The Severed Arm naturally paid no heed to the gaze of the Four-Eyed Golden Hao Bird. The bird had just used the Formless Profound Fire to smear him before the Golden Netherworld Ghost Lord, stirring up hostility between them. Now, he had merely returned the courtesy.
A snake could not move without its head, and a bird could not fly without its wings. The Golden Netherworld Ghost Lord and the Nine-Eyed Demon Owl were one strong and one weak, while the combined strength of the Four-Eyed Golden Hao Bird and the Roaming-Heaven Kunshark had originally been roughly equal to theirs. After the Roaming-Heaven Kunshark was injured, the gap widened slightly, and a distinction between primary and secondary naturally emerged.
As for the Severed Arm and the Lotus Avatar, they had no such sordid schemes between them. They had originally been one entity. Even with the true body destroyed, the Severed Arm would remain primary and the Lotus Avatar secondary. Their mutual scheming was nothing more than a bid to seize the initiative.
Courtesy demands reciprocity. Since the Four-Eyed Golden Hao Bird had smeared him before the others, the Severed Arm naturally returned the favor when he found the chance. This sort of sowing discord was not stirring up trouble for no reason, but rather using existing conflicts to make them grow. It was a classic open plot, and in truth, the old monsters present all understood it to some extent.
As for how much effect this provocation would ultimately have, that depended on how matters developed. It was merely an idle move made on a whim; if it worked, that was naturally good. If it did not, there was no loss. After all, he had only moved his lips.
The six Mahayana Realm cultivators advanced by turns, taking turns to