As Yun Shanhe’s voice fell, the Dragon Division members behind him all raised their guns to aim. However, the Dragon Division members on Wang Liren’s side faltered, looking to Wang Liren, unsure of what to do.
After all, Yun Shanhe had come with a formal arrest warrant, representing the Dragon Division. While Wang Liren was also a high-ranking official in the Dragon Division, his influence within the organization had gradually waned since he joined the Demonic Palace. His authority had been increasingly distributed to others.
Although Wang Liren was still nominally a high-ranking official in the Dragon Division, he held little power.
The Dragon Division cultivators who came to help Wang Liren either had personal ties with him from the past or sought to curry favor with the Demonic Palace. Everyone knew they were working for the Demonic Palace.
However, the Demonic Palace had helped the Dragon Division considerably in the past, so no one considered the Demonic Palace an outsider, and they were willing to help.
But now, Yun Shanhe was officially representing the Dragon Division to cause trouble for the Demonic Palace. The Dragon Division members on Wang Liren’s side, who received their salaries from the Dragon Division, could not possibly go against their own organization!
Seeing Yun Shanhe’s unyielding attitude, Wang Liren’s expression turned completely grim.
It was already a consensus in the cultivator circles that the Demonic Palace now dominated the world’s cultivator community. As the administrator of China’s cultivator circles, the Dragon Division would inevitably clash with the Demonic Palace if there wasn’t a mediator to ease relations between the two sides.
After all, in the eyes of the Dragon Division, a hegemonic force like the Demonic Palace was essentially no different from the Red Dust Pavilion.
It was just that the Demonic Palace had not yet done anything to harm China.
One was a rising global superpower, and the other was the authority in China’s cultivator circles. The rise of the Demonic Palace was bound to affect the interests of the Dragon Division, and conflict between the two sides was highly probable.
Therefore, a mediator was essential between the Demonic Palace and the Dragon Division!
Wang Liren joined the Demonic Palace and worked for them precisely to be this mediator, maintaining good relations between the Demonic Palace and the Dragon Division.
Wang Liren knew very well that Ye Ling was a supreme being who did not even regard the gods and Buddhas in the heavens as equals; he was simply not on their level.
With Ye Ling’s strength, annihilating the Dragon Division would be as easy as lifting a finger. If the Dragon Division were to fall out with the Demonic Palace, it would truly threaten national security!
The Dragon Division absolutely must not offend the Demonic Palace!
But now, the relationship he had so carefully maintained was being trampled by Yun Shanhe!
Bai Qiao was someone Ye Ling wanted to protect, and Yun Shanhe was now arresting Bai Qiao in the name of the Dragon Division, which unequivocally placed the Dragon Division in opposition to the Demonic Palace.
This had plunged the relationship between the Dragon Division and the Demonic Palace to an all-time low, rendering all of Wang Liren’s previous efforts futile!
Moreover, even if Bai Qiao were not protected by Ye Ling, she was just an ordinary student with no cultivation, posing no threat to national security.
Yun Shanhe was twisting facts, even abusing his authority by mobilizing a large number of Dragon Division members to bully an ordinary person. Wang Liren could not stand by and watch.
Cultivators interfering with ordinary people was a major taboo in the cultivator circles!
The Dragon Division, as the administrator of China’s cultivator circles, was now leading this act, which would undoubtedly shatter the Dragon Division’s image before various forces and greatly diminish its prestige.
If this matter were to get out, the impact on the cultivator circles would be profound.
With this thought, Wang Liren’s face turned ashen, and he said coldly, “Yun Shanhe, are you trying to drag the entire Dragon Division down with you?”
“Drag us down?” Yun Shanhe let out a cold laugh. “A mere Demonic Palace. Allowing their existence is already the greatest tolerance. Why do you speak as if the Demonic Palace is something to be reckoned with?”
“The world’s nations fear the Demonic Palace; that is their business. But this is China, and China’s cultivator circles are the Dragon Division’s territory! As long as the Demonic Palace is here, they must listen to the Dragon Division!”
“You are truly seeking death!” Seeing Yun Shanhe becoming more and more reckless, Wang Liren immediately exploded with rage and charged towards Yun Shanhe, intending to kill him on the spot!
He was genuinely afraid that if Ye Ling heard Yun Shanhe’s words, he would truly obliterate the Dragon Division in a fit of anger!
In an instant, Wang Liren was in front of Yun Shanhe, the might of a seventh-grade cultivator erupting forth!
However, Yun Shanhe, who only had a sixth-grade cultivation, still wore a smile and did not dodge Wang Liren’s attack.
It seemed as though he did not even consider Wang Liren to be a threat!
Seeing Yun Shanhe’s confidence, Wang Liren decided not to hold back and punched directly towards Yun Shanhe’s head!
None of the surrounding cultivators could even see Wang Liren’s movements!
As he was about to be hit by Wang Liren, Yun Shanhe sneered, “Foolish.”
As Yun Shanhe’s words fell, a man in a black cloak appeared out of thin air, grabbed Wang Liren’s head with one hand, and pushed it down!
*Bang!*
Wang Liren’s head smashed into the ground, creating a crater!
“Damn it!”
Wang Liren was pinned down and struggled, but the cloaked man’s strength was astonishingly great; Wang Liren couldn’t move at all!
“Brother Wang!” Seeing Wang Liren’s head sinking into the ground, Bai Qiao exclaimed in shock, her eyes filled with worry.
The Dragon Division cultivators disguised as employees around them also changed their expressions.
Wang Liren had a seventh-grade cultivation, yet he was subdued by the cloaked man in one move?
Just how strong was the suddenly appearing cloaked man?
Yun Shanhe, however, was not surprised by this. He looked down at the pinned Wang Liren with amusement, squatted down, patted Wang Liren’s face, and chuckled, “Wang Liren, the era of the Demonic Palace has passed… You chose the wrong side.”
“Before long, you and your Demonic Palace… will be reduced to ashes.”
Although Wang Liren was pinned and unable to move, he still glared fiercely at Yun Shanhe and roared, “Yun Shanhe, you are dragging the entire Dragon Division to its doom!”
“Who knows?”
Yun Shanhe replied indifferently, then stood up and looked at Bai Qiao with amusement in his eyes.
As Yun Shanhe’s gaze fell upon her, Bai Qiao’s fear intensified, and she instinctively retreated.
Yun Shanhe took out a cigar from his bag, lit it, and beckoned to the Dragon Division members behind him, instructing, “Take that woman back!”
As Yun Shanhe’s words fell, the cultivators behind him advanced towards Bai Qiao with their weapons. The other Dragon Division cultivators, disguised as company employees, were now in a dilemma, unsure whether to intervene.
The situation had already become one-sided!
“Since when did any Tom, Dick, or Harry dare to provoke the Demonic Palace?”
Just then, a chilling voice sounded in everyone’s ears. The Dragon Division members approaching Bai Qiao all trembled, almost dropping their weapons.
Yun Shanhe turned his head and saw Ye Ling standing behind them, though no one knew when he had arrived.
Seeing Ye Ling appear, Yun Shanhe was first stunned, then sneered and asked, “You, are you Ye Ling, the Palace Master of the Demonic Palace?”