"An explanation? Your Wu Clan's Great Witch killed my Exposition Sect's Outer Disciple. Did I ask you for an explanation?"
Lord Yuanshi glanced at Hou Tu, his tone carrying a trace of displeasure.
"Besides, my Exposition Sect follows the mandate of Heaven. Guang Chengzi assisting the Human Race in becoming the common ruler of Hong Huang was destined by Heaven. Why should I explain myself to you?"
Hou Tu looked at Lord Yuanshi with utter disbelief.
Do you even hear what you're saying?
Down on the battlefield, the Killing Calamity had already begun affecting Guang Chengzi's mind, yet Lord Yuanshi could still say something so unreasonable.
"When Exposition Sect disciples and Wu Clan cultivators fight, victory and defeat should be decided by their own abilities. That is only natural. Why did Guang Chengzi attack ordinary people?"
"Your Wu Clan sought to use the ordinary people of the Nine Jiu Li Tribes to defy Heaven's mandate and seize the position of common ruler that belongs to the Human Race. You deserve the backlash of Heaven's mandate. What my disciple Guang Chengzi did was merely follow Heaven's will."
"Good. Very good."
Faced with Yuanshi's righteous-sounding excuse, Hou Tu laughed in extreme anger. "Guang Chengzi attacked the ordinary Wu Clan people of my Nine Jiu Li Tribes. The arrival of the Killing Calamity is likewise the Heavenly Dao's cycle of cause and effect, karmic retribution. When his calamity comes due, you had better not interfere!"
After saying that, Hou Tu snorted coldly and turned her gaze back to the battlefield below.
On the Zhuolu Plains,
the Exposition Sect's direct disciples finally bore down on Jiu Feng and the others, who had been slaughtering their way through the Exposition Sect disciples.
Da Yi was firmly entangled by Chi Jingzi, True Lord Yu Ding, Grand