Xiao Tianyang had only intended a light punishment as a warning, so naturally, he did not take the matter to heart.
Of course, his actions inevitably set off a سلسلة of chain reactions.
For example, those independent cultivators had regained their reverence for Xiao Tianyang.
Or the commanders and soldiers of the Divine Might Legion who had never even met Xiao Tianyang; they had become far more confident.
After all, Yuwen Chengdu had previously seemed somewhat like he was borrowing another's prestige.
No matter how firm they were inwardly, they could not make it feel as real as Saber had.
Still, such feelings were perfectly normal.
Because no matter how legendary Xiao Tianyang's life was, nothing was more tangible than seeing it with one's own eyes.
Now, things were different.
Xiao Tianyang was standing before them, alive and well.
Moreover, he had descended in the bearing of a king and resolved the internal danger that was about to erupt on the Douluo Continent.
Were the three great knight orders truly fools?
At the very least, none who had survived the early days of the God Realm by relying on military merit could possibly be fools.
On the contrary, those who had climbed into the upper ranks of the knight orders were no simple characters.
And their act of seizing equipment had not been purely for profit.
To some extent, it had also been a test.
Their objectives were quite clear.
First, they wanted to test Saber's bottom line.
After all, they had engaged in similar behavior before, except the conflicts had broken out in the wilderness.
Second, they wanted to see how everyone else viewed the Divine Might Legion.
Or rather, how they viewed Divine Might.
And that was the fundamental basis for determining how far they could go with