Greed—that was the expression conveyed to me by the great demons and demon slaves at this moment.
"Split it fifty-fifty? Wouldn't that be a little too much? Don't you think there are quite a few great and lesser demons here?" One of the great demons gestured toward the group of fish demons behind him.
The other demon slaves immediately began jeering, as though they thought that if they all swarmed me, they could beat me to death.
Sure enough, after one of the four great demons suppressed the jeers, he sneered coldly. "Although you killed the White Flood Dragon, that doesn't mean we didn't contribute. You're doing nothing now yet want half the share. Isn't that a little too greedy?"
"Exactly. If we split it nine to one, that would be reasonable. Of course, we're the nine, and you only get one!" another great demon also rose up in revolt.
The remaining great demon was a female demon. Although she hadn't been too overbearing at first, seeing everyone else act that way, she stepped forward as well. "There are so many great and lesser demons in our Weeping Spirit Lake. We can't possibly let you take half of this Curse Spirit Mine. At most, we'll give you ten percent. Not a bit more!"
The demons' shouts shook the heavens, all of them looking as if they alone stood unrivaled. Quite a few demon slaves even seemed eager to try, wearing expressions that said, "Let's all attack together and see what you can do."
Hong Shu looked at me, her body somewhat stiff. It was impossible for her not to feel nervous; she had never been besieged by so many great and lesser demons before.
"What should we do?" Seeing the demon hordes surrounding the mine, Hong Shu was at a