"Oh oh." The Little Nian Beast nodded its head.
"Don't talk to our Little Nian Beast like that; it's just a child," the White Goat Demon said kindly, its face radiating an excessive benevolence that, if stared at for too long, might induce the uncanny valley effect.
"Let's go, we need to make preparations," the Year Beast Monarch said in a deep voice.
After speaking, it rose from the large central mat, slowly turned its head, and finally glanced at the Little Nian Beast, "You... truly won't accompany me to the battlefield?"
"No." The Little Nian Beast shook its head, "Fighting and killing are not matters for a refined demon like me to get involved in."
The Year Beast Monarch lowered its head, a trace of disappointment flickering in its eyes, "Then so be it."
With those words, it turned around and, alongside Bai Tanlang, proceeded forward with the eight demons of the Zodiac Team following behind the Monarch. They disappeared into the forest, entering Spirit Heart Lake.
