The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1435

Chapter 1435: Chapter 1431: Reckless Chapter 1435: Chapter 1431: Reckless The King of Demons watched the discussion below with a mocking smile that grew more obvious by the moment.

Suddenly, he stepped forward and pointed at an old man with a purple beard in the crowd, and accused, “Zi Xie, you feisty old geezer, you sure enjoy running your mouth, don't you? I know you hail from Mount Fangcun, but you have no right to speak. When Mount Fangcun was besieged, your Purple Sun Sect was the closest, surely you received some news. Why didn't I see you going to offer support, huh?”

The old man with the purple beard, now called out by name, flushed red in the face and, despite struggling for a while, couldn't muster a word.

After that, the King of Demons swept his gaze across the crowd, and all the shouting voices gradually quieted down. The previously indignant people unconsciously avoided his gaze, fearing that he would call out their names and publicly execute them.

Seeing that no one below dared rebut, the King of Demons was quite pleased and laughed aloud,

“Haha, look, Mount Fangcun had already committed a taboo; we simply did what you all wanted to do but didn't have the guts to. Yes, we bear the primary responsibility for the attack on Mount Fangcun, but let's not ignore the problems within Mount Fangcun itself. To put it harshly, flies don't sting an uncracked egg.”

After he finished speaking, not only were there no more voices of accusation, but there were also many cheering in agreement.

“Well said, Mount Fangcun is just a Human Race sect. If it were the Demon Clan or the Demon Race, it would've been eradicated long ago, and no one would come out and make irresponsible remarks, right?” Someone from among the Demon Race in the crowd said.

Li Jing watched the change in the situation, and seeing that the King of Demons didn't completely point the finger at the Heavenly Palace, his expression eased slightly.

“Silence.” Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin shouted an order, and the square quieted down once more.

“This incident, though triggered by Mount Fangcun's inappropriate actions, still cannot excuse the vile deeds of the Demon and Demon Races, which must be severely punished,” Li Jing continued.

These words were tantamount to putting a final seal on the matter.

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin exchanged a glance with Yuan Tiangang, and both showed a flash of confusion in their eyes.

It seemed that neither of them had expected Li Jing to say such a thing.

Shen Luo, already at the brink of his patience, could stand it no longer. With a “smack,” he shattered the seat underneath him with a slap and abruptly stood up.

Everyone was startled by this action and turned their gazes towards him.

“Have you all forgotten that Mount Fangcun is not without representatives here, so it's not your place to spout nonsense and make wild accusations!” Shen Luo shouted angrily.

“Friend Shen…” Cheng Yaojin, seeing this, hastily called out.

“Friend Shen, don't be rash, don't fall for the Demon Clan's divisive schemes,” Yuan Tiangang transmitted his voice.

Lu Huaming, standing some distance away, frowned and looked hesitant.

His master, Cheng Yaojin, was transmitting messages to him, urging him to calm Shen Luo down. But after hearing what those people said, he too felt an unnamed rage boil inside and didn't know or want to persuade Shen Luo.

“What do you mean by Mount Fangcun's inappropriate actions?” Shen Luo asked, ignoring anyone's attempts at persuasion.

No one answered.

“What do you mean by flies not stinging an uncracked egg?” Shen Luo continued.

Still, there was no response.

Li Jing frowned at Shen Luo, while the King of Demons had a flash of cold mockery in his eyes.

Yang Jian looked at him, hesitating to speak.

“What, you think Mount Fangcun has done no wrong?” Li Jing asked coldly.

“When Mount Fangcun joined the alliance to resist the Demon Clan, why didn't you say they were wrong? To protect the treasure and prevent the Map of Mountains and Rivers from falling into the hands of the Demon Clan, why didn't you say they were wrong? When the disciples of Mount Fangcun were slaughtered while guarding the Divine Demon Well, why didn't you say they were wrong?” Shen Luo asked in rapid succession.

“Shen Luo,” Cheng Yaojin furrowed his brows and said sternly.

Shen Luo turned a deaf ear and did not look at the suggestive look in his eyes.

He knew in his heart that the King of Demons had deliberately said those words only to intensify the internal contradictions between the Human Race and the Immortal Clan, but he did not want to suppress his anger for the sake of the so-called bigger picture.

To hell with the notion that flies don't buzz around a flawless egg; these disgusting flies of the Demon Clan always find somewhere to land, and now they have the nerve to promote this narrative of blaming the victim.

“You members of the Demon and Demon Clan, you think you've cleared yourselves of all blame? Dare you say what you attacked Mount Fangcun for, and what each of you has done?” Shen Luo snorted coldly and asked.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone on the stage slightly changed.

The King of Demons' expression tensed, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes as he looked at Shen Luo.

Initially, when they discovered that no one from Mount Fangcun was present at the conference, they were all pleasantly surprised. When they saw Shen Luo, they did not take him too seriously.

After all, maintaining the peace of the Three Realms was a consensus shared by all clans and sects, so he spoke without restraint earlier, trying to steer the situation toward blaming Mount Fangcun for bringing trouble upon itself.

The Heavenly Palace and the Great Tang Dynasty Government, for their own interests and the stability of the Three Realms, would certainly not expose his lies, nor disclose that their attack on Mount Fangcun was to undermine the seal of the Divine Demon Well.

But what he did not know was that Shen Luo did not care about this false peace at all and was even willing to personally shatter it.

If he had followed what Cheng Yaojin said earlier, Shen Luo might have turned a blind eye, but the King of Demons just had to push it this far, so Shen Luo naturally could not bear it any longer.

“Friend Shen!”

Cheng Yaojin suddenly called out loudly, interrupting Shen Luo who was about to reveal the truth.

“The reputation of Mount Fangcun cannot be tarnished,” Shen Luo turned to glance at him, then looked back at the King of Demons and said word by word.

The King of Demons bared a smile, revealing a forest of white teeth, as he glared at Shen Luo with pupils suddenly shining with a circle of golden light, from which a powerful divine soul shot out silently, striking at Shen Luo.

Shen Luo sensed something was amiss, yet he stood upright in place, not even flinching in his gaze, meeting the King of Demons' cold stare.

In an instant, that soul force directly pierced into Shen Luo's Sea of Knowledge, and a three-pronged trident materialized, wrapped with black lightning, stabbing straight towards the little man that was Shen Luo's Divine soul.

A thunderous explosion echoed inside Shen Luo's Sea of Knowledge as an imposing mountain suddenly emerged.

The trident struck the mountain, causing a massive tremor. A hundred-foot rift split open on the mountain, and the trident, too, shattered into sparkling fragments that dissipated.

Shen Luo's body shook, his ears ringing with a tremble, and his vision momentarily blacked out before quickly returning to normal.

The expression of the King of Demons changed slightly, the golden patterns in his eyes not dispersing but instead gathering and growing brighter.

He had thought that using his Soul Power, he could easily crush a True Immortal cultivator, but to his surprise, he had hit a solid nail head-on, which inevitably brought forth murderous intent.

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