"What do you mean, no wonder?" Ares keenly caught the implication in Li Wen's words.
"Nothing." Li Wen did not want to discuss their earlier clash in public, so he brushed it aside.
Bringing it up would accomplish nothing except embarrassing Isabel.
Since the other man dared threaten him publicly, he clearly did not fear Li Wen knowing.
Their conversation, especially the familiarity Ares showed toward Li Wen,
once again made the other Saint Realm geniuses in the hall see Li Wen in a new light, drawing even more exclamations.
"Ares actually knows this Li Wen that well?"
"And Isabel, too-"
"Obviously! Didn't you hear? Safis went after Li Wen because of Isabel!"
"Tsk, tsk. To have Ares treat him as an equal and Isabel look at him differently-"
"But he's offended Safis-the Shadow Song Lineage isn't easy to mess with-"
Just then, the door to the Star Lord certification room opened.
Safis Yingge walked out expressionlessly, evidently having completed his certification.
His gaze swept across the hall, immediately finding Isabel standing quite close beside Li Wen.
Seeing the subtle atmosphere between her and Li Wen, the jealousy suppressed in Safis's eyes surged instantly, almost erupting.
He fixed Li Wen with a vicious stare, icy and bone-chilling, brimming with warning and venom.
Then he snorted coldly and strode out of the certification center without looking back, an icy aura trailing him.
"Did you... have a clash with him earlier?" Neither Ares nor Raymond and the others were slow on the uptake.
Ares, in particular, had clearly sensed the intense hostility Safis directed at Li Wen before leaving.
"No." Li Wen remained calm. "Probably something wrong with his brain. Completely inexplicable."
His tone carried a hint of disdain.
He truly did not fear Safis.
He was an internal member of the