For Su Mo, exterminating the Asura clan was a logical part of his plan.
Besides rescuing little Garling at Shiroyasha's request, the main purpose of this trip was to use the conflict between the Asura and Garuda clans to escalate the situation to a point where the Heavenly Army could not back down.
Evidently, simply rescuing the Roc Demon King was not enough to achieve his goal.
And as for the two clans currently fighting before him, even if he didn't consider the relationship between Shiroyasha and little Garling, and just looked at the clans themselves, Su Mo would still choose to exterminate the Asura clan.
It wasn't because he disliked the Asura clan for being cunning. In fact, learning to use cunning was a proof of intelligence, and the strong preying on the weak was a natural truth. The Asura clan's plan this time was also quite a gamble.
If the entire clan was not united, it would be difficult to carry out such a plan with great side effects. In the three aspects that Little Garden valued most—wisdom, martial prowess, and courage—the Asura clan directly occupied wisdom and courage.
However, even so, if he had to choose between the two, Su Mo would still choose to leave the Great Peng Golden-Winged Bird clan.
There was only one reason: the Asura clan was too ugly.
For Su Mo, this was a simple choice. But for little Garling, Su Mo's words were too shocking.
"Ex-exterminate the clan?! That's one of the Eight Legions. It's one of the main sources of the Buddhist sect's military strength. Killing the Asura prince is only making an enemy of the Asura clan. Exterminating the Asura clan is making an enemy of the entire Buddhist sect!"
She spoke with great seriousness about the importance of the Asura clan to the Buddhist sect, her eyes fixed on Su Mo before her.
"Even a Devil King, after provoking the Buddhist sect, will surely face fierce retaliation. Are you really prepared to be an enemy of the pantheons?"
As a child who grew up in the Buddhist sect, little Garling was very clear about the power structure of the Buddhist sect, so she understood perfectly what the outcome of Su Mo's actions would be.
Among the Eight Legions, apart from the Devas who represented the gods, the other seven were the source of basic military strength. Exterminating any one of them would be a crippling blow to the Buddhist sect. If it were an internal dispute, the Buddhist sect would not exterminate the victor.
That would be too much damage. But if it were an external conflict, those Buddhas would definitely not be merciful.
At that time, even if Su Mo were an ordinary Devil King, he would most likely receive the same treatment as a Last Embryo of humanity.
Faced with Garling's question, Su Mo asked back with a very calm expression, "So what?"
"Huh?"
"Since I am a Devil King, I am naturally an enemy of the heavens, an irreconcilable one. A mere pantheon, what's there to fear?"
Su Mo's tone was as calm as ever, as if he were talking about some trivial common sense. But that unshakable tone, that absolute confidence in victory, and that arrogant attitude that disdained the pantheons and even the world, not only shocked Saber Alter and Guinevere, making their eyes burn with fervor, but also made little Garling's expression a little dazed.
She stared blankly at Su Mo, unconsciously raising her slender arm as if trying to grasp something. This pride hidden deep in her soul, and this contempt for the millions of gods, couldn't help but remind her of someone.
A person she respected the most in her life, but who had left her.
"Great Sage Sister..."
At this moment, two unrelated figures faintly overlapped before her.
"What did you say?" Su Mo glanced at the young Roc Demon King.
"I!"
Garling clutched her racing heart, looked up at Su Mo, her eyes burning and shining like the sun.
"My name is Garling! You should know that name already. What's your name!"
She didn't understand what this impulse in her chest was, but she knew that she wanted to know everything about the person before her.
"Su Mo."
There was no need for secrecy. After casually saying his name, and noticing the situation on the battlefield, Su Mo no longer paid attention to the girl's emotional changes, but looked at Artoria beside him.
"It's time to make a move! Saber, the Asura clan's army is yours!"
"Yes! Master!"
Finally receiving a combat mission, Saber Alter accepted the order with high spirits. The Asura clan was a nation of soldiers, with a total force of nearly one hundred thousand, all of whom were elites at the Primordial God and Buddha level. But it didn't matter. She was a master of fighting elites.
"Guinevere, you're responsible for protecting Garling. Don't participate in the battle. Call me if there's danger!"
"Yes!"
There was a reason she was summoned this time. However, just as she was about to pull little Garling away to hide, the young Roc Demon King, after being put down by Saber Alter, dodged Guinevere's hand and ran directly in front of Su Mo.
The originally mischievous girl like a bear child was for some reason much more reserved now, her eyes full of apprehension. She looked up and said with great anticipation, "Su Mo, Lord Su Mo... can you let me join the battle too! If the opponent is an ordinary Asura, I won't hold you back!"
As the highest damage dealer among the Seven Great Demon Kings, her strength was really not weak among the Four-Digits. It was just that she couldn't compare to bugs like Artoria.
Hearing this, Su Mo shook his head. "No need!"
"I really can fight. Great Sage Sister even praised me for my good flame control. If you don't believe me, look—"
Before she could start her performance, Guinevere stepped forward and pulled up this little vixen who was fawning over her master in front of her. "Miss Garling, you may have misunderstood. Lord Su Mo is not doubting your strength."
"Then why?" The haughty Roc Demon King began to ask for advice with an open mind.
"It's just for the sake of efficiency," Guinevere immediately explained. "If you only look at strength, don't look down on me. I'm also a leader among the Four-Digits, and I also have the authority to transform into a Pure-Blooded Dragon."
Before Guinevere became a Divine Ancestor, she was a goddess of the white goddess. Her incarnation was a white dragon. So it was obvious that although Saber Alter was really not Vortigern, she, Guinevere, was! Her spiritual rank's origin was the white dragon that symbolized the island of Britain.
With her current power, if she were to use the advantage of a Pure-Blooded Dragon, she could also be invincible on the battlefield, and even stronger than little Garling.
But even so, Su Mo had not let her go on stage. There was only one reason.
"We can't affect Lily's performance."