Don't Kill Them, Kill Me
Kongwang looked at the "Chen Ling" in his hand, then looked at the alive and kicking Chen Ling in front of him. Even as someone of the Path of Ghosts who had guarded the undead world for an unknown number of years, he was somewhat dumbfounded for a time.
Kongwang slowly figured it out. This young man before him was probably a single body with two souls. He had heard that it wasn't as if this kind of "anomaly" hadn't appeared before, but other people's single body with two souls was a young boy with a powerful old man acting as both teacher and friend living in his brain, or a super big shot who suffered pursuit by enemies and had no choice but to explode their body and die...
For the two souls in a single body with two souls to look exactly the same, it was somewhat inconceivable.
Could they be twins?
"To actually heavily injure the Path of Ghosts... These three young men, truly one is fiercer than the next."
"Yeah, for the Human Domains to actually produce this kind of young monster, it seems our tasks will be very difficult to handle in the future..."
"How about we find an opportunity in a bit and do away with those three?"
"The moment we use our true strength and Rank, we will 100% be exposed! It's not worth it just to kill three young geniuses... Besides, we didn't do this kind of wicked thing in the past either!"
"..."
"Speaking of which, that young man wearing a Tang suit who appeared just now, why does he feel a bit familiar..."
"Wait a minute! Isn't that 6 of Diamonds?! I saw him once in the South Sea Domain back then!"
"What? He's one of our own??"
"Then why did he suddenly jump out to help that Path of the Soldier kid emitting black aura? The two of them seem to know each other."
"Wait... I seem to have heard that the 6 of Spades in the 6-series is the Path of the Soldier... If that's the case, then that Path of the Actor who popped out at the end and can turn into a bird, wouldn't he be the legendary..."
"What?! They're all our own people?!!!"
"..."
The "participants" silently observing from the side seemed to have discovered some earth-shattering great secret. Their jaws almost simultaneously dropped to the ground in shock!
[Audience Expectation Value +4]
[Current Expectation Value: 74%]
At the same time,
Kongwang looked down at his body that was almost pierced through, anger and killing intent silently flickering in his eyes!
According to his original plan, by now he should have slaughtered the entire Old District, but the successive appearances of Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Chen Ling had not only forcefully entangled him for a few minutes, but also sneak attacked him, resulting in his body being mutilated and heavily injured, bleeding profusely.
Kongwang hadn't had the feeling of being heavily injured for hundreds of years. Three loathsome young men actually pushing him to this step made it impossible for him to accept.
"You guys... are seeking death!!"
Kongwang spoke chillingly. As if he had made some kind of resolution, the soul chains behind him began to shake violently, clicking and clacking!
The scarlet between his brows became increasingly bright, and a mysterious aura flowed out from it. Somewhere in the unseen world, it was as if time and space had been pierced through. An illusory rift, similar to the scarlet between his brows, was slowly outlined behind him.
Wind and clouds began to gather behind him, as if that rift was some kind of abyss that could not be filled. The already bone-chilling environment became even more eerie!
"Oh no." Seeing this, Sun Bumian's gaze focused. "He's going to open the ghost gate!"
"What is the ghost gate?" Jian Changsheng asked.
"It's the entrance leading to the undead world. The true ghost gate, there is only one in the world, and it's located in the deepest part of the already lost Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path... But the six envoys of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path can temporarily open a corner of it at the cost of permanent Rank loss."
Sun Bumian looked at the tiny rift gradually tearing open behind Kongwang. Through the ghost gate gap the size of a thumb's fingernail, one could faintly see blurry souls surging behind it.
This opened corner of the ghost gate was indeed very small, not even enough for any person or soul to pass through, but as Kongwang swung his palm, a chain shot out from his hand towards the rift!
The chain seized a group of souls surging behind the gate, and a continuous stream of power began to crazily pour into Kongwang's body!
Kongwang's fingers continuously formed seals in front of his shattered chest. Between heaven and earth, the Yin and Yang auras rapidly gathered towards his fingertips. The destructive aura was continuously compressed, and one could even see space collapsing at his fingertips!
"Ghost Dao Divine Abilities, [Finger of Breaking Delusions]." Sun Bumian said in a deep voice. "It seems he wants to swallow enough souls in one breath, and then annihilate us all with one finger..."
"One finger? Is it that exaggerated?"
"This is a Ghost Dao Divine Ability capable of piercing through heaven and earth. Its destructive power is terrifyingly strong. As long as one is slightly grazed by it, it's body and soul destroyed... But to activate it, it requires a massive amount of soul stacking, so he can only forcefully open the ghost gate. It can be seen that he doesn't want to drag this out any longer."
"Don't you have methods to counter him??"
"What do you take me for, a wishing machine?" Sun Bumian glanced at him unhappily. "I do have methods to counter a minor divine ability like Soul Shock... But the other party has started Risking One's Life, what am I going to use to block?"
"Then what should we do?"
"What should we do? Dodge!"
Sun Bumian didn't have the slightest hesitation. Stepping onto the void with one step, he began to speed away into the distance; Jian Changsheng was stunned for a long time, looking back at the berserk Kongwang, and also roamed towards another direction, attempting to dodge the range of this finger.
The "participants" to the side felt the killing intent contained in this finger, and naturally wouldn't stay in place either. After exchanging glances with each other, they extremely tacitly also began to circle with Kongwang.
"This time, no one can escape." Kongwang's figure suspended into the sky. Seeing this scene, his bent fingertip directly aimed at the Old District beneath his feet. The soul power from behind the ghost gate had already been compressed to the extreme!
At the same time, he didn't notice that among the army of souls seized by the chains, a figure wearing a gray jacket slightly opened a corner of his eyes...
He seemed to be hesitating, but seeing the flashing figure of Chen Ling, he seemed to have guessed something, and still silently closed his eyes again.
"It's coming!" Several "participants" caught a glimpse of the destructive aura rich to the extreme in the distance, their hearts jumping!
The instant Kongwang flicked his finger, a figure didn't retreat but instead advanced, actually charging directly in front of Kongwang, grabbing that destructive finger bare-handed, forcefully raising it, and aiming it at his own body.
Kongwang absolutely never expected that when everyone was fleeing for their lives, there was actually someone not afraid of death who charged in front of him. When he clearly saw that person's face, his pupils slightly contracted...
Under the surging storm, Chen Ling smiled calmly.
"Don't kill them." Chen Ling spoke peacefully. "If you have the capability... kill me."
Boom—!!!
In the next moment, a black current capable of piercing heaven and earth instantly swallowed Chen Ling's figure, and then pierced through the entire Old District, turning all the buildings and streets along the way into nothingness!
The hair-raising current just brushed over everyone's heads and flew past. They almost all saw the scene of Chen Ling "sacrificing himself to save others" just now, and for a time they simultaneously froze in place.