Chapter 221: Escaping Death

He reached out without hesitation and smashed toward that tiny gap on the eye!

Bang—!!

The moment his fist landed, the entire red sun eye contracted violently. The surrounding churning red sea surged up as if boiling, like a wild beast enraged by a sneak attack!

After this punch landed, the Secondary Male Role's existence seemed completely exposed. Densely packed red papers rolled back, stabbing toward him like sharp spears. The whistling sound of piercing the air sealed off all retreat routes from all directions!

At the same time, the tiny gap originally opened by Chen Ling also shattered and expanded under the Secondary Male Role's fist, turning into a hollow hole large enough for half a shoulder to pass through.

Chen Ling's eyes instantly lit up. He tried to move his body out of the Grand Curtain, but in the next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank!

Pfft—

More than ten scarlet paper strips, like spears, continuously pierced through the Secondary Male Role's body from behind. Warm fresh blood splattered onto the surface of the paper sun eye, and his face instantly turned deathly pale!

More and more paper strips pierced into his body. Under the fury of the red paper monster, his entire person seemed to be nailed before the eye by countless bright red thorns, the wounds on his body a shocking sight to behold.

Just as Chen Ling was stunned, a palm soaked in fresh blood slowly raised...

"Little Junior Brother..."

Blood continuously seeped from the Secondary Male Role's throat, making his speech slurred. But even so, the smile on his pale face remained as gentle as before. "Give me your hand."

Chen Ling reached his palm out of that gap without hesitation and gripped tightly together with the Secondary Male Role's bloody hand. As blue veins bulged one by one on the latter's arm, in the next moment, a giant force directly dragged Chen Ling out from behind the Grand Curtain!

A large gap was torn open on the surface of the red sun eye, and Chen Ling's entire person broke away from the interior of the eye. In this instant, his figure passed through the gap between reality and the Theater, falling toward the earth!

Following his departure, the angry red sun eye in the sky was like a snowman burned by raging fire, melting and disappearing at a visible speed. Disappearing along with it was the red paper cloud sea enveloping the sky above the entire Stars Chamber of Commerce.

Just at the instant Chen Ling was about to crash into the earth, a strong palm steadily grabbed his body, suspending him in midair.

Chen Ling looked up, only to see the Secondary Male Role, covered in bloody holes, standing in the air and smiling faintly at him, before bringing him slowly down to the ground...

Seeing this scene, Chu Muyun, who was walking toward here with a puddle of meat paste on his back, finally let out a long sigh of relief.

His gaze swept over the manor that had already returned to normal, muttering to himself,

"Is it finally over..."

When Chen Ling's feet safely touched the ground, an unprecedented feeling of weakness surged into his mind. His legs almost gave out, nearly planting him face-first onto the ground.

Chen Ling looked back, only to see that the Secondary Male Role had already slumped weakly in a pool of blood. His body had been cut open with more than ten gashes, five of which were fatal wounds. Flowing fresh blood continuously poured out from them. His vitality was like a candle flame in the wind, seeming about to be extinguished very soon.

Chen Ling's expression changed. He quickly stepped forward to support him and spoke urgently, "Are you okay?"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..." The Secondary Male Role opened his mouth wanting to say something, but in the next moment, he began to cough violently. Chu Muyun on the side also quickly stepped forward. With a solemn expression, he took out a scalpel from his sleeve, about to do something.

"There's no need..."

The Secondary Male Role waved his hand to stop him. "I can't stay in this body for much longer... There's no need to waste your mental energy..."

Chu Muyun was stunned. After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately stood to the side without making a move.

The Secondary Male Role's vitality was on the verge of disappearing. He slowly and with difficulty raised his head, looking at Chen Ling before him. "Little Junior Brother, don't worry... Your senior brother won't die... But you can't release that thing casually in the future... Senior brother won't be able to arrive in time every single instance... The slightest carelessness will lead to a catastrophe..."

At this moment, Chen Ling's heart was full of doubts, but he didn't know where to start asking. He stayed silent for a moment and smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry... I don't know who I am supposed to be right now... I... I don't even remember who you are..."

"Of course you wouldn't remember, because this is our first time meeting." The Secondary Male Role's voice was somewhat hoarse. "It seems Master was right. You will ultimately still fall into Bewilderment... After you are well prepared, you can come to the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path to find us... The other senior brothers and Senior Sisters are also very curious about you."

"There should be the answers you want there..."

As his voice fell, the Secondary Male Role's Aura completely disappeared. At the same time, the Opera Mask on his skin also began to fade, as if something had left his body and flown lightly toward the distance...

Chen Ling stared blankly at this scene, motionless like a stone statue.

Ancient Vault of the Drama Path... It was the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path again.

Chen Ling remembered someone saying before that the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path was one of the few Ancient Vaults not mastered by humans. Its location was at the intersection of the Gray World and the real world. Ordinary people couldn't reach it at all, and it was considered a restricted zone for living beings... Now it seemed that this Ancient Vault forgotten by the world was far from being that simple.

"Chen Ling, are you okay?" Chu Muyun spoke with concern.

"I'm fine... Wait, why are you here?"

"Wen Shilin found my home, saying I have a lot of face, and asked me to come to the Stars Chamber of Commerce to fish you out..." Chu Muyun's gaze swept over the completely razed manor, smiling helplessly. "Looking at it now, it seems there's no need for that..."

"..." Chen Ling pointed at the bloody and mangled lump of flesh on his back. "What is that lump?"

"You mean this?"

Chu Muyun answered calmly, "An unlucky bastard I don't know."

...

When Chen Ling and Chu Muyun walked out of the gates of the Stars Chamber of Commerce, it was already night.

Although it was called a gate, in reality, behind that seemingly sturdy and luxurious doorway, the entire chamber of commerce had already been razed to the ground. Looking around, there was only the blood-stained earth left, broken corpses all over the ground, and buildings placed haphazardly everywhere in the ruins.

But even though the inside was already in such a messy state, the outside wasn't affected at all. The shops along the street closed for business one by one. The bosses cleared up today's profits while greeting their neighbors on the left and right, and then locked the doors, whistling as they went home... Inside and outside the door were like two completely different worlds.

"That person's Domain is truly miraculous." Seeing this, Chu Muyun couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "If no one broke into the interior of the chamber of commerce, I'm afraid no one would discover the anomaly until tomorrow morning."

Chen Ling looked back at the gates of the chamber of commerce. "Who exactly is he?"

"I'm not clear on the specifics either. I've heard some rumors about him... In short, that senior's whereabouts have always been weird and unpredictable. Even in the Dusk Society, which has a multitude of capable and extraordinary people, he is one of the most mysterious ones."

"He is also from the Dusk Society?"