"If Brother Kui Yong hadn't told this old man to leave first during that great battle back then, I would probably have died in the Martial World."
The Wood Demon General recounted some of those past events to Huang Xiao.
Perhaps remembering old events and old friends had made the Wood Demon General more talkative.
Huang Xiao sneered inwardly.
Back then, Kui Yong and the others had all been gravely wounded, and everyone had withdrawn.
Kui Yong and the Wood Demon General had formed a pair, temporarily separated from the others.
They had then encountered experts from the Righteous Path, and Kui Yong had volunteered to cover the retreat.
That had allowed the Wood Demon General to escape, eventually finding the Demon God and the others and returning to the Ancient World.
In the Wood Demon General's eyes, Kui Yong had traded his life for his survival.
He still felt some guilt.
But in Huang Xiao's view, Kui Yong had very likely already intended to remain in the Martial World at the time.
He had obtained the Demon God's Supreme Demon Saber and Supreme Demon Core. With treasures like those, once the people from the Ancient World left, he would have been powerful enough to dominate all beneath heaven in the Martial World.
Covering the retreat had merely been an excuse.
Still, Huang Xiao had reaped all the benefits of what Kui Yong had done back then, and for that, he had to thank him.
"Though Brother Kui Yong is dead, as his successor, you must live well and strengthen the Wild Ox Sect. That would do right by Brother Kui Yong." The Wood Demon General sighed.
"I certainly won't disappoint your expectations, Senior."
"Good." The Wood Demon General nodded slightly. "You came from the Martial World and have achieved