Chapter 1702: Chen Ling's World-Ending

"That is..."

The many figures busy at the construction sites, as well as the residents scattered throughout the streets and houses of the Lingxu Domain, were all stunned at the same time.

At first, they weren't surprised by the earthquake; after all, the rounds of battles on Lingxu Mountain had already left the Lingxu Domain in turmoil... The public's mentality had shifted from initial anticipation to disappointment, and finally to gradual numbness.

So many people had gone to surround and annihilate the Lord of Lingxu, yet not one had succeeded so far. More and more corpses were hung on the clock tower, and an invisible pressure shrouded everyone's hearts.

They all knew that there were no human demigods left in this world... and most likely, no one could contend with the Lord of Lingxu.

They were in pain, they were angry;

But they couldn't do anything.

Until they looked up and saw that the endless crimson had already covered the firmament like an iron curtain, and a terrifying aura that made hearts tremble surged with the billowing clouds, suppressing everyone's hearts!

And beneath that crimson iron curtain, a burning black sun, like a demon's eye staring at the world, overlooked the earth.

The moment they met its gaze,

A shudder from the depths of their souls occupied everyone's eyes.

"What... is that thing?!"

"A monster, there's a monster outside the domain!!"

"What monster, that must be a calamity, right?!"

"What kind of calamity is that big? And that scary?!"

"It's a World-Ending..."

"A World-Ending Calamity is here!!"

“……”

In the midst of extreme chaos, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the edge of the domain. A giant, crimson, eerie claw suddenly climbed onto the wall standing above the Gray World...

The giant claw seemed to be formed from endless red paper, its surface covered in pitch-black cracks. The cracks pulsed frantically like blood vessels with the aura of the World-Ending Calamity. The moment it touched the wall, the wall suddenly turned into paper with no thickness, and with a gentle tear, it broke through!!

Rip—!

The debris of the broken wall fell from the sky like scraps of paper. The residents living at the edge of the domain were screaming in terror, fleeing frantically into the interior of the domain!

At the same time, hundreds of crimson red-paper tentacles swept out from the dust outside the city, precisely piercing the chests of every resident!

Crimson blood sprayed wildly, staining the earth red bit by bit. The expressions of the residents pierced by the red paper froze, as if their life force had been extinguished in an instant, and they fell to the ground without the slightest pain...

A bloody breeze blew through the Lingxu Domain, and the corpses of the people fell in rows like withered stalks in a storm.

In the swirling dust, a black-red humanoid monster slowly walked forward.

He looked like a human, but apart from the silhouette, almost no human features could be seen. The red he wore covered the sky, the black he wore turned into a black sun beneath the sky, a ghostly shadow obscured the earth, and a pair of angry ruby eyes stared ahead...

Under the successive impacts of the Red Star's power, the boundary between human and calamity in Chen Ling had been broken. This body was like a sieve full of holes, and the red and black that filled the world were the concrete manifestations of the excess Red Star power within him.

A vast and mighty World-Ending aura swept out from his body, filling every corner of the Lingxu Domain.

A red paper umbrella opened above his head, and the ghosts of nearly a thousand residents he had killed with his own hands swarmed into it. The edge of the umbrella spun rapidly, and as the red and black continued to spread within the domain, the number of deaths increased at an alarming rate!

"Ridicule!!"

"It's the Calamity of Ridicule!!"

"It's Chen Ling!! After destroying the Cangyun Domain, he's come to destroy the Lingxu Domain!"

"Nine Lords, Eighth-Order... and then, a World-Ending Calamity?"

"It's him!! My wife and daughter were still in the Cangyun Domain... He's the one who killed them!!"

"He's just like the Lord of Lingxu! They both deserve to die!!"

"One World-Ending Calamity, one Lord of Lingxu... Hahahaha, it seems the Lingxu Domain is going to perish too!"

"Chen Ling! Give me back my mother's life!!"

“……”

Chen Ling's appearance brought not only fear but also the anger of those pushed to the brink.

Many of the current population of the Lingxu Domain had been transferred from the Cangyun Domain. Their relatives, lovers, and close friends had all perished at Chen Ling's hands... When they heard the news of their deaths, they had already collapsed. Coupled with the repeated high-pressure of the Lord of Lingxu, their sanity had been completely eroded. Seeing Chen Ling arrive now, there was no fear of death in their eyes, only hysterical madness!

More and more figures rushed out of the streets regardless of the danger, surging toward the black-red figure walking through the air. But the next second, endless red-paper tentacles, as if possessing self-awareness, instantly pierced their bodies...

Corpse after corpse, pierced by tentacles, were slowly hung in mid-air, like meat skewers. A shocking forest of bloody corpses gradually covered the sky above the Lingxu Domain, swaying silently beneath the burning, eerie black sun.

The ruby-like pupils stared quietly at all this; at this moment, there was no longer any ripple in his heart...

With every step he took, he claimed the lives of tens of thousands. If this scene had occurred during the era of the Nine Great Domains, it would have surely ignited the extreme anger of all humanity, as well as a frantic counterattack... But the humans of today no longer had the foundation to counterattack Chen Ling; they were trembling, weak, like helpless lambs.

And Chen Ling was the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe, frantically harvesting the lives of lambs in the apocalypse.

One step taken, blood flowed for miles.

At this moment,

He was like a true World-Ending Calamity.

"...What is he doing?" Han Meng stood frozen in place, watching the countless bloody corpses hung up by Chen Ling under the crimson sky in the distance.

Han Meng certainly knew it was Chen Ling, but he didn't understand: since Chen Ling had come to the Lingxu Domain, shouldn't he be trying to kill the Lord of Lingxu as quickly as possible... Why was he slaughtering the residents here?

Han Meng's brows furrowed tightly. His heart felt like it was beating like a drum, and countless conjectures flashed through his mind.

After hesitating for a moment, he didn't continue into the ruins of the Lingxu Ancient Temple but instead turned with a grave expression and charged toward the black-red monster!

At the same time,

Chen Ling, beneath the crimson sky, slowly raised the bone-cleaving knife in his hand.

Countless red papers extended from his body, but Chen Ling didn't seem satisfied. With a thought, those bloody tentacles that covered half the Lingxu Domain returned to his body simultaneously...

Immediately after, they squirmed frantically toward the bone-cleaving knife in his hand!

Those excess powers from the Red Star's wish-power, under Chen Ling's deliberate guidance, poured frantically into the blade of the bone-cleaving knife. Countless red-paper tentacles were continuously compressed into two dimensions under the effect of "Wall-Breaking," until they formed an extremely fine thread...

Chen Ling raised his fingertip and gently swiped the bone-cleaving knife in his hand.