As the saying went, there were only wrongly chosen names, never wrongly chosen nicknames. Blood Minister Zhong Shu was nothing like the other Red Name Messengers, who all showed their sharp edges. He wore an exquisite Crimson-Purple Robe, a Jade Belt with Seal around his waist, and a Jinxian Crown made of black gauze on his head. A Hairpin Pen was stuck in at an angle, its Tassel Ribbon hanging beneath his chin. He stood eight feet tall and had delicate, feminine features. Even Shang Xuanwen seemed slightly inferior in bearing beside him. Anyone would have thought he was a high-ranking official who had just finished his duties at Shangshu Province.
But this was not Shangshu Province, and he was not the Court Chancellor.
He was merely the Great Protector of Shu Road Mountain, a king within the Calamitous Demonic Ground, and an out-and-out Red Name Butcher. No one was willing to accept his rule. Everyone merely feared his brutality... perhaps that counted as a form of rule, too.
Yan Qing flexed his fingers, a faint tension and excitement spreading through his heart.
He did not believe Zhong Ji was lying. Although Blood Minister and Zhong Ji were both Third Rank Heralds, the gap in strength between two Third Rank Heralds could still be tremendous.
Bunny Heroine had already killed He Lanque, a Military Town Third Rank, as a Second Turn Messenger, while Zhong Ji was a Third Rank Messenger from the Demonic Path. Jiang Shi had even beaten Wandering Star Forest into submission, and Rat Monk had the ability to fight a Second Turn Demon King alone. Yan Qing himself was also Second Rank. Did that mean he could be placed on the same level as Bunny Heroine, Jiang Shi, and Rat Monk? The gap between Third Ranks would