To manipulate the spirit of the human race, one must first build them up before tearing them down. Let the humans believe they are invincible, let their ancestors suffer step by step, as if cornered. Then, at the critical moment, when the humans are at the peak of their pride, strike back with a desperate counterattack.
This way, one can witness the expression of stunned despair on the young man's face, transitioning from hope to utter hopelessness!
"Indeed! Don't be fooled by us kneeling under the pressure of the Wushi Bell. It's merely our ancestor's plan to first highlight the young man's strength before defeating him, thus achieving the dramatic effect of building up before tearing down..."
The Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals, unable to accept the new worldview and having brainwashed themselves.
Even though they witnessed Fang Ming's strength with their own eyes, they could still find excuses to rationalize.
They were truly deeply poisoned.
Perhaps they didn't want to know the fate that would befall the Dragon race after the fall of Zhulong.
That's why they brainwashed themselves so thoroughly.
Because they couldn't face reality, they chose to brainwash themselves into facing an illusion.
"Not good!"
Zhulong, a Hunyuan Golden Immortal with a powerful will, was momentarily stunned by Fang Ming's words, "I've cultivated for ten billion years and am still a piece of trash," but quickly recovered.
He immediately realized that the boundless killing power of the Wushi Bell was heading towards him, and understood that Fang Ming was seizing the moment of his mental lapse to launch an attack.
Zhulong hurriedly unleashed his supreme divine ability, "Seeing Day, Closing Night," which was rooted in the laws of time.
Unlike the previous "closing eyes," Zhulong now opened his eyes to "see day."
In an instant, the Taiyin and Taiyang stars shifted with Zhulong's opening and closing of his eyes.
The Taiyin star sank.
The Taiyang star rose again.
The entire Primordial World, from night to day, returned to its original state.
Opening one's eyes to create day was a great divine ability.
Under normal circumstances, if Zhulong had unleashed this move, he could have countered the killing power of the Wushi Bell.
But now, with his mind faltering and a step too late, it was already too late.
The power of time Zhulong wielded was immense, almost immeasurable.
The vast power of time, in every fleeting moment, manifested billions of streams. Each stream was enough to suppress a Taiyi Golden Immortal, distorting their personal timeline and completely freezing them in place.
But alas, the power of time manifested too slowly. For ordinary Quasi-Saints, it might not have presented many flaws and could have secured victory.
However, for Fang Ming.
The Wushi Bell, once unleashed, almost immediately seized this flaw and directly suppressed the immeasurable power of time!
In a blur, Zhulong seemed to glimpse a trace of his former master within the Wushi Bell.
"Who stands at the end of the immortal path? To see Wushi is to have all Dao turn to emptiness!"
Dao reaches its end upon seeing Wushi!
Zhulong seemed to have seen Wushi.
Then, his Dao was exhausted.
As the immeasurable power of time launched its final resistance, only to be suppressed by the Wushi Bell.
Zhulong's own control over the Great Dao of Time was also suppressed.
His magic power was sealed, his body was bound, and his thoughts had even ceased to turn.
His magic power, vital energy, physical body, and primordial spirit were all suppressed by the Wushi Bell.
Even a Hunyuan Golden Immortal, facing such a situation, could only be helpless and await death.
Beside him, the Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals, seeing Zhulong suppressed, finally stopped their secret self-brainwashing.
"Our ancestor has truly fallen! Directly suppressed by the Human Emperor!"
"The ancient methods... are truly inferior to this Heaven-Shielding Method!"
"How can this be! How can this be! Our ancestor cultivated for two kalpas, from the Fierce Beast Kalpa, through Dragon-Phoenix, Witch-Demon, to the present, a total of over ten billion years of cultivation, and he was defeated by a young man who had only cultivated the Heaven-Shielding Method for two thousand years!"
"Why! Why is this happening!"
"Heavens! How unjust you are!"
Many of the Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals wept, utterly lost and helpless.
With Zhulong suppressed, the Dragon race's final trump card, their ultimate foundation, was gone.
Moreover, even with their self-brainwashing, the Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals had to face this cruel reality – with Zhulong defeated, the Dragon race was completely finished!
This was unlike the previous wars between the human and dragon races.
In those wars, although the Dragon race had suffered more than half their strength and lost hope of dominating, their Grand Luo immortals could still retreat to the depths of the sea and continue to live carefree lives.
They had lost the hope of contending for dominion over heaven and earth, but they could still maintain a corner of their territory.
But now...
The Human Emperor had suppressed the Dragon race's ancestor, Zhulong. The entire Dragon race was now without a Hunyuan Golden Immortal to protect them.
This meant the complete demise of the Dragon race, and it also meant that whether the Dragon race would be exterminated or face some other fate was entirely up to this young Human Emperor.
This feeling of complete annihilation, of their destiny being in the hands of another and not their own, naturally pushed many of the Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals to the brink of collapse.
Fang Ming, however, paid no mind to the collapsing Dragon race's Grand Luo immortals.
He remained focused on Zhulong.
As he observed Zhulong, who had no power to resist, Fang Ming was about to deliver a fatal blow when a voice echoed in his mind.
[Host has successively slain various Grand Luo elders of the Dragon race and repelled the Dragon race's army, declaring the failure of the Dragon race's invasion war against the human race.]
[Subsequently, you personally went to the Dragon Palace and defeated the Dragon race's ancestor, their ultimate trump card, the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level Zhulong.]
[Under your might, the Dragon race is on the verge of extinction.]
[Given your various actions, your completion of the task to resist the Dragon race has reached one hundred percent.]
[Mission successfully completed.]
[Reward: Demon Suppressing Collar Gift Pack.]
"Mission completed?"
Fang Ming's heart stirred.
He instantly recalled that this system had once generated a mission for resisting the Dragon race's invasion.
It was just that Fang Ming had been too busy and had forgotten about it.
But while Fang Ming could forget, the system would not. Upon seeing Fang Ming complete the mission, it directly delivered the mission reward.
"What the heck is a Demon Suppressing Collar?"
Fang Ming had a vague premonition and no longer intended to strike Zhulong. Instead, he sensed the details of the Demon Suppressing Collar Gift Pack from the system.
A moment later, Fang Ming understood.
This Demon Suppressing Collar, in other words, could also be called a Law Suppressing Collar or a Pet Collar.
As the name suggests, it was naturally used for taming pets, capable of using a magical "Heart Force" to make pets dare not resist, thus serving their master.
Fang Ming opened the gift pack and found that this collar included a collar at the highest stage of Heart Force, nine levels, corresponding to Hunyuan Golden Immortal and Quasi-Saint level.
There were also ten collars corresponding to Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.
As for the Taiyi, Golden Immortal, Profound Immortal, and Heavenly Immortal level collars, their numbers were like mountains and seas. The number of Profound Immortal level collars had already reached hundreds of millions.
It was truly a gift pack befitting its name.
It was perfect for the Dragon race.
Fang Ming gazed at Zhulong.
It seemed he was about to gain a Hunyuan Golden Immortal level mount.
There was no other way, the system had sent a pet collar gift pack, and it would be rude not to use it.