Chapter 1644: Visitors from Outside the Building

Little Sheng was stunned and took a sudden step back:

"No... I’m not going to the Lingxu Domain! I’m not going anywhere!"

"In the face of disaster, set aside personal interests; everything is for the sake of human destiny." The man said solemnly. "If the Lingxu Domain fails, everyone will die, including you and your family..."

"I don't care about your destiny! My mom is still sick in bed; if I leave, who will take care of her?!" Little Sheng shouted. "My brother is already gone; I’m the only pillar of the family now! I’m not going anywhere!!"

The man seemed used to being refused. He exchanged a glance with his companion.

"Take him."

"I’m telling you, I’m not going anyw..."

Bang—!!

With a powerful hand striking the back of his head, Little Sheng’s eyes rolled back, and he fainted in the man’s arms on the spot.

Just as the two were preparing to carry Little Sheng away, a rustling sound came from inside the house, followed by a painful and sharp cry!

"Where are you taking my child???"

The two turned back to see a haggard figure leaning against the doorframe, her eyes fixed on Little Sheng behind them, like an angry lioness.

"Ma'am, he has to go to the Lingxu Domain." The man’s voice was as gentle as possible. "Humanity needs his strength."

"No... you can't take him away!! You’ve already snatched my husband from my side, you can't snatch Little Sheng too... He’s just a child!!" the mother shouted, nearly collapsing.

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact... Ma'am, I’m sorry."

The man bowed to the mother and then turned to continue walking into the rain.

"No..."

"No!!"

The mother widened her eyes and, ignoring her own illness, stumbled out of the house!

"You can't take him away!!"

"His brother... his brother was a hero of the Cangyun Domain!"

"How can you snatch away a hero’s brother... Give him back to me... Give him back to me!!"

"My husband went to the Lingxu Domain, my eldest son died for the Cangyun Domain, if you take Little Sheng away too... I’ll really have nothing left... nothing at all!!"

"I beg you, I beg... I beg you to give Little Sheng back to me..."

The two in the rain jolted slightly, but did not stop their pace.

They were fast, so fast that no matter how much the weak mother chased, she couldn't possibly catch up... She stumbled in the rain for less than a hundred meters before her legs went soft and she fell to the ground with a thud.

But this time, no one was there to help her up.

The torrential rain poured down, and endless despair mixed into the rain, swallowing her whole. She lay twisted on the ground, in such pain she felt as if she were suffocating...

She could only open her mouth, letting all her emotions surge into her throat.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

The desperate and shrill scream, like the final cry of a drowning person, echoed beneath the firmament.

……

"Sigh..."

Raindrops hit the plaque of the Jinghong Building, making a tapping sound. A faint sigh sounded gloomily from the railing on the second floor.

"The Cangyun Domain is finished." Diamond Q frowned slightly. "I don't know what this Cangyun Lord is thinking... The situation in Cangyun is already like this, and he’s still overdrawing and conscripting."

"Now, the old, weak, sick, and disabled in the Cangyun Domain are relying on just a few young people to hold on. If they leave... I’m afraid many, many people will die." Club J also said in a deep voice.

"If I were these citizens, I’d definitely skin the Cangyun Lord alive." Heart J snorted coldly.

"But it doesn't matter... It has nothing to do with our Twilight Society anyway."

"Not necessarily. Looking at this posture, we can already prepare to summon members to hold a funeral for the Cangyun Domain."

"It’s useless. The Cangyun Lord can live forever by relying on the South Sea Lord’s blood. Even if the Cangyun Domain’s citizens all die and it becomes an empty city, he won't die... Even if we could hold a funeral for the domain, we can't embalm the Nine Lords; it would still be a wasted effort."

Just as several members were talking upstairs, at the tea table on the first floor, Chen Ling, draped in his theatrical robe, sat with his eyes closed, as if resting.

And only Chen Ling could see that at this moment, a distorted shadow of a Divine Path was being outlined in the void beside him.

Chen Ling looked up, and that eerie, scarlet Divine Path star was still hanging in the firmament... And now, he was standing high at the front of this heaven-reaching Divine Path; the once unreachable star was now much closer.

Every time Chen Ling advanced, he would reclaim a portion of the Mockery Calamity’s power. At this moment, he was standing in the middle of the seventh step; just a few more steps, and he would be able to touch the star.

Previously, Chen Ling hadn't felt much about the Mockery Calamity’s full strength, but after being toyed with so many times by the Mockery Calamity in the era archives, he had deeply experienced what kind of power that was...

He stood on the steps, slowly reached out his hand, and grasped toward the eerie star in the sky... as if to hold it completely in his palm.

"One day, I will completely control you."

Chen Ling murmured to himself.

He looked down; he had now arrived before the eighth step. Just one more step forward, and he would complete his advancement...

And in front of him, a line of small characters was clearly visible on the ground.

【Complete the first world-ending performance under the witness of at least fifty thousand people】

The moment he saw this line of text, Chen Ling’s heart stirred slightly...

His gaze was somewhat complex.

No one knew what he was thinking at this moment. He just remained silent in place for a long time, then waved his hand, and the Divine Path shadow beside him dissipated like blue smoke.

When he opened his eyes again, the hot tea on the table had just returned to room temperature.

Chen Ling was just about to get up when, the next second, three tense auras erupted simultaneously from the second floor of the Jinghong Building!

Diamond Q, Heart J, Club J... The three of them seemed to have seen some extremely powerful enemy on the second floor and released all their auras without hesitation, as if to intimidate, or perhaps as a warning.

Chen Ling frowned.

Swish, swish, swish—

The rain outside the Jinghong Building became even more violent.

Dense, heavy raindrops hit the earth frantically, the roaring rain seeming to drown everything, and even the rampant auras of the three Twilight Society members on the second floor were gradually swallowed and isolated by this rain...

Creak, creak.

The floorboards and stairs of the theater building made faint sounds.

Chen Ling didn't move. He knew who had come, and he knew that person wouldn't harm the three Twilight Society members... This torrential rain that drowned everything was merely a means he had employed to isolate this area from the outside world.

The dense raindrops, like white silk, flowed continuously outside the theater. A moment later, a figure was slowly outlined from the misty water vapor.

Although the person walked through the rain, not a single drop of rain remained on him. He stepped gently over the threshold of the Jinghong Building, like a guest who had just arrived, his footsteps quiet and steady.

Chen Ling sat quietly by the table, looking at the figure, and spoke calmly:

"Should I call you Qi Muyun..."

"Or..."

"Cangyun Lord?"