Jieyin asked in confusion, "Why? You could have broken out of the seal. Why...?"
"Haha... I am Luohou's incarnation, the emperor among demons. Am I some weakling who needs others to save me? Back when Hongjun sealed me, I made an agreement with him: I would definitely break out of his seal.
"So, I will leave this seal by my own methods and my own strength. If others come to rescue me, I disdain to leave." The Demon Emperor spoke proudly.
Jieyin was stunned upon hearing this. "Demon Emperor... is this your pride?"
"Pride? No, this is simply my normal state." The Demon Emperor was dismissive.
"Damn it! Then why didn't you say so before?" Zhunti's fury blazed.
The Demon Emperor could not help but chuckle. "Say it? Why should I say it? I wanted to see the choice the two of you would make. Would you choose the Buddhist Sect you painstakingly built, or the seal? Yet you seem to have made a very wrong choice."
"You..." Zhunti was enraged, his eyes flickering. "No matter what, you possess such unyielding pride. In the future, dealing with this seal will be much easier for us."
"Wrong... You will not have it easy. Hongjun cannot kill Luohou's true body, nor can he kill me, so he can only seal me. However, Hongjun himself must maintain the seal on Luohou's true body, so he can only weaken me relatively. Thus, the seal targeting me is on par with my cultivation. As long as I put forth a little effort, I can gradually break free from it.
"Therefore, Hongjun found the two of you and had you guard the seal and maintain it. He made you constantly keep the seal in mind, making it difficult for me to escape. In doing so, he