Chapter 1074: Escape?

The Silver King's voice rang out, and everyone present froze.

"No fusion user?""Chen Ling is Mocking Calamity?"Naturally, most people couldn't process this immediately. In their understanding, a human could never be equated with 'Mocking Calamity'; the closest connection would be a 'fusion user'... but some individuals were exceptions.

"No fusion..." Zhao Yi seemed to realize something."No wonder... No wonder he didn't exhibit the characteristics of a fusion user, or the so-called 'promotion loss of control' or 'distorted divine path.' Now, it all makes sense..."

"What makes sense? What exactly does he mean?" Jian Changsheng was a step behind, asking in confusion.

"It means Chen Ling transformed into Mocking Calamity. He was a world-ending disaster from the very beginning, merely taking on human form to deceive everyone..." Sun Bumian walked to his side, looking with a complex expression at the dark 'figure' on the clock tower."That... is Chen Ling's true form."

Jian Changsheng stood frozen.

Suddenly, a chilling murderous intent surged within Jian Changsheng, as if another soul, drawn by the aura of world-ending destruction, was about to break free!"Mocking Calamity! Heaven and Earth togeth—"Before Jian Changsheng could finish, Ning Ruyu's palm pressed firmly on his shoulder, forcefully suppressing his rising aura.

While this was happening, the eerie 'figure' on the clock tower subtly tilted its head...

Though it possessed human limbs, its movements far transcended what a human body could achieve. Without bone constraints or fleshly connections, its every action exuded an 'inhuman' eeriness, like a chilling midnight nightmare.Its crescent-shaped scarlet eyes gazed down from the clock tower at the ruins. The moment it tilted its head, the Silver King's domain, which had enveloped the realm, shattered. The entire world appeared to be covered by an unsettling black-and-white filter.The sky was saturated with dark green, the ruins were pale as snow, and everything in the distance felt oppressive and muted. This somber palette made everyone feel as if they were trapped inside an old television, imbued with an intense sense of unreality...

"This is... a Calamity Domain?" Butcher and the others muttered, feeling intense discomfort and pressure.

"The Lord of the Ghost Mocking Abyss, the King of World-Ending Calamity... During the Great Cataclysm, a large portion of the calamities that slaughtered billions were under his command. Perhaps the Grey Realm invasion is also related to him. He is truly humanity's mortal enemy!"The Silver King's voice rang out again, tinged with a hint of excitement."Now, he is here... How will you respond?"

The faces of the few Judgment Proxies turned extremely grim.No matter how deserving of death the Silver King was, he was still human. Mocking Calamity, however, was a world-ending disaster from the Grey Realm, one of the masterminds behind humanity's destruction... As the Silver King said, he was humanity's mortal enemy.Were they to ignore Mocking Calamity now and continue pursuing the Silver King?

Above the desolate sky, floating red papers, like blood-ravens, swirled around the clock tower. The 'figure,' emanating a fatally dangerous aura, subtly raised its head, its scarlet eyes fixing on the Silver King who was speaking.

Almost simultaneously, an unprecedented sense of mortal danger surged into the Silver King's heart!This feeling of crisis was far more intense than when he was previously hunted by the Grey King or cornered by the Red King. Even as a Ninth-Order Demigod, the Silver King couldn't stop cold sweat from breaking out... He knew Mocking Calamity had targeted him.

Without hesitation, the Silver King instantly stole space, blinking directly outside the Boundless Domain with a single step!Even though he was already in the Grey Realm and couldn't see Mocking Calamity, the Silver King didn't stop. He stole space again and again, traversing the Grey Realm in mere breaths, arriving above the nearest Tianshu Domain, and then continued even further, repeatedly displacing himself with dizzying speed!

By the time the Silver King stopped, he was near the Xuanyu Domain, a hundred and eight thousand li away from the Boundless Domain.The Silver King panted heavily, his face utterly pale. Since becoming a demigod, he had never run so desperately. In fact, from the moment he released Mocking Calamity, he had already been preparing to steal space...He knew he was no match for Mocking Calamity in a direct fight, but when it came to escaping, he didn’t believe anyone in the world could stop him, the 'Thief' Demigod, not even a world-ending calamity.Otherwise, how would he have dared to devise a plan using Mocking Calamity as a 'weapon'?

The Silver King looked back in the direction of the Boundless Domain, and after a few deep breaths, the fear in his heart finally receded somewhat... If all went as expected, the Twilight Society members, Judgment Proxies, and the Red King and Grey King in the Boundless Domain would all perish at Mocking Calamity’s hands.This tactic of 'driving a tiger to devour a wolf' was undoubtedly the Silver King's final, desperate gamble, and now, he had won.

"No matter how flawlessly you plan, how could you have predicted that you would fall at the hands of your own apprentice?"The Silver King brushed dust from the corner of his robe, muttering to himself.

However, just as he was about to turn and leave, something unexpected happened!His figure suddenly seemed to have a rewind button pressed; after pausing briefly, he vanished instantly. By the time the Silver King regained his senses, he had arrived in a desolate part of the Grey Realm...This was...The Silver King froze. The surroundings looked somewhat familiar; it was a place he had passed through during his spatial escape.

Next moment, his figure vanished again.After that, the Silver King successively saw the Grey Realm canyon he had just passed, the Tianshu Domain, and then another part of the Grey Realm... At this point, the Silver King suddenly seemed to realize something, and an unprecedented terror appeared on his face!

He was moving backward.His 'story' was rewinding!It was as if an invisible hand was manipulating the timeline, pulling his already escaped body step by step back into the past. He was returning to the Boundless Domain at an astonishing speed!

"No... How is this possible... I already escaped to the Xuanyu Domain, how could he have caught me??"The Silver King exclaimed in shock, watching the Grey Realm at the edge of the Boundless Domain flash past his eyes. When he opened them again, he was back in front of the clock tower in the Boundless Domain...

The dark green sky was oppressive and chilling, and above the somber ground, countless red papers swirled like blood-ravens...The 'figure' stood silently before him, its pair of eerie, blood-colored eyes gazing at him with a look of utter amusement, as if mocking his ignorance and arrogance.

Not just the Silver King, but everyone present was dumbfounded...After Mocking Calamity emerged, everyone had seen the Silver King vanish into thin air, escaping to an unknown distance... But with just a slight lift of the 'figure's' hand, the Silver King's body rewound in an eerie manner, forcefully flying back from beyond the Boundless Domain, and landing right in front of the 'figure'...