Chapter 213: Red Clouds and Red Sun

Chaotic explosions echoed in the manor. Chu Muyun in the distance stood at the edge of the aftermath, his wool coat swaying with the strong wind.

He stared blankly at the red sun floating in the air, and only after a long time did he recover, shock still remaining in his eyes... The scene of the man in red biting and shattering the Soul-Shattering Bead just now was something even he found impossible to understand. Although the man’s face was different from Chen Ling’s, it should definitely be Chen Ling.

What kind of madness is this kid having again?

Chu Muyun pushed his glasses, his expression toward the battlefield unprecedentedly solemn.

"...To think he actually released that thing. This is bad..."

This was the first time Chu Muyun had witnessed the appearance of a World-Ender. However, what surprised him was that the current disaster didn't seem to be the complete form of a World-Ender, but only exerted about Tier 5 power... Could it be that Chen Ling was still restraining him? That he hadn't completely died yet?

One thought after another appeared in Chu Muyun’s mind. Just then, an earth-shattering roar interrupted his thoughts.

【Audience Expectation -1】

【Current Expectation: 15%】

The aura of the paper sun floating in the air surged suddenly. The red paper tentacles dancing in the sky rapidly lengthened and rolled. If it originally looked like light radiating around the sun, now it had turned into red clouds covering the sky, completely covering the sky above the Star Chamber of Commerce!

Conversely, the paper dolls dancing in the sky became visibly tiny, like flies dancing chaotically under the clouds. Dense red paper intertwined into a falling sea of clouds, majestically pressing down on them.

Under such terrifying quantity and pursuit speed, they had no room to escape at all. Red paper like tentacles wrapped around their rapidly floating bodies, completely wrapping them into the red clouds. No matter how the Paper Puppeteer manipulated and folded them, they couldn't break free at all!

With the wriggling of the red clouds, these paper dolls were dragged bit by bit toward the red sun in the center, and finally completely adhered to the surface of that sun... Then, their bodies seemed to melt, gradually evolving from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, bit by bit engraved on the red sun, like graffiti outlined by someone with a pen.

Pfft—!!

The Paper Puppeteer’s face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his figure swaying.

At this moment, his connection with all the paper dolls was cut off. He looked at the constantly wriggling red clouds in horror, his eyes full of disbelief...

"This is impossible... It was just a Tier 5 like me a moment ago, how did it suddenly touch the threshold of Tier 6?!"

A disaster that can improve itself in a short time?

But crossing a tier in just a few minutes, this speed of improvement is simply too terrifying. If this is the case, where will its limit be?

The red clouds supporting the sun moved bit by bit in the air. As it advanced, one building after another was wrapped by the falling tentacles. The originally solid walls instantly turned into thin, weak paper walls. As the tentacles squeezed lightly, ferocious cracks spread all over them, and they only lasted for about two or three seconds before being crushed into ruins!

It was like a moving natural disaster. Wherever it went, all living things were pierced by scarlet, and all buildings were razed to the ground. In just a few minutes, most of the Star Chamber of Commerce was destroyed!

Even Chu Muyun didn't dare to touch it head-on at this moment, quickly retreating outside the battlefield under the flight of countless scarlet tentacles.

"That trash Pu Shu ran away again... How are we supposed to fight this?!"

The Paper Puppeteer looked at the red clouds drifting straight toward him, sweat seeping from his hand holding the paper knife. He hadn't experienced this kind of desperate battle for a long time... Even though they were both Tier 5, the red paper monster was now completely in a state of crushing strength.

The Paper Puppeteer’s brain worked rapidly. After weighing the pros and cons, he gave up fighting the red paper monster and turned to run into the distance.

Whoever wants to guard the Star Chamber of Commerce can guard it; he was just someone collecting money to do a job. If he lost his life in this place, that would be a huge loss. Pu Shu ran away, so why shouldn't he?

The Paper Puppeteer’s speed was extremely fast. Stepping on paper pages, he turned into a stream of light and flew out of the Star Chamber of Commerce.

But just then, another change occurred!

【Audience Expectation -1】

【Current Expectation: 14%】

A bone-chilling cold swept across the entire Chamber of Commerce. The Paper Puppeteer, who had just run out hundreds of meters, seemed to sense something, his pupils contracting sharply!

That was the aura of Tier 6.

He looked back in astonishment, only to see a fine gap crack open in the center of the paper sun within the rolling red clouds;

Looking from afar, it was like a pale eye slowly opening from the center of the sun...

……

Falling.

Falling...

As if placed in an endless abyss, a figure draped in a bright red opera robe closed his eyes, falling downward like a meteorite.

Countless whispers lingered in his ears. Those were struggling soul faces wailing, painfully begging for something... In the surrounding abyss, pairs of scarlet eyes slowly lit up.

The number of those eyes was extremely large, even more than the soul faces lingering around the man in red. The moment they were stared at, those soul faces went crazy, their wails and pleas almost piercing the man in red’s eardrums.

The man in red’s brow furrowed tighter and tighter, as if having a nightmare. As his eyelids vibrated at high frequency, he suddenly opened his eyes!

Plop—!

The moment he opened his eyes, a theater was rapidly outlined beside him, and he crashed heavily onto the floor of the theater stage, making a dull sound.

The man in red struggled to stand up, bewilderment flashing in his eyes. He saw the empty audience seats under the stage and was slightly stunned, only then recovering.

He looked up, and a large number of soul faces poured down from above the stage like a sea wave. This was the first time something from the outside world had appeared in the theater, and with their appearance, the eyes of the remaining audience in the seats clearly showed anger!

They stood up from their seats one after another, scarlet eyes staring at the man in red on the stage, raising their palms as if to grab his body from across the air...

"Soul-Shattering Evidence Gathering... This is my only chance."

A flash of determination crossed the man in red’s eyes. He opened his arms without hesitation, welcoming the waterfall of souls swarming down.

The moment his figure was submerged by the waterfall of souls, the surrounding scene disappeared out of thin air;

Replacing it were memory fragments spinning crazily like a movie. These fragments circled in front of the man in red like a vortex, extending to the deep and mysterious end like a black hole...