Chapter 583 - 372: Their Respective Convictions, Shattered but Undying

Chapter 583: Chapter 372: Their Respective Convictions, Shattered but Undying

POOF.

Having changed form into the Flame Man, Lin Li raised his right hand above his head.

A small Fireball suddenly materialized in his hand. At first, it was only the size of an apple, but within a few short breaths, it swelled into a giant Fireball two meters in diameter.

Liu Yuancheng’s expression turned grim as he watched Lin Li create the Fireball.

He could sense the immense destructive power contained within the giant Fireball.

Faced with a Fireball of this magnitude, he couldn’t just slash it apart with his blade and break through head-on like before.

"Go."

With a mere thought from Lin Li, the two-meter-wide Fireball shot from his hand, flying straight toward the grim-faced Liu Yuancheng.

The massive, orange-red Fireball’s surface crackled with scorching flames and radiated waves of searing heat. As it sped through the air, the ambient temperature wherever it passed skyrocketed.

Facing the approaching Fireball and its immense destructive power, Liu Yuancheng chose not to block it head-on. He leaped straight up and flew into the sky to evade it.

The blazing giant Fireball flew beneath Liu Yuancheng. For him, dodging it was child’s play.

"The Fireball you created is certainly powerful, but it’s absolutely impossible for you to hit me with it..." Liu Yuancheng said to the transformed Flame Man, hovering in midair.

"I know that. I never intended to hit you with it anyway," Lin Li replied with a smile.

"What?" Liu Yuancheng froze for a moment. Then, he suddenly heard panicked screams from behind him.

"That Fireball is coming for us!"

"Run!"

"It’s too late! Help me!"

Just as Lin Li had said, his target from the moment he created the blazing giant Fireball was never Liu Yuancheng. It was the four members of the Red Blood Gang watching from a distance.

As Liu Yuancheng pointed out, the giant Fireball wasn’t fast enough to hit him, but for those four members of the Red Blood Gang, it was much harder to evade.

Fang Jingtang, the first to realize something was wrong, shouted a warning and immediately bolted. The other three were a beat slower to react, but they too turned and fled in terror a moment later.

"Explode," Lin Li said softly once he saw the giant Fireball reach its intended location.

Before the word even left his lips, the blazing giant Fireball dozens of meters away exploded violently.

BOOM...

The giant Fireball blew apart. The sound of the explosion was deafening as a terrifying shockwave and a wave of searing fire swept out in all directions.

"Aaargh..."

Fang Jingtang and the three Red Blood Gang lieutenants were all caught in the Fireball’s blast.

The three lieutenants, who had been a beat slow to react and a step late to flee, were killed instantly. Fang Jingtang, however, was lucky enough to survive.

But he had suffered severe internal injuries. Blood gushed continuously from his mouth, and he was a wretched sight to behold.

The members of the fire brigade, who were standing even farther away, were startled by the massive explosion.

The captain of the fire brigade saw a large, charred crater appear where the Fireball had exploded and immediately said to his subordinates,

"It’s not safe here either. Let’s fall back again."

"Yes, sir," the firefighters responded in unison. They then frantically pushed their water carts back a considerable distance.

"Captain, this battle between Cultivators is terrifying! To cause so much destruction with a simple gesture..."

A young man who hadn’t been a firefighter for very long said with a tremor in his voice, recalling the scene of the blazing giant Fireball’s explosion.

The fire brigade’s captain tore his gaze away from the distance and looked at the subordinates around him. Seeing the terror on all their faces, he tried to reassure them.

"Not all Cultivators have this kind of destructive power, so don’t be too afraid. The Guards will be here soon, and the troublemaking Cultivators will be arrested..."

In the hearts of these ordinary fire brigade members, the Guards were the most powerful law enforcement in all of Dongwu. They believed that as long as the Guards arrived, these Cultivators who did as they pleased would all be apprehended.

They hadn’t yet considered the possibility that the Guards who rushed to the scene might be powerless against such mighty Cultivators.

Lin Li looked at the results of his giant Fireball’s explosion. It wasn’t quite what he’d hoped for, and he said with some regret, "What a pity. Didn’t manage to get all of them."

"You bastard! You still dare to commit murder?" Liu Yuancheng was furious. He had just watched three of the four Red Blood Gang members get blown to pieces, while the sole survivor was critically injured.

After all, he was right there on the scene! For his target to dare commit murder right in front of him was like a resounding slap to his face in public.

"Heh..." Lin Li chuckled and looked up at Liu Yuancheng, who was hovering in midair. He spoke with utter disdain, "I’m delivering heaven’s justice. That scum deserved to die."

"Delivering heaven’s justice? If they are guilty of crimes, it should be up to the authorities to handle it, not you..." Liu Yuancheng said.

"Up to the authorities to handle it? Are you trying to make me laugh?

"From what I understand, the Red Blood Gang has been around for years. The evil deeds they’ve committed are common knowledge.

"Yet here they are, doing just fine. If we wait for the authorities to deal with them like you say, there probably won’t be any results even in a few more decades."