Chapter 1136: Eerie Turn of Events

"The more it dies, the stronger it gets? Do monsters like this really exist in reality?"

Jack of Diamonds looked at the apocalyptic scene of shaking earth before him, still unable to recover from the shock.

When he was in the Infinite Domain, although he had personally experienced the terror of the Calamity of Mockery, he had only been focused on fleeing at the time. Furthermore, he was struck by the aftershocks halfway through his escape and hadn't seen anything at all...

But now, he was watching the killing performance of the Calamity of Mockery at close range, even if it was only one ten-millionth of its power.

"Is it just my imagination?" Jian Changsheng frowned. "Why do I feel... that the red cloud is getting smaller?"

The group was slightly stunned and looked up at the sky simultaneously. They saw that the red cloud covering the firmament had indeed shrunk by a visible circle, as if someone had scooped away a portion of its power, looking somewhat... withered?

The earth's chewing continued for about ten seconds before gradually weakening.

After a brief silence, a naked figure crawled out from the chaotic earth. His body was covered in wounds, and a flash of confusion crossed his eyes as he looked at the sky...

The Archbishop knew very well that he had been at the end of his rope just moments ago. If the chewing had continued for a while longer, he would likely have been buried underground for good.

But just when he thought he was about to die, the aura of the monster in the sky seemed to weaken suddenly, and it even struggled to control the earth's chewing, which gave him the chance to save his life.

Could it be that he still had a way to live today??

Hope resurfaced in the Archbishop's eyes. He braced his body, which was nearing its limit, and sprinted into the distance, stepping across the cracked earth!

The Archbishop's speed was extremely fast, like a naked bolt of lightning. But the moment he started moving, countless red rains fell from the sky, piercing his body and the surrounding earth, leaving him riddled with holes!

If one looked closely, they would find that every drop of red rain was an extremely fine piece of red paper. After these red papers pierced the earth, they broke through the soil like wild growth, turning into dense tentacles that blocked the blood-soaked figure...

The Archbishop roared, and amidst the swarm of countless red papers, he threw a desperate punch!

……

Bang—!!

The mangled audience body fell to the ground.

Under the red-and-black theatrical robe, Chen Ling's chest heaved violently. He felt the power of calamity accumulating in his body; violence and joy swelled rapidly in his heart, and the redness in his eyes became increasingly apparent.

He wiped the split wound at the corner of his mouth with his wrist, stepped over several audience corpses, and pressed his palm against the curtain once more!

"Again!!"

The power of the God Descent crossed the wall, dragging the audience from the outside back onto the stage. Chen Ling could clearly see the red cloud outside shrinking due to his actions, but he didn't care at all.

No matter how strong the Calamity of Mockery's power was, it belonged to the Calamity of Mockery. Only the parts he cut down belonged to him.

As more and more audience members were devoured, the violence and mockery accumulated in Chen Ling's body were like a volcano suppressed to the extreme, about to erupt, yet they were firmly blocked by Chen Ling's tenacious will—they simply couldn't break through his mental defenses!

Chen Ling had walked a long path, experiencing so much hardship and bitterness; his will had long since surpassed that of ordinary people, and this was his most powerful weapon in this battle of Slaying the Evil.

Clang—

A dull, thunderous sound erupted from the void. Chen Ling, lost in the Slaying of Evil, did not notice that rows of faint, heavenly stone steps were already being outlined beneath his feet...

Crimson stars flickered silently at the end of the divine path.

At this moment, Chen Ling was fighting selflessly on the fifth step. The endless audience below seemed to surround both sides of the divine path, watching everything in silence.

The Red Star wish power brought by the two bishops and dozens of Jiangtian cultists drove Chen Ling's mental power to skyrocket. Having only just stepped onto the fifth rank, he was pushed to the middle stage of the fifth rank as if riding a rocket!

Just as he was soaring rapidly, a line of performance requirements emerged, shackling Chen Ling's forward progress like chains.

Devouring Red Star wish power and gnawing on the power of calamity, Chen Ling felt his body was about to burst. He was like a beast on stimulants, his body uncontrollably surging forward. But just as he was running at his most exhilarating and joyful moment, chains wrapped around his body, locking him firmly in place.

"Get lost!!!"

The audience's scarlet eyes filled Chen Ling's eye sockets. He roared violently and impatiently at the void, then punched the rushing audience member to the ground and lowered his head to gnaw on them again.

Chen Ling seemed to have become a beast, his movements of gnawing on the audience becoming increasingly fierce. Severed limbs and broken fragments splattered beneath his feet, seeping into the text of the performance conditions, turning them blood-red and gruesome.

The eyes of the many audience members watching this scene from both sides of the divine path flickered, wondering what they were thinking...

The emotions of the Calamity of Mockery proliferated wildly within Chen Ling's body. The emotions accumulated after two devouring sessions rose up together, but they were all suppressed by Chen Ling's will. Suddenly, the other audience members dragged back by Chen Ling seemed to receive some kind of signal and rose up simultaneously, turning into eerie black shadows and actively drilling into Chen Ling's mouth!!

A large number of audience members drilled into Chen Ling's body, instantly filling his chest with black energy. The previously suppressed negative emotions erupted violently. Chen Ling felt a wave of intense nausea strike his brain, and he fell to his knees in pain, suddenly opening his mouth...

Ugh—!!!

The violent and mocking negative emotions were vomited out like viscous liquid, all poured onto the steps beneath his feet.

The black viscous liquid surged violently, sticking to the small performance text on the stone steps. It moved on the ground like a living creature, then transformed into a black snake, zipped off the stage, and disappeared without a trace.

After vomiting this liquid, Chen Ling felt all the pressure in his body lighten. The previously uncontrollable violent emotions also vanished, and he felt clear and transparent.

Not only that, as the small performance text beneath his feet was carried away, the promotion shackles on Chen Ling also disappeared. Chen Ling could clearly feel his mental power soaring like a rocket, all the way to the end of the fifth rank...

Chen Ling staggered to a half-kneel on the ground, panting for a long time before gradually coming to his senses.

"Just now... what happened?"

Chen Ling slowly stood up and looked back at the gradually fading, twisted divine path... A look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Up until now, except for the first rank, every promotion of Chen Ling's required two performances. But just now, his first performance for the fifth rank was actually carried away... This meant he only needed to complete one more performance to be promoted directly to the sixth rank.

Expelling all violent emotions from his body, clearing the aftereffects of Slaying the Evil, and stepping onto the peak of the fifth rank in one go...

This extraordinary smoothness felt like a dream to Chen Ling. There was not a hint of ease or joy on his face; instead, his brows furrowed tighter. He tilted his head slightly on the empty stage, his gaze fixed on the direction where the black shadow had just zipped off the stage...

For some reason, he had a faint, ominous premonition in his heart.