“I am Zi Tong of the Elf Clan. This is the Elf Clan border. If any of you dare to cross it, it will be regarded as invasion, and as you formally declaring war on my Elf Clan. This is my Elf Clan’s bottom line! My Elf Clan has long stationed forces here, ready for battle at any moment. Once war begins, you should all understand the consequences clearly!” Zi Tong’s clear, delicate shout resounded through the skies.
At these words, the expressions of the Supremes from the five great powers and the Dao Alliance all grew somewhat uneasy.
They now had no idea how many peak realm experts the Elf Clan had deployed.
Moreover, they were all fully aware of what starting a war would mean. Although the Elf Clan had declined and the human race was stronger, any war was destined to wound both sides grievously.
Declaring war on the Elf Clan was not a decision to be made lightly, and they had not planned for this contingency at all.
The Dao Alliance Leader gave a cold laugh. “Hmph, a mere woman dares to threaten this alliance leader? Truly ridiculous to the extreme! Even if war breaks out, would my human race fear your Elf Clan?”
“Though my Elf Clan has declined, we can still unite as one, sharing the same enmity against a common foe!” Zi Tong faced the Dao Alliance Leader without the slightest sign of weakness.
Lin Yun immediately stepped forward and said, “Once the two races formally declare war, the conflict will surely drag on for ages. I can guarantee one thing: it will not be long before the Beastman Clan joins the war too. At that point, your Dao Alliance and the six great powers will face enemies on both sides! With that in mind, how much confidence do you still have?”
Lin Yun then turned to the Supremes of the Dao Alliance and continued,
“Cabinet Master of the Dual Reverence Pavilion, Patriarch of the Void Clan, Tower Master of the White Mist Tower, Valley Master of the Tranquil Moon Valley, Patriarch of the Dugu Clan, Palace Master of the Blue Feather Palace, the six of you should consider this carefully. If you cross the border and start a war, the human race, the Elf Clan, and the Beastman Clan will all be drawn in. Countless lives will perish in the fighting, and even among you Supremes, many will likely fall on the battlefield.”
“And would that not achieve exactly the purpose of the Heavenly Dao? Is that not precisely what it wants: to provoke this kind of war and thereby drain away everyone’s lives? If you truly cross the border and begin hostilities, you will be playing right into the Heavenly Dao’s hands, becoming mere pawns on its chessboard. Are you really willing to be pawns?”
“Moreover, I believe that among the six of you, there must be those who harbour kindness in their hearts. Are you truly willing to witness a war between the three races, to see the Ancestral Land engulfed in flames, with all living beings reduced to ashes?”
“Look once more at your Dao Alliance Leader. He speaks endlessly of benevolence and justice, yet now he wears the face of a warmonger! If he were truly benevolent and just, he would cherish the lives of all under heaven and would not lightly unleash war!”
Hearing this, the Dao Alliance Leader was so enraged that his lungs nearly burst.
“Do not listen to his nonsense, everyone! Eliminating Lin Yun is precisely to prevent him from allying with the Elf Clan and Beastman Clan to threaten the human race! If we sit by and let him grow stronger, he will surely become a grave danger to our people!” the Dao Alliance Leader said to the Supremes behind him.
He then turned to Lin Yun, his anger blazing. “Lin Yun, cease your wild slander and demonic words to bewilder the crowd! Do you think such tactics will let you escape death?”
At that moment, the Palace Master of the Blue Feather Palace could no longer hold back and said, “Leader, in my opinion, this war must not be provoked lightly. The Ancestral Land has enjoyed peace for a very long time, and peace is hard-won. Our primary duty is to protect the human race, preventing the other races from launching attacks against us. We should not be the ones to start a war.”
The Dao Alliance Leader’s face darkened. “Palace Master, did you not hear my words clearly? Lin Yun is capable of uniting the Beastman Clan and Elf Clan, which would pose an immense threat to our human race! If we truly allow him to reach that stage and he carries it out, the Dao Alliance will be powerless. We must destroy him now while we still can, crushing any such possibility in its cradle. We absolutely cannot permit even the chance of it happening!”
“Besides, all of this is nothing but lies that Lin Yun has fabricated to save his own life.”
“Yet, Leader, that is merely your supposition,” the Blue Feather Palace Master replied. “Up to this point, Lin Yun has indeed done nothing to harm the interests of our human race.”
The Valley Master of the Tranquil Moon Valley also spoke up. “Leader, before all this, Lin Yun held no deep grudge against our Dao Alliance. Starting a war with the Elf Clan over him is truly not worth it. We cannot recklessly sacrifice the lives of Dao Alliance members.”
