Chapter 1340: Triumphant Return

In the ruined village, a figure draped in a bright red opera robe walked out slowly.

Seeing this, the scorpion legion waiting on the outskirts of the village prostrated themselves in a dark mass, as if welcoming the king's triumphant return... Xie Yi passed through the scorpion legion, came to the front, and bowed respectfully, waiting for Chen Ling to step onto its back.

Just then, it saw a large, bulging, but constantly "wriggling" package that Chen Ling was carrying in his hand, and seemed a bit puzzled.

"War trophies, bring them back for me."

Chen Ling casually threw the large bag of tableware onto the scorpion beside him and walked slowly onto Xie Yi's back.

A realization appeared in Xie Yi's eyes...

Understood.

The Great King's new toys.

Chen Ling stood on Xie Yi's back, his gaze sweeping over it indifferently, and then a palm pressed onto its head, gradually exerting force...

Xie Yi was stunned at first, and then shock and fear appeared in its eyes simultaneously. It thought it had done something wrong. In a short second, it thought through everything it had done in the last few days, and its heart instantly jumped into its throat!

Is the Great King going to hit me?? Or is he going to kill me?!

Could it be that I secretly instigated the centipede to challenge the Great King, and the Great King discovered it? So he specifically took me away from the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery, wanting to find a quiet place to solve me??

Just as Xie Yi was stiff and letting its imagination run wild, a mysterious and terrifying aura suddenly poured into its body from its head!

Xie Yi only felt a power that didn't belong to it frantically scrubbing every corner of its body, and then, as if it had consciousness, it drilled directly toward its two chelae and tail hook. Its aura began to soar rapidly, its vitality burned fiercely like a flame, and its whole body was scorching and unbearable.

It trembled violently all over, as if it had realized something, and suddenly turned its head to look at its two front chelae. In the pitch-black, a trace of scarlet actually appeared!

This is... the same power as that centipede named Wu Yi?

The Great King actually shared this power with me too?!

Xie Yi was shocked first, and then ecstatic. It wanted to look up at the Great King with gratitude, but Chen Ling was on its back, and it twisted for a long time without being able to see Chen Ling. For a time, it was spinning in circles, and finally, it simply flopped down and prostrated on the ground again.

At the same time, a calm voice sounded from its back:

"Do things for me well, and I won't treat you badly."

"However, if you plot against me behind my back again... your end will be much more miserable than that centipede's."

Chen Ling played with the boning knife with centipede feet with one hand, tapping Xie Yi's head unhurriedly with the back of the knife. The moment his voice fell, Xie Yi felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar!

Were the things I did still discovered by the King??

Xie Yi's heart beat wildly with fear, but as those Red Star Willpowers modified its body, gratitude toward the King surged out frantically. In the end, fear turned into deep guilt... At this moment, Xie Yi's heart was extremely complex.

It had seen so many "Kings," but Chen Ling was the first one to take the initiative to share power with poison heads like them... And it, before, actually wanted to plot against the King?

I am truly damned!!

At this moment, the slight estrangement and wariness Xie Yi had toward Chen Ling completely dissipated. Only absolute loyalty and gratitude remained in its heart, and it emitted bursts of hissing.

Chen Ling heard that Xie Yi was expressing loyalty, and he didn't interrupt, just waiting quietly for it to finish.

For Chen Ling, the Red Star Willpower poured into Xie Yi was just a small part that he couldn't digest after advancing to the peak of Tier 6.

For some reason, aside from himself, other calamities seemed unable to obtain power from Red Star Willpower. If they wanted this power, they had to let him finish devouring it and then disperse and transfer it to them... This near-monopolistic advantage was undoubtedly the best way for Chen Ling to consolidate the hearts of the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery.

Chen Ling understood the Silver King a bit. Back then, he monopolized the entire Tier 8 of the God-Stealing Path, making everyone in the Fire-Usurpers have to work for him. This feeling of absolute power was truly fascinating. However, the means the Silver King adopted were too extreme and stingy, far less efficient and stable than Chen Ling's combination of kindness and severity.

"That's enough." Chen Ling patted Xie Yi's head.

"Set off, let's go back to the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery."

……

"Square, do you really know the way to the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery?"

Under the lead-gray clouds, Jian Changsheng looked at the monotonous, bare land all around and couldn't help but ask.

"I've never been here before, how would I know the way?? I can only head in the general direction." Sun Bumian rolled his eyes at him in silence. "And you, didn't you fight with the venomous insects of the Ghost-Mockery Abyss? How are you still asking me to lead the way?"

Jian Changsheng gave an awkward laugh, and just as he was about to say something, Jiang Xiaohua spoke up quietly from the side:

"Last time we were being hunted by Calamities and accidentally fell in... we didn't pay attention to anything on the way."

"……I knew it."

Sun Bumian sighed.

"What do you think Red Heart's expression will be when he sees us?" Jian Changsheng asked, his demeanor quite excited.

"A surprise?" Jiang Xiaohua tilted his head.

Sun Bumian: "I just hope it's not a shock."

"What shock? What's there to be shocked about? Besides, I brought a gift!"

Jian Changsheng pulled a document stamped by the official authorities of the Xuanyu Domain from his chest and waved it in the air. "Do you know what this is? A pardon! An invitation! The Dusk Society has been established for so many years, and I'm the only one who's ever gotten this! I don't need to tell you how much this is worth."

"Fine, fine, you're the best, happy now?"

Sun Bumian replied dismissively while carefully discerning the direction, his gaze fixed on the pitch-black land in the distance.

"It should be right there."

The three of them picked up their pace, and a bottomless abyss that pierced through the earth gradually appeared before their eyes.

A chilling, sinister aura drifted out from the depths of the abyss, as if it were connected to the netherworld, making the hair on their arms stand up involuntarily... The three of them looked at this pitch-black abyss that seemed to devour everything, their heartbeats quickening in unison. Their instincts were constantly warning them not to get close.

"Is this the Ghost-Mockery Abyss?" Sun Bumian rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and muttered to himself, "Hiss... this is a bit creepy, isn't it?"

"I remember now, the place where we fell in last time was right around here."

Jian Changsheng slapped his thigh and said.

"Red Heart lives down there?" Jiang Xiaohua leaned over and peered into the abyss, seemingly feeling a bit sorry for him.

"It's so dark and cold, I don't know how he manages to live there."

Jian Changsheng put away the document and stretched his limbs. "Let's go, we're going down to find him and bring him out of this godforsaken place."

With that, Jian Changsheng jumped off the edge of the abyss without hesitation.