At that moment, Xiao Chen's eyes seethed. He had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless.
Five breaths. Just five breaths.
Yet Su Mei claimed he had exceeded the time limit and should be executed!
Even the Demon Coffin Guards thought Su Mei had gone too far. They hesitated, standing rooted to the spot.
As vicious guards of the Demon Gate, the Demon Coffin Guards were hardly kindhearted souls.
Fairness, justice, morality.
To the Demon Coffin Guards, those were empty words, worth no more than dog shit.
What they truly feared was Ma Yi, the fiend of Slaughter Hall.
They did not know why Xiao Lingfeng and Xiao Yuntian had hardened their hearts against the white-robed youth before them. But to curry favor with those powerful figures, they had every reason to help kill Xiao Chen.
Still, everything had to be done under cover of the sect's rules.
If they went too far, Ma Yi might fly into a rage, kill them, wipe out their families, and erase their names from the rolls.
When that happened, Xiao Lingfeng was unlikely to stir up a bloodbath for a handful of guards.
"The rules require you to complete the gathering. Five breaths late is still a failure. By law, you must be executed!" Su Mei's voice was icy, like a demon from hell.
"Senior Sister Su, you're dead set on proving your loyalty to someone by smearing me!" Xiao Chen said with a vicious grin.
"Sect law stands above the heavens. Though I am your senior sister, I have no right to overstep it. The fact is, you failed to meet the standard within the allotted time!"
Su Mei insisted that the time limit had passed when Xiao Chen succeeded in resonating.
"Because I was five breaths late?"
"That's right.