Chen Fan frowned. "Zhang Lie, don't you know how many worlds border ours, and how many foes we have?"

Zhang Lie replied smoothly, "There are six worlds in the immediate vicinity of this one, led by the Blackwind, Mengtai, devil trees, giant demons, black spirits, and greenskin beasts respectively.

"The Blackwind, once an ally, betrayed the humans and draconians in our time of greatest need. In total, this world has eight enemy factions, two of whom are worlds farther away allied with the Mengtai. They also participated in the earlier invasion attempt."

Chen Fan and the draconian sage nodded to themselves; it seemed that Zhang Lie at least had an understanding of their current straits and wasn't simply spouting empty words. Though they were still somewhat skeptical...