World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  The bright script appeared!

  Day Script Palm!

  Pia!

  Zuo Mo's Day Script Palm accurately hit the flowing light. The unexpectedly the light did not shatter. The flowing light was like a rebounding ball that used the power of the Day Script Palm to escape. Being thrown back by the strike, it increased in speed and went back into the cloud mist.

  Zuo Mo's hairs suddenly stood up. An expression of disbelief was on his face!

  The Day Script Palm that had always dominated his enemies was unable to even harm this thing.

  This wasn't possible!

  The battle occurred in a flash, but Zuo Mo, Wei Sheng, and the others had keen eyes and saw its appearance.

  The cloud messenger was extremely strange in form. Four tentacles came out of a flattened body. Each tentacle had a ball of light at the end which shrouded its body in light. When it flew, its entire body was rotating at high speed, its four tentacles extended out to a point. This caused the space shield to also flatten and appear like a dart.

  Wei Sheng and Zong Ru's faces changed slightly. They understood just how powerful Zuo Mo's Day Script Palm was. The cloud messenger was able to withstand a full-on blow and not be damaged. Both of them were shocked. The cloud messenger was also lightning fast!

  They were xiuzhe with a great amount of battle experience and instantly recognized the danger.

  The thick, almost tangible cloud mist was a great hindrance to their vision but for the cloud beasts it was the best camouflage.

  The tip of Wei Sheng's black sword rose lightly. Zong Ru's Cross Prayer Wheel appeared in his hand as the two prepared to face a great enemy!

  Kang De's heart was also in the air. Cloud messengers were the cloud beasts that xiuzhe who hunted in the Cloud Sea, like himself, dreaded encountering the most. Ice Breath beasts only lived in the cloud river. As long as they did not go near the cloud river, they would not be encountered. But cloud messengers would be commonly encountered once people went deeper into the Cloud Sea. There were an innumerable number of xiuzhe that had died due to cloud messengers each year.

  Even though cloud messengers were only fifth-grade, but with its terrifying speed and in this environment covered in mist, it was impossible to always defend against.

  However, cloud messengers rarely left their territories. There hadn't been cloud messengers here before, what was going on with the Cloud Sea this year … …

  Kang De was full of bewilderment.

  "Careful, this thing's space shield is strange," Zuo Mo was the first to react and shouted a warning.

  Before Zuo Mo finished saying this, countless flowing lights shot out of the cloud mist like a barrage!

  The sound was like a vast bell. It was not loud and arousing but it rang out like thunder echoing within the clouds. With Zong Ru as the center, the cloud mist within five li suddenly stopped flowing in this instant.

  Abhinna: [Truth Speech]!

  Zong Ru's first attack was the killing move he rarely used, the abhinna: [Truth Speech]!

  Compared to the time he used it at Nan Sheng Village, the present [Truth Speech] was completely different in terms of power.

  The strange space shield of the cloud messengers could not stop Zong Ru's [Truth Speech]. The flowing lights suddenly stilled. Even though they were not completely stopped, but the murderousness intent had dissipated.

  Zuo Mo, Wei Sheng and Zong Ru knew each other well. Zuo Mo and Wei Sheng acted at the same time.

  What was the cloud mist most afraid of? Fire!

  The cloud mist was formed from water moisture. When the sun rose, the cloud mist would quickly dissipate!

  Zuo Mo's control of fire had reached the level comparable to yuanying. He had formed the Great Day Banded Flame from the Great Day mo physique and combined with the Sun Crystal Seed, he had even been bathed in the shen fire back at the Sun Shen Temple. His skill level in controlling fire was something he could dominate jindan xiuzhe with!

  Bringing his hands together, the golden flames engulfed his hands. As he spread his hands apart, the flames suddenly spilled out like a golden piece of cloth thrown into the air and covering all of the cloud messengers!

  Wei Sheng's coordination with Zong Ru was also exquisite. The black sword swung out in a circle. Intimidating sword essence smashed out like a twister! The thick cloud mist was blown away by the sword essence and instantly cleared out an empty space dozens of zhang in diameter!

  Dozens of cloud messengers were instantly exposed.

  These cloud messengers were also affected by Zong Ru's Truth Speech but were not visible in the mist. Facing such targets, how could Wei Sheng miss them?

  The black void that represented hundreds of years of Wu Kong Sword Sect's history showed its power as Wei Sheng swung his sword! Power that was hard to detect with the naked eye pushed and pulled, and caused the space shield of the cloud messengers to creak.

  At the same time, one of Zuo Mo's hands circled as another twisted!

  The cloth of flame that had spread and trapped the cloud messengers suddenly tightened!

  The cloud messengers gave strong and powerful chirps. They had managed to struggle out of the Truth Speech effects but the domineering Great Day Banded Flame was glued onto their space shields and would not stop burning.

  Great Day Banded Flame was a sixth-grade flame!

  The cloud messengers were terrified. They furiously struggled in the circle of Great Day Banded Flame and tried to escape!

  Yet the tyranny of the Great Day Banded Flame far surpassed their imagination. It tore apart the space shields of the cloud messengers. As the space shields were penetrated, the Great Day Banded Flame started to burn the cloud messengers. The body of the cloud messengers disappeared at a visible rate no matter how they struggled.

  In a short span of a few breaths, all of the cloud messengers around Zuo Mo were cleared out!

  Wei Sheng was not lacking in comparison. His sword essence had broken through to the peak of sword essence manifestation and was at the door step of "boundary"! This was a level that normally only yuanying sword xiu reached!

  The black and empty sword essence was like the endless void, deep and without boundaries.

  The space shields of the cloud messengers covered by the sword essence started to corrode and thin at a visible rate until they disappeared. Their bodies also disappeared at the same speed.

  The combined attacks of the trio had killed hundreds of cloud messengers. Kang De's eyes were left wide in awe!

  Clink clink, many disks the size of a thumb fell from the air. The trio did not move and maintained their defensive state to carefully examine the surroundings.

  Looking at the experienced and crisp teamwork between the three, Kang De had a strange feeling. He had this feeling that Daren and the others seemed very familiar with the dangers in the Cloud Sea. With the three working together, hundreds of cloud messengers had turned to dust with the flick of a finger and was a great blow to Kang De's expectations!

  The cloud messengers were fifth-grade cloud beasts and did not have a true ranking among the cloud beasts in the Cloud Sea. However, their lightning fast speed, and their numbers had caused countless xiuzhe to die in the Cloud Sea. Daren and the others were coming into contact for the first time but had found the cloud messenger's weakness in such a short amount of time in order to kill them. Were Daren and the others really entering the Cloud Sea for the first time?

  Of course, Kang De did not know that Zuo Mo and the other two had experienced a place far more terrifying than the Cloud Sea. On the Sealed Extinction battlefield, Zuo Mo and the others had long become used to the fiend souls that could appear at any time. The number of fiend souls they killed were innumerable.

  "What is that?" Zuo Mo picked up a disk and asked.

  The disk was the size of a thumb and the material felt like ivory. It was clean white and warm, the surface covered with natural patterns.

  "It is a messenger seal, Daren." Kang De's tone was even mor
e respectful. "Every cloud messenger would form a messenger seal in their body. The messenger seal has naturally forming seal formations. Many seal xiu will buy them. Other than to study the formations, they are good materials to forge cloud-type talismans."

  Natural seal formations?

  Zuo Mo made a small sound of surprise, he brought the messenger seal in front of his eyes and closely examined it.

  He quickly discovered something. These patterns that looked chaotic were actually seal formations. So interesting! Zuo Mo's interest was stirred. It was not the first time he saw a natural formation but every time, they would give him surprises.

  Where did the formations of xiuzhe originate?

  From nature!

  Actually, no matter if it was xiuzhe or yaomo, everyone's cultivation method was different but they all were derived from nature, from the world, from copying and mimicking.

  Things that had natural formations were among the best materials for forging. Zuo Mo instantly knew the value of the messenger seals.

  "Ah, such a pity, we are in a hurry this time." Zuo Mo picked up the messenger seals on the ground as he muttered, "They are easy to kill, the materials are good, where else would we find something as profitable as this?"

  Cold sweat poured down Kang De's head. Easy to kill? Cloud messengers were easy to kill? The cloud messengers that were the top thing people did not want to encounter had become the most profitable prey to hunt in Daren's mouth. Kang De was speechless, but thinking about how Daren and the others killed hundreds in a brief moment, he chose to close his mouth.

  Zuo Mo was planning to get Vermillion Bird Camp to come hunt cloud messengers. This was definitely a good business!

  The cloud messengers in the cloud mist might have been scared by the attacks of Zuo Mo's group and not one other cloud messenger ever popped out again.

  Zuo Mo picked up the messenger seals on the ground and then started moving again. Finding a water cloud embryo was the most important matter.

  Kang De once again led the way.

  Zuo Mo could feel that they were continuously descending because the ambient temperature was gradually decreasing. The cloud mist became even thicker, and Zuo Mo suddenly found that the patch of cloud mist were formed from tiny ice droplets.

  Kang De's expression became even more grave and his speed slowed down.

  Zuo Mo and the others tried to be more aware as they carefully followed behind Kang De. They were prepared to fight at any moment. They may have appeared to kill off all the cloud messengers easily but all of them were wary since the cloud messenger which was just fifth-grade had been able to take Zuo Mo's Day Script Palm and come out undamaged.

  Yet even so, an accident still happened!

  Translator Ramblings: Weird jellyfish for a weird sea which is more like that of a sky.

  Chapter 529: The Mist People

  The cloud mist in front of them was a faint blue. If one looked closely, they would find that each ball of mist was composed of countless tiny faint blue ice crystals. These faint blue ice crystals floated in the air and did not fall.

  The blue endless mist sea was like an ocean and gave people the feeling of being immeasurable.

  "This this … …" Kang De's face was pale as he gaped. His expression seemed as though he had seen a ghost.

  Zuo Mo's heart jumped as he hurriedly asked, "What is it? Is something wrong?"

  "This … … this is ice mist!" Kang De stammered out.

  "Ice Mist?" Zuo Mo looked at the vast light blue mist and nodded. This name was pretty accurate. However, looking at Kang De's expression, there definitely was something that was not right. He couldn't help but ask, "What is it? What is wrong?"

  Kang De swallowed hard, his face pale as though his face was powdered. "Daren may not know, but the ice mist is only found in one place. That is the Ice Mist Haze territory at the deepest part of the Cloud Sea. How can there be ice mist here?"

  Zuo Mo recognized the situation. "You are saying there should not be ice mist here?"

  Turning his face, he looked at the vast blue mist sea and shook.

  Something definitely unexpected had happened!

  He suddenly thought of a question and his expression changed. He hurriedly asked, "What about the road? Would the road … …"

  "Daren, the road is gone!" Kang De's expression was full of terror.

  Zuo Mo's heart sank. "Then the water cloud embryos?"

  "This subordinate does not know." Kang De shook his head. "This subordinate has never gone into the Ice Mist Haze territory. There are rarely people that go deep into the Ice Mist Haze territory. It is too dangerous! Daren, look at this ice mist, they are extremely cold. If one does not have a treasure or enough power to protect their body, then just contact with the ice mist is enough to freeze them!"

  Wei Sheng raised the black sword, and the tip sand into the ice mist.

  A layer of frost quickly spread on the surface of the black mist at a visible rate.

  Wei Sheng shook it lightly and the frost on the black sword disappeared. He raised his face and his expression was solemn. "We need to be careful!"

  Zuo Mo saw what Wei Sheng had done from beginning to end, if even Wei Sheng felt they needed to be careful then the danger the ice mist posed was clear.

  But … …

  Zuo Mo looked at the quiet A Gui beside him, his heart filled with unwillingness. Water cloud embryo! Only a water cloud embryo could heal A Gui!

  At this moment, Zuo Mo felt extremely conflicted. No matter what, he needed to find the water cloud embryo but he did not want Wei Sheng and Zong Ru to end up in danger because of him.

  Wei Sheng glanced at Zuo Mo and instantly understood Zuo Mo's intentions. He smiled, "Just mere ice mist, Shidi, do not be nervous. Finding the water cloud embryo is important, let's go!"

  Turning around, he walked straight into the ice mist!

  Zong Ru smiled slightly. "Daren, time is tight!"

  Finishing, he walked into the ice mist.

  Zuo Mo's heart instantly warmed and he was moved. Seeing this, he did not hesitate and took out a transportation seal. "Your cultivation is too low, return first. This transportation formation will take you straight back to the island."

  Kang De had never gone to the Ice Mist Haze territory before and could not act as a guide any further. Kang De was also weak relative to rest of the group and the ice mist was abnormally dangerous. They did not have the attention to spare to protect him so Zuo Mo let him return.

  Giving the transportation seal to Kang De, Zuo Mo took A Gui and walked into the ice mist.

  Entering the ice mist, he felt the bone-boring coldness come from all directions. Even Zuo Mo, with his powerful body, couldn't help but shudder. Suddenly, a wave of warmth wrapped around him. The Sun Crystal Seed appeared above his head and released fine light that covered Zuo Mo, A Gui, and the Little Ones.

  Zuo Mo jumped in fright. The Sun Crystal Seed had always been silent in his body and never moved. Sometimes, he would almost forget the existence of the Sun Crystal Seed. He hadn't thought that the coldness of the ice mist would have stimulated the Sun Crystal Seed out.

  Wei Sheng and Zong Ru raised their own defenses.

  Wei Sheng was covered in thin sword essence. This layer was extremely thin and wrapped around Wei Sheng's body like a membrane. When the ice mist came into contact with this layer of sword essence, it would disappear as though it was swallowed.

  Zong Ru held the Crossed Prayer Wheel and slowly turned it. Fine golden sutra characters swam in the surroundings and flicking in and out of view. The strange cold of the ice mist could not break through this seemingly thin barrier of sutra characters.

  When Zuo Mo caught up, the three silently took up positions of a triangular formation with Wei Sheng at the front.

  "The world is large and has all kinds of wonders!" Wei Sheng said emotionally. "This time, my vision has been broadened by this trip to the Cloud Sea! No wonder so many elders like to travel the world!"

 
Zuo Mo's head shook like a rattle drum. "If it wasn't for the water cloud embryo, I won't come to this ghastly place! Oh, but the cloud messengers are good … …"

  Wei Sheng saw Zuo Mo's greedy state and he laughed. A strange feeling rose.

  In terms of strength, Shidi could be considered a great genius that rivaled him but his personality was completely different than any young genius he had ever seen. Of the geniuses that he had encountered, like the astounding Lin Qian or the many others, they were either had great intelligence and deep talent or they had persistent hearts. Even he himself had only focused on the sword and nothing else.

  But Shidi was far from being considered the peak of intelligence. His personality was lively, he was business-like and greedy for money. He learned all kinds of trades, spells, sword scriptures, seals, formations, forging, he learned a little of all of these, and many strange and weird things that Wei Sheng had never even heard of.

  If one saw the things that Shidi learned, he was definitely the classical example of what not to do.

  But even so, Shidi's strength had reached a level that was hard to believe.

  He didn't understand how Shidi had cultivated the way he did. Wei Sheng shook his head and laughed, throwing the question to the back of his mind.

  "Does Shidi recognize the water cloud embryo?" Wei Sheng asked.

  "Yes." Zuo Mo nodded. He had made good preparations.

  Wei Sheng rested his heart. He suddenly realized that while Shidi looked unreliable usually but he never made major mistakes. Thinking about this, Wei Sheng was thoughtful.

  The further they walked in, the heavier the coldness of the ice mist was. The blue color of the ice mist increased and the ice crystals that formed the ice mist became bigger.

  There were still remnants of cloud grasses lingering on the ground. These cloud grasses had been frozen into little ice statues. They would occasionally see corpses of cloud beasts but they had also been frozen into ice and on their surface was a strange blue layer.