Chapter 1064: Zhao Yi Returns

This voice...

Chen Ling was slightly taken aback.

Human senses are interconnected. When seeing a very familiar picture, a sound will unconsciously ring in the mind; when a wanderer abroad tastes a bite of a familiar dish, they will unconsciously think of their mother's appearance...

And the moment Chen Ling heard this familiar voice, he felt as if he were back at the entrance of that small, dilapidated house on Frost Street in District 3.

……

"Uncle Zhao, Xiao Yi is in a relationship... with a guy."

“……”

"Chen Ling... I did it. I avenged my father. Thirteen stabs in total... I paid it all back!"

“……”

"Zhao Yi, nineteen years old, survivor of District 3, suffered fatal wounds from a Calamity of the Forbidden Sea while fleeing to Aurora City. The remaining time is no more than a week."

“……”

"Why... why?! Why did I survive in the end, but they were the ones who died?? They escaped from District 3 after a narrow escape!! They finally had a new life!! What did they do wrong??!！"

“……”

"【Brother Xiao Yi, the burning coal is so beautiful, like a rose...】"

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"【...Who in this city is selling coal?!!】"

“……”

"【...Zhao Yi is innocent.】"

Banknotes filled the sky, dancing in the cold wind. Chen Ling felt as if he were once again on the streets of Aurora City... He saw a monster covered in curses standing alone amidst flesh and blood, stumbling, eyes empty, like an avenger who had lost everything.

"This is..." Chen Ling muttered to himself.

*Boom—!!!*

A cold wave that froze everything surged from outside the swarming puppets.

After Zhao Yi's shout rang out, a massive Skeletal Pale Wolf rushed through two puppets and flew toward Chen Ling. On the head of the Pale Wolf, a figure wrapped in a wanderer's cloak had a sharp glint in his eyes!

He slowly stood up from a crouching position, took off his hood, and as the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, mysterious black curse patterns appeared on the surface of his skin.

"How about it? I arrived just in time, right?" Zhao Yi lifted his chin, full of spirit.

"...Zhao Yi?"

Chen Ling looked at this familiar yet strange figure, feeling as if a lifetime had passed... Zhao Yi during the Aurora City period was living under someone else's roof, cautious and timid. Even if the spirit of a teenager was still carved into his bones, there was more of the helplessness of compromising with reality.

But the Zhao Yi in front of him had completely shaken off that loneliness and gloom, as if he had lived a second life.

Seeing his appearance on the back of the Skeletal Pale Wolf now reminded Chen Ling of the "Salt-Sprinkling Brother" Zhao Yi from the early days in District 3, that young "bully" of Frost Street...

"The Fusion Faction member who broke into the city, was that you??"

Seeing the Skeletal Pale Wolf under Zhao Yi's feet, combined with the movement of the Fusion Faction entering the city just now, Chen Ling seemed to have guessed something and asked in surprise.

Zhao Yi chuckled. "Of course it was me. How about it? Were we cool just now?"

Chen Ling: ...

With Zhao Yi's powerful entry, a gap was forcibly torn open in the many puppets. Chen Ling caught a glimpse of this scene and immediately said:

"We'll talk about catching up later. I'll solve this guy first... What is your rank now?"

"Uh..." Zhao Yi looked at the dense Tier 6 puppets around him and scratched his head awkwardly. "Well, Fusionists aren't divided by rank... Of course, I'm not saying I'm weak... Come to think of it, if Old Wolf is divided by combat power, he should be considered a top-tier Tier 7. Whatever you want to do, we can help."

Zhao Yi directly avoided the question of his own strength and pointed to the Skeletal Pale Wolf under his feet. The latter rolled its eyes silently upon hearing this unconfident statement.

"Here, help me break a path."

Chen Ling pointed in a certain direction.

"Old Wolf! Go!"

“……”

The Skeletal Pale Wolf carried Zhao Yi, and the Calamity Domain opened in the void. The next moment, its figure collapsed visibly into the depths of space, like a slingshot being pulled open, and then ejected with terrifying pressure!

*Boom—!!*

The Skeletal Pale Wolf instantly pierced through the battlefield, knocking away three puppets within half a second, opening an empty long road for Chen Ling!

Seeing this, Chen Ling broke through the encirclement again and stepped toward the "boxes" floating in the air... With every step he took, a puppet was unsealed. Within a few seconds, more than fifty of the Seventy-Two Earth Fiends had been liberated.

Seeing this scene, Tian Huai seemed to vaguely guess something, and his brows furrowed tightly...

Could it be that he is...

How is this possible? How did he know?

Tian Huai knew he couldn't let Chen Ling continue like this. When there were still more than twenty "boxes" left to be uncovered, he raised his hand again, and a strange black long box was outlined directly above him...

Unlike the Seventy-Two Earth Fiends released before, the moment this mysterious black long box appeared, the Tier 8 aura swept across the battlefield, making everyone unable to breathe.

"Aren't there seventy-two in total?? Why is there another one?" Cui Ran looked at the black long box, his heart pounding under the pressure.

"[Earth Fiends] are seventy-two in total, and besides that, there are thirty-six [Heavenly Gangs]," Huai Mang said slowly. "Each [Heavenly Gang] has Tier 8 combat power, but during the battle, my brother can generally only control one [Heavenly Gang]..."

"...You mean, to defeat your brother, besides solving the Seventy-Two Earth Fiends, we have to fight thirty-six Tier 8 [Heavenly Gangs] one-on-one in a wheel battle??"

"Normally speaking, that's the case..."

"Your brother is a pervert!!"

"But now, there don't seem to be thirty-six [Heavenly Gangs] left..." Huai Mang looked at the other vague shadows around the black long box and muttered to himself, "Before my brother came here, someone had already smashed thirty-two of his [Heavenly Gangs]? Is that for real..."

When the [Heavenly Gang] appeared, Chen Ling knew that Tian Huai didn't intend to waste time with them anymore. He scanned the remaining twenty-plus "boxes," his mind stirred, and he stood still on the spot.

"Courting death," Tian Huai said indifferently.

The next moment, an afterimage swept out from the black long box, rushing straight toward Chen Ling!

The moment it rushed out, Chen Ling moved.

He rushed directly to one of the [Earth Fiend] boxes at the very edge, a revolver appeared out of thin air, and the pitch-black muzzle was aimed directly at the surface of the box lid...

"...I've caught you."

Chen Ling pulled the trigger with force!

*Bang—!!*

A brass bullet carrying Tian Huai's "yesterday" instantly pierced the lid of the "box" and shot into it. The figure lying inside the "box" trembled slightly.

The Heavenly Gang puppet, which had already flown to the top of Chen Ling's head and was about to cut off his head in an instant, suddenly stopped in mid-air...