They knew the Shadow Clan's strength was not enough to hold on to this thing, so they gritted their teeth and surrendered half the mining rights to Glittering Gold in exchange for the Demon Race's protection. In the end, under the Demon Race's protection, relying on Glittering Gold, they—
In just a few million years, became one of the foremost powers in the entire Eastern Continent.
This also indirectly showed just how precious Glittering Gold was. Of all races, the Human Race had the most urgent need for Glittering Gold, because human artifact refinement required vast amounts of it.
And the resources the Shadow Clan had wrung from the Human Race through Glittering Gold were no small sum.
Now, on one hand, Ye Lin wanted to show the myriad races of the Eastern Continent that the Human Race was not so easily bullied. On another, he wanted to beat the mountain to frighten the tiger, kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. And on yet another, Ye Lin wanted to seize this Glittering Gold.
By striking the Shadow Clan, the other major races hostile to the Human Race would surely become wary of breaking the vessel for fear of the rats, not daring to act rashly.
"Come, let's go to the Ancestral Land and lodge a complaint against Ye Lin. Does he really think that becoming Sect Master means he can act without restraint? The Human Race does not belong to him alone, and neither does Nameless Mountain."
"That's right. Nameless Mountain is not his, Ye Lin's, personal court where his word is law. He is merely an ant in the Spirit Transformation realm."
Space shattered in the void, and five figures stepped out from the broken space. All five were Dao Integration True Lords, intending to go to the