"An eye for an eye—never compromise."
The moment those eight words were spoken, an indescribably iron-blooded aura surged from Grand Priest Bai Xiang of the Ancestral God Hall.
King Wei Liu Wubing, Duke Wei, Prince Xun Ji Mao, and the others all turned their eyes toward him and focused their minds upon hearing this. Their auras rose in accord, causing the entire Qiankun Hall to fill with a dense, iron-blooded presence.
"Exactly, well said! An eye for an eye—never compromise!" Duke Wei clapped and laughed loudly. "Since the Heaven Temple dared to employ the power of a Creation Realm Divine Being, then we should answer in kind and invite the Saint Rituals to intervene, turning back our disadvantage!"
"Furthermore, if needed, this old man is willing to lead troops directly to reinforce the Human-Demon Battlefield. My bones may be old, but my treasured blade has not dulled!"
Seeing the impassioned Duke Wei, Grand Priest Bai Xiang, who had just been about to speak, shot King Wei Liu Wubing a meaningful look.
At such a critical juncture, the military's morale and fighting spirit could be raised, but not suppressed.
As one of Great Zhou's most important military commanders and one of its most senior military ministers, Duke Wei commanded enormous prestige. Though Grand Priest Bai Xiang of the Ancestral God Hall held a lofty position, he did not possess the ability to make the old military generals wholeheartedly submit to him.
By comparison, it could not have been more fitting for King Wei Liu Wubing, the man with the greatest prestige in the military, to speak now.
"Old Pan, can't you rein in that hot temper of yours even a little? If we invite the Saint Rituals out, wouldn't we be granting the wishes of the Heaven Temple, the Devil Race,