"So that's how it is."
Xu Wu listened and thought nothing of it. So he was a newly advanced Demon Venerable. No wonder.
As one of the seven great leaders of the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, his subordinates numbered in the hundreds of millions. He did not recognize the vast majority of them; only Demon Venerable-level experts were worthy of entering his notice.
Since the other party had only just advanced, it was no wonder Xu Wu had never paid him any attention before.
"Mie Long, that name of yours is rather..."
"Reporting to my lord, this subordinate was not originally called by this name."
"Then why did you?"
"Nailong True Person is despicable and shameless, a great enemy of our race. What is even more hateful is that this fellow has also been disrespectful to you, my lord. That is why this subordinate changed his name to this, so that I might keep this life-and-death foe ever in mind, and one day cut him down with my own hands, to repay your grace, my lord."
The Demon Venerable with the roe-deer head and rat eyes spoke in a voice brimming with righteous fervor, yet his face was full of fawning.
The Demon Venerables beside him all showed contempt, but Xu Wu found it extremely pleasing to hear.
As the saying went, a thousand things might wear thin, ten thousand things might wear thin, but flattery never missed. Among the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, there were plenty who were sinister and cunning, but he had never seen anyone so skilled at bootlicking.
"You brat have put much thought into this. It's just that your cultivation is too weak. How could a mere newly advanced Demon Venerable possibly defeat that despicable, shameless fellow Nailong? Still, having such intentions is not bad. If everyone