Chapter 1024: Execution

Execution

Fang Liangye's fingertips trembled slightly.

That dream-like memory constantly stimulated his mind. Fang Liangye had never desired to become Six of Hearts so much... If the real Six of Hearts were here, he would definitely be able to kill all the Fire-Stealers, turn the tide, and save the person he loved.

But he wasn't... Aside from a Playing Card upon waking up from the great dream, he had nothing.

But even so, Fang Liangye no longer wanted to be a coward.

Fang Liangye slowly pushed open the Warehouse door and walked outside...

Following the departure of the Fire-Stealers, in the open space outside the Warehouse, only corpses covered in white sheets remained, fluttering silently in the wind. Shrouded in the shadow of despair, the eyes of everyone present were incredibly hollow, as if their souls had been snatched away.

Fang Liangye walked to the nearest corpse. As if discovering something, he lifted a corner of the fluttering white sheet...

A pale youth's face entered Fang Liangye's eyes.

Seeing Cao Jun's corpse, Fang Liangye fell into a daze. He seemed to see the scene of the youth holding the Playing Card in front of him not long ago, jumping with joy and excitement; he saw the way he energetically shuttled back and forth through the Factory District, knocking on doors one by one and saying, "I want to buy a glimmer of hope"...

In just a few short days, everything had changed.

In the current Wuji Domain... what hope was there left?

"Fang Liangye..." The worker who was pointed at with a gun just now walked up to him with red-rimmed eyes and spoke hoarsely. "They said that one day, the sun will rise from the Wuji Domain again... Tell me, where is the sun right now?"

Fang Liangye lowered his head and did not answer.

The Rat Party, who firmly believed that the sun would eventually rise, had already been dragged into the abyss. The smog of despair shrouded the long night. On this land filled with enslavement and radiation, perhaps the sun would never rise.

Then where was the way out for people like them?

"... I don't know." Fang Liangye was silent for a long time, then looked toward the direction of the Clock Tower beneath the smog. "But I don't want to endure this anymore... Even if a rat in the sewer dies, I will bite off a piece of their flesh."

Fang Liangye tightly clenched the Playing Card in his hand. As if having made some sort of resolution, he charged straight toward the direction of a certain Warehouse!

Fang Liangye's words were like a sword that pierced into the hearts of all the workers present...

They looked at each other, and a strange emotion began to spread among the crowd.

...

Clock Tower.

The massive hands slowly rotated on the dial, and the projected shadow silently swept past in front of Ying Fu. He sat there quietly, his gaze staring at the night scene in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the small bed, A-Qian's chest rose and fell evenly, as if she had entered dreamland.

"Your Majesty... a group of Fire-Stealers arrived downstairs, saying they want to go to the top floor of the Clock Tower." Mo Lian walked to Ying Fu's side and asked in a low voice, "Should we let them come up?"

"What are they coming up for?"

"It seems they want to execute a member of a thief party."

Ying Fu frowned. After glancing at A-Qian, who was sleeping soundly, he spoke without hesitation, "Tell them to scram."

"Yes."

Although Ying Fu didn't live in the Church and didn't have much of a presence, he indeed had the authority to deploy all Fire-Stealers. As soon as these words came out, those Fire-Stealers could only helplessly head to the nearest Crossroads.

Ying Fu didn't even look at that group of Fire-Stealers. His gaze remained fixed on the direction outside the Wuji Domain, as if he were waiting for something.

"Calculating the time, it should be about ready."

"Chen Ling..."

"I am very curious, to what extent... can your Imperial Fate reach?"

...

Creak——

Lou Yu pushed open the door, and a black robe slowly walked along the shattered long corridor of the Church. Behind him, Durand, who was also draped in a black robe, followed silently.

Possessing four Philosopher's Stones, Lou Yu's aura was already vastly different from before. Occasionally, when several Judgment Proxies and Fire-Stealers saw him from afar, a flash of surprise would pass between their brows...

They hadn't seen Lou Yu for a very long time. Not only did he appear in everyone's line of sight this time, but looking at his direction, he was going to leave this Church.

Where was he going?

Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't go forward to talk to him, only silently doing their own tasks.

Looking straight at the Church doors, Lou Yu walked forward calmly. An inconspicuous maid walked past him holding a food tray, yet he didn't pay her the slightest attention, acting as if he hadn't seen her.

That maid brushed past Lou Yu and walked straight into the depths of the Church, ultimately arriving at the door of the Confessional.

She knocked gently on the door, then stepped inside.

Click——

As the Confessional door closed, under the dim light and shadow, Chen Ling's eyelids slowly lifted... Seeing that the newcomer was that maid again, a trace of complexity flashed through his eyes.

Holding that fully loaded food tray, the maid walked to the bottom of the cross step by step. Looking at Chen Ling for a moment,

She gave a gentle smile:

"... It's time to eat."

...

"What bullshit [Emperor], he's clearly just a prisoner, yet he's still acting so arrogant... I really don't know how his skin is so thick."

In the late-night smog, the Fire-Stealers stopped at an empty Crossroads while cursing Ying Fu in displeasure.

"Exactly, we gave him a place to stay in the Clock Tower, and he actually treats it as his own territory."

"Execution at the Clock Tower could have scared that group of Rat Party members. Now that we can't go up the Clock Tower, we can only do it at the Crossroads... Hurry up and shoot this woman, then let's go back and rest."

"Say, will that group of Rat Party members come to save her?"

"I'm actually afraid they won't come. Since it's military merit delivered right to our door, why wouldn't we want it?"

A Fire-Stealer kicked Wu Duo's back, kicking her to the ground in a sorry state. Another Fire-Stealer unhurriedly raised the muzzle of his gun and aimed it at the back of Wu Duo's head.

Covered in injuries, Wu Duo slumped on the ground, completely unable to muster any strength. She could only close her eyes helplessly...

At this moment, her only wish was that those guys definitely wouldn't come to save her. She could roughly guess how many people the Fire-Stealers had ambushed in the surroundings. Coming up now was just throwing their lives away.

"3..."

The Fire-Stealer holding the gun spoke leisurely, his gaze seemingly sweeping across the surroundings inadvertently, as if deliberately waiting for something.

"2..."

"1..."

The instant the last number dropped, a crystal ball shot through the street like a meteor, heading straight for the Fire-Stealer's face!

Boom——!!!

Purple flames exploded in the nothingness, and a mysterious figure appeared out of thin air within the fireworks of the crystal ball's explosion. It was a skinny man covered in tattoos. After relying on the explosion to knock back the three Fire-Stealers, he shouted toward the distance:

"Do it!!"

Five figures flew out from different directions. As if they were prepared, they each activated their Divine Paths and engaged in battle with the several Fire-Stealers who had blockaded the road on the west side!

"Let's go!"

That skinny man rolled up his robes, and the purple flames gathered under his feet. He grabbed the tied-up Wu Duo and sprinted wildly toward the road on the west side!