The Appearance of the Time-Space Lord, Shocking the World

Kasumigaoka Utaha was extremely furious.
This guy, Lin Hai, in front of her was incredibly difficult to deal with.
He couldn't be dragged away, and he didn't show even a shred of fear.
Was he not afraid of those Quincies who killed people indiscriminately?
Those were cold-blooded killers, actual murderers!
Ever since she saw that combat power ranking, Kasumigaoka Utaha understood that the secrets hidden behind this world were far more numerous than she had imagined.
She had completely abandoned her naive, peaceful ideas from before.
In this chaotic world, keeping one's life was the top priority.
If one couldn't even preserve their own life, there was simply no future to speak of.
"You..."
Kasumigaoka Utaha was only halfway through her sentence when her gaze locked onto the space behind Lin Hai, her face filling with extreme terror.
Because in front of her, a crowd of people was screaming and fleeing toward their position.
The number was over a hundred, and these were just the citizens who had escaped from the monster's maw.
She couldn't see what lay further behind, not knowing how many more there were.
As everyone was frantically crying out, a sudden rain of light arrows swept down from the sky.
All the people who hadn't managed to run past the turn were instantly slaughtered.
Kasumigaoka Utaha was so terrified that she covered her eyes and screamed.
In all her years of growing up, she had never seen a dead person, let alone such a gruesome death.
The fleeing survivors saw that behind Kasumigaoka Utaha was a dead end.
Each of their faces turned ashen, falling into absolute despair.
"What do we do... I don't want to die! I really don't want to die!"
"Why is this happening? What did I do wrong? Why do they want to slaughter us!"
"Is there no justice left in this world! Why are they massacring us!"
"Please don't! I have a three-year-old daughter at home, and a ninety-year-old grandmother. I can't die! If I die, my family will be ruined!"
"No! I don't want to die like this without knowing why. Dying like this has no value at all."
"I don't want to die, I'm only fourteen! I haven't even been in a relationship yet."
"I haven't even held a lover's hand before, I really don't want to just die like this!"
The crowd kept weeping and begging for mercy.
But as the sound of footsteps drew closer from the turn ahead, the cries gradually died down.
The shadow on the wall at the end of the street grew larger and larger, like a ferocious demon preparing to swallow everyone present.
The people who had been screaming just now fell silent, too terrified to utter a single word.
They stared in absolute horror at the rising shadow.
Finally.
A middle-aged man dressed entirely in black, with pitch-black hair, stepped out slowly.
"Y... Yhwach!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha unconsciously called out this name, her voice laced with extreme dread and unease.
Because of the live broadcasts on the internet and various on-site videos, Yhwach's appearance had long been engraved into the minds of all the residents of the capital.
This man was the son of the Soul King, the mastermind behind the invasion of the capital, and the evil existence who had killed the most people.
In the live broadcast videos alone, the number of people he had killed exceeded five hundred, and the actual number was likely far greater.
Yhwach walked with brisk steps.
He did not care at all about something as trivial as human lives. To him, those who could not resist were merely stepping stones on his path to becoming king.
Originally, he had planned to conquer the capital, but he hadn't expected to be blocked by a barrier.
The strength of this barrier far exceeded his expectations.
Even though Yhwach attacked with all his might, causing relatively large damage to the barrier, it possessed an incredibly bizarre characteristic. As long as it wasn't completely destroyed in an instant, it could rapidly absorb magic power to replenish and restore itself.
He knew this was a trick played by someone outside the capital.
Therefore, while ordering the Quincy group to continuously attack the barrier, he also hunted down the humans inside, while issuing a threat: if the barrier did not open in half an hour, he would slaughter every human within it.
His gaze swept across, looking at the fleeing crowd behind, a cold, lifeless smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly.
Yhwach's fierce eyes shifted half a turn, finally landing on Lin Hai, who stood right in front of the crowd.
It was natural for everyone to fear him, but this young man was different from the rest.
He didn't hide in the corner of the wall in fear, waiting for his impending doom.
Ah...
Was he frozen in fear?
So terrified that he couldn't even move.
It had to be so.
Otherwise, how could he not dare to budge even an inch?
Thinking about it, this was indeed the most logical explanation.
After all, he was the son of the Soul King... Ah, no, that old man was already dead.
Now, he was the Soul King.
In this world, who would dare not fear him, the Soul King?
Yhwach strode over to stand before Lin Hai.
He stared down at his opponent.
Beside them, Kasumigaoka Utaha's legs turned to jelly from fear, and she trembled uncontrollably.
"Hey!"
"Kid!"
"I'll give you five seconds to run."
"If you can run from here to that wall, I might consider killing you last!"
"But before that, I will let you see clearly how the others die."
"Five..."
"Four..."
"Three..."
"One..."
Yhwach grinned, preparing to make his move.
Suddenly, Kasumigaoka Utaha's mobile phone, which had fallen to the ground, rang.
This caught his attention. Previously, the capital had broadcasted two announcements, both advising residents on how to act.
Yhwach rejoiced in his heart, thinking that the people outside had finally come to their senses and sent this message to contact him, wanting to open the barrier.
He picked up the phone, and in an instant, his expression turned incredibly grim, followed by shock and fear.
"Imperial Palace Announcement: To all citizens, we hereby release an announcement. According to the latest information from an insider, a young man named Lin Hai, about nineteen years old, living in the West Willow neighborhood, is the Time-Space Lord who disappeared previously. If anyone has information, please contact us immediately. We also ask all citizens to search for this Lin Hai. As long as he is found, your lives can be guaranteed. Note: This person's strength ranks in the top five of the combat power ranking."
As soon as the news was released.
Due to its rapid spread across the internet, the entire world went into a frenzy.
When people saw his appearance and astonishing background, everyone was utterly shocked!
"This person is the Time-Space Lord?"
"This guy is so young, yet he's so powerful! His strength is in the top five of the ranking!"
"I remember the Demon God King was easily banished by this person before. I really didn't expect him to look like such an ordinary person!"
"What! Isn't this Boss Lin who lives across from my house? He's not just a watchmaker, but also the Time-Space Lord! Is this real?"
"How could it be fake! A friend of mine who works in the Imperial Palace said this internal news was provided by another figure in the top five of the ranking."
"Hoo..."
"This is too unbelievable! At such a young age, he has already become the Time-Space Lord!"
"This person is an existence in the top five of the ranking!"
"Just what realm has his strength reached? I simply dare not imagine!"
"I don't dare to imagine either! A level above the Time-Space Creator God? And yet he's just a watchmaker!"