Faced with Lei Ba's contempt, especially his contempt for the Divine Emperor, the nine disciples of the Sacred Heart Sect naturally refused to put up with it. The Sacred Heart Sect's Second Disciple immediately shot back, and his words left Lei Ba speechless. After all, it was an indisputable fact that Lei Ba had never once gained the upper hand against the Divine Emperor. And now another fact was staring him in the face: one of the nine disciples of the Sacred Heart Sect had already grown strong enough to fight him. The Sacred Heart Sect Eldest Disciple and Second Disciple, in particular, were already at the same level as him, and were only the slightest bit weaker.
Lei Ba had dealt with the Sacred Heart Sect for countless tens of thousands of years, so he naturally knew that, thanks to their cultivation of the Sacred Heart Art, Sacred Heart Sect cultivators were peerless among those of the same level throughout the Great Thousand Worlds. Even the Thunder Strike Sect, despite possessing extremely powerful secret arts and techniques of its own, fell a little short in this regard. In other words, even in a one-on-one fight, Lei Ba might not necessarily defeat the Sacred Heart Sect Eldest Disciple or Second Disciple, let alone face them and the others working together.
Most importantly, although the Thunder Strike Sect also had several cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint, most had only just broken through to that level. On top of that, they were outnumbered by the Sacred Heart Sect. If a real fight broke out, the outcome would be uncertain. And if he truly failed to defeat the Sacred Heart Sect Eldest Disciple and the others, he would lose face spectacularly.
Besides, once a fight began, even if he and the