Master's Save File
Woo woo—
As the gale within the Cessation Calamity's body was suppressed to the extreme, blue light flashed within it. The second dragon breath was already poised to strike!
And that pair of Wind Tunnel-like eyes had already firmly locked onto the figure leaping rapidly amidst the ruins.
No matter how fast Chen Ling moved by relying on the Shadow Toad, the Cessation Calamity's dragon breath could aim in his direction. That sense of crisis from deep within his soul frantically surged into Chen Ling's heart!
No!
He couldn't dodge it!
This thought appeared in Chen Ling's mind. He watched helplessly as that giant dragon hovered in the air, like the Grim Reaper's scythe already raised high, ready to cleave open his mind at any time!
At the same time,
The scene before his eyes gradually flashed. In a daze, his entire person seemed to have returned to that Theater.
Chen Ling opened his eyes. The pale spotlight pierced his body like a sword, so intense that he couldn't even open his eyes. He could only barely see the surrounding scene through squinted slits...
Thud—
Thud—!!
Thud— Thud— Thud—!!
Dull and violent stomping sounds echoed throughout the entire Theater.
Those scarlet pupils in the audience seats became increasingly dense and hideous. Their feet stomped forcefully on the ground, seemingly venting the anger and killing intent in their hearts. These sounds overlapped together, like deafening ocean waves, rolling towards Chen Ling on the Stage!
Chen Ling could clearly feel the emotions of "The Audience." Their emotions were too intense and extreme. Were it not for the existence of the Fourth Wall, Chen Ling would probably have been knocked out on the spot by the shock... But fortunately, at this moment, he could still barely rely on his own willpower to stand firm on the Stage.
But even so, whether it was an illusion or not, lines of blood-red words were outlined out of thin air on the ground below the Stage!
[Kill it...]
"Damn it... Of course I know you want to kill it! I want to kill it too! It wants to kill me!" Tormented by this deafening sound, Chen Ling's eyes were full of bloodshot. He gritted his teeth and spoke,
"But how do I kill it?! It's a World-Ending tier!! Am I supposed to use my head to kill it?!"
[Kill it kill it kill it...]
"Shut Up for me!!!"
Chen Ling's angry roar echoed in the Theater, but this couldn't stop the emotions of the audience. Amidst those continuous rumbling stomping sounds, his premonition of death grew increasingly intense!
Above the sky where dust swirled, the giant dragon's mouth slowly opened. Churning dragon breath surged from its throat, seemingly about to spray out in the next moment!
Right at this moment,
A sigh rang out by Chen Ling's ear.
In this instant, the Cessation Calamity's dragon breath came to an abrupt stop. The dust swirling in the sky suddenly froze. Even the souls gradually ascending into the clouds, and the raging flames of war in the ruins, were as if someone had pressed the pause button on them...
The world froze at this moment.
Chen Ling was stunned.
Before he could snap back to reality, the distant sky was folded like a sheet of paper.
Following that was the earth of the Red Dust Domain, and the Witchcraft Association and Calamities engaged in the chaotic melee. They all paused at the moment the sigh rang out, and then were folded and put away like a children's pop-up book by someone...
Even the Cessation Calamity, whose dragon breath was halfway sprayed out, was folded by space, disappearing from Chen Ling's line of sight.
This scene was truly too unbelievable. Chen Ling even thought there was something wrong with his mind, but he soon discovered that things weren't that simple...
Because he had seen this scene before.
Back when Chen Ling first entered the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path, First Senior Brother Ning Ruyu treated him to his first meal in the French movie "The Chef." Subsequently, every time he learned the "Fighting" character secret technique from First Senior Brother, he would also enter the movie world.
The scene before his eyes was exactly the same as the scene when First Senior Brother retrieved the movie Optical Disc!
Everything before Chen Ling's eyes was being folded at top speed. The battlefield originally filled with the smoke of gunpowder and stench of blood receded like a tide... Replaced by a familiar starry sky.
Whoosh—
A gentle breeze brushed past Chen Ling's face, also causing the grass beneath his feet to rustle;
Chen Ling fiercely snapped back to reality, only to discover that at this moment, his entire person was sitting on a grassland. Before his eyes were tranquil snow-capped mountains shrouded in the night, and above his head was a sea of twinkling stars filling the sky...
He had returned to the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path again.
From the Red Dust battlefield where his life hung by a thread, to the tranquil and beautiful Ancient Vault of the Drama Path, this sudden transition gave Chen Ling a feeling of dreaming...
It was just that he didn't know, which one was actually the dream?
Did he dream of the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path again right before he died, or was everything in the Red Dust Domain just a grand dream he had in the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path?
Could it be that he had never left the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path??
Chen Ling's head ached.
A figure gently passed through the grassland swept by the evening breeze, stopping his steps in front of him.
Chen Ling saw the familiar hem of the clothes and subconsciously looked up, only to see a youth draped in a Theatrical Robe standing before him. He held an unmarked Optical Disc in his hand, quietly looking at him.
"... Master?"
Chen Ling muttered to himself, and then he finally reacted, exclaiming: "Master?!!"
"It's been very hard, hasn't it?"
Master smiled, lightly brushed a corner of the Theatrical Robe, and sat down beside Chen Ling. "If you're tired, you can rest here for a while."
"Master... why are you here? No, why am I here? Wasn't I in the Red Dust Domain?"
Facing Chen Ling's successive questions, Master merely smiled faintly and spoke unhurriedly:
"Your Master has made a Save Point for you."
"... Save Point?"
"Realm disasters, battles between Demigods, a World-Ending invasion... this play is truly getting more and more exciting." Master turned his head and smiled at Chen Ling. "However, Your Master saw that you were strung too tight, so I temporarily paused this play into a Save Point to let you catch your breath."
Chen Ling's gaze landed on the Optical Disc in Master's hand, his eyes full of disbelief!
"Master, you put Lord of Wuji, Lord of the Red Dust, and the Cessation Calamity... all inside the Optical Disc??"
"Hahaha, it's not as exaggerated as you think. That dragon and Su Zhiwei are a bit tricky to deal with... Your Master didn't need to put them away, I only needed to pull you out of this play. When needed, Your Master can stuff you back in again."
Chen Ling: ...
Master used the calmest tone to overturn Chen Ling's cognition... He didn't understand how Master did it, but what he could be certain of was that just based on this divine skill Master displayed, he was absolutely not weaker than the Cessation Calamity or Lord of the Red Dust!
Ever since the Cessation Calamity was put into the Optical Disc by Master, Chen Ling's mind also suddenly quieted down. Those audience members no longer made any movement, as if they had disappeared.
He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled... That constantly taut string finally relaxed slightly.
"Tired?"
"... Tired."
"Being tired is correct." Master shrugged his shoulders. "The protagonist of a story always has to go through hardships... isn't that right?"