Chapter 301: "Hand of Salvation"

呜呜——

The wind and snow brushed past the two figures, one black and one white, and the world seemed to have come to a standstill.

"Aurora Lord, Yang Xiao." Tan Xin walked on the frosted street, his eyes fixed on the white-clad figure opposite him, his expression indifferent yet firm.

The Aurora Lord watched the black trench coat approach quietly, placed the infant in his arms gently to the side, and brushed the crushed snow off his body. "I recognize that trench coat. When the Aurora Base was first established, I designed the law enforcer uniforms... Are you the Chief of this generation?"

"Who I am is not important."

Tan Xin's black trench coat danced wildly in the wind. He took the black box off his back and pressed a button. A steel instrument that looked like a birdcage or an arm guard was locked onto his right arm, with wisps of electric light flickering on it.

He spoke indifferently, "I was once the law enforcer [Tan Xin], but for the continuation of human destiny, I can be anyone... including the one who kills you."

Tan Xin's aura climbed step by step, and the terrifying pressure of the eighth rank descended suddenly. The frost and snow on the ground were shaken away by his footsteps, spreading outward like an invisible ring...

"A reversed Faraday cage?" Seeing the device on Tan Xin's hand, surprise appeared in the Aurora Lord's eyes. "No... the design is similar, but the principle is completely different. Does it also have the effect of correcting magnetic fields..."

As a top scientist in the field of magnetic fields, the Aurora Lord saw the purpose of this device at a glance and guessed Tan Xin's intention in killing him.

"The concept and design are both good. To think there is such talent in this era." The Aurora Lord felt a bit of regret. "If only I had the chance to meet him..."

"You have met him." Tan Xin said calmly. "His surname is Yi."

"So it was him..." The Aurora Lord thought of the crazy scientist he saw when he first woke up.

"Did he give this device a name?"

Tan Xin paused for a moment.

"'Hand of Salvation.'"

The Aurora Lord was stunned. After a long while, he nodded with a complex expression. "...A good name."

"I don't believe that sacrificing these three million souls will allow you to step beyond the ninth rank... Therefore, I choose to save Aurora City." Tan Xin's eyes narrowed slightly. He, who had always seemed peaceful and scholarly, now released all the majesty and dominance of a Deputy Chief of Law Enforcement. "I know you are at the ninth rank. If you were in your prime, I would undoubtedly lose, but now... I want to try."

"You are right." The Aurora Lord looked at the aurora fading in the sky.

"I can feel that threshold. The tenth step cannot be reached just by piling up the number of souls... Even if all the souls of the nine great domains were accommodated, it would be almost impossible."

"So..."

"But that doesn't mean I will cooperate with you."

Before Tan Xin could finish speaking, the Aurora Lord spoke indifferently.

He took a step forward, and accompanied by fine electric arcs, he instantly disappeared from where he stood. Tan Xin's pupils didn't even have time to contract before the hem of the white coat brushed against his cheek... The Aurora Lord, one hand in his pocket, brushed past him.

His other hand tapped Tan Xin's shoulder lightly.

咚——！！

Countless moving charges, under the influence of the magnetic field in the Aurora Lord's palm, instantly erupted with terrifying kinetic energy. A beam of light flickering with plasma streams erupted from within Aurora City, and the roar, accompanied by a terrifying earthquake, swept across the entire city!

At this moment, all the law enforcers scattered throughout the city turned pale and looked toward this direction abruptly.

"This... this is..." Qiong Xuan muttered to himself.

Amidst the flying dust and the cracked earth, a black-clad figure stood in a disheveled state.

The Aurora Lord slowly withdrew his palm from mid-air, glanced at Tan Xin, and continued walking along the street:

"I still have my own things to do... If you want my soul, use your ability to take it."

Tan Xin stood in the ruins, breathing heavily. His law enforcer trench coat was already in tatters... He had thought that he might have a chance against the dying Aurora Lord, but the other party had nearly crippled him with just one move.

Tan Xin protected the "Hand of Salvation" in his arms and spoke hoarsely:

"What are you going to do?"

"Leave the city."

"Leave the city?" Tan Xin seemed to think of something. "Are you going to break into the Forbidden Sea??"

Outside Aurora City now, it had completely merged with the Gray Realm, and the location on Earth corresponding to the Aurora Domain in the Gray Realm was precisely the territory of the Forbidden Sea... The current low temperature in Aurora City was also caused by the sea breeze from the Forbidden Sea.

For the Aurora Lord to leave the city meant that the moment he stepped out of the city gate, he would enter the Forbidden Sea, which would inevitably trigger a massive siege of disasters!

"In this era, although humanity is weak, it is not something to be trampled upon at will." The Aurora Lord looked up at the howling waves and incantations outside the city, his eyes narrowing. "They want to devour Aurora City, and I will make them pay the price..."

"But your current physical condition..." Tan Xin frowned tightly.

"I have already died once in the laboratory without a sound." The Aurora Lord continued forward without looking back.

"This time... I want to die on the battlefield, not inside the city."

Tan Xin stared blankly at the Aurora Lord's departing back. That white coat gradually disappeared at the end of the road, and further away were the gates of Aurora City... and the extremely cold Forbidden Sea of the Gray Realm.

At this moment, the Aurora Lord's words echoed in his ears once again.

[I still have my own things to do... If you want my soul, use your ability to take it.]

Tan Xin looked at the "Hand of Salvation" and stood silently in place... He already understood what the Aurora Lord meant.

The Aurora Lord could die, but he should not die in the city, and even less should he die at the hands of Tan Xin, a fellow human... If one wanted his soul, they should wait until he died in battle and take it back with their own ability.

Tan Xin's fists clenched involuntarily, then relaxed helplessly. Only then did he truly realize the weight of the words "Aurora Lord"... He faced the direction the Aurora Lord had left and muttered to himself:

"Farewell... Aurora Lord."

As if hearing Tan Xin's voice, the white-clad figure turned back slightly, then continued forward...

The souls of those who died tragically echoed in his ears, and faint aurora drifted toward the sky in the wasteland. The Aurora Lord walked along the edge of the city and finally stopped in front of the massive, frozen city gate.

Outside the gate, the cold wind howled like thunder.