"Damn humans!"
A Demon King gritted his teeth. "We absolutely cannot agree to this kind of extortion. If everyone starts doing this—kidnapping a Demon King Descendant and demanding a huge sum to ransom them—then no matter how much money Ten Thousand Demon Mountain has, we won't be able to fill that bottomless pit."
"These humans think they can threaten and extort the Demon Race like this? They're dreaming!"
It firmly opposed giving in.
"But if we don't agree, Rabbit Linglong and the others will be in grave danger," a Demon King said worriedly.
If these were ordinary demons, they wouldn't need to give them a second thought. The problem was that every demon who had been captured was an heir to a Demon King, the equivalent of a prince in a human kingdom.
If they were captured and Ten Thousand Demon Mountain still did nothing, what would everyone think of them?
"Apply pressure—immediately step it up!" a Demon King roared. "Station a million troops along the border, gather Demon Kings from every corner, stir up panic and tension, and let the clouds of war gather. Bring our armies to their doorstep!"
"I refuse to believe these foolish humans would dare risk offending the Demon Race and keep up this extortion. I'll scare the cowardly humans so badly they'll wet themselves!"
It proposed gathering countless Demon Kings to put pressure on the Human Race.
Many Demon Kings nodded. They weren't pushovers, either. Did Lu Shuwen really think a phone call would scare them into kneeling and surrendering, meekly apologizing and making amends? What a joke.
The Demon Race had been waging wars across the world long before humans even knew where to play in the mud.
"Exactly."
"Apply pressure first. Lodge a diplomatic protest."
"Bring our armies to their doorstep and