Or, perhaps... used for deterrence?
If they resist, it's likely that their support in the martial arts world would disappear. The martial arts forces would not help them.
So, should they try to confuse the enemy with counter information?
Seeing Li Changhe and company doing nothing, Yang Xiu slowly unsheathes his knife.
Li Changhe's eyes twitch at the sight of the cold, sharp blade. He speaks, "Is the Knife River Gate, unceremoniously, trusting the words of an evildoer and failing to tell right from wrong? We, the Changhe Arrow Sect, will not surrender without a fight!"
The other side doesn't know whether this information is true or false; otherwise, Yang Xiu wouldn't be the only one here to hunt them down.
They boast of being part of the martial arts world and are now doing this in front of so many compatriots.