Chapter 592 Face the Consequences

• Inside a simple prefab room that looked far neater and more lavish than the sheds around it, Zuo Lizhou’s face was a mask of ice. He stared toward the old city wall, a storm gathering in his eyes. The Grassland Wolf Emperor, Xiao Kai, had been close to him for years. Not a subordinate, but still a long-time ally. And now Xiao Kai had been defeated and killed by a martial grandmaster from Sakuran? On top of that, Chen Fan’s fierce shout was rolling in from outside.
• Of course, none of that was the worst of it. What truly lit his fury, made him itch to kill, was the defeat of the Seven Grandmasters. Wu Zhao had sent word, and he’d gotten it too: Fu Qinglei was dead; the Seven Grandmasters had been wiped out. He’d felt certain when he sent—or rather convinced—the Seven Grandmasters to act. He thought it was foolproof. He didn’t expect the Saint of Jing to jump in, and the deputy leader, Fu Qinglei, to fall! The most unacceptable part? Chen Fan had the balls to come all the way to Guancheng Ridge and demand his “cooperation with the investigation.” Cooperation, his ass—wasn’t that just grabbing him?
• He was a martial grandmaster, head of the Heroes Alliance. And Chen Tianjiao dared, in front of the entire martial world, to try and arrest him? Screw this. That was beyond insulting. In the prefab room sat several others, all eyes pinned to him now. These included Xin Beitian, Yan Siyu, Master Chongxu, Master Huixing, Feng Chengmo, and Wang Yucheng—each a martial grandmaster with weight and clout. Under their stare, Zuo Lizhou forced down the blaze in his chest and smiled. “In a grandmaster duel, a hostile state pressed our Central Plains martial world underfoot. That’s intolerable. And now some petty clown stirs the pot. Let’s head out and see.” He stood and strode out. The others rose too, filing outside to check the situation.