Slaying Another Marquis!

Hearing the stern rebuke, Shen Qian raised his brows and looked toward the source. On a throne not far away, a figure gradually came into focus—a resolute-looking middle-aged man.

He carried an air of grim slaughter. His features were imposing even without anger, and his robes still bore the scent of blood, as though he had just rushed here from some distant place.

What surprised Shen Qian most was that he had never met this man, yet the man apparently knew him. The disgust in his eyes was entirely undisguised.

"This is Conqueror of the West Earl, Wu Taifeng!"

Seeming to understand Shen Qian's confusion, Gu Donglai took the initiative to introduce him.

"Secretary-General Gu, it has been a long time."

Wu Taifeng was relatively polite toward Gu Donglai. He gave a slight nod in greeting.

After his initial surprise, Shen Qian turned it over in his mind and roughly understood who this Conqueror of the West Earl was, as well as why he bore such hostility toward him.

The source of it dated back to the Nine Heavens Competition. Back then, Shen Qian had displayed astonishing brilliance and killed quite a few so-called geniuses targeting Jiangzhong Military University. Afterward, someone had reminded him that one genius he had slain, named Wen Zhe, had deep ties to the Wu family of Conqueror of the West Earl.

He seemed to have been something like the biological nephew of that Marquis's principal wife, but Shen Qian had merely laughed it off and paid it no mind.

Had he offended too few Marquises already?

Conqueror of the West Earl had also come from a Military Martial Artist background. He had been stationed in the desert for years and held immense authority among Military Martial Artists. It was said that no one apart from