Zi Qi was Zi Du's cousin. That was the answer Ye Zhen had obtained.
In fact, even before getting that answer from the two captains, Ye Zhen had already made his decision.
But that answer determined the intensity of Ye Zhen's retaliation.
After Ding Chi arrived in the Phoenix Spirit Realm, his social connections had been extremely simple. The only person he could be said to have made an enemy of was Zi Du.
By all accounts, when they had become enemies at Lu Manor, Ye Zhen had dealt with Zi Du rather ruthlessly.
Now, Zi Qi, Zi Du's cousin, had deliberately tried to kill Ding Chi within the rules of the Military Exercise.
Then Ye Zhen could be basically certain that, if given the chance, Zi Du would also try to kill Ye Zhen within the rules.
At this moment, Ye Zhen had already set the bounds of his retaliation.
Outside the Military Exercise battlefield, Ye Zhen had dozens, even hundreds, of ways to kill the Zi Qi before him. But this Military Exercise battlefield had its own rules. If Ye Zhen wanted to kill someone, he had to do so within those rules.
Yet in almost an instant, Ye Zhen had formulated a plan of action.
Since this Zi Qi might have been acting on Zi Du's orders to deliberately kill Ding Chi, Ye Zhen had every reason to conclude that he himself was likely on the target list as well.
"Proceed according to the original plan. I'm going to save him."
After giving that instruction, Ye Zhen flashed forward and charged over.
"Ding Chi, I'm here to save you!" Ye Zhen shouted, immediately drawing the attention of Zi Qi, who had just decided the time was right to strike down Ding Chi.
The moment Zi Qi saw