At the sight of this group, Sun Zhi's eyes lit up, and he stopped pretending.
"Shen Lin! You're at death's door!!!"
Gritting his teeth, he said viciously, "I know your talent is astonishing, but here in Qiulin County, being able to fight isn't enough! Today will be your last day!"
Faced with Sun Zhi's shift from deferential to arrogant, Shen Lin showed not the slightest surprise. He smiled and said, "Chief, didn't we work together rather well before? Why are you suddenly harboring such intense hostility toward me today?"
"Worked together rather well?"
Sun Zhi's eyes widened as he stared at Shen Lin in disbelief.
Ever since I started working with you, the wolf demon broke three of my ribs. Before I had even fully recovered, I followed you to Baoshan Village, where I lost an arm and nearly got stewed into soup. You call that working well together?
He gave a cold laugh. "I know. You put me through all that before because of what happened with the Mantis Demon. But that was because..."
"Because of what?" Shen Lin cut him off, his voice gradually turning cold. "Because you wanted to slay demons and exchange their deaths for merit, you could send those innocent brothers to the demons, let them hack off their limbs, and hang them from the rafters like a bundle of cured meat?"
"As someone from the County Yamen, instead of thinking about how to lead your brothers in slaying demons and exterminating devils, you treated them as gifts and sent them to demons. Is that what gives you the nerve to act so righteously?"
"Don't you have any shame?!!"
As Shen Lin shouted his final sentence, Sun Zhi's entire body involuntarily trembled.
He truly feared that Shen Lin, driven into a rage, would charge over