The Sect Leader Great Hall was utterly silent.
Only Fang Che's voice, brimming with righteous fury, rang out like the clash of metal and stone.
"If we don't kill him, then all we can do is withdraw!"
"In everyone's eyes, it will look as though I led men here to arrest someone, got blocked, fought, was driven away, failed to make the arrest, had my life threatened, and then slunk back with my men."
Fang Che held his neck stiff and said, "I don't believe I did anything wrong, and I don't believe I acted impulsively! Even if I hadn't been impulsive at the time, I still would have killed Dao Pingbo!"
"Because he had forced things to this point."
"Speaking fairly, would Dao Pingbo have died? No! If he wasn't a Guardian spy, naturally he wouldn't die! If he was a Guardian spy, he still wouldn't die! He was a man who couldn't die no matter what!"
"And yet he died!"
"So I wasn't the one who killed Dao Pingbo. Although I was the one who chopped off his head, it was Chen Xi who killed him!"
Fang Che held his neck stiff and said, "I believe there isn't the slightest error in putting it that way!"
Two hundred people from the Main Trial Hall witnessed it, and several thousand from the Patrol Hall experienced it firsthand! The facts are all there. There's nothing for me to deny about my fault, and nothing worth boasting about regarding my success. My mouth alone can't turn black into white or muddle right and wrong!"
Yan Nan flew into a rage. "So you're in the right now? You've rendered meritorious service now?"
"I wouldn't dare claim credit!"
"You damned thing!"
Yan Nan cursed furiously. "You went to arrest someone with your nose