Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

White Eyebrow Old Zhang quickly covered Xiao Qiao’s mouth, ”Crow’s Mouth, say less.”

He didn’t want to follow Huo Wen’an’s lead.

Huo Wen’an looked at the two with a half-smile; it was obvious that Xiao Qiao had a good relationship with White Eyebrow Old Zhang.

In his previous life, Huo Wen’an had also dealt with Dongfang Ying and White Eyebrow Old Zhang. He knew well that these two were not exactly saints, but they were straightforward and honest businessmen.

When the Eastern Alliance flattened the Mortal World and massacred all the ’beasts’ within it, these two did not participate in their actions.

The fiery-tempered Dongfang Ying even pointed at Yan Wusheng’s nose and called him a pervert, saying he was worse than a pig or a dog.

As a result, she was killed by Yan Wusheng.

Her death came as a slash to the throat, the scar overlapping with an existing scar on her neck.

”Thank you, Uncle Zhang, for the sacrifice. From now on, Xiao Qiao will work with me,” Huo Wen’an said, grabbing Xiao Qiao’s arm and pulling him behind him.

White Eyebrow Old Zhang thought that was the end of it and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Huo Wen’an say, ”Starting today, Bai Ze Island will be renamed as Bai Ze Realm, and Demon Palace Manor will be renamed as Bai Ze Mansion. All criminals must register and apply for an ID at Bai Ze Mansion within two days.”

”Everyone remember! In Bai Ze Realm, there are no criminals, only Bai Ze people. Within Bai Ze Realm, malicious killings, tyranny, human trafficking, and forced prostitution are prohibited...”

Huo Wen’an’s voice, carried by the wind and thunder, spread throughout Bai Ze Island.

Upon hearing his words, the criminals lurking in the dense forest were in an uproar.

Huo Wen’an looked at White Eyebrow Old Zhang and Dongfang Ying with a serious expression, saying, ”If you two wish to stay in Bai Ze Realm, you must work with me, assisting me in handling important matters. If not, then leave Bai Ze Realm.”

If they leave Bai Ze Realm, where could they go?

They were criminals wanted by their own families and the official Alliance, and outside of Bai Ze Island, they had no place to belong.

The criminals forced to Bai Ze Island were mostly those oppressed by Super Power Users to the point they were driven to pick up arms in resistance. After facing brutal defeat, they were compelled to flee to Bai Ze Island seeking a glimmer of life.

Why did White Eyebrow Old Zhang become a criminal?

In his youth, White Eyebrow Old Zhang’s profession was a lawyer, and his job was to defend Super Power Users in court cases. To maximize the interests of Super Power Users, he had to do many things against his conscience.

Over time, White Eyebrow Old Zhang suffered a mental breakdown, unable to bear the torment brought by his profession as a lawyer, prompting him to make a shocking move.

He resigned from his position as a lawyer for Super Power Users and opened his own law firm, serving only commoners.

With his help, many ’guilty’ commoners were exonerated, receiving justice, while the corresponding Super Power Users ended up behind bars.

He encroached on the Super Power Users’ interests, eventually becoming their enemy over time.

Later, he became a ’criminal,’ accused of treason against the Alliance.

He, a lawyer wholeheartedly serving the public, was labeled as betraying the Eastern Alliance and secretly colluding with the Divine Hidden Alliance Government.

White Eyebrow Old Zhang was dissatisfied with the verdict, refusing to go to prison, so he injured prison guards and fled to Bai Ze Island.

He went from a lawyer fighting with words to a criminal fighting with a knife.

After a turbulent life, he endured countless hardships to become the Hall Master of Jile Hall.

Dongfang Ying’s experience was even more bizarre.

Dongfang Ying was part of the Dongfang Family in Emperor City, Divine Hidden Alliance; she was not a Super Power User, merely a civilian.

Orphaned at a young age with no close relatives to protect her, she became a tool for an arranged marriage by the Dongfang Family Master at eighteen, sent to be the plaything of an old man with one foot in the grave.

Thinking of the life as a ’plaything’ sent shivers down Dongfang Ying’s spine.

In this tech-advanced Divine Martial Realm, not only was there a staggering wealth gap, but the disparity in human rights between commoners and Super Power Users was even greater.

When Super Power Users toyed with commoners to death, they almost faced no legal repercussions.

The Dongfang Family Master turned her into a toy for that old man, who, upon growing tired of her, would pass her on to someone else.

Being ridden by thousands, humiliated by tens of thousands, that’s the fate of a plaything.

Dongfang Ying refused to accept her fate.

To escape the fate controlled by the Dongfang Family Master, she secretly recorded a video crying for help and uploaded it to the internet. The video caused a sensation throughout the Divine Martial Realm, garnering attention that exempted her from being given away as a toy but earned her punishment under Dongfang Family rules.

Any woman dishonoring the family name and disobeying family arrangements had two choices.

Death.

Or having her blood drained.

Dongfang Ying was never one to resign to fate; she chose the latter.

Eighteen-year-old Dongfang Ying was pressed to kneel in a shrine by the family’s thugs, her throat slit open by a sharp dagger, as if slicing a chicken’s neck.

She bled for a full ten minutes.

If after ten minutes she was still alive and could crawl out of the Dongfang Family on her own, her name would be struck from the family record.

From then on, regardless of life or death, shame or glory, Dongfang Ying had no further ties to the Dongfang Family.

Dongfang Ying crawled out of the Dongfang Family, bleeding, and was brought back to Bai Ze Island by the old Hall Master of Yunxiao Hall, who was impressed by her spirit.

Later, under the old Hall Master’s guidance, Dongfang Ying learned Ancient Martial Arts, and by now at forty-eight, she was recognized as the strongest in Ancient Martial Arts in the Divine Martial Realm.

Though her Ancient Martial Arts were formidable, among Super Power Users, she was still considered weak.

However, her throat-slitting and blood-letting stand against the Dongfang Family Master became legendary in the Divine Martial Realm, making her name synonymous with a heroic woman of courage and valor.

Even on Bai Ze Island, filled with criminals, everyone respected Dongfang Ying.