A mere Supreme Treasure could spread Chen Ao's reputation for virtue far and wide. This deal was an absolute windfall.
Every one of those aliens hoped their future brothers and teammates would be someone like Vinewood King.
As for themselves?
Heh, I'm not Vinewood King. Having a brother or teammate like him is enough.
Their admiration was genuine, but only when Vinewood King was their teammate.
They certainly did not want to become Vinewood King themselves.
Nothing was as tangible as a Supreme Treasure.
"A bunch of idiots. He didn't give you a Supreme Treasure, so what are you so touched about?"
"Exactly. You're all idiots. Vinewood King is an idiot, and so are you. He didn't even want a Supreme Treasure!"
Some inherently evil beings immediately took a dislike to Chen Ao.
They had never gotten along with Chen Ao in the first place, considering him a hypocrite and a fool.
Now that Chen Ao possessed such combat strength and had earned such a fine reputation, they disliked him even more.
This was no longer a matter of the same rice feeding a hundred different kinds of people. They were not even the same species.
"That Vinewood King thinks he's something special just because he killed a few Venerables with a Supreme Treasure? Without that top-tier Supreme Treasure, he'd be about on par with Insect-Chasing King at best!"
"Exactly. Insect-Chasing King is just like Vinewood King. They only wore those High Venerables to death with their huge divine bodies. Their actual law comprehension isn't particularly impressive!"
"I could thrash Insect-Chasing King in the Glory World before, and now I can thrash Vinewood King!"
Some even walked straight up to Chen Ao.
"Vinewood King, you're a special lifeform, but when it comes to law comprehension, you're only at the level