Even mere conversations among cultivators followed rules, if anything, out of politeness.
Liam's request had not only been impolite. It had also sounded unbelievably arrogant, as if he disregarded the danger the Dark Heaven Tribe posed.
That wasn't exactly true, but it wasn't completely false, either. Liam didn't disregard or underestimate his predicament. His life had simply twisted his sense of danger.
High-stage and mid-stage branching experts could only appear as the most ordinary of Liam's challenges. Compared to all his other impossible odds, they were the easiest to overcome.
Truth was, Liam hadn't realized his own shift in perspective. It had been gradual, culminating in seeing what would make most cultivators despair as nothing more than routine.
In the past, such statements would have earned Liam countless shouts. His apparent disregard was insulting, but the branching stage provided an unexpected benefit.
