Meanwhile, Zheng Tianyuan had also thought of something, and his expression darkened.
"No!"
"The Thousand Sects Alliance resorted to such a brutal method. This probably isn't just extortion... it's very likely, very likely...!"
At that thought, Zheng Tianyuan's heart gave a violent leap. "They very likely came to deliberately provoke us into breaking our longstanding agreement, overturning the chessboard, and then catching us completely off guard!"
The more each side thought about it, the more convinced they became that the other side was deliberately forcing them to break the agreement first and ignite an all-out war!
At these words, the elders and venerables around them all paled!
On closer thought, that was indeed the case.
Otherwise, how would they dare pull such a shameless stunt?
Moreover, they had dared to chop off the legs of these Sect Second-Generation scions at the slightest disagreement. Wasn't that clearly tearing away all pretense of civility?
"But... Grand Elder, if they want war, they don't look ready for it..."
An elder on the Heavenly Baleful Valley side muttered under his breath.
"Fool!" another elder immediately retorted. "If they were fully prepared, would you still call it war? That would be a crushing rout!"
"They can only catch us off guard by striking before we're ready!"
Both Envoy Zhang and Zheng Tianyuan felt a chill at those words.
That made sense!
But right now, their first priority wasn't deciding whether to fight. They had to calm the sect masters and Grand Supreme Elders in the rear who were about to fly into a rage!
They had to rescue those precious darlings first and get their legs reattached!
If they delayed any longer, even an immortal wouldn't be able to reattach them. Those gifted descendants would truly be crippled!
Yet the thought of that terrifying ransom