As soon as Wang Hao spoke, the atmosphere froze.
Neither the mastermind behind all this nor Zero spoke again.
Only Wang Hao watched the two beings with a meaningful gaze.
After an unknown stretch of time, Wang Hao finally spoke again, issuing the Great Dao's Voice and breaking the uncanny silence:
"So I'm the turtle caught in the jar, huh!"
That was just how Wang Hao was, even when faced with circumstances overwhelmingly against him.
Even without any response, he was still willing to make idle remarks to ease the atmosphere.
Anyone familiar with him who saw this would understand that Wang Hao did not take the predicament before him seriously.
It was as though nothing mattered to him, or rather... he rarely took anything seriously?!
"What big shot? No matter how heaven-defying you are, you can't hold a candle to the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable]."
Wang Hao turned his gaze toward that "big shot," a trace of impatience in his Dao Resonance.
Being schemed against by another being still grated on him.
And so, he slowly spoke through the Great Dao's Voice:
"You were just born in the earliest days and reaped the benefits of that version."
His gaze suddenly shifted toward the still-composed Zero, and he said with a chuckle:
"Are you going to get involved too, or... kick me while I'm down?"
At that, Zero shook Zero's head and calmly explained through the Great Dao's Voice:
"This has nothing to do with me. I was the one who lured that being away, but what happened afterward was beyond my control."
"Oh?"
Wang Hao responded with interest.
"Looks like you really do honor your agreements..."
Faced with Wang Hao's remarks, Zero paid him no further attention and instead withdrew to the other side of the battlefield.
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