Qing Chen seemed not to notice. Instead, his tone sank, his voice turning harsh. "But you lot-the Vajra Zen Sect, the Blissful Union Tower, the Guixu Sea Tower, the Thousand Puppet Sect..."
His gaze swept across the opposing camp like a blade:
"I led my people here to drill battle formations, yet first someone among you launched a sneak attack on my Divine Soul, then you massed troops at the border to block my path, and then you sent thirty thousand Buddhist Soldiers to assault my army! More shameless still-"
He abruptly raised his hand, pointing straight at the grim-faced Yuan Chen and Yinji aboard the distant Flagship. "Two dignified Nascent Soul Middle Stage True Lords actually joined forces to ambush and kill a single Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator under my command!"
"How are such actions any different from those of the Demon Race? Since your Vajra Zen Sect once helped my Demon Lotus Sect, I will refrain from extracting your soul, Yuan Chen."
Everyone froze at his words. After some thought, a notion suddenly surfaced in their minds: Qing Chen seemed never to have personally said he would exterminate the entire Vajra Zen Sect.
But he had never said he had come for "joint drills," either!
He delivered this speech with righteous conviction, every word striking at the heart, turning the accusation back on them-yet for the moment, it was difficult to refute.
After all, the Vajra Zen Sect really had struck first with its various probes, and Yuan Chen and Yinji had been the first to attack Xin Bairen.
And since appearing, Qing Chen had acted out of character. Apart from punishing Yuan Chen and Yinji, he truly had not taken the initiative to attack. That was hardly his style, either.
Without waiting for their response, Qing Chen abruptly