Looking at Cheng Yu as he turned around, Dong Hao, the most hot-tempered of the Four Sages of the Human Race, could no longer hold back. Shen Yuan had already infuriated him.
He demanded of Cheng Yu,
"May I ask whether Prince Shen intends to plunge the entire Eternal True World into eternal damnation?!"
Cheng Yu chuckled.
"I do not understand what you mean, Fellow Daoist Dong Hao. Your Humankind interfered in the internal affairs of my Demon Race in the Southern Continent first. I have not gone to your Hunyuan Prefecture to demand an explanation, yet you come questioning me instead. Could it be..."
At this point, Cheng Yu's refined smile turned mocking.
"That you think I am easy to bully?"
Dong Hao did not back down in the slightest. This was the Demon Capital, and the other three Sages were beside him. He was willing to bet that Prince Shen would never attack at a time like this. Besides, even a clay figurine would lose its temper after repeated insults, let alone a dignified Heavenly Dao Sage-and Dong Hao had always had a fiery temper.
He stared at Cheng Yu and said,
"There is no need to play verbal games with me, Prince Shen. There has never been room for reconciliation between Humankind and Monsterkind. Whatever methods we use against each other depend on our own abilities. The division of duties at the Seven Demon-Sealing Passes was agreed upon by you and us Heavenly Dao Sages, with the Heavenly Dao as our witness. Now, over a few minor clashes between Humankind and Monsterkind, you intend to disregard your oath? Where is the dignity of a Great Sage?"
Cheng Yu found this so amusing that he laughed aloud right in Dong Hao's face.
Seeing this, Yuan Chen could not