Chapter 1072: Stolen?

Stolen?

Will I die?

This thought surfaced in the Silver King's mind.

The last time he had this sense of life-and-death despair was who knows how many years ago, when he was hunted by the Grey King... At that time, neither of them had stepped into a Demigod Position, and the Grey King was also not yet the Grey King. That time he was hunted by the Grey King, fleeing all the way from the South Sea Domain to the Aurora Domain, almost losing his life to the Yellow Springs several times.

Ever since stepping into a Demigod Position, the Silver King had almost never thought he would die, because he was simply too strong. Holding the complete Path of the Thief in his hands, he could be called omnipotent. After establishing the Fire-Stealers, he even called himself the "Ultimate Thief God", being the absolute pinnacle of the Path of the Thief!

He believed he had already transcended the category of humans and become a "God", so he never put the safety of those ordinary humans in his eyes. After all, even if a Gray Realm Convergence occurred and the Domains perished, he could still preserve himself unaffected... What he pursued was only a more powerful, higher-level realm.

Only what belonged to him was real.

But the appearance of the Red King shattered all his illusions...

"No... I won't die." The Silver King violently coughed up a few mouthfuls of fresh blood, directly "stealing" his own heart out, just gripping it in his hand like this.

"Back then I was able to survive, turning the tables in a desperate situation at the final moment... This time, I definitely can too!"

Sharp lights flickered in the Silver King's eyes. He didn't entangle with the Grey King at all, much less think of going to face the Red King. Instead, he directly raised his hand and tore open a gap in the Chessboard, his figure swaying and disappearing without a trace.

Seeing this, the Grey King, enveloped in moonlight, slightly narrowed her eyes...

The injury she left on the Silver King was already fatal enough. But the Silver King was after all a Demigod of the Path of the Thief, wanting to completely finish him off with just one assassination was almost impossible... In the final analysis, although the Grey King currently possessed Demigod Tier power, she lacked a Divine Path Certification, and wasn't a true Rank 9 in the real sense.

But what the Grey King didn't expect was that just now when the Silver King was seriously injured, there was clearly an opportunity for a one-hit kill, yet the Red King didn't make a move...

"He returned to the Wuji Domain." A cold and clear voice sounded. She turned her head to look at the youth in the Theatrical Robe standing not far away. "Based on my understanding of him, he won't be willing to just run away like this... If nothing unexpected happens, he should be going to..."

The Red King didn't answer.

He merely looked calmly at the direction the Silver King left, not knowing what he was thinking.

...

In a haze, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes.

"Little Junior Brother, you finally woke up?" Ning Ruyu looked at him worriedly. Seeing Chen Ling awaken, a flash of joy crossed his eyes. "How do you feel? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

"Just now, I..."

Chen Ling held his forehead, sitting up from the ground, his mind trying hard to begin recalling.

Chen Ling only remembered that after he fired the gun to resolve the Farmer, he lost consciousness, his entire person in a daze, until just now when he recovered... This familiar feeling made Chen Ling immediately realize something.

Advanced?

Chen Ling looked down at himself. At this time, he was already emitting a Fifth-Tier aura, and there was some more information about new skills in his mind. It seemed he had indeed entered a state of Loss of Control due to Advancement just now.

"It's fine, Little Junior Brother, nothing major happened." Mo Jue comforted him softly from the side.

Chen Ling stood up, his gaze sweeping around, and found that apart from the somewhat subtle expressions of the Judgment Proxies looking at him, everything else was normal for everyone else. It seemed that when he lost control just now, he didn't do anything earth-shattering.

But it made sense. He was just advancing to Fifth-Tier. With so many Rank 8s present, as well as Senior Brother and Senior Sister holding the fort, it would be hard to cause any waves...

"Hearts..." Jian Changsheng leaned close to his ear, his expression bizarre as he spoke, "You're really not being human anymore?!"

Chen Ling: ???

Jian Changsheng remembered that the last time Chen Ling lost control and went crazy, he was at least still in a proper human form. This time he actually directly turned into a clump of red paper monsters... Could it be that the [Inhuman] path from back then was going to come true?

Chen Ling was just about to open his mouth to ask him something, when The Assassin Cui Ran suddenly spoke:

"The 'Bridge' is fully constructed, the civilians can start evacuating."

Hearing this news, the eyes of several Celestial Star Position owners present lit up.

"Then let's begin. Although there are no major threats in the Wuji Domain now, there is still no trace of the Silver King. If he pulls off some more dirty tricks, it will be troublesome." Li Shengmen nodded slightly.

"What is the 'Bridge'?" Jian Changsheng's attention was drawn away, asking in confusion.

Faced with the question of a "Dusk Society member", the expressions of the several Celestial Star Position owners were somewhat weird. After all, from a standpoint perspective, they were undoubtedly enemies... But thinking about how they had just fought shoulder to shoulder, they still answered:

"It's a void channel that can transfer the civilians to a safe place outside the city."

"Spatial teleportation? Has your Tower to Heaven already researched such an impressive thing?" Jian Changsheng opened his mouth wide.

"It's not teleportation, just constructing a void bridge... You can understand it as entering another space after stepping onto this bridge, not being subject to attacks from the real world. But to get from one end of the bridge to the other, you still need to walk over yourself."

"Oh..."

After dealing with the Judgment Proxies and taking control of the Wuji Domain, the atmosphere among the crowd relaxed a lot. The Celestial Star Position owners were busy with the evacuation of civilians, the Dusk Society members began to mock and banter with each other, while Sun Bumian and Jiang Xiaohua were lying peacefully on the ground, one on the left and one on the right, as if they had been dead for a while.

Sweeping from the corner of his eye, Chen Ling saw the Butcher walking straight over here, reaching a hand out to him.

"... What for?" Chen Ling blinked.

"Mister Chen, thank you very much for waking us up and retrieving our memories... But that knife is the Dao Foundation secret treasure of our Path of Force, and also the foundation of the Domain, it's of utmost importance... So..." The Butcher pursed his lips, and a rare trace of awkwardness surfaced on that stiff and inflexible face full of flesh,

"So... please return the secret treasure to me."

"Oh, oh... The Dao Foundation secret treasure, right?" Chen Ling nodded repeatedly, and then his hands began to grope around his body, as if looking for something. "Wait a moment, I'll find it for you..."

Seeing Chen Ling willing to return the Bone-Stripping Knife so straightforwardly, the Butcher's face showed some embarrassment. However, after a full half minute, Chen Ling was still continuously digging in his clothes...

"Strange, I clearly put it right here..."

"Oh no..."

Chen Ling looked up into his eyes, his tone unprecedentedly serious, "Your Dao Foundation secret treasure seems to have been stolen by the Silver King."

Butcher: ???!