Casting Fate, Ascending Path

The world is a vast and empty sea. The world is a tiny speck of dust in the sea.

Above the firmament, the abyss hangs high. Under the dark moon, heretics covet.

Ancient beings brave tho...

Chapter 385: The Wolf Roars and the Two Horsemen Gallop (Part 1)

Chapter 385: The Wolf Roars and the Two Horsemen Gallop (Part 1)

"The amusement park's equipment has been severely damaged! Please see the photos from the scene. The entertainment facilities that hold the children's dreams were destroyed by terrorists in just one night!"

Jingsha's 24-hour livestream featured a series of gruesome photos. These included dolls burned like mummies, roller coaster tracks slashed with a sword, a castle ablaze, and balloons stained red with blood. These images shocked the public, and many children burst into tears.

"Our amusement park..." "Mom..." "It will be fixed! The Divine Guards will take care of it soon!"

Parents frantically tried to comfort their children, while the public, unaware of the true situation, felt a deep disgust for the terrorists because of the destructive acts they witnessed so closely. This feeling was even deeper than the initial shock they had felt when they heard Parriman's speech.

"It just doesn't seem natural no matter how I think about it," the university students whispered. "Those guys don't seem like the type to cause trouble." "He even treated me to a sandwich when we were having the Inspiration Mushroom incident." "I don't remember a roller coaster with a track like this..."

Naturally, there were citizens who harbored doubts, but the vast majority were deceived by the partial intelligence. The Divine Guard captains' channels for speaking out were unilaterally cut off, and any further statements of support for "terrorists" would be seen as suppression by their own factions.

"The focus now is the fourth pulse sequence." "Farmers, please be careful to identify the enemies around you." The anchors' propaganda offensive is gradually taking effect, and the city-state is falling into cold blind obedience.

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"They're so noisy," Chu Hengkong commented. "I want to find a sniper to shoot them from eight hundred miles away."

"Miss Ji is trying hard, please be patient for a while. They are inside Mansa Star Castle, and it will be very difficult to interfere."

"Isn't the big lily here? Can Huaisu get in before us?"

"With Finder here, there's no problem," Velvet confirmed. "I've considered having you sneak in with Finder, but that wouldn't allow us to gradually dismantle the enemy's offensive. Having a conspicuous decoy would be better."

The deeper reason is the enemy's bounty strategy. Putting the main bounty on her means that Akong will definitely give her top priority to protect her. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to persuade Akong to take Vander to sneak in alone. However, her fighting style is completely different from Akong's, and they can only give full play to their respective strengths when separated.

The Floating Light Road's strengths had never been in the physical realm. In high-speed close combat at medium and high-level points, she couldn't exert much strength and would become a burden to Chu Hengkong, just like before. She deeply resented this fact.

"Damn Dark Kingship." Chu Hengkong said, "I'm cursing it for you, so please stop looking so stern, okay?"

"I'm not in a joking mood at the moment."

"You must learn to smile in the face of adversity, little girl!"

High beams illuminated the surging crowd. Farmers clashed in the fields, and corn bombs and pea cannons flew overhead. The farmers, intent on intercepting the terrorists, watched the vehicles drive further and further away and began to panic: "Those are terrorists! We can't let them go!"

"You have been deceived by the Speaker!" "They are good people!"

Fifid charged forward with his massive frame, raging furiously, "Speaker, you're so ruthless as to even resort to such smear campaigns! How could you be so mean!"

Chu Hengkong was confused by the chaos: "Didn't Shi Zhong see them?"

"It was moved five days ago. I assigned it an important mission." Velvet suddenly said, "Get to the uninhabited area as quickly as possible!"

The Cadillac had already reached its theoretical maximum speed. Upon hearing this, Chu Hengkong immediately enveloped the car in his Qi, mimicking the City Lord's method and accelerating furiously with Burning Night. This brutal acceleration caused the car to suffer damage for the first time. The car's body, which had been unable to penetrate many defenses, was reduced to a dry, charred black by the burning Qi.

The vehicle ascended the winding mountain road, bursting into terraced fields far from the residential area in mere seconds. But Chu Hengkong didn't pause. Instead, he accelerated even faster, his momentum surging. He, too, could sense the terrifying force approaching. It pursued in a straight line, like a ferocious wolf nibbling at its prey. Purple dust filled the rearview mirror.

"Here it comes." Chu Hengkong narrowed his eyes, "Close your five senses!"

They heard the wolf's low growl, a phantom-like, nonexistent sound, so close it seemed to echo right next to their ears. In that instant, all the glass in the car shattered, and all the dashboards spun wildly. The chaotically jumping numbers turned into purple lines, and a corner of the countless fragments reflected the stalking wolf!

It was a terrifying monster that seemed like the embodiment of wildness, with inverted pupils, a ferocious wolf head, and purple fur floating like mist. When the beast moved, countless irregular fragments emerged, and the rejection reaction of the destroyed world turned into a phenomenon of death on contact.

Theoretically, it was impossible for anyone to approach the embodiment of destruction, yet a rider sat atop the raging wolf. The man was wrapped in countless blood-soaked bandages, and his eyes held a hatred deeper than despair.

"I found you...Sacrificial Snake!!"

Velvet covered her forehead and said, “You did a good job.”

"I originally thought that even if he didn't die, his mentality would be broken." Chu Hengkong shrugged. "It's rare to see some progress, Xueyan."

The bandages wrapped around the man fell away, revealing a face riddled with holes, a horrifying sight like a rotting corpse. It was none other than the face of Hasabana Mingya, torn to pieces by the Infernal Corpse!

Chaos and blood smoke roared simultaneously, the voices of the devil's contractors overlapping, weaving into a spell that unleashed power.

"The smoke of war is everywhere, and the rafters and beams are crumbling!"

Everything observable vanished in that instant, and a cloud of chaos swept across the world. Direction shifted, space shattered, coordinates blurred, and thoughts shattered. The Chaos Demon's power, empowered by the contractor, was fully unleashed, and the "order" that maintained common sense was shattered by the demon's fury!

There was no longer any space or distance, only an endless, overflowing smoke. That smoke would destroy everything visible; even the most sturdy creations could not survive the smoke, for it was dismantling the very principle that allowed all things to exist.

The car they were riding in shattered without warning, tires bursting, engines twisting, and shattered glass reorganizing into configurations not even tangible. With only 3 particles of strength remaining, the two men couldn't hold out for even a second before being torn apart by the smoke. Yet, they weren't dead yet. Chu Hengkong stood tall amid the smoke, a howling spear in his hand.

“——Kang Long Dharma Image!”

The shadow of Kanglong leaped out from the gun, protecting the two of them firmly from the smoke and emitting an excited dragon roar towards the chaos!

The Kanglong Ganzhen Spear's third ability allows its Kanglong Dharma Image to emerge alongside the spear in the heat of battle, advancing and retreating alongside it. During the initial battle at the Great Library, Chu Hengkong, suffering from a series of defeats, had been unable to use this ability. But now, having just emerged from a chaotic battle with numerous assassins, his fighting spirit was at its peak. Kanglong Dharma Image was thus successfully summoned, creating a gap between the two.

Velvet gave the command at this moment, and the wreckage, which should have been dismantled by the smoke screen, actually flew up, reassembling under the protection of the Dharma. The fragments were actually "millennium bugs" too tiny to be seen with the naked eye, and many of them reassembled into a ferocious motorcycle and landed on the ground.

Velvet took out a card and threw it to the motorcycle head: "Please summon Kanglong."

Chu Hengkong and she landed on the motorcycle, one in front of the other. The Kanglong Dharma Image descended upon the motorcycle, merging with the machine through the power of the card. The motorcycle's head transformed into the shape of a proud dragon, and the Dharma Image's protection formed a translucent dragon aura around the body. The Kanglong motorcycle roared out, swiftly breaking through the shackles of the wolf smoke!

This card, called [Dragon Soul Possession], was a new product of the Knight System's proven effectiveness. It allowed for a temporary fusion of power, similar to Ji Huaisu's. Velvet, using this card in conjunction with the Kanglong Spear, devised a countermeasure against the chaos. A pale white "road" appeared beneath the motorcycle, a temporary field of order generated by the totem of the ancient dragon, a symbol of order. At the end of this road lay Mansa Star Castle.

Fu Lidan growled, "Another clever fellow..."

"Do you think this trick can kill them?" Xueyan sneered, "If you don't take it seriously, there is no hope, even if you are a god!"

Blood Mist laughed wildly as he threw a bomb, a liquid bomb made of blood condensing into a rain of liquid. Chu Hengkong thrust out his dragon spear, crushing the enemy with his willpower, but this time the bomb was triggered prematurely, and the violent wind almost caused the motorcycle to deviate from the order field. Velvet was almost thrown off the motorcycle, and Chu Hengkong grabbed her hand: "Hold me tight."

"I'm making a strap."

She tied herself and Chu Hengkong together with a makeshift belt. Fu Lidan then accelerated, bringing them parallel. Chu Hengkong thrust his spear directly at Xueyan's head. Xueyan allowed his head to be pierced by the spear. With his headless body, he hurled the explosive dagger! Chu Hengkong knocked the dagger away just before it exploded, sending a storm raging behind them!

Then, Xueyan's head was reunited due to the elemental transformation, and the anger left another scar on his face that would not heal for the time being. He had no reaction at all, and did not seem to care at all.

There was no healthy flesh left on his body, and countless scars continued to form. The power of the Chaos Demon had rescued him from the brink of death, but the power of the Infernal Corpse still took root in his body, bringing the killer endless pain.

"Look! The scars you left on me are the worst pain in my life!!" Blood Mist roared, "I want to thank you, Chu Hengkong. These scars, these pains, give me endless strength. This hatred will never be extinguished until I burn you to ashes!"

"Serving the devil like a dog is your way of seeking revenge?" Chu Hengkong sneered. "You're amazing, Hazama Mingya. You've abandoned morality, abandoned principles, and now you've even thrown aside your pitiful self-esteem. You're really making rapid progress on the path of garbage, advancing by leaps and bounds!"

"It doesn't matter!" Xueyan also laughed, a hysterical laugh after giving up everything. "As long as I can defeat you, nothing else matters!!"

He opened his arms wide, and a flock of birds cried out in pain from the blood-red smoke. Chu Hengkong withdrew his spear and stabbed, instantly delivering 14 strikes, each one accurately sending a flock of birds flying. After 14 shots, the air was empty.

Yet the alarm bells in his heart kept ringing. The sense of danger didn't dissipate, but intensified. Though the birds were dead, their threat remained. A formless spiritual force surged from their corpses, transforming into an ugly phantom. It was a fantasy demon, and the birds were its contracted foes.

The demon's shadow wore a deeply human expression of agony, like a prisoner begging for mercy. Its body swelled and expanded, then, like countless objects touched by blood and smoke, it exploded in a howling gale.

An unprecedented blast swept across the battlefield, the impact of the fusion simultaneously washing over the spirit body and the flesh, causing Chu Hengkong and Velvet to cough up blood. This mad killer had once again fallen below the bottom line, even turning the demon into a living bomb!

"Cheer up and smile more," Fu Lidan said nonchalantly, "This is a brand new magic show specially developed for you."

A dense flock of birds swarmed above the battlefield, each one a demon possessed, each a bomb controlled by the blood smoke. Filled with pain and despair, the utopian demons hovered above the smoke, while the blood smoke laughed amidst its wailing.

"Devil's spirit sacrifice, a bloody feast!"

(End of this chapter)