Chapter 1159: Meteor Shower

Buzz—!

Blessed by the character 'Ji' (Swift), the black commercial vehicle sped incredibly fast, rushing into the tunnel like a black lightning bolt. The compressed air roared!

The lights on the tunnel ceiling rapidly receded, like time-traveling light wheels, blurring the observer's vision. The driver gripped the steering wheel tightly, his back drenched in sweat...

"Your... Your Majesty, the car is too fast, I can't control it!"

The current speed had already exceeded the maximum reading on the dashboard. If the road hadn't been straight and relatively empty, even a slight turn of the steering wheel would likely have caused a loss of control and a rollover. After all, not everyone was Chen Ling.

Ying Fu seemed oblivious to the driver's fear. His gaze remained fixed on the rearview mirror. Between the dim yellow lights of the tunnel, a cloud of red was slowly approaching the rear of the car...

"What in the world is that...?" Chu Changqing turned to see the sight, his eyes filled with horror.

From within the swirling red paper, Chen Ling's figure emerged. His large red opera robe extended outwards like endless red clouds, almost filling the entire tunnel!

"Weren't you quite arrogant when we first met?" Chen Ling's voice seemed to come from the netherworld. "Now, why are you hiding?"

The cold glint in Ying Fu's eyes intensified.

"Drive properly." He uttered the words indifferently. The next moment, his body disintegrated into countless strokes of calligraphy, flying directly out the window and re-forming into a human shape on top of the rapidly moving commercial vehicle...

The strong wind surged from behind, yet it couldn't shake his form even slightly. His fiercely flapping clothes seemed to be plated with a golden edge under the tunnel lights.

"Your progress is indeed faster than I anticipated..." Ying Fu said, looking at Chen Ling, who was draped in red clouds. A vast imperial might surged from his body, and the lights inside the tunnel seemed suppressed by some force, dimming. "However, I haven't been idle during this time either."

The pressure of a sixth-tier being swept forth from the vast imperial might. Ying Fu took a step, his right fist suddenly clenching. Terrifying power instantly distorted space as he swung it towards the whistling red figure!

Path of the God of Strength?

In Chen Ling's mind, the woman named Zheng Zhiqing immediately came to mind. After acquiring a follower, the Emperor could use their divine path abilities. When Chen Ling first met Ying Fu in Shennongjia, Ying Fu only had Nie Yu as a follower. But now, after so many days, Ying Fu's influence had grown considerably.

Facing Ying Fu's sixth-tier aura, Chen Ling showed no fear. Draped in his red, cloud-like opera robe, the surface of his right hand decomposed into fine red paper, breathing like dragon scales, as he too punched towards Ying Fu!

Boom—!!

The red cloud and golden figure collided violently in the center of the tunnel. Visible shockwaves swept outwards, and the next moment, jagged cracks spread across the tunnel's inner walls, with large amounts of dust beginning to fall from them...

"The tunnel's collapsing!!"

The driver, who was still driving, gasped. Fortunately, the car's speed was high enough that the tunnel exit was rapidly approaching.

Chu Changqing turned to witness the two fighting, his expression utterly astonished. He seemed unable to comprehend that humans could possess such destructive power in this world...

Gravel and dust clattered onto the car's rear window, obscuring Chu Changqing's vision. The moment the vehicle exited the tunnel, the mountain above it slowly sank, causing the entire tunnel to collapse with a roar!

The colossal roar was like rolling thunder. Amidst the swirling dust, a monstrous crimson hand woven from red paper tore through the mountain's ruins, reaching outwards like a beast's claw. And directly above that massive hand, Ying Fu's figure shot skyward!

The giant hand failed to grasp Ying Fu's body and dispersed. Chen Ling, clad in the large red opera robe, stepped through the void, chasing after Ying Fu like a meteor...

Two meteors, one gold and one red, streaked across the night sky, flying towards the neon-lit city center!

Chu Changqing watched the two receding trails of fire, and it was a long time before he snapped back to reality. He sat stunned in the back seat of the commercial vehicle, muttering to himself: "This world... it's truly insane."

Bureau 749.

As an urgent phone rang, Sun Zhongliang, inside the director's office, frowned and quickly answered the call.

"Hello?"

"What did you say??"

Sun Zhongliang froze, then his face visibly darkened. He slammed the phone down, got up, and forcefully pulled open the curtains by the window.

As the heavy curtains opened, the neon-lit city nightscape entered Sun Zhongliang's view. And in the dim mountains at the edge of his sight, thick smoke was continuously rising...

That was the direction of the laboratory.

Not only that, but two meteors, one gold and one red, successively streaked across the night sky, flying into the city!

"Director Sun!! We've received word from the White Hands in Shanghai's suburbs that two unknown experts have stormed into the city!" A 749 Bureau staff member rushed into the office.

"...I've already seen them." Sun Zhongliang said, his voice extremely solemn as he watched the two distant trails. "Just now, the tunnel laboratory was also attacked. Director Li was killed, and Chu Changqing is missing..."

"Were those two responsible?"

"Almost certainly."

"Director, both of them are very high-tier. Most importantly, the Bureau has no information on their divine paths... They don't belong to any currently known divine path."

"Damn it, where did these two come from...?" Sun Zhongliang's frown deepened. "They've headed towards the urban area. Who in Shanghai can stop them now?"

"We only have a few registered sixth-tier individuals, and they've all already left for the Wushan Convention... At this point, I don't think anyone here can stop them."

"No one can stop them..."

Sun Zhongliang let out a bitter laugh, collapsing weakly into his chair. He rubbed his temples gently, his expression indescribably haggard, as if he hadn't slept for days.

"Top-tier technology mysteriously failing, border wars, satellite communication disruption... and now two unknown divine paths have appeared... What is happening to this world?"

The staff member was about to say something when another figure rushed into the office, holding an urgent document and looking terrified!

"Director!!"

"What now?"

"Please, look at this!"

Sun Zhongliang took the document, glanced at it, and froze again.

He immediately strode out of the office, walked to the open area in front of the building, and looked up at the night sky...

The city's pollution shrouded the night sky, obscuring almost all the stars. But amidst the dim chaos, glowing fireballs were rapidly streaking across the night, like a grand shower of fiery meteors!

"That, that's..." Deep horror appeared in the staff member's eyes!

In Sun Zhongliang's eyes, the meteor shower filling the sky was clearly reflected. He murmured to himself: "This era... is about to change."