Bai Ye's words were blunt, his condescending attitude towards the Western Alliance openly displayed. It wasn't that he was arrogant or overbearing; it was simply that the Western Alliance had been unfriendly towards him from the very beginning.
Although the Western Alliance had genuinely come to negotiate with him this time, Bai Ye understood it was merely a delaying tactic. They lacked the confidence to achieve a temporary peace and compromise through battle.
Therefore, Bai Ye saw no need to be polite with them. Any schemes or tricks, any duplicitous actions, were merely frivolous gestures in the face of absolute power, only serving to invite ridicule.
Harris and the others' faces flickered between red and white. It was usually the Western Alliance that spoke down to others, yet now they were being so overtly humiliated. What was most galling was that they could do nothing about it!
The chairmen of the three major conglomerates wore peculiar expressions. Seeing the frustrated looks on Harris and the others, they felt a surge of secret satisfaction, yet faced Bai Ye with immense trepidation.
"Mr. Bai Ye!" Harris exclaimed, gritting his teeth, "Our Western Alliance is not something you can just toy with!"
Harris tossed his head, signaling a deputy beside him to bring a briefcase and place it on the table.
With a key? Bai Ye wondered, looking at it. He had encountered bullets and missiles by now. Their threat to him wasn't significant. However, he hadn't encountered a missile yet!
However, after a few operations from Harris's deputy, the conference room's projection screen lit up.
"Mr. Bai Ye, we acknowledge your strength. You are likely the strongest demonic creature our Blue Star has ever seen. We have always respected you!"
"But..."
Harris's fighting spirit flared slightly as he declared, "Our Western Alliance is not without means to strike down or even eliminate Cataclysm-level demonic creatures."
"If you don't believe it, perhaps you should take a look..."
The assistant pressed the play button, and images immediately appeared on the projection screen.
The video began not on the ground, but in the sky, from a near-orbit satellite.
"Target locked, 11°26′ 158°00′"
In the video, the satellite emitted a notification sound. Immediately after, the massive satellite shook, and an object detached from it.
The satellite's camera panned, focusing on the blue planet below. An arrow-like missile fell freely, accelerating. After a brief period, its tail sprayed blue flame, accelerating again in a dive. Friction with the planet's upper atmosphere caused it to ignite.
Harris exclaimed excitedly, "See! This is one of our Alliance's trump cards—the Demon Slayer Missile!"
Jack, William, and the Western guards alike displayed unconcealed excitement as they watched the video.
Demon Slayer Missile? Satellite weapon? It could track demonic creatures? Bai Ye's gaze sharpened slightly. He had to admit, the Western Alliance's technology had surprised him several times.
If human missiles could truly bypass demonic interference, then it would be difficult for demonic creatures below B-class to cause devastating disasters for humanity.
However, judging by the destructive power, many human missiles could still rival his mid-level magic.
The satellite's probe camera tracked the Demon Slayer Missile's accelerating speed, eventually unable to capture its trajectory.
The camera shifted, focusing on the Demon Slayer Missile itself. It pierced through the Blue Star's atmosphere at extreme speed. Below, a vast ocean appeared.
On the sea's surface, a colossal creature could be faintly seen, roaring furiously. It resembled a sea lion, its body covered in black scales, its form as large as a mountain. Its four claws struck the sea, churning up massive waves.
Boom, boom, boom...
Giant missiles impacted the creature, only managing to open small cracks in its scales.
"Roar roar—"
The terrifying creature manipulated the seawater, unleashing a tsunami thousands of meters high that swept outwards from its center. Water columns also erupted from the sea, soaring towards the incoming missiles and detonating them.
Suddenly, the monstrous creature tilted its head upwards. Its massive eyes showed a trace of apprehension. A missile, trailing a fiery glow like a meteor, plunged downwards.
"Roar!!"
With an enraged roar, the terrifying creature opened its colossal maw. The surrounding space fluctuated, and a wave-like laser shot towards the approaching missile.
The video was filled with blinding white light and various noises. The Demon Slayer Missile was hit by the creature's ultimate attack, but it appeared to still be in flight...
In the next instant, with a deafening explosion, the video cut out.
"Demon Slayer 1 hit the target."
The scene shifted to a fighter jet. A terrifying mushroom cloud billowed from the epicenter of the Demon Slayer Missile's explosion, as the fighter jet rapidly evaded the shockwave emanating from it...
Harris and the others were immensely excited. The chairman of the Korean conglomerate looked on in astonishment. They had known the Western Alliance was powerful, but they hadn't realized they possessed such a devastating weapon!
At that moment, they felt a pang of regret, wondering if they had shown any signs of disloyalty to the West earlier.
In the latter half of the video, the explosion ended. Western fighter jets converged on the battlefield, revealing the remnants of the monstrous creature floating on the sea's surface.
The Demon Slayer Missile had indeed annihilated the monstrous creature.
The West... had actually developed a means to kill S-class demonic creatures! Bai Ye was inwardly startled. He had suspected earlier that this creature might only be A-class. However, after analyzing the combat footage, Bai Ye dismissed this conjecture. The creature killed by the West was most likely a Cataclysm-class!
With just the firearms they possessed, it required him to exert one percent of his strength to block them. And the missiles that had initially surrounded and attacked the creature, preventing its escape, were far more powerful than mere bullets.
Yet, those demon-breaking missiles had only managed to create small cracks in the creature's scales. Therefore, this creature was indeed S-class!
"Mr. Bai!" Harris suppressed his excitement, speaking with a hint of pride, "Now, does our Western Alliance have the qualifications to negotiate with you?"
Harris and the others stared into Bai Ye's eyes, hoping to see a flicker of apprehension or fear.
But they were disappointed.
Bai Ye smiled, an inscrutable smile. "Demon Slayer Missile, you say? Indeed, a rather good toy."
"We can talk, but only if you hand over these toys. Then we can discuss."
Harris and the others' faces contorted. They flatly refused, "Impossible!"
"Hahaha!"
Suddenly, Jack, the representative of the Ouhuliya, laughed and said, staring at Bai Ye, "Mr. Bai Ye, you're afraid of our Western trump card, aren't you?"
"Since you're afraid, then behave yourself and sit down to talk. We will never hand these over to you. If we gave them to you, you would certainly hand them over to Daxia, wouldn't you?"
"That is impossible!"
Bai Ye sneered, "This so-called Demon Slayer Missile does possess some power. However, do you truly believe it can kill me? Or rather, if I wish, it can't even get close to me, let alone kill me!"
As he spoke, Bai Ye's figure flickered, and he appeared before Harris and the others.
Harris's expression changed. Indeed, although they possessed this ultimate weapon, numerous simulations by the Alliance had shown the probability of a missile hitting Bai Ye to be almost zero.
This was because Bai Ye was suspected to possess the ability to break through space. This was also the reason for their change in attitude towards Bai Ye.
Jack, unconvinced, said with a sarcastic tone, "Mr. Bai Ye, we truly don't have the ability to restrain you. However, your ranch, and Daxia..."
"Shut up! Jack!" Harris hissed urgently, cutting Jack off. What Jack was about to say was a method the Western Alliance considered for dealing with Bai Ye: using his hometown and country to exert pressure and threaten him.
This was a risky gambit, even somewhat despicable. However, if a critical moment arrived, they would not hesitate to choose it!
Jack stopped midway through his sentence, but suddenly the surroundings grew cold, as if falling into an ice cave.
"You are the first person to threaten me, and your threat has made me somewhat wary."
Bai Ye's gaze was icy, a terrifying smile playing on his lips.
"Therefore, you shall die."