529: Chapter 529 The Hall of Law Enforcement Probes Punishment

Enforcement Hall.

As soon as Nie Ning entered, he saw his companions from the previous trip to Lata World.

Besides them, many Enforcers were standing inside, and at the very top sat a man with a fleshy face and a bulging belly.

Nie Ning's pupils constricted slightly.

The Enforcement Hall master, Phineus Needham, a Tier 9 Transcendent Knight!

At high levels, Knights could be said to be very rare.

This was because the comprehensive combat power of Knights was not as good as that of Wizards; by comparison, Wizards possessed a more complete and mature heritage.

And for a Knight to be able to cultivate to such a high level, he most likely possessed exceptional talent as a Wizard, so almost no normal person would choose to walk the path of the Knight.

Looking at the Enforcement Hall master sitting high above, a bad premonition arose in Nie Ning's heart.

According to his understanding, the Enforcement Hall master had not appeared for a very long time; usually, events were adjudicated by the deputy hall master and the Enforcers of the Enforcement Hall.

"Bronk, do you know why you were called here?"

Phineus looked at Nie Ning below, his voice sounding like a great bell.

Nie Ning bowed slightly: "I do not know. Please enlighten me, my lord."

Even though he already had a guess in his heart, at a time like this, it was natural to play dumb if possible.

Phineus did not say much more, instead taking out a crystal ball.

Just as Nie Ning was wondering what the other party wanted to do, a projection appeared in the center of the hall, displaying the scene of Nie Ning dealing with the Tier 9 Long-armed Elder and the Corruption of the world core.

Seemingly affected by some kind of interference, the projected image was intermittent.

Nie Ning's eyes flickered, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

If his guess was correct, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace must have used a time-reversal type spell.

However, it looked like the interference was significant, and it hadn't recorded what he had done during that month.

As long as the matter of stabbing people in the back wasn't discovered, Nie Ning could accept everything else, even if he had destroyed a world.

"My lord, in that situation, the Corruption of the world core was not my intention; I also did not expect it to turn out like that."

Nie Ning said, bowing slightly.

Phineus looked at Nie Ning with a cold expression.

Almost everyone who came before him would quibble like this; for him, this was already a common occurrence.

"Is that so? But as far as I know, our joint team with the Yin-Yang Sect was ambushed. Wasn't that because you deliberately leaked the information for your own selfish desires?"

Nie Ning raised an eyebrow, noticing the change in the expressions of Garcia and the others.

"My lord, you have wronged me. I truly did not expect it to turn out like that."

"I was besieged by the natives of Lata World; it was clear that those people had discovered my identity long ago. By the time I arrived there, they were already fighting."

"You should be able to see that with my meager strength, I couldn't help, so I thought about seizing the world core first, hoping to change the situation of the battle. You have seen the rest of the situation."

Nie Ning continued to quibble.

Now he was gambling, gambling that the other party's time-reversal did not obtain all the footage from that month.

"Oh?"

"Then tell me, without a World-Fixing Disk, how did you find the world core? Was it a coincidence? Or did you deliberately lead them there to attract the world guardians?"

Phineus continued to ask with a cold expression.

"My lord, I was just lucky enough to obtain a world rune fragment. When I arrived at the battlefield, it formed a slight connection with the world core, which is how I luckily found the location of the world core."

Nie Ning explained calmly and confidently.

Since the matter had reached this stage and many people knew about it, as long as the other party did not have concrete evidence, they could not convict him.

Moreover, as a top-tier power, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace naturally had its own rules for doing things; it was impossible to impose charges based solely on suspicion.

If they really wanted to convict him, it would be quicker to just manufacture an accident and execute him directly.

As for destroying the world core, he didn't do it on purpose; who could have known that the world core would be destroyed?

Phineus watched Nie Ning quietly, as if trying to see something in Nie Ning's eyes.

"My lord, in my opinion, it would be better to directly cast the Soul-Searching Technique; that way, everything will be clear."

At this moment, an Enforcer spoke up.

Nie Ning's heart skipped a beat, but he was not flustered, instead glancing indifferently at the Enforcer.

"I have no objection to this; sacrificing a little is fine, as it is better than letting people tarnish my innocence."

"However, my lord should also know that my level of Corruption is very high; why not let this Enforcer perform the soul search?"

The Power of Corruption had strong interference capabilities and would erode others' Spiritual Power and souls.

As long as he deliberately increased his level of Corruption, once others were contaminated, the memories they read would only be a kind of corrupted, distorted memory.

This was also one of the reasons why strong people today rarely used the Soul-Searching Technique.

Upon hearing this, a look of fear clearly flashed in the eyes of the Enforcer who had spoken just now.

Because he just remembered that Nie Ning's level of Corruption far exceeded that of a living being; it was already a miracle that he hadn't been corrupted yet.

Although they had methods to avoid Corruption, Nie Ning was a Psionicist.

With such a high Corruption value, they were not sure if what Nie Ning possessed was a certain ability, or multiple Corruption abilities.

Not to mention that the characteristics of Corruption were inherently a distorted product; once contaminated, it was very troublesome to deal with.

The entire hall was silent for a moment, but Phineus spoke again.

"Do you think I have no way to convict you?"

As he spoke, another crystal ball appeared in Phineus's hand.

Nie Ning's pupils shrank, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly.

'You had more evidence and didn't take it out earlier! You're doing this on purpose to watch me make a fool of myself, aren't you!'

At this moment, Nie Ning prayed in his heart that it would absolutely not be the footage of him slaughtering the Blue Sea of Trees camp.

After all, he had acted cocky and said some nonsense back then; if that were shown now, it would be concrete proof of his guilt.

At this time, the expressions of the Transcendents who had gone to Lata World with Nie Ning were varied.

There was no help for it; that battle was too dangerous, and the death toll was the highest in the last hundred years.

Even in the end, if it weren't for the strong people from Liuguang City stepping in, they all would have been wiped out.

In the current scene, many people blamed this matter on Nie Ning.

"If you plead guilty now, I can consider sentencing you anew."

Phineus continued.

Nie Ning's eyes flickered; for a moment, he couldn't determine if the other party was bluffing him.

If he pleaded guilty, God knows how the other party would punish him.

Even if the Enforcement Hall let him go, once the charge was established, there was no guarantee that the other survivors wouldn't try to stab him in the back.

But if the other party had evidence, they probably would have taken it out long ago, right?

If the positions were reversed, and it was Nie Ning sitting up there judging, he would have already thrown the evidence in the other person's face.