"Dao Nitian, you damned bastard, you're completely slandering me!"
Yue Gongli could no longer suppress the urge to kill within him and lunged out of the Divine Punishment Pillar.
Then he froze where he stood.
As a remnant soul that had been sacrificed by Sui Yin Ran Ming to seize his soul power, he had indeed recovered some combat strength by now.
But compared to Dao Qiongchang, Xu Xiaoshou, or Ba Zunan, he was as far beneath them as clouds were from mud.
He had the heart to kill, but his sword... was far too weak! He drew his sword and looked in every direction, his heart lost in vast desolation.
Yue Gongli could only weep bitter tears. While viciously gouging Dao Nitian with his eyes, he stared at Xu Xiaoshou's belly and defended himself, "Brother-in-law, I have never thought that way."
"You absolutely, absolutely have to believe me!"
He pointed at that vile bastard beside him and furiously spat back:
"Dao Nitian, you petty man, always judging a gentleman's heart by your own petty mind."
"Does every person's thoughts become this filthy and foul after passing through your brain?"
"It all happened so suddenly. How could I have thought of so much? With all my heart, I only wanted to save my sister."
"Leaving everything else aside, from the fundamental conflict alone—I never intended to fight my sister over the position of Holy Emperor heir. Even now, I have not claimed the Holy Emperor status or become the Moon Clan head because I have been waiting for my sister's return. That is the best proof!"
It was rare indeed for someone wrapped in demonic energy to retain such reason, so sharply pinpointing the "fundamental conflict" in Dao Qiongchang's outcome-based argument.
Ba Zunan remained silent.
Xu Xiaoshou felt as though