Undoubtedly, Longyao City was now stronger than ever before.
With support from major Base Cities across the world, Longyao City now had numerous powerful figures stationed there. It was far stronger than Yinze City, once hailed as the strongest among the four major coastal Base Cities.
Two Seven-star Professionals, forty-four Six-Star Professionals, two hundred and eighteen Five-Star Professionals, and more than a thousand Four-Star Professionals—one could imagine how terrifying this force was.
It could be said that after this force settled in, Longyao City no longer needed to fear "Evil." Even if "Evil" attacked with the combined strength of all its Underground Professionals, Longyao City now had the power to fight back head-on.
This showed just how powerful—and terrifying—Longyao City had become.
However, with the external threat gone, internal troubles emerged instead.
Compared to these powerful outside forces, Longyao City's native forces were undoubtedly far weaker.
In the past, the pinnacle of Longyao City had been the handful of Six-Star Professionals and the families and factions behind them.
But now, Longyao City alone had dozens of Six-Star Professionals, not to mention two Seven-star Professionals. This force had completely overwhelmed Longyao City's native strength, causing its local factions to feel varying degrees of pressure.
In the past, they could act however they pleased in Longyao City by relying on their status and their families' strength.
But now, they could provoke someone they absolutely could not afford to offend simply by going out onto the street.
Moreover, no one knew how these outside forces would react after learning that the native forces were far weaker than themselves. Would they look down on them and bully the local factions at will, even climb onto their heads and lord it over them?
At the very least, when many powerful figures who refused to remain