Chapter 1701: The Crimson Descent

Chen Ling scrambled up from the ground, and just then, a cold sensation came from his fingertips.

He looked down and saw a perfectly polished round stone lying quietly in his palm...

The moment he saw this stone, Chen Ling froze in place.

He recognized this stone.

"Fifth... Senior Brother?"

A flash of confusion crossed Chen Ling's eyes. He looked forward and saw two lines of small, crooked characters carved into the earth.

[Be a good little junior brother]

[Senior brother is going to kill for you]

At this moment, Chen Ling's pupils contracted violently!

He suddenly understood why, after losing consciousness, he had appeared out of thin air at the entrance of the Lingxu Domain... and he understood why the stone his Fifth Senior Brother loved to use for games was in his hand.

It was his Fifth Senior Brother who had carried him across the Gray World, and while he was unconscious from the excruciating pain, it was his Fifth Senior Brother who went to kill the Lord of Lingxu for him!!

Chen Ling looked up sharply at the Lingxu Domain not far away.

The current Lingxu Domain was quiet and still; there was no sign of a chaotic battle anymore... Moreover, Chen Ling could clearly feel that the Lord of Lingxu's domain was still shielding every corner of this realm.

The intact Lingxu Domain before him had already laid out the entire outcome clearly before Chen Ling's eyes...

"Fifth Senior Brother!!!!!"

Chen Ling's eyes turned blood-red!

Why!?

He hadn't even had time to give his Fifth Senior Brother the poison, hadn't had time to say goodbye... If his Fifth Senior Brother died in battle, he was truly dead; he wouldn't be able to go to the next world.

Unprecedented self-reproach surged in Chen Ling's heart. If he had withstood the pain of the Red Star fragments tearing his body apart, if he hadn't passed out, perhaps none of this would have happened!

Clouds of blood mist burst from Chen Ling's body. His body, already pushed to its limit, became even more engorged with blood under the influence of his rage... After the frantic body-bursting and unconsciousness just now, Chen Ling's body's ability to withstand the Red Star's power had reached a new level. He stared fixedly at the Lingxu Domain, continuing to absorb the Red Star fragments in his hand!

Bang, bang, bang, bang—!!

Chen Ling's body was torn to shreds by the successive bursts of blood mist, and soon it was hard to distinguish a human shape. He seemed to have turned back into that black-clad figure covered in cracks, the only difference being that this time, he still retained his own colors and his own consciousness.

The Red Star power that Chen Ling truly couldn't absorb transformed into dense red paper, drifting from his cracked body. Under the howling wind, it looked like a crimson tornado wrapping around him.

The red-based, black-patterned opera robe extended infinitely under the power of the Red Star, like a strange black-red tide, slowly submerging the earth.

Chen Ling's aura climbed crazily!!

"Wu... Tong... Yuan!!"

Chen Ling gritted his teeth as he spat out the name, and in his ruby-like eyes, a pure and violent killing intent, like that of a wild beast, emerged!

With Chen Ling's willpower, ordinary pain could never have made him pass out. Having experienced the "breaking and then establishing" just now, Chen Ling had become the creature in this world most capable of withstanding the Red Star's power. Even though his own Ninth-Order shackles had not yet been opened, under the accumulation of the continuous Red Star power, his aura was infinitely approaching that of a demigod...

Red paper flew rapidly in mid-air, black and red colors gradually submerged the earth, and a terrifying giant shadow, half-human and half-calamity, slowly moved toward the Lingxu Domain.

……

"They..."

"Failed?"

On the streets of the Lingxu Domain, Han Meng and Spade J had waited for a long time, but they could no longer sense a single ripple of battle, and their hearts sank to the bottom.

You have to realize, the Eighth-Order auras that erupted on Lingxu Mountain just now numbered at least six or seven, and the killing intent appeared extremely suddenly; it should have been a direct ambush on the Lord of Lingxu...

Could it be that even like this, they couldn't kill him?

"They were dragged into that world again." Han Meng immediately picked up a piece of glass and carefully scanned the surroundings.

"This is too perverted." Spade J couldn't help but speak up, "Dragging the enemy into that world at the slightest disagreement... How is this any different from cheating?"

Han Meng didn't answer immediately. He moved rapidly through the streets holding the glass, as if carefully searching for something.

The battle between the several Eighth-Order fighters and the Lord of Lingxu was far less intense than the previous civil war among the three Nine Lords, so it was difficult for Han Meng to directly find the location where the battle broke out... When he finally found the corresponding battle location in that world, only a few shattered corpses remained on the street.

Han Meng's face was incredibly ugly.

At the same time, Spade J also saw the scene through the reflection, his brows furrowed tightly.

The two remained silent for a long time, then Han Meng suddenly turned and walked toward the ruins of the Lingxu Ancient Temple...

"What are you doing?" Spade J asked immediately.

"They all died in battle... Next, it's my turn." Han Meng replied calmly, "We cannot give the Lord of Lingxu time to recover."

Spade J instinctively wanted to say something, but silently closed his mouth.

If seven Eighth-Order fighters as strong as them couldn't win together and died in the Imaginary World, what makes you think you can fight the Lord of Lingxu alone?

Have you ever thought about what if the person you're waiting for never comes? If he were going to come, shouldn't he have come long ago?

Spade J didn't say these words out loud... because Chen Ling was their Twilight Society's Red King.

To be honest, Spade J hadn't seen Chen Ling many times and wasn't familiar with this new Red King. He couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart; after all, he had risked his life to send him a message and laid out all the information, yet they had waited so long without the Red King appearing...

What on earth was he busy with??

"I'll go with you." Spade J offered, "Although I'm only Seventh-Order, my ability is somewhat special; I can hold out for a while longer."

"No." Han Meng shook his head without hesitation, "Someone has to tell him what we just discovered... When he comes, this might be the key to breaking the situation."

"But..."

Han Meng raised his hand slightly, and a defendant's bench appeared directly from the void, imprisoning Spade J who was preparing to follow. Under the power of the [Judgment] leader, even Spade J couldn't easily break free.

Han Meng didn't look back; he took a deep look at the Lingxu Ancient Temple not far away and took a step forward...

The black law enforcer's trench coat fluttered silently;

With every step he took, the killing intent in his eyes grew a little thicker. However, just as he was about to step into the ruins, a sudden change occurred!

Rumble—

The earth trembled, as if some extremely heavy and terrifying existence was slowly approaching.

Han Meng's footsteps paused slightly. Just as he was puzzled, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted from outside the domain. The moment he turned his head, endless crimson, like a giant curtain obscuring the sky, shrouded the entire sky above the Lingxu Domain!!