"Kill them. They slaughtered your fellow countrymen."
"Kill them. They're exterminating you."
"Go on, kill them. Kill them!"
The Priestess Xie Yue's hands shifted with astonishing speed, forming one complicated spell seal after another. Clouds of black mist billowed toward the White Dragon, enveloping it. The White Dragon's pupils grew redder and redder, as though blood were rippling within them.
But the White Dragon remained suspended in midair before the Priestess Xie Yue. It showed no intention of obeying her command to exterminate the people of Jinzhou.
"Heart Devouring Curse!" The White Dragon spoke in a human voice. It was Li Mu Yang's voice. "The Xie Yue Grand Priestess's Heart Devouring Curse truly lives up to its reputation. Even I was almost bewitched by you and turned into a puppet of slaughter."
"You know the Heart Devouring Curse?" The Xie Yue Grand Priestess looked astonished as she asked the question.
"I do." The White Dragon spoke again. "Because you used it once before, during the Abyss invasion ten thousand years ago."
"Your memory seems rather poor. I told you that during the Dragon Slaying War ten thousand years ago, I was left behind by the Lord to guard the nation. I sensed that the battle was going badly and hurried to the Nu River. By then, the Lord had already been wounded by the black dragon inside you. The Abyss Clan had collapsed and fled. Knowing that the situation was beyond saving, I quietly hid among humanity. When did I ever use the Heart Devouring Curse on you?"
"You still want to lie?" the White Dragon roared. "You didn't use it on me. You used it on those human rulers!"
A trace of confusion flashed through the Priestess Xie Yue's eyes. She studied the White Dragon thoughtfully, as if dissecting