Wen Shilin’s words did have some effect, the expressions of the three enforcers visibly darkened but it still changed nothing… Obeying orders was their duty.
"Do as you please," the middle enforcer gritted out.
They focused intently on the rapidly approaching train. As their domains expanded, their auras surged, and three fifth-tier spiritual fluctuations descended abruptly!
Their three domains were distinct, overlapping with one another, distorting even the sunlight pouring from the sky. From afar, it looked as though a thick, ominous cloud had gathered over Aurora City’s walls!
Any one of these three fifth-tier powerhouses could single-handedly crush the enforcer systems of the seven districts outside Aurora City.
Now, with the three joining forces, even the surging black tide in the distance sensed danger. The densely packed cursed eels halted, not daring to advance further.
Only the black train, its wheels wreathed in flames, completely broke free from the tide of calamities and sped toward Aurora City without slowing in the slightest!
Chen Lin stood atop the locomotive, gripping a few cursed eels he had snatched from the tide. His gaze was calm as water as he observed the oppressive and terrifying aura of the domains looming over the city walls…
Aurora City truly lived up to its name. Over all these years, the seven districts had only produced one fifth-tier enforcer—Han Meng—yet Aurora City could casually dispatch three fifth-tier enforcers to jointly deal with a single train… If these three fifth-tier enforcers truly attacked, this train would undoubtedly be crushed. This entire plan was a gamble from the start.
"Chen Lin! Are we really going to be destroyed?!" Zhao Yi’s nervous voice came from the control room.
"Just keep driving. Leave the rest to me."
Chen Lin’s reply was calm.
Even now, with the three enforcers poised to strike, Chen Lin still didn’t believe he would lose… He was testing Aurora City’s limits, and Aurora City, naturally, would test his in return.
BOOM!!
Just as the three domains reached their peak intensity, a sudden change occurred!
An even larger domain abruptly unfurled from within the walls, instantly enveloping the three fifth-tier enforcers’ domains. A savage, furious aura rampaged across the city walls, as though a vicious beast had slowly opened its bloodthirsty eyes…
"That’s…" Chen Lin’s eyes narrowed slightly.
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"What’s going on?!"
The moment this domain appeared, the three enforcers on the wall froze simultaneously. They felt their own domains being forcibly suppressed and the domain suppressing them seemed far more solid and powerful!
They turned in shock, only to see a figure clad in a black coat stepping through the air, walking step by step toward the wall.
Beneath his feet were the sealed-off White Dove Plaza and the main road. The furious crowd below gaped at the black-clad figure walking on air, murmuring in confusion, as though wondering who this person was.
"Han Meng?"
The five-striped enforcer on the wall recognized Han Meng at a glance. His brows furrowed tightly as he bellowed, "Han Meng, what do you think you’re doing?!"
Han Meng was still wearing the four-striped coat he hadn’t had time to change out of. The garment was stained with dark red blood from his battles with calamities, interwoven with frost left by the blizzard, making the tattered coat appear both ferocious and solemn.
Han Meng’s bloodshot eyes locked onto the three enforcers on the wall as he spoke slowly, "…Let them into the city."
"We haven’t received orders from headquarters."
"This isn’t headquarters’ order…" Han Meng lifted his foot and stomped heavily on the air!
THUD!!
The domain emanating from his body crashed down onto the three overlapping domains on the wall, producing a deafening boom like a giant bell. The three domains began to tremble violently, and the enforcers’ expressions changed abruptly!
Despite being of the same fifth-tier, Han Meng’s domain alone was forcibly suppressing all three of theirs!
"This is my order."
The moment these words were spoken, the enforcers and judges around the wall were stunned. The statement was far too audacious… It was practically a direct challenge to headquarters’ authority—no, a challenge to Aurora City itself.
The three five-striped enforcers immediately erupted in fury, "Han Meng, you’re just a small-time Chief Enforcer from District Three. Who do you think you are, giving us orders?"
"Han Meng, are you saying your orders supersede Aurora City’s? Who gave you that authority?!"
"Have you forgotten who granted you your enforcer status?! Everything you have comes from Aurora City! Han Meng, are you openly questioning Aurora City’s judgment?!"
Their successive rebukes echoed over the wall. The three enforcers were incensed. They were five-striped enforcers of Aurora City—in terms of status, prestige, and seniority, they were high-ranking figures within the enforcement system. How dare some backwater enforcer from the districts defy them?
The moment they spoke, they invoked Aurora City itself, placing Han Meng in direct opposition to the entire enforcement system as a means of intimidation.
The figure in the tattered coat didn’t halt the expansion of his domain. Instead, in full view of everyone, he slowly but resolutely aimed his gun at the three enforcers.
"Yes." Han Meng’s voice was calm.
"I question Aurora City."
At that moment, silence fell—whether among the civilians or the enforcers.
The enforcers stood frozen. It took them several seconds to regain their senses, staring at Han Meng in midair with disbelief… Their gazes were as though they were looking at a madman.
Did he even realize what saying those words meant?!
"Han Meng, you will pay for this," one of the five-striped enforcers rasped.
"I’ll bear the consequences." Han Meng slowly pulled the trigger. "But today, that train will enter the city!"
As his words faded, intricate patterns began to spread wildly beneath his feet, instantly covering every inch of space within his domain.
Endless black chains stretched out from the void, binding the three enforcers and every other enforcer on the wall—in place, as though they were "defendants" shackled to cold courtroom benches, awaiting trial!
At this moment, the enforcers of Aurora City became prisoners of [Judgment], while the outsider in the tattered coat held the gavel of "justice" in his hands!
[Judgment of Sin], court in session.