Both Qie Ranzhe and Miyu Ren heard what he said despite the fact that he was whispering to himself. This had the sinister laugh disappear from Miyu Ren's face replaced by a black expression. He glowered at Zhao Zhi with his dark eyes that spelt murder but Qie Ranzhe didn't hesitate to block his line of sight standing in front of Zhao Zhi.
The demon king was about to say something when one of the seven brothers suddenly kowtowed before him drawing his attention. He removed his foot from the merman king's head and turned around to look at them.
Amused, he smirked and sauntered over to them with great interest. He crouched down before the oldest of the seven and raised his chin with a devilish smile that sent shivers down the merman prince's spine.
"And what do you hope you will achieve by doing this?" he asked staring deeply into the merman's eyes, "do you think such trickery can spare your father's life?"
