Since the stronghold had not reached the scale of a town, people could enter and leave freely. Yet the Upper Realm had sent word that this was within the rules. Mo Shangsheng could not help but conclude that Starfall Continent had someone backing it from above, granting it the right to come and go as it pleased!
That was pretty damn impressive.
And pretty damn untouchable!
Though Nine Heavens Continent was powerful, it was ultimately just one plane in the universe. Before the colossal daddy that was the Upper Realm, it could only bow and scrape.
A Ninth Tier Starfall Continent actually had the Upper Realm as its backer. They absolutely could not afford to offend it!
"Pass down my order!"
After careful consideration, Mo Shangsheng immediately instructed, "Inform all Nine Heavens Continent martial artists on the Battlefield: you may provoke anyone, but never provoke Starfall Continent. Those who defy this order will be severely punished!"
"Yes!"
His subordinate hurried away.
Before long, the City Lord's order had reached the ears of Nine Heavens Continent's martial artists.
Every one of them was utterly baffled. "What's gotten into the City Lord?"
Starfall Continent had killed an Earth Rank Expert. That was a blood feud, yet they were being forbidden from provoking them!
As an old-established plane of the First Echelon that had endured countless great and small battles on the Battlefield, when had they ever acted cowardly!
Of course.
With the City Lord's order, they would certainly obey.
Mo Shangsheng did not tell the other planes about his speculation that Starfall Continent had someone in the Upper Realm.
Sitting in the Main Hall, he wore an unmistakably gloating expression. "That plane's strength is limited in the end. Once they offend enough people, trouble will come sooner or later. They might even