Over thirty thousand captives knelt neatly on the plaza.
There were a shocking one hundred and thirty-nine King Arthur rank experts, over two thousand Martial Saints, and the rest were all Venerable rank experts.
Next, Lan Ling was going to devour all of their bloodline energy and grant them a bit of his Nihility Bloodline.
Now, Lan Ling didn't need to extend his fangs to suck and devour blood.
He suddenly raised his hands. Instantly …
Over thirty thousand people instantly trembled. Then, their bloodline energy surged out.
Endless blood spurted out of their bodies, gathered in the air, and was devoured by Lan Ling.
The entire plaza was completely enveloped by blood energy.
Over thirty thousand strands of bloodline energy continuously flew out of the thirty thousand captives and entered Lan Ling's body.
During the entire process, there wasn't even a scream. After all of the blood mist dissipated, thirty thousand dried corpses knelt neatly on the plaza.
The bloodline energy of thirty thousand captives was completely devoured.
Then, a drop of Nihility Bloodline flew out of Lan Ling's body. It came to the sky above the plaza and suddenly turned into a bright ball of light.
This false bloodline light shone on the thirty thousand dried corpses and seeped into them.
Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the 30,000 dried corpses gradually recovered their flesh and blood, returning to their original bodies.
In Lan Ling's mind, there were more than thirty thousand lights and shadows.
These people had all become the new Death Warriors.
Activating these thirty thousand light figures, thirty thousand people opened their eyes and then knelt towards Lan Ling. "Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"
Now, the death warriors had multiplied from thirty thousand to sixty-five thousand. The number of King Arthur rank experts had reached an astonishing two hundred and sixty King Arthur rank experts, nearly four thousand Demon Saints rank experts, and sixty thousand Demon Venerables rank experts.
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After the great devouring was the great conferment!
Thirteen people led by Gou Li, Tang Ren, Black Curse, and Fire Phoenix received the energy bestowed by Lan Ling and broke through to King Arthur rank experts.
With Du Yan and the others in the lead, over a hundred people were bestowed with Devil Sage energy by Lan Ling.
This time, other than Gou Li, most of the people who were conferred the title of energy were not Death Warriors. They were all future provincial governors, prefectural governors, army commanders and so on.
This was because the Balrog Empire was about to expand like never before.
One hundred and sixty million square kilometers of land, six to seven hundred million demons, more than one hundred million primitive barbarians, and tens of millions of demons would all become the true citizens of the Balrog Empire.
The Tang's Black Hole Maelstrom had already been taken out by Lan Ling, so there was no need to change hearts in the future.
This time, he was not very excited about being given King Arthur -level energy, and he even delayed it more than once. This was because he felt that he would be a civil official in the future and would not need to use force.
"Regarding the large number of old cities and territories in the southern wilderness, the Flame Demon Council has two differing opinions, and one unanimous opinion." The Tang person reported, "First, I will first report the unanimous opinion. The Flame Demon Council feels that we should completely break the tradition and abolish the borders of the Rakshasa, Heavenly Rakshasa, Cloud Calamity, and so on. We should unify the territory of the Balrog Empire. This is because ever since the 13 Ancient Demon Kings became Hell Knights, the territory of the demon race has lost its meaning of conferring titles. Furthermore, with the Tower of the Gods and Demons, the Mirror Demon King's clone, and the popularization of the flying mounts and crystal airships, it is not impossible to rule the territory of one hundred and sixty million square kilometers. After all, it will take no more than three days to send an envoy from the capital to the farthest county. "
Lan Ling nodded.
The Tang person said, "Therefore, the Flame Demon Council feels that we should divide the demon race's territory into thirteen continents. The southern wilderness will be divided into eight continents, each continent will be divided into thirteen provinces, each province will be divided into about ten counties, and each county will be divided into about ten counties. In the future, the northern wilderness will be divided in the same way. "
Lan Ling nodded.
The Tang person said, "Following this, there are two differences of opinion. First, some people feel that since the Balrog Empire no longer has to worry about its safety, we should carry out large-scale development. We should immediately send a large number of officials to the other continents and provinces to bring the territories of the Cloud Calamity Tribe, Heavenly Rakshasa Tribe, and Earthly Rakshasa Tribe under the rule of the Balrog Empire as soon as possible. "
The current Balrog Empire was only half of the Rakshasa Tribe's territory. In fact, the Balrog Empire had yet to send any officials or soldiers to Rakshasa Capital City.
"Second, some people feel that the current Balrog Empire has far from enough outstanding generals and civil officials. Therefore, we shouldn't be too greedy. We should continue the current development of the Balrog Empire and continue to expand outwards until one day, the radiance of the Balrog Empire's new civilization shrouds the entire southern wilderness. If we rashly send officials and generals to the entire southern wilderness, this elite force will be completely dispersed. The Balrog Empire will not be able to go into battle lightly and might even return to its old, decadent tradition. "
It had to be said that both parties' concerns were very reasonable.
Lan Ling was silent for a moment before saying, "How about this, we'll reconcile the opinions of both parties. We'll send the Balrog Empire's elite force to focus on developing the six continents' capitals, including Heavenly Rakshasa City and Cloud Calamity City. After a few years, when these continents' capitals have nurtured enough elites, we'll then expand further. "
Since Rakshasa Capital City was very close to the Balrog Empire's Black Demon City, there was no longer a need to specially develop it. As long as the current Balrog Empire's civilization continued to expand there, it would naturally become a new and developed city in the future.
Therefore, the focus was on the original Heavenly Rakshasa City, Earthly Rakshasa City, Cloud Calamity City, and the three southern Demon Tribes' capital cities. Now that these Demon Tribes' territories had become new continents' territories, as long as these few big cities were developed, these continents' territories would naturally be able to develop as well.
Moreover, the past few years' battles weren't completely useless. Countless people had died in these battles, and the old chieftain's influence had been completely shattered. Now that all the chieftains, alliance masters, flag masters, and even a large portion of the Demon Kings' families no longer existed in the six Demon Tribes' territories, it was the most suitable time to carry out a thorough political reform. It was also the best time to promote the system of provinces and prefectures.
"As you command, Your Majesty …" The Tangs said, "Our Prime Minister's Office will draw up a list of the six continents' governors, and then hand it over to the Flame Demon Council for discussion. Finally, it will be handed over to Your Majesty for review."
The continent's governor was equivalent to the previous Demon Kings. It was the highest ranking official in the Balrog Empire. However, it wasn't a hereditary system anymore. Instead, it was dispatched by the Balrog Empire's central government, and the tenure wouldn't exceed ten years.
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Suo Mo's foster son, Du Yan, had been bestowed with power by Lan Ling and had broken through to the Demon Sage level.
After receiving the bestowment, he only kowtowed outside Suo Mo's residence before leaving to return to the encampment.
Nowadays, he was very evasive. Unless there was a special situation, he definitely wouldn't take the initiative to seek an audience with Suo Mo. However, this time, Suo Mo had taken the initiative to let him in.
"I'm really just a mediocre person, but because of various reasons, I'm sitting in the position of the Flame Demon Council's chairman." Suo Mo laughed. "Fortunately, this position doesn't require too much talent. It's fine as long as one's heart is fair."
"Yes." Du Yan wasn't in a hurry to flatter him. His foster father, Suo Mo, was indeed just fair, but he was far from being as talented as the Tangs.
"However, we don't avoid enemies when we're on the outside, and we don't avoid relatives when we're on the inside." Suo Mo said, "The policy has been decided. Other than the Witch Kingdom, the remaining seven Demon Tribes' territories will all be converted into continents. The focus will be on developing the six continents' capitals, which are the original capital cities. Of course, you're far from being qualified for the position of continent's governor. I plan to let you go to the most remote Heaven's Wrath City. No matter who the governor of the Heaven's Wrath Continent is, you'll be working under him with the title of Deputy Governor. "
In reality, China didn't have Deputy Governors in ancient times. On the contrary, the Western colonial governments had this position. However, the Balrog Empire listed this position because it was indeed necessary.
"Of course, I'm just recommending it. Can I go? It'll still depend on His Majesty's will. However, before the election, I want to ask if you're willing to go. " Suo Mo said, "Ever since the empire was established, even if your position was very low in the beginning, you were still a chief official who took charge of an area. This time, it'll be a challenge for you to assist others. Also, Heaven's Wrath City experienced a great battle and was abandoned for over two to three years. Now, it's a mess, and there are many things waiting to be done. It can be foreseen that going there to serve won't be a blessing, but a very bitter job. "
Du Yan said, "I'm willing to go. For the Balrog Empire, I'm willing to die a terrible death."
"Good, good …" Suo Mo said.
Following that, the Flame Demon Council and the Prime Minister's residence had a lot of debates about the position of the six continents' governor.
Even the first name list had an incomparably huge controversy.
Suo Mo recommended Hades to be the acting governor of the Heaven's Wrath Continent. He was a person who killed his father and was Lan Ling's former arch-enemy.
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Of course, these trivial political affairs were handed over to the Flame Demon Council and the Prime Minister's residence. Lan Ling basically couldn't be bothered to interfere. Every day, Gou Li would report these affairs, but Lan Ling would only listen and wouldn't make any decisions.
He was now half a god and didn't need to take care of trivial political affairs at all.
He once again came to the front of Na Xue's jade statue.
Reviving Na Xue was one of his goals after inheriting the Demon Emperor's throne.
But now, Lan Ling realized that reviving Na Xue was a very complicated matter.
First, Na Xue's bloodline was extremely complicated. She had the bloodline of the impersonator from the Dragon Temple, part of the bloodline of the Vampiric Emperor, and part of the bloodline of the Hell Knight.
Lan Ling originally thought that Na Xue was the Hell Knight, so reviving her would be simple. He just had to activate her in his mind.
In the end, Na Xue only had a quarter of the bloodline of the Hell Knight at most.
Not only did Lan Ling want to revive Na Xue, but he also wanted to give her the Demon King's energy and let her take charge.
But this was very difficult! This was because Na Xue didn't have a complete Demon King's bloodline.
Therefore, he made a bold decision!
The Demon Priest Crown Prince Xiao Bai was a clone of the Demon Priest Emperor, so his bloodline also had a quarter of the Vampiric Emperor's bloodline.
Lan Ling combined this part of the bloodline and the three bloodlines in Na Xue's body, added a little of his Nihility Bloodline, and finally refined and fused them. He didn't know if he could create a Demon King's bloodline.
After hesitating for three days, Lan Ling decided to take action.
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