"Brother Youming, you're protecting me, aren't you?"
Lu Ren gave a wry smile.
Luo Youming smiled. "I never said that!"
"Actually, I'm already the acting clan leader of the Eight-Armed Asura Clan."
Lu Ren said calmly, "And I promised their ancestor I would protect them."
He understood what Luo Youming meant. If the Eight-Armed Asura Clan pledged allegiance to him,
then once his family ties to the Reincarnation Netherkin were made public, the Reincarnation Netherkin would not, in name, have recruited an outside force or broken their clan rules.
In practice, though, the Eight-Armed Asura Clan would gain the Reincarnation Netherkin's protection indirectly.
That way, the Reincarnation Netherkin could uphold their rules while giving the Eight-Armed Asura Clan a path to survival.
"In that case, all the better!"
Luo Youming smiled faintly.
Then he waved his hand, dispelled the Reincarnation Great Dao Barrier, and returned with Lu Ren to the front of the Asura Warship.
Xiu Wang, Xiu Pu, Xiu Ao, and the others immediately looked over.
They did not know what Lu Ren and Luo Youming had discussed, but tension showed on every face.
The Eight-Armed Asura Clan had nowhere left to retreat. If the Reincarnation Netherkin refused to protect them, only the destruction of their clan awaited them.
Luo Youming swept his gaze over Xiu Wang and the others. "We Reincarnation Netherkin will not accept the Eight-Armed Asura Clan's allegiance!"
At those words, Xiu Wang and the others' expressions shifted.
But Luo Youming soon continued, "However, I hear young friend Lu is now the acting clan leader of the Eight-Armed Asura Clan!"
"Since it is young friend Lu you have pledged yourselves to, that has nothing to do with the Reincarnation Netherkin!"
"But young friend Lu is family by marriage to the Reincarnation Netherkin, as well as our