At the sound of that icy voice, Li Feng felt a chill run through his entire body.
It was as though someone had pried open his skull and poured in a bucket of ice water, chilling him all the way to his heels.
"You... Lu Wang, you've crossed the Great Tang Domain again and again! Don't you know I'm its heir? If you dare harm a hair on my head... you'll face the consequences!"
Panic rising in his chest, Li Feng blurted out the first empty threat he could muster.
Bai Xiaowen rode Rageclaw to a stop in front of Li Feng.
He looked at Li Feng and said quietly, "The Great Tang Domain has committed just about every evil imaginable. You've lost every shred of conscience. There are now over a hundred orphans in my territory because of your Grievance Spirit Banner plan. Every last one of them would gladly tear the flesh from your bones."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued:
"But I'm not driven by some overwhelming sense of justice, and I have no intention of passing judgment on you from the moral high ground. Your mistake was threatening my territory with war.
"From the moment your lord, Taizong, threatened me with war, every person in the Great Tang Domain became my enemy... And against my enemies, I'll use any means necessary. I won't show a shred of mercy!"
As Bai Xiaowen's killing intent grew stronger, Li Feng's eyelids twitched wildly.
Th-this Lu Wang was so ruthless! So decisive!
That wasn't what His Majesty Taizong had said at all!
Li Feng still remembered how Taizong had shaken his head dismissively when speaking of Lu Wang before his departure. His words rang in Li Feng's ears:
"Lu Wang? He's a coward. He fears the might of Great Tang's