Great Desert Lone Smoke was not particularly worried about competing with Tiandi and the others for the guild headquarters. In his mind, with the power in his hands, it would be easy to wipe out all of Tiandi's people and then seize the guild headquarters. At most, it would cost some time and money to repair the headquarters afterward. If it came down to it, he could accept those losses, so there was no way he would agree to Tiandi's conditions because of that.
However, there was one thing he was very worried about: Tiandi and the others "transferring" the guild headquarters to other guilds. Since it would be a direct "transfer," it would be far easier for other guilds to acquire those headquarters than for him. Although Great Desert Lone Smoke knew that Heavenly Battle Heroes' overall strength would not suffer much after he took control of it and might even increase instead, he had no desire to face any of the other top ten guilds at this time—especially Dongfang Family and Misty Pavilion. Under those circumstances, they would have no chance of taking those three guild headquarters.
Just as Tiandi had said, guild headquarters were golden hens that laid golden eggs. Every guild wanted to claim them for itself, and Misty Pavilion and Dongfang Family were no exception. At this point, Heavenly Battle Heroes simply did not have the strength to snatch the guild headquarters from those guilds.
Great Desert Lone Smoke had still harbored some hope earlier, hoping Tiandi and the others would overlook this point in their anger. He had not expected Tiandi to think of it and use it as leverage. Great Desert Lone Smoke's expression turned grim. After all, he knew that if they truly could not obtain the three guild headquarters, they would