"Insolence!"
The hot-tempered Vika Demon Emperor was the first to roar in fury. At a signal from his divine sense, the fifteen hundred Demon-Scaled Witch Guards who had been forced to halt all took one step forward.
Boom...
An overwhelming aura, powerful enough to topple mountains and overturn seas, pressed down on the monks of Galan Temple as though it were solid. A muffled boom rang out, dust billowed, and the spectators on either side of the official road fell into disorder. Even the thick paving beneath their feet trembled faintly.
With the white-haired, white-bearded Galan Buddha Emperor at their head, a phantom mountain visible to the naked eye appeared. Buddhist light shone over it, and sacred chants swirled around it. It stood like an ancient mountain unmoved since time immemorial. The monks of Galan Temple remained motionless; not even their cassocks stirred.
The Vika Demon Emperor narrowed his eyes, a savage, ruthless gleam flashing within them. The devil power inside him churned, ready to erupt.
"Very good! So Galan Temple came prepared!"
A rough, resonant voice sounded slowly from the Nine-Dragon Imperial Carriage, checking the Vika Demon Emperor's movement. Then Xiao Ying continued evenly:
"As for the Galan Immortal Warship, I do not deny it. But everyone knows that the Galan Immortal Warship was the foundation of my tribe's rise. We bought it from the Sea-Exploration Tower at a high price, with every formality properly completed. Countless immortals can bear witness. Galan Temple dares not demand it from the Sea-Exploration Tower, yet dares make unreasonable demands of my tribe and block my carriage during a solemn ceremony. Who gave you such audacity?!"
The combined aura of fifteen hundred Demon-Scaled Witch Guards could not shake the three hundred-odd Buddhist monks. This was largely because the monks included one Buddha Emperor,