World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  At this time, the ray of Soul Setting Divine Light inside Zuo Mo's body suddenly lit up.

  The shen power threads that were flowing suddenly stopped. With a flash of the divine light, the shen power seemed to be pulled by an unseen force, suddenly breaking out of the attraction to the whirlpool and flowing from the middle of his palm into his arm!

  These hair-thin shen power strands quickly merged into Zuo Mo's body when they left his palm.

  A feeling of swelling power rose!

  It was as though his parched body had suddenly became replenished by the rain. Every bit of his blood and flesh was greedily absorbing these strands of shen power.

  The moves that had been raw before seemed to have merged into Zuo Mo's bones. His movements flowed and felt simple yet enlightened.

  Threads of shen power continuously flew out of Zuo Mo's palm into every part of Zuo Mo's body.

  The Soul Setting Divine Light dimmed and brightened as though it was the lighthouse guiding the ships in the dark. If Zuo Mo looked carefully at the Soul Setting Divine Light at this time, he would find to his shock that the Soul Setting Divine Light was much brighter than in the past.

  ———

  "Is he actually a genius?" Wei suddenly said.

  His expression was extremely complex. There was shock, disbelief, dazedness, suspicious, but when he said this, his tone was certain.

  "Otherwise, why would I take him as a student?" Pu Yao could not disguise the smugness in his expression, but his bloody pupil still exposed his own shock.

  "I'm very curious about his origins now," Wei said lightly, "He is able to cultivate the mo physique, able to cultivate yao arts, able to cultivate spells, able to cultivate shen power, able to comprehend the Soul Setting Divine Light, it really is … …"

  Wei almost didn't know how to describe it.

  The smugness on Pu Yao's' face retreated and his usual indifference came back. "No matter what his birth is, my student is my student."

  "Do not be so nervous." Wei smiled slightly. "I will not have malicious aims on him. This kind of genius will never lack for enemies. I don't need to increase their numbers, I just anticipate it!"

  A light flashed through Pu Yao's bloody pupil. "What do you want to do?"

  "Do you remember why we were defeated in the past?"

  Wei smiled slightly but that smile was without any warmth.

  ———

  "What? Mountain Dragon Corps is this embarrassing?" an one-eyed mo wolf shouted. His gaze was vicious, his face set in a snarl, scars crisscrossed his face and caused him to appear intimidating.

  In this Eminent Mountain Jie, this one-eyed mo wolf's reputation was feared. He wasn't just the leader of the biggest group of bandits, he was also the boss that was most famous in Eminent Mountain Jie.

  Eminent Mountain Jie was ruled by bandits. This was a famed home of bandits and the number of bandit groups were in the thousands.

  The merchants that passed by didn't dare to travel through this region, and due to the fact there were no large factions in the surroundings, no one came to rid the area of bandits. Over time, Eminent Mountain Jie became a true den of bandits. They raided in all areas and all of the business routes in the surroundings were within their raiding area.

  The more daring bandit groups would even travel to raid places further away.

  In Eminent Mountain Jie, there was only one kind of mo that could survive, bandits.

  Hearing that someone had come to Eminent Mountain Jie to show off, the one-eyed mo wolf couldn't accept it.

  "Boss, that group is really strong! They probably aren't from an average battalion. There aren't many of them, about one hundred and so," the subordinate said cautiously. He had not seen the battle personally and all the intelligence he had had been learned from the lucky survivors of Mountain Dragon Corps.

  "Mountain Dragon Corps? Those trash!" the one-eyed mo wolf said disdainfully. "They are all cowardly! This kind of trash is an embarrassment to our Eminent Mountain Jie."

  The one-eyed mo clearly was talking as though he was the master of the jie.

  Viciousness flashed through his eyes as he snarled, "Even those proper battalions do not dare to come to our territory to make trouble! Just a hundred people, such daring! They really think they are something!"

  The subordinate perceptively did not try to urge otherwise. He was clear about his boss' fiery temper. The boss hated matters that lost his face the most. If he was not perceptive, he wouldn't be able to keep his head.

  "Go! Tell the other corps, I'll give a space to whoever exterminates this group on the next trip out!" The one-eyed mo wolf narrowed his one eye and said in a deep voice.

  The subordinate was filled with sympathy towards this group of people that had charged into Eminent Mountain Jie. They were finished! With Boss throwing this prize out, there wouldn't be a speck of these one hundred people left.

  The one-eyed mo wolf was the strongest in Eminent Mountain Jie. Only he dared to attack the highly defended cities. Every time he went out on a city raid, he would come back with great prizes that the other factions were deeply envious of. The rule of the one-eyed mo wolf was that whichever bandit group performed a great service would be allowed to participate in the raids. This was a great business!

  These people were really pitiful.

  ———

  Zuo Mo woke up from his tranquil state. When he opened his eyes, a light flashed across them.

  The feeling of being filled with explosive power was so familiar that he almost assumed he had recovered to his peak! He lightly shook his head, pia pia pia, a string of pops occurred from his neck down to his tailbone.

  An unprecedented feeling of comfort filled his body.

  Zuo Mo's eyes brightened and his joy was hard to disguise. The shen power inside his body had not reached his peak but his present shen power was more pure and condensed than it was in the past!

  He tried to turn shen power into the three powers, and there were no hindrances. What made him happier was that at almost the same moment he thought about it, the shen power had turned into the three powers. The entire process almost didn't have any pause, and was much greater than the process in the past.

  The good that came with the bad!

  He really got something good this time with the bad!

  The three powers that came from the purer shen power was much purer than before. Zuo Mo had a feeling that he was just a thread away from a breakthrough.

  This breakthrough wasn't a breakthrough in a single field, but in all areas! Ling power, mo physique, spiritual consciousness, they had all reached the border of a breakthrough.

  What made him even happier was that he had a strong confidence he would have a successful breakthrough.

  He raised his right hand. The whirlpool of power had shrunk by only a third, and the rate of spinning was slower than before. But it was still growing and not long in the future, it would recover to its previous form.

  Zuo Mo suddenly became excited. The whirlpool in his right hand was like a shen power spring that could continuously provide shen power for him. If he persisted in taking shen power from it, his shen power would keep growing.

  His rate of improvement would become astounding!

  Zuo Mo was filled with confidence. Looking at the wooden A Gui, he couldn't help but go forward and ruffle A Gui's hair. He muttered excitedly, "A Gui, A Gui, I succeeded! I really succeeded!"

  A Gui's warm and raven-black long hair was turned into a pitiful bird's nest. However, she did not react and only looked at Zuo Mo.

  That pair of dim and grey-white eyes seemed to be shrouded in mist.

  Ka Zhuo was gaping. In that instant, the strong pressure that Zuo Mo exuded almost pushed him to the ground.

  This … .. this world had changed too quickly … …

  There wasn't anything that could give a person more confidence than power. Having recovered the majority of his strength, Zuo Mo was even more composed and calm. He did not continue
to extract shen power. He hadn't completely absorbed the shen power he had just taken. It would probably take two to three days before the process would be complete.

  He decided to look at that young female mo.

  As to Ceng Yi, a hint of battle spirit flashed across Zuo Mo's calm face. He was going to give the other a great surprise!

  So what if he was at the general level!

  Translator Ramblings: Sure, having an exploding bomb for a hand is good. Ever think what happens if you can't absorb the power for some reason?

  Chapter 552: White Fang Mo Matrix

  Murderous intent flashed through A Wen's eyes. He had, long ago, noticed the group of people nearby. It was clear that the group was targeting them and it could be seen that the other had a very low opinion of them. Unrestrained laughter could occasionally be heard from the groups.

  One two three four … … seven!

  A Wen counted inside. There were seven groups of mo, each of unknown origins surrounding them. They were clearly being targeted.

  Right now, A Wen was not the same naïve youth that relied on only his talent to survive in the arena. He had fought in large scale battles, seen rivers of blood. Both Pu Yao and Wei had great affection for him and his talent, putting great effort into teaching him.

  He was the strongest hardship guard in Guard Camp, even stronger than Shu Long!

  A the only shadow mo guard his abilities were completely different from the other hardship guards. He had unparalleled speed so he had always acted as the scout.

  Even though the troop was only barely more than one hundred people, Shu Long still methodically sent out scouts.

  A Wen had quickly discovered these groups of bandits. The other's unrestrained nature caused murderousness to rise but A Wen did not act by himself, instead he reported the information to Shu Long.

  "Seven groups of bandits … …" Shu Long made a thoughtful sound.

  "Yes, all the groups have different head counts. The largest is about five to six hundred people, and the smallest is two to three hundred people," A Wen reported in detail, "There are about three thousand people in total."

  Hearing this, Ye Ling's expression changed slightly.

  Nan Yue, Cang Ze, and the others stared at each other. They were completely shocked at this news. Three thousand people! When they looked at the hundred or so people around them, they felt a wave of coldness rise.

  Three thousand against one hundred. In other words, each one of them had to defeat thirty bandits.

  This was a ratio that seemed hopeless!

  They suddenly felt great admiration for Shu Long, as his expression was unchanged after hearing the news and there was no trace of panic.

  As expected of the leader of Guard Camp, he had the mannerisms of a great general!

  "Ye Ling, what do you think?" Shu Long suddenly asked Ye Ling.

  Ye Ling's expression had changed but he forced himself to maintain calmness. "Daren what we need to do now is increase our speed and charge out of this jie before they finish surrounding us!"

  Shu Long did not nod. He was thinking.

  He quickly shook his head and refused Ye Ling's suggestion. "Our speed is not fast. They are bandits and are skilled in quick raids. They have an advantage of speed and there probably are more people waiting for us ahead ."

  Ye Ling's face was white. Shu Long's analysis was to the point. "Then what do we do?"

  "Fight!" Shu Long's eyes were filled with murderousness as he said in a deep voice, "We mustn't just fight, we need to fight them until their forces are crippled! Only then will we have a chance to charge out of this jie."

  Everyone, including Ye Ling and Nan Yue, was stunned. One hundred against three thousand, how did Shu Long Daren want them to fight?

  Wasn't that just seeking death.

  One hundred against three thousand, there wasn't any chance of victory!

  Shu Long seemed to know their thoughts and said sternly, "We are a trained battalion group, they are just a bunch of bandits. No matter how many there are, they are just rabble, there is nothing to fear."

  Ye Ling gritted his teeth. "How does Daren want to fight?"

  "We will only have one chance. If we cannot destroy them in one strike, and they scatter, we will be harassed the entire way and then be in a reactive position, "Shu Long said gravely.

  ———

  Zuo Mo inspected the mo matrix on the young female's body. Now that he was half recovered, he didn't need Ka Zhuo to help him examine her.

  His movements were very slow, and his expression was grave.

  When the mo matrix's maturation was interrupted, it actually had caused irreparable damage. The mo matrix on the female's body was unusually complex, the White Fang mo matrix was unique to the White Fang Snake mo. If it had complete maturation, she would enter general level and her mo physique would naturally form.

  So young and she had touched the door to the general level. This young female was astoundingly talented.

  The White Fang mo matrix was extremely unique. It could absorb power continuously and compress it to become more condensed. When it was cultivated to the extreme, one could compress all the power in the body to a point smaller than the point of a needle. This needle point was so powerful it could penetrate anything. Zuo Mo guessed that it could even penetrate a mature "Domain."

  Pu Yao and Wei examined the White Fang mo matrix curiously. None of them had ever seen the White Fang mo matrix before.

  "It is slightly interesting. No wonder the White Fang mo matrix ranks sixteenth among the general rank mo physiques," Pu Yao said interestedly. He was an expert in mo matrixes and with a glance, he understood the core fundamentals.

  Wei looked at the young lady and then took his gaze away. He wasn't too interested in mo matrixes but he had not seen this one before. Now that he saw the real thing, he was satisfied.

  "Sixteenth among general level mo physiques?" Zuo Mo said in shock.

  "En, a very strong mo physique. However what its greatest feature is that if one reaches general level, the mo physique automatically forms!" Pu Yao suddenly said, "How about you get some of this girl's blood. Her blood is probably strange."

  Wei who had been silent suddenly opened, "This idea is pretty good. I know some methods of blood sacrifice, maybe you can possess this bloodline as well."

  Zuo Mo thought and then shook his head. "No I feel that my Great Day mo physique will soon have a breakthrough, the feeling is very strong."

  "That's true. You cultivate the Great Day mo physique. The other mo physiques cannot compare to it in terms of their foundations," Pu Yao nodded and said in agreement.

  Wei asked Zuo Mo, "You plan on saving her?"

  "Save her?" Zuo Mo shook his head. "I do not have such great ability. This damage caused by the mo matrix has also damaged her blood and flesh. I cannot save her."

  Wei became silent.

  Zuo Mo did not speak more and continued to examine the mo matrix of this young female.

  He didn't have any plans of saving her whatsoever. He couldn't do it, but even if he could, he didn't plan too. He was planning on making trouble for Ceng Yi once he had his breakthrough to get even over the matter of being forced against his will.

  He didn't have the habit of showing someone the right side of his face after they slapped the left.

  But this White Fang mo matrix was really profound. Even Pu Yao didn't have many general level mo matrixes.

  This was a rare chance!

  Zuo Mo's fingertip moved along the mo matrix. The unusually profound White Snake mo matrix caused him to sink into an immersed state.

  Without knowing it, a thread of shen power was drawn out of his finger.

  When his finger traced the mo matrix to the forehead of the young female, something happened!

  A great suction force suddenly formed at the forehead of the young female. Zuo Mo's shen power broke free of his control and furiously flooded towards the young female's forehead.

  Zuo Mo was ast
ounded!

  What was this?

  But no matter how hard he tried, the shen power did not listen to his orders and furiously flooded into the forehead of the young female.

  Zuo Mo instantly panicked. If this kept on going, wasn't he going to be drained dry?

  Zuo Mo who had just recovered half of his strength could not accept a fate of being drained dry again.

  In a panic, Zuo Mo's right hand pushed against the young female's body trying to push her away.

  Boom!

  The mo matrix on the young female's body suddenly lit up. The blinding light broke through the room and a faint shadow of a white snake appeared in the sky!

  It could be seen from far away!

  ———

  "Jie master Ceng, you really will not reconsider it?" the youth in front of Ceng Yi asked coldly.

  The youth had two slight bumps on his forehead. This was a trait unique to those with the bloodline of dragons and this trait would only appear in those that had reached the general level. The youth's face was white as jade, his body tall, but his expression was cold and proud.

  His gaze was filled with haughtiness.

  There were two mo, one thin and one fat, standing next to the youth. The fat one had a jolly smile on his face and looked extremely welcoming. The thin one had a cold expression and his eyes were half-lidded.

  "I do not need to consider it!" Ceng Yi's expression was unreadable. He slowly said, "This one is nothing special as a jie master but it is a free existence. This one will have to reject Marshal Yu's favor!"

  At this time, Ceng Yi's expression suddenly changed. At the same moment, the thin one next to the youth suddenly opened his eyes, and the fatty's smile disappeared.

  Without any words, all of them flew out of the room at almost the same time.

  A building in the distance was giving off great light. Amongst the light, the white shadow of a snake flickered in and out of view.

  "Lian'er!" Ceng Yi's expression changed dramatically as he shouted. Before the shout ended , he disappeared.

  "Ceng Yi as a White Fang snake mo as expected!" The youth snorted and then joy came onto his face. "This is a good chance! His daughter is at such a crucial moment, he won't dare refuse. Otherwise, hmph hmph, he can't blame us for being vicious!"