Chapter 302: The Might of Aurora Jun

Outside Aurora City.

Seawater, almost without depth, clung to every corner of the barren land, like an ocean that didn't exist in this dimension. A bone-chilling breeze swept across its surface, like countless unseen reapers' claws, tearing at the massive city standing beneath the faint aurora.

Shadows inscribed with incantations drifted through the reflections on the sea's surface. Their eerie eyes fixated on the frozen Aurora City, and husky whispers murmured:

"The aurora... is about to fade..."

"The power... blocking the Grey Realm... is weakening... I smell... death... and despair..."

"The North... will belong to... the Forbidden Sea..."

"Devour... the city... let the Forbidden Flower... bloom in human flesh... granting souls... eternal despair..."

A wailing cold wind swept across the sea, and beneath the reflections, figures had been waiting for a long time. They continuously approached the city walls, like jackals coveting dying prey, stepping silently and cunningly, drawing closer inch by inch, just waiting for the moment it breathed its last to tear open its throat, devour its flesh, and feast!

Dense incantations climbed the city walls. Just as they were about to make their move, a brilliant plasma beam burst forth from behind the city gate!

Swoosh—!!!

It was a radiance as dazzling as the sun. Along its path, all molecular structures collapsed. In just half a second, it seared an impossibly vast chasm in the Forbidden Sea, and countless calamities within it instantly evaporated, dissolving without a trace!

This sudden turn of events utterly terrified the figures lurking beneath the surface; horror flickered in their deep-set eyes!

The plasma beam gradually dissipated in mid-air. Amidst the hot, distorted air, a figure in a white lab coat slowly emerged from behind the hollowed-out city wall.

With one hand in his pocket, his aurora-swirling eyes calmly surveyed the shattered reflections on the sea before him.

The next moment, he raised three fingers of his right hand and gently twisted them in the void!

"Lightning."

CRACKLE—!!!

The instant the word left his lips, dense lightning bolts crashed down from the sky, illuminating the sea surface with blinding pallor!

There were tens of millions of lightning flashes. Each one precisely struck an incantation climbing the city wall, shattering it into nothingness. These lightning sources continuously covered the city walls, like a thunder pond sent down by an enraged god, washing away the dirty hands of forbidden defilement reaching out to humanity.

Before this miraculous lightning, the many shadows beneath the sea were utterly terrified. They scattered backward, like startled fish in a pond, clearing a semi-circular vacuum.

Aurora Monarch's gaze did not linger on these mere pawns. He stepped through the void, his form standing steadily in the high sky like a deity... then looked down at the sea surface.

He saw at the far end of the sea, several colossal shadows silently prostrating themselves on the seabed, as if deliberately hiding and waiting for something.

"I know you understand," Aurora Monarch, standing above the aurora and lightning, spoke calmly.

"The world-ender of the Forbidden Sea... where is it?"

As his voice fell, the colossal shadows beneath the distant sea remained utterly motionless, like undersea rock formations. Any high-ranking calamity with a shred of discernment could see that Aurora Monarch was at the end of his tether. A beast is most ferocious when dying, and directly confronting him was definitely not the best option. What they needed to do now was to stall for as much time as possible. Once Aurora Monarch had completely burned through his last spark of life, conquering Aurora City would be as easy as reaching into a pocket.

Seeing this, Aurora Monarch's eyes narrowed slightly... He slowly raised his right hand, grasping at nothingness.

"Since you refuse to come out, I'll see how long you can endure."

The moment his voice fell, streams of particle turbulence converged in his palm. The Earth's magnetic field was being siphoned away by Aurora Monarch; tiny metallic dross intertwined into dense lines, like countless steel wires gathering in his palm, continuously compressing, converging, collapsing... The Earth's magnetic field broke open with Aurora Monarch at its center. An unprecedented solar storm churned above Aurora City; chaotic, riotous particles, like boiling water, distorted and twisted the entire spectrum!

Looking up from inside Aurora City at that moment, one could see more than a dozen sky-piercing particle holy lances, suspended high in the firmament, radiating endless light and heat. The destructive aura emanating from any single holy lance was enough to annihilate more than half of Aurora City!

Faced with this apocalyptic sight, all the enforcers within Aurora City felt a suffocating sense of oppression... Tan Xin was no exception.

"This is... Aurora Monarch's power?" Tan Xin murmured to himself.

If the previous palm strike had merely extinguished Tan Xin's confidence in fighting him, then the current scene utterly made Tan Xin realize the vast chasm between himself and Aurora Monarch... Even if only one rank separated them, even if ten Tan Xins were bound together, they wouldn't be a match for a dying Aurora Monarch.

As Aurora Monarch swept his cupped hand downwards, more than a dozen particle holy lances plummeted towards the sea like meteors. The next moment, more than a dozen spherical explosions flared up in the distance, like miniature suns!

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!

A scorching hurricane swept from outside the city walls into the city, making Tan Xin's enforcer trench coat flap wildly. He struggled to keep his footing, his eyes reflecting the brilliant suns, and a bitter expression appeared in them.

"...I must be insane," he muttered to himself.

Just then, he seemed to sense something and turned to look behind him. On the wind-swept street, more than ten figures in black trench coats were surrounding the area. Their eyes fixated on the dishevelled Tan Xin in the ruins, their gazes somewhat complex...

Seeing these people, Tan Xin's expression gradually turned cold, and he turned around impassively.

"Officer Tan Xin... please come with us," Qiong Xuan, who was leading them, slowly began. "The Leader has given orders; don't make this difficult for us."

Beside Qiong Xuan were three other Seven-Marked Enforcers. Four of the five Seven-Marked Enforcers currently in Aurora City had gathered here. Following them were also Six-Marked and Five-Marked Enforcers. These black-coated figures stood together, like an insurmountable wall of bronze.

Almost all the top combatants of the enforcement system were gathered here, and their objective was singular...

To kill the former Deputy Chief Enforcer, Tan Xin!

Tan Xin's gaze swept over the group, and his voice calmly stated, "How come one is missing?"

"Gu Yuan is old. Old people are always constrained by sentiments and morals... He isn't willing to face you, nor is he willing to kill you, so naturally, he wouldn't come." Qiong Xuan leisurely continued, surveying the battered and dishevelled Tan Xin, "I never expected Officer Tan Xin, who once commanded great influence in Aurora City, to be reduced to such a state today... truly pathetic."

"Pathetic?"

Tan Xin chuckled, placed "Hand of Redemption" back into its black case, and dusted off his hands.

"I can't defeat Aurora Monarch, but where does your confidence come from... believing you can defeat me?"