"Garbage?"
Su Mo’s eyelids twitched violently, a flicker of anger appearing on his face.
He had already broken through to the Martial Artist realm, making him a prodigy in the Northern Profound Domain.
He was definitely not some piece of garbage.
Seeing Su Mo’s anger, the Evil King quickly tried to placate him. "My Lord, calm your anger. The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile is used to being brutish and doesn’t know how to speak properly. I’ll persuade it to apologize to you immediately."
"Tell it that if it doesn’t kneel and apologize to me, I’ll knock its scales off one by one and turn it into a shell-less four-legged snake," Su Mo said angrily.
"Yes!"
The Evil King turned to the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile. "Did you hear that? Hurry up and kneel to apologize to our Lord. Otherwise, once he gets angry, you won’t be able to bear the consequences."
"This king refuses to apologize. Let’s see what consequences there could possibly be."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said with a look of utter disdain.
It was an Evil Demon on the same level as the Blood Demon, one of the most powerful beings in this land. Why would it kneel and apologize to some piece of garbage?
Besides, it was puzzled.
When the Evil King was its neighbor, he feared nothing in heaven or earth and was always stirring up trouble. How had he become such a coward now?
’It’s so confusing.’
The Evil King warned, "Crocodile King, I’m only advising you out of kindness. If you don’t listen, I really won’t be able to save you."
Since they used to be neighbors and the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile rarely bullied him, he was genuinely trying to help it out of goodwill.
’Why can’t this guy listen to good advice?’
’He’s driving me crazy with worry.’
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile was ungrateful. "This king doesn’t need your kindness. If you know what’s good for you, take these pieces of trash with you and get off this king’s territory. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what?"
Su Mo demanded, his voice filled with fury.
He really couldn’t take it anymore.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile was calling him "garbage" again and again right to his face. How could he tolerate that?
Did it think he had no pride?
Seeing this, the Evil King sighed helplessly. "Alas, Brother Crocodile King, why couldn’t you just listen? This time, you’ve really caused a disaster."
Now, he couldn’t help the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile even if he wanted to.
Because Su Mo was genuinely furious.
"You say I’ve caused a disaster?"
A cold glint flashed in the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile’s eyes. "Since you say this king has caused a disaster, then this king will show you a disaster by personally killing that kid next to you."
"Kid, you asked me ’otherwise, what?’"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile spoke to Su Mo in a chilling voice, "Well, this king will tell you now. This king is going to slaughter you personally and suck you dry until you’re a withered corpse."
BOOM!
A terrifying aura erupted from the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile’s entire body, its pressure so immense that everyone present struggled to breathe.
"Is Lord Crocodile King angry?"
"The Evil King is going too far, bringing some greenhorn to act so arrogantly before our great king. Of course our king is furious!"
"Heh heh, when the king gets angry, it’s no laughing matter. He’s capable of destroying heaven and earth."
"That kid with the Evil King is as good as dead."
The crowd of Demon Beast Evil Demons watched the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile with anticipation, waiting for it to kill Su Mo.
"Kid, this king originally had no intention of provoking you humans. But since you’ve trespassed on this king’s territory and acted so arrogantly, this king can’t just turn a blind eye. I’ll have to swat you to death and make an example of you."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile spoke indifferently, then raised a sharp claw glinting with a menacing, cold light and swiped down heavily at Su Mo.
Across from it, Su Mo also raised his hand.
BANG!
The moment the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile’s sharp claw touched Su Mo’s raised hand, its claw was caught in his grip.
"What?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile’s face fell in shock. It used all its strength to break free, but it couldn’t budge Su Mo’s hand in the slightest.
An unimaginably immense force held it in a death grip.
"A mere four-legged snake dares to call me garbage?"
Su Mo stared coldly at the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile. With a slight squeeze of his hand, he snapped off one of its claws, causing the crocodile to grimace in pain.
"AHH..."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Behind it, the Snake Demon Evil Demon and its other underlings were all stunned.
’That’s their king!’
’And he’s being casually tortured to death’s door by this kid, letting out such a miserable scream?’
’Just what is this kid’s background?’
Su Mo demanded, "Four-legged snake, you tell me. Between the two of us, who’s the garbage?"
"Me! I’m the garbage!"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile answered, enduring the excruciating pain.
Only at this moment did he finally understand that the Evil King hadn’t been deceiving him—he had genuinely been trying to help.
This Su Mo before him was indeed powerful.
Unfortunately, he hadn’t listened to the Evil King’s advice.
A terrifying power traveled up from his claw and spread through his entire body. He felt as if every bone in his body was about to be crushed at any moment.
"So now you know you’re garbage?"
Su Mo said, displeased.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile begged for mercy, "My Lord, spare my life! I promise I’ll never dare to do it again! Evil King, quickly put in a good word for me!"
If this continued, he would surely be tortured to death by Su Mo.
"Hmph!"
The Evil King said coldly, "I tried so hard to persuade you just now. Not only were you ungrateful, but you even spouted such filth. What face do you have to ask me to speak on your behalf?"
"I..."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile was kicking himself with regret.
The Evil King said nonchalantly, "Fine. For the sake of us being former neighbors, I can plead for you. However, you have to take out that Thousand-Year Ice Lotus and present it to our Lord as a tribute."
"The Thousand-Year Ice Lotus..."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile looked hesitant.
The Thousand-Year Ice Lotus was his most precious Treasure. Usually, he would only take it out to smell its medicinal fragrance, unable to bear even taking a single bite.
’Handing over the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus is as good as asking for my life!’
The Evil King said, "If you don’t want to hand it over, fine. After you’re dead, my Lord and I will personally go to your cave to find the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus."
"I’ll get it! I’ll get it!"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile finally relented.
The Evil King turned to Su Mo. "My Lord, although this guy is a bit brutish, he’s actually a good sort. He’s never done anything outrageous or wicked. Please, forgive him this once."
"Fine."
Su Mo released the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile.
Other Evil Demons smelled of human blood, but the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile did not. This proved that it had never performed blood sacrifices on humans, making it one of the better ones among the Evil Demons.
"Thank you, My Lord, for sparing my life! This lowly one will go get the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus and present it to you as a tribute."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile scurried into its cave.
Soon, it returned carrying an ice-crystal-like lotus and stood before Su Mo, saying respectfully, "My Lord, this is the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus."
"So this is it?"
Su Mo took the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus from the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile’s hands.
Instantly, an icy chill spread throughout his body, making him feel cool all over without being cold in the slightest.
"This is good stuff!"
Su Mo’s eyes lit up. "If I keep this thing in my room, can’t I use it as an air conditioner? And it doesn’t even need electricity."
"Air conditioner?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile exchanged a confused glance with the Evil King. ’What’s that?’ he thought.
Su Mo didn’t bother to explain.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile took the initiative to say, "My Lord, you mustn’t underestimate this Thousand-Year Ice Lotus. Just plucking a single petal from it can greatly enhance the power of a Spirit Body."
"Is it effective for any Spirit Body?"
Su Mo asked.