I'm not a drama god

Chapter 1684 Absorbing Fragments

Are the embers of civilization withering away?

Chen Ling clearly remembered that when she came here before, the remnants of civilization were scattered throughout the void, but now it seemed that although those things were still embedded in the void, the distance between them had become much closer.

It was as if a gigantic vortex had appeared deep within the ashes of civilization, and the entire ashes were being continuously sucked into its center...

"What's wrong here?" Chen Ling couldn't help but ask.

“This time, the Crimson Star is heading straight for Earth.” Shen Qingzhu paused for a moment. “The current situation of the Civilization Embers is somewhat similar to ‘tides.’ As the Crimson Star gets closer, everything in the Civilization Embers will collapse towards the Earth’s core… If I leave here now, the out-of-control Civilization Embers will directly pierce through Earth just like they pierced through the Gray Realm before.”

Chen Ling's gaze immediately became extremely serious.

The Ashes of Civilization are the remnants of the Gray Realm after it was pierced by the Crimson Star. Chen Ling did not expect that as the Crimson Star approached, this gap would also continue to tear the Earth apart... So, if Shen Qingzhu had not appeared in this world and stabilized the Ashes of Civilization with her own power, humanity would not have been able to hold out until the third Crimson Star descent?

Chen Ling had originally thought that if Shen Qingzhu were to attack the Lingxu Realm, with his strength, killing a heavily injured and dying Lingxu Lord should be a sure thing. But now it seems that Shen Qingzhu will not be able to leave the Ashes of Civilization...

With the last demigod unavailable, Chen Ling could only rely on herself.

Chen Ling took a deep breath:

"I understand... Is that Crimson Star fragment still in its original position?"

"exist."

Chen Ling hummed in agreement and quickly darted toward the small fragment of the Crimson Star, with Shen Qingzhu following closely behind.

When Chen Ling arrived at the crater, she saw a familiar basketball-sized red meteorite embedded in the center of the earth, with a mysterious and terrifying aura emanating from it...

The figure in the theatrical robe walked to the meteorite and reached out to grab it.

Shen Qingzhu suddenly grabbed Chen Ling's wrist.

"what are you up to?"

Shen Qingzhu frowned, a look of doubt on her face.

"My current strength is not enough to defeat Lingxu Jun," Chen Ling said in a deep voice. "I need to absorb more Crimson Star Wish Power... Even if I can only last for a short time, I must have the power to fight a demigod."

"The threshold of demigod is not so easy to cross... Moreover, if you haven't achieved self-proof of your divine path, it's like the ceiling is sealed off. If you force in too much power, you might burst."

Shen Qingzhu's expression was extremely serious.

“I’m not human, my body is more robust, not so easily burst… As long as I kill Lingxu-jun before he bursts.” Chen Ling paused for a moment.

"But if I don't do this, the world can't be restarted... I can't accept that everything I've done so far should end here."

Shen Qingzhu fell silent.

Looking into Chen Ling's resolute red eyes, he was momentarily confused, as if he were seeing a figure from his memory... Back then, they had also walked this path step by step with the same determination to die.

Shen Qingzhu did not stop her anymore, but gently released Chen Ling's wrist.

“Since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t try to persuade you anymore…” A faint smile appeared on his lips. “You, and the future of this world… are all in your own hands.”

Chen Ling looked into Shen Qingzhu's eyes, and for some reason, he could clearly feel the other's...admiration?

Chen Ling's gaze fell back on the Crimson Star fragment. Without hesitation, he took a deep breath and suddenly raised his hand to grab the surface of the fragment!

boom--! ! !

The moment the surging power of the Crimson Star entered Chen Ling's body, his brain went blank for a split second.

This was the first time Chen Ling had come into contact with such a large amount of Crimson Star Power. When Chaozai gained power, his consciousness had not yet been born, so he had no memory of it. He had also come into contact with Crimson Star Power in the archive, but that was just a phantom in the archive and had not actually entered Chen Ling's body...

Before this, the coin-sized Red Star Power that Chen Ling had been playing with was long-lasting, taking him a long time to absorb before it completely disappeared.

At this moment, the power of will within this fragment of the Crimson Star was like a surging tide rushing into a riverbank, rampaging through Chen Ling's body. His spiritual power began to soar rapidly, and his body turned a strange crimson!

Lines resembling scorching lava appeared on Chen Ling's skin, as if a volcano about to erupt was lurking within her body, ready to tear her body to shreds.

Excruciating pain filled Chen Ling's senses, but he did not release the fragment of the crimson star. Instead, he gripped the surface of the fragment with his fingers and slowly pulled it out of the crater...

Dust rustled and slid off the surface of the crimson star fragment. For the first time, this meteorite fragment from outer space was artificially pulled from the earth, exposing a deep and menacing crater to the air.

"What are you going to do?" Shen Qingzhu asked in surprise.

"Time...is running out...I can't stay here...and slowly absorb it..." Chen Ling gritted her teeth and said, enduring the pain of the Crimson Star's power tearing her body apart, "I'll set off first...to the Spirit Void Realm..."

After saying that, Chen Ling activated [Breaking the Wall], her figure turning into a shadow and disappearing into the ashes of civilization.

Shen Qingzhu stared blankly in the direction he left, a complex expression appearing in her eyes.

"hope……"

"I hope everything goes well."

……

Chen Ling felt like her body and head were about to explode.

An unprecedented surge of power coursed through Chen Ling's body, propelling her newly acquired eighth-tier spiritual power directly to the peak of the mid-eighth-tier stage. Furthermore, even more Crimson Star Willpower relentlessly continued to surge forward, penetrating every corner of Chen Ling's body.

If the original Chen Ling was filling the container of his body step by step with his mental power, then what he has to do now is to fill the container with an excessive amount of water, and then continue until the container is full and deformed... and even cracks appear.

But at least, the total amount of spiritual power in his body has indeed increased, even reaching a new level, completely exceeding the scope of the eighth rank.

If Chen Ling continues to absorb this, and if his body can still withstand it, he really could become comparable to a demigod!

This is what Chen Ling hoped for...

But reality may be more difficult than he imagined.

boom--!

On the pitch-black earth, a cloud of blood mist suddenly burst forth from the flat shadow!

A figure draped in a theatrical robe fell to the ground in a disheveled state, as if he had been forcibly squeezed out of the ground. A hideous hole had burst open in his shoulder, and magma-like patterns covered the area around the wound, throbbing violently as if it were alive.