Flatten the Volcano to Catch Him! (Fifth Update! Bonus Chapter for 900 Monthly Votes)

The video of Lin Zhen turning ruthless and slaughtering people caused an uproar across Southern Liang.

This time, it was not just the royal family that was furious. The public had been pushed past its limit.

Countless people took to the streets, demanding that Lin Zhen be severely punished.

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Carrying banners and chanting slogans, angry crowds gathered outside government offices. Some even volunteered to join the fight.

The protests put enormous pressure on the authorities, forcing them to deploy local troops to maintain order.

But the authorities soon gave the people an answer they liked: Lin Zhen had entered Hell Volcano. A Net of Heaven and Earth had already been laid around it, with tens of billions of soldiers and civilians standing guard. Even if Lin Zhen grew wings, he would never escape alive.

Sending more people would serve no purpose. Everyone already packed the area within a thousand miles of the crater. Defensive weapons were ready in the sky, while even more high-level martial artists guarded the ground. Lin Zhen could not escape by burrowing, either.

The royal family even declared a nationwide holiday so everyone could watch the grand spectacle of hunting down Lin Zhen.

Respected writers and scholars publicly condemned his atrocities, calling him a butcher and a villain whose very existence was a crime.

One impassioned article after another stirred the people of Southern Liang into a shared fury. The man they had once hailed as a hero was now seen as the enemy of the entire nation, someone anyone had the right to kill.

Southern Liang's massive mobilization drew the attention of neighboring countries. Some even sent reporters to cover the situation at Hell Volcano.

At the center of the storm, Hell Volcano was packed with