Upon hearing Ning Wangshu's words, Song Muyang and the others' expressions immediately darkened.
Chu Xuanchen was even more furious.
He was about to speak, but Song Muyang raised a hand to stop him. Then Song Muyang looked up at Ning Wangshu and said slowly, "Your Excellency is being rather unreasonable."
"Putting aside whether Your Excellency's earlier claim was true—that Young Sect Master Yan of the Qianyuan Dao Sect deliberately used the Ancient Demon Clan to slaughter those people from Niu Family Village..."
"Simply considering the Qianyuan Dao Sect's contributions and merits in resisting the Ancient Demon Clan, we cannot stand by and let Your Excellency kill all our fellow Daoists from the Qianyuan Dao Sect here."
"What's more, Your Excellency even intends to kill Daoist Chu. That is even more impossible!"
"Impossible? Heh, heh-heh..."
Ning Wangshu sneered, then suddenly stopped smiling. He looked at Song Muyang and slowly shook his head, saying coolly, "Do you think I'm discussing this with you, arguing over right and wrong, presenting evidence and reasoning with you?"
"In my eyes, you are nothing but ants. As I said before, I don't care what you think. Whom I kill and whom I destroy are likewise beyond your power to stop!"
At those words, Song Muyang and the others grew angry.
Every one of them was at least a Mahayana Earth Immortal. Song Muyang and Xu Huaiyan, in particular, were Earth Immortal Giants at the Late Stage of Mahayana. Yet Ning Wangshu had lumped them all together as ants. That was hard to swallow.
Even so, Song Muyang forced down his anger and signaled for the others to stay calm. Then he looked at Ning Wangshu and said sternly, "Are you certain you insist on this?"
As he spoke, a deeply oppressive aura began to emanate from