"Gatu, the Aolei Empire's Imperial Beast, right?" Lu Xingshi carried the Earth King's Shield and used a Martial Skill to clear out the guards surrounding Gatu without harming him in the slightest. It had been effortless.
He had only asked casually. In truth, Lu Xingshi knew a thing or two about what Gatu looked like.
He looked like a frustrated, unsuccessful middle-aged man, yet he was the Imperial Beast who inspired dread on the battlefield.
The man had climbed up from the bottom, so naturally he was not handsome or dashing. In fact, he looked utterly ordinary.
"That would be me. Earl Landon's bravery surpasses even the Empire's strongest Grand Knights," Gatu flattered him.
Inwardly, he also breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Xingshi had not killed him immediately, which meant there was still room to negotiate.
"Bravery? No, no, no. You have one thing wrong. If the Aolei Empire had not invaded the Worth Kingdom, I would merely have been a minor earl on the frontier." Lu Xingshi smiled.
He was saying that they had provoked him first. Otherwise, he would only have been a law-abiding man minding his own business.
"That is different. Earl Landon, you are a Grand Knight—a true Grand Knight." Gatu repeated "Grand Knight," placing particular emphasis on the word "true."
Lu Xingshi's Earth Force did indeed possess the characteristics of Battle Qi. There was nothing strange about someone recognizing it.
Gatu was one of the Empire's generals. Even if he had never seen Battle Qi himself, he had read descriptions of it in books.
"I was lucky. It is nothing much," Lu Xingshi said calmly.
"That cannot be explained by luck alone." Gatu knew Lu Xingshi was merely being modest. "Still, I am rather puzzled. A Grand Knight should not be able to reach