Chapter 292: Three People

Yan Xiang's face was ashen. He had been in business for many years and was no stranger to threats, but none had ever filled him with such a deep-seated dread as the young man standing before him.

The 6 of Hearts before him had destroyed everything he had. Yet, at this moment, he couldn't feel even a flicker of hatred, as terror had completely consumed his mind.

Yan Xiang clenched his jaw, trying his best to maintain his composure, then turned and ran without hesitation.

Chen Ling stood his ground, smiling as he watched the scene unfold, and slowly raised his fingertips. "Twist."

Yan Xiang's mind reeled. Without time to think, he grabbed the bewildered president of the Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce standing nearby and pulled him in front as a shield. The Cold Spring president was still in a daze. When Yan Xiang yanked him, he stumbled forward, coincidentally shielding Yan Xiang. The next moment, the man was torn apart as if by an invisible vortex; his neck snapped into a grotesque arc, and he instantly ceased breathing.

As the Cold Spring president's body hit the ground, the Silver Moon president standing nearby was dumbfounded. Everything had happened so fast; even for them, men of immense wealth, life was now as fragile as that of the residents who had frozen to death.

Meanwhile, Chen Ling calmly walked past him, casually flicking his fingertips. "You're in the way."

Bang— The moment the words left his lips, an invisible, twisting force slammed directly into the Silver Moon president. He was smashed into the nearby wall like a fly; crimson blood immediately soaked the surface, and every bone in his body was pulverized.

Having instantly killed two presidents, Chen Ling's expression remained unchanged. His gaze remained fixed on the frantically fleeing figure. His blood-stained shoe soles stepped over corpses, as if Death himself walked the earth.

Yan Xiang's peripheral vision caught the scene behind him, his heart pounding wildly. Seeing Chen Ling raise his hand again, he gritted his teeth and fumbled for something on his person. "I'm not those two pieces of trash... You want to kill me? It won't be that easy!"

Yan Xiang's hand gripped a pocket watch, which he forcefully hurled behind him. As Chen Ling's command of "Twist" echoed again, the pocket watch exploded in mid-air! Wisps of eerie gray mist spread through the air. The hour, minute, and second hands on the watch face seemed to come alive, transforming into three whistling silver bolts of lightning that shot straight towards Chen Ling's face.

Chen Ling frowned, rapidly dodging sideways. The second hand almost brushed past his cheek before slamming into the luxurious hotel behind him with a thunderous crash! A flash of silver light, and the entire multi-story hotel, over ten floors high, collapsed with a roar!

"An Artifact?" Chen Ling felt the terrifying aura emanating from the three hands, and his expression flickered. Knowing he couldn't confront them directly, a blue glint flashed in his eyes, instantly revealing the trajectories of the remaining hour and minute hands.

Boom boom—!! Two explosive sounds rang out beside Chen Ling, and rising dust obscured the sky. After Chen Ling evaded the three hands and emerged from the dust, he found that Yan Xiang had already seized the opportunity to escape several hundred meters away and appeared to be preparing to pull out something else.

Meanwhile, two figures sped towards them from a distance! "President?" The squinting man, holding a long scythe, saw the chaotic battlefield and Yan Xiang's disheveled, fleeing figure, and was immediately alarmed.

Yan Xiang, seeing that the two had finally returned, felt the panic on his face ease slightly. He withdrew his hand from his pocket and pointed at Chen Ling behind him, speaking viciously: "Block him!!"

Upon receiving the order, the squinting man and Yu Zi immediately changed direction, standing side by side to block Chen Ling's path as he pursued Yan Xiang. Two Level Four domains simultaneously unfolded!

A cold glint flashed in Chen Ling's eyes. The two figures stood like an impenetrable fortress, separating him from Yan Xiang and preventing him from approaching. Just then, a domain with an even more terrifying aura instantly enveloped all three of them!

Intricate patterns spread across the ground, and a figure in a black trench coat slowly walked over, stopping beside Chen Ling. He turned his head and glanced at Chen Ling. "I told you, we'd meet again."

"What a coincidence," Chen Ling said, looking at the two law enforcement officers Han Meng had killed nearby. "You actually killed them... Aren't you afraid of going to court again?"

"They were just beasts. I killed them. It doesn't matter if I go to court again..." Han Meng paused, then spoke again. "Next time you bail me out, be a little quieter."

Chen Ling looked at him with a strange expression. "How did you find out?"

"First, I never told anyone about offending the Guild of Stars and being ostracized to District Three, not even the survivors from West City, yet reporter Lin Yan wrote about it. Second, the first time this Lin Yan published an article was precisely after you entered Aurora City. Third, reporter Lin Yan's investigation into the Guild of Stars coincidentally involved organ trafficking in District Two... and Chen Yan's name was also there. So many clues pointed to you. If I still couldn't guess, I wouldn't deserve to be a law enforcement officer."

As the two spoke, several overlapping roars came from nearby, immediately followed by a rumble from the ground!

Thump—!! A massive shadow whistled past them like a cannonball, the rushing wind making their coats flap wildly. In the path of the giant shadow, the squinting man and Yu Zi's expressions changed, and they simultaneously dodged to either side. As a roar swept past them, the massive shadow slammed into a building, its terrifying impact instantly collapsing the entire structure!

"Lifu??" The squinting man's face changed drastically as he saw the massive figure that had been sent flying into the ruins. "He was actually knocked flying??"

They snapped their heads back, looking in the direction Lifu had flown from. In the swirling dust, a monster covered in runes coughed as it slowly walked, step by step, to Chen Ling's other side.

"Cough, cough, cough... Chen Ling! I knew you were still alive!" A voice filled with surprise emerged from the monster's throat. Though difficult to discern, Chen Ling still recognized a hint of Zhao Yi's voice within it.

"Zhao Yi? How do you feel?"

"I can't really say... I feel incredibly strong, but also very tired... It's as if my body isn't my own," Zhao Yi said, shaking his head, unwilling to waste time on the topic. "Chen Ling... Ling'er and the others... are all dead."

"What?" Chen Ling was stunned. "They're all dead... Everyone in District Three is dead," Zhao Yi said bitterly, a heartbreaking hatred appearing in his rune-flashing eyes. "Uncle Xu couldn't buy coal; they all froze to death... If only I could have returned a little sooner, perhaps..."

Han Meng stood there, stunned. In his mind, the images of those holding banners in the courtroom resurfaced, and the rage in his eyes ignited anew, his chest heaving violently.