C176 You Can Go

"Surrender? Unless my ears deceive me... did you just tell us to surrender?" Ling Ruo stared incredulously at the elderly First Elder Toba, and the others mirrored her disbelief. Meanwhile, the empress's gaze had turned icy.

"You heard me correctly... As the First Elder, I command all of you to lay down your weapons!" Toba declared.

"And if I refuse?" Ling Ruo challenged, her tone icy