Chapter 1842: Welcoming the Red Dust

Witnessing their own attacks vanish into thin air with just a light flick of Chen Ling's sleeve, the many Tier 8 Marquises present were stunned.

"I don't have time to waste on you."

Chen Ling stood at the front of the train, his gaze fixed on the approaching broken inner wall, speaking calmly.

He raised his palm from beneath his sleeve and made a grabbing motion in the air toward the many Tier 8 Marquises chasing behind him...

Boom—!!!

In the next second, the earth of the district shook and crumbled, and five massive venomous insects cast from rock and concrete drilled out from the ground, dancing wildly and charging straight toward the Tier 8 Marquises in mid-air!

"What is this thing?!" The Marquises were shocked to see these monsters exuding the aura of a Tier 8 Venom Head.

Before they could recover, these five hideous venomous insects charged into their midst, completely disrupting their formation and plunging them into a melee.

But even with five venomous insects, they could only block some of the Tier 8 Marquises; there were simply too many of them, and the others bypassed the chaotic battlefield, continuing to chase Chen Ling's back!

Seeing the front of the train and the back of the theatrical robes fluttering on it getting closer and closer, the Marquises' auras rose again, and lines of Divine Paths extended into the sky...

Just then,

Four ghostly figures appeared out of thin air on the eaves, which were brilliant with fireworks.

The four face masks—Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Mo—appeared exceptionally mysterious under the flickering light. The pressure of the Theater Divine Path diffused from the void; they were like incarnations of characters stepping out of the long river of history, and just by standing there, countless character afterimages overlapped with them in different spaces and times...

Each of them represented thousands of characters, and the profound cultural heritage was like four great mountains suppressing the space between the many Marquises and the speeding train, as insurmountable as a natural chasm.

"Such a heavy aura..."

"How could there be so many powerful Theater Divine Path users in this world all at once?"

Feeling the pressure brought by these four, everyone couldn't help but gasp... They even had an inexplicable feeling that the enemies standing before them were not just people possessing the Theater Divine Path, but the Theater Divine Path itself.

Ning Ruyu, in white, held a long spear, the howling gale blowing his robes into a frenzy. He watched the people flying toward him with calm eyes and spoke in a deep voice:

"We won't let you disturb our little junior brother..."

"You..."

"None of you are getting past!"

Clang—

The spear's ring was like a dragon's roar, and the four figures swept out simultaneously, like a wall of the Theater Path, forcibly intercepting the chaotic Tier 8 Marquises in mid-air!

Bursts of explosions rang out in the air behind.

Chen Ling looked back at the four theatrical figures, his lips pressed together...

He took a deep breath and looked ahead again. As the domain train raged forward, he had already passed through the inner wall of the prison that Sun Bumen had trampled, and a small, silently floating flower appeared in his field of vision.

That was the Red Dust Domain.

The last time he came to the Red Dust Domain, Chen Ling had used disguises and stealth, but this time, he returned in an extremely high-profile, even overbearing manner...

Trampling the inner wall, forcing his way through the outer wall, riding the train, traversing the prison, and turning everything here upside down.

Nine years had passed, and now Chen Ling's wings in this era were fully grown; he no longer needed to be cautious.

Today,

He would openly and honestly welcome the awakening of the Red Dust Lord.

Beneath the theatrical sleeves, Chen Ling silently clenched his fists, a captivating shimmer radiating from his scarlet eyes.

嗡——！！！

The steam whistle roared, and the train crashed into the edge of the Red Dust Domain and vanished without a trace.

……

Roar—!!

The Awakening Lion roared, and seven-colored flames burned fiercely in the mechanism domain.

As the flames spread, those mechanisms outlined in the void, as if affected by some bad luck, began to experience unexpected malfunctions and stagnation.

Amidst the creaking mechanisms, a lion shadow exuding an auspicious aura was flashing at an extremely fast speed.

"Such a strong Theater Divine Path..."

Duke Star's brows furrowed tightly. "Can such a powerful Theater Divine Path really appear in this era? Even we find it difficult to handle?"

"Theater Divine Path, Awakening Lion... I always feel like I've heard of it before." Duke Su fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Duke Su seemed to sense something and looked toward a certain direction in the void...

In that direction, outside the Red Dust Domain, two threads of faith extended into the sky. She closed her eyes and could see in her heart two figures exuding the aura of the Prostitute Divine Path, fighting with all their might.

Beneath the blood-rust-colored firmament, a man and a woman were fighting to the death.

Duke Su's gaze did not linger on the man for long, falling directly on the woman in the black dress...

Her beautiful eyes shifted, and the red thread on Liu Qingyan fell into Duke Su's eyes, making her momentarily lost in thought... She just watched Liu Qingyan, her gaze shifting from initial surprise to appreciation, and then to envy.

A touch of complexity appeared in her expression.

At the same time, Liu Qingyan, who was fighting Eunuch Zuo, also seemed to notice a gaze and looked toward this direction in confusion.

Above the void, there was nothing.

"...That Green Divine Path user's state seems to be getting worse." Duke Star's voice pulled Duke Su's consciousness back to reality. "Fortunately, he doesn't have much lifespan left, and his combat power is gradually weakening. Just that Theater Divine Path user is enough to give us a headache... add him, and we really won't be able to hold on."

Duke Su was silent for a long time, looked at Yao Qing's direction, and couldn't help but speak:

"Why can't we just let them live? Must we do this?"

"This is His Majesty's will." Duke Star shook his head. "All of His Majesty's decisions are for the good of humanity... If we don't suppress them, the world will fall into chaos."

"But what if we can't suppress them at all? It's already in chaos outside, and I have a premonition... today, everything may not go as smoothly as we think." Duke Su pressed her lips together. "If it's destined that we can't suppress them... why must we be so persistent?"

"In this world, what is destined? You always have to do it to know... Duke Su, you are too soft-hearted."

Duke Star paused for a moment. "And don't forget, even if we can't hold them, there are still seven Dukes around the Red Dust... We won't lose this battle."

Duke Su wanted to say more but stopped.

嗡——！！！

A roar came from a certain direction in the Red Dust Domain.

The two Dukes who were maneuvering with Sun Bumen were stunned and looked toward the direction of the sound... On the mottled earth, a train like a black beast was speeding along amidst churning steam!

A look of astonishment appeared in Duke Star's eyes:

"How..."

"Another one came??"