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Chapter 401: Chapter 268: Lafa’s Rage, City Destruction! (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)
 

Chen Lun furrowed his brows.

The description of the promotion task was somewhat vague and abstract, and at first glance, it was extremely difficult to understand.

He pondered for a moment.

‘Designing stages at two different locations… It means I must have an impact at both locations to meet the task requirements. Escaping is the premise, with shock as fuel… Is my goal to stage a chase scene? Whether it succeeds or not might not be important, as long as it can elicit a shock from the audience.’

“If that’s the case…”

Chen Lun stroked his chin, quickly coming up with several plans in his mind.

‘I wonder if Amber City’s Inner City District and Outer City District count as two different locations… If I intend to shock audiences at both locations at the same time, then this chase must be thrilling enough and sufficiently rapid.’

He thought for a while, but shook his head in rejection.

‘To be safe, it’s better to design the stage between two cities, and the chase should occur within the Spirit World, so the distance would be considerable and the speed swift enough. As for enough spectators, I could refer to my previous promotion task; perhaps players could also play this role.’

So, who would be the pursuer? I certainly couldn’t possibly provoke a formidable enemy on purpose…’

Chen Lun took out some paper and pen and started sketching and listing various options on the draft paper.

As he thought, he made additions and deletions, then proceeded with connections and designs.

A moment later.

Chen Lun, on the draft paper filled with writing, emphasized a circle.

Within the circle was written—

“Red Apple Church.”

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Yellow Iron City.

The only high-rise in the city’s central district.

This was the location of the city council, with a solemn and imposing building topped by a clock tower, the periphery of the mechanical clock adorned with an abstract relief of the Sun’s flames.

Above all these lay a gigantic metal bell.

Every hour on the dot, it would chime automatically.

At this moment, the hour hand had just pointed straight up to twelve.

Dong—!

Dong—!

Dong—!

The loud bell began to ring over the airspace of this area.

After sounding twelve times, the pedestrians on the street couldn’t help but glance at the Sun above; it was now noon, and the weather was somewhat hot.

But then.

Dong—!

Dong—!!

The bell continued to ring.

People gradually noticed something was amiss, looking confusedly toward the top of the city council’s building, where the bell in the clock tower was shaking violently, making a deafening noise.

“What’s going on? Is there a malfunction in the clock tower?”

“The city council collects so much tax from us every day, yet they can’t even maintain an old clock tower properly! I’ll definitely go and report them tomorrow!”

“Wait, look up there at the clock tower, there seems to be a figure!”

Pedestrians on the street stopped to talk.

Someone took off their hat to block the glaring sun and looked towards the clock tower with their back to the light; a faint, small shadow could be seen standing next to the large bell, apparently the one who was shaking it.

Suddenly.

The figure halted their action and raised their hand to draw out a peculiar sword.

The sword emitted a deep and dark red glow, which was striking even in broad daylight.

Visible ripples of air scattered from that sword, casting a thin layer of blood-colored shadows over the sky.

“Ah… Ahhh!!”

A scream came from nearby.

“Monster! There’s a monster!!”

What followed was screams of chaos and terror, along with the thunderous noise of carriages crashing violently.

Screams for help, roars, and the whistles of the Security Office’s officers intermingled.

The gentlemen and ladies who had just stopped by, suddenly discovered that some people around them, for some unknown time, began to mutate wrenching their heads in painful howls, soon bleeding from their eyes, and without any warning started to devour the nearby living beings.

They… no, they had become beasts, devoid of humanity in their eyes, possessing only endless hunger and desire!

The officers trying to maintain order were stunned, moving forward with batons to strike at the “rioters,” which had no effect; they were instead bitten through the throat in one bite.

Bang!

Another officer chose to fire his gun, but the “rioter” who had been shot in the shoulder remained indifferent, instead, his body tore itself apart, unleashing several thick and gross tentacles of flesh.

This officer, panicked, tried to reload, but it was too late; he was quickly enveloped by the tentacles and was dragged into the body of the creature alive.

A horrific scream.

Followed by a spine-chilling chewing sound, abruptly ceasing.

Leaving behind only a battered flintlock gun that fell abruptly to the ground, along with a puddle of mixed blood and flesh seeping into the floor’s crevices.

Yellow Iron City was utterly in chaos.

Such a scene unfolded in every corner of the city.

Influenced by an invisible force from above, countless residents mutated without warning, began to randomly attack bystanders or animals. Even those they loved and were closest to on regular days, or their most doted on pets, were all treated as food and swallowed down.

In one family of three, dining together, suddenly began to devour each other. In a store, customers were chased down and pounced on by shop clerks. In another instance, a crowd overturned a horse carriage and devoured the horses completely.

Chaos ensued, a veritable purgatory on Earth.

Countless players in the Yellow Iron City area, witnessing everything happening around them, were dumbfounded.

“—Near Amber City, Yellow Iron City, and Lime Ash City, weren’t the Red Apple Church no longer around? How come these fallen believers suddenly appeared?!”

“—Someone caught on camera at the top of the city council building clock tower, there’s a strange man unleashing some terrifying power!”

“—I know! If you zoom in on the video, it closely resembles a boss that appeared during the beta phase, the Archbishop Lafa from the Red Apple Church! The Circus’s Jack once fought with this guy!”

Every day, new posts about the “Red Calamity” constantly emerged on the gaming forum.

The turmoil in Yellow Iron City did not attract much attention.

However, the high-skilled players from the circuses in nearby Amber City and Dongyang suddenly received alerts from their own guilds.

They began to pay attention to this matter and agreed to meet at the lakeside cabin for a detailed discussion.

Atop the bell tower.

Lafa’s crimson hair fluttered in the wind.

He looked down at the chaos in the city and smiled slightly.

In his hand, a crystal goblet began to fill with extremely dense Sin Blood, drop by drop, until a small layer formed at the bottom of the cup.

“A bit more… this amount of Sin Blood is hardly enough to resurrect Doromy Purness, let alone enough for me to drink.”

Lafa casually glanced in another direction.

He seemed to see something interesting and chuckled lightly.

“The people from Yellow Iron City’s Shelter and the Sun Church? The Moon Church hasn’t come… still as apathetic as ever. But what use are these minor characters?”

With a wave of Lafa’s hand, the bloody radiance of the Desecrated Holy Sword shot downward instantly.

Bursts of fiery light, accompanied by explosions, suddenly appeared in his field of vision. Those Transcendents who had rushed to the scene to stop him all fell to the ground.

At that moment, however, Lafa’s smile abruptly stalled.

He looked at the shadow of the Desecrated Holy Sword in his hand, which was now starting to distort and blur.

“What’s happening… the strength of the Holy Sword is fading away…”

Lafa narrowed his eyes.

A few breaths later, the dark red Profound Sword suddenly burst into a crimson light point and vanished.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and the next second, he closed his eyes, listening to the message from his true body.

“The true Desecrated Holy Sword… has disappeared…! Deep within Blood Abbey, under the watch of the Ten Cores, it vanished into thin air…?!”

Lafa stood stunned in silence.

He lowered his head, his face calm yet his eyes reddened.

“Dusky Lady…”

Lafa hadn’t expected that coming personally to negotiate with the Dusky Lady and pleading her to forgive his father, the Desecrated Duke Ragnar, would not only fail but also provoke this capricious deity to erase the trace of the Desecrated Holy Sword directly.

Now, not only was his father permanently deprived of the chance of resurrection, but the Red Apple Church had also permanently lost an extremely important strategic Mysterious Object.

“I will become the sinner of the Church…”

Lafa cursed quietly.

He suddenly vanished from the spot.

The next second, a man in a red robe with red hair appeared on the most crowded district of Yellow Iron City, slowly walking through the panicked crowd. Wherever he passed, people spontaneously combusted.

The black-purple Moonshine Fire swallowed up the people.

They were incinerated to nothingness before they could even scream.

With Lafa at the center, the horrific black-purple flames spread relentlessly, burning everything they touched.

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Chen Lun was arranging for his team members to pack and leave the manor.

He had already thought of a destination.

The Silver Dragon Trade Association generously gifted several large horse-drawn carriages, enough for the entire circus to sit down, and as for the luggage, it would be stored in the Blood Poem Ring.

But as he sat on the couch waiting, Connie came running over, informing him that there were guests at the door.

“What guests?”

Chen Lun asked, puzzled.

Connie whispered a few words, and Chen Lun immediately realized.

He stepped out of the villa and personally came to the manor’s main gate, where he saw Viscount Pompey’s family, Mr. Xibert, and Malediz with his granddaughter, Rey.

“Welcome to Jack’s Manor, please come in.”

Chen Lun revealed a polite smile and welcomed everyone in.

“Mr. Jack, it’s presumptuous of us to visit without prior notice.”

Viscount Pompey expressed an apologetic look.

“It was my idea, Mr. Jack.”

The old man with salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a very formal suit, bowed slightly to Chen Lun.

“You saved my granddaughter Rey in Yellow Iron City without asking for anything in return… I misunderstood you and was not respectful enough in my words. I hope you can forgive me.”

His expression was very serious.

At the old man’s side, the brunette girl Rey also smiled timely:

“Mister Black Messenger, so you’re Mr. Jack… Thank you for your magic, Rey will never forget your kindness!”

Adorably, she lifted her skirt and curtsied.

Then she ran over to Chen Lun’s side, affectionately trying to grasp his arm.

Chen Lun was slightly taken aback and was about to speak when Rebecca, who was with Viscount Pompey, took his arm first.

She bumped Rey gently with her hip, pushing her slightly away.

“Mr. Jack, long time no see! You haven’t visited Pompey Manor lately… Rebecca misses you so much!”

Rebecca was dressed very eye-catchingly today, “casually” flipping her golden hair behind her ear to reveal the silver snake earrings Chen Lun had given her as a birthday gift.

The annoyed Rey puffed her cheeks and moved to Chen Lun’s other side, grasping his hand as well.

The two girls looked at each other, each seeing flames that weren’t there in the other’s eyes.

“Mr. Jack, it seems you are more popular with the girls than I am.”

Xibert chimed in with a teasing comment at this moment.

Viscount Pompey cast a glance at him without a word, cursing silently.

“Let’s not stand here any longer, please follow me to the villa’s living room to sit down.”

Chen Lun said with a smile.