Suppressing Scarlet Heaven
Chen Ling was angry.
Since stepping onto the Divine Path, it had always been him, Chen Ling, secretly scheming against others. This time, he was actually schemed against by others... And he even let someone swing a hammer to his face, almost dying on the spot.
Although even if he was smashed to death by a hammer, he could resurrect by deducting 50% Expectation Value, wasting the chance of resurrection on these two things was absolutely unacceptable to Chen Ling... He would rather put on a hearty suicide Performance in front of the crowd than inexplicably die in this kind of place.
In the darkness, the large piece of Chen Ling's cracked skull was shocking to see. Under the effect of [Blood Raiment], his injuries weren't severe to the point of imminent death. Instead, billowing power surged into his body.
Anger rose from within Chen Ling's heart. He felt like a volcano about to erupt, veins coiling over his arms and neck!
[Audience Expectation Value +3]
[Current Expectation Value: 78%]
He held the bloodstained small hammer in one hand and held the Bone-Stripping Knife in a reverse grip with the other. Perhaps due to the head trauma, his slowly advancing body swayed left and right in the pool of blood. But even so, the Scarlet Heaven Cultists were still scared into taking half a step back...
The dim ruins, the bloodstained vermilion Theatrical Robe, the twisted headdress, the shattered skull... The person who should have died was swaying towards them step by step. The visual impact brought by this scene was simply dozens of times more terrifying than a thriller ghost movie!
The Scarlet Heaven Cultist gritted his teeth. His hairy arm abruptly grabbed the shelf beside him. Under the surging strength, he actually dragged it up directly, and using the momentum, smashed it towards Chen Ling's face!
Clang—!!
The shelf flew into mid-air, and was caught out of thin air by a blood-colored palm.
Under Chen Ling's chilling gaze, the metal-spliced shelf was forcefully twisted into a fried dough twist. The small hammer in his left hand smashed out backhanded, breaking the entire shelf in two from the middle. Then, taking a quick step forward, he threw the half shelf towards the Scarlet Heaven Cultist's face at an even faster speed!
The Scarlet Heaven Cultist reacted extremely quickly, blocking with both hands in front of him to intercept this strike. But the power carried on the shelf was truly too strong, actually shaking him into crashing against the wall behind him!
A surge of pain came from his back, but he had no time to make other movements, because the next moment a small hammer was thrown with full force by that red-clad Thespian, piercing through the air like a cannonball, and flashing before his eyes in the blink of an eye!
The Scarlet Heaven Cultist's pupils contracted abruptly!
Boom—!!!
A small hammer smashed down three walls in succession, completely opening up the pharmacy and the two adjacent shops. Billowing dust and smoke flew up, and three exaggeratedly large holes slowly took shape within it.
Seeing this, the Scarlet Heaven Cultist who had laid flat on the ground to escape disaster shouted without hesitation:
"Help me!!"
Before he could finish speaking, the second Scarlet Heaven Cultist who was originally entangled with Li Qingshan had already broken through the thick smoke and slashed at Chen Ling. Right at the moment the blade fell, the cold light of a Bone-Stripping Knife rose from the sleeve of the Theatrical Robe, accurately colliding with it!
Ding! Ding! Ding!!
The two red clothes fought rapidly in the dimness. Blinding sparks splattered in mid-air, occasionally illuminating a corner of the dim pharmacy.
But after merely six or seven exchanges, the knife-wielding Scarlet Heaven Cultist couldn't parry and had his chest sliced open by a knife. Moreover, as time passed, the bloodstains on his body grew more and more numerous... Speed and strength aside, compared to Chen Ling, who had undergone Ning Ruyu's months of tempering, his knife skills were far too inferior.
The second figure rushed out taking advantage of the chaos, running on all fours close to the ground at extreme speed like an ape, and grabbed Chen Ling's ankle with his fingertips in the chaos.
"Brother Lin! Careful, they can interfere with Divine Pathways!"
Li Qingshan's voice followed closely.
The moment their skin touched, the surging [Blood Raiment] power within Chen Ling's body abruptly stagnated, like a deflated balloon annihilating and disappearing. His brows unconsciously furrowed.
Sensing the sharp decrease in Chen Ling's speed and strength, the steadily retreating Scarlet Heaven Cultist instantly stabilized his figure, and together with the other Scarlet Heaven Cultist, pincered Chen Ling from left and right.
"Hehe, without Divine Pathways, your strength is only so-so." A taunt came from his ear.
Chen Ling sensed the Divine Path within his body, his mind stirring.
"...Is that so?"
Hearing Chen Ling's calm words, the knife-wielding Scarlet Heaven Cultist was startled.
The next moment, the Short Blade he was waving suddenly swayed, turning into half a smashed broom right under his eyelids, which was instantly shattered by the cold light of the Bone-Stripping Knife!
Scarlet Heaven Cultist: ???
Before he could recover his senses, that Bone-Stripping Knife conveniently stabbed into his body. White knife in, red knife out!
Chen Ling's chilling eyes stared at him. Without hesitation, taking advantage of the momentum, he stabbed three consecutive times before the other Scarlet Heaven Cultist had time to help his companion out of the predicament, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Chen Ling.
Failing to pull the Bone-Stripping Knife out of the stabbed Scarlet Heaven Cultist's body, Chen Ling turned sideways and kicked him several meters away, then retreated to pull open the distance from the other Scarlet Heaven Cultist.
Witnessing this scene with his own eyes, Li Qingshan's eyes were full of shock.
Even if he didn't understand the terror of the Scarlet Heaven Cult before, after this personal engagement, he knew how troublesome this group of guys was. The opponent's restraint on Divine Path Skills was too formidable; even in a one-on-one situation, it was difficult to gain an advantage. Yet Chen Ling actually fought two enemies by himself, and could even forcefully suppress the Scarlet Heaven Cult!
Both were wearing red clothes, but their level of fierceness didn't seem to be on the same level.
The Scarlet Heaven Cultist who was stabbed three consecutive times by Chen Ling struggled to climb up from between the shelves. That Bone-Stripping Knife was still chillingly stuck in his chest, and trickling fresh blood constantly seeped from the corners of his mouth.
He blankly looked at Chen Ling, who was draped in the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe and had a large hole broken in his head, his gaze as if looking at a monster.
"Blergh..."
His face turned pale. He abruptly lowered his head and spat out a large mouthful of black blood.
Those three stabs from Chen Ling were all aimed directly at vital points. Even if his body had returned to primitive, and his toughness and vitality were far higher than ordinary people, it was very difficult for him to climb up and fight again at this moment.
This Scarlet Heaven Cultist didn't immediately pull out the Bone-Stripping Knife stuck in his chest. Instead, he gritted his teeth tightly. His gaze swept around, and finally landed on that blood-colored ring not far away...
He crawled on the ground, struggling to move into that ring.
At the same time.
The Scarlet Heaven Cultist who was confronting Chen Ling spoke in disbelief,
"How is this possible?! I clearly already disrupted your Divine Path... How can you still use skills??"
Chen Ling brushed off the dust on his sleeve and said faintly, "It seems, your so-called Supreme Crimson Sky World-Saving Exalted One... isn't that divine either."
At the moment the Scarlet Heaven Cultist touched him, a large portion of Chen Ling's skills indeed became unusable, including [Blood Raiment], [Tribunal], [Heart Python], and so on... These Divine Path Skills learned from other people were as if forcefully thrown into disorder, but there were only four exceptions.
[Fist of Justice], [Formless], [Scarlet Trick], and [Fate Weaving].