Chapter 284 The Maintainer of Order

"Little girl."

The captain said, "We have released your friend. You don't have to be so nervous. How about putting down the knife first?"

Jiang Yingyue smiled slightly: "No need, uncle, I won't commit suicide or run away, just wait for my brother to come, okay?"

She also waved the phone in her other hand: "My brother is on his way and will be able to meet us soon."

The captain estimated the distance between the two sides and found that Jiang Yingyue had deliberately kept a distance from them from the beginning.

At this distance, the captain was not sure he could take Jiang Yingyue's dagger before she committed suicide, so he had to give up the risk.

He could also see that Jiang Yingyue did this to prevent Zhou Xian from becoming a hostage.

But the role of hostages is not as strong as imagined, unless the one captured is Jiang Yingyue, because the upcoming Star Ranger is her brother.

The two sides remained in a stalemate, and no one spoke.

In less than two minutes, a tiny figure appeared in the air and descended rapidly towards this side.

The moment he landed, Shen Cheng forcibly stopped the inertia caused by the high-speed movement. He even forcibly controlled the stirred air around him to avoid affecting the group of children.

Only the sound waves brought by the high-speed movement could not be controlled, and a strange scene appeared. Shen Cheng landed steadily on the ground, followed by a loud sonic boom that made everyone's ears dizzy.

"elder brother."

Seeing Shen Cheng appear, Jiang Yingyue couldn't suppress a smile on her face. She threw away the dagger in her hand and rushed over in two or three steps.

Shen Cheng opened his arms and hugged Jiang Yingyue who rushed over to him.

"Brother, I miss you so much."

Jiang Yingyue pressed her little face tightly against Shen Cheng's chest, her voice as sweet as honey.

Shen Cheng held her prematurely developed body in his arms and felt that this originally polite and sensible little girl was behaving more and more like Yan Qiuli and liked to act coquettishly in front of him.

The friends around her were stunned. Jiang Yingyue was so calm and decisive just now that people even subconsciously ignored her age.

Now seeing Shen Cheng appear, Jiang Yingyue actually degenerated into a little girl who loved to act like a spoiled child. She hugged Shen Cheng and refused to let go, even saying extremely corny words like "Brother, I miss you so much".

When Zhou Xian saw this scene, he was in a trance and it seemed like something in his heart was broken.

"Brother, is my master okay?"

"It's okay. She's waiting for you to come back to the bar."

After Shen Cheng calmed Jiang Yingyue down, he put her down from his body, then looked up at the three demon hunters in front of him.

The three demon hunters looked solemn. From the high-speed emergency stop when Shen Cheng landed just now, it could be seen that his strength was definitely not weak.

Even the captain with the strongest combat power couldn't see through Shen Cheng's true strength.

"Three masters to deal with a group of little kids."

Shen Cheng was very confused: "Don't you have anything else to do?"

He was really confused. Even if there were fewer masters than dogs in the federal capital, they were still the backbone of the government's fighting force. How could they be used to bully a group of children?

The three demon hunters were speechless. They couldn't say that we were using these kids to fish, right?

But things have come to this point, and they cannot retreat just because Shen Cheng’s strength is unknown.

The captain ordered in a deep voice: "You two, assist me."

The three of them are a team, and their combined combat power is stronger than simply 1+1+1.

The demon hunter on the left took a step back, put his hand on the captain's back, and poured his power into the captain's body.

The demon hunter on the right raised his hand and grabbed the captain's hand, his body melting like mud, ready to cover him.

But Shen Cheng didn't have time to wait for them to get ready.

Now he had to race against time and get his men out of the federal capital before the Life Tribunal and the federal government could react. He didn't have time to play with these extras who didn't even have names.

He used his telekinetic arm to protect the group of children behind him, spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and slapped it forward forcefully.

The core furnace located in the center of the chest starts up, outputting the stored energy at about 10% of the power.

The terrifying energy rushed along his arm to his palm, making his palm seem as if he was holding the sun, emitting an extremely dazzling light.

The next second, endless light burst out from Shen Cheng's palm.

Each of these rays of light is like real energy. Billions of rays of light combined together to form an extremely terrifying energy torrent, devouring everything in front of them.

The three demon hunters' vision was filled with strong light. They subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the speed of the energy torrent was too fast, leaving them no time to react.

The captain's eyes widened slightly, and only one thought emerged in his mind - he thought that what fell into the water was a big fish, but it turned out to be a shark.

boom!
The torrent of energy directly engulfed the three people, destroying everything in its path with a deafening roar, just like the shock wave of a nuclear explosion.

"Ahhh!"

Even with Shen Cheng's mental protection, the group of young boys and girls behind him were unable to open their eyes due to the strong light. The violent vibration made them cover their ears with their hands and scream.

After the light disappeared, they opened their eyes one by one and looked forward, and then they were all stunned.

I saw a huge gap in the originally dense bamboo forest in front of me, at least four or five kilometers long, and even a thick layer of the ground was scraped off.

And the three demon hunters who were once so arrogant and powerful have now been reduced to ashes.

No, in fact there was a charred corpse left behind, but it was no longer possible to tell which of the three demon hunters it was.

The boys stared blankly at Shen Cheng's back, so shocked that they couldn't say anything.

They had traveled far and wide with the Star Ranger and were not inexperienced people, but the power displayed by Shen Cheng's every move still shocked them deeply.

Jiang Yingyue was the first to come to her senses. When Shen Cheng turned around, she ran over excitedly and grabbed his sleeve.

"Brother, you are so awesome, even better than the master."

Her tone was filled with genuine admiration and a little bit of pride, as if she was showing off to her friends.

Shen Cheng patted Jiang Ying's head and was about to take the group of teenagers away when he suddenly stopped, slowly turned around and looked back, his eyes falling on the charred corpse.

Jiang Yingyue also looked over with confusion, and the next second, fear flashed in her eyes.

The corpse that had been burnt black actually slowly crawled up from the ground and then stood up shakily.

Most of his flesh and blood had been burned away, leaving only a small portion hanging on the charred bones. He looked like a demon in a horror movie.

"what!"

A girl screamed, breaking the silence.

Shen Cheng immediately protected everyone behind him, and at the same time raised his hand to aim at the resurrected Demon Hunter, ready to finish him off.

At the same time, he was also extremely confused, because he had just seen resentment emerging from the charred corpse, so the person should have died completely, so why could he be resurrected?
The charred corpse turned its head. Its eyes had long been burned out, leaving only black eye sockets. It seemed that it was looking at everyone with these black eye sockets. At the same time, its upper and lower jaws opened and closed, and it actually spoke a clear sentence without a throat. "Star Ranger Shen Cheng, I found you."

And this sentence was actually uttered by a young woman.

Shen Cheng has realized that there is another person controlling this charred corpse.

He stopped attacking and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. You Star Rangers are really bold. You actually dared to destroy the headquarters of the Living Tribunal."

The mysterious woman's voice was filled with obvious displeasure: "Zhao Nanxing has gone crazy. He actually mixed up with you lawless guys. He just ran over to my place and made a scene, and rescued a bunch of little ghosts."

A light suddenly flashed through Shen Cheng's mind, and he guessed the identity of this mysterious woman.

He blurted out subconsciously: "Are you Jing Lan?"

There are three people with legendary abilities in the Federation, and the only female among them is Jing Lan.

Jing Lan is not only a member of the Council of Order, but also a legendary demon hunter. He is the highest commander of all demon hunters in the entire Federation and Zhao Nanxing's former superior.

From the performance of this mysterious woman and her attitude towards Zhao Nanxing, combined with Yan Yubin's memory, Shen Cheng was able to guess her identity at once.

"You're quite perceptive."

Jing Lan's words were equivalent to admitting his identity.

The title of the legendary demon hunter was too famous. As soon as Jing Lan admitted it, the group of young boys and girls around Shen Cheng were so frightened that they dared not even breathe.

Shen Cheng's heart sank even more.

He knew that the federal government would soon learn of the destruction of the Living Tribunal headquarters, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Moreover, the other party found his whereabouts so quickly. The power displayed by this was shocking.

"You, a big shot like me, came to see me specifically. Are you trying to make me take responsibility for what happened tonight?"

"I guess you still have some self-awareness."

Although Jing Lan was praising, her tone did not contain any compliments: "You guys went too far this time. I can't pretend I didn't see it. Star Ranger, you must pay for your actions tonight."

Shen Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the price?"

"Pay with your life."

Jing Lan said calmly: "Come back and turn yourself in, and I can promise not to pursue anyone else around you."

Shen Cheng could feel Jiang Yingyue's grip on his hand tightening.

He had read Yan Yubin's memories and knew that Jing Lan and the Life Court were not from the same group.

"I don't understand. Does someone of your status and position also need to obey the orders of the Life Tribunal?"

When one reaches the legendary level, one can travel freely in the world, and no rules or regulations can restrain them.

The three legendary ability users have an extremely transcendent status in the Federation. Even the president has to gain their trust and support to take office.

With such status and power, it is impossible for Jing Lan to act because of an order from the Life Court or the federal government. Instead, it would be more like she is ordering the federal government to do something.

"Boy, you don't understand the rules of this world yet."

Jing Lan's voice sounds very young, but her tone is very mature: "I am not following anyone's orders. I am maintaining order and stability, and you are the unstable factor that brings destruction."

Shen Cheng actually already understood.

With Jing Lan's strength and status, universal good and evil and morality are no longer issues that she cares about.

What she cares most about is the order and stability of the entire federation, because chaos will bring destruction and affect the operating foundation of the entire society.

Therefore, whether it is Jing Lan or the other two legends, they will take the initiative to maintain order and stability.

Why would so many people with special abilities in the Federation obey the government's orders? It was because the three legends were actively maintaining this order, and no one dared to easily break the rules they set.

The worst order is better than the best chaos, and stable order helps society function.

In the eyes of legends like Jing Lan, although the Life Tribunal has many shortcomings, it will not interfere with the operation of society, and can also stably produce various new technologies to promote social development.

The Star Rangers are pure destroyers who have been disrupting the stability of order.

Therefore, Jing Lan has a very negative view of the unstable group of Star Rangers.

However, her view that everything can be sacrificed for the sake of order and stability will never be accepted by the Star Rangers who pursue justice.

The two sides are naturally in conflict.

"For Zhao Nanxing's sake, I will give you twenty minutes to escape."

Jing Lan's voice carried a hint of a ruthless judge: "In twenty minutes, I will personally shoot you dead."

As soon as he finished speaking, the charred corpse fell to the ground again, and Jing Lan had already left.

twenty minutes?

You actually gave me face by taking action yourself.

Shen Cheng felt as uncomfortable as if he had stepped on dog poop just after going out in the morning.

He didn't know how powerful the legend was, but he knew that if the other party wanted to kill someone, there was absolutely no chance of failure, unless the enemy was another legend.

"elder brother."

Jiang Yingyue grabbed Shen Cheng's hand, raised her head and looked at him with concern.

Shen Cheng picked her up and used his telekinesis to cover the group of young people behind him.

Before leaving, he did not forget to absorb the resentment generated by the deaths of the three forbidden demon hunters, increasing his resentment reserves by 1%.

Taking this group of boys and girls, Shen Cheng rushed back to the bar as quickly as possible.

Wei Yiting and Shi Liu were waiting anxiously, and they only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Shen Cheng successfully rescue the person.

"Zhao Nanxing just sent a message back, saying that she has rescued everyone and is sending them out of the federal capital."

As Wei Yiting spoke, she noticed Shen Cheng's extremely solemn expression, and her heart skipped a beat: "What happened?"

"There's no time to explain. We must leave the federal capital immediately."

Twenty minutes was an extremely short time, and Shen Cheng had no time to explain things to them clearly. He could only take it upon himself to take everyone away by force.

He also thought about leaving alone to divert Jing Lan's attention so as not to implicate the people around him.

But then he thought again, if he died at Jing Lan's hands, the people around him would not be able to escape the pursuit of the federal government and the Life Court.

If I hadn't died, I could have protected them.

(End of this chapter)