Chapter 289: Zhao Yi is Innocent

His appearance immediately attracted the attention of the chamber members.

"Looks like there's still someone who isn't afraid of death?"

"Is he blind? Still coming forward at a time like this... truly seeking death."

"Kid, what do you want??"

Under the disdainful gazes of the chamber members, the figure slowly raised his head.

A pair of eyes flashing with strange incantations were exposed to everyone's view... The moment they saw these eyes, everyone froze.

"I want..."

The figure's lips parted slightly, and several distinct voices overlapped, issuing from the mouth where incantations wandered, like the deafening roar of a volcanic eruption!

"YOU!! ALL!! PAY!! WITH!! YOUR!! LIVES!!"

In the astonished gazes of the crowd, the figure moved so fast he left an afterimage and vanished instantly. Immediately after, a piercing explosion came from behind!!

They turned to look, only to see a monster, half-human and half-beast, already above the giant. His fist, covered in incantations, clenched suddenly, compressing the air and emitting a hiss as it smashed toward the giant's body at high speed!!

Boom—!!

The giant who had just crushed the truck hood with one foot was, at this moment, smashed into the earth by a single punch, just like the truck. The visible shockwave swept outward like a ring, knocking the chamber members to the ground like chicks!

The earth groaned, and dense cracks spread wildly like a spiderweb. The giant's steel-like body was forcibly squeezed into the earth, and a deep pit appeared.

The fierce wind whipped the monster's clothes. As the punch was thrown, the speed of the incantations on his skin accelerated again, even crawling out of his body along his arms, spreading to the giant, and through the giant's feet, rapidly spreading across the shattered earth like some fast-spreading plague.

This scene left the chamber members dumbfounded. They had just been talking about the giant's terror, only for him to be smashed into the earth by a monster that appeared out of nowhere... The monster's strength was even greater than the giant's!

As the monster's feet touched the ground, his figure vanished again, like a ghostly afterimage wrapped in incantations, arriving in front of one of the chamber members in the blink of an eye.

"Die!!"

Amidst the overlapping roars, the monster's hands grabbed his shoulders. The chamber member, still holding a club, screamed and was about to smash it toward the monster's head, but as the monster's hands exerted force, he was torn in two in mid-air!

Crimson blood rained down from the sky, splashing onto the cheeks of the surrounding chamber members. They stared blankly at their companion who had been torn apart by the monster's bare hands, seemingly unable to recover from the bloody scene.

Zzzzt—!

The monster's figure flashed like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he pounced in front of another coal-selling chamber member, slapping his head flat, red and white matter splashing all over the ground on the spot.

"Monster... monster!! Ahhhhhhh!!"

The crowd finally came to their senses and screamed as they fled in all directions, but in front of that monster, no one could escape... Screams and wails rang out one after another. In this bloody rain, a one-sided massacre was taking place.

Thud!!

Just as the monster was killing wildly, a dull, loud sound came from the deep pit. The three-meter-tall giant stood up shakily, his hollow eyes instantly locking onto the figure that had smashed him down with one punch.

Although he had taken the monster's punch squarely, there were actually no wounds on his body. Just as the person had said earlier, his close-combat ability was also monstrous.

Meanwhile, the monster covered in incantations seemed to sense his murderous intent and looked back.

Whoosh—

The giant and the monster both shattered the earth and charged at each other at astonishing speed!

"Damn it... where did this monster come from??"

"Is this a Calamity?"

"It looks like it still retains some sanity, maybe it's a Fusionist!"

"Whether it's a Fusionist or a Calamity, something like this has appeared in Aurora City! Don't the Arbiters care?!" A member of the All-Stars Chamber of Commerce turned abruptly to look at the front of the boiler factory. "What are you waiting for?!"

The two Arbiters standing at the entrance of the boiler factory had their expressions change slightly. After a moment of hesitation, they looked at each other and charged toward the monster covered in incantations!

The duty of the Arbiters was to protect the safety of Aurora City. Whether it was a Calamity or a Fusionist, they were targets that needed to be controlled and purged... Although they had been sent to monitor prices, now that they had encountered a Calamity attack, sitting idly by would be a very serious dereliction of duty.

Just as they were about to strike, a terrifying domain pressure descended from the sky!

Boom—!!

The two Arbiters felt their shoulders sink, and their feet were immediately fixed in place. They looked down in astonishment, only to see that the earth, which had been shattered at some point, had been reorganized into countless chains, imprisoning them there!

"This is..." one Arbiter muttered to himself.

The other Arbiter seemed to realize something and looked up abruptly in a certain direction!

On the chaotic street, a figure wearing a black trench coat walked calmly against the crowd. The biting cold wind blew the hem of the coat, and five flashing patterns shimmered with light.

He held a gun in one hand and lit a thick cigarette with the other. He exhaled a wisp of smoke into the icy world, his eyes colder than frost and snow.

"[Sin Judgment]."

As these four words were spat out coldly, a life-and-death crisis immediately enveloped the two Arbiters. They looked at the approaching figure in terror and spoke immediately:

"Han Meng... You're Han Meng?!"

"Arbiter Han Meng!! What are you doing?! We are all Arbiters! We are companions! That Calamity is the enemy you should be dealing with... What do you mean by deploying your domain against us?"

Feeling the murderous intent radiating from Han Meng, the two Arbiters panicked...

Of course, they knew of Han Meng's deeds. This Arbiter from outside Aurora City had suppressed three fellow Arbiters of the same rank with brute force on his first day in the city. In front of this guy, there was no such thing as saving face; even if they were fellow Arbiters, he would beat them all the same!

Han Meng looked at the monster covered in incantations who was slaughtering the All-Stars Chamber of Commerce wildly. In his mind, he recalled the corpse of the monster lying on the hospital bed, seemingly dead...

Zhao Yi was still alive, which was undoubtedly a comforting piece of news for Han Meng. He knew why Zhao Yi had become like this, and he knew how much suffering Zhao Yi had endured along the way... Zhao Yi hadn't done anything wrong. The people he killed were all people who deserved to die! If he didn't kill them, Han Meng would kill them himself!

And so,

Han Meng shook his head and said four words slowly and firmly... In a daze, they overlapped with the shouts of the boy holding the banner in the courtroom:

"...Zhao Yi is innocent."