There was no way only the Heaven-Sent Ones on their side were unreliable. Just how capable were you, Lin Bai, to keep that bunch of undying, indestructible people obeying your orders forever?
It had come back to bite him, hadn't it!
Served him right!
He Qin gloated. "Peng Fei, tell the people from Medicine King Valley and the Spirit Artifact Pavilion to get ready. Everything hinges on this move. Lin Bai is about to leap over the wall like a cornered dog."
Stall if they could; fight if they couldn't. That had been their agreed strategy all along.
Lin Bai had spent ages trading verbal blows before the two armies like a clown, swelling He Qin's confidence enormously.
If he had the overwhelming strength to defeat them, why waste so much breath?
Besides.
If the Heaven-Sent Ones wouldn't obey Lin Bai, the Five Evil Sects he had forcibly subdued were even less likely to listen. Perhaps it wouldn't be their three-sect alliance fighting Lin Bai shortly, but all Ten Sects joining forces to rid the world of a demon...
"...The two came before the mountain to compare their legs, not knowing whether Cui Cutleg..."
The ragged chorus of tongue twisters echoed over the mountain forest. Little White Fox poked her head out of Lin Bai's arms and looked angrily toward the players, a biting chill glittering in her eyes.
Lin Bai gently patted her head to soothe her anger.
These were players for you!
Don't expect them to follow your commands forever.
Once this business was over, it would be time to lay down some rules for the players.
Otherwise.
They would challenge his bottom line more and more often.
Xin Shang and the others instinctively raised their guard, unable to help feeling a trace of sympathy for Lin