Chapter 412: Move Aside

"Damn it... where exactly is the legendary Ancient Opera Treasury??"

On the barren black earth, five or six figures stumbled forward. Almost all of them were injured, holding a hand-drawn map, their faces deathly pale.

"We risked our lives to come out of the Red Dust Realm and have been walking in the Gray Realm for so long, yet we still haven't seen a shadow of the Ancient Opera Treasury!"

"We've already lost quite a few people, and the longer we stay in the Gray Realm, the more disasters we'll attract... If this continues, we'll all die here!"

"Miss, what should we do??"

Guarded in the center by the others was a young girl, dressed in luxurious and beautiful clothes. Even in the Gray Realm, which only had black, white, and gray colors, she exuded an extraordinary temperament in every move.

The girl bit her lips. Even though she was covered in wounds, her eyes still shone with determination.

"Even if we turn back now, it's too late... Only by finding the Ancient Opera Treasury will we have a glimmer of hope for survival."

"...Yes."

The others looked at each other and continued to move forward according to the route on the map.

Roar—!!

A low roar like thunder rang out. Inside a gully in the distance, a massive disaster dozens of meters high slowly raised its body. From its appearance, it looked like a giant lizard.

It seemed to have just woken up, opening its sleepy eyes, turning its head to look not far away, and locking onto the human scent that was extremely conspicuous in the Gray Realm.

A fierce look appeared in its eyes. A Tier 5 pressure suddenly descended. Hellish black flames ignited on the lizard's tail, sweeping across the surface like a sharp sword, ready to strike at any moment.

"Oh no! Another one!!" someone in the team exclaimed, and everyone's faces turned deathly pale.

"Damn it, it's a Tier 5..."

Except for the girl protected in the center, the others also released their own God Way auras. The lowest was probably Tier 2, but the highest was also Tier 5; their strength was extremely uneven.

"I'll deal with it head-on. You guys find an opportunity on the side. Remember to protect the Miss!"

The Tier 5 man who was most severely injured took a deep breath and rushed straight toward the lizard disaster. The others, except for an elderly Tier 3 man, also followed closely!

The black flame tail whipped the earth, and in an instant, cracks spread crazily. The behemoth crashed into the few people running toward it, and with one flick of its long tongue, it scattered them all!

"Uncle Quan, can they win?" The girl's hem was blown by the wild wind of the battle. She blocked the wind and sand in front of her face with one hand and asked.

"...Difficult," the old man sighed. "At the same rank, the strength of a disaster is inherently slightly stronger than that of a human. Plus, we've come through a life-and-death journey, everyone is injured, and we are already at the end of our rope. I'm afraid..."

Before the old man could finish his sentence, a scream rang out from the front. The lizard's giant tail, burning with black fire, instantly split into thousands of soft spikes, piercing the Tier 5 man from all directions!

As the sky full of soft spikes closed in and the black fire burned out, the blood-covered figure was burned to ashes on the spot.

With the only backbone capable of resisting the disaster dead, the formation of the others instantly fell into chaos. They were killed one by one by the lizard disaster that rushed over at high speed, almost without any ability to resist.

This Tier 5 disaster didn't even open its own disaster domain, but in one encounter, it completely wiped out this exhausted team.

The girl and the old man in the distance had their pupils contract slightly!

As the lizard slowly turned its head, its cold and fierce gaze fell on the two of them, and a bitter look appeared on the old man's face.

"Miss... we failed after all."

The girl bit her lips tightly. The wild wind from the lizard's roar lifted her hair, and her eyes were still full of unwillingness... But even so, she could only close her eyes slowly in despair.

Clang—clang...

A light sound came from the distance, like pots and pans colliding gently.

The girl turned her head in confusion to look in the direction the sound came from. She saw a four-wheeled cart being slowly pulled across the black earth full of gravel. As the cart swayed slightly, the things in the small mountain also collided with each other, making sounds, not knowing what was inside.

At the same time, in this gray, dull black-and-white world, a touch of scarlet was reflected in her pupils.

"That, that is...?"

At the same time, the lizard disaster, which was preparing to continue its massacre, also seemed to sense something, turned its head abruptly to look in that direction, and froze in mid-air!

As the lizard's pressure swept over, the brows of the red-clad figure furrowed slightly.

He slowly raised his head, his calm and deep eyes locking onto the giant lizard opposite.

"Move aside."

As the only scarlet in this world approached, the lizard's pupils contracted sharply.

It seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. It let out a sharp scream, turned around without hesitation, and dove back into the gully. Black flames spewed out, and it disappeared in an instant.

This gray world fell into dead silence again.

Clang—clang...

After the annoying blocking disaster disappeared, Chen Ling continued to pull the cart, passing by the edge of the gully unhurriedly, his gaze falling on the two stunned figures not far away.

"There are actually people in a place like this..." Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.

Chen Ling had no intention of getting involved with them at all. He withdrew his gaze and continued on his way, as if he hadn't seen them at all.

The appearance of humans in the Gray Realm was not particularly surprising. Chen Ling had heard Li Qingshan say before that the Red Dust Realm had a near-fanatical worship of the Ancient Opera Treasury, and many people even risked entering the Gray Realm, trying to find the Ancient Opera Treasury, embark on the Opera God Way, and achieve superstar status from then on...

However, the strength of these people in front of him was not enough to walk freely in the Gray Realm, let alone find and enter the Ancient Opera Treasury; they probably wouldn't even see the shadow of Clown Peak.

As the red-clad figure and the small mountain gradually left, the girl and the old man stood on the edge of the broken gully, dumbfounded.

"Uncle Quan... that was..."

The old man stared blankly at the figure that was gradually moving away, still unable to recover from the impact of the scene just now, muttering to himself: "Scaring away a Tier 5 disaster with one look... who is he??"

"Uncle Quan, why does he have color on his body?" The girl's gaze couldn't move away from that touch of scarlet, and she couldn't help but ask.

Uncle Quan was stunned for a moment before he realized it, and the shock in his eyes became even more intense!

"How is this possible??"

This was the Gray Realm. Any creature here had to be restricted by the rules of the Gray Realm. How could someone retain a part of their color in this world? He had never even heard of such a thing!

At this moment, Uncle Quan's expression toward the red-clad man changed. Awe and fear spread in his heart. Instinct told him that it was best not to get involved with that person.

But the girl beside him watched Chen Ling's departing back for a long time, then gritted her teeth and followed quickly.

"Miss! What are you doing?"