Chapter 1210: The Converging Vortex

The Converging Vortex

Hearing Sun Zhongliang's answer, Chen Ling's brow raised slightly, seemingly a bit surprised.

He originally thought that he would need to resolve Director Sun first before he could take people away. He didn't expect the leader of Bureau 749 to have more boldness at the critical moment than he had imagined...

"However, I still must remind everyone," Sun Zhongliang spoke again.

"Having experienced two rounds of nuclear strikes, a massive amount of radiation and pollution remains on the surface of Wushan. The risk of long-term exposure is extremely great. At best, it leaves lifelong ailments; at worst, organ failure and death... Whether you leave or not is entirely your own decision."

As soon as this was said, some people's gazes began to hesitate, and whispers rang out in the conference room.

"I'll put the ugly words out front. Not only is there radiation, but the current Wushan is also overflowing with various terrifying Calamities." Chen Ling spoke indifferently.

"If you are afraid of death, just stay here quietly and don't cause trouble on the battlefield. If you are not afraid of death... then I ask you all to follow the two of us to snatch some people back from the edge of the Gates of Hell."

"Those willing to go to their deaths to slay enemies, follow Us into battle." Ying Fu also spoke calmly.

Chen Ling and Ying Fu had already said what needed to be said. They didn't expect everyone to go to the battlefield, but if they could get a few more helpers with decent strength, it would greatly increase their chances of slaughtering their way through the Calamities.

The crimson warning lights flashed in the conference room. Everyone looked at the two departing figures, frozen in place for a moment.

"I'm coming too!"

An excited voice suddenly rang out from the secret passage.

The crowd looked back, only to see a young man holding an Awakened Lion head-dress leap out with awhoosh. Multicolored flames ignited from the head-dress, and the next moment, it transformed into a massive Awakened Lion. Stepping on nothingness, it shook its head and wagged its tail as it followed behind that great crimson theatrical robe.

In the secret passage behind him, Shen Nan, who had been squeezed to the back, speechlessly took out his Nuo Mask. While keeping a low profile and following along, he muttered:

"Are people who do lion dances all this fond of showing off...?"

The forceful follow-up of Sun Bumian, a Rank 7 "senior predecessor," as well as the appearance of Shen Nan, the number one combat power in Shanghai, made the blood of everyone present inevitably boil.

Facts proved that the power of role models could truly mobilize emotions. For a time, everyone was itching to act!

Chancellor Han, who had been silent in the corner all along, slowly stood up.

He brushed his black hair at the temples, where silvery-white roots had grown back, and let out a long sigh before walking slowly forward. Seeing this, the crowd that had originally gathered in front of him immediately and respectfully made way.

"His Majesty has issued a decree. As a subject, I naturally must not decline even at the cost of ten thousand deaths."

Seeing this, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Mr. Han is already so old, does he still have to go to the battlefield?"

"His health was already poor, and now he has to go up and be exposed to radiation... This... Sigh..."

"Mr. Han's righteousness is truly great."

"..."

After Chancellor Han, Zheng Zhiqing, Wang Yuanrong, Li Huang... all the subjects who had been subdued by Ying Fu previously or in the past two days stood up without hesitation. They walked out from every corner of the conference room and followed behind Ying Fu!

If Chen Ling were here to see this scene, he would inevitably be surprised. After all, taking a quick glance, there were actually eight or nine people!

In this short period of time, had Ying Fu's power actually expanded to this extent?

More and more figures followed behind the two emperors. Apart from Chen Ling and Ying Fu's original followers, more figures who had never had any dealings with them began to step forward!

"If I die, I die! Having learned all these skills, there's bound to be a day to use them!"

"I'd like to see just what is so terrifying about those... foreign race monsters!"

"Damn it, saving one is one saved! Our Divine Path has been hidden for so many years, it's time to let the world see it!"

"Honing our skills for twenty years, isn't it all just to show our capabilities today?! Let's fight them to the death!!"

"..."

The gears of fate turned under the coupling of the two Imperial Fates.

An invisible vortex was drawing in the vast majority of Divine Path Possessors in this era... And the end of this vortex, as sharp as the fangs and claws of a monster, lay in the Bitter Flesh Forest that had taken root and was growing madly.

"Grandmother... how did Chen Ling get so strong after not seeing him for just a few days?" Yao Qing looked at Chen Ling's departing back and couldn't help but say.

Yao Qing remembered that when he saw Chen Ling a few days ago, Chen Ling could only fight Nie Yu to a standstill. In the blink of an eye, his aura had already reached an appallingly terrifying level. He even felt that even the current Xiao Chunping might not necessarily be Chen Ling's match...

After stepping onto the Path of the Arts, Yao Qing had been somewhat complacent, determined to catch up to and surpass Chen Ling, leaving him far behind. But looking at it now, the gap between them had instead grown wider.

Xiao Chunping looked at that departing great crimson theatrical robe, and the elderly Chancellor Han hurriedly following behind, a complex look flashing in her eyes.

She took a deep breath, as if making some kind of decision, and slowly let go of Yao Qing's hand.

"...Grandmother?" Yao Qing's heart tightened.

"Good grandson." Xiao Chunping looked back at him, an indulgent smile surfacing on her heavily wrinkled face. "Good grandson, Grandmother has to go out for a trip... You stay here and wait obediently, okay?"

"No! Not okay!!" The thing Yao Qing feared most still happened. He grabbed Xiao Chunping's hand again without hesitation.

"Grandmother! With your current body, how can you withstand the radiation and fighting... How about this, Grandmother, you rest here, and I'll go save people with Chen Ling! I'm also very strong, I definitely won't hold him back..."

Yao Qing's voice already carried a hint of crying. In truth, when Chen Ling described the situation outside, he already had a premonition that his grandmother wouldn't just sit by and do nothing... Moreover, her old rival Chancellor Han had already followed them up. Having been proud for a lifetime, how could she be willing to just hide underground like this?

Looking at Yao Qing, whose eyes were red and who was holding on tight and refusing to let go, a look of gratification flashed in Xiao Chunping's eyes. Her voice became even gentler:

"Grandmother's time is running short... Grandmother has quietly embroidered pictures for her entire life, she doesn't want to leave just as quietly. Embroidery threads may be delicate, but they can also kill enemies... At the very least, I can't let the world only remember that old man's calligraphy and forget our embroidery skills."

Xiao Chunping had embroidered for her entire life, from a lowly embroidery girl to a grandmaster of her generation. She had been quiet for too long... Even if it was just this once, she wanted to leave with a bang.

"No... Grandmother, you still have plenty of time!!" Yao Qing burst into loud wails.

"Didn't you tell me that if I walk far enough on this path, I might be able to rely on embroidery threads to prolong my life and achieve longevity?? Give me a little more time, I will definitely reach that step... I will make you healthy and live for a thousand years, Grandmother!!"