"Make a deal with you humans?"
The dragon soul's tone brimmed with mockery.
"This Venerable is not that foolish! Once you escape, the first thing you will likely do will not be to find human living souls for This Venerable, but to tear This Venerable's dragon soul into pieces!"
"We can swear a Heavenly Dao oath, never to violate it!" Song Wen said.
"Yes, we are all willing to swear a Heavenly Dao oath. As long as you help us escape, we will certainly do you no harm," Yi Ji hurriedly echoed.
Afterward, the others also voiced their agreement one after another.
Yet the dragon soul did not care in the slightest.
"A Heavenly Dao oath? Somewhat interesting. But do not indulge in wishful thinking. This Venerable does not trust any oath of yours and will never make any deal with you."
Undisguised disappointment immediately appeared on Yi Ji and the others' faces.
Song Wen, however, remained as composed as ever and continued asking.
"Forgive my confusion, but there are hundreds of millions of humans outside, and you may take their living souls as you please. Why have you fixed your gaze specifically upon the few of us?"
The dragon soul said, "Though This Venerable has yet to leave the Kunxu Secret Realm, This Venerable can still surmise that a great number of human cultivators must have gathered near the secret realm's entrance by now. In This Venerable's current state, would rashly leaving the secret realm not be no different from courting death? But after devouring your divine souls, This Venerable's dragon soul will recover part of its strength. Other than human cultivators in the Tribulation Transcendence stage, no one will be able to threaten This Venerable."
Seeing that the dragon soul was determined to devour their divine souls, everyone's