The three injured elders, supported by their subordinates, struggled to their feet.
The Eastern Alliance elder clutched his chest and barked, “Elder Shi, your Western Alliance member dared to attack all three of our alliances at once. Is your Western Alliance declaring war on us?”
After all, Lin Yun was nominally part of the Western Alliance.
“This… this guy’s actions have nothing to do with our Western Alliance! We’re victims too!” Elder Shi protested, his voice laced with frustration.
“Hmph, after today’s mess, neither your Western Alliance nor this little punk will get off easily!” the Eastern Alliance elder snarled viciously.
With that, he pulled out a signaling device and sent a distress call to the Eastern Alliance.
The Southern and Northern Alliance elders quickly followed suit, sending their own signals for reinforcements.
Seeing this, Elder Shi had no choice but to send a signal for help as well. The situation had spiraled completely beyond his control.
“They’ve beaten the four alliance elders and now they’re calling for backup. The chief elders, maybe even the alliance leaders, might show up next!”
“No matter how strong that guy is, can he really take on all four alliances single-handedly?”
The tens of thousands of onlookers whispered among themselves.
They knew a massive storm was brewing!
Lin Yun’s attack on the three alliances’ elders wouldn’t be swept under the rug!
“Lord Lin, all four alliances are calling for reinforcements. What… what do we do?” Huaixi asked, his voice trembling with anxiety.
Though Lin Yun had just defeated the alliance elders, the arrival of the alliances’ top powerhouses seemed likely, and Huaixi couldn’t help but worry.
Lin Yun smiled faintly. “I didn’t kill them precisely so they’d call for help. This saves me the trouble of tracking them down. Let them come to me, and we’ll settle this once and for all.”
Huaixi froze.
He sensed that Lin Yun’s strength was far greater than he’d imagined…
He couldn’t help but wonder: *What kind of being is this?*
Lin Yun sat cross-legged, refraining from attacking anyone further.
The elders and elite warriors of the four alliances, wary of Lin Yun, didn’t dare provoke him again.
They all waited in place, anticipating their reinforcements.
The tens of thousands from the four alliances’ tribes stood silently, hardly daring to breathe, their gazes filled with apprehension toward Lin Yun.
The standoff persisted.
A few hours later, a massive bird tore through the sky, shrieking sharply as it dove toward the crowd.
On its back sat a middle-aged man, about three and a half meters tall.
The bird landed among the crowd.
The man leaped off, exuding an aura of supreme authority, the kind forged by years in power. His attire was striking, his presence commanding.
“It’s the Eastern Alliance Leader!”
“Greetings, Leader!”
The thousands from the Eastern Alliance erupted in excitement, kneeling in salute.
In the Wuji Realm, the Eastern Alliance Leader was a supreme figure, a top-tier powerhouse representing the world’s elite strength!
His arrival was a massive reassurance for the Eastern Alliance members.
“That’s the Eastern Alliance Leader? Even the leader is here?!” Huaixi, standing beside Lin Yun, gazed at the figure with awe.
For someone from a small tribe like Huaixi, seeing an alliance leader—let alone one from another alliance—was unimaginable.
“Rise,” the Eastern Alliance Leader said, hands behind his back, gesturing for his thousands of followers to stand.
He then turned to the Wuji Heavenly Palace, floating in the sky, and performed a respectful salute and worship.
“Leader! You’re finally here!”
The Eastern Alliance elder rushed to him, overjoyed, as if grasping a lifeline.
“Elder Liu, you sent an urgent distress signal. What happened?” the leader asked, frowning.
He knew the Wuji Heavenly Palace was about to open. An urgent signal at this time and place meant something serious, so he’d come personally as soon as he received it.
“Leader, a strange fellow from the Western Alliance attacked and killed here, outside the Wuji Heavenly Palace. The Eastern, Southern, and Northern Alliances intervened, but he injured us all. We had to call for you,” the elder explained, pointing at Lin Yun.
“Oh? Such a thing happened?” The Eastern Alliance Leader, surprised, turned his gaze to Lin Yun.
“This scrawny, short guy? You elders couldn’t handle him and were all injured by him?”
His look toward Lin Yun dripped with disdain and contempt.
Lin Yun’s height and build were heavily stigmatized here!
“Leader, this… this kid is extraordinary. Don’t underestimate him!” the elder said helplessly.
They’d underestimated Lin Yun before and paid dearly for it.
“Oh?” The leader fixed his gaze on Lin Yun.
Under that gaze, Lin Yun rose slowly, meeting the Eastern Alliance Leader’s eyes, and said lightly, “You’re the Eastern Alliance Leader, right? Come here. While things haven’t escalated too far, apologize to me, and we’ll call it even.”
His words detonated the crowd like a bomb.
No one expected Lin Yun to say that!
*Madness!*
They could only think: *This guy is insanely arrogant!*
The Eastern Alliance Leader was here in person—a ruler of the Wuji Realm, one of the world’s top powerhouses!
Who would dare disrespect him?
The leader’s face darkened instantly at Lin Yun’s words.
In the Wuji Realm, only the other three alliance leaders dared speak to him with such a tone!
Let alone a young nobody.
“What an arrogant brat! I’ve come in person, and you dare spew such nonsense?!” the Eastern Alliance Leader roared, his eyes flashing with chilling intent.
Lin Yun looked at him calmly. “Leader, remember this: I’m giving you a chance to negotiate. If you persist, you’ll only have the chance to beg.”
The crowd erupted again.
To them, it should’ve been the Eastern Alliance Leader speaking to Lin Yun like that!
