Other ancient gods and demons merely watched the commotion from the sidelines.
Even if there were immortals around, they showed no intention of helping.
They also recognized the identities of Sun Wukong and his companions.
"That’s the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, and the one beside him must be Prince Nezha, someone dares to provoke them."
"That’s nothing, the ones beside them are Taotie, Qiuniu, and Xiezhi, the three brothers, all sons of the Ancestral Dragon."
"That ancient god, he’s the Dragon Hawk Ancestor, right? They really have some nerve to hurry Wukong and the others."
"The person in question is a Sub-Paramount, why shouldn’t he dare provoke them? I think this time Wukong and his team are in danger, they have clearly come prepared."
Sun Wukong squinted his eyes, staring at the Dragon Hawk Ancestor without showing any anger.
"What are you surrounding us for? Make way immediately."
A Heavenly Venerate spoke up, named Gu Qing, who was a newly recruited powerful Heavenly Venerate of the Heavenly Court.
At this moment, he expressed his dissatisfaction and berated the group led by the Dragon Hawk Ancestor.
"The arrogance of the Heavenly Court harms the living beings, and everyone is justified to punish it."
The Dragon Hawk Ancestor said indifferently.
His gaze was sharp as he glared at Sun Wukong, sneering, "If you are not killed today, in the future, you will surely become even more outrageous and strike against us. At that time, all ancient gods and demons will be persecuted by you newer beings until none are left."
At his words, the ancient gods and demons were all in an uproar.
Now, they hadn’t paid much attention to the donkey provoking Nezha.
However, they clearly saw Nezha strike down that donkey.
The Heavenly Court had casually killed a Heavenly Venerate of the ancient gods, and naturally, they had complaints in their hearts.
Stirred by the Dragon Hawk Ancestor’s words, they easily put themselves in the same position, looking at Wukong and his companions with ill intent immediately.
Sun Wukong was well aware that the people around them had been subtly stirred up by the Dragon Hawk Heavenly Venerate.
"So you killed him, what else do you want?"
Nezha retorted with a cold sneer.
At his response, the Dragon Hawk Ancestor’s face darkened, as he said coldly, "What a petulant and tyrannical warrior of the Heavenly Court you are, Nezha. I’ve heard of your reputation—it’s extremely violent. You love stirring up trouble, and today I shall execute justice on heaven’s behalf by slaying you, Demon Head."
The ancient god wanted to kill a warrior of the Heavenly Court and even claimed to be carrying out justice on behalf of heaven.
This made everyone look bewildered, and some didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, unsure what to say.
It was indeed beyond comprehension, almost laughable.
"The ancient gods and demons, under the pretext of reviving themselves, harm the common people and commit all sorts of evil, yet they have the audacity to say such things. It’s utterly shameless. Since you’ve come after us, there’s no need to act tough. Just make your move, today I’d like to see if you can kill us."
Nezha said defiantly.
"A mere Heavenly Venerate dares to be so audacious, truly ignorant of life and death."
The Dragon Hawk Ancestor smirked cruelly, walking straight toward Nezha.
A powerful aura released from his body, the presence of a Sub-Paramount enveloped Nezha, showing that the Dragon Hawk Ancestor was dead set on killing him.
Nezha spoke strongly, but he didn’t dare to be careless.
He fixated on the Dragon Hawk Ancestor, his fighting spirit reaching the skies.
A battle between a Heavenly Venerate and a Sub-Paramount excited everyone, uncertain whether Nezha could withstand the Dragon Hawk Ancestor.
They all knew Nezha to be nearly as famous as Sun Wukong and the others, and through Nezha’s battle, they could gauge the fighting power of Wukong and his comrades and ascertain if the reputations of Sun Wukong and Yang Jian were well-deserved.
Just at this moment, Sun Wukong grabbed Nezha.
"Let it go, brother, I’ll handle this. You’re not his match."
Sun Wukong said with a smile, preventing Nezha from taking action.
Nezha’s brows furrowed slightly, manifesting his discontent.
However, after a moment of thought, he realized he truly was no match for a Sub-Paramount.
If there were a battle, the likelihood of his defeat was high.
Wukong was preventing him from fighting for his own good.
With that in mind, although Nezha was somewhat frustrated, he eventually said, "Fine then, I truly can’t beat him. A Sub-Paramount is too strong for me. If I could reach the Great Heavenly Venerate realm, then I might win, but not now."
Nezha could appear stubborn, but most of the time, he was quite sensible.
Knowing he was no match for his opponent, he heeded Wukong’s advice and refrained from fighting.
"Ha, Nezha, you don’t dare fight yourself and let others step in for you. You’re always —letting others deal with the trouble you’ve stirred up. You really are a waste."
The Dragon Hawk Ancestor mocked coldly.
Nezha’s anger flared immediately, his eyes reddening as he glared fiercely at the Dragon Hawk Ancestor, shouting, "Say that again?"
"Ha, I am just telling the truth. Why, can’t you handle it?"
The Dragon Hawk Ancestor laughed, showing disdain.
Nezha took a deep breath, a rage-filled expression flashing in his eyes.
Sun Wukong’s expression darkened; the opponent was playing tricks, seemingly wanting Nezha to fight and then take him down.
He had already guessed their purpose; their actions and goals had surely been anticipated.
The enemy refrained from attacking him because they knew his strength; even if they defeated him, killing him would be difficult.
Moreover, the Dragon Hawk Ancestor might not have the strength to defeat Sun Wukong.
Thus, they targeted Nezha, who was equally renowned but not as strong as himself.
By killing Nezha, they could trample the prestige of the Heavenly Court under their feet.
Sun Wukong wouldn’t give them that chance. Once he realized this, he was ready to take action.