"Hmph! Whom our Heaven One Sword Sect chooses to cooperate with is not for you to lecture us about!" Mu Yunshu snorted coldly. The pressure of a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator crashed down instantly, and blood immediately seeped from the corner of Shadow's mouth in the distance.
"You're allowed to have the Central River Imperial Family win over the major factions, but we of Akatsuki aren't allowed to seek partners? You truly are overbearing!" Lin Chuan said calmly as he looked at Shadow.
With two Tribulation Transcendence cultivators suppressing him here, no matter how powerful Shadow was, he could not stir up any trouble.
"Those who oppose the Central River Imperial Family will not meet a good end. And you, Heaven One Sword Sect—don't think that hiding in the West Creek Continent's dynasty means we can do nothing to you. If you anger the dynasty, wiping out your Heaven One Sword Sect would take no more than a flick of the hand. You had best understand your place!" Though suppressed, Shadow remained arrogant.
Against the combined forces of two Tribulation Transcendence cultivators, he truly had no way out. But his helplessness did not mean the faction he represented was helpless as well.
Perhaps Akatsuki did not fear the Central River Imperial Family's wanted order. They were few in number, and so long as they were ruthless enough to abandon everything on the Southern Bright Continent, there was indeed little the imperial family could do to Akatsuki.
But Heaven One Sword Sect was different. It was a powerful sect with a long legacy and vast holdings. As the saying went, the monk might flee, but the temple could not. Heaven One Sword Sect was fundamentally different from Akatsuki. If they truly enraged the imperial family, it was entirely possible that the imperial