Chapter 1073: Extinction Returns

Chapter 1073: The Return of Annihilation

Looking at Chen Ling's earnest and grave expression, the Butcher was speechless for a moment.

"Did the King of Silver strike again?" Ning Ruyu mused, feigning deep thought. "That makes things difficult... It's not easy to snatch something from the King of Silver."

"Yes, exactly..." Chen Ling nodded vigorously.

Butcher: ...

"Mr. Chen, let's not joke around," the Butcher said, steeling himself. "If the King of Silver stole it, why would he only steal my knife? And he hasn't even shown up yet..."

CRACK—!

Before the Butcher could finish his sentence, a sudden explosive sound erupted from the void.

Everyone looked up sharply and saw a rift tear open from the void. Behind it, faint chessboard-like intersecting threads were visible. A figure, like lightning, shot out from it!

"Is that the King of Silver?!" The Butcher was startled at first, then fury surged in his eyes!

Not just the Butcher, but also Tian Huai, the Scholar, the Farmer, and Red Sleeve—the five of them simultaneously erupted with astonishing killing intent. The King of Silver had toyed with them from behind the scenes for so long and had finally revealed himself. How could they let this opportunity slip?

Red Sleeve, spear in hand, charged at the forefront. She was like a black meteor surging with killing intent, streaking directly towards the King of Silver, who was soaring through the air.

"Get out of my way!"

The King of Silver had no intention of fighting her. After a low growl, he instantly stole the space with a raised hand, teleporting just as he was about to collide with Red Sleeve, and brushing past her in mid-air.

Red Sleeve hadn't expected the King of Silver to simply evade her, her brows furrowed. She had also caught a strong scent of blood from the King of Silver...

Was the King of Silver injured?

The four Judgment Deputies followed closely behind Red Sleeve. Just as they were surrounding the King of Silver from four different directions, preparing for a desperate fight, a white light flashed directly from the King of Silver, and he vanished from everyone's sight.

After all, the four Judgment Deputies were only Tier 8. They were caught somewhat off guard by the King of Silver's methods, unable to continue tracking his location. One by one, they all paused in mid-air.

"What's going on? Did the King of Silver just back down like that?"

Jian Changsheng, who had been waiting for a major brawl, had a bewildered look in his eyes. The other members of the Twilight Society were equally perplexed.

The King of Silver's entire scheme had collapsed, and the Limitless Domain was under the control of the Twilight Society. With things having come to this point, he still chose to avoid conflict? Shouldn't he be fighting these people to the death?

Seeing the King of Silver disappear from sight, a thought suddenly flashed through Chen Ling's mind, and his heart sank!

"Damn it! He's coming for me!!"

Chen Ling shouted, and the aura of his four senior siblings around him exploded with a roar. They looked around with extreme vigilance, while simultaneously reaching out towards Chen Ling...

However, just as their fingertips were about to touch Chen Ling, a white light suddenly flashed from Chen Ling's body, and the next second, his figure vanished without a trace.

"Oh no!"

"Little Junior Brother?!"

Exclamations of alarm erupted simultaneously, but Chen Ling's figure had already been stolen through space. An unprecedented murderous intent erupted in Ning Ruyu's eyes. Her almond-shaped eyes swept across the surroundings and instantly fixed on a distant point!

On a clock tower not far from them, the King of Silver had already clamped Chen Ling tightly in his grip, his eyes flickering with madness.

"King of Silver, are you looking for death?!"

Ning Ruyu, Luan Mei, Wen Renyou, and Mojiao all erupted simultaneously, their killing intent almost piercing the heavens. The wrath of the four actors blazed across the entire Limitless Domain, as they transformed into four streaks of light, racing towards him!

At the same time, the five Judgment Deputies in the sky also locked onto the King of Silver's figure, and dived down without hesitation!

The nine Tier 8 cultivators sealed off all escape routes, swarming to surround the standing clock tower!

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At this moment, Chen Ling was completely restrained by the King of Silver, watching helplessly as a palm pressed against the top of his head. The King of Silver's blood-stained robes flapped wildly in the wind, like a solitary king pushed to the brink, about to make a final, desperate stand.

Light flickered in the King of Silver's palm. He spoke grimly,

"I cannot kill the Red King, but you can... You are the natural enemy of the Path of the Play God. As long as you unleash the Taunting Calamity, you can eliminate everyone here!!"

Chen Ling could not move or resist. He could only watch helplessly as the King of Silver employed his 'Stealing Art'... He stared intently into the King of Silver's eyes, and finally uttered five words:

"...You will regret this."

Stealing the Self.

On the stage, Chen Ling, draped in a large red theatrical robe, vanished instantly, as if he had never been there.

The entire theater fell into a deathly silence. The 'audience' members, filling every seat, gazed at the empty stage, their crimson eyes erupting with dazzling light. As if driven mad, they charged directly from their seats, trampling over one another in a frantic rush towards the stage, like a surging wave of writhing shadows!

The actor had vanished, the stage was empty. Next...

It was the audience's 'frenzy'.

BOOM—!!!

A crimson aura erupted from the clock tower, like an ominous torch surging into the sky. The aura of 'Annihilation' was like a surging wave of air, sending all the Tier 8 cultivators who had reached the clock tower flying back!

The Butcher's body landed heavily on the ground like a cannonball, causing dense cracks to ripple across the earth. He scrambled to his feet, and saw countless red papers pouring out from all parts of the clock tower, a look of astonishment in his eyes.

"This is..."

"The crimson master of the Ghost-Taunting Abyss, the formless king who mocks fate." The Scholar watched the scene, his face extremely pale. "Damn it... that 'Annihilation' has been released!"

Red Sleeve had to stab her long spear into the ground to barely maintain her balance. Her enforcer's trench coat billowed in the strong winds mixed with the aura of calamity. Her eyes reflected the figure gradually emerging from the red paper, and her heart plummeted.

"Is this... the 'Taunting Calamity'?"

Red Sleeve had not been unfamiliar with world-ending calamities. When they crossed the Forbidden Sea, they had encountered the 'Taboo Calamity' from afar. But the oppressive feeling emanating from this calamity before her was far greater than that of the Taboo Calamity!

Amidst the red paper fluttering everywhere, a 'human' figure slowly outlined itself. It was an entirely black shadow, with a human silhouette but no skin or facial features. Only a pair of crescent-shaped crimson eyes were etched onto the black figure...

"...Little Junior Brother."

Ning Ruyu and the other three saw this scene, their expressions incredibly complex.

"I see... I see!"

Above the clock tower, the King of Silver's figure reappeared. He looked at the surging red paper below, and, as if he had uncovered some astonishing secret, he laughed,

"I understand now. There's no such thing as an Annihilation fusion-bearer... From the very beginning, Chen Ling was the Taunting Calamity! A world-ending calamity that transformed into human form!!"