Suppression

The implication in his words was clear. He was challenging the Dragon Emperor, a being so powerful that entire worlds trembled at his name, to a direct confrontation.

Silence, complete and utter silence, engulfed the chamber. 

The Dragon Emperors and Empresses blinked, their eyes quickly narrowing at this audacious youth. 

One of the emperors, his face a mask of disdain, coldly snorted. "The young really need to mind their tongue!" His words carried the weight of millennia, laden with the expectation that the young should know their place.

An empress, her beauty rivaling the celestial maidens of legend, scoffed. Her melodious voice, usually a balm to the soul, now carried a clear note of warning. "You should feel quite honored we are leveling this kind of patience towards you. Others would already be on their knees kowtowing!"