Chapter 1017: The Storm is Coming

The Storm is Coming

The Confessional fell into a dead silence.

After hearing those two words clearly, Chen Ling's frown deepened. "Are you joking with me?"

Chen Ling couldn't figure it out. What connection was there between his own survival and killing the Silver King?

Facing Chen Ling's questioning, Ying Fu answered expressionlessly,

"I am not joking."

"Why?"

"Because... [Imperial Fate]."

Chen Ling froze.

It is like a vortex. Wherever the Emperor appears, that place will become the center of the vortex... However, normally speaking, in an era, only one [Imperial Fate] will appear.

But in this era... two 'vortices' have appeared."

A faint smile curved up at the corner of Ying Fu's mouth. "You and I should have been enemies. The two vortices should have been at two corners of the world, separately attracting the Divine Path Possessors of an area to contend with each other until one side dies...

But now, a fool actually tried to capture two 'Emperors' simultaneously...

Guess what will happen to this world when two vortices overlap in one place?"

Ying Fu's words fell into Chen Ling's ears, instantly opening up his train of thought like a clap of thunder. Realizing something, he spoke uncertainly:

"Will they... fuse into an even more terrifying vortex?"

When two tornadoes appear in the same location, they will create a super tornado with even more terrifying suction and stronger destructive power. This was common sense... It was like someone simultaneously possessing the Crouching Dragon and the Fledgling Phoenix; what they would face next would be a monstrous backlash and impact.

"Therefore, you cannot die." Ying Fu spoke calmly. "If you die, the power of the vortex will weaken... But as long as you are alive, the storm of fate will eventually sweep across the Wuji Domain."

"If that's the case, why hasn't there been the slightest movement in the Wuji Domain right now?"

"Whenever any storm arrives, the eye of the storm is always tranquil..." Ying Fu turned around and slowly walked out the door,

"But in places we cannot see..."

"'It' has already arrived."

...

Ding dong——

"Mister Chu, you have a letter!"

In a certain residence in the South Sea Domain, a crisp knock sounded on the door.

Chu Muyun pushed the door open. There was already no one outside, only a brand new letter quietly lying in front of the door...

Chu Muyun looked around, a flash of astonishment in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the letter and turned back into the house.

"Bzz bzz bzz bzz..."

"This is 'South Sea Domain Speaks', we are interrupting for an urgent news broadcast..."

Chu Muyun sat down at the desk. The radio, which had been playing soothing music, suddenly interrupted with a solemn male voice.

"After several months, the Wuji Domain, which had lost contact with the other Realms, has suddenly transmitted a message.

The Fire-Stealers claim that they are not terrorists, but a brand-new regime born from the common people. With human supremacy as their principle, they are committed to overturning the currently weak and conservative strategy of the Human Domains. They will use the Wuji Domain as a starting point to fire the first shot in fighting back against the Calamities of the Gray World...

In addition, they claimed to have captured the Fusionist of the World-Ending Calamity [Mockery], former Dusk Society member Six of Hearts Chen Ling, and established a Righteous Verdict Court, accusing Chen Ling of being a Calamity spy who deliberately hid within the Human Domains with the primary goal of destroying humanity's internal unity...

His major crimes include but are not limited to 'Assassinating the Lord of the Aurora', 'Destroying the Aurora Domain', 'Guiding the Calamity of Taboo to attack the Red Dust Domain', and 'Destroying the Heaven-Reaching Star Position'...

After the ruling of the Righteous Verdict Court, he was ultimately sentenced to death, and will be publicly executed three days from now..."

Hearing the contents of the radio, Chu Muyun's pupils contracted slightly!

Even his hands, which were opening the letter, paused in midair...

He looked at the letter in his hands, as if realizing something, he suddenly sped up and ripped it open in a few strokes!

A Playing Card silently fell out from within.

The instant he saw that card, Chu Muyun's heart jolted!

"This is..."

Right at this moment, someone knocked on his window from the outside, producing tapping sounds.

"Old Chu, let's go." Nine of Hearts, who lived on the same floor as Chu Muyun, was already standing outside the window at some point, with Eight of Clubs following behind him. The expressions of both men were unprecedentedly solemn.

"... En."

Chu Muyun stood up. Without taking any luggage, he simply threw on a white Woolen Overcoat and walked out the door.

"Did you see clearly who delivered the letter?"

Nine of Hearts and Eight of Clubs shook their heads simultaneously.

"In the Five Great Realms, all society members received letters simultaneously... With such methods, it can only be the [K] card making a move." Chu Muyun was deep in thought. "I just don't know which suit it is..."

"The next train between the Realms will arrive at the Tianshu Domain in half an hour. After that, we can only cross the Gray World on foot to go to Wuji..." Eight of Clubs said while flipping through his Notebook.

"Crossing the Gray World? Isn't that a bit of a stretch for us?"

"It doesn't matter, the other [J]s, [Q]s, and [K]s will clear the way."

"That's true..."

"That kid Six of Hearts really caused a huge mess this time..." Nine of Hearts shrugged. "But it's fine. The Dusk Society has been established for so long, and this is the first time all members are having a Team Building event... This time, it should be quite lively."

"Do we have to be with that bunch of annoying guys again? Just thinking about it gives me a headache." Eight of Clubs sighed.

"Who doesn't feel the same?"

"Fortunately..."

"With our group gathered together, there should be someone who will have a bigger headache than us."

The figures of the three gradually faded away at the end of the corridor, like ghosts, vanishing without a trace instantly...

On the desktop in Chu Muyun's room,

A Red-Clad Performer with an unclear face was printed on a playing card, arms spread open as if embracing the world.

——[JOKER].

...

Aurora City, Ruins.

Beneath the wreckage of the ice-shrouded city, a base was silently hidden underground. The frost and seawater on the surface did not seep in here, like the only surviving utopia in the world of death.

Aurora Base.

In the pitch-black corridor, an Aged Figure leaning on a Walking Stick and carrying a Kerosene Lamp slowly traversed forward.

Buried deep underground, the Aurora Base had long lost the vast majority of its power supply. The oppressive darkness seemed to have become the primary color here, revealing loneliness and dead silence.

The Old Man arrived at a small round table and placed the Kerosene Lamp on it. The faint firelight illuminated his wrinkled face, and the door opposite the table, which had been tightly shut the entire time...

The Old Man sat down on a chair next to the round table. While eating canned breakfast, he pulled a Note out of his pocket.

"Calculating the time, you shouldn't have reached the point where you can come out of seclusion yet..."

"However, I just received a very interesting piece of news... This news came from the Wuji Domain."

In the faint light of the swaying Kerosene Lamp, the Old Man spoke while chewing his food. The tightly shut door opposite him remained motionless like a solid rock.

"I should have told you last time that the Wuji Domain has already been occupied by the Silver King, but this time they seem to be up to some new tricks... They are going to execute a Fusionist of a Calamity."

"You should know this person too..."

"His name is Chen Ling."

Thud——!!

As soon as the name "Chen Ling" came out, a muffled sound suddenly erupted from behind the door...

Immediately after,

A man wearing an Enforcer's windbreaker slowly pushed open the door and stepped out of the darkness.