The first four clan leaders and eight elders who were cannibalized showed no abnormality.
Naturally, the 20,000 soldiers and numerous god-kings in Netherworld Palace had no way of noticing, let alone the Sword God being here.
Therefore, the second batch of eighteen god-kings received secret orders from several domain masters and learned that a top-secret mission was assigned to them, so they entered the meeting hall without any precautions.
What happened next was very similar to what happened before.
The three-layered divine formation was activated again, covering the entire temple and blocking out the exploration of divine consciousness from the outside world.
No one knew what happened in the palace. Only a few domain lords and a dozen god kings stayed in the hall to witness the whole process.
After about half an hour, the defensive formation of the shrine was lifted.
Sixteen powerful God Kings left the hall one after another and returned to their respective posts with calm expressions. There seemed to be nothing unusual about them.
The soldiers outside the shrine had no idea what they had gone through, nor did they know why there were eighteen people when they entered and only sixteen when they came out.
Even if some familiar soldiers and powerful divine kings asked those sixteen people, they could not get any answers.
They all refused to disclose any information, citing confidentiality reasons.
In this way, the second group of god kings were also forced to surrender and swear allegiance to Ji Tianxing.
The two god-kings, who were very hard-boned and would rather die than give in, got their wish and perished, and went to accompany the Lord of Styx.
As time passed, in the next two days, the Territory Lords summoned the remaining 170 God Kings ten times.
Every time a powerful God King is summoned and enters that palace, the three major formations will be activated.
As for the ten batches of powerful god kings, most of them were able to leave unharmed. Only a handful of god kings disappeared mysteriously and never appeared again.
The God-Kings who escaped unharmed continued to do whatever they had to do as usual, nothing special or unusual.
However, they remained silent on the specific content of the ‘top secret mission’.
After the same thing happened several times in a row, the soldiers stationed at Netherworld Palace noticed that the atmosphere was strange and something seemed wrong.
But the 20,000 soldiers were suspicious and discussed privately, but they couldn't explain why.
They plucked up the courage and tried their best to make innuendoes against many powerful God Kings, but could not get a direct answer.
As a result, the 20,000 soldiers became panicked and full of worries.
As we watched, the Netherworld Palace began to become turbulent, and the 20,000 soldiers might mutiny or defect.
At this time, powerful men headed by several domain lords issued an edict in the name of Commander Styx, gathering 20,000 soldiers to announce a major event.
In order to ensure that this top-secret information is not leaked, the defense array of Netherworld Palace needs to be activated.
In addition, 20,000 soldiers also had to temporarily leave their posts and all gather in the square.
This strange-sounding order came at the right time.
At least, the 20,000 soldiers knew that the doubts in their hearts would soon be answered.
So the soldiers left their respective posts one after another and were ordered to gather in the square in the middle of the shrine.
The square with a radius of thousands of feet is enough to accommodate 20,000 soldiers.
They arranged their formations in the square according to different forces and formations.
Nearly a hundred powerful God Kings gathered around the square, waiting patiently.
In addition, there were dozens of powerful God Kings who went to activate the defensive formation of Netherworld Palace.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Not long after, divine lights lit up from all directions, forming a huge light curtain.
Soon, all the formations with a radius of thirty miles were activated, sealing the entire Netherworld Palace with a semicircular blood-colored light shield.
The blood-colored light shield blocked the detection of spiritual consciousness, and everything that happened in the palace could not be detected by the outside world.
The 20,000 soldiers in the square suddenly became panicked and worried when they saw this posture, and many of them had a bad premonition.
Fortunately, several domain lords, along with many divine generals and commanders, appeared above the square in time, attracting everyone's attention.
These domain lords, divine generals and commanders are the most powerful, highest-status, and most powerful men under Commander Styx.
In other words, they are also tens of thousands of soldiers and the core leaders of Youdu City.
Now that they appeared, the 20,000 soldiers waited patiently to see what they would announce and what explanation they would give.
However.
Something happened that stunned 20,000 soldiers.
The territorial lords looked at the 20,000 soldiers with half-smiling smiles, and someone announced a piece of news straightforwardly.
"Two days ago, the famous Sword God indeed sneaked into Youdu City to assassinate Commander Styx.
Commander Styx had long expected this day, so he was not in the Netherworld Palace.
He took many guards and strong men to hide in a certain house in Nancheng and hid.
He originally thought that when the Sword God attacked the Netherworld Palace, he would take advantage of the chaos to escape from the Nether City and abandon all the soldiers.
But it is a pity that the wise and powerful Sword God still found him and killed him easily with thunderous means!"
Suddenly hearing this shocking news, 20,000 soldiers were dumbfounded on the spot and collectively turned to stone.
Such an earth-shattering change made everyone horrified and their minds went blank.
After a long time, the 20,000 soldiers came to their senses and immediately broke out into chaotic exclamations and shouts.
Only then did they understand that in the past two days, many domain lords and powerful God Kings had been acting!
It turns out that what I heard before about Commander Styx escaping from the pursuit of the Sword God was all false!
There were also some soldiers who simply did not believe this sensational news.
They insisted that the Lord of Styx would never be killed so easily.
But the more than a hundred powerful God Kings around the square all remained silent and looked indifferent.
It's obvious that they have known about this news for a long time and have accepted the result.
At this time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army stood up and said to the soldiers: "Everyone has no doubt that Commander Styx has indeed fallen.
Lord Sword God has not left Netherworld City and has always been in Netherworld Palace.
In the past two days, Lord Sword God summoned all the powerful God Kings in batches and told everyone the result.
And we were all inspired by Lord Sword God's justice and majesty, and we all turned from darkness to light and swore allegiance to Lord Sword God.
Even a few stubborn ones have been punished by God and turned into ashes."
The deputy commander of the Forbidden Army also took two steps forward and added an explanation: "Didn't everyone wonder before, why thunder always appeared in the sky above Youdu City?
To tell you the truth, that is the vision of heaven and earth caused by the oath we made to heaven."
Finally, a highly respected domain lord said to the soldiers: "The general trend is irreversible and the destiny of heaven cannot be violated! The Lord Sword God is the incarnation of justice and the messenger of heaven, coming to save Samsara Island.
You have only two choices now, either surrender and sincerely repent, or suffer divine punishment and die!"