Su Chen classified bad people into four kinds, from low to high.
The first three were villains, beasts, and livestock. The last kind was Li Xinnian.
He moved farther away from Li Xinnian and said nothing.
He merely wiped away the blood, crushed his teeth between his jaws and swallowed them, then fixed Star Lord Cidao with an icy stare.
He had no choice.
Star Lord Cidao panted heavily, glaring at Su Chen with a flushed face. He had no choice either!
From the moment he had handed the Blood Moon over to Li Xinnian, he had already lost his choice. He had stood on the opposite side of the Immortal Court. If the Immortal Court won this conflict, he would face the Immortal Emperor's reckoning. No matter what, the immortals here had to fall, leaving no corpse and no witness. Su Chen could originally have negotiated with him and agreed to keep each other's secrets.
But when Li Xinnian openly laid out the possibility that he could join the Azure Cloud Li Family, this became an unsolvable dilemma.
Because Su Chen could never be accepted by the Azure Cloud Li Family, while he had become a fence-sitter who could fall to either side.
As for Su Chen... he no longer had a road of retreat. He sensed Star Lord Cidao's killing intent and was unsure whether Star Lord Cidao would count him among those who must die to leave no witness.
He could even guess that Li Xinnian was sowing discord, trying to borrow his strength to suppress and kill Star Lord Cidao together.
Two possibilities: half a chance of being used, half a chance of dying. What would people choose?
"Don't be angry."
Looking at Su Chen's resentful-woman expression, Li Xinnian smiled. "Look on the bright side. At