Chapter 762: 【Court of Judgment】

Chapter 762: The Court of Judgment

As the Photographer coldly uttered those four words, his Tier 4 aura erupted without reservation!

In a world filled with static, invisible frames materialized out of thin air, like nesting rings, trapping Chen Ling's form within them!

In that instant, Chen Ling was locked into one photograph, then a second photograph captured the first, a third photograph captured the second…

This was like two mirrors facing each other in parallel, their overlapping reflections extending into endless identical worlds... or like using one photograph to capture another with the same content. Countless photos nested within each other, eventually causing the original scene to collapse into an infinitesimally small point, sealed away in the deepest part of the infinite photographs.

Thousands upon thousands of photographs layered simultaneously, forcing Chen Ling's form into the deepest reaches of the world!

Chen Ling didn't struggle. He allowed his body to fall within the photographic world, instead intently observing the domain's unfolding, lost in thought.

"So, he activates his domain by framing with his hands... I wonder if my domain is the same type?"

As he fell, he also made a "picture-taking" gesture with both hands in the air, but there was no change within him... Clearly, this wasn't the "key" to unlocking his domain.

Still, observing others' domains is certainly a shortcut. What if he could find inspiration and discover how to activate his own domain? It was better than guessing blindly.

As Chen Ling descended, photographs suddenly began to emerge from the surrounding static!

The photographs shared a similar style, mostly depicting landscapes. The first one showed a green train approaching with Mount Fuji in the background, and as the domain's aura intensified, the green train actually burst out of the flat photograph, rushing with a roar towards Chen Ling's body!

"In this domain, 'scenes' that have been captured by a camera are concretely re-manifested?"

Chen Ling raised an eyebrow in surprise, flipping his body like a dancing butterfly to dodge the train's impact, muttering to himself.

Boom—!!

In another photograph, an active volcano erupted with a thunderous roar, surging lava pouring directly from below, nearly engulfing Chen Ling's form.

Before Chen Ling could regain his footing, a missile shot out of a well behind him, narrowly scraping past his body before colliding with the retreating green train. Intense flames instantly erupted like a blazing sun!

"Functionally, this domain is quite powerful... if his tier were higher and he could also re-manifest 'people' he'd photographed, that would be truly monstrous."

At this moment, Chen Ling was like a seasoned connoisseur, facing the full power of another's domain while offering commentary, trying to glean some inspiration from it.

Outside the domain.

The Photographer watched Chen Ling, who had been struck down to the ends of the world and was struggling within it, finally letting out the breath he'd been holding.

"I told you there was no need to worry so much," he snorted. "That last strike must require some cost or have strict usage limits... Without that one strike, his strength is actually quite ordinary."

"Don't drag this out, kill him quickly," the white man beside him said, gritting his teeth.

"You don't need to tell me what to do."

The Photographer shot him a disdainful glance and pushed his domain to its absolute limit.

Hundreds of photographs appeared around Chen Ling, their stored scenes materializing wildly: surging flames, speeding high-speed trains, roaring airplanes, instantaneous explosions... countless destructive methods, like a vast tidal wave, completely engulfed him!

Chen Ling fell into the deepest part of the photographic world. Countless light and shadow intertwined in his pupils as he calmly spoke:

"I've pretty much figured out this domain..."

"It's time to try that."

Amidst the world-destroying sea of flames, he shifted his bone-cutting knife to his left hand, reached into his chest with his right, and pulled out a dark pistol...

That pistol was what he had taken from the armed men earlier when he instantly killed them all. Now, this pistol was Chen Ling's key... though it was the key to unlocking another treasure vault.

Chen Ling raised the dark muzzle, pointing it directly at the countless nested, seemingly endless photographic frames above...

Chen Ling's lips parted slightly as he slowly uttered three words:

"—Court of Judgment."

Swoosh—!!

The instant his voice resonated, the surging sea of flames around Chen Ling instantly vanished!

A domain extended from beneath Chen Ling's feet, tearing apart all the photographic frames above him. In the face of this domain, the Photographer's Myriad Scenery Framing was like an immature toy, wantonly crushed and distorted!

The Photographer abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as pale as paper!

"What's happening?!" the white man exclaimed in terror, looking at the tottering photographic world. "Another domain's aura? Can't you suppress him?!"

"Suppress? Damn it, you try suppressing him!"

The Photographer cursed loudly, his eyes fixed on the distance. "What... what kind of domain is this??"

As countless photographs were torn to shreds, a figure, one hand gripping a knife, the other a gun, slowly walked out from within.

His appearance was as if he had burned a gaping hole in the photographic world, and the static-filled sky around him receded wildly... The original black-and-white world disintegrated, and at the same time, massive pillars rose from the marble ground!

The original domain was collapsing; a new domain was taking over the battlefield!

The white man sensed something was wrong and immediately darted away. His strength and speed were extraordinary, carrying him a great distance in an instant!

But the next moment, a table materialized from the void before his eyes. Immediately after, four wooden barriers flew in from four directions, trapping him like a cage behind the table, forcing him to stay put!

A jolt of alarm went through the white man. Before he could react, he and the table vanished instantly, only to reappear moments later in the center of those towering pillars!

And on the surface of that table, a black plaque slowly formed:

—Defendant.

Not only him, but the Photographer was also trapped in a defendant's stand. Both men looked around in shock, realizing that at some point, they had been confined within a black Court of Judgment!

And now, before them, a tall table rose from the ground, like a divine seat of righteous judgment, sacred and profoundly oppressive!

Behind that long judgment table, a figure, one hand gripping a knife and the other a gun, slowly stepped out.

Chen Ling stood behind the towering table, looking down at the two "defendants" in the court. Inexplicably, the authority to judge all had gathered in his hands... In this domain, he was the master of judgment!

"So this... is the true form of the Court of Judgment," Chen Ling murmured to himself.