Chapter 1352: Bad Luck

Bad Luck

This centipede's body was even larger than the previous Centipede Poison Chief's. The vast majority of its body was black, with only its head and the ends of its centipede legs flashing with a scarlet red. When it swayed and climbed out from the bottom of the abyss, a tyrannical Oppressive Aura swept across the surroundings!

Rank 8 Poison Chief!

Feeling the Aura on Wu Yi's body, a trace of approval surfaced in Chen Ling's eyes.

Wu Yi had done even better than he had imagined. Not only had he fought his way out of the encirclement relying on his Rank 7 level and become a Poison Chief, but he had also placed himself in a deadly situation to survive, leaping to become the well-deserved leader of the Centipede Clan.

This was perhaps the fastest-progressing and youngest Centipede Poison Chief in the history of the Ghost Mockery Abyss... Although there was certainly the factor of Chen Ling injecting Red Star Aspiration Power into him, his own hard work, determination, and ruthlessness were also quite important parts.

As Wu Yi emerged from seclusion, all the centipedes in the surroundings prostrated themselves in worship, as if congratulating the birth of a new Rank 8.

The newly reborn Wu Yi danced cheerfully in the air, like a black and red ribbon wandering above the abyss. Coupled with the dense poisonous mist constantly emanating from its body, from a distance, it looked like a flood dragon that had leaped over the dragon gate and was shuttling through the clouds.

"Fortunately, the Ghost Mockery Abyss doesn't participate in attacking the Human Domains." Seeing this, Jian Changsheng couldn't help but sigh emotionally. "Just this one Rank 8 could sweep across half a Domain..."

Not to mention anything else, even if the current strongest Combat Power of the Hanging Jade Domain, Tian Huai, faced off against this centipede before them, his chances of winning probably wouldn't be high... And there was more than just one Poison Chief like this in the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

After the Wu Yi in the sky finished moving this brand-new body, he quickly descended towards the bottom of the abyss, respectfully prostrating in front of Chen Ling, like a child who had scored well on a test holding his report card to show off to his parents.

"You did very well, Wu Yi." Chen Ling reached out and rubbed its head.

Wu Yi emitted joyful hisses.

Chen Ling walked straight onto Wu Yi's back and whispered something to him. The latter immediately nodded, its figure towering up from the ground, as if planning to directly leave the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

"Hearts, where are you going?" Jian Changsheng asked in confusion.

"There should be something hidden behind the Ghost Mockery Abyss... I'm going to look for it."

Chen Ling had always remembered the location of the Angel of Silence marked on the stone tablet of the Scarlet Heaven Cult. He hadn't taken any action all these days, firstly because he had to host Jian Changsheng and the others, and secondly because he wasn't sure if there would be any danger there. Now that Wu Yi had emerged from seclusion and the Rank 8 Poison Chiefs of the Ghost Mockery Abyss had returned to five, it was also time to go see exactly what was hidden behind the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

"Can we tag along?" Jian Changsheng blinked.

Chen Ling was a bit hesitant, "I don't know either if that place will be dangerous..."

"Then just bring Diamonds along! Whether there's danger, he can tell at a glance."

Before Jian Changsheng's voice fell, they saw Sun Bumian clutching his forehead, grinning in pain as he walked out of the Underground Palace...

"Diamonds, what's wrong with you?"

Sun Bumian held it in for a long time, but still answered truthfully: "Just now when I opened the door after going to the restroom, my foot slipped inexplicably, and I bumped my head against the doorframe."

"You can bump into a doorframe just going to the restroom?" Jian Changsheng was taken aback. "This luck of yours, it can rival mine, huh?"

Sun Bumian didn't reply, just glanced out of the corner of his eye at Chen Ling on Wu Yi's head.

Chen Ling lowered his head, falling into silence...

"I'll still go by myself." Chen Ling suddenly spoke. "That place probably won't be that easy to find. I'll most likely return without any results on this trip, you guys might as well wait for me here."

Although Jian Changsheng really wanted to go out and play, this was Chen Ling's territory after all. Since Chen Ling said he wanted to go alone, he naturally wouldn't force it.

As Chen Ling gently patted the top of Wu Yi's head, the black and red centipede carried Chen Ling and soared into the sky, crawling directly towards the top of the cliff!

Wait until Chen Ling went far away, Sun Bumian finally let out a long breath of relief.

"What's going on with your hand?" Seeing the bloody scratch on Jian Changsheng's hand, Sun Bumian raised an eyebrow.

Jian Changsheng shrugged and repeated what had just happened. Sun Bumian's expression immediately became a bit weird...

"It's just a little injury, it's nothing."

Jian Changsheng didn't care at all.

Sun Bumian hesitated for a long time, but still added a sentence to him: "Don't run around during this time, and be more careful when doing things, don't be rash and hasty... Otherwise, next time it won't be a small injury."

"Ah? What do you mean?"

Sun Bumian didn't say anything more, but turned his head and walked straight towards the Underground Palace.

"You're just leaving like this? Why don't the three of us play Fight the Landlord?" Jian Changsheng shouted.

"Not playing." Sun Bumian waved his hand without looking back.

"I have to go back and catch up on sleep."

...

The giant black and red centipede sprinted rapidly along the gray earth, the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe fluttering in the wind.

The fissure of the abyss continuously receded behind Chen Ling. He recalled the map carved on the stone tablet in his mind, continuously adjusting Wu Yi's direction, his gaze watching the monotonous gray earth before him, thoughtful.

The map of the Gray World currently in the hands of the Human Domains only roughly marked the locations of a few major Calamity territories and some terrain. After all, the conditions for humans to walk in the Gray World were too harsh; not only did they have to resist the Gray Realm Contamination, but they also had to deal with Gray World Calamities that could appear at any time. Therefore, the further away from the Human Domains, the blurrier the map was.

In contrast, the map in the hands of the Integration Faction was quite detailed. After all, Fusionists possessed an innate advantage for activity in the Gray World, so both the level of detail of the map and the drawn area far exceeded the Human Domains... But whether it was the Human Domains or the Integration Faction, neither had any map records regarding the Gray World behind the Ghost Mockery Abyss, because no one had ever been able to cross the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

Chen Ling was perhaps the first one in nearly a hundred years.

"Ocean, crypt, mountains, forest, island, wilderness... What does this rumored Seventh World Destroyer correspond to?"

Although the Scarlet Heaven Cult's stone tablet believed that the Angel of Silence was not a World-Ending Calamity, Chen Ling couldn't help but fit him into the perspective of a World-Ending. After all, no matter how you looked at it, that thing shouldn't be human... How could a human grow gray wings?

Angels, could they belong to the sky?

Chen Ling looked upwards. Besides large patches of lead-gray clouds, he saw nothing.

Time passed minute by minute and second by second. Wu Yi sprinted at full speed along the direction Chen Ling pointed. They had completely left the Ghost Mockery Abyss far behind and penetrated deep into this hinterland of the Gray World where even Calamities were extremely rare.

Chen Ling glanced at the sky color. Nearly half a day had passed since they left the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

One must know that with Wu Yi's current speed, half a day was enough for it to cross the distance of two or three Domains, but even so, there was still nothing around them...

Just as Chen Ling was planning to turn around and head back, his peripheral vision suddenly noticed something, and he let out a light gasp of surprise.