Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 306 A Clown

As the flames on the Cataclysm grew brighter, the temperature in the entire Demigod Council began to rise sharply.

The air at the scene seemed to ignite, bursting out with a continuous series of crackling sounds.

Lin Qiong's eyes narrowed slightly as he stared directly at the menacing Purifiers. He flipped his wrist and swung the Calamity Annihilation Blade forward.

"boom!"

It was accompanied by a loud roar.

Crimson flames suddenly erupted from the edge of the Extinction Sword, surging forward like ocean waves.

Wherever the flames passed, there were no screams, no struggles; everything burned in the crimson light.

In the blink of an eye, all the cleansers who rushed towards Lin Qiong were completely melted in the scorching flames.

The spot where the cleaners had just stood was now nothing but a chilling expanse of scorched earth.

"How...how could this happen!"

Watching his carefully cultivated Cleansers being wiped out, leaving not even a trace behind.

Shock and disbelief instantly filled Katniss's face.

"To think it was over in a single blow..."

She staggered backward several steps, but lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Now, it's your turn!"

Lin Qiong held the Destroyer in his hand, coldly staring at Katniss sitting on the ground, and approached her step by step.

Katniss stared wide-eyed at Lin Qiong, who was walking toward her, a hint of fear and panic flashing in her eyes.

She scrambled to her feet, forcing herself to remain calm as she met Lin Qiong's gaze, and gritted her teeth as she said:

"You...you stay away! If you take another step closer, I'll kill every single resident here!"

"Oh?"

Lin Qiong paused, looking at Katniss with interest, and asked with feigned curiosity, "I really want to see how you plan to kill these people."

After saying that, he curled a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth, took another step, and slowly approached Katniss.

"You...you!!"

Seeing Lin Qiong walking towards her again, Katniss's face instantly turned red, and her chest heaved rapidly with anger.

She never expected that this person would be so arrogant, completely disregarding the life or death of the hostage.

"Great, very good!"

She looked up past Lin Qiong and went straight to Aglaia behind her, her eyes filled with ruthlessness.

"Aglaia! Since you, as the ruler, don't care about the lives of these residents, then I'll help you clean them up!"

Katniss raised her voice, her face contorted with the madness of someone fighting to the death, and then let out a sharp, distorted scream:

"All purgers, listen to my command! Kill the hostages in front of you immediately!"

The moment the command was issued, Katniss stared intently at Lin Qiong and Aglaia, hoping to see anger or panic on their faces.

However, the reactions of the two people were completely different from what she had expected.

If Aglaia is influenced by divinity and doesn't show too much emotion, then...

Lin Qiong's reaction shattered Katniss's expectations.

There was no panic, no anger, only the helplessness of watching a clown's performance.

"Hey, why didn't I hear anyone scream?"

Lin Qiong feigned surprise as he scanned his surroundings, even turning his head to the side and exaggeratedly placing his hand to his ear as if listening intently.

"Weren't you going to kill someone?"

He lowered his hand, his gaze returning to Katniss's stiff face, and said sarcastically, "Where's the noise? Where's the scream? Why is there nothing?"

Upon hearing this, Katniss's face instantly turned ashen, and veins on her forehead bulged faintly.

She swept her gaze across the audience again, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Didn't you hear what I said? Kill them all right now!"

However, all that responded to her was deathly silence.

The residents in the audience first looked around in horror, and when they found that no one was carrying out Katniss's orders, their faces immediately showed disdain.

"Kines, you despicable scoundrel, how dare you commit violence openly in the sacred assembly of citizens! Cephall will never let you get away with this!"

"That's right, this shameless scoundrel must be expelled from Ohma today!"

"Just expelling her is too lenient! She must be sentenced to death!"

A burst of angry shouts suddenly erupted from the crowd, spittle flying wildly through the air, almost drowning Katniss.

"You...you bunch of damned bastards!"

Hearing the residents' insults and accusations, Katniss clenched her fists in anger, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

She screamed frantically, "Where are the Cleaners? Get them! Kill all these bastards right now!!"

At this moment, Katniss had completely gone mad, like a madwoman who had lost her mind, constantly repeating "Kill them all!"

Just then, a golden chain pierced through the air and instantly wrapped around Katniss several times, rendering her unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, an impatient voice rang out: "Alright, stop yelling."

Lin Qiong picked at his ear, then leaned against the newly summoned cross and slowly said, "Someone specifically asked to give you a good beating, so you'd better just wait here obediently."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a slender figure appeared in front of Katniss.

The person who arrived was none other than Cypher, who had previously called out that she wanted to beat up Katniss.

"You poisonous woman!"

Before anyone could react, Saifeier punched Katniss in the face.

The immense impact caused Katniss to fall to the ground.

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