Pan Zhen: Who Did I Offend?

"Help! There are people up ahead. Let's hurry over."

"Aren't these low-level little monsters your handiwork?" In the jeep, Xinyue pursed her lips at the low-level little demons flying in the sky. The Demon Civilization was the only one in the entire universe with the genes for this kind of demon.

"This has very little to do with me. A lot of them became little demons of their own accord. In a war between gods, mortals only have the right to choose whether they want to live. They can decide for themselves whether to become little demons." In other parts of Earth, she had used a batch of little demons as cannon fodder, but a few days ago, Queen Holy Keisha had wiped them all out with a single Sacred Domain.

Here in Huaxia, because of Su Xinghe, she had released some of them, but she had also given them the freedom to choose. If they didn't want to, they wouldn't become little demons.

Whoosh!

"Brother, you..." The little demon beside him stared in shock as his younger brother was suddenly skewered like a hornet's nest by a Silver Wing. They knew gods existed in this world, but for all these days, ever since they had become demons, they had done whatever they wanted and had never encountered any gods. They hadn't expected to meet one now.

Splurt!

"I have to say, you have some nerve letting these little demons run wild. You'd better take them back." Angel Leng flashed over and beheaded the other two little demons, giving Liangbing a mocking look.

"Thank goodness! More than a hundred of us from the village came here to take shelter. Now only a few of us are left." Led by the village chief, the surviving villagers came over to Rose and the soldiers, grateful beyond words. They were practically ready to kneel before them.

"Huangshi City is just up ahead. Follow the convoy inside. Old Seven, I'll leave the rest to you. I have to go with the angels and look for the other members of Xiong Bing Lian. Sun Wukong is still over in Juxia City. The Taotie fleet probably won't be able to get here for the next few days, so keep up the defenses until we get back." Once Rose had escorted the convoy to the city gates, her mission was complete. Next, she would help Su Xinghe find Lena or Pan Zhen, then head to North Star to join Ge Xiaolun and Zhao Xin.

[Locating Lena, searching for the Sun of Light energy source]

[Sun of Light energy source detected eight kilometers ahead.]

After walking for most of the day, they only located the Sun of Light near dusk. Su Xinghe had no idea whether it was Lena or Pan Zhen. He pursed his lips helplessly. Next time he got the chance, he'd have to ask Lena or He Xi for the Lieyang Civilization's communication codes.

Following Rose into an alley, Su Xinghe saw Pan Zhen sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, reading. Two guards stood beside him. Su Xinghe couldn't remember who they were just then, but it didn't matter. He was here to rob them, and a few Third Generation God Bodies weren't a match for him.

"Your Highness the Prince, are you here to see me or Lena?" Pan Zhen turned to face Su Xinghe.

"I'm here to see you. Explain why you helped Carl blow open a black hole to obtain Void matter. Do you know what consequences that will bring?"

"I don't know where Your Highness got that information, but what I can tell you is that Lieyang seeks only peace and prosperity. The war between you, the angels, the demons, and Death God Karl will end in tens of thousands of years. As for the Void, it would take us tens of thousands of years to study it even if we started now."

"I assume you know we didn't do this to start a war with the angels. Please don't misunderstand, Your Highness. Besides, Your Highness is a prince of the Shenhe Civilization. We, Lieyang, are a post-Shenhe civilization descended from the Shenhe Civilization, and we can be considered part of it. We did this to protect the Shenhe Civilization as much as possible. After all, Lieyang can't stand against the Void."

That old dog Pan Zhen claimed he only wanted peace and prosperity for Lieyang Star, but their so-called peace and prosperity came at the expense of others. From their perspective, using others to secure their own survival was perfectly reasonable. But to outsiders, they were a bunch of vile, hypocritical bastards.

"Let's set aside what happened to Holy Keisha. Everyone knows the situation there. As for your help to Death God Karl in obtaining Void matter, I have one thing to say: you owe me compensation."

"You'll provide the resources for 360 Third Generation God Bodies. You'll also help us blow open a black hole and obtain the relevant Void matter. Otherwise, I'll consider it an act of war. Whatever your Lieyang Civilization can do, I can do too. Whatever your Lieyang Civilization can't do, I can do as well. If you want to destroy Earth, I don't care, because I'm not technically from this Earth."

"You're left with only half of Lieyang Star. At worst, we'll trade one for one. What do you think, Marshal?"

It was an outright threat. Pan Zhen knew he was being threatened, but there wasn't much he could do about it. Still, he was torn. Su Xinghe had already robbed him once, and now he was demanding resources for 360 Third Generation God Bodies. That was a thousand years' worth of accumulated resources for Lieyang.

While Pan Zhen was still agonizing over it, a flash of light suddenly appeared. It was Angel Yan.

"Prince Xinghe, is the one beside you Liangbing?" Angel Yan descended from the sky in full queenly attire. As the former Left-Wing Guardian and current Angel Queen, she knew Angel Liangbing fairly well. The angels and demons had been at war for thousands of years. If they weren't currently in a truce, and if she hadn't just mastered the Sacred Body, she might not have been able to beat Liangbing. She felt like charging over and giving her a beating.

"Yan? Shouldn't you be meeting with the representatives or leaders of the other civilizations under the Angel Civilization right now? Why did you come to Earth?" Even though there was no need to form the Holy Expeditionary Army now, the people who needed to be received still had to be received. It was like when an emperor changed in ancient times: the neighboring small nations still had to pay tribute and offer their congratulations.

There was no reason for Angel Yan to come to Earth at a time like this. Su Xinghe really couldn't understand what she was thinking.

"I'll explain that to Your Highness in a moment. With Skybase King Hexi stationed in Heavenly City, I doubt anyone in this universe would dare go there to die. But what you just said does make some sense. What the Lieyang Civilization did seems rather unethical. If we angels went over and did something to the one at the Heavenly Dao Tower... ahem... how would you feel about that?"

"Helping Death God Karl oppose the Angel Civilization violates the Order of Justice. To prevent a war from breaking out, it's perfectly reasonable for Your Highness to demand some resources from them."

"As for blowing open a black hole, Skybase King Hexi said that kind of simulation experiment could wait. After all, Queen Holy Keisha conducted such an experiment and didn't get what she wanted. So you don't need to blow open a black hole, but make it 450 Third Generation God Bodies. Marshal Pan Zhen can decide whether to agree."

Liangbing was stunned. Were they all this rich now? Four hundred and fifty sets of resources for Third Generation God Bodies, and they were still this brazen. So this was how the Angel Civilization went about robbing people. She almost wanted to go back.