Ao Lie had cultivated at the East Sea Spring Eye for over a hundred years. When Ling Xiao extracted the Creation Water Spirit, he had been at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, but now his cultivation had reached the mid-stage Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm.
The pot calling the kettle black nearly made the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals present burst out laughing.
"You pretty boy sure have a funny way of talking. You're only one minor realm above Old Sun, so where do you get the nerve to call me an ant? Besides, beneath Saints, all are ants in the Primordial World. We're all the same!"
"But you're a descendant of dragons, a junior of the dragon race, while Old Sun has the bloodline of the Lingming Stone Monkey, the ancestor of all monkeykind in this world. Compared to you, Old Sun is from the ancestor generation, while you... forget it. Your Grandfather Sun won't hold it against you!"
"Move aside already. Old Sun has important business to discuss with the East Sea Dragon King. If you delay me, you can't bear the consequences!"
Sun Wukong did not lose his temper easily. When it came to sharp tongues, he refused to concede to anyone. His words left Ao Lie flushed with humiliation and fury.
Ao Lie had originally been forced into playing the villain, and he had felt somewhat guilty and burdened by it. But now, he was thoroughly enraged.
A wild monkey that had only been born for a little over a century actually dared humiliate him like this. This was simply going too far. A man could endure some things, but not this!
"Sun Monkey, this Crown Prince won't spare you."
"Take my sword..."
Without another word, Ao Lie swung his treasured sword and