The conference room remained silent for a long time.
The representative of the Northern Europe United Transcendent Stage Bureau spoke first. "Lady Skadi guards the Abyssal Rift on the Greenland Ice Sheet and has not left for a hundred years. She cannot possibly mobilize over something like this."
The African Alliance representative also shook his head. "Lord Ngugi guards the East African Rift Valley. He likewise cannot leave his post."
The South American Alliance representative was even more direct. "Lord Itapa lives in symbiosis with the rainforest. He will weaken if he leaves it for more than three days. He is unsuited to long-distance operations."
Huaxia's representative, Zhou Huaiyuan, spoke. "Lord Xuanyuan guards the Kunlun Rift. He will not mobilize unless Huaxia faces an urgent crisis."
Victor seemed to have anticipated these responses. He turned his gaze toward another Freedom Alliance representative seated along the side of the round table, a middle-aged man in military uniform with three general's stars on his shoulders.
The middle-aged man stood, his voice steady and powerful. "The Freedom Alliance Guardian, ninth on the Divine Rankings, Lord Solomon, the Child of Light, has agreed to fight."
Another low murmur of discussion rose in the conference room.
Victor raised a hand for silence and continued, "Lord Solomon is the Freedom Alliance's oldest guardian. He commands the Light Rule and possesses absolute penetrating power and ultimate speed."
"Speed is power. Before his Light Rule, no attack can land and no defense can stand. Having him challenge Lin Jin will convey the alliance's position to Asura Hall without escalating the conflict into an all-out war."
"If Lin Jin accepts the challenge, then regardless of the outcome, it will at least make him understand that someone in this world can still stand against him head-on. If he refuses, that