Sensing the surprise emanating from the Sea Folk commander, Li Chen chuckled inwardly.
He could more or less understand why this Sharkman had lost his composure. After all, to the Sea Folk, the Insect Race was nothing more than bugs.
Who could have imagined that the will of an intelligent being lay behind them?
"I am the ruler of the Insect Race. My development here is none of your concern. Leave at once!"
He had casually invented the title of ruler of the Insect Race for himself to communicate with these Sea Folk.
The Sharkman quickly recovered and said indignantly, "Ruler of the Insect Race! You invade our homeland and kill our people. Why should we retreat?"
Li Chen asked in puzzlement, "Though I had reasons for killing your people, I admit that it happened. But where does this claim that I invaded your homeland come from?"
The Sharkman said, "This Inkstone Continent is the territory of our Yan Pond Sea Kingdom. Everything beneath the heavens belongs to our King of Yan Pond Sea!"
"You could never have originated in this world. Those evil rogue cultivators must have brought you here. If that isn't invading our homeland, what is?"
Li Chen sighed inwardly.
Everything beneath the heavens belongs to the King of Yan Pond Sea?
Without sufficient strength, saying such things was merely inviting humiliation.
That so-called King of Yan Pond Sea was probably just a powerful local ruler, much like the Shaman King who ruled the Shaman Folk.
Li Chen had no interest in investigating further. He merely said, "I have already claimed the thirty thousand li surrounding this place, stretching west to the Yan Pond Sea. You are forbidden from coming here again."
"Go back and tell your King of Yan Pond Sea not to provoke me, or