She knew perfectly well that if these people really rushed up and beat them, Summer Path Mountain would have little room to throw a fit afterward. The law could not punish the masses-that held true anywhere. If Summer Path Mountain wanted to keep its footing in the Artifact Refining World, it could not hold every sect accountable. At most, it could single out a few to vent its anger on.
Clearly, these people had weighed the consequences before daring to come like this.
If things went wrong, she could only bend at the waist.
Of course, although she was prepared to live with her tail between her legs, even compromise needed to be done with an imposing air. A great sect's dignity had to be propped up, even if it was nothing but an empty skin.
Sweeping her gaze over the motley collection of sects surrounding them, Gu Liani pointed in a circle and demanded with undiminished authority, "What do you think you're doing?"
The longsword on her back sprang halfway out of its sheath with a swish. Azure rainbow light immediately blazed from within, swelling and receding with a momentum that threatened to pierce the heavens. It was a terrifying sight.
Caught between the opposing sides, Xu Anchang and You Mu had once witnessed this sword's power from afar. Cutting down an Earth Immortal-level Ice Jiao had been as easy as slicing melons and chopping vegetables. Had that Ice Jiao not been unusual, able to recover again and again after being shattered, who knew how many ordinary Earth Immortal experts would already have been slain?
The power of a magical treasure that could cut down Earth Immortals like melons and vegetables was easy to imagine.
The might it deliberately radiated alone made many sect disciples blanch and instinctively retreat