Chapter 1275: Han Meng's Answer

Han Meng's Answer

Chen Ling watched Han Meng for a long time before finally letting out a light chuckle:

"...After so long, you haven't changed a bit."

Chen Ling wasn't surprised by Han Meng's answer. Back in the Aurora Domain, he even dared to question Aurora City, where Tan Xin and the others were located. Naturally, he wouldn't easily trust the Integration Faction whom he had never met before... Having interacted with a Dusk Society member like himself for so long, he only trusted Chen Ling, not the entire Dusk Society.

Thud—— Thud...

Bursts of rumbling sounds echoed from outside the prison. It should be the Pu Family's reinforcements arriving and attempting to open the [Judgment Court] from the outside. The entire chimney-shaped building was tottering.

Han Meng calmly glanced behind him, then raised the pitch-black muzzle and pulled the trigger at the ground in front of him.

Pfft——

Following the eruption of a Seventh Stage Aura, the earth in front of Chen Ling and Han Meng seemed to be directly melted. A bottomless black hole not only pierced through the earth dragon made by the Sixth Stage just now, but also extended all the way underground, leading to who knows where.

"Then how will you explain this to the Human Domains?"

"I couldn't defeat you, so I let you escape."

Chen Ling smiled. "That's reasonable... However, you might have to give yourself a few injuries, otherwise, the acting won't be convincing."

"I know."

The rumbling outside the prison became increasingly frequent. Even Han Meng couldn't maintain this Domain for too long.

Chen Ling didn't hesitate anymore. Two Red Paper Snakes extended from his cuffs, picking up Little Peach and Little White respectively and carrying them to his side...

"I'm leaving then."

"Mm."

"I hope next time we meet, we have a chance to sit down and have a nice chat... instead of continuing to play 'Police' and 'Fugitive'." Chen Ling said half-jokingly.

But Han Meng paused seriously for a long while before nodding:

"I'll do my best."

To Chen Ling, it was just a casual remark, but to Han Meng, it was a heavy burden. After all, the ones deciding the conflict between their identities weren't themselves, but the Human Domains... Only if the Human Domains accepted Chen Ling would he no longer have to be On The Run.

Chen Ling waved his hand, taking Little White and Little Peach, and directly jumped into the pitch-black hole, disappearing from sight.

Thud—— Thud—— Thud...

The rumbling outside the prison was like startling thunder, ringing continuously. However, Han Meng didn't fire his gun to leave wounds on himself. Instead, he calmly turned around and faced the direction of the prison's main gate...

Amidst a loud noise, the [Judgment Court] explosively shattered. Over a dozen figures directly broke through the prison's Outer Wall and slowly landed here.

Among them, there were several Seventh Stages. The elders of the Pu Family had basically all arrived, and there were also quite a few Sixth Stages, including Pu Chunshu... Even under the clouds not far away, the Head of the Pu Family exuding a Rank 8 Aura gradually outlined his figure.

Just now, several elders of the Pu Family had to join forces to blast a gap in the [Judgment Court]. These people seemingly never expected that Han Meng's [Judgment Court] was actually this tough. The expressions they used to look at Han Meng were somewhat subtle.

The crowd swept a glance over the dilapidated prison but didn't see Chen Ling's figure.

"Officer Han Meng, where is Chen Ling?" Pu Chunshu immediately asked.

"He left."

"...Left?"

The gazes of the Pu Family members and numerous Police Officers all fell onto Han Meng, but they couldn't see any trace of a battle having taken place...

Pu Chunshu's expression was a bit weird. As if he had guessed something, he gave Han Meng a suitable way out:

"You didn't manage to defeat Chen Ling, and accidentally let him escape... Right?"

"No."

Han Meng raised the muzzle, aimed at the ground, and lightly pulled the trigger.

Bang——

In the next moment, the newspapers and verdicts scattered all over the floor seemed to be judged guilty. Bursts of explosive flames swallowed them up.

Fireballs burned among the dilapidated ruins. Following the judgment of justice, all the slander and accusations were burned to ashes under the watchful eyes of the crowd!

Amidst countless astonished gazes, the Enforcer's trench coat was illuminated bright and dark by the firelight. Han Meng slowly raised his face. Those piercing eyes seemed to contain a fearless and unyielding lion:

"I let him go on purpose..."

"Chen Ling is innocent."

...

Chen Ling's figure traveled through the pitch-black tunnel.

That shot from Han Meng purely tunneled straight down into the underground, vertically piercing the earth of the South Sea Domain. However, to shake off those enemies, it was definitely not enough. Chen Ling directly controlled densely packed scarlet tentacles to excavate a tunnel deep underground once again, extending in a different direction towards the surface.

Chen Ling didn't know how long Han Meng could stall for him. If he merely played the role of an injured person, it would at most stall for the time it took to exchange a few words. Fortunately, those Path of the Scholar God shouldn't be good at drilling underground to chase, so he still had some time.

"Chen Ling... Big Brother..." Little Peach's weak murmuring sounded by his ear.

"Little Peach, you are heavily injured right now. Don't speak."

Chen Ling turned his head and said to her.

Little Peach's skin was tinged with char, her delicate body limply supported by Red Paper, seemingly on her dying breath... But she still lay prone and turned her head to look at Chen Ling. Those bright, pitch-black eyes were filled with pain at this moment.

"Big Brother... I want to smoke."

"..." Chen Ling was somewhat speechless. "You're already like this, and you still want to smoke?"

"No, Great King," Little White immediately explained from the side. "The Fused Calamity within Little Peach normally suppresses the secretion of specific hormones in her body, making her feel pain far more easily than ordinary people. Even a fall feels like a bone fracture... That's why Teacher Ye specially made medicine for her to inhale regularly to alleviate the pain."

Chen Ling was stunned. He immediately controlled the Red Paper to fish out a cigarette from Little Peach's inner pocket, stuffed it into her mouth, and lit it with a lighter.

No wonder Little White was able to endure being electrocuted so many times and still kill a person with his own hands, while Little Peach's life was in danger after just being electrocuted two or three times... No wonder Little White felt such intense heartache to the point of his eye sockets nearly splitting upon seeing Little Peach tortured. It was because, on Little Peach's body, all the pain she felt was doubled.

For a child around ten years old, that level of pain was simply unimaginable.

Little Peach took a fierce drag of the special cigarette. With the burning of the orange flame, her complexion finally recovered a bit, and a sliver of light appeared in her gaze looking at Chen Ling.

"Thank you, Big Brother," Little Peach's pale mouth squeezed out a sliver of a smile.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ling felt somewhat awful in his heart.

If it wasn't for him having Little Peach play the role of a Dusk Society member to connect with Pu Jianyue, the subsequent events wouldn't have happened, and she wouldn't have had to suffer such pain... Moreover, Little Peach now knew the truth. He had never saved Aurora City, nor had he saved her older brother... Chen Ling himself had experienced this kind of thing before, so he knew how terrible Little Peach must feel inside right now.

"Sorry." Chen Ling looked away.

"I've disappointed you guys... I have never been any kind of hero."