Eleven
Dr. Lou threw down the empty-chambered gun in his hand, turning his head low-roaring towards another forest:
"What are you still waiting for?!"
Swoosh——!!
Once this sentence came out, an afterimage like a cannonball flew out, straightly rushing towards the Red Star Fragment!
Chen Ling seeing this, his brain in an instant rapidly operated!
Inside the forest there actually was still someone?!
Why did Dr. Lou want to kill Wu Tongyuan? The one triggering the Pillar of Light just now was it him? What is the relationship between him and that person in the forest? What is their purpose?!
Countless doubts flashed out of Chen Ling's mind. But he already didn't have time to ponder. Instinct told him, Dr. Lou's standpoint absolutely wasn't ordinary, perhaps had already stood on the opposite side of the Nine Monarchs. Since it was so, absolutely could not let that figure in the forest touch the Red Star Fragment!
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That afterimage's speed was faster than Chen Ling, but Chen Ling's distance from the fragment was closer. In the blink of an eye, two afterimages then simultaneously arrived at a place not reaching three meters in front of the fragment. Almost extending a hand then could touch it.
"Judgment." Chen Ling without the slightest hesitation pulled the trigger!
The bullet of Deconstruction whistlingly rushed towards that afterimage's face. Only hearing a sound of cold snort, that afterimage's palm abruptly burst out a burst of radiance, forcibly slapping shattering the power of Judgment. Even the surrounding nothingness was all distorted by the shattered Deconstruction fragments!
This was still Chen Ling's first time seeing someone able to frontally smash shatter the Tribunal!
He knew this figure in front of his eyes absolutely wasn't simple. But at this moment also didn't have the slightest meaning of retreating. But rather abruptly twisted his body swinging a fist, smashing towards that figure's face!
"Courting death." That figure coldly opened his mouth, similarly stopping his figure, one fist welcoming towards Chen Ling.
Two fists boomingly collided in front of the Red Star Fragment!
Bang——!!
A sound of muffled loud bang, Chen Ling's entire right hand inch by inch explosively shattered. Flesh and blood and bones all in an instant crushed into slag, splashing out.
And conversely that Mysterious Figure, actually only his figure slightly paused, the fist edge even didn't have the slightest broken skin.
Intense pain instantly filled Chen Ling's state of mind, but did not let him be terrified. But rather relying on this heavily injured body, strength and speed violently swelled up a step. Then following the force of that punch fiercely kicked the great earth, borrowing the force to grab the only remaining left hand towards the Red Star Fragment!
Ever since that figure barehandedly grabbed shattering the Tribunal, Chen Ling then knew the gap between the two people was too big. If fighting head-on he himself absolutely wasn't his opponent... Since it was so, might as well gamble once! Utilizing well the instant explosive power of the Blood Robe, then grabbing this final one thousandth of a second opportunity!
Chen Ling didn't know what the other party wanted to do to the Red Star Fragment. But since unable to stop it, then be one step faster than him, grasping the initiative into his own hands.
That figure seeing this scene, face instantly then changed. Without the slightest hesitation also raised his hand reaching towards the Red Star Fragment...
But it was exactly this one thousandth of a second delay, letting Chen Ling who burst out full speed, take the lead by a thread touching the Red Star Fragment.
The next moment, unexpected change suddenly happened!!
Densely packed cracks spread from the position where Chen Ling touched the Red Star Fragment. Instantly diffusing sweeping the entire Meteorite Crater. In this instant, within the nothingness behind Chen Ling's back, pairs of scarlet red pupils abruptly opened, like they were roaring!
Boom——!!!
Piercingly bright radiance lit up from within the cracks. This massive and mysterious extraterrestrial fragment, under this one finger boomingly exploded shattering. Red light like a tide crazily surged towards all directions, enveloping everyone nearby within it!
Chen Ling only felt in front of his eyes being concealed by a smear of red color. Following closely then both eyes went black, losing consciousness.
The red ocean flowed within nothingness. While the figures standing at various places, were just like undersea reefs triggering whirlpools. Those red lights amidst spinning continuously drilled into their bodies. Their tightly closed pupils crazily trembled.
And the one closest to the center of the red sea, was exactly Red-Clad Chen Ling. The whirlpool above him was more massive than anyone else's!
Under the scouring of the red sea, their figures weirdly suspended up, both feet leaving the ground, like a ring generally guarding at the edge of the Meteorite Crater... Around Yang Xiao's body surfaced aurora and lightning. Around Lu Xun's body reflected nebulae and black holes. Beside Su Zhiwei was countless minutely trembling 'Strings'. Countless numbers and symbols jumped around Wu Tongyuan's body, almost thoroughly drowning him...
If at this moment someone witnessed this scene, they would definitely drop their jaws in shock. At this moment almost everyone's surroundings were accompanied by different Anomalies. Only three people were exceptions.
Chen Ling, the Mysterious Figure, and Dr. Lou.
They quietly floated in midair. Red light still poured into their bodies, but didn't cause any Anomaly, only quietly storing within.
This process fully lasted for five minutes, the red ocean only then gradually dimmed. Even so, these figures still suspended in midair, like sinking into a deep sleep...
The first one to open both eyes, was Chen Ling.
He was like having a dream, suddenly awakening. Right at the instant he opened his eyes his whole person fell from midair, a set of red clothes steadily landing on the great earth.
"Just now... what happened there?" Chen Ling rubbed his temples, seemingly recalling everything that happened just now.
After he touched the fragment, that thing then exploded?
Chen Ling raised his head looking over. That thin red sea was currently dissipating. Some people's top of the head was still continuously absorbing light without stopping... He saw the Anomalies emitted by those figures, thoughtful.
Looks like, it's exactly after the Red Star Fragment exploded, those red lights created the Nine Monarchs.
However... why was he also dragged in?
Chen Ling like perceiving something, slowly closed his eyes. He could perceive in the deep parts of his own soul, there was a ball of red thing currently gradually rolling... It wasn't as solid as the red light on the other people's bodies, but rather illusory, like a beam of three-dimensional projection. Not containing any power, also not having any Aura.
Because here is only a Timeline Save File, therefore the obtained Red Star Fragment energy, is also illusory huh... Chen Ling thoughtfully said.
Towards this result, Chen Ling wasn't surprised at all. Him meddling into this matter originally was exactly an accident. If in a Save Point all could obtain real Nine Monarchs' power, that would truly be too relaxed.
However...
Chen Ling like thinking of something, both eyes slightly narrowed looking towards the sky.
"One, two, three, four..." His gaze successively swept past those figures floating in nothingness,
"...Five, six, seven, eight, nine..."
His gaze finally landed on that Mysterious Figure's body,
"Ten."
Ultimately, fingertip pointed towards himself,
"Eleven?"
According to the course of history, there should at most also only be nine people being right. Right now however fully had eleven. Excluding himself, there is still one person who is superfluous...
Right at the time Chen Ling's gaze locked onto that Mysterious Figure scrambling for the fragment with him, that figure abruptly opened both eyes!