"By now, this Xiao only hoped this news was false!" Xiao Hua answered blandly, his gaze turned toward the distance.
Sun Jian shook his head and looked meaningfully at Xiao Hua. "True Person Xiao, you are deceiving yourself. If you had not sensed something in your heart, why would you have insisted on coming?"
Xiao Hua shrugged. "I merely wanted to see whether there was any advantage to be gained here!"
"To take advantage of the Devil Race—perhaps you are the only one in this world capable of it, True Person Xiao!" Sun Jian did not expose Xiao Hua's pretense and said with a smile, "Huan Wuxin said that a Devil Emperor was leading five hundred thousand Demon Soldiers in an attack. No wonder the Council Hall of Xu refused to believe it. Just look at the scattered Devil Race troops we encountered along the way. A single Devil Lord commanded five hundred thousand Demon Soldiers. If a Devil Emperor wished to destroy ten sects, would he not need at least two or three million Demon Soldiers?"
"Actually, the key lies in..." Xiao Hua drew a breath. "The Southwest frontier is remote. Though the Ten Sects are not large, their people are valiant and fierce. The Ten Sects have never submitted to the Misty Sect, the Incense-Passing Cult, or the Divine Blade Sect, much less had any place in the Council Hall. Naturally, they are even less obedient to the Council Hall. The destruction of the Ten Sects might not have any effect on Xu. Moreover, the ten clans are scattered throughout a million-li expanse of the Southwest frontier. It is not something a Devil Emperor can accomplish in the time it takes to speak, even if he wishes to wipe out all ten clans! Therefore... Xu's Council Hall does