The moment Kainlaur appeared, Cheng Shi knew that his and Sun Miao's deductions had been completely right, regardless of whether the person before them was a slice.
The Chief Judge from Kato Court had not only allowed the Grand Inquisition to fail; he had also played the role of a mastermind in that failure, one who could never wash away his guilt!
Previously, Cheng Shi had always believed that the Grand Inquisition had suffered a crushing defeat because Kainlaur lacked military ability. But after witnessing his opponent's command skills, Cheng Shi now felt that Kainlaur was not incompetent at all. Rather, he was too capable—so capable that he had become arrogant and overconfident, completely overestimating his ability to turn the tables in a desperate situation and forcing a good hand into a loss.
But this was no longer the time to think about such things. Cheng Shi had to be ready to run at any moment, because once the first meteor crashed into the central army, its counterattack would arrive immediately.
When that happened, Kainlaur's slice could die as many times as it wanted, but Cheng Shi had no second life.
Whether the Vitality Authority could withstand a meteor still needed to be tested, but Cheng Shi had no intention of staking his life on the answer. He would follow the original plan and run first.
He quickly slipped away from the chanting ranks of Elemental Judges. Such an action was extremely conspicuous in a formation where everyone was united in punishing traitors, so Kainlaur noticed Cheng Shi at once.
But the white-haired old man did not expose Cheng Shi's abnormal behavior. He did not even let his gaze linger on the slippery judge, because he knew that in the torrent of war, an individual's influence was extremely limited. No