Chapter 1496: An Old Friend Appears

An Old Friend Appears

"Coal? Our Causality is Coal?!" Jian Changsheng saw that wave of tens of thousands of pieces of Coal piled together, and felt like he hadn't woken up yet. He fiercely pinched himself, and only after feeling the pain did he wear an expression like he had seen a ghost,

"Walking on the main road, and Coal just smashes over? Is this Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path reasonable??"

"Hurry up and run!"

Chen Ling vaguely guessed that those Coals were aimed at him, Jian Changsheng, and Chu Muyun.

Things related to Coal could only be the destruction of Aurora City, and three of the five people present were more or less involved in the "Coal" incident and tainted with Causality, which was why so much Coal was triggered to approach them.

No matter what, it was better not to come into contact with these Coals.

However, just as the five people turned around preparing to avoid the wave of Coal, the street behind them suddenly began to split open from extremely far away!

A baffling massive earth fissure occurred in this piece of the Ghost City, swallowing things like a pitch-black rift. Like a black snake slithering on the surface of the earth, whether by coincidence or inevitably, it approached straight in this direction!

"This is my 'Causality'!" Sun Bumian answered through gritted teeth.

The wave of Coal and the earth-splitting black snake, one in front and one behind, directly sealed off all avenues of retreat for the five of them.

Chen Ling frowned, his gaze locking onto the surging wave of Coal. Compared to that mysterious great earth fissure, the Coal on this side obviously looked easier to deal with... At least on the surface, they didn't seem to have anything special about them.

But just as Chen Ling was about to take action, a figure draped in a white robe instantly teleported to the space above the five of them!!

Pale outer garment moving without wind,

Bright red cinnabar dotting the center of the brow.

Those tightly closed eyes looked down, overlooking the nothingness that was "pincer attacked" by the wave of Coal and the earth-splitting black snake. The crimson at the corners of the eyes was like burning flames, scorching and dangerous.

"So... you were hiding here."

Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path Special Envoy, [Chikou].

The moment Chikou's Aura appeared, the hearts of Chen Ling and the others violently pounded. Before they could make any reaction, in the next second, a monstrous pillar of fire piercing the heavens and earth directly swallowed the Ghost City area within a five-kilometer radius!

BOOM——!!!

Under the exaggerated lethality akin to a nuclear bomb explosion, billowing thick smoke surged into the clouds like a Mushroom. The nearby Ghost City buildings had already been completely razed to the ground by this strike. The originally surging river of Coal directly turned into a burning dragon of raging flames, shuttling and streaking across the burning ruins all over the ground...

Chikou had absolutely no intention of holding back. The moment he struck, it was solid Rank 8 Combat Power!

Under this strike, Chen Ling relied on the Calamity of Mockery's physical quality to forcefully tank the most damage. His body was covered in shocking scorch marks everywhere. And although the others didn't take the impact head-on, each one was in a more miserable state than the last... More than half of Jian Changsheng's body was completely carbonized, Sun Bumian had an arm blown off, and Chu Muyun was even directly scorched pitch-black, with only a final trace of breath barely sustaining him!

Perhaps due to the bandages insulating against the heat, only Jiang Xiaohua wasn't injured much in this explosion.

Sun Bumian, whose body was still burning with residual fire, saw Chikou in mid-air, as well as the ghost phantom behind him "imprisoned" by Ghost Path chains, and his pupils slightly contracted!

"Path of the Artisan, [Fire Melting Pellet] Path... Damn it! It's Sun Simiao! He controlled Sun Simiao's ghost!"

In just a single encounter, three of the five-person group were heavily injured, with one among them even near death. Seeing this, Chen Ling shouted loudly without hesitation:

"——[Cut]!!"

As Chen Ling's Domain expanded, everything around began to flow backward.

The shattered buildings began Reshaping, the surging fire dragon turned back into Coal, the thick smoke accompanied by raging flames returned to Chikou's palm, and the scorch marks on Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Chu Muyun's bodies visibly receded...

"So... you were hiding here." Chikou's voice transmitted from above once again.

This time,

Chen Ling had already prepared ahead of time.

As that giant fire god pillar piercing the heavens and earth crashed down with a rumble, Chen Ling's body directly turned into a surging red cloud, soaring into the sky from beside the four people, facing and crashing head-on into that pillar of fire!!

THUD——!!!

Chen Ling, in his Calamity Transformation state, possessed Rank 8 physical Combat Power. Those surging red clouds forcefully withstood Chikou's fire god pillar. Billowing waves of fire exploded in mid-air, directly sweeping across the sky of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path!

"What did I say! With our current strength, entering the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path is too dangerous!!"

Scorching waves of air surged beneath the red clouds. Sun Bumian couldn't help but say loudly.

Although Chen Ling used [Cut] to replay everything, the others more or less still retained memories of just now in their minds. Especially Chu Muyun; if Chen Ling hadn't activated his ability, he would probably be the first to die in the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path.

Chu Muyun looked up at that red cloud figure single-handedly tanking the fire god, a trace of complexity flashing in his gaze...

The newcomer he personally recruited into the Dusk Society back then had already grown into a towering great tree capable of sheltering everyone.

Following Chen Ling's proactive attack, Jiang Xiaohua's Aura concealment ability completely lost effectiveness. Their auras were exposed within the entire Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, and four figures scattered in various corners of the Ancient Vault converged towards this direction!

"Calamity of Mockery?" Sensing the World-Ending aura in the red clouds, Chikou's expression changed,

"You killed Kongwang, and you actually dare to come to the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path?!"

"I'm here." Chen Ling's face manifested within the red clouds, "What can you do about it?"

Chikou's gaze focused. The chains locking onto Sun Simiao's ghost shook once again. Flames frantically rose around him, and a miniature version of a sun gradually condensed from the void!

"Hurry and leave! If we don't leave now, we'll be surrounded by them!" Sun Bumian immediately spoke.

Taking advantage of Chikou being stalled by Chen Ling, Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, Jiang Xiaohua, and Chu Muyun swiftly changed directions, galloping away into the distance. Seemingly feeling their speed was too slow, Sun Bumian flicked his wrist, and a burning Awakened Lion directly manifested, swallowing the figures of the few people into its belly in one gulp!

The next second,

A Domain shrouded the battlefield!

The burning Awakened Lion suddenly seemed to lose its power and dissipated into thin air. The four figures staggered and fell to the ground. Jian Changsheng lost his center of gravity, and the most unfortunate him almost crashed headfirst into a broken steel rebar next to him. If it weren't for his quick eyes and deft hands dodging past it, he probably would have gained another scar out of nowhere.

"Diamonds! What are you doing!!" Jian Changsheng turned his head and cursed.

"It wasn't me!!" Sun Bumian's gaze stared fixedly forward,

"It's... him."

A figure similarly draped in a pale outer garment stepped across the air from above the River Styx.

Pitch-black ghost-controlling chains shook silently,

Behind him,

A ghost draped in an Enforcers trench coat drifted silently.

The moment they saw that figure, Jian Changsheng and Chen Ling's pupils contracted simultaneously!

"He... he is..."

The former Deputy Director-General of the Aurora Domain Enforcers...

Path of the Soldier, [Ceasefire] Path,

Tan Xin.