Entangled with An Evil Lord

After a brief discussion, they proposed a good plan. They tried to make the mussel the scapegoat for the recent disappearance of the majestic beings. If they could convince others, they had more than enough reasons to kill it. Hence, they carefully planned each step and then set the plan in motion. For instance, once the mussel was dead, one of them would offer one of his least favorable majestic beings and kill it with the mussel’s shells. By doing so, they could easily fabricate the charge against the mussel. When the structure of their plan was finally well made, they started to surround the mussel.

Altogether, they verbally abused the mussel by accusing it as a monstrous mussel that indulged in all sorts of evil doings. They proclaimed that killing it was as an act of righteousness by removing evil from the Saha World. They declared their action out of a sense of justice; however, their only evidence at the time was the musk deer that the mussel had just grilled. The trio claimed that the musk deer was not an animal in the wild; it was a majestic being that they owned.

Certainly, the mussel defended itself. It made its identity clear by bringing up its ownership. Also, it argued strongly that what it grilled was merely an ordinary musk deer. To the mussel’s surprise, the Senior Immortals refused to listen to its explanation. Instead, they decided to attack it.

During the fight, they put forward many lethal strikes against the mussel. They intended to pursue it to the brutal end. Meanwhile, they continued to abuse it, saying that it was not qualified to be in the Upper Bound and that even a boar here would be nobler than itself. They called it foolish and assumed that its owner must be equally dumb. They even threatened the mussel that they were going to cook it, for the taste of its meat must be good.

Humiliating the mussel was part of their plan, as they were concerned that their spiritual power might not be a match for the mussel’s incredible strength. They wanted to trigger the mussel to its greatest extent so that it would lose its focus in the fight.