The pancakes sizzled in the oil pan, still smelling delicious, but no one cared to even glance at them anymore.
Li E suddenly stopped and looked at the vendor who was still focused on making pancakes. "I want to enter the palace!"
The boss didn't even raise his head; the invisible aura around him subtly isolated Li E's figure and voice, making them undetectable to outsiders.
"Lieutenant Li, your mission is complete."
"I said—I—want—to—enter—the—palace!"
Li E roared, his eyes bloodshot, veins bulging on his forehead, looking like a lion on the verge of losing control.
The tragic death of his elder brother, the blood feud among his brothers, and the truth that was enough to burn everything raged wildly in his chest, almost bursting out of his body.
The boss finally raised his head, glanced at him indifferently, without the slightest change in expression.
"You're not strong enough."
They wouldn't even get close to the palace gates before being killed by the guards; getting inside was simply wishful thinking.
Going now would only ruin all the plans and render all the sacrifices futile.
"My brother was the first to scale the walls!" Li E practically roared, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Do you know what it means to be the first to scale the walls? It's something earned with your life!"
His position as General Zhaoyi did not belong to him alone; it was stained with the blood of countless brothers!
Now that I know who my enemy is, I can't take revenge? Tell me, why?!
He took a sudden step forward, his imposing aura astounding: "You can't stop me!"
The boss looked at him, his face expressionless, and coldly uttered three words:
"Zhao Hengjiang".
Those three words, like the sharpest ice needles, instantly pierced Li E's boiling blood.
All the movements, all the anger, all the resolve, were completely frozen in that moment.
The color drained from his face instantly, leaving only a deathly pale ashes.
The boss's voice remained cold, yet carried a cruel clarity:
"If you and Qu Hengruo both die, how will Zhao Hengjiang live?"
Li E stood frozen in place, as if struck by an invisible bolt of lightning.
The overwhelming rage was shattered, leaving only boundless despair that seeped into the very marrow of one's bones.
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