Whoosh—!
These words were like a ladle of ice water splashed into a seething cauldron of oil!
Within the cage, the deathly silence was instantly ignited into even fiercer rage!
"You...!"
"You bastard! How dare you!"
Several of the most hot-tempered clan elders nearly broke through the cage's Restrictions.
"...You infuriate this venerable one!
How dare a brat like you hold your elders in such contempt!"
Curses and the tumult of surging demonic aura rose one after another. Several Half-Venerable clan elders were so enraged that their faces turned purple, the aura around them violently churning, making the scarlet cage's glow sway madly like a guttering candle in the wind, on the verge of collapse!
However...
After the furious onslaught crashed over them like raging waves, an icy, bone-deep chill quietly spread through every clan elder's heart.
They could not refute it.
Though 'Sha Minghong's' words struck straight at their hearts and were even humiliating in the extreme...
The cruel reality was that what he said... was the truth!
Right now, they were fish upon the chopping block, their lives and deaths entirely in another's hands.
With them at such an absolute disadvantage, while the other side clearly possessed overwhelming power and control of the situation...
What meaning was there in a lie that could be tested at any time by demanding that they "contact the ancestor"?
Only the most foolish madman would say such a thing.
This thought gnawed at the minds of the seasoned clan elders like venomous snakes.
After that brief, near-mindless fury came a deeper chill, one thoroughly doused by the cold water of reality.
The gazes of the Half-Venerable clan elders briefly crossed amid the scarlet light and shadows, so subtly that it was almost imperceptible.
Silent thoughts swiftly passed and confirmed themselves in the