Taking the Bait
"[Tribunal]."
As Chen Ling flew past like lightning, the Tribunal around him also extended along with him. The Defendant's seat manifested out of thin air in front of Tu Tian, but it only slightly hindered his figure, before being shattered by the impact brought by his absolute power!
One Defendant's seat appeared after another, forcibly slowing down Tu Tian's movements. At the same time, the muzzle of Chen Ling's gun fiercely raised, aiming at Tu Tian's head, and lightly chanted something.
The next moment, Deconstruction bullets whistled out!
Tu Tian coldly snorted and raised his hand to grasp that burning banner. The flagpole danced wildly in his hand like a wind-and-fire wheel, directly tearing open a gap amidst the [Tribunal]. His originally delayed speed increased once again!
He agilely dodged the Deconstruction bullets, and then aggressively charged towards Chen Ling. After those bullets turned a corner in mid-air, they immediately chased after him.
Bang bang bang—!
Chen Ling fired three shots consecutively. A total of four Deconstruction bullets frantically intercepted Tu Tian's figure, but his face also became incomparably pale due to excessive consumption.
Tu Tian wrapped up a hurricane and leaped above Chen Ling. Under the enclosure of the four bullets, he exerted his full strength to hurl out the burning banner!!
Whoosh—!!
The banner was like a divine weapon descending from heaven, instantly tearing open the air, shooting straight at Chen Ling's head!
This strike already contained Tu Tian's most extreme limit of power, capable of destroying heaven and earth. The moment he hurled it out, it had already announced the end of this battle...
Chen Ling's pupils clearly reflected the rapidly enlarging burning banner.
In a split second,
He quietly took a half-step back...
Boom—!!!
The banner pierced completely through Chen Ling's chest, as easily as piercing through paper. Following closely, the banner deeply sank into the earth. A mighty explosion loudly erupted, and the terrifying impact almost shook the two surrounding streets into powder!
Surging firelight bloomed like the sun. A scorching hurricane swept across the earth. Many participants in the distance all turned their heads in astonishment to look in this direction...
"What is this?!"
"What terrifying destructive power! Who is slaughtering each other over there?!"
"This is definitely a Fifth-Tier taking action... It's estimated that the blocks over there have already been completely scrapped. We'd better quickly stay far away."
"Under twenty-five years old, could there really be this kind of monster??"
"When the time comes and the Heaven-Reaching Star Positions appear, who can snatch it from him?"
"..."
Amidst the crowd's shocked whispers, Referee 06's fluorescent robe was blown flapping by this hurricane.
His eyes reflected the raging sea of fire, revealing an expression of 'as expected',
"Is it over..."
As the flames in the center of the cracked earth gradually dispersed, an emaciated figure covered in blood slowly walked forward, his expression incomparably gloomy...
Under the continuous obstruction of Chen Ling's [Tribunal], Tu Tian was still hit by two of the Deconstruction bullets. One of his shoulders was almost shattered, and there was also a fist-sized wound on his right chest. If it were slightly more off-center, it would have injured his heart.
But at this moment on his path forward, a figure had already been pierced through by the banner, nailed motionless in the surging sea of fire.
"Damn it... I was almost dragged down into the water by this kid."
Tu Tian glanced at his gurgling bleeding wound, recalling the hair-raising moment just now, he was still somewhat frightened... He slowly arrived in front of Chen Ling's corpse and looked down.
In the shattered earth, a figure with a large hole blown open in his chest was silently collapsed beside the banner. Raging flames licked his body, almost burning half of his body into charcoal.
His heart was pierced through, and he had no reaction no matter how the flames burned him. His Aura had also long disappeared without a trace... Only a pair of pupils full of unwillingness was still glaring at the sky.
"Why are you still standing there? It's time to go." Fudi in the distance spoke up, simultaneously turning around and walking into the distance. "Killing a Fourth Order, and ending up in such a wretched state... I think you are also living worse as you get older."
Tu Tian coldly snorted, withdrew his gaze looking at Chen Ling, backhandedly pulled out that banner stuck in the ground, turned around and walked into the distance.
"This guy has some skills. If it were you, you wouldn't be much better off."
"Heh heh."
"... What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, where are we going next?"
"Go find that 'Dark Palace' hidden in the Old District... Didn't they say there's a 'Privilege' inside?"
"Alright."
The figures of the two gradually walked far away.
Dozens of seconds later, a figure wearing a fluorescent robe floated lightly and landed in the burning ruins.
"Truly miserable." Referee 06 saw Chen Ling, who was burned pitch-black in the flames and had a large hole hollowed out of his chest, and let out a long sigh.
"If you knew this would happen, why be so ostentatious..."
"Randomly filling in the Way of the Soldier God as the Path of the Actor, and also some [Inhuman] path... Taking the initiative to ignite a fire to expose your position, and also attempting to attack a referee... You only know how to play these fancy tricks."
"Actually, your talent is not bad. If you had steadily gone to compete, maybe it was really possible to obtain a [Heaven-Reaching Star Position]. What a pity..."
Referee 06 shook his head. While taking out his Walkie-talkie, he walked to the side of the pitch-black burned Chen Ling and squatted down.
He stretched out his palm, planning to confirm Chen Ling's life state one last time. Although it seemed unnecessary right now... but he still had to go through the procedure.
At the same time, he had already taken out his Walkie-talkie and pressed the button:
"Participant Lin Yan, at Pipa Street..."
Referee 06 had only spoken halfway when a streak of extreme white light burst forth like a shooting star, instantly piercing through his throat!
Pfft—!!
Scarlet fresh blood flowed from the referee's neck. He widened his eyes in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost!
He only saw that pitch-black corpse whose heart was pierced through, who originally couldn't be any more dead, actually sat up like a phantom. A smile curled up on those cheeks where skin and flesh were indistinguishable...
"Finally... you took the bait."
Referee 06's eyes widened more and more. His throat pierced by the Bone-Stripping Knife helplessly let out whimpering sounds. Before he could react, that pitch-black corpse slashed out another knife, directly chopping off his head!
The current Chen Ling was absolutely in a near-death state. The [Blood Raiment] had also long been operating silently to its limit... That knife was the fastest, strongest knife he could use right now!
And at this distance, even a referee had no time to react, let alone that he had long been paralyzed by Chen Ling's death, fundamentally having no preparation whatsoever... Chen Ling fought desperately with Tu Tian, and after being heavily injured, was burned alive in the fire for so long, all to wait for this knife. Naturally, no matter what, he had to succeed!
Facts proved that his dormancy and risk-taking were effective.
Raging flames burned around the ruins. Fresh blood flowed down from the tip of the Bone-Stripping Knife... The pitch-black Chen Ling slowly stood up amidst the blood and fire, like a devil climbing out of hell, ghastly and terrifying.
He reached his palm out towards the referee's corpse on the ground.