Even those of other races who knew little of the whole affair could tell that Fang Yun was being sarcastic.
Ao Cang chuckled. "I would say it is not boundless gratitude, but bitter hatred. How could our Western Sea Dragon Palace let someone who hates us so deeply leap over the Ninth Dragon Gate? Since you have made it through the earlier gates, we have no choice but to sacrifice ourselves!"
Beneath Ao Cang's words lurked resentment, anger, and endless bitterness.
"What are you going to do?" Ao Chang, a Great Dragon King of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, roared, his whiskers streaming.
The Sea-Calming Dragon King's eyes reddened slightly. He looked at Ao Chang and said, "What are we going to do? If your Eastern Sea Dragon Palace had not nurtured a viper in its bosom and betrayed its own, how could we have been driven into such desperate straits? Our mighty Dragon Race has endured for tens of thousands of years. Why should we turn on one another for a mere human? Fang Yun should never have been allowed to attempt Dragon Gate Ascension, nor does he deserve to be a Literary Star Dragon Noble!"
"If you could create two dragon souls, we would honor you as a meritorious servant of the Dragon Race too. Unfortunately, you cannot!" Ao Chang said coldly.
Ao Cang sneered. "A human is only a human. No matter how much he has done, he should never ride atop the Dragon Race's head! When he killed a Dragon King of the Northern Sea Dragon Palace atop Ning'an City's walls, he should have known that our Dragon Race would never tolerate such a fiend!"
The dragons of the Western Sea, Northern Sea, and Southern Sea Dragon Palaces nodded one after another. Dragon King Ao Wo