While Negan and his Saviors may have been defeated by Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors in Season 8 of The Walking Dead, things in the upcoming ninth season are looking far from idyllic.

The latest promo for the new season of the popular AMC series sees group leaders Rick, Daryl, Michonne, Maggie, and Carol clashing over how best to lead the Hilltop community with tensions between the survivors descending into bloody violence.

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The survival horror series is confirmed to jump a year and a half between this past May's Season 8 finale and this October's Season 9 premiere leaving plenty of time for grievances between the characters to come to a full boil. While Rick has certainly faced challenges to his leadership earlier in the series, with star Andrew Lincoln being phased out of the cast this year, this is shaping up to be the definitive end of his time looking after his fellow survivors.

And with the Whisperers revealed to play a major role in the upcoming ninth season, Hilltop may be facing its greatest threat while the community is deeply divided internally.

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The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Alanna Masterson, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The series returns on October 9 for its ninth season on AMC.