Ao Zhou slowly backed away.
"Should we... go meet the Ancient Demon Battle Souls first?" Ao Zhou looked guiltily at the other two Half-Sages.
Sage Niu Xun frowned and snapped, "Ao Zhou, you call yourself a descendant of Dragon City, yet you fear a mere Fang Yun? However powerful his Saint-Enfeoffment Phenomenon might be, he has only just become a Half-Sage! At his strongest, he could only match one of us. How could he defeat all three of us together? Has he beaten the courage out of you?"
Sacred Qi surged from Ao Zhou's face, which flushed slightly. "Bullshit! When I was roaming the Myriad Worlds, you were still a calf! We entered Dragon City ahead of time and consumed a Moon Tree. The price was enormous. If we return empty-handed and let him escape, will you go back to the Demon Realm to answer for it?"
Sage Niu Xun said, "No! Killing Fang Yun was my elder brother's dying wish, and it is the Demon Realm's most urgent priority. An ancestral decree from Ancestral God Luan Mang came from the Supreme Land: Fang Yun must die. We absolutely cannot let him go!"
Ao Zhou argued, "You misunderstand. I'm not letting him go. I'm joining forces with the Ancient Demon Battle Souls to cast a net across heaven and earth."
"A net across heaven and earth? Once we leave, Fang Yun can break straight out of the sea as a Half-Sage!" Sage Niu Xun said.
"Not necessarily. This Crime Sea is a world unto itself. He must find a teleportation array before he can leave." Ao Zhou's heart quailed, and his unease only grew.
Wolf Gu Sage said, "Ao Zhou, even conceding every worst-case possibility, if Fang Yun's Saint Enfeoffment has given him overwhelming Sacred Might and we cannot beat