Justice's Judgment!

Under the complex gazes of the crowd, Eric Killmonger pulled out the long sword that was stuck to the side, walked up to T'Challa, slowly raised the sword, and prepared to strike the kneeling T'Challa.

"No!"

"T'Challa! Stand up!"

Princess Shuri cried out anxiously, and the Queen covered her mouth, her eyes filled with terror.

Although the former king T'Chaka did not speak, the tense expression on his face and the anxious look in his eyes said it all.

However, the sacred challenge ceremony cannot be interrupted. The ceremony is only considered over when one side surrenders or dies. At this moment, T'Chaka desperately hoped that T'Challa would admit defeat. He didn't care about losing the throne, but he couldn't lose his son!

"T'Challa..."

Unfortunately, the stubborn T'Challa showed no sign of giving up. Although he was seriously injured and kneeling on the ground unable to get up, his eyes were still full of defiance and perseverance.

Just as Eric Killmonger raised his longsword to strike T'Challa, a spear suddenly thrust out from the side, blocking his blade.

The crowd looked in the direction of the spear and discovered that it was High Priest Zuri had been standing to the side, who had intervened in time to stop the challenge ceremony and save T'Challa.

Of course, this was also because Eric held back and did not use his full strength. Otherwise, if Eric had unleashed this attack with all his might, Zuri would not have been able to block it no matter what.

"Let him go. If you want to kill someone, kill me instead. Your father died because of me!"

As he spoke, Zuri released his grip on the spear, letting it fall into the pool, his gaze towards Eric filled with a death wish.

Even after all these years, he still can't get over what happened back then. Although he has never admitted it, they did make a mistake.

Today, let him atone with his life.

Eric Killmonger's eyes flashed with cold light upon hearing this, and he stared intently into Zuri's eyes. Just as the god had said, his father's death was because of Zuri.

Eric put down his longsword and strode menacingly toward Zuri. T'Challa, who was incapacitated, the Queen, Princess Shuri, and the others immediately shouted to stop him.

"No!"

"Zuri!"

"Don't want!"

Amidst the anxious shouts of the crowd, Eric walked up to Zuri, coldly looking down at him. However, instead of directly slashing him to death as everyone expected, he looked into Zu Li's eyes and asked in an icy voice.

Do you plead guilty?

"I am guilty!"

Zuri spoke, he knelt down and bowed his head deeply. The river reflected his face, which was filled with pain and regret, as well as a hint of relief at impending liberation.

Although he did not kill Prince N'Jobu with his own hands, N'Jobu died because of him. Most importantly, he and King T'Chaka abandoned Eric Killmonger and his mother, leaving them to fend for themselves.

While N'Jobu was guilty, his wife and children were innocent. They were citizens of Wakanda and deserved to be taken back to Wakanda to receive their rightful status, rights, and life, instead of struggling to survive in the slums.

But because of their own mistakes, they chose to escape and abandoned their compatriots. This is what he can least forgive himself for. More than 20 years later, regret still rises from his heart from time to time, tormenting him.

He had secretly returned to the kingdom without King T'Chaka's knowledge, wanting to see how the mother and son were doing, but he could not find them no matter what he did; it seemed they had completely disappeared from the world.

Zuri once thought that the two had died. Without the protection of her husband and father, it would be difficult for the orphan and widow to survive in this chaotic slum. They might die at the hands of some thug who broke into their home, or they might be shot to death in some dark corner. And the two of them died because of their cowardice and escape!

Upon returning from the United States, Zuri was utterly disheartened. Despite T'Chaka's attempts to retain him and his high regard for him, he resolutely gave up his position as the head of the Wakanda Intelligence Department, the "War Dogs," and joined the Panther God's fold, becoming a priest.

When Zuli learned that Eric Killmonger was Prince N'Jobu's son, Zuri feelings were incredibly complicated.

It turned out he wasn't dead. Zuri couldn't help but feel a little relieved, because this meant he still had a chance to atone for his sins.

Zuri wholeheartedly agreed with T'Chaka's decision to relinquish the throne to Eric Killmonger. It was rightfully his, something they owed him, and it was far from enough to atone for the harm they had done and the mistakes they had made to Eric.

However, T'Challa was unaffected by this. After becoming a priest, Zuri never married and had no children. He always treated T'Challa, whom he had watched grow up, as his own son.

Seeing that he was about to die under Eric Killmonger's blade in his struggle for the throne, Zuri disregarded everything else and resolutely defied the traditions and rules of the challenge ceremony. He stretched out his priest's spear and blocked Eric Killmonger's sword, saving T'Challa.

T'Challa is innocent; he shouldn't have been involved. Zuri is willing to give his life to end this and atone for his mistakes.

Eric Killmonger glanced down at Zuri, who was kneeling before him, then turned to the former king T'Chaka and asked in a deep voice.

"T'Chaka!"

"Do you plead guilty!?"

Amidst the complex gazes of the crowd, T'Chaka, with a complicated expression, slowly stepped into the baptismal pool, came before Eric, and knelt down abruptly in the water.

"Father!"

"T'Chaka!"

Princess Shuri and the Queen couldn't help but exclaim.

T'Challa looked at his father kneeling before him, his face full of guilt and remorse, his heart filled with turmoil. He opened his mouth, but no words came out.

"I am guilty!"

T'Chaka looked up at Eric Killmonger and said in a low voice, "In Eric's face, I seem to see the shadow of my brother N'Jobu. He is his relative, his nephew. After accidentally killing his father, he chose to run away because of cowardice and fear of facing the truth, abandoning his mother and son and ignoring them for more than 20 years. He is guilty!"

Looking at the two kneeling figures before him, Eric Killmonger tightened his grip on his longsword. Just as T'Challa's eyes narrowed and he braced himself, determined to save his father at all costs, Eric threw his sword into the water and raised his head to shout.

"You committed an unforgivable mistake back then!"

"Now that you two have confessed, I will hand you over to the Elder Council, where the elders of each tribe will judge your crimes and give you a just verdict!"

"To atone for your past sins!"