Chapter 836: Performance and Red Carpet

Detected loss of actor connection, performance interrupted.Audience Expectation: 50Current Expectation: 24

Thump... Thump... Thump...

Spotlights, like dazzling sharp swords, flashed on one after another across the dark stage, their dull thuds resembling thunder.

Chen Ling groggily opened his eyes. Seeing the bright light source above, he knew he had succeeded... After countless hardships, he had finally achieved a rebirth within the Old District!

He slowly rose from the stage, glanced at the few lines of text on the screen, and just as he was about to act, his surroundings suddenly shifted!

The stage environment gradually faded, replaced by a twisted divine path leading to the sky that appeared before Chen Ling. Crimson audience eyes crowded both sides of the path, staring intently at him, their exaggerated upturned lips seeming to brim with mockery and anticipation.

“Another new performance?”

Chen Ling looked down. On this heaven-reaching divine path, he was already at the mid-point of the fourth tier.

It hadn't been long since Chen Ling reached the fourth tier, but ever since he "devoured" the Crimson Sky Sect members in the Mortal Realm, his spiritual power had rapidly increased. Not only did it propel him directly to the fourth tier, but there was also a significant surplus remaining after the promotion. It was precisely this surplus that allowed Chen Ling to advance so quickly in a short period. By the time the Crimson Sky Sect's energy was fully consumed, he had finally reached the mid-point of the fourth tier.

Chen Ling's gaze fell on the small text before him:

"Walk a grand and complete 'red carpet' under the gaze of thousands."

Walk the red carpet??

Chen Ling was taken aback by this requirement... Although every performance brought him surprises, the idea of walking a red carpet was something he had never imagined. In his memory, only famous actors and superstars walked red carpets. He had only seen the grand spectacle of celebrities gathering on red carpets on television before the Great Catastrophe. He never expected that now, as a "performer," he would also have to walk a "red carpet"?

But how exactly should this red carpet be walked? He could understand being the center of attention, but what would constitute a "grand and complete" walk?

Chen Ling had no clue and no time to ponder for now. As soon as his surroundings reverted to the theater, he immediately looked towards the stage curtain behind him. Through the screen above it, Chen Ling could clearly see the situation outside.

The distant chaotic battle was earth-shattering; Kongwang seemed to be suppressing numerous Heavenly Talents single-handedly... But Chen Ling didn't care about that. His attention was entirely focused on the "himself" who was struggling to get up from the ground, half of his head missing.

The half-head was silently repairing itself, and the previously missing arm had fully regenerated. A strange and eerie aura emanated from "himself," and his eyes had turned the crimson color of the audience!

“Is this... what they meant by promotion 'losing control'?” Chen Ling murmured to himself.

Chen Ling knew that he would lose control after every promotion, but in the past, he had always been unconscious during the process, like waking up from a sleep with no memory of it. This time, however, perhaps because the Mocking Calamity's emergence had interfered with the promotion's loss of control, he was able to witness the entire process of "himself" losing control from this unique perspective on the reborn theater stage.

“My consciousness isn't intervening, the audience hasn't left, and the original owner isn't within me... So what is controlling my body now?” Chen Ling murmured to himself.

Boom—!!!

Amidst an earth-shattering explosion, Tu Tian's figure flew back like a kite with a broken string, smashing through several buildings before finally coming to a halt amidst shattered walls and debris.

“Cough, cough, cough, cough...”

Crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he stared intently at the arrogant Fu Di Soul looking down on him, his fists clenching tighter and tighter. Empowered by a vast number of souls, the strength of the Power Divine Path unleashed by Kongwang had already surpassed that of the original Fu Di. In a head-on confrontation, even Tu Tian, who also wielded the Power Divine Path, couldn't resist.

Originally, Tu Tian hadn't wanted to intervene. In his original plan, seizing the Heaven-Reaching Star Position was naturally the primary goal, but Kongwang's presence now threatened the lives of everyone here. And since there was still some time before the final Heaven-Reaching Star Position was locked, he still rushed to the battlefield.

Rumble—

In the distance, Pu Xiacan floated upwards, her arms outstretched towards the sky, her black hair fluttering in the wind. Her lips moved continuously, as if she were incanting something. Thick clouds began to churn in the sky, and dense lightning intertwined into various complex patterns, following the frequency of her words!

As Pu Xiacan raised her hand and pointed, a massive lightning dragon, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression, pierced down from high above, hurtling straight towards Kongwang on the ground!

The roaring thunder tore through the earth, and scattered electric arcs danced in the air. In the center of the scorched ground, Kongwang, holding a massive character for "Rock" in one hand, withstood Pu Xiacan's strike head-on.

“Go,” Li Shengmen said faintly, standing atop a large boulder. As a domain unfolded, a target-like symbol appeared on Kongwang's body. The next moment, all electric arcs previously scattered in the air were instantly frozen, then shot towards Kongwang in the center from all directions!

A secondary lightning storm roared through the ruins. This time, Kongwang had no time to defend himself. As his Ghost Path Divine Ability was unleashed, his figure transformed into Yin-Yang energies, instantly reappearing hundreds of meters away. This was the instantaneous movement technique he had used earlier to evade Chen Ling's sure-kill blow!

“You can't escape,” Li Shengmen's eyes narrowed slightly. Immediately after, all matter within the domain, including dirt, blood, and rocks, swirled towards Kongwang in the center, as if metals affected by a super magnet!

Under this omnidirectional, inescapable "throw," Kongwang's figure was instantly sealed by dirt and stones. More and more piled up, and in the blink of an eye, he became a massive rock-moon, three to four hundred meters in radius, suspended in a deep crater in the earth!

“These guys have some skill...” Sun Bùmian seemed surprised, watching this scene from a distance.

But as a ripple spread, Sun Bùmian's expression changed again!

“Damn it!!”

A black torrent burst forth from deep within the rock-moon, instantly tearing a gap in it. At the same time, it pierced through the confident Li Shengmen, who was standing nearby! That wasn't all; the black torrent swept across in an extremely short time, carving a diagonal arc that instantly bisected Pu Xiacan and the Young Sect Master from before, finally slamming into the distant earth!

Boom—!!!

Ghost Path Divine Ability: Delusion-Shattering Finger!

Kongwang's trump card, once thwarted by Chen Ling at the risk of his life, was finally unleashed again at this critical moment. Its world-destroying aura permeated the entire Old District, instantly claiming three lives before turning the very earth to nothingness!