Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1478: Chapter 557: Breaking All Pretense

Sena Romanov was stunned and speechless upon hearing this, unable to utter a complete sentence for a while, she just pointed at Ren Zhong with trembling fingers, "You... you... I..."

Ren Zhong smiled slightly, spread his hands apart, feigning puzzlement, "What? Lady Sena, are you still not satisfied? So what do you want? Do you truly wish me to follow your wishes and commit suicide right here? I really want to know, why exactly is this? I’ve never known you or Duke Wenle before, we’ve never had any interaction, why are you trying so hard to deal with me? Aside from my absolute loyalty to His Majesty, where else have I offended you?"

Ren Zhong spoke once more with cutting words.

Yet Sena Romanov could not find a reason to clarify.

There was no way she could publicly disclose Duke Wenle’s real motives in front of this grand audience.

There were really no formal grounds; it was simply because Duke Wenle sensed the unusual favor Marquis Zhenjiang had for Earl Red Blade, driven by absurd and ridiculous jealousy, and casually set up a minor scheme, letting her as his spokesperson casually maneuver to easily erase this small, unofficially designated earl.

In the past, such things were common within the Empire, not worth mentioning.

A duke oppressing an earl across two ranks was commonplace and harmless.

But who could have thought that Earl Red Blade would actually be such a tough opponent.

Not only did Sena Romanov fail to dispose of him, but instead, because of the opponent’s formidable strength and sharp tongue, she landed herself in trouble.

After thinking it over, Sena weakly refuted, "The Duke’s loyalty to the Emperor is beyond your doubt, the Royal Arbitration Court has long established this. Do not insinuate."

Ren Zhong shrugged, no longer pursued relentlessly.

At this level, it was enough.

Others listened to their verbal confrontation, but no one cared about these details.

Their minds were still echoing with Ren Zhong’s earlier wild speech challenging everyone throughout the entire Empire.

He truly was arrogant, arrogant to the point of having no boundaries or standard.

Counting the age of Origin before humans embarked on separate paths, the Mechanical Empire, where original humans were the dominant species, has a history of tens of millions of years.

In such a long, enduring history, naturally, countless famed individuals like fish in a river were left behind.

Some people were still alive in the Frozen Storage, some had already died.

Some left academic legacies, others boasted military achievements that gazed down upon the stars.

The Empire was short of talent, yet never lacked talent.

Those dukes and princes who were already recognized as Chosen Ones were there in living flesh.

Of course, there were historical figures who fell just short of actually being officially recognized as Chosen Ones, but they were only a hair away.

However, across the ages, throughout the current world, no one as wild as Ren Zhong has ever appeared, not once.

Was there not one single madman before?

Hardly.

There were.

But the issue is, no matter how strong, how boastful and arrogant one might be, they should understand that the population base of the Empire is unimaginably huge.

The larger the population base, the more geniuses it will birth.

Truly, no one dared claim themselves invincible within the Empire.

No matter how strong they were.

To recklessly utter boastful words would only draw ridicule from others, who would see you as ignorant, mistaking lack of knowledge for confidence.

Under normal understanding, hearing Ren Zhong’s bold words now, others should have this kind of thought.

But inexplicably, the audience present looked at his eyes, calm yet hiding the storm, and the first subconscious thought emerging was, this man means it.

Once they calmed slightly, someone felt disdain but couldn’t immediately find suitable examples to argue back in their minds, to remind Earl Red Blade to tone down a bit.

The reason was simple, even if they racked their brains, searched through their own databases, no one could quickly find someone definitely stronger than Ren Zhong.

Watching the reactions of the audience, Ren Zhong accurately gauged their psychological movements.

He knew some felt he was laughable.

But he did not care.

From now on, Ren Zhong decided to no longer hide his brilliance and embarked on the path to become the Empire’s strongest warrior.

He had already passed psychological scrutiny at the Far Border Branch’s Life Institute and became the Mechanical Empire’s "one of us", allowing him to exhibit his sharpness.

Anyway, as long as he firmly grasped one core point: "loyal to the Emperor", the Emperor of the Empire, whom he’s never met, naturally becomes his ultimate backing.