When this terrifying army appeared, the bright moon in the sky seemed cowed by the killing intent and quietly hid behind the clouds.
What terrified Huo Zheng and the others most was not the army, but the figure riding a Mutant Tiger at the head of the countless troops.
That figure was taller and more powerfully built than any Genetic Modifier.
A perfectly tailored black suit stretched taut over knotted muscles. He looked like a humanoid Tyrannosaurus in a suit. In his eyes were reflected the flickering lights of Satellite City No. 6, cold and cruel, carrying the scrutiny of an apex predator sizing up its prey.
He said nothing and merely walked in silence. A terrifying pressure descended like a mountain, making everyone atop the city walls feel a suffocating terror.
He was... Azure Dragon, foremost among the former Zodiac! He was also one of the current Ten Kings, the Warden of the Zoo!
Hearing legends of the Warden was entirely different from facing him in person.
It was like a rabbit encountering a lion, like a being at the bottom of the food chain meeting the king at its pinnacle. The fear etched into their genes surged forth like a tide.
Though the Warden was humanoid, he did not feel like the same species at all.
It was the terrifying oppression of a higher life-form against inferior creatures.
Bang!
A dull gunshot rang out. One soldier had accidentally fired his weapon out of fear.
Then more and more soldiers opened fire. They did not even need their commander to give the order; they fired on their own initiative.
Firing was not courage. It was a way to drive away their fear, as though only by doing so could they draw a shred of pitiful security from their cold