Chapter 305: Welcoming "Redemption"

Chen Ling had understood the requirements for all three performances he had completed so far, but this time, the conditions for the performance truly left him bewildered.

To conclude a performance on an unnoticed stage with resounding applause?

If the stage was "unnoticed," how could there be "resounding applause"? Weren't these contradictory?

Chen Ling furrowed his brow, repeatedly muttering the sentence, trying to find inspiration, but after much strenuous thought, he still had no breakthrough.

Just then, a world-shattering roar from a distance interrupted his thoughts. The surroundings receded like a tide, and he found himself back on the steps in front of the station, as if everything that had just happened was merely a daydreaming hallucination.

Boom—!!!

Outside Aurora City, a towering beam of particles erupted from the ground, piercing straight through the sky as if reaching into space.

Dense masses of calamity corpses floated up from the sea, seemingly freed from gravity, falling like rain towards the sky. Under the collision of several terrifying auras, the extremely faint aurora above Aurora City flickered slightly and began to fade and disappear at a visible rate.

Seeing this, Wen Shilin's expression subtly changed, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"It seems Lord Aurora has reached his limit..."

Above the sea, ravaged by a solar storm, countless dazzling lights flickered in the air. If one were to look up from the ocean at that moment, they would see what appeared to be twelve suns suspended in the sky, radiating boundless light and heat.

Beneath the twelve blazing suns, a figure in a white lab coat stood upon nothingness, coldly observing the colossal, collapsing shadows melting away in the distance.

"I've killed four of your Eighth-tier and seven of your Seventh-tier, yet you still remain so composed," Lord Aurora said gravely. "Truly worthy of being the Forbidden Sea; even the calamities within are a bunch of cowards..."

Lord Aurora slowly advanced across the void. With each step he took forward, the calamities beneath the sea frantically retreated, creating a vacuumed circular area around him, not daring to approach even an inch.

Lord Aurora raised his hand, intending to do more, when his expression suddenly changed.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

He covered his mouth with one hand, coughing violently. Crimson blood stained his white coat as it ran down his arm, and his face was utterly devoid of color.

With his coughs, the twelve blazing suns suspended in the sky rapidly dimmed and dispersed, leaving only a single hazy sun that silently illuminated the earth but emitted no heat.

Seeing this, the shadowy figures hiding in the seabed had a glimmer in their eyes, and they began to cautiously approach Lord Aurora.

Lord Aurora slowly lowered his hand, his gaze suddenly fixed on the seabed. They immediately retreated as if their souls had been startled away, continuing to observe from the shadows, seemingly waiting for Lord Aurora to lose his ability to resist before launching a counterattack.

Who said calamities were mindless?

These Forbidden Calamities living in the seabed were clearly a pack of extremely cunning jackals!

Lord Aurora's pale face swept across his surroundings. Under the deterrence of countless electric arcs, no calamity dared to advance for the moment, but the remaining colossal shadows hidden in the distant seabed seemed to be stirring...

Lord Aurora looked back. He was now a considerable distance from Aurora City; he had ventured too deep into the Forbidden Sea.

His eyes, flickering with faint aurora, narrowed slightly, and he turned to walk towards Aurora City.

The moment he turned, those Eighth-tier calamities he had just severely beaten immediately surged from the seabed, swarming towards him. Dense runes enveloped their bodies as they instantly flashed above Lord Aurora!

Lord Aurora let out a cold snort.

He clenched his hand into a fist again, and a ring woven from ion beams flickered around him. The next moment, several billion-volt currents crashed down from the sky, precisely striking the surging calamities like Thor's hammer, turning the entire sky into a sea of thunder!

Under this sudden thunder, several calamities felt the terrifying destructive power and struggled to escape. They had thought that Lord Aurora, having turned back, was at the end of his tether, but unexpectedly, he could still unleash such a terrifying attack with a casual move!

Lord Aurora had been fishing all along!

As they frantically fled, Lord Aurora took a step, his body rapidly soaring towards Aurora City!

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..." The violent coughing resumed, even more severe than before. The magnetic field around Lord Aurora began to collapse and dissipate, and even the aurora in his eyes was like the fire of a dying branch, ready to extinguish at any moment.

That last attack was merely a feint to conceal his true condition. Once the thunder dissipated, he would truly be at his limit...

At this moment, the vast number of calamities that had been hiding in the seabed finally reacted. Disregarding whether their own ranks could kill Lord Aurora, they all swarmed frantically towards him like sharks sensing blood.

Previously timid and fear-stricken, they now behaved as if they had no regard for their lives. Dense runes and calamity roars instantly covered the entire sea.

Lord Aurora could no longer sustain flight and stumbled back to the ground. Endless calamities furiously closed in behind him. He took one bloody step after another, his body seemingly on the verge of collapse at any moment. Even Aurora City, gradually approaching in his vision, became blurred.

He knew he was dying.

This earth-shattering battle had consumed the last vestiges of life within him. It was also the first time he had unleashed his power without reservation, like a magnificent fireworks display meticulously crafted for over three hundred years, finally reaching its brilliant climax before flickering into darkness.

Yet, at this moment, Lord Aurora felt no sadness or resentment; on the contrary, he felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration!

For him, for Lord Aurora, perhaps this was the most perfect conclusion.

But now... there was still one thing he hadn't finished.

Lord Aurora looked at the towering walls of Aurora City and took a deep breath...

He used his last ounce of strength, his voice booming like thunder!

"Tan Xin!!!!"

Inside Aurora City, Tan Xin abruptly turned his head!

At this moment, Tan Xin had almost dealt with all the Enforcers who had pursued him. Everyone he had fought was sprawled on the ground, teeth scattered and bones shattered. Even if one or two remained, they trembled and cowered nearby, not daring to approach Tan Xin in the slightest.

Hearing Lord Aurora's voice, Tan Xin immediately abandoned pursuing the remaining two. Without hesitation, he donned the Enforcer's trench coat, picked up "Hand of Redemption," and dashed like lightning towards the city gate!

He knew the moment to embrace "Redemption"... had arrived.