"No! Absolutely not!"
In his instant shock, Inayat instinctively waved his hands. "B-Boss, with your precious person and your power to shape destiny, how can you so casually place yourself in danger? What if something goes wrong... No, no, absolutely not!"
In his shock, he shook his head like a rattle drum, nearly stirring up a whistling wind.
Never mind Ji Jue's repeated invitations or his talk about how they were already here anyway, had nothing better to do, and it was the New Year...
No!
No meant no!
Setting aside how absurd it was for an artisan to come looking for an encounter battle with a wolf, Inverse Scale was practically having a fit. Back when he had faithfully served as a royal guard, the Priest King's final command had been for him to kill the king after his eventual resurrection. Now that he had tucked away his fangs and obediently become a wolf, the Wolf Lord had fucking come to ask him to cross blades with him too!
What the hell was this damned life?
Was life even livable anymore?
Never mind whether this was just testing each other's skills or sparring—the psychological pressure alone was enough to make his brain vessels burst.
Besides, the Wolf Lord had already gotten used to roaming about outside. If his blades came down too heavily and really caused something to happen, he would have no choice but to atone with his life. How could they fight like this?
One had to know that the White Deer Lineage's techniques were generally aimed at life-and-death struggles. To display their power, they required killing intent and malice to spur them on. Take Hunting Finger Flying Light, for example: if you failed to catch it, you died. There was no room to hold back at