Chapter 1420: The Outcast King, Returning in Wrath

Chen Ling’s true body was not here.

He had only entered Xiaobai’s consciousness through the Thought Storm, using his senses to see the scene before him...

Through the broken walls, one could see countless Calamities of the Forbidden Sea fighting violently in the city ruins. The roars of beasts echoed in his ears, and the entire South Sea Domain had turned into a living hell.

But Chen Ling’s attention was entirely focused on the two corpses.

Teacher Ye’s shirt was stained pitch-black by congealed blood, his body as rigid as stone, his eyes still open, filled with pain and unwillingness; Xiaotao’s head had been pierced by a bullet, lying on her side in a pool of blood frozen into frost, her nails having grown halfway into those of a beast before stopping abruptly...

Chen Ling’s body trembled imperceptibly.

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"Xiaobai..." Chen Ling spoke through gritted teeth. "What... exactly happened here?"

Xiaobai wept as he recounted everything he had seen to Chen Ling. These words verified the ominous suspicions in Chen Ling’s mind, and his fists clenched uncontrollably!

At the same time,

at the World-Ending Conference, the last words Si Zai had said to him flooded back into his mind:

"Even without you... we will still achieve final victory."

"And..."

"We must thank you... for your contribution to the Calamity."

Rumble—

A dull thunder rolled across the sky.

Si Zai had schemed against the Fusionist faction, schemed against the South Sea Domain, schemed against Chu Changqing... and even he himself had been schemed into it.

Killing intent surged in Chen Ling’s eyes, and an unprecedented anger erupted like a volcano. Almost simultaneously, within the Thought Storm he could perceive, a massive shadow that obscured the entire domain was outlined above the South Sea Domain!

Chen Ling’s pitch-black theatrical robe snapped in the wind under that storm. He looked up at the sky abruptly.

A pair of hollow eyes within the storm were staring straight in this direction. A faint, mocking laughter, tinged with a hint of showing off and complacency, drilled into Chen Ling’s ears.

That laughter seemed to say...

How about it?

Does the fun I’ve created this time resemble yours a little?

Si Zai, its scheme successful, no longer hid its ecstasy. It was like a child who had scored high on a test, holding its report card and showing off wildly in front of Chen Ling: "Teacher, look, I’m almost catching up to you."

"SI————ZAI————!!!"

Chen Ling’s furious roar echoed in the wind and snow. The aura of the World-Ender surged outward, and the escaping pressure caused Xiaobai’s legs to give way, making him collapse to the ground, struggling even to breathe.

Chen Ling caught a glimpse of this from the corner of his eye. He knew that since he had arrived only as a consciousness, he was no match for Si Zai...

He forced himself to calm down, staring fixedly at Si Zai above the clouds, and spoke chillingly:

"I remember saying..."

"The things you’ve schemed against me will not just pass like this... One day, I will make you pay the price!"

Strands of pitch-black hair drifted in the air, and large patches of eerie skin peeled away from Chen Ling’s cheeks. Under the unprecedented anger, the black face, already as thin as a cicada’s wing, began to dissipate, revealing the flawless, jade-like human face beneath.

The second personality that had remained in his body after the last battle was finally completely digested and absorbed by Chen Ling. The moment the dual personalities merged into one, a loud explosion erupted from within Chen Ling!

The pitch-black theatrical robe tore apart inch by inch, and the original vermilion was outlined once more. Red and black intertwined at this moment, forming a brand-new, majestic, and ferocious theatrical robe!

The black and red robe extended and surged infinitely in the void. Chen Ling raised his hand, as if he were going to crush the entire sky in his palm...

"Si Zai..."

"When I arrive at the South Sea... that will be your death day."

Chen Ling’s figure vanished into thin air.

……

Ghost-Mocking Abyss.

On the throne, a furious and surging World-Ending aura erupted into the sky like a burning sun!!

At this moment, all the Calamities of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss were awakened. They looked toward the underground palace in shock, their bodies cowering on the ground in fear... They looked at each other blankly, seemingly unable to understand who had angered their Great King to such an extent.

Bang—!!

A World-Ending figure draped in a red and black theatrical robe broke through the palace and stepped into the air above the entire Ghost-Mocking Abyss!

"Where are the Five Poisons?!!"

These four words exploded like thunder. The next second, the terrifying aura of five Eighth-Rank Calamities erupted simultaneously!

The giant rock clinging to the cliff wall vibrated slightly, and dust shook off it, revealing the outline of a ferocious gecko;

the venomous snake in the depths of the sleeping cave slowly raised its head, its red tongue flicking silently like a soul-stealing red spirit, its winding body crawling rapidly outward like lightning;

the silent soil churned violently, and a scorpion tail flashing with a chilling cold light broke through the earth, a nimble black shadow emitting a sharp hiss;

the toad in the mud erupted with a thunderous roar, its massive body shooting into the sky like a cannonball, unstoppable;

directly in front of the underground palace, a giant red and black centipede took flight, crawling like a swimming dragon toward the furious King-shadow in the sky without hesitation...

Five giant shadows radiating terrifying pressure circled Chen Ling. Eerie and chilling Calamity auras erupted from deep within the Gray Realm. This sixth-largest World-Ending territory, which had been silent for hundreds of years, finally bared its fangs!

As the five Poison Heads gathered, the Calamities of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss seemed to sense something, and excitement actually flowed in their eyes!

The Great King finally figured it out?!

Can they finally leave this abyss and show their true strength?!

These Calamities had been dormant in the Ghost-Mocking Abyss for too long. Most of them had never left this place in their entire lives, spending their days submerged in poisonous miasma, in the dark underground, drinking, fighting, and never knowing if they would be killed by their own kind the next day...

Belligerent as they were, they were tired of the endless civil war. Now, they would have the chance to break out of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss—this was something even more exciting and intoxicating than the highest-purity Five Poisons Wine!!

Hisses came from all corners of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss, and the fighting spirit of the entire World-Ending territory had already pierced the clouds!

Above the void,

the red and black theatrical robe surged silently like a majestic royal robe.

Chen Ling’s gaze swept over the now-boiling Ghost-Mocking Abyss, and he spat out four words slowly and coldly:

"Follow me... to war."

On this day,

the earth trembled, and the insect caves shattered.

The pitch-black abyss extended from deep within the Gray Realm, like an unstoppable wave of darkness, cracking every inch of the Gray Realm’s earth and sweeping majestically toward the South Sea Domain!

Almost simultaneously, a familiar Divine Path extended from beneath Chen Ling’s feet. On the steps of his promotion to the Seventh Rank, a line of small characters slowly emerged!

[The King who lives in seclusion, returns in wrath]