"Hm?" Xiao Yan frowned and looked at Yun Ying for confirmation. "You just said the Soul Clan had launched more than just this one attack on the Tianhe Alliance?"
"Yes." Yun Ying nodded lightly and answered softly, "Around some time after you disappeared into the Demonic Flame Space, the Soul Clan began sending people to attack the Tianhe Alliance. Each attack brought more people than the last. This time, they even sent one of the Soul Clan's Four Demon Saints. If not for your timely return, the Tianhe Alliance might already have ceased to exist."
As Xiao Yan listened to Yun Ying, his brows furrowed ever tighter. Then Yun Ying continued.
"And it was not just the headquarters. The various branches of the Tianhe Alliance, as well as the factions under its command, have all suffered more or less from Soul Clan harassment. Fortunately, compared to the assaults on the headquarters, the attacks elsewhere were not as intense, so there have not been any major casualties thus far."
Xiao Yan folded his arms and leaned against the wall, his brows tightly knit.
"The Soul Clan had been quiet for years without any news. Why did they suddenly start moving against the Tianhe Alliance?" Xiao Yan looked at Yun Ying, confusion in his eyes. "Do you have any idea?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's question, Yun Ying gently shook her head.
"I do not know either." As Yun Ying spoke, she raised a hand and guessed, "Perhaps they learned that the Tianhe Alliance's top combat forces, led by you, had vanished with your fates unknown. So the Soul Clan wanted to take this chance to erase the Tianhe Alliance forever?"
"Mm... that seems to be the only explanation for now."
Xiao Yan frowned in thought for a moment, then let out a troubled