"Ao Yunfeng, this is a trumped-up charge!" the patriarch of Dragon Mountain's Golden Dragon Clan roared at Ao Yunfeng of Heavenly Mountain Dragon Pool. "Who doesn't know that back then, you fought the Dragon Emperor over the Dragon Clan's cultivation techniques? You're holding a grudge!"
Ao Yunfeng sneered upon hearing this. "You indulged Ao Qishan in attacking the Ancestor, yet you still dare act so righteous! What exactly is Dragon Mountain trying to do? Do you want to betray the clan?"
The many Dragon Mountain experts were both enraged and indignant.
"Betray the clan?" the patriarch of Dragon Mountain's Black Dragon Clan bellowed. "Back when Chaos City's army surrounded Crouching Dragon Mountain and sought to harm the Ancestor, Dragon Mountain dispatched its army without a second word. We even fought bloody battles against Chaos City's one hundred and eight war generals for days and nights!"
"For this, Crouching Dragon Mountain lost hundreds of thousands of disciples! Hundreds of elders and Grand Elders perished! Even more than a dozen of our Immortal King Realm patriarchs fell!"
"And what about you? When Chaos City sought to harm the Ancestor, where was Heavenly Mountain Dragon Pool's army?"
"And where was the army of your Cold Domain Ice Dragon Mountain?"
His cold gaze swept over the Dragon Clan patriarchs and experts from the other domains one by one.
The Dragon Clan experts from every side fell silent.
Ao Yunfeng's expression did not change as he defended himself. "At the time, I was in life-and-death seclusion and knew nothing of what happened at Crouching Dragon Mountain. Otherwise, I would have long since led an army into a fight to the death with Chaos City!"
The patriarch of Dragon Mountain's Golden Dragon Clan sneered. "Life-and-death seclusion? I'd say you weren't in seclusion at all—you heard the