"We must kill the Devil Master with a single blow, lest he rise again and become a grave disaster."
Hearing Elder Mo's indifferent reply, the Golden Crow Great Sage laughed somewhat bleakly.
"So, in order to destroy the Devil Master, it does not matter even if our Heavenly Fire Family is wiped out completely, right?"
"In war, someone must make sacrifices," Elder Mo said.
"But future generations will forever remember the Heavenly Fire Family's sacrifice. That makes it worthwhile."
"Someone must make sacrifices? Then why can't it be your Holy Court?
Why must it be our Heavenly Fire Family?" the Golden Crow Great Sage demanded.
Yet Elder Mo merely closed his eyes slightly and fell silent.
"Seeking a tiger's skin is nothing more than becoming food for the tiger."
Xu Zimo shook his head and said, "Your Heavenly Fire Family originally guarded one region.
Was it not good enough to be your own local emperor?
You insisted on meddling in this matter. Does your Heavenly Fire Family even deserve it?"
"If that is the case, then if we die, we all die together," the Golden Crow Great Sage seemed to have gone mad.
Bloodthirst flickered in his eyes.
The flames around him grew increasingly fierce.
"With my life, reignite the Fire Lotus," the Golden Crow Great Sage cried softly.
All the life force around him, along with the flames, was stripped away.
It transformed into a cluster of crimson light spots and began sinking into the earth.
Others did not understand, but the Nether King and the Pill Saint had clearly thought of something.
They hurriedly shouted, "Golden Crow, you cannot!"
"What is there that I cannot do? It is all because of them.
Dragging them down to be buried with us can be considered an offering to the lost