Wishing for Death but Denied
"Oh? You recognize me?"
"Thinking to use the Path of the Actor to disguise yourself as a referee, you're quite interesting." Kongwang's pupils stared at Chen Ling's eyes, and he slowly spoke, "... It is also thanks to you that I could complete the accumulation of souls of the dead in the shortest amount of time."
Chen Ling's brows gradually furrowed...
Just now when he saw those souls beside Kongwang, Chen Ling felt it was strange in his heart, because those were all the participants who died in the Dark Palace. And now these words of Kongwang directly awakened him.
If Kongwang had been successively seizing the souls of those scattered dead participants within the Old District right from the start, then as long as the rescue team came to collect the corpses, they would immediately discover something was wrong... And a large part of Kongwang's power came from seized souls. If he was discovered by the organizers in the early stages and didn't have enough souls to rely on, then he would fall into an extremely passive situation.
But every time a participant died, their corpse along with their soul would be taken out of the Old District's scope. This way, it was actually very difficult for Kongwang to secretly seize souls, and the location that could satisfy his soul seizing requirements was actually only one.
The Dark Palace!
Within a short period of time, there were a massive amount of casualties, and the rescue team came very late... He could complete the accumulation of souls in the shortest time, and his strength grew to an extremely terrifying degree!
While the referees on the side still had bewildered faces.
Disguised referee?
What disguised referee?
"Stealing the fruits of other people's labor is not a good habit." Chen Ling spoke in a cold voice.
Kongwang didn't respond to Chen Ling. He merely raised his fingertips, and the Path of Force squeezed over from all directions, firmly restraining Chen Ling's figure in place. It was like an invisible giant hand slowly lifting his body from the ground...
Crack— Crack...!
Chen Ling didn't resist, letting his bones and flesh twist and deform under Kongwang's power, without the slightest change in expression.
"As thanks, I will treat your soul well." Kongwang said calmly.
"Heh heh, no need." Chen Ling sneered. "You best crush my bones and scatter my ashes, otherwise, as long as there is a trace of a possibility for my survival, I will crawl out from hell to kill you."
"Just relying on you?"
As Kongwang's voice fell, he pointed a finger at Chen Ling's glabella.
Under the effect of Ghost Dao Divine Abilities, a smear of scarlet spread at Chen Ling's glabella. Pale chains pierced through the nothingness and entered Chen Ling's body, as if searching for something.
Immediately after, a certain response came from that chain. Kongwang expressionlessly yanked his fingertips with force, and an almost transparent soul was forcefully yanked out!
Chen Ling's vitality vanished abruptly!
"... Mm?" Kongwang was slightly stunned when he saw the soul he yanked out, which was weak to the extreme.
Before he could react, the eyes of the referees on the side instantly turned red. They saw "Wang Xuan" being subjected to Soul Seizing with their own eyes. The fear originally in their hearts was largely occupied by anger, and they fiercely gritted their teeth!
"Damn it! There are no rescue troops either! And we can't escape either! Let's risk our lives and fight him!!"
"Attack!!!"
The Auras of the several referees burst forth with a boom, and they swarmed forward to charge. But there were still a few referees who felt fear in their hearts and didn't dare to step forward. Taking advantage of the crowd's melee, they took to their heels and ran frantically into the distance!
Among the several referees slaughtering with Kongwang, there were also two Sixth Stages. They were much calmer facing Kongwang, vigilantly guarding against Ghost Dao Divine Abilities that might be launched at any time while using their Domains to cooperate with the other Fifth-Tiers to deal with him. For a time, the fight shook the earth and mountains, and all buildings within a radius of several miles were razed to the ground!
Boom boom boom—!!
Successive roars accompanied by flames turned the entire sky into a purgatory.
On the ruins of the earth, Chen Ling's body just lay straight in place, his eyes wide open, his heart stopped, looking as if he was dead.
"Careful!! He is going to use Soul Shock again!" Seeing Kongwang raising his hand preparing to form a hand seal, a referee immediately shouted.
The hearts of the referees trembled, and they immediately turned their heads and ran into the distance, attempting to avoid that soul-shaking strike... But having just ran a few steps, the imagined shock didn't appear. Instead, Kongwang's phantom-like figure directly teleported behind them, and peak power gathered in his palm, swatting an unguarded referee into a blood mist!
The crowd witnessed the soul of another person being extracted with their own eyes, their eyes full of astonishment!
"He used trickery?!!"
Kongwang seemed to have seen through the fear in the depths of their hearts. By just utilizing a feint, he tore an opening in the dense siege, and easily killed one person!
Just when the crowd was still immersed in shocked emotions, Kongwang lightly parted his lips again, and spat out a word like an exploding thunderclap once more:
"[Quake]!!"
No hand seals, no preparatory movements.
Just a single word shook the souls of the stunned crowd surrounding him, leaving their bodies briefly. All their movements were incomparably stiff, and their reaction abilities were also reduced to the minimum!
Among the army of souls, a certain soul lit up slightly. The power of the Path of the Scholar God descended behind Kongwang. It was as if he stepped on the wind, instantly arriving in front of a Sixth Stage referee, and raised his hand to swing out a streak of ink!
The ink was like a flexible sword, splitting open the head of that referee, and scarlet fresh blood instantly splattered the earth!
A second later, the souls of the rest of the crowd returned to their bodies.
"Damn it!! What exactly is going on with his skills?!!" Seeing this scene, another Sixth Stage referee angrily roared in a low voice, blue veins bulging on his neck.
Up until now, the remaining referees had completely collapsed. Everyone was frightened by Kongwang's bizarre methods. They either didn't dare to step forward in place at all, or turned around and chose to join the ranks of the fleeing army!
Kongwang wasn't interested in those fleeing Fifth-Tier referees. Those Yin-Yang Eyes locked onto the only remaining Sixth Stage referee, a surge of Killing Intent locking onto the other party!
That referee trembled all over, only feeling a chill surge from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. After a brief struggle, he still cursed under his breath, turned around and sped off into the distance!!
Kongwang calmly watched this scene, casually stepped out, and his figure followed closely behind!
...
The environment gradually returned to deathly silence.
The chaotic battlefield of slaughter shifted to the distance. On the devastated earth, only a stiff body remained, completely motionless.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Ling's eyelids suddenly twitched faintly...
Blood began to supply Chen Ling's body once again, and he gradually recovered his vitality. With a slight trembling of his eyelids, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes...
"Resurrected?" Chen Ling suddenly sat up from the ground!
He looked down at his own body, and his whole person was suddenly stunned...
His severed arm didn't recover, and the Audience Expectation Value also still remained at 70%... He was like he hadn't died at all.
Chen Ling felt all over his body for a long time, confirming his soul was still there, and also confirming that [Mockery] showed no signs of being alarmed. A deep bewilderment surfaced in his eyes.
"... Didn't die?"
"It shouldn't be... My soul is still here, [Mockery] is also still here, then what he seized just now... What was it??"