The Demon King's Twin Guardians Make Their Entrance! "Zhou Yichen, do you know your crime?!"
The grand hall was packed to the brim. The woman seated at its head wore a frosty expression as she looked at the youth forced to kneel in the center, her eyes brimming with disgust.
The man called Zhou Yichen struggled to raise his head and look at the woman in the seat of honor. Hatred filled his eyes as he gave a derisive laugh. "What of mine has your beloved junior brother set his sights on this time? A magic treasure? Pills? My spiritual roots? You've already taken all of those. So what do you want this time?"
"Why put on this show? Just take it directly. It's not as if I can resist anyway. Why bother pinning some fabricated crime on me?"
This was far from the first time it had happened. So long as that so-called junior brother shed a single tear, Zhou Yichen would be dragged here to face this so-called trial, even though he had never done any of those things...
Hearing this, his master flew into a rage and shouted, "Wicked disciple! You refuse to mend your ways! It was merely a spar, yet you tried to kill your junior brother! Can you truly not tolerate him that much?!"
"A spar? What a fine spar. Such blatant double standards..."
Zhou Yichen laughed under his breath, the sound hoarse and dry. He swept his gaze across the crowd, his face steeped in mockery. "Every move he made was aimed at taking my life, yet you turned a blind eye."
"Now that I merely defended myself, I'm vicious and malicious in your eyes? What, did you want me not to resist and die beneath his sword before you'd be satisfied?"
"Stop