Chapter 1316: Retaliation

Retaliation

The black-robed theatrical shadow's gaze landed on these densely packed light spots.

The number of these light spots was truly too many, roughly ten million. The vast majority of them were dim and lightless, representing people who had heard the name "Chen Ling" and formed a subtle connection with him; there was also a small portion that shone slightly stronger, roughly a thousand or so. These were existences who had seen "Chen Ling" with their own eyes or had realistic interactions with "Chen Ling"... If one were to say that in this Thought Storm, the connection between the former and "Chen Ling" was like a tiny spiderweb thread, then the latter was like a sturdy, thick rope.

And with just a light raise of his hand, these "thick ropes" circled around him, and over a thousand different thoughts reflected in his eyes.

Most of these people were located in the South Sea Domain, and a portion was located in the Tianshu Domain. Although there were some in other Domains, they were very few...

Looking at these thoughts that had established connections with him, the corners of the black-robed theatrical shadow's mouth slowly hooked up...

His smile was ferocious, just like a demon!

"Those who bullied me..."

"Will all..."

...

South Sea Domain.

"Hey, President Zhang, just say the word if you need anything!"

"..."

"The order signed today? Oh, this order is a bit special. The supplier's side suffered a large-scale factory shutdown due to the attacks of the Calamity of Mockery and the Calamity of Taboo, and requested to delay the payment cycle. I thought..."

"..."

"Mm, right, right, right. I will communicate with them properly again tomorrow... Then I'll get off work first, alright."

A figure carrying a briefcase pushed open the office door and walked straight into the corridor. At this time, it was already evening outside. The cold wind poured into the corridor from the open window, making him abruptly shiver from the cold.

Ever since the death of the Three-Eyed Giant Turtle, the perfect environment of the South Sea Domain had been completely shattered. The turtle shell, leaking wind from all sides, swept the cold wind from the sea surface into the city. The temperature of the entire Domain dropped drastically, making this group of residents who originally lived comfortably suffer unspeakably.

The man, already accumulating resentment in his heart, furrowed his brows and cursed in a low voice:

"Damn, that group of stupid Calamities..."

"They ran away riding a centipede with their tails between their legs, leaving us with a bunch of messes. Truly f*ing damned!"

In his mind, the scene of him hiding in the residential area and seeing the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe falling to the earth from afar resurfaced once again... He clearly saw the appearance of that Calamity of Mockery at the time. Although it looked no different from a human, thinking about it now, it truly was despicable and deserved a beating.

Unhappy with his life, he was the one who took the lead in shouting the first sentence, "He is the chief culprit!", and then consecutively burst out with several profanities, as if blaming all the dissatisfaction in his life over these years onto that Great Crimson Theatrical Robe. After a hearty cursing session, his mood felt much better.

Just as he was absentmindedly preparing to go downstairs and go home, an inexplicable drowsiness surged into his heart, as if he dozed off while walking on the road.

In the next moment,

A black-robed theatrical shadow appeared at the end of the corridor.

The man was stunned. After clearly seeing that person's appearance, a chill abruptly surged from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

The pitch-black theatrical robe fluttered in the cold wind. A pair of bizarre, hollow pupils coldly looked at the man. The ferocious smile under the flickering lights looked just like a demon.

It's him!!

How is this possible?!!

He actually returned to the South Sea Domain again?!!

He would never forget that face. All the abuses he hurled at him just now seemed to get stuck in his throat at this moment, unable to speak even half a word. He just stared at him in terror, then screamed, turned around, and wildly ran back!

In the next second, his body was suddenly tripped by something. He completely lost his center of gravity, and most of his body had already tumbled out of the open window!

The drowsiness from that instant just now abruptly vanished. The man looked in shock from the corner of his eye toward the end of the corridor. Where was there any existence of a black-robed theatrical shadow? It was as if all of that was just his hallucination after being exhausted... But now, it was already too late for everything.

Because he was overly frightened, he almost used all his strength to escape. As a result, he charged headfirst out of the open window. One must know that their company was on the fifth floor of this building. By the time the man regained his senses, he was already falling uncontrollably in mid-air, the earth rapidly magnifying before his eyes...

Bang——!!

A heavy body, head downwards, smashed heavily onto the concrete ground.

Screams rang out from both sides of the street. Passersby retreated and ran away in panic, a large patch of scarlet blood spreading on the road...

But the shadow of death did not stop.

Almost simultaneously,

A figure driving a car suddenly dozed off, dreaming that a black-robed theatrical shadow appeared out of thin air in front of them, then abruptly turned the steering wheel and crashed headlong into an open coffee shop; four people died on the spot;

At a construction site undergoing post-disaster reconstruction, seven or eight figures simultaneously stepped on empty air from the scaffolding, falling to their deaths on the ground one after another, turning into meat paste;

A housewife preparing a barbecue dinner at home subconsciously closed the open windows as if her brain short-circuited. The fiery red Coal burned silently, causing a family of five to suffocate and die of poisoning;

Pedestrians walking on the street lost their footing and crashed headfirst into the sharp corners of flowerbeds;

Residents lying at home sleeping sleepwalked and fell from high altitudes;

Thirsty farmers mistakenly drank pesticide as cold water;

Doctors practicing medicine pierced a patient's heart with a single stroke of the scalpel...

Various bizarre and unimaginable methods of death erupted within a short minute. Over a thousand residents died tragically at the same time, as if the grim reaper climbed out of purgatory and lightly swung his scythe, reaping the lives of the entire street in one fell swoop.

...

"This is..."

Inside the Toy Factory, Teacher Ye suddenly seemed to sense something and abruptly looked out the window!

In his field of vision, a storm ignoring space had already swept across the world. A pitch-black theatrical robe extended infinitely across the sky of the South Sea Domain. "Chen Ling", looking like an extraterrestrial giant demon, looked down at the entire Domain, his massive face full of ferocity and ruthlessness!

"Chen Ling?!!!" Teacher Ye's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Teacher Ye understood this ability too well. He knew Chen Ling himself was not here, but merely used a Thought Storm to drag a group of people in...

But how could Chen Ling possibly possess the abilities of the Thought Calamity?

Teacher Ye immediately closed his eyes, pulled his own thoughts out of his body, and charged headfirst into that storm.

At the same time, the outline of an isolated island was also sketched out from the other end of the Thought Storm... On that isolated island, a ghost whose eyes were full of bewilderment silently levitated upwards.

[The Island Nightmare of the Slumbering Storm, The Eerie Ghost at the End of Thoughts].

The Thought Storm could ignore space. Even though the black-robed theatrical shadow, Teacher Ye, and the Thought Calamity were respectively located in the Ghost Mockery Abyss, the South Sea Domain, and the Storm Island, they were also converging at this moment through the link of a storm.

But at this moment, whether it was Teacher Ye or the Thought Calamity, both were utterly dumbfounded.

"Hahahahahahaha!!!"

The black-robed theatrical shadow's ferocious, mad laughter rang out from the center of the storm. Teacher Ye abruptly looked in that direction.