The Tree of Time saw nothing inappropriate in its actions. Although it had chosen to assist the King of Negativity, that did not mean its status was lower than the King of Negativity's. In fact, their positions were equal.
The Tree of Time was essentially the King of Negativity's collaborator, and the King of Negativity should have felt honored and fortunate about that. After all, he had gained a powerful Oracle for free.
Therefore, the Tree of Time showed no respect when dealing with the King of Negativity. In its heart, the King of Negativity was the one getting the better deal. It was already generous enough not to demand wages from him, so why should it treat him with reverence?
This was different from the sovereign-and-minister relationship of ancient times. The Tree of Time had never been a minister and had no desire to become one. The problem was that the King of Negativity wanted the Tree of Time to be his minister.
Come on, he wanted to become the leader of the Compound V Big Trees, standing above every Compound V Big Tree. How could he possibly accept someone being his equal?
That was the conflict between the King of Negativity and the Tree of Time. However, with their great enemy, the King of Abilities, still around, the King of Negativity did not make a move. He merely felt displeased in silence and remembered the matter.
"Right now, I need the Tree of Time, so I definitely can't do anything to it. But in the future, once I deal with the King of Abilities and the Mechanical Demon King, I'll definitely force it into submission and make it obediently follow my orders."
The King of Negativity snorted coldly to himself. At the same time, he pulled Big Head