"Stop laughing." Xu Zhentai glared at Xu Ke.
Xu Ke suppressed his smile.
Then, he felt a belated sense of fear. Thankfully, Xu Zhentai's act was completely convincing just now. Otherwise, if he had shown even a hint of cowardice or weakness, the three Fire Guards would have certainly seen through it. And if that had happened, it really would have been game over for us.
Xu Ke sat down with a plop and asked, "So, was the task you gave me to kill them serious?"
"Of course not. Do you really think you could pull that off?" Xu Zhentai said exasperatedly. "If I hadn't said that, they would've definitely suspected why I didn't kill them myself. If they had forced my hand and I had to use all my strength to kill them, then you would have been done for as well."
Hearing this, Xu Ke was left speechless.
