Faced with Pang Ji's cold rebuke, Huang Xiao merely smiled and said nothing more.
He still had great confidence in the Patriarch's internal power.
Although Huang Xiao could not readily unleash the Seventh Stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration directly yet, he could extrapolate from the might of the Sixth Stage to gain a rough idea of the Seventh Stage's power.
With both of them using the Seventh Stage, the Patriarch's power would surpass his own.
Even if Pang Ji had obtained Kui Yong's internal power, he probably still would not be a match for the Patriarch.
"Pang Ji, you think we mean to plot against you, but what means would we have to do so?" Huo Lian asked calmly.
Pang Ji frowned.
Before he could answer, Huo Lian continued on his own, "If we're weaker than you, then no amount of scheming would likely do much good against you. If we aren't afraid of you, however, shouldn't you stop and think about why we aren't fighting you now? If you truly were the last target we needed to deal with, you could forget about leaving this place today."
"Huo Lian, what arrogant words." Huo Lian's words had provoked Pang Ji.
What did he mean, he could forget about leaving this place today?
Those were words he should have been saying. Instead, Huo Lian was lecturing him.
"Don't think obtaining someone else's internal power makes you invincible beneath heaven," Huo Lian said. "If I threw caution to the wind, even if I couldn't defeat you, I could still severely wound you. I have others on my side, too. It's not that I look down on your seven subordinates, but they're no match for us. How much chance do you think you'd have of surviving then?"
The Seven Former Hall Masters' expressions