"Do you want the Alliance Council to return to being a unified whole?"

"Given the Church's strength, isn't that a bit too idealistic?"

Shi Tingyu was the first to raise doubts. Lu Luo's response was straightforward:

"It's not particularly idealistic. The strength of the Alliance Council isn't weak; it's that your powers are too dispersed. You undermine each other, so you're unable to concentrate your power to contend with the Church. Without the ability to possess the same power as the Church, you can't speak to the Church on equal terms. In fact, you're very clear in your hearts that the original Council was equal to the Church. But now, without realizing it, the Church already seems a bit superior. This isn't because the Church is more powerful than the Council, but rather because the presence of the Judgment Chief is too special."

What Lu Luo said was the truth, but these matters still made them uncomfortable. No one wanted to admit that the current Council had reached the point of having to bow to the Church.

Everyone began to fall silent. This silence served as contemplation; they had started to seriously consider what Lu Luo suggested. Perhaps their identities didn't represent their families, but their considerations were useful for changing the entire Alliance Council.

"So, how should the redistribution and reallocation of benefits be carried out?" Shi Tingyu spoke again. By now, she realized it was unlikely that the Luo Family would continue to stand by their side. Moreover, the Shi Family urgently needed to make changes. Still, she couldn't quite understand why Lu Luo, an outsider, could make such decisions on behalf of the Luo Family. And beside her, Zhang Yifan and Luo Feng showed no signs of opposition.

Seeing no objections, Lu Luo continued, "The Alliance is too scattered now; you don't seem like a single entity.

"The main reason for this is interests and power. Many people are dissatisfied with the Shi Family's current situation, and the Shi Family is unwilling to relinquish the power they hold. As time goes by, our power to oppose the Church will gradually diminish. Now, the Judgment Chief hasn't fully turned his attention to deal with us, which is why we can leisurely carry out these matters here. But once the Pope passes away, the things you're fighting over now will only become catalysts hastening your doom.

"I don't want such things to happen, so I am here today, on behalf of the Luo Family, to completely abandon everything the Luo Family once had. The Luo Family's media companies, opinion enterprises, newspapers, television—all can be given up. We will no longer ally with the Shi Family, and we can even actively give up the Luo Family's previously held media influence."

"And your purpose in doing all this? To show off your greatness?"

"Why would you think that?" Lu Luo replied. "Of course, I'm not doing this to show that I'm great. I just hope that the Wasteland Alliance Council as it once was can continue, instead of completely disintegrating after the Judgment Chief emerges. After all, my women are from the Inner Ring and have a significant connection with the Council."

Lu Luo's statement stunned everyone. To voluntarily give up all that they once had? This...

Zhang Yifan suddenly grasped Lu Luo, speaking with a mix of anger and astonishment, "Lu Luo, this kind of decision isn't something you can just make! Even the Family Head doesn't have the authority to make such a decision on his own. It concerns the future of the Luo Family."

Lu Luo easily caught Zhang Yifan's hand. "You're too slow, Zhang Yifan. When my uncle sent me here to represent the Luo Family in handling these matters, he had already made the decision."

Lu Luo smiled and continued, "The Luo Family will withdraw from the original alliance of interests. Without the Luo Family, the Shi Family no longer has the power to contend with you all. If the Lin Family and the Li Family continue their internal strife, we can still join in and reestablish balance. But this is not what I wanted to see, nor what Uncle Luo Xuemin wanted to see. We can replan the interests and set up a shareholding system, no longer dividing families but distributing profits through shares. In this way, the entire Inner Ring will become a whole entity. Only if we all prosper or suffer together can we possess the power to contend with the Church. Gentlemen, what do you think?"

Lu Luo's words plunged everyone in the living room into deep thought. Compared to this matter, the interests of the Ji Family really didn't seem so important anymore.

"I think this is not a reasonable approach. Isn't the current council doing quite well?"

The voice came suddenly. Lu Luo remembered it—that Believer of Light he had once fooled, Yu Luo!

At this moment, Yu Luo, accompanied by a group of Church members, slowly walked into the living room.

One Fifth Tier, the rest are First and Second Tier, and there are even some ordinary Believers, Lu Luo observed. So weak?

Lu Luo was surprised but soon began to lock onto the presence of the Fifth Tier individual amidst the crowd.

While Lu Luo was observing the other party, Shi Tingyu and the others frowned slightly.

"The guards?"

"Do you think your guards would dare to stop us? You really think highly of your protectors!" Yu Luo's tone was extremely arrogant, which Lu Luo found a bit strange.

What he found odd wasn't something else... How is she still Second Tier after so long?

Lu Luo's focus on Yu Luo had always been on her strength. He had seen Yu Luo for the first time when he was attending Qiao Xing Swordsmanship courses. At that time, it was the first time he saw this flashy Believer of Light. Back then, Lu Luo was merely a First Tier, a newbie. So when Yu Luo was Second Tier, the same level as Qi Xinzhu, Lu Luo felt that this woman was not simple.

By the time Lu Luo himself had entered the Second and Third Tier, he had another confrontation with Yu Luo. During that encounter, Lu Luo completely tricked her, and well... COUGH COUGH, let's not mention it.

But since that time, Lu Luo's strength had further advanced, and his power had now reached the threshold of the Fifth Tier Domain. All attributes over 200, still with room to rise. He had also begun to master the Grade S Sequence Force, allowing him to affect reality from the ethereal Sequence.

Lu Luo now felt that he had become a significant figure. And the existence he once had to look up to, why was she still such small fry? This sense of disparity made him feel very odd.

"Lu Luo, we meet again!" Yu Luo was still wearing her ultra-short Believer of Light dress, but this time, Lu Luo's gaze was no longer on her thighs.

He had already seen all there was to see, and without any substance, it was quite uninteresting.

So, he directly expressed the doubt in his mind, "Why are you still at the Second Tier?"

"Huh?" Yu Luo was unable to sense just how powerful Lu Luo in front of her was.

However, Shi Tingyu and the others had just exchanged moves with Lu Luo, so they knew very well that Lu Luo was now much stronger than an average Fifth Tier. But the specifics of his strength could not be discerned through perception or investigative abilities. So upon witnessing the dialogue between the two, they felt very strange!

Did Lu Luo and this Church's Believer of Light know each other?

Hearing Lu Luo ask this, Yu Luo didn't know why, but she felt somewhat humiliated. "Is there a problem with me being at the Second Tier? Why does your expression look so strange?"

"Oh, you think it's normal? Then never mind." Lu Luo waved his hand, feeling somewhat disinterested.

You can really be so indifferent?

"You..."

"All right, Yu Luo, come back." A member of the Church pulled Yu Luo back behind him and walked straight up to Lu Luo.

Lu Luo knew that this person must be the leader of this group of Church members! A Fifth Tier Believer of Light—indeed, this kind of figure warranted Lu Luo's attention.

"My name is Mu Fei, a mere member of the Church's Tribunal. Just now, the Tribunal received a complaint from the Ji Family about an illegal gathering within their estate, so we came to investigate. All of you are members of the Inner Ring Council families. Appearing here seems somewhat irregular, doesn't it?"

Shi Tingyu frowned slightly. "You did say we are all members of the Inner Ring Council. Then isn't it natural for us to be here? What's irregular about that?"

"I'm saying this is Ji Family's territory, and you are not from the Ji Family. If you're not from the Ji Family, why should you be on Ji Family's territory?"

"Since when does the Church decide the affairs of the Council?"

"Although I'm quite annoyed with Lin Zhiqi, he's not wrong on this point. Why does the Church need to meddle in the Council's affairs?"

Facing the questioning from Shi Tingyu, Lin Zhiqi, and Li Luoya, Mu Fei just calmly removed his white gloves and stuffed them into his pocket. Then he grasped the broadsword at his waist with one hand—the Church broadsword that all Believers of Light are equipped with!

He took a posture ready to attack, which surprised Lu Luo. Is the Church so strong nowadays? Or is it the Tribunal that's very powerful?

With his hand on the sword, Mu Fei slowly took a few steps forward. "The Ji Family has already applied for political asylum with the Church, and they aren't dead. You're coming out at this time to divide up the Ji Family's estate—how can that be appropriate?"

"The Ji Family is a member of the Council, so their belongings are also the Council's belongings," Shi Tingyu retorted. "Now that the Ji Family has collectively withdrawn, abandoning everything, what's wrong with us dividing up the Ji Family's belongings here?"

Shi Tingyu still stood out at this moment; after all, she was the daughter of the Speaker. Although the Council's internal conflicts were many, as Lu Luo had said before, in the face of the Church, they should all stand united. If they couldn't unite against the Church, then the day the Judgment Chief stepped out would be the day the Council fell.

Mu Fei glanced over Shi Tingyu's exposed long legs, his gaze somewhat unrestrained. Then he turned his head to look at Yu Luo beside him and smiled. What he was smiling about, who knew!

What surprised Lu Luo even more was that Yu Luo actually responded to Mu Fei's smile.

Since when did the quality of Believers of Light become so base? Lu Luo didn't speak; he just narrowed his eyes slightly.

Meanwhile, Mu Fei continued to gaze at Shi Tingyu: "Miss Shi Tingyu's argument sounds quite reasonable, but may I interpret it differently?"

"What do you mean 'interpret it differently'?"

"Now that the Ji Family has sought asylum with the Church, they are now considered our Church members. And since they are our Church members, their property naturally belongs to the Church as well. So, we are here today to reclaim the Church's property. Are you going to stop us from doing our Church's work?" While speaking, Mu Fei continued to scan Shi Tingyu's legs with his unrestrained gaze.

Shi Tingyu was already finding it hard to endure Mu Fei's gaze. "Not only are you twisting words to your advantage, your look makes me feel disgusted. I really don't understand what the Church has become these days. How can someone like you be worthy of being called a Believer of Light?"

Normally, the gaze of a Believer of Light is always pure. But the look in this guy's eyes was always filled with desire.

Lu Luo knew the reason behind this kind of gaze because Yu Luo had once explained the details to him. The Church today—no, it should be said that the Judgment Chief Bai Qingshuang—possessed the power to control the Dawn Disc. Under the illumination of the Dawn Disc, some people could indeed become Believers of Light. Now it seems that these people who could become Believers of Light did not have such pure minds after all.

"Miss Shi, do you want to try if I am really a Believer of Light? HA HA HA!"

Shi Tingyu swung her leg over, but Mu Fei easily dodged it. As her slender thigh lifted, many of the men couldn't help but naturally let out a "WOW!" in admiration. She only realized what she was doing midway through the kick and quickly retracted her leg and swung a fist, but the force was insufficient, and Mu Fei easily dodged again.

"Miss Shi has a really nice figure."

"HMPH!" Shi Tingyu threw another punch, and this time, her fist actually condensed Holy Radiance.

"Holy Radiance?" Mu Fei was also somewhat surprised. In his hurry, he too clenched his five fingers together and threw a punch to meet hers.

BANG!

Their fists collided, seemingly equal in force, which surprised many onlookers. The reason for their surprise wasn't anything else but Lu Luo's strength! Just now, Shi Tingyu had almost no resistance against Lu Luo's attacks. So, subconsciously, they thought Shi Tingyu was very weak, extremely weak, and her reaching the Fifth Tier might have been likely due to accumulated resources.

But now their perception had completely changed. Shi Tingyu was actually able to use Holy Radiance, and under its effects, she could go toe-to-toe with a Fifth Tier Believer of Light. What an astonishing display of strength!

It seems like everyone is looking at you? What are they looking at, how handsome you are?

At this moment, many people shifted their gaze towards Lu Luo.

"I don't know!" Lu Luo was also at a loss.

Fortunately, these looks were quickly directed away from Lu Luo. Because of Shi Tingyu's exchange of blows with Mu Fei, her clothes started to flutter. Compared to Lu Luo, a man, it was the fiery figure of a woman that drew more attention. Surely, the men were feasting their eyes, while the women were making silent comparisons.

"Lu Luo!" Bai Yuetong suddenly called out to Lu Luo.

"Huh? What is it?" Lu Luo was somewhat bewildered.

"Are you looking too?"

"No, I'm innocent!"

Stop kidding yourself. Even the bugs on the ground are purer than you are. You even thought about using Sequence Force to create eyeballs for sneaking peeks.

Shi Tingyu also noticed that her clothes had started to float upward. Under normal circumstances, she indeed could match Mu Fei blow for blow. But now with her clothes flailing, she couldn't concentrate.

Mu Fei spotted Shi Tingyu's opening and threw a punch towards her stomach.

After that, he was grabbed by Lu Luo, who then promptly pushed him away. Yes, he was simply shoved away forcefully.

"Hey, sorry about that. Got tripped up by the pebbles here."

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