Mountain God bellowed, “Who could obliterate us? Alliance Leader Lu, you’re underestimating our strength! We might not be on par with the entire Great Eastern Alliance, but we are far from weak!”

“I almost died twice in Burial Garden. The first was when I was attacked by an Envoy, and the second was when I ran into one of the Progenitor of Combat’s descendants from the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Sect. She attacked me with Xia Yi, and if either of them had entered an exit that led to your territories, what could you have done to stop them? I wasn’t able to acquire any opportunities in Burial Garden because the only one that I found was taken away from me. Are these the people that you want to deal with?” Lu Yin asked in a rhetorical manner.

The others fell silent at this revelation.

Ling Qiu said, "My Lingling clan can deal with something like that."

Lu Yin looked at her. "But I don't want to take such risks. The Lingling clan has you, Matriarch Ling Qiu, and also Ling Taizu. You two can work together to guard a gate, but there’s no guarantee of you all being able to protect two gates."

Ling Qiu became upset at this insinuation. "Alliance Leader Lu, do you not believe me to be strong enough to protect a gate on my own?"

Lu Yin’s expression grew stern, and a chill entered...