"After all, our Demon Race is one of the peak races. Publicly apologizing to you over such a trivial matter would deal too great a blow to our race's reputation and morale," Venerable Tianhua couldn't help saying.
"Is that so?" the Salamander Whale asked. "What does a blow to your morale have to do with me?"
"You might be a Special Lifeform born only recently." Venerable Tianhua looked at his divine body, dangling from an enormous claw, and felt utterly humiliated. When had he ever suffered such indignity since becoming a powerhouse?
"The Demon Race is one of the universe's nine peak powers. We have twenty Universe Masters and two Universe Strongest!"
"Twenty Universe Masters? Like the Lord of Sky Wolf?" the Salamander Whale asked.
"Uh..." Venerable Tianhua was somewhat speechless. "The Lord of Sky Wolf's strength only ranks in the lower-middle range among Universe Masters."
"He would be considered fairly strong in a weaker race, but among the peak races, his strength places him near the bottom of the Universe Masters."
"Oh... so that's how it is. I was wondering why a Universe Master was so weak that he couldn't even beat a Universe Venerable like me." The Salamander Whale nodded his star-sized head slightly, adopting an expression of realization.
"Take our Lord Changjiu, for example. His strength is at the very top among Universe Masters. Even with your enormous divine body, he could still kill you."
"Killing the Lord of Sky Wolf would be utterly effortless for him." Venerable Tianhua hurriedly explained everything to the giant whale in a torrent of words.
If the giant whale really demanded a public apology from the Demon Race, angering the race's Universe Masters into killing him, Venerable Tianhua would be dragged down with him and lose his divine body and Supreme