Martial Alliance Protector!
The moment those words came out, the entire scene fell into deathly silence.
The Blood Lotus Sect Master, draped in a blood-colored cassock, gradually froze as well.
It was actually that Martial Alliance Protector! How could a mere Martial Alliance possess such a powerful protector?
When he had first come into contact with the Martial Alliance, it was not as though he had never heard of this so-called protector. At the time, he had dismissed it with a snort.
Later, after the Blood Lotus Sect displayed its overwhelming strength and thoroughly beat the Martial Alliance into submission, he paid even less heed to that so-called protector.
Then many more years passed. The Martial Alliance completely submitted, delivering a vast quantity of exotic beast materials as tribute every year.
Yet throughout that time, the fabled Martial Alliance Protector had never once appeared, as if he had never existed at all.
"Ha ha ha, Martial Alliance Protector, Martial Alliance Protector! Hahahaha!" The Blood Lotus Sect Master laughed somewhat maniacally, as though he had heard the greatest joke under heaven.
The other onlookers present, whether Baolian City civilians or martial cultivators from the Martial Alliance, all showed incredulous expressions of shock.
"The Martial Alliance? That Martial Alliance in the north? Aren't they a force that submitted to the Blood Lotus Sect? How do they have such a powerful protector?"
"This person is actually so strong—why has he never appeared before?"
The other qi-blood martial artists were first stunned, then showed wild delight.
This mysterious figure, powerful beyond measure, was actually the Martial Alliance Protector who had not appeared for so many years?
"Brother Fu, did you hear that? He's actually our Martial Alliance Protector!!!"
"There can't be any mistake. Look, Protector Lin is in his arms. This person must be