Chapter 1682: Congratulations on Wrapping Up

Chen Ling understood what Chu Muyun meant.

This senior who had first led him into the Twilight Society had completed his mission in this era. Now, he could no longer participate in the mission to suppress the Calamity of Taboo…

His journey ended here.

Even though all the members knew what they were about to face and knew that everyone was going to die, seeing Chu Muyun lose his life force right before their eyes left a bitter taste in their hearts.

Even the Coroner, Diamond 7, who had always been at odds with Chu Muyun, turned his head away in silence.

The hem of the black and red opera robe fluttered in the cold wind of the frozen sea. Chen Ling raised his hand and placed it gently on Chu Muyun’s forehead.

Chen Ling had already personally sent off Kong Baosheng, but for this senior who had personally guided him into the Twilight Society, he didn’t know how to say goodbye… When Chu Muyun pushed open the door to his home in the Third District, Chen Ling had never imagined that one day he would need to personally end his life.

Gratitude? Reluctance?

Chen Ling opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to say such things, but in the end, he didn’t speak.

For the Twilight Society, death was not the end; leaving this world was for the sake of reuniting in the next… Therefore, they didn’t need to say goodbye.

Chen Ling took a deep breath, his tone losing some of its heaviness and gaining a touch of liveliness:

“The curtain of the era is about to fall; we will reunite in the next performance…”

“Congratulations on wrapping up…”

“Senior Chu.”

Hearing this, the corners of Chu Muyun’s pale mouth curled into a faint smile…

Then, it froze in silence.

Chen Ling personally took away Chu Muyun’s life force. He saw the illusory ghost float out from Chu Muyun’s body, and as the large red paper umbrella opened, it vanished without a trace…

The large red paper umbrella opened above the black earth. The extremely cold frozen sea washed against the reefs, and numerous figures surrounded the corpse that had left with a smile, falling into silence.

On this journey of no return, the first person to leave had already appeared.

Chen Ling slowly stood up. He fixed his gaze on the end of the frozen sea, his ruby-like eyes revealing an unprecedented resolve.

“…Let’s go.”

“We don’t have much time left.”

Bai Ye, standing to the side, took a deep look at Chu Muyun’s pale corpse. No one knew what he was thinking at that moment; he simply pulled the brim of his baseball cap down to the lowest point, low enough to cover half his face, making his expression unreadable…

Then, he took a firm step forward and charged into the depths of the frozen sea!

Chu Muyun’s death did not deal any blow to the morale of the Twilight Society members; in fact, it strengthened their resolve. Each of them clutched the poison Chen Ling had given them, turning into streams of light as they sped away.

Just as Chen Ling was about to follow, the Gray King, who was being supported by Liu Qingyan, suddenly stopped.

“What’s wrong?”

Chen Ling noticed the Gray King’s strange expression and frowned slightly.

The Gray King was silent for a moment. “…Lord Red Dust and Lord Wuji died in battle, and Lord Lingxu… is still alive.”

Chen Ling’s pupils contracted sharply.

Woo— woo—

The bone-chilling cold wind swept across the shore, and Chen Ling’s heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

Lord Red Dust and Lord Wuji combined… couldn’t even kill Lord Lingxu? How could this be??

Although Chen Ling wasn’t at the scene, he knew that both Lord Red Dust and Lord Wuji had faced Lord Lingxu with the intent to die. Just how powerful had Lord Lingxu become to be able to counter-kill two Nine Lords while poisoned and injured?

“But one thing is certain: Lord Lingxu is extremely weak right now.” The Gray King said in a deep voice. “If we want to kill him… now is the best time.”

“But no matter how weak he is, he’s still a Nine Lord fighting on his home turf!” Heart 7 said anxiously. “There are no human demigods left in this world now… Who can go and kill him?”

“…I can try.”

Just then, Sun Bumian, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

Behind his small round sunglasses, his eyes, which contained nested rings, revealed an unprecedented seriousness. “By detonating all the power of reincarnation, I can briefly become a demigod of the Opera God Path… Perhaps I can go and kill him.”

“No, you can’t go.” Chen Ling shook his head without hesitation. “Your power must be used to deal with the Calamity of Taboo… It is the embodiment of the curse, and your aura of auspiciousness is our only means to contend with it. Even if we have to detonate the power of reincarnation, your opponent should be the Calamity of Taboo.”

The current Twilight Society didn’t have a single stable demigod-level combatant. In Chen Ling’s plan, his own Eighth-Order Negation Power of the Calamity of Mockery, Jiang Xiaohua’s strength from the previous world, the Gray King’s half-step demigod power, and the Eighth-Order combat power of the four senior brothers and sisters plus Bai Ye might barely be enough to suppress the Calamity of Taboo…

But with just that, they couldn’t kill the Calamity of Taboo. Sun Bumian, who could exert true demigod combat power, was their absolute trump card!

If Sun Bumian were sent to kill Lord Lingxu, then no matter how many people the Twilight Society sacrificed, they wouldn’t be able to kill the Calamity of Taboo.

“Then what about Lord Lingxu?”

“Lord Lingxu is heavily injured now, but the longer it drags on, the more power he recovers… and the slimmer the chance of killing him becomes.”

“Once he recovers to his peak, who else in the world can kill him?!”

Chen Ling knew very well that Sun Bumian’s worry was correct. What the Twilight Society was facing now was a race against time… They and Lord Lingxu were on opposite sides of the track; whoever took the lead would be the ultimate winner.

Chen Ling was silent for a long time before finally speaking:

“I’ll go.”

Sun Bumian, the Gray King, Liu Qingyan, and the others were all stunned, then looked at Chen Ling with grave expressions.

“You aren’t going to release the Calamity of Mockery again, are you?” Sun Bumian immediately retorted. “The Red Star is coming back soon, and we only have this one chance to restart the world. You absolutely cannot let the Calamity of Mockery take over your body… Otherwise, who knows what will happen?”

“I know, I won’t release the Calamity of Mockery,” Chen Ling said calmly.

“Since there are no demigod combatants left in the world, I should be the strongest below the demigod level… Besides, I understand him better than anyone else in this era.”

“After Lord Red Dust and Lord Wuji died, I am the only one left in this world who has a chance to kill him.”

“Then if Heart leaves, what will we do?” Jiang Xiaohua asked cautiously.

“For suppressing the Calamity of Taboo, Diamond is the main force. Even without me, you have a chance. And don’t forget…” Chen Ling paused for a moment and said slowly,

“Spade hasn’t returned yet.”

Everyone fell into deep thought.

With the return of the Red Star imminent, they didn’t have much time left. The corpses of the Nine Lords must be recovered immediately, and the Shinto fragments must be collected at once… The only solution before them now was to split up.

The Twilight Society would suppress the Forbidden Sea, and the Red King would face Lord Lingxu alone.