Chapter 289: Zhao Yi Is Innocent

His sudden appearance instantly captivated everyone in the merchant guild.

“Looks like there are still those who aren’t afraid of death?”

“Is he blind? Rushing forward now… he’s truly looking for death.”

“Kid, what do you want??”

Under the scornful gazes of the merchant guild members, the figure slowly raised its head, revealing a pair of eyes shimmering with strange runes. The moment they saw these eyes, everyone froze.

“I want…”

The figure's lips parted slightly, and several distinct voices overlapped, emanating from its rune-covered mouth, like the deafening roar of a volcanic eruption!

“You!! Will!! Pay!! With!! Your!! Lives!!”

Under their stunned gazes, the figure moved so fast it left a blur before vanishing instantly, followed by a piercing roar from behind them!

They turned their heads, only to see a humanoid monster already above the giant. Its rune-covered fist clenched abruptly, compressing the air with a shriek as it swiftly slammed into the giant's body!

Boom—!!

The giant, who had once crushed a truck's cab with a single foot, was now, like a truck, punched into the earth. Visible shockwaves swept outwards in rings, knocking the merchant guild members onto the ground like chicks!

The ground groaned, dense cracks spreading wildly like a spiderweb. The giant's steel-like body was forcibly pressed into the earth, and a deep crater appeared.

The fierce wind made the monster's clothes flap wildly. As he threw the punch, the runes on his body accelerated their movement, even crawling out from his arm and spreading onto the giant, then rapidly across the shattered ground via the giant's feet, like a fast-spreading plague.

This scene utterly stunned the merchant guild members. They had just spoken of the giant's terror, only for a monster that appeared from nowhere to punch it into the ground... The monster's strength was even greater than the giant's!

As the monster's feet touched the ground, its form vanished again, like a ghostly afterimage wrapped in runes, appearing in front of one of the merchant guild members in the blink of an eye.

“Die!!”

Amidst the overlapping roars, the monster's hands grabbed his shoulders. The merchant guild member, still holding a club, shrieked, about to strike the monster's head, but as the monster's hands tightened abruptly, he was torn in half in mid-air!

Crimson blood rained down from above, splattering onto the faces of the surrounding merchant guild members. They stared blankly at their companion, torn apart by the monster's bare hands, seemingly not yet recovered from the gruesome sight.

Whoosh—!

The monster's form flashed like lightning, instantly pouncing on another charcoal-selling guild member, flattening his head with a single slap, splattering red and white matter all over the ground.

“Monster... Monster!! Ahhhhhhh!!” The crowd finally snapped out of it, screaming and fleeing in all directions, but no one could escape the monster. Screams and wails echoed one after another, as a one-sided massacre unfolded in the bloody rain.

Thud!!

Just as the monster was rampaging, a dull thud echoed from the crater. The three-meter-tall giant swayed as it stood up, its empty eyes instantly locking onto the figure that had punched it down.

Although he had taken a solid punch from the monster, he had no real injuries. As the previous person said, his close-quarters combat ability was also monstrous.

At the same time, the rune-covered monster seemed to sense his killing intent and looked back.

Whoosh—

The giant and the monster simultaneously shattered the ground, charging towards each other with astonishing speed!

“Damn it... Where did this monster come from??”

“Is that a Calamity?”

“Looks like it still retains some sanity, could be a Fuser too!”

“Who cares if it's a Fuser or a Calamity, something like this appears in Aurora City! Aren't the Enforcers going to do anything?!” A member of the Starlight Guild sharply turned to look at the front of the boiler factory, “What are you waiting for?!”

The two Enforcers standing at the boiler factory entrance's expressions flickered. After a moment of hesitation, they exchanged glances and charged towards the rune-covered monster!

It was an Enforcer's duty to protect the safety of Aurora City. Whether Calamity or Fuser, they were targets to be controlled and eradicated. Although they had been sent to monitor prices, encountering a Calamity attack and then standing idly by would be a severe dereliction of duty.

Just as they were about to act, a terrifying domain's pressure descended from above!

Thud—!!

The two Enforcers felt their shoulders sink, their feet immediately rooted to the spot. They looked down in astonishment, only to see that the shattered ground had, at some unknown point, reformed into countless chains, binding them there!

“This is...” one Enforcer mumbled.

The other Enforcer seemed to realize something, abruptly looking up in a certain direction!

On the chaotic street, a figure in a black trench coat walked calmly against the crowd. The biting cold wind ruffled the coat's hem, and five shimmering patterns glowed faintly.

He held a gun in one hand, while a thick cigar was lit at the corner of his mouth, emitting a wisp of smoke into the snowy landscape. His eyes were colder than frost and snow.

“Capital Judgment.”

As these four words were coldly uttered, a sense of mortal peril immediately enveloped the two Enforcers. They watched the approaching figure in horror, then quickly spoke:

“Han Meng... You’re Han Meng?!”

“Enforcer Han Meng!! What are you doing?! We are all Enforcers! We are companions! That Calamity is the enemy you should be dealing with... What do you mean by unleashing your domain on us?”

Feeling the killing intent emanating from Han Meng, the two Enforcers immediately panicked. Of course, they knew of Han Meng's deeds. This Enforcer from outside Aurora City had, on his very first day in the city, brutally subdued three fellow Enforcers of the same rank. With this guy, there was no room for sentimentality; even if they were fellow Enforcers, he would still fight without hesitation!

Han Meng glanced at the rune-covered monster frantically slaughtering the Starlight Guild members. In his mind, he recalled the monster's corpse lying on the sickbed, appearing as if dead...

Zhao Yi was still alive; this was undoubtedly comforting news to Han Meng. He knew why Zhao Yi had become like this, and he knew how much hardship Zhao Yi had endured along the way. Zhao Yi had done nothing wrong. Everyone he killed deserved to die! If Zhao Yi didn't kill them, Han Meng would do it himself!

And so, Han Meng shook his head, slowly and firmly uttering four words... In a daze, they overlapped with the shouts of the youth holding the banner in court:

“...Zhao Yi is innocent.”