Such was the cunning of an old monster who had lived a thousand years. He did not state his purpose outright, but first brought up a wrong committed by the Demon Realm.
With this, he seized the initiative in their verbal clash.
And it was indeed true that the Demon Realm had slaughtered the human race's heavenly prodigies in the Forbidden Lands. Phoenix Woman could not evade that matter.
Only by first stripping the Demon Realm of its moral footing could they then force it to submit.
Behind them stood their respective sects and realms, so they were not afraid that Phoenix Woman would attack them.
With Phoenix Woman now the Demon Realm's only Difficult Realm cultivator, the consequences of such an act would bring the Demon Realm immense trouble as well.
That was why they had the confidence to force Phoenix Woman to submit...
Moreover, the Blood Sect of the Sixth Realm had come with them this time.
"An accounting? What accounting do you want?" Phoenix Woman merely sneered at his words. "Are you saying only your human race may enter the Forbidden Lands?"
"Your so-called heavenly prodigies could not match the people of my Demon Realm in the Forbidden Lands. What is there to say when they were killed because their skills fell short?"
"Does your human race not kill people in the Forbidden Lands yourselves?"
"Since when did being outmatched entitle you to demand an accounting from someone else?"
Phoenix Woman's words immediately left the Cold Sect elder somewhat speechless. Their human heavenly prodigies naturally killed others and seized treasures in the Forbidden Lands as well.
But those were the results of covert struggles between them, unlike the Demon Realm's wholesale extermination.
Ultimately, the restrictions of the Forbidden Lands imposed too little restraint on the demon race...