Chapter 681 - Angry Crowd

Chapter 681 - Angry Crowd

The crowd felt a sudden sense of urgency and empathy as Chen Fan’s words sank in.

He was right.

While they were all top geniuses in their own domains, running rampant back home, this place was different.

The holy land for cultivation in the eastern continent, the overlord-class force of the Tianwu Continent—the True Martial Academy.

Here, experts were as numerous as clouds, and geniuses fell like raindrops.

In this academy, they were just ordinary, like common folk. And having just joined, they were the weakest.

Instead of providing security, the Law Enforcement Hall—responsible for upholding discipline—felt more like a group of thugs who might turn their blades on them at any moment.

How could a place like this, lacking even basic safety, claim to be an academy or an orthodox sect?

They were all shrewd talents, aware that they were currently at the bottom of the academy’s hierarchy. They were weaklings, so they could only rely on the academy’s rules to protect themselves.

But if those rules could be trampled on at will, it spelled disaster for them.

Older, more powerful disciples could find any excuse to kill them, so how could they feel safe then?

Furthermore, despite being disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall, they were the ones trampling the rules, the rules might as well not exist.

Chen Fan had as many enemies as a bull’s fur. But they, too, had no shortage of enemies.

Everyone slaughtered their way to make it this far. No one could remember how many people they had offended.

Although this incident targeted Chen Fan, it served as a wake-up call for everyone—it was about their own interests, too.

If they allowed the Law Enforcement Hall’s members here to kill one of them, they would set a bad precedent for themselves. If they did not support Chen Fan now, who would support them in the future?

He had, indeed, been bribed to lie in wait for Chen Fan, expecting this to be an easy trap.

He had expected this to be an easy matter to resolve. Yet, to his surprise, Chen Fan stirred up the discontent of these new disciples toward the Law Enforcement Hall in just a few words.

“Chen Fan, what a sharp-tongued little bastard you are. We don’t target people arbitrarily! You injured a fellow disciple in front of the True Martial City’s gates, so we are simply escorting you to the Law Enforcement Hall to receive your punishment!” Qi Cheng looked at Chen Fan coldly, gritting his teeth. His gaze was as sharp as a sword, wishing he could cut Chen Fan into a thousand pieces.

“Injured a fellow disciple? Then why didn’t you show up to stop Nie Xiao when he tried to run me over? Or does Nie Xiao qualify as a 'fellow disciple' in your eyes, but I don’t? And neither do the rest of us?" Chen Fan retorted calmly.

“Hmph, who said we wouldn’t have stopped him? We just didn’t see it!” Qi Cheng said, trying to cover up.

But the crowd wasn’t fooled. Qi Cheng's weak excuse only deepened their anger and suspicion.

“Chen Fan, you injured a fellow disciple and even hurt a Law Enforcement Hall disciple. That’s resisting arrest. It’s a grave crime. And now, you're inciting others against the Law Enforcement Hall, making your crime all the more severe!” Qi Cheng said coldly, his face ashen.

No matter what, he had to pin the blame on Chen Fan and place himself on the side of reason.

Chen Fan smiled coldly and said, “What a joke! Just because you're from the Law Enforcement Hall, does everything you say automatically become law? Besides, you colluded with others to ambush and murder me—a new disciple. I’d say your crimes are far more severe, enough to sentence you to death ten times over! Tell me, is this how the Law Enforcement Hall performs its duties?"

“Shut up! Is the Law Enforcement Hall something you can slander at will? Today shall be the day you die!”

“That’s right, how dare you slander the Law Enforcement Hall. You deserve death. Not even ten thousand deaths will wash away your sins!”

The Law Enforcement Hall disciples, unable to hold back any longer, charged toward Chen Fan, a wave of anger propelling them forward.

They joined forces and sent out a magical net that covered a wide area, as if it could net even heaven and earth, shrouding toward Chen Fan.

As long as one was caught in it, they could forget about escaping.

This artifact, known as the Inescapable Net, was standard issue for Law Enforcement Hall disciples, designed specifically to capture those who had committed offenses.

Facing the angry crowd, they couldn’t occupy the side of reason and had to take the offensive. As long as they suppressed and killed Chen Fan, who would still dare to oppose the Law Enforcement Hall for the sake of a dead person?