Chapter 144

The elite soldiers went to the supply boxes to change weapons.

Lin Yifei was also preparing his equipment; this was the downside of being an archer, as arrows were consumed very quickly.

And Ma Ta was also seizing the time to rest on the side; he had directed multiple charges tonight and was truly tired.

A group of people looked lazy and scattered on the spot, but no one dared to underestimate them.

When coming out, Chen Ping needed them to maintain majesty to suppress the restless ambitions of the Shengling Alliance.

But after coming out, he immediately did the opposite, letting everyone show their situation openly.

Because the environment was different and the place was different, the effects produced were naturally different.

The lords of the South District complained quite a bit about the Shengling Alliance on the public channel.

Everything is afraid of comparison; with Chen Ping's Tianqu there, it made the Shengling Alliance look even more like trash.

Many lords in the South District had complex feelings at this moment.

Because the Shengling Alliance was, after all, the number one power in the South District, and it ended up in such a sorry state tonight.

To them, it was like the people of the South District had lost all face in front of outsiders.

Some lords looked at the Shengling Alliance with unfriendly eyes.

The South District had the most lords who survived the trial, and there were many alliance forces formed spontaneously among them.

If they really united against a common enemy, even the Shengling Alliance couldn't guarantee it could suppress them.

This was a completely different situation from the East District; the lords of the East District, due to that one wrong action by Wang Ke.

Directly resulted in the entire East District being terrified by the Tianqu Alliance, and no lord dared to oppose Tianqu.

The East District was now Tianqu's backyard.

And in the South District, Chen Ping now also wanted to turn it into his own territory.

Of course, the methods and ways had to be changed.

Natasha had people light several large torches, which were placed on the periphery of the Shengling Alliance's circle of watchtowers.

Under the illumination of the fire, the Shengling Alliance appeared gloomy and eerie.

At this time, those lords who had left the alliance rushed out with their own troops.

Upon seeing Natasha, they paid their respects to her one after another.

"Dear Lord Natasha, we are willing to serve you; the glory of the Sacred Territory should be mastered by you."

These few lords who left the alliance in anger were originally the neutral side within the alliance.

Added to the lords who were rescued earlier, by this time, the Shengling Alliance had already lost nearly half of its people.

Natasha did not refuse their service; she came here for this very purpose.

Having received Natasha's approval, the few lords finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They exchanged words with the few lords who had been rescued earlier and learned that another lord had already died in their territory.

Their moods were both angry and sorrowful.

When did the Sacred Territory become like this!

The title of the unbreakable alliance of the Sacred Territory was completely destroyed today in the hands of Mu Sha and Ai Lan.

Even if they pass the Lord's Trial in the future, Mu Sha and Ai Lan will likely be punished by the Great Lords of the Sacred Territory!

But they didn't count on future punishments; they were now filled with monstrous hatred and wished they could resolve it right here in the trial world!

Speaking of this, the few lords tacitly tidied up their clothing.

They walked in unison to Chen Ping, then knelt on one knee before him, touching their chests in salute.

"Greetings, respected Baron Chen Ping; we are saved by you and are endlessly grateful."

"From now on, we will take Lord Natasha as our leader; wherever Natasha's sword points, our blades will follow."

The Sacred Territory lords did not say they were directly joining Chen Ping.

Because they saw the terrifying strength Chen Ping displayed tonight, and feeling inferior, they didn't dare to propose it.

They believed they were not qualified enough to join Tianqu; since that was the case, they would simply take Natasha as their leader.

Chen Ping naturally wouldn't refuse; in fact, in his view, these few lords were indeed unable to join Tianqu.

There weren't many spots left in Tianqu, and it couldn't accommodate so many people.

They were certainly much stronger than the first batch of lords in Tianqu.

But that initial batch of lords followed Chen Ping when he had nothing, and they held veteran status.

Chen Ping was not a cold-hearted person, and he had always been generous in giving benefits to those who followed him.

"You are too polite; since the Shengling Alliance treated you this way, it is good for you to establish a new Sacred Alliance."

"Tianqu is your backing, and I am here; everything will be worry-free."

Chen Ping said with a smile.

He didn't deliberately lower his voice, and some lords on the periphery who were close by heard it clearly.

But no one called Chen Ping arrogant, and no one even expressed opposition to Chen Ping's words.

Chen Ping had just fought on the home turf of the Shengling Alliance tonight, making the Shengling Alliance people not even dare to come out.

And according to Natasha's statement, he also killed all the people of the Heishan Army at the edge of the mist.

As soon as he entered the South District, he fought two tough battles in succession and won both.

Chen Ping's reputation in the South District soared rapidly, and he had become the number one person in reality.

In the past, everyone felt that Chen Ping was somewhat distant.

But now, everyone truly felt the power of the number one on the Gold List.

Some ambitious lords even started to become restless.

They looked at Chen Ping eagerly, wanting to incite Chen Ping to launch a full-scale attack on the Shengling Alliance tonight.

If Chen Ping organized it, then the lords present would definitely follow.

With such a large-scale gathering of lords, given the current morale of the Shengling Alliance, they might not really be able to stop it.

The more they thought, the more heated they became; suddenly, someone hidden in the crowd shouted from afar to Chen Ping:

"Lord Chen Ping! Overthrow the Shengling Alliance! There is no need for such an alliance to exist!"

"Lord Chen Ping, that's right, the Shengling Alliance colluded with the Heishan Army; it is simply heinous!"

"Lord Chen Ping, if you give a shout, we will definitely follow!"

At first, the calls were scattered, but they soon triggered a chain reaction.

Even Natasha was a bit surprised; many lords revealed their weapons and subordinates one after another.

The crowd was surging, and it looked like it was about to gather into a force.

If all the lords were really incited, the Shengling Alliance would be doomed tonight!

Chen Ping sat on the silver-white Qilin, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Regarding this situation, he was also quite moved in his heart.

Smart people are indeed everywhere, and Natasha is not the only one who knows how to leverage power.

These people clearly wanted to use him as a trigger to take the opportunity to attack the Shengling Alliance.

It wasn't that there hadn't been such calculations in the South District in the past, but firstly, there was no one with as much prestige as Chen Ping.

Secondly, there wasn't enough strength.

Now that the Shengling Alliance had fallen apart, it had directly lost half of its lord members.

The deterrent power against the major lords of the South District had dropped to the extreme, so it was no wonder everyone's minds were active.

They might have originally intended to watch the fun, but as they watched, they found there was profit to be made!

Many were shouting for Chen Ping to preside over justice and for the Tianqu Alliance to intervene in the affairs of the South District.

Now they didn't even mention regional division; everyone acted as if the Shengling Alliance was not fit to lead the South District.

But seeing the atmosphere getting hotter and hotter, and the public channel being filled with indignation.

Chen Ping let out a scoff.

"The affairs of the South District should be solved by you in the South District yourselves."

"Natasha is a member of my Tianqu, so I naturally stand up for her."

"Tianqu cannot tolerate others bullying our members, but as for other matters, we never interfere..."

We never interfere in the internal affairs of other districts!

Chen Ping was very familiar with those clichés from his previous life; they came right off his tongue, and he even cited classics.

He pulled this matter from beginning to end, from top to bottom, and managed to come up with several reasons, forcefully cutting off the fantasies of others.

People who could think of leveraging power were smart people; how could they not hear the meaning of Chen Ping's evasion?