Toji Hisami crossed the foggy area and brought only a hundred troops.
Others did not know this, so it did not stop Elara from raising a banner to scare the Holy Spirit Alliance.
Tonight, a team with less than 400 people could beat their main force to the point of collapse.
When the Heavenly Drive Alliance troops arrived in the future, would the Holy Spirit Alliance prepare to disband on the spot or directly commit suicide?
Toji Hisami glanced at Elara and was very satisfied with his companion’s agility.
Many times, knowing how to take advantage of the situation and use the information gap to intimidate the enemy and secure benefits was the correct approach.
The rescued lords also began to publicize the Holy Spirit Alliance’s cruel practices on the public channel.
They attacked members of the same alliance directly and destroyed their territories.
Such an approach immediately caused an uproar in the chatrooms.
This was the biggest taboo among taboos!
Even if they were dissatisfied with Elara’s departure and worried that members might be pulled away, they could not simply go to war without declaring it while the other party remained in the alliance.
This was a stab in the back!
Moreover, the Holy Spirit Alliance actually colluded with the Black Mountain Army?
The reputation of the Black Mountain Army was not stellar. Many lords still did not know that someone from the Black Mountain Army had entered the trial.
However, this did not prevent everyone from hating the Holy Spirit Alliance.
The Black Mountain Army consistently operated like rogue bandits, making them the natural enemies of the lords.
The Holy Spirit Alliance actually cooperated with them, which was simply unforgivable.
The watching lords conversed heatedly. After being exposed by this revelation, the Holy Spirit Alliance would no longer be able to recruit new people in the Southern District.
Furthermore, upon verifying the exact truth, the lords within the Holy Spirit Alliance who had been confronting the Alliance Guards returned to their territories one after another.
They ceased arguing, packed up all their supplies on the spot, and dismantled the Lord’s Palace directly.
Then they headed toward the exterior of the Holy Spirit Alliance.
[The fifth-level leader Ensa directly leaves the alliance and is regarded as a traitor. Territory materials will be deducted and included in the hunt list.]
[The fifth-level leader Kaer directly leaves the alliance and is regarded as a traitor. Territory materials will be deducted and included in the hunt list.]
[The fifth-level leader Mu He directly leaves the alliance and is regarded as a traitor. Territory materials will be deducted and included in the hunt list.]
These lords had originally packed all their supplies, but the system mechanism triggered when they quit the alliance.
The supplies were directly confiscated, leaving them with only an empty territory, and even the buildings could not be moved.
Only the Lord’s Palace could be demolished, and several of the lords were almost laughed out of anger at that moment.
When the alliance was founded, they had not formulated such stringent conditions for separation.
This had clearly been altered by Musa and Ai Lan in private.
They could have left by applying to withdraw from the alliance, in which case they could at least have retained more supplies.
Yet now that everyone was consumed by fury, how could they honestly submit an application to them?
If they refused to approve it, were the members expected to kneel and beg?
The alliance could attack the lords who sided with Elara tonight, and they would be free to deal with the rest tomorrow!
At this juncture, the faction had no choice but to push forward into the dark.
Since everything had been detained, they might as well pledge themselves to Elara!
Anyway, the Heavenly Drive Alliance was present!
[Fine! What a magnificent Holy Spirit Alliance, an alliance of the Holy Territory. I finally got to witness it today!]
[Musa, I will curse your entire lineage!]
[Trash, from today onward I break all relations with you, and you even issued a kill list? Come on! I will fight you to the death!]
Crowds of people formed massive throngs and rushed out of the territory of the Holy Spirit Alliance.
Having left the alliance, they naturally could no longer speak on the alliance channel and had to vent their curses on the public channel.
This suddenly rendered the public channel even more lively.
Everyone observed the Holy Spirit Alliance with amusement.
Their prior guesses had materialized, and the Holy Spirit Alliance truly collapsed tonight.
At this stage, even alliance members who left without authorization were merely marked by the system, and no one dared to stop them.
Was this not entirely because Toji Hisami was still standing outside?
The Black Tortoise guards rested on the spot, and Chen Wei treated her arms with the assistance of several elven priests.
The Rui warriors approached the axle load boxes to replace their weapons.
Lin Yifei was also preparing his equipment, as the archer’s arrows had been consumed at a rapid rate.
Marta likewise took the opportunity to rest. He had commanded the vanguard multiple times that night and felt profoundly exhausted.
The group appeared relaxed on the ground, yet no one dared to look down upon them.
When they initially arrived, Toji Hisami needed them to project absolute dignity to suppress the Holy Spirit Alliance’s remaining ambitions.
However, after emerging, he immediately did the opposite, allowing everyone to display their actual condition openly.
Because the environment and circumstances differed, the resulting psychological effects naturally varied.
The lords of the Southern District complained about the Holy Spirit Alliance across the public channel.
Everything invited comparison. With Toji Hisami’s Heavenly Drive Alliance present, the Holy Spirit Alliance appeared utterly pathetic.
Many lords in the Southern District harbored complicated emotions at that moment.
After all, the Holy Spirit Alliance was the premier force in the Southern District, yet it had ended in such a disastrous mess tonight.
To them, it meant that the people of the South District had completely lost face in front of outsiders.
Some of the lords eyed the Holy Spirit Alliance with hostile gazes.
The Southern District contained the highest number of surviving lords, alongside numerous spontaneously formed alliances.
If they shared a common hatred, even the Holy Spirit Alliance could no longer guarantee it could suppress them.
This represented a completely different dynamic from the East District. The lords of the East District had been paralyzed by Zhao Kai’s missteps.
Consequently, the entire Eastern District had been subdued by the Tianxun Alliance, leaving no lord daring to oppose Tianxun.
The East District now functioned as Tianxun’s private backyard.
As for the Southern District, Toji Hisami intended to transform it into his own sphere of influence.
Naturally, the methods and strategies required adjustment.
Elara instructed her people to ignite several massive torches and set them up outside the perimeter of the Holy Spirit Alliance’s guard towers.
Illuminated by the flickering flames, the Holy Spirit Alliance appeared gloomy and bizarre.
At that moment, the lords who had broken away from the alliance rushed out accompanied by their respective troops.
Upon seeing Elara, they all offered respectful salutes.
"Respected Lord Elara, we are willing to serve you, and the true glory of the Holy Territory belongs in your hands."
Presently, these lords who had departed the alliance in anger constituted the neutral factions of the original coalition.
Including the previously rescued lords, by this point the Holy Spirit Alliance had lost more than half of its total membership.
Elara did not refuse their service; she had come specifically for this objective.
After receiving Elara’s approval, several lords finally breathed sighs of relief.
They communicated with the previously rescued lords and learned that yet another lord had perished within the territory.
Their mood shifted rapidly between rage and sorrow.
When had the Holy Territory degenerated into such a state?
The unbreakable alliance of the Holy Territory had been utterly destroyed that day at the hands of Musa and Ai Lan.
Even if they survived the Lord Trial in the future, Musa and Ai Lan might face formal punishment from the Lords of the Holy Domain!
Yet they cared little for future retribution. They burned with such intense hatred that they wished to settle accounts within the trial world immediately.
Having voiced this, several lords adjusted their garments in tacit agreement.
They walked up to Toji Hisami in unison, dropped onto one knee, and saluted him with their right hands pressed over their hearts.
"Greetings, respected Lord Toji Hisami. We are eternally grateful for your rescue."
"From this moment onward, we serve under Lord Elara, and wherever Elara’s sword points, our blades shall follow."
The Holy Land lords refrained from asking to pledge directly to Toji Hisami.
Having witnessed the terrifying might Toji Hisami displayed that night, they felt profoundly unworthy of making such a request.
Believing themselves unqualified to join the Heavenly Drive Alliance directly, they elected to let Elara serve as their immediate leader.