25: Condemn Lin Chuan

Lin Chuan listened to Aiya's description without paying much mind.

However, glancing at the Dimensional Rift, he estimated it would still take a little less than half an hour for the 3-grade Dimensional Bug to spawn.

Having nothing better to do, he also took a look at the regional chat channel.

Sure enough, it was just as Aiya said; a bunch of keyboard warriors were cursing him—

[The students of Jingda University all know what kind of person President Takasaki is! How many monsters did he kill along the way for the safety of the school's students? How many people did he save? Later, regardless of the danger, he even charged up to the South Fourth Sky Platform! There was a Dimensional Rift up there!]

[Who knows how much effort President Takasaki put in to fight his way onto the rooftop! Yet Lin Chuan had the nerve to charge up, kill President Takasaki outright, and seize the rooftop's Dimensional Rift!]

[Lin Chuan is a total psychopathic murderer! His killing method is extremely cruel, severing heads right off! I saw that scene; I'm definitely going to have nightmares tonight!]

[Lin Chuan is far too arrogant! Killing people over the slightest disagreement! Someone like him should be brought to justice!]

Similar voices rose one after another.

Lin Chuan watched this with no reaction whatsoever, as if he wasn't the one being cursed.

What he found interesting, however, was—

Compared to the fact that he killed someone, many people who weren't at the scene seemed far more interested in his method of killing.

Many people had previously known that the president of the Jingda Martial Arts Association possessed the extremely lethal A-Level Talent, Space-splitting Blade!

How could someone like that be easily instakilled by Lin Chuan?

Moreover, the Dimensional Rift at the South Fourth Sky Platform would require at least dozens of people to guard it.

Lin Chuan occupying a Dimensional Rift all by himself? Does he even have that kind of strength?

As a result, more and more people turned their attention to Lin Chuan's strength instead.

Then, someone who was on the rooftop at the time shared some information:

[Lin Chuan's means of attacking wasn't a Talent, but iron wire! He seems to possess a very powerful item!]

[Right! I saw it back then, he was wearing a very strange, deep-black ring on his right hand! That deadly iron wire shot out from that ring!]

[Not just the iron wire! He also seems to have a very powerful item that can seal people's Talent abilities! I was close to him at the time, and I couldn't use my Talent at all!]

[Yes! I remember President Takasaki was also preparing to unleash his Space-splitting Blade, but he couldn't unleash it at all! Then he was ambushed by Lin Chuan!]

[Now that you mention it, I remember too! President Takasaki's Talent didn't work either!]

[Holy crap?! For real? An item that can disable Talent abilities? Isn't that way too overpowered?!]

[It must be a single-use item, right? Otherwise, it would be way too strong!]

[The ring that shoots iron wire is definitely not a single-use item! It has to be high-grade equipment!]

[Where did Lin Chuan get these items and equipment? Does anyone know where this Lin Chuan came from?]

[He used to hang around Yuan Feng as a lackey! After Yuan Feng died, his whereabouts became unknown! When he reappeared, he suddenly became so strong!]

[Holy shit! I just remembered seeing a message in the world channel! It said someone killed the powerhouse ranked 727th on the level ranking, and a blue treasure chest dropped from him! Equipment was obtained from that chest!]

[Right, right, right! I remember someone on the world channel speculated at the time that killing powerhouses on the level ranking yields treasure chests!]

[Holy fuck??? Could it be that Lin Chuan killed Yuan Feng?]

[That explains it! He must have gotten so strong through the treasure chest dropped by Yuan Feng!]

[But wasn't it said earlier that Lei Ming killed Yuan Feng? How could a trash like Lin Chuan kill Yuan Feng?]

[Think about it—everyone lived in a peaceful era before, with zero guard against others! Lin Chuan is insidious, cunning, and ruthless! If he launched a deliberate sneak attack against an unsuspecting target, it's not impossible for him to kill Yuan Feng!]

Various speculative voices rose one after another.

And just as everyone was heatedly discussing, one of the parties involved suddenly spoke up—

[I am Lei Ming, and I swear I didn't kill Yuan Feng! When Yuan Feng died, I was over at Star Moon Square!]

[Holy crap! Boss Lei Ming!!!]

[What boss! He's a murder maniac!]

Lei Ming's appearance triggered a wild frenzy of messages flooding the regional chat channel.

Some worshipped him frantically, feeling he brought glory to the country, as he was currently the highest-ranked powerhouse on the domestic level ranking.

Others cursed him bitterly, feeling he killed without batting an eye, utterly devoid of conscience, and destined for a gruesome death.

Lei Ming was like the hottest celebrity before the end of the world.

Whether hating on him or fawning over him, no one could obscure his popularity.

Meanwhile, Lei Ming was fleeing for his life, filled with intense vexation and regret!

When he obtained the secret of leveling up from Yuan Feng, he had promised Yuan Feng he wouldn't kill him today.

His plan was to wait until tomorrow to kill him.

Little did he expect that useless trash Yuan Feng would end up dying at someone else's hands first!

Now he heard that the person had obtained powerful items and equipment because of killing Yuan Feng!

Lei Ming felt an overwhelming pang of remorse!

He should have broken his promise right then and there and finished Yuan Feng off directly!

However, Lei Ming didn't know that at that time, the level ranking hadn't been released yet, nor did the words "No. 1 on level ranking" appear above Yuan Feng's head.

So even if he had actually killed Yuan Feng back then, a treasure chest wouldn't have dropped.

Looking at the messages in the chat channel, a flash of cold killing intent passed through Lei Ming's eyes—

Lin Chuan, is it? Just you wait!

On the other side, Qi Feng, who was on the run, was also paying attention to the chat messages in the regional channel!

After escaping death using the substitute doll, his A-Level Talent, Intuition, kept constantly warning him: Danger! Danger!

Qi Feng had no choice but to flee frantically like a stray dog!

He fled all the way from Jingda to the suburbs and hid inside a dirty, foul-smelling sewer, only then feeling the sense of danger fade slightly.

But whenever he tried to leave the sewer, the sense of crisis would resurface!

It left him in a dilemma, forced to linger on like a stinking rat hiding in the sewer!

Only now, seeing the chat messages in the regional channel, did he realize in hindsight—

The person who attacked him earlier was very likely Lin Chuan!

He had felt it at that moment—the coldness wrapped around his neck!

That must have been the iron wire!

Damn that Lin Chuan! He hadn't even sent anyone to hunt him down yet, and that bastard actually struck first!

In Qi Feng's current state, there was nothing he could do to Lin Chuan at all!

But having spent three years in the student council, he was exceptionally eloquent.

Right away, he began fanning the flames in the regional chat channel, calling on everyone to gang up on Lin Chuan!

[Originally, No. 1 on the level ranking was our Great Xia Country's Yuan Feng! Yet Lin Chuan harmed Boss Yuan Feng for his own selfish gain! Someone like him doesn't deserve to be called human!]

[That's right! Lin Chuan has lost his humanity just to get stronger! If someone like him is allowed to keep acting so rampantly, more and more people will be harmed!]

[I suggest everyone unite to kill Lin Chuan together and avenge Boss Yuan Feng!]

[Agreed! Agreed! A murder maniac like Lin Chuan must receive the punishment he deserves!]

Watching the various voices of condemnation, Lin Chuan shook his head with a faint laugh.

Avenge Yuan Feng? Avenge Takasaki?

No, all they cared about was the equipment and items on Lin Chuan!

Aiya didn't understand how Lin Chuan could still laugh; she was practically dying of anxiety. "What do we do? I feel like people will be rushing over here soon. Should we find a place to hide first?"