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Li Gang was riding on a red horse, and his body was visibly trembling.

He originally thought that Hong Lei was just an ignorant brute who relied on his connections to rise to power. Besides his martial arts, there was nothing else worth praising.

Thus, he had always been brooding over the fact that Hong Lei had become the commander of the Black Armored Army. In his heart, he was unwilling to accept this. Therefore

Ever since Hong Lei had taken office, he had been plotting something behind his back in order to have Hong Lei make a mistake.

After all, Hong Lei was someone who had been chosen by Liu Bo'an. He had to give Liu Bo'an face no matter what.

Therefore, Li Gang's intention was for Hong Lei to make a mistake and then he would be able to legitimately exclude Hong Lei. This way, others wouldn't be able to say anything.

However, who would have thought that Hong Lei was actually the famous "Blade Breaking Henggang" in the Northeast battlefield back then. He was a high-ranking general who had fought well in the war and was not someone he could compare with.

Li Gang was scared because his actions today had already put Hong Lei on the opposite side of him. It could even be said that he wouldn't rest until he was dead.

He was starting to regret why he did not take action after understanding the situation. Otherwise, he would not have acted like this.

Originally, Li Gang was somewhat gloating when he received Hong Lei's attack on the 18 docks.

He had heard a bit about the strength of the Three Boats Eighteen Docks. Thus, he had been waiting for the news of Hong Lei's defeat.

However, Hong Lei was able to fend off the three boat's eighteen dock. Li Gang would have never expected this to happen, but he had prepared a backup plan, and that was the Eight Extreme Sword Sect elder, Feng Xiao.

Li Gang knew that if he wanted to fight against Hong Lei, he would have to control Hong Lei's strength, so he thought of the Eight Extreme Sword Sect.

He had learned about the news of Hong Lei's one-slash from some of his own channels. Therefore, he used the Black Armored Army's name to communicate with the Eight Extreme Sword Sect and told them that Hong Lei would be one-slash.

Although the Eight Extreme Sword Sect did not like people meddling in their own matters, the Black Armored Army was still a great army of the imperial government. The Eight Extreme Sword Sect did not dare to make a move, thus they decided to send Elder Feng Xiao to settle this matter.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Gang had led his army to appear when Hong Lei was temporarily defeated. His goal was to eradicate Hong Lei in one fell swoop and take back the Black Armored Army's commanding authority.

Even if Liu Bo An were to blame for this, Li Gang would still be able to explain himself. Therefore, he had nothing to fear this time.

However, now that Hong Lei's identity had changed, this matter was no longer the same.

If Hong Lei was still just a martial artist with only connections, then his plan from before would be completely feasible and there wouldn't be any problems implementing it.

However, now, Hong Lei was a high-ranking officer with military exploits, and he was also a trusted aide sent by Liu Bo'an. With this identity, he was not someone that could be easily touched.

All of his previous plans had been in vain, and the situation had now completely reversed itself.

"What is it? Now you know how to be afraid? " Hong Lei asked as he looked at Li Gang with a faint smile.

"Humph!" Li Gang straightened his back and suddenly became unyielding, "Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"They are only people who are on the verge of death. Why should I be afraid of you?" Li Han said, "So what if you're Dao Duan Heng?"

At this point, Li Gang had already thought it through and decided to go all out. Since things had already come to this point, admitting his wrongs had no use. It would be better for him to just go all out and commit a heinous crime.

If he were to kill Hong Lei here and then kill all those who knew about it, there would be no proof of his death. What was there to fear? Even if the higher-ups blamed him, there was no solid evidence.

"Today, you will die!" Li Gang made a choking motion as he looked contemptuously at Hong Lei.

"Very good!" Hong Lei nodded, "Did you know? There was someone who spoke to me like that just now. "

"But …" Hong Lei laughed. He turned around to look at Feng Xiao's corpse, "He's already dead!"

Hong Lei's words were filled with killing intent. Li Gang was intimidated by the killing intent, so he didn't dare to move.

Li Gang's horse also received this kind of pressure. It screamed and jumped up.

"Be quiet!" Li Gang abruptly regained his senses and firmly suppressed the war horse below his legs.

"Hahaha." Hong Lei faced the sky and howled, and a flower of swords appeared.

"Li Gang, today I will take your head as an example!" Hong Lei let out a loud shout and suddenly dashed out.

"Quick!" "Faster!" Seeing Hong Lei suddenly rush over, Li Gang panicked as he shouted.

"Stop him! Stop him!" Li Gang spurred his horse back and ordered from the front.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers appeared from the infantry in front of the frontlines. They formed a line and stood in front of Li Gang. Each of them held a shield in their hands, looking extremely sturdy.

"Hahaha!" Hong Lei continued to laugh heartily. He stepped on the infantry of the frontline and leapt into the air.

"Bang!" The sound of metal clashing could be heard as the sword and shield clashed, creating sparks.

"Hong Lei, don't waste your energy." Seeing that Hong Lei hadn't broken through the defense of his shield, Li Gang felt reassured for a moment.

"I specially prepared these shields for you. What do you think? They can't be broken, right?" Li Han laughed out loud, "You're just so-so!"

"You prepared it especially for me?" Hong Lei stepped on the infantry armor below him and exerted his strength. True energy exploded from his feet as he said, "That was really troublesome!"

Boom! * Boom! *

His shield shattered and he fell to the ground.

One after another, all of the Knights fell backwards. Some of them even flew back with serious injuries.

Without any warning, Hong Lei's sword beam smashed through the shields that were blocking his path.

"No one can stop me." Hong Lei's expression turned fierce, "Li Gang, you must die!"

"Stop him! Stop him!" Li Gang screamed hysterically. He never thought that Hong Lei would be able to break through his shield's defense.

All of a sudden. He was like a small bird without any protection, chirping on the tree branches.

Even though he was shouting with all his might, who in the army could possibly stop Hong Lei?

The answer is, no one.

All of the soldiers were not a match for Hong Lei. Hong Lei continued onwards in the middle of the battle formation, his sword flying horizontally, creating a path of blood.

Ah!" Just like that, Li Gang watched as Hong Lei got closer and closer to him, letting out a series of screams.

"Li Gang, die!" Hong Lei's shout was like the roar of thunder, unstoppable.

Puff! Blood spurted out of Li Jun's mouth as her head fell to the ground.

It was almost the same way as Feng Xiao's death. Li Gang's eyes were filled with unwillingness and fear.

Hong Lei had just beheaded Li Gang. Standing on his horse, he raised the Rain Sword high in the air as blood dripped down from the sword hilt.

Hong Lei faced everyone and said, "Who else is unconvinced?!"

His aura was majestic and powerful to the peak!