Hearing Fengqi dare to invoke the Emperor's name to suppress him.
"Heh... hehe..."
Peng Lie suddenly let out a spine-chilling low laughter.
The laughter started very softly, then gradually turned into madness, echoing continuously in the grand hall, shaking dust from the beams and pillars.
It sounded like the scream of an evil spirit seeping from the depths of the eighteenth layer of hell, swirling through the ornate hall.
His skeletal fingers slowly brushed past the jade pendant at his waist, his age-spotted skin twitching, with a murderous intent in his cloudy eyes nearly materializing.
"Fengqi, a fine Guard Commander of the third rank personally appointed by His Majesty..."
Peng Lie drawled every word with clarity and precision.
The next moment, crimson vital energy coiled around him like a living entity, filling the air with the crackling sound of flames.
"If back then I hadn't seen some potential in you on the street, I would have fed you to the stray dogs already!"
