"Stop!"
Long Tianming cupped his fists slightly toward
Hearing Long Tianming's words, Wuya Zi raised an eyebrow and let out a cold snort. "So you're the one in charge here. I just arrived, and what are your subordinates even supposed to be? How dare they tell me to scram?"
"My subordinates were quite rude! But the moment you made your move, you killed nine of our people. Wasn't that a bit excessive?" Long Tianming said with a frown.
He didn't want to cause trouble, but if Wuya Zi continued to press the issue, he wouldn't back down. Losing nine subordinates had already put him in a foul mood.
Hearing Long Tianming's words, Wuya Zi let out a deep snort. "Excessive? This was going easy on you! If we didn't have enough strength, do you think you'd be talking to us this politely? We'd probably have been killed long ago! All I can say is that those nine subordinates of yours deserved to die!"
Nie Li smiled faintly. Wuya Zi had a fiery temper, and the more Long Tianming tried to stand up to him, the less likely Wuya Zi was to let things go.
"You—" Long Tianming was so furious his breathing quickened, but after a moment's thought, he forced himself to hold back. The key right now was to find the entrance to the Phantom Divine Palace — he couldn't afford to waste time squabbling with Wuya Zi here. "Friend, regardless of who was right or wrong, you haven't lost anything. I don't want to pursue this matter further. Let's just call it even. How about that?"
Wuya Zi shrugged. "Do whatever you want. Either way, this place belongs to me now. Scram, and there won't be any problems!"
Hearing Wuya Zi's words, Long Tianming was so furious he could have exploded.
Long Tianming clenched his fists, the veins on his arms bulging.
"Young Master, let us kill these three arrogant fools!"
"Does he really think we're afraid of him?"
Long Tianming's subordinates were surging with unrest, wanting to surround and attack Wuya Zi.
"Fighting is the one thing I'm never afraid of. If you've got the guts to come at me, I'll take you all down one by one and send you packing!" Wuya Zi declared with great arrogance. He was of the Demon Fox clan, with an ancient bloodline — he had every right to be that bold.
Long Tianming wasn't entirely sure how powerful Wuya Zi really was. Although he had some confidence in his God-tier growth-type Dragon Blood Demon Spirit, he didn't dare take the risk.
But if he just slunk away like this, even Long Tianming would have a hard time holding his head up in front of his subordinates.
"You can scram now." Nie Li looked toward Long Tianming and his people ahead. He had been observing Long Tianming the entire time — his endurance was indeed far greater than that of other young masters from the great families. But he figured even Long Tianming would find it hard to tolerate Wuya Zi's outrageous demands.
Hearing Nie Li's words, Long Tianming's face turned ashen. When had he ever been lectured like this by a Destiny Realm cultivator?
Long Tianming gave Wuya Zi a long, hard look. The fact that Nie Li dared to be so arrogant likely meant he had absolute confidence in Wuya Zi's cultivation. Wuya Zi was of the Demon Fox clan and possessed many powerful secret techniques. If it really came to a fight, Long Tianming wasn't sure he could win.
"Let's go!" Long Tianming let out a cold snort and swept away.
The Heavenly Rotation Realm experts around Long Tianming were flushed with rage. Just leaving like this was utterly humiliating! But they didn't dare disobey Long Tianming's orders, and though they seethed with anger and shame, they followed behind him.
The group turned and swept away, following Long Tianming several miles into the distance.
Nie Li watched Long Tianming's retreating figure, his gaze growing deep and contemplative. He hadn't expected Long Tianming to actually endure such unreasonable demands. Truly not simple! This person was far more formidable than he'd imagined!
"Can't believe they ran off like that. Humans really are all cowards!" Wuya Zi spat as he watched Long Tianming's retreating figure.