want to survive, you only need to submit to Tang San."
As soon as Huo Yuhao said these words, the whole world was in an uproar. No one expected the Demon King to say this. They had originally thought Huo Yuhao would plan to soothe the public's feelings and encourage everyone.
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, many whose wills were already unsteady began to retreat and evacuate. Huo Yuhao not demanding them to risk their lives for the Eden Alliance made these people breathe a sigh of relief.
"However, if you seek a sliver of freedom, then use your flesh and blood to build the walls of the Eden Alliance. The deadline is noon, the time of our departure. Those who are willing to fight alongside me, go and bid your final farewells to your families and friends." Facing the remaining crowd, Huo Yuhao issued the declaration of the final battle—
"I declare to the people of the Eden People's Governing Alliance: ten years ago, Tang San slaughtered billions of lives for his own selfish desires. Tang San once said that no matter how people struggle on their deathbeds, Douluo is bound to become the Tang family's backyard."
"You can submit, you can sing the praises of divine right, and you can lament your fate. But now that the Eden Alliance is established, you have become the masters of this nation, free from the oppression of nobles shielded by divine right. That is why some among you have chosen to fight it to the very end."
"Undoubtedly, Eden is a happy nation. There is no smoke of gunpowder, no oppression, and no rulers. My companions and I are merely the leaders of the people, guiding this nation towards a better tomorrow."
Huo Yuhao's words were sonorous and powerful, causing many who had thoughts of retreating to stop in their tracks. They couldn't help but recall the dream-like life during the four years since the establishment of the Eden Alliance.
Everyone was the master of this country. No one would suffer from the bottomless oppression of the nobles anymore. Awakening a martial soul was no longer charged, and even obtaining the first Soul Spirit did not require any price.
They sang the praises of freedom, longed for a beautiful future, and actively devoted themselves to the construction of the country...
"I will only say this once. The Eden Alliance may usher in its demise, but you need not be sad! If you ask for the reason, it is that as long as even one of us can welcome the dawn of victory, then our heroic figures will forever be engraved in the memories of future generations!" Huo Yuhao's voice reached the ears of everyone on the continent through various soul tools.
"Even if we die in the end, even if we fail to leave behind descendants, people will still leave behind the will to resist in the hearts of others!"
"This is the bond of power that humanity possesses! It is not blood ties, but the passing down of intellect and the inheritance of will!"
"Our deaths do not mean the destruction of the Eden Alliance!"
Speaking up to here, Huo Yuhao raised the banner of the alliance high, the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe and the Angelic Holy Sword crossing.
"We shall shine at the dawn of victory, using this beam of light to connect to a new era! This is the true battle of farewell to the gods!"
"In order to convey the glory of our alliance to future generations—Children of humanity, the era of bidding farewell to the gods has arrived. With this battle, we bid farewell to myths!"
Listening to Huo Yuhao's declaration full of resolution, faith also truly materialized at this moment. Hundreds of millions of people of the Eden Alliance responded and shouted loudly: "Long live the Demon King! Long live the Eden Alliance! We are willing to follow the Demon King's footsteps and resist the oppression of divine right!"
Looking at the impassioned citizens, Huo Yuhao's eyes couldn't help but fall into a trance. A true man knows what to do and what not to do. Since he had come to this world and achieved something, he ought to do something for this world.
His ideological consciousness originated from the witness of the past, an ideology even higher than the Eden civilization from six million years ago.
"I don't know if I have the qualifications... or rather, I want to borrow that person's words..." Huo Yuhao murmured to himself, the corners of his eyes unavoidably moistening.
At this time, Die Qiu's small hand suddenly grabbed his.
"Qiu'er?" Huo Yuhao was taken aback. He saw encouragement in Die Qiu's eyes. Only Die Qiu had completely learned all the memories of his past life—
At this point, Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. Facing the thousands of citizens continuously shouting towards him, he suddenly spoke: "To the hundreds of millions of citizens of the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent—"
"Please allow me to say it in reverse—Long live the hundreds of millions of citizens!"
"Long live the common people!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole world was shocked.
Before Huo Yuhao, no one had ever shouted this sentence on the Douluo Continent.
What kind of broad-mindedness and magnanimity was this?
Even the gods of the Divine Realm, who had been silently paying attention to the Douluo plane, fell silent.
Only Huo Yuhao knew that he himself was not great. It was just a coincidence that, taking this opportunity, he borrowed the words of the giant he had once glimpsed in black and white footage.
"Roar—"
Almost in the very next moment, the millions of citizens present cheered fanatically. That unreserved faith and ardent love transformed into terrifyingly extreme mental power that poured onto Huo Yuhao's main body, which was countless light-years away. Joining hands with the billions of undead subjects of the Eden Kingdom within the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, it pulled Huo Yuhao out of the vortex of the universal laws.
It was just that the divine sense clone of Huo Yuhao present did not know this.
After speaking, Huo Yuhao led all his partners back to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. They had to prepare for the worst.
At this moment, no partner retreated. Everyone's face revealed a look of looking death calmly in the face. All they had to do was nothing more than settle their affairs behind them, such as their children.
However, a sharp sound of arguing broke the tranquility in the imperial palace.
"I disagree! Are you crazy, Yuhao? Yunhan is still just a child!"
Ju Zi's pretty face turned cold as she firmly blocked the ten-year-old Huo Yunhan behind her, preventing this divine sense clone of Huo Yuhao from touching him.
For no other reason than just now, Huo Yuhao actually proposed letting Huo Yunhan participate in the Sea God Games under the identity of Gu Han.
Before Huo Yuhao's main body and Dragon God Gu Yuena returned, all the partners were all too clear about their own strength; they were fundamentally no match for the Tang family's five God Kings.
Now Huo Yuhao was actually dragging Huo Yunhan into this as well. Wasn't this pushing his own son into a fire pit?
Ju Zi was not afraid of death, but she was absolutely unwilling to see her son accompany them to die.
Even if Huo Yunhan's talent was incredibly high, he still lacked the accumulation of time. How could he possibly withstand even a single exchange with God Kings like Tang San?
"Ju Zi, believe me." Huo Yuhao gave a bitter smile. "Not just Yunhan; Siting and Maron also have to go."
Hearing this, Cui Yajie couldn't help but stand up, looking at Huo Yuhao with a face full of disbelief.
They could all follow Huo Yuhao to die, but their children were the sole exception!
Huo Yunhan, Huo Siting, and Maron were still so small. The oldest, Huo Yunhan, was only ten years old!