Oppressed cultivators
As annoyed as Lex was by the two senior Morrisons, he noticed that neither the family heads nor the other three responded to them. It was as if years of experience had taught them the best way to handle them was to ignore them. The strong blush running down Miranda's neck was completely not a giveaway about how she felt about Brandon's flirting, not at all.
"Do you really expect this to work?" Richard asked. "You cannot trap us here. We can leave, and even if you do bomb two cities, or even more, as long as we return to Earth, all of you will die."
"Do not try to bluff, old man," Lee said, yawning. He was not at all intimidated by these few who had controlled Earth for so long.