In the brief silence.
Even through the light curtain, Lin An could still sense a needle-sharp intent faintly stabbing toward him.
Watching Black Emperor, watching this super-strong expert, powerful enough to destroy a planet, bow respectfully to him.
Yet Lin An felt no delight whatsoever. All he felt was a deep chill.
He could naturally tell that this was another kind of probing.
He could see even more clearly the anger of those Fifth Order experts under Black Emperor's suppression.
If he merely nodded, Black Emperor would definitely kill his own clansman without hesitation—kill the Fifth Order expert who had once looked down on him.
As long as he beckoned, Black Emperor, whose strength surpassed his by a hundred or even a thousand times, would bow and scrape before him, willingly becoming his dog.
As if he truly feared him.
But
How could it be that simple?
"Killing him would mean forming a mortal enmity. When the final moment came, these Fifth Order experts would have ten thousand reasons to attack me."
"Even if they discovered after making their move that I was a Star Shatterer, they could still claim that their clansman had acted on impulse and that it had nothing to do with him."
"Heh, for this old man to do this is obviously to lay the groundwork in advance and find a reason to make a move."
His gaze turned cold.
Lin An looked at the Fifth Order expert whose face was full of unwillingness, who had no idea why Black Emperor wanted to kill him, and a solemn glint flashed in his eyes.
He hadn't expected Black Emperor to come up with such a response under his feigned posturing.
Not only had he perfectly expressed his sincerity, but he had also left himself an opening for