Array had to be left behind.
The intense disagreement resulted in the legendary human figures springing back. They were at an impasse, because the legendary human figures proposed even more conditions for exchange.
And these conditions were things that the Desolate race could not accept.
What the Human race needed now most was combat strength, so as to ensure that they would survive.
They suggested that three Desolate race Empyreal Kings should control three Primordial True Spirits to fight for the Human race.
To bind these Desolate race Empyreal Kings, a soul contract was naturally needed. And this was not just any ordinary soul contract. It was the most overbearing kind that was as close to a slave contract, which could control one's thoughts.
Only with such a contract would the Human race feel assured, or the conditions would become empty clauses.
With three Desolate race Empyreal Kings and three Primordial True Spirits, it was equivalent to the joining of three Empyreal King level experts. It could barely make up their loses. Their array refinement masters were also studying the Cosmic Infinite Array. In the future, they might be able to make a replica. Although it would not be as powerful as the original one, they might be able to set up a few and use them.
And this condition had annoyed the Desolate race. Be it the Desolate race or the Human race, an Empyreal King was a mighty figure that stood up high, being able to rule over a race's destiny.
So to let an Empyreal King be a slave?
That was an insult!
Besides, by losing three Empyreal Kings and three Primordial True Spirits, it would result in it being a much more difficult battle against the Black-armored Demon God.
So how could the Desolate race agree to it?
What made the Desolate race and the former Desolate Queen unable to accept and be infuriated was that amongst the three Empyreal Kings that the Human race requested to be enslaved, Shepherd Boy's name was top on the list!
They actually had their sights on Shepherd Boy!
Shepherd Boy was a supernatural existence amongst the Desolate race, second to the Desolate Queen. He was extremely loyal and he had fought the Tian Yuan world for the Desolate race and retrieved Jiang Xiaorou. He had great achievements in battle with all sorts of honors bestowed to him.
Be it the members of the Desolate race, the former Desolate Queen or Jiang Xiaorou, they did not treat Shepherd Boy as an ordinary member of the Desolate race.
Even externally, to the humans, Shepherd Boy's name was extremely famous.
By listing Shepherd Boy, the Human race clearly did not only covet Shepherd Boy's strength, they also had the intention to seek revenge!
By letting the extremely proud Shepherd Boy become their slave was more tormentous than killing him.
The former Desolate Queen flatly rejected this request.
However, the Human race's response was extremely adamant. By not agreeing to this request, there was no need for the discussion of the array disk.
At the beginning of the dispute, Shepherd Boy had remained silent, listening to the debates from both sides.
He had lived for a very long time. He had seen how numerous people had looked at him with gazes filled with hate or fear. There was once that he was the representation of the Desolate race amongst the Human race. He was terrifying, powerful and unsympathetic.
Such a Shepherd Boy, be it himself, or others, would never believe that he would be willing to be a slave.
But now, after the debate went on for an hour, to the point of a complete breakdown in negotiations, Shepherd Boy suddenly stood up.
He minced his words clearly and said, "Only I alone will sign the contract, and I will fight for you for a thousand years."
He did not say much, but the words that Shepherd Boy said were not something that simple.
Shepherd Boy had bowed down.
With the existence of a foreign enemy, the Desolate race could not destroy the Human race who had the Cosmic Infinite Array, so as to rob them of the array disks. Then… the only way was to compromise.
For a Desolate race Empyreal King like Shepherd Boy, who treated his honor like his life, he would rather die in a glorious battle than sign a enslaving contract, becoming a puppet of the Human race.
But now, for Jiang Xiaorou and for his race, this was the first time Shepherd Boy had lowered his proud head in more than tens of thousands of years. He had to endure such a great humiliation.
Jiang Xiaorou and the former Desolate Queen had mixed emotions to Shepherd Boy's yielding. This pain was indescribable.
However, the Human race did not appreciate the Shepherd Boy's sacrifice.
This was because just Shepherd Boy's combat power alone was not worthy enough for a Cosmic Infinite Array that could gather the Human race's Empyreal King's powers.
At this moment, the former Desolate Queen had reached her limits and she was on the brink of flaring up.