Unyielding

Though intimidated by the pressure of Wolf Seven and Wolf Nine, Marquis of Purple Robes naturally could not show weakness. He retorted sharply, "Wolf Seven, Wolf Nine, Great Jing Kingdom has treated your country's envoys with the utmost courtesy from beginning to end. Now it is your Myriad Demon Kingdom that is caught up in internal strife, causing unrest in our Great Jing Capital City. We have generously chosen not to pursue the matter. By order of His Highness the Crown Prince, we ensured your envoy stayed far from danger and protected him safe and sound."

"How did it become our fault coming from your mouth? When you were fleeing for your lives, were we supposed to send you off with a full honor guard and great fanfare?"

His words were neither servile nor overbearing—the true mettle of a man.

"Exactly. Southern Ming Li Fire is the Vermilion Bird's natal flame, the totem of your Demon Race. This fire can only be breathed out by Vermilion Bird descendants. The evidence of your internal strife is ironclad, yet you still want to turn around and falsely accuse us?"

"Had we known, we should have stood by with folded arms!"

"Beasts really are beasts—utterly unreasonable!"

Marquis of Purple Robes was still relatively polite, but when the three experts behind him joined in, they showed no courtesy at all.

"You... insolent!"

Wolf Seven's wolfish eyes widened as his aura suddenly burst forth, pressing down upon Marquis of Purple Robes and the others.

Marquis of Purple Robes's eyelids twitched, and he met it head-on.

As their auras clashed, a wild wind rose from the flat ground at once. Sand and stones flew, battering the surrounding grass and trees until they rustled loudly.

Seeing this, Great Jing's three experts immediately leaped from their horses and