by Fang Xiang
Shocked, he widened his eyes in fear of missing a detail of the fight. Dark Void Fire was the technique that Elder Shen was famous for. It was well-known in Tian Huan. This thread of Dark Void Fire contained what Elder Shen comprehended from studying seal scripts. It was named a fire but it was not actually within the five elements.
This thread of Dark Void Fire was the size of a pinky, but in reality, it was constructed of three hundred extremely small seal scripts layered together. It was exquisitely crafted.
The rumors were that the Dark Void Fire had reached the peak of seal fires. When Li Shu saw Elder Shen revealed his killing move, he became excited!
The Old Bamboo Staff Man's expression changed. He detected the power the moment the Dark Void Fire appeared.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man's expression became grave. He threw the Corpse Sea Bamboo into the air and chanted. The Corpse Sea Bamboo that was inky black started to melt and became a puddle of black water. A strange smelly odor spread that burrowed into everyone's hearts.
Shen Wu Hai smirked coldly. The thread of Dark Void Fire coiled on his palm like a transparent snake.
The Dark Void Fire was clear and colorless. If one did not look closely, it would be hard to detect it was there.
Shen Wu Hai's expression was proud but he did not dare to be careless. Wondrous objects like the Corpse Sea Bamboo usually had unexpected abilities. He did not want to trip up on flat ground.
The puddle of black water above the Old Bamboo Staff Man slowly moved. Suddenly, black bamboo shoots grew out of the black water at a visible rate.
The black bamboo grew very quickly. In a blink, it was a half-mu patch of black bamboo. Like a black cloud, it floated above the Old Bamboo Stall Man's head.
The mood suddenly became as heavy as lead.
The pressure produced when two yuanying went all out was a calamity for the surrounding jindan! Even Li Shu did not have the ability to interfere in this high level battle!
The intimidating pressure was suffocating. He felt even his breathing was becoming difficult!
Yuanying! This was yuanying!
Li Shu's gaze was reverent and burning. It was the first time he directly face such a great power. The shock and awe it gave him surpassed his expectations.
He carefully closed his mouth and nose. The strange stench that the Corpse Sea Bamboo exuded had a strong corrosive quality. He raised his foot and stone powder rose into the air. There was a clear footprint on the hard stone brick. Under the corrosive presence of the Corpse Sea Bamboo, the shen temple's hard stone tiles were as soft as bread.
The jindan activated their ling armor to defend against the corrosive presence of the Corpse Sea Bamboo.
If there were ningmai xiuzhe, just the presence of the Corpse Sea Bamboo would be enough to kill all of them.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man cast a spell. Above his head the leaves on the black bamboo sea started to fall. The black bamboo leaves formed all kinds of black poisonous insects or corpse insects that charged at Shen Wu Hai!
At this time, hair-raising hissing came like the tide!
The people felt the shen temple darken and felt as though it was inescapable.
Shen Wu Hai's expression was grave. He slowly raised his right hand and pushed forward without any finesse!
An enormous clear handprint left his hand and slammed at the black insects.
Pew pew pew!
Under the clear handprint, the black insects exploded like smoke and disappeared.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man snorted coldly. The number of black bamboo leaves falling increased. The number of insects had increased, and were packed together into a tide that completely surrounded Shen Wu Hai.
That clear handprint was unable to stand up by itself under the fearless attacks of the insects. In a blink, the black insects covered the entire handprint. It looked terrifying. The sound of the insects chewing and swallowing caused everyone's scalps to prick and feel shock.
If this was a person, even the bones would be eaten!
There were insects that exploded and disappeared but these insect did not know fear and furiously chewed the enormous hand.
The enormous handprint was becoming visibly smaller.
In a flash, the enormous hand that had been multiple zhang large was chewed to the size of a fist.
A thread of pride passed through the eyes of the Old Bamboo Staff Man. He had accidentally obtained this Corpse Sea Bamboo. From the day he obtained it, he spent almost all of his time refining it.
In order for the Corpse Sea Bamboo to reach its maximum power, the Old Bamboo Staff Man had used a corpse forging method.
It was strange to say, but after the bamboo formed, this Corpse Sea Bamboo was as green as jade and did not have a hint of death energy. The Old Bamboo Staff Man was of high status in Cloud Sea Jie. It had been many years since he had fought against someone else so the power of the Corpse Sea Bamboo had never been displayed.
That was, until today!
To use it against an elder of Tian Huan to baptize this talisman, it was enough!
A thread of viciousness flashed across this Old Bamboo Staff Man's eyes. If the two people did not die here today, then their own days in the future would only be spent escaping pursuit!
In order to get rid of all future obstacles, he had to kill them!
Murderousness brimming, the Old Bamboo Staff man unhesitatingly pointed at Shen Wu Hai and shouted, "Go!"
A sharp howl sounded in the air. Countless black worms charged at Shen Wu Hai from all directions.
Just as Shen Wu Hai seemed to be swallowed by the black insects, a smile passed at the corner of his lips.
"Good move!"
The enormous palm that was whittled down until it was a fist-sized ball suddenly exploded in dazzlingly light. The black insects on the enormous hand burned up in the clear flame. They were burned to ash before they could make a sound.
A thread of transparent flame once again appeared in everyone's view.
It silently burned in the air.
Under the flame, densely packed seal scripts appeared like an enormous spider web that spread and shrouded everyone.
No one knew when this formation had been set up.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man's expression changed. Even though he did not know what formation this was, he knew he has now at a disadvantage. All of his moves were predicted and had been part of the other's plan.
As he expected, the transparent flame silently pulsed. The formation lit up. Woosh, flames exploded around Shen Wu Hai and the black insects were all consumed by the flames.
In a blink, the tide of battle flipped!
Shen Wu Hai looked around with a proud expression. "With just you lot, and you dare to steal from my Tian Huan? You do not know your limits! Today, this old man will give you a taste of the Dark Void Fire!"
The seal scripts spun. Everyone found that their feet were glued to the ground. No matter how they tried, they were unable to break free!
The Dark Void Fire silently pulsed.
Boom, two threads of flames suddenly shot out under the feet of two xiuzhe and swallowed them.
The flames dissipated and nothing was left where the two people had been.
Shock and hopelessness filled everyone's faces. They used all kinds of methods to struggle but they were all ineffective.
Li Shu's gaze was deeply attracted to the silently pulsing Dark Void Fire. He was filled with reverence and respect. Elder's Dark Void Fire lived up to the rumors! It was an enormous formation but the thing truly effective was the Dark Void Fire, made from three hundred seal scripts!
Li Shu felt greatly reverent about Elder's skill with seal formations. Compared to his Skyring Blood Chime that seemed to make great noise, Elder's move was multiple times more skilled.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man and Ge Hai all had distressed expressions. The two of them exchanged a look and found intentions of fighting to the death.
The two of them were yuanying and were the only tw
o people among all of these people that could move.
Shen Wu Hai, who had been paying attention to the Old Bamboo Staff Man, felt his heart tighten. This Dark Void Fire Formation was powerful but it was not easy to kill two yuanying at the same time. He had planned on getting rid of these cannon fodder before gathering all his power to deal with these two people.
Yet there was no time for him to regret how things had turned out.
The half-mu of black bamboo above the Old Bamboo Staff Man's head turned back into the Corpse Sea Bamboo. The Old Bamboo Staff Man sliced at his wrist with a fingernail. Blood spurted out. The Corpse Sea Bamboo seemed to drink in all the blood that had poured out.
The Old Bamboo Staff Man instantly seemed to age by two decades and his hair turned completely white.
Ge Hai's expression was grave. He carefully took out a Supreme Polarity Bead that was black and white. This bad was about the size of a pigeon's egg and did not look eye-catching.
But Shen Wu Hai who saw this Supreme Polarity Bead changed expression as he shouted, "Yinyang Null Polarity Bead … …"
Li Shu's expression turned white.
The Yinyang Null Polarity Bead was a very mysterious treasure. It was unknown who forged it, or why it was forged. It had mysterious origins. In the beginning, this bead was unknown but it had become famous after only one incident.
A sect that possessed three yuanying and sixteen jindan was massacred in one night.
The culprit was just one person.
When news of this incident spread, it shocked all of Four Realm Heaven, and the Yinyang Null Polarity Bead became famed.
The Yinyang Null Polarity Bead had stringent requirements on who could consumed it, the user had to be one above yuanying. It would cause the xiuhe's primal spirit to burn and produce terrifying power so the user could destroy enemies multiple times more powerful than they were. However, the user would die.
This was one of the rare treasures that could cause terror in large sects!
The Corpse Sea Bamboo that drank enough blood was suddenly inserted into the ground. The body of the bamboo started to slowly shift. In the span of a few breaths, it formed something similar to a face.
A short while later, the Corpse Sea Bamboo finished its manifestation.
A monster with a green face and fangs appeared. It stood like a man with long limbs. Its needle-like black hairs which grew from the head continued to the tailbone.
It stood expressionlessly. There were no eyes, only two balls of shifting black energy.
Time seemed to freeze.
Shen Wu Hai was frightened by the Yinyang Null Polarity Bead and the Corpse Sea Bamboo monster.
"Kill him!" the aged Old Bamboo Staff Man pointed at Shen Wu hai and shouted harshly.
Shen Wu Hai prepared to fight. This vicious monster did not look easy.
The Corpse Sea Bamboo monster did not move.
"Quick, kill him!" the Old Bamboo Staff Man couldn't help but shout again.
The Corpse Sea Bamboo monster remained motionless.
At this time, people detected that the Corpse Sea Bamboo monster seemed to be looking at someone … …
Following the gaze of the Corpse Sea Bamboo monster, everyone found that his gaze was tightly locked onto the person wearing a mask.
This sudden occurrence caused everyone to freeze.
It was him?
It was him!
Everyone now found that they had neglected this mysterious person wearing the bronze mask from the beginning.
At this moment, Zuo Mo's heart suddenly jumped. He figured it out!
The ripple of the sacrificial altar! He figured it out!
Boom, countless things flooded into his mind!
Unconsciously, amidst everyone's suspicious, puzzled, and speculator gazes, Zuo Mo lifted his arms.
–It was like tens of thousands of years ago.
Translator Ramblings: So much plot armor … …
Well, fixing the screen isn’t worth it … … so I’m just making do with having actual monitors attached. My laptop really isn’t “portable” anymore.
Chapter 506: That Herd of White Lambs!
Dong!
A deep rhythmic sound came from the depths of the shen temple. This sound was very strange and burrowed into people's hearts. Everywhere the sound passed, the flesh and blood of the people as well as their muscles suddenly shook uncontrollably.
Everyone became deathly silent.
All movement, all sound, after this sound arrived had disappeared.
Everyone unconsciously stopped what they were doing and turn their gazes towards the depths of the shen temple. Everyone was frightened by this strange and sudden sound. The three yuanying that were in a life-and-death battle had shocked expressions.
A vast power was carried along with this sound, coming from the shen temple.
Their complexions paled.
This power was vast and burning like rampaging lava, like a violent sea of fire.
Someone suddenly shouted in shock and broke through this deathly silence.
Hearing the shout, everyone turned their faces and they saw a shocking scene.
A golden ray came from above their heads like a golden sword breaking through darkness.
The lights of all the spells and formations being cast were dim in comparison to this ray of golden light. It was so scorching, so dazzling that people could not look at it directly.
Underneath the ray of light, Zuo Mo's arms were spread as though he was going to embrace this ray of light. Bathing in this golden light, there was a layer of gold energy flowing around Zuo Mo's body. Under the scorching light, the bronze mask was unusually dark and stood as a stark contrast to the light, as though it was a bottomless shadow.
The thick golden light landed on Zuo Mo's spread arms and flowed along his arms as though it was sticky golden liquid.
The golden light gathered at Zuo Mo's fingertips. It slowly gathered, grew, and formed a large drop of golden liquid that finally fell. As the golden liquid left his fingers, the outer layers of the golden liquid continuously dissipated into dots of golden energy that seemed like stars.
Large amounts of golden liquid fell from Zuo Mo's arms and created hundreds of golden streaks of fragmented energy. They were in rows like golden features and beautiful to look at.
Everyone was gaping.
From beginning to end, no one ever looked twice at Zuo Mo who was surrounded other than the first glance when he appeared before them. From every angle, this guy was the fish in the net, the lamb washed and waiting on the chopping block for slaughter. Depending on circumstances the person who raised the knife would be different, but the lamb would still suffer the same fate.
Zuo Mo had been dismissed, everyone had dismissed him.
Only when this ray of light came from the sky did people suddenly realize that this incident was not as simple as they imagined.
Shen Wu Hai was the first to react. He said angrily, "Kill him!"
Dong!
Another sound that shook people's bones interrupted Shen Wu Hai's angry shout. It passed through the layers of protection and struck on the deepest part of their hearts.
The temperature of the shen temple rose dramatically. The air was burning so hot that it seemed the air would burn.
Dong … … dong … … dong … …
The beats followed each other, and accelerated in frequency.
Everyone found to their shock that they seemed to be restrained by an invisible power. No matter how they channeled ling power, they were unable to move a finger. With every beat, their energies and blood would uncontrollably vibrate. After several beats, everyone's energies and blood was roiling, and their faces turned red and black in turn.
Their eyes turned from shock into terror.
Shen Wu Hai never thought such a thing could happen. He deeply regretted not having killed this mask-wearing guy at the beginning, this decision led him to such a desperate situation.
If there h
ad been a thread of doubt before that this mask-wearing guy was a descendant of the Sun Tribe, he was completely sure of the other's identity now.
The beat, the ray of light, the restraining power, they were all powered by the shen temple.
This power was so strong it caused people to feel hopeless!
But Shen Wu Hai was not robbed of hope. He was still struggling. Of all the people, he knew the most about the shen temple. This power was peerless and great, filled with domination, and burned without any disguise.
It was like the burning sun in the sky that people were unable to look at directly.
But Shen Wu Hai was not willing to wait to be captured. This scorching power was hard to resist but under this vast dominance, he detected a thread of burning without regard for consequences.
This shen temple that was reaching its end was burning its last vestiges of power.
As long … … if he could resist until it finished burning … …
He would be able to have a thread of a chance!
Just one chance, he was confident he could reverse the situation. Even if the other was a Sun descendant, he didn’t believe the other could master this shen temple.
Because of the requirement for shen power!
Even if he was a Sun descendent, he could not cultivate shen power. At present, there were no more lands with shen power, all methods of cultivating shen power had been lost in the dust of history. Without shen power, he could receive recognition of the shen temple, but he definitely could not control the shen temple.
This was just the last dying struggles of the shen temple.
Shen Wu Hai suddenly calmed down.
His gaze suddenly stopped and his body froze.
The person with the bronze mask suddenly moved. Under the mask hidden in shadow came raw and simple sounds. His body twisted like a snake taking a strange position.
The golden feathers constructed from fragmented golden energies drew out cryptic tracks in the air as Zuo Mo's fingers moved.
An extremely unfamiliar power suddenly spread in waves.
Shen Wu Hai that just calmed down look at Zuo Mo as though he was seeing a ghost.
This … … this … … this … …
Shen power!
