This close-range explosion, though partially blocked by those dark crimson wings, still hindered Lu Baoyou's mobility.
He staggered to his feet, but before he could steady himself, Lin Qiye kicked him in the chest and sent him flying another dozen meters.
Lu Baoyou spat out a mouthful of blood and fell flat on his back.
Lin Qiye walked up to him, calmly grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him into the air.
"What gives you the right to be here?" Lin Qiye asked flatly.
"What?" Lu Baoyou frowned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth as he dangled from Lin Qiye's grip.
"I said, what gives you the right to be here?"
Lin Qiye repeated himself.
"Becoming Lucifer's proxy is certainly impressive." Lin Qiye stared into those crimson eyes and continued, "But it seems you've forgotten who you are, and what kind of place this is..."
Lin Qiye clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it hard into Lu Baoyou's face, driving him into the ground.
"This is Great Xia! You are a citizen of Great Xia! And you're a recruit about to become a Night Watchman!" Amid the billowing dust, Lin Qiye's furious golden eyes blazed like a pair of furnaces.
"Why do you think you were able to grow up safely, walk freely outside, and stand here alive and kicking, acting so arrogant as you declare that you're going to kill a Night Watchman?!
Because you were born lucky? Because the world was simply supposed to be this way?
Bullshit!
It's because countless Night Watchmen have been carrying the burden for you!
Without the Night Watchmen who gave up their families, freedom, futures, and even their lives to protect Great Xia, the best fate you could hope for now would be becoming a human