Chapter 2304: Demons Are Evil

One of the elders was precisely the one Teng Yue had slapped and loudly berated earlier.

Before Teng Yue could react, a young man from the Yu Vein had already shouted hatefully, "Black Scale Demon, we’re very grateful you helped our Ying Sect Master, but why did you deliberately get our elders killed and maimed? What the hell did you mean by that?"

Of course, they were here to denounce and demand an explanation.

At this moment, a second young man followed up with another shout: "That’s right, we need an explanation."

Their voices were not low, making Ying Sanmeng, who was treating the wounded on the Yu Vein’s side, freeze and involuntarily look over.

At the same time, far off in the distance, Chai Jiu, who had already ordered the retreat, pulled the corner of his mouth into a grim, cold smile.

The high-level figures of the Cang Lineage secretly exchanged glances; in their eyes was written clearly: Just as the Great Gate Master predicted, the conflict has arrived.

If it were only these few people shouting, it naturally wouldn’t be enough to shake the affection between the Yu Vein and the Demon Vein.

But as long as a conflict starts, it triggers a greater chain reaction, leads to more and more people in the Yu Vein developing resentment toward Demons, and from there causes the alliance between Demon Vein and Yu Vein to collapse.

At this moment, outside the prison walls, the originally strange atmosphere turned icy cold as the denouncement began...

Whether Demon Vein or Yu Vein, everyone turned to look.

Teng Yue immediately spoke up: "What do you mean ’explanation’? Was what I said earlier not clear enough? It was you..."

Before he finished, that Holy Martial elder who had been slapped, face twisted hideously, shouted, "Teng Yue, each matter is its own... I’m very grateful to that Black Scale Demon for saving us and the Pulse Master, but he then viciously and ruthlessly tried to get us killed. What do you call that?"

A young man picked up the thread: "Obviously it means he doesn’t just want the Demon Vein to rise, he also wants to crush our Yu Vein the same way the Cang Lineage did."

The second young man sneered repeatedly, "The Demon Vein hasn’t even been acknowledged yet, and he’s already making us obey his War Orders. His wolfish ambition is plain as day; if you don’t listen to him, you die, huh!"

As the three finished speaking, a strong killing intent flashed uncontrollably through Teng Yue’s heart.

Then he anxiously looked toward all the people of the Yu Vein, because the three had spoken loudly enough that almost the entire Yu Vein had heard—this was practically shaking their morale to the core.

Teng Yue still couldn’t understand how, in a situation like this, these people would, for selfish motives and because they look down on Demons, actually put the Yu Vein to death, act this recklessly. This was simply... damned!

Whoosh...

Just then, Ying Sanmeng and two Divine Martial Masters flashed over at high speed.

Ying Sanmeng’s face likewise turned incomparably ashen; he shouted heavily, "What nonsense are you spewing? All of you, shut up."

Coming up to question him was one thing, but to actually say something that chilling to Demons—this could get people killed.

Accusing Demons of harboring ambition was stirring up the Yu Vein’s hatred toward Demons.

However, that Yu Vein Holy Martial elder gave Ying Sanmeng absolutely no face.

He didn’t feel there was anything wrong with what he was saying; instead he continued, "Pulse Master, am I not speaking the truth? As this future Demon Vein Master, he’s clearly trying to harm our Yu Vein."

"You..." Ying Sanmeng trembled with rage at his words.

By the judgment of a more decisive sort of person, what needed to be done now was obviously to execute these few people on the spot to steady the army’s heart.

But Ying Sanmeng’s heart was too soft; he couldn’t do it.

As for the two Divine Martial Masters, why were they still alive?

Naturally because the people of the Cang Lineage judged they posed no threat; likewise, it was because their personalities weren’t strong enough that they’d survived till now.

At this moment, the second Holy Martial elder also spoke coldly, "Senior brother Pulse Master, Demons have demonic nature, they’re evil."

They were all Ying Sanmeng’s junior brothers and understood his personality very well.

At his words, Ying Sanmeng felt his heart explode; he shouted hysterically, "You are simply outrageous, I, I..."

"What do you want to do, just kill us outright?"

"Go ahead and kill us. Rather than being devoured by Demon Vein Demons, we’d rather die by senior brother Pulse Master’s hand. But has senior brother Pulse Master considered that if you kill us now, will you chill the hearts of the entire Yu Vein?"

The first Holy Martial elder finished, then lifted his head and puffed out his chest, deliberately speaking very loudly.

They were counting on Ying Sanmeng’s hesitation, counting on his fear of chilling the hearts of the Yu Vein—this was moral blackmail.

Sure enough, the second Holy Martial elder followed up: "Senior brother Pulse Master, you are the Pulse Master of the Yu Vein; you’re not a Demon."

At this, Ying Sanmeng clutched his chest tightly.

At the same time, he could already feel that the gazes of the surrounding Yu Vein crowd were gradually changing.

They’d been provoked, truly incited into hating Demons.

Meanwhile, Teng Yue’s eyes were filled with killing intent. If not for the Black Scale Brothers saying just now that this was a good thing, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to resist killing by now. In the end he forced himself to suppress it and asked, "Then you tell me, what do you want done?"

Since the Black Scale Brothers were unafraid of such conflict, he’d first calm down and see what else they could say.

The two Holy Martial elders exchanged a look, their few disciples snickering coldly as they stared straight at Sikong Jing. The first Holy Martial elder spoke: "Naturally, we want him to give us an explanation."

As the words fell, Sikong Jing finally asked in return, "Oh? What sort of explanation do you want from me?"

The first Holy Martial elder saw Sikong Jing speak and became smug...

"First, you must kneel and kowtow to apologize to all of our dead."

"Second, you can no longer serve as Commander of this battle."

"Third, right now you must swear that once the Demon Vein is acknowledged in the future, you will still have to take our Yu Vein as your superior."

The three conditions were slammed down on the spot...

Immediately, every Demon behind Sikong Jing widened their eyes—still have to take the Yu Vein as superior?

Yet most of the Demons still wore bitter smiles, feeling deeply in their hearts how lowly they were.

At the same time, Teng Yue was so furious he laughed, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, and Ying Sanmeng almost went stupid from rage.

Even Sikong Jing, who had expected this, was somewhat dumbfounded. Though he knew these people were like dog shit, he hadn’t expected their faces to be thick enough to put forward conditions like this...

He couldn’t help but laugh in anger and ask, "And what if I refuse?"

The second Holy Martial elder immediately stepped forward and shouted heavily, "If you refuse, then you don’t need to be this so-called Demon Vein Master anymore. Our Yu Vein will choose another Demon Vein Master who listens to us."

As he said this, he raised his head loftily.

In truth, this was the deeply ingrained mentality born from enslaving Demons for tens of thousands of years.

Demons had to obey them; they could appoint whoever they wished as Demon Vein Master, and Demons were not allowed to resist.

Gratitude?

Ying Sanmeng accepted that debt, Teng Yue accepted it, many in the Yu Vein would accept it—but these people did not.

Chai Jiu’s methods earlier had already made it crystal clear.

To certain people, Demons as lowly servants saving them and helping them is simply taken for granted.

At this moment, Ying Sanmeng truly couldn’t hold back from exploding.

But Sikong Jing suddenly interjected, "I understand. In that case, your Yu Vein can pick someone else."

As his words fell, Sikong Jing soared into the sky and shouted loudly, "All Demons, heed my command: retreat with me into the prison. We don’t need to concern ourselves with the life or death of the Yu Vein. Let them die however they please."

As he spoke, Sikong Jing suddenly linked all the Demons into the Soldier Killing Array Pattern, then flashed straight into the prison.

In an instant, the two Holy Martial elders and their group, who had been feeling triumphant, were stunned on the spot.

Ying Sanmeng, on the verge of erupting, was also stunned, and those Yu Vein people whose minds had started wavering all froze.

Teng Yue’s whole body trembled slightly, recalling what Sikong Jing had said just now...

At this moment, the two Holy Martial elders reacted at the same time, their faces twisting wildly as they shouted together, "Stop! You dare?"