Chapter 488 Every Life Taken Paid for in Kind

    “She has to die!” Voices crupted as everyone surged forward, powers ring.

    Theresa was strong, sure–but they were all level five and above ability users.

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    The weakest among them was still level three. Even a god would fall here with this many people, and Theresa was no exception.

    After ignoring Magnus‘ warning, the crowd rushed at her.

    In the very next second, they realized their abilities had vanished.

    The speed–type ability user who had been sprinting suddenly slowed to the pace of an ordinary human. A guard hefting a massive war hammer found his own weapon dragging his arms down. Elemental–type ability, rare ability—everything was gone in an instant. One of the space–based abilities even had his storage burst open, scattering supplies all over the ground.

    “Negotiate with you? Don’t kid yourselves. Did I ever say I’d let any of you walk away alive?” Theresa sneered from the center of it all, Morgan dangling in her grip as she swept her gaze over the stunned crowd.

    By now, even the dullest among them had figured it out.

    iIt’s /iTheresa. She can shut down every ability user’s abilityi–/ijust like thati! /iSo that double selfi–/idetonation iby /iithe /itwo ability users in the arena? That was no identi–/iTheresa had it shut down ifrom /iithe /ivery ibeginning/ii! /i

    At that thought, the look in everyone’s gazes shifted.

    She doesn’t just have speed–type iability/ii, /iistrength/ii–/itype iability/i, water–based ability, ifire/i–ibased /iability, ian /iAeroshield, and even mental maniption iability/ii–/ishe’s got forbidden iability /itoo! How the ihell /iican /iione /iperson have so imany /iabilities?

    Morgan stared at Theresa in sheer disbelief. All this time, he thought he knew her best, thought he’d already seen through her more than anyone else. Turns out, he hadn’t even scratched the surface.

    He used to believe her strength came from the camp she led, that she was powerful because her camp was.

    Now he realized–Theresa herself was the force of an entire camp. She didn’t need anyone to back her. She was stronger than all of thembined.

    “Rx, Theresa said coolly, an AK–47 materializing in her grip. “You won’t be alone on the road to hell. I’ll make sure you’ve gotpany.

    The space–based ability!

    “The b’stard who killed Lily–here’s your one shot. Get out there, open your camp gates, and make every civilian on the upper two floors lie t on the ground and surrender. Do that, and I’ll let you live.”

    From the corner, Harry stiffened at Theresa’s words. The next second, he gave a hard nod. “Yes, Ms. Hall!” Without hesitation, he switched sides and bolted toward Theresa’s camp.

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    Some others tried to follow, but Theresa gunned them down one by one, no mercy.

    After standing tall in the judgment hall, she pressed a hand to her earpiece and barked her order,

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    “Pass this down. Every single manager of the three camps–no exceptions. Kill them. Every big shot inside Ark Camp Two’s inner ring–kill them. Ark Camp One and Three, anyone above the third floor–kill them. Whoever dares to resist–kill them. But anyone who joins us will be under my protection. Make sure none of those filthy rats crawl out alive!”

    Her words were still echoing when the gates of all three camps‘ upper management were blown open.

    The long–oppressed residents finally snapped. Those furious shouts echoing through the camps in the chaos lit a fire in their hearts. One by one, more people snatched up weapons and threw themselves into the uprising.

    “Lucy–I’ll avenge you!” At Ark Camp Two, Lura charged forward with Steelbloom at her side, mes roaring in her palms. The wardens froze in disbelief as she cut straight through their lines.

    “Someone’s finally standing up for us! We won’t be bullied ever again!” Darian rallied his people at Ark Camp Three, his voice carrying over the sh of steel.

    “Blood for our families! Justice for ourselves!” The cry spread like wildfire.

    From three camps, the rebellion surged–one spark, one trigger, one fearless charge. And with every step forward, more and more joined the fight.

    “The high streets will be paved with the bones of lords, and the empire’s riches burned down to nothing but ash. One day, when I rise above the clouds, I’llugh and say–even Victor Crowe was no true manpared to me.”

    Tonight, Theresa led them all, sworn to butcher everyst one of those corrupt aristocrats.

    At Ark Camp One, Harry swung the gates wide open. Behind him poured Quentin, Kyle, and a flood of others ready to tear the old order down.

    When the sun rose the next morning, the camps were soaked in blood, every corner reeking of the night’s

    carnage.

    Theresa and her people had fought until dawn, cutting down everything in their path. By the time it was over, the leaders and higher–ups of all three campsy dead where they fell.

    The three camps woke to new masters, their rule written in blood.

    Harry had tracked down Timothy, one of the first–tier overseers, and gutted him in the chaos. Timothy wasn’t just any man–he was the father of the b’stard who ruined Lily. That made the kill personal.

    Wielding her Steelbloom, Lura Carved her way through the overseers and bullies from Ark Camp Two who had once tormented and scarred them. One by one, she cut them down, dragging their bodies into the arena and leaving them there like trash.

    Darian was no less merciless. What started as supporting Theron soon turned into himmanding over five hundred rebels, stormingyer afteryer, driving their way up through the pyramid of oppression.

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    Every lofty tyrant who once enved them ended up strung up in the waste shaft, dangling like broken

    idols of a rotten order.

    Those parasites had crushed them cruelly, and now they reaped cruelty in return. It all came down to payback–every drop of blood answered with another, every life taken paid for in kind.

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    Chapter 489 Victory