by Fang Xiang
The other hadn't thought that Qinghua Xue's yao art was so strong. Caught off-guard, he was struck. When the blue light touched the body, it turned into a dense blue fire that clung onto the person's body and burned.
The other's disguise immediately disappeared and revealed his true appearance.
A bright red ling armor with many places covered in a layer of blue flowers. He looked disheveled.
Xiuzhe!
The other guards were astounded. While they knew that xiuzhe had managed to sneak into the mo territories for the [Angel Device Raiment], they hadn't thought that the xiuzhe would be so daring.
Between experts, a misstep in one moment would mean losing the advantage. Just as this xiuzhe was forced to show himself by the blue light, the [Blue Flower Fulfillment Wrapping Technique] silently wrapped onto the other's legs. The thin blue ribbon was unusually strong. Pia, the other's ling armor at his legs immediately shattered!
A furious howl.
A blue sword light shot into the sky like a hailstorm. Countless shards of ice spread. The blue light of the blue bat was actually blocked by these shards of ice.
The blue flower fulfillment technique that had wrapped around the other was cut into multiple lengths by the sword energy.
Zuo Mo's pupils suddenly shrank, and a strong murderousness spread!
Kun Lun sword xiu!
What the other cultivated was Kun Lun's famous [Glacier Sword]. It used the ancient and ever frozen glacier as sword essence, and could freeze all!
This person's cultivation was close to fanxu and extremely powerful. While he had lost the advantage at the start, when he attacked, the presence was as different as expected!
Qinghua Xue did not think that much. She was not so innocent to think that her two yao arts just now were enough to kill the other. After her two yao arts left her hand, she had begun preparing new yao arts.
Her wrist turned, the blue bat spread its wings and flew into the sky. Countless rays of blue light fell from the body of the blue bat. In the next moment, these thin rays of light formed a blue tower. The blue tower was covered in exquisite patterns. A blue bat stood guard at the top of the tower.
[Bat Tower]!
The blue tower moved quickly. Like an enormous metal cage, it even enveloped the shards of ice.
The iciness immediately dissipated, and the ice shards inside the tower disappeared at an astounding rate.
Lu Han was both shocked and angry. He hadn't though a single moment of inattention would cause him to end up in such a disadvantageous state. He usually was proud, when had he been left so disheveled before? Also, the enemy was just a little girl. If news of this spread, wouldn't his reputation fall to the floor?
For the mission this time, the sect had really bled and sent out numerous experts.
When the [Angel Device Raiment] had appeared in the mo territories, it meant that Kun Lun would not be able to obtain it through conventional methods. If they couldn't trade for it, they could only steal it. In order to not attract attention, the sword xiu of Kun Lun split into groups to sneak into the mo territories.
Lu Han's group arrived the earliest and had been hidden near Bu Zhou City all this time to search for an opportunity. Out of wariness, he had set up several secret scouting bases outside the city. Tonight, these secret scouts finally became useful.
However, he wasn't the only one to set up secret scouts outside of the city.
During the pursuit, they had encountered many factions with the same goal. A melee battle had started, a short yet intense one.
In the span of a few dozen breaths, almost all of the elite sword xiu around him had died. In the mo territories, Kun Lun didn't just lack advantages they also were in enemy territory. If their identities were exposed, they would be surrounded and attacked by other mo factions.
Lu Han was powerful and didn't lose the target.
There were also two people who didn't get left behind like himself. His original intentions had been to sneak close to Xiao Yun Hai, capture him, and then use him to control the situation.
He hadn't expected that he would be found by Qinghua Xue just as he neared.
In the intelligence he received, Qinghua Xue was an insignificant person. While she had fought against the head of the Tang Family guards, but in the eyes of pseudo-fanxu level xiuzhe, strength of that level wasn't worth a mention. Yet they quickly found the details on Qinghua Xue.
Qinghua Xue was born from a branch family of the Blue Flower Family. The fact that she had been sent to join the envoy proved that the Blue Flower did not place any importance on her. Everyone had thought that she had appeared by Xiao Yun Hai's side because Feng Xin Zi had gifted her as a maid to Xiao Yun Hai. This speculation was appropriate to her status and identity.
However, this woman that was thought to be a maid had put him in a sorry state.
His first conclusion was that she was a secret piece that Feng Xin Zi had set down!
Yet the time did not allow him to think on this further. The other's yao arts came constantly like a noose continuously tightening around his neck.
The blue light inside the blue tower was multiple times thicker than before. He seemed to have fallen into a bog. Each movement was difficult. Even stranger was that the speed of his ling power circulation inside his body had started to slow as well.
At this time, Lu Han didn't dare to underestimate Qinghua Xue at all. He moved all the ling power in his body and shouted. The Ice Soul Sword in his body was suddenly thrust into the ground!
Snowy white icy frost quickly spread into the surroundings.
Then immediately after, the ground around Lu Han started to tremble violently as though something was about to break out.
Crack crack!
Cracks appeared on the ground. Countless snowy white and icy sword essences flooded out of the ice cracks.
[Ten Thousand Sword Glacier]!
The ice swords that erupted from the ground could be counted in the tens of thousands. It was like a ferocious flood of ice swords. The cold edges almost tore the exquisite blue tower to pieces in the blink of an eye!
The guard leader's expression changed slightly. Even he couldn't help but reach for his mo weapon at such a vast and furious sword essence.
As expected of a Kun Lun sword xiu!
Yet Qinghua Xue reacted a step ahead of him. She seemed to have expected that the blue tower would not be able to stop the enemy. The blue flowers that were torn up in the ice sword flood suddenly lit up faintly.
It was like a group of fireflies flying in the night. The dots were beautiful mixed in the enemy's ice sword flood.
[Blue Firefly Pounce]!
Lu Han suddenly found that the ice sword flood was raging out of his control. He was stunned. There were dots of blue light within the ice sword flood. No matter what method he used, he was unable to remove them.
It was these dots of blue light that caused his control of sword essence to falter.
He had never seen such a strange yao art before.
He had never heard of the Blue Flower Family having such a move before. Lu Han was astounded. The Blue Flower had some fame among the yao, and Kun Lun had relatively detailed records of the [Blue Flower] technique.
After being defeated continuously, Lu Han felt fear. Then he looked at the Rare Artifacts Hall guard leader waiting at the side. He knew that his plan had failed. If they continued to fight, the ambush would become a frontal assault that would not be advantageous to him.
He was decisive and did not hesitate to move away and retreat.
Qinghua Xue's inexperience in battle showed at this time. She hadn't expected that Lu Han would retreat without any warning. She was a step late in reacting.
Just at this time, something suddenly happened!
Translator Ramblings: I think that Fang Xiang has used that last sentence to end a chapter multiple times in this story. It's Lil' Cliffy's slogan.
Chapter 724: An Unexpected Occurrence
Zuo Mo'
s murderous intent was great but he forced it down. It was not a good time to enter the fray now.
Yet at this moment, a grey shadow suddenly flashed across his vision, and Zuo Mo's expression changed dramatically!
A Gui!
A Gui seemed to appear out of thin air behind Lu Han. Her hand that flashed with purple energy soundlessly pressed against Lu Han's back.
Lu Han did not seem to detect it and continued to sprint forward. The purple handprint on his back created an eerie purple streak of light in the night.
He went just three more zhang and the purple light continued to corrode Lu Han's body. But Lu Han didn't seem to detect it and flew forward. Patches of purple energy disappeared in the air like leaves swept up by the wind. What disappeared with them was Lu Han's body.
Everyone who saw this felt as though an icy wind swept across their hearts and their hairs stood up.
The stony-faced Rare Artifact Hall head guard's expression changed.
Zuo Mo also changed expression at the same time. He thought, this was bad. He didn't know why A Gui suddenly attacked Lu Han. A Gui was functioning on pure instinct, and she definitely had felt something! Had Lu Han in the past … …
Zuo Mo shook his head. This was not the time to think about this. It definitely wasn't possible to conceal A Gui's unexpected attack. There were two more people hiding in the shadows that would have seen her.
Their identities would be soon exposed.
Zuo Mo took a deep breath and calmed the shock inside. His mind was peerlessly calm. There wasn't much time left to him. He needed to finish the setup before these people managed to react.
Right now, there wasn't enough time to run away. Those that were gathering were the strongest experts in the world. The probability of running away from these people was almost zero. Also, the Reverse Shadow Soul Silkgrass was almost here. If he ran away now, all of his efforts would have been for waste.
Zuo Mo said gravely, "Go, hurry to Grave Ghost Mound!"
At this time, he did not hide his strength and flew with all his power.
A Gui, Ceng Lian'er and Qinghua Xue heard this, didn't hesitate and flew at full power.
A hint of shock flashed across the face of the Rare Artifact Hall head guard before his expression became indifferent again. "All of you, return first."
"Daren!" The other guards said panickedly.
"You will not be able to participate in the upcoming battles." Then he leapt off the mo steed to chase after Zuo Mo and the others.
The other guards looked at each other. One person quickly said, "We need to hurry back to report to Boss!"
The group did not hesitate and hurriedly returned.
———
Zuo Mo looked at the head guard that had caught up to them. He was slightly surprised and said, "You don't have to enter this mess!"
"I will naturally finish what Boss has ordered," the head guard said gravely.
A hint of admiration flashed through Zuo Mo's eyes. "What is Sir's name?"
"Kuai An," the head guard said coolly.
Zuo Mo nodded and didn't speak further. The group focused on travelling.
———
Flying at top speed, they managed to cover seven hundred li in less than two hours.
"This is the Grave Ghost Mound," Kuai An said.
Without Kuai An's words, Zuo Mo would still know they reached their destination. This place was so heavy with yin energy that he could feel it from far away. Zuo Mo was slightly surprised. Such thick yin energy would not have naturally formed. He could feel the thick death energy mixed within it.
He couldn't help but ask, "What is the history of this place?"
"Supposedly, during the ancient era, a great battle of over ten tribes occurred here. Countless warriors fell on this place, and their ghosts were difficult to dissipate and turned into spectres and yin fiends. However, that is just a rumor, and there is no evidence," Kuai An said expressionlessly.
Zuo Mo looked down and murmured to himself, "It probably isn't just a rumor."
Kuai An's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zuo Mo did not look at Kuai An. His gaze swept across the Grave Ghost Mound. This place fulfilled all of his needs. It had mountains, water, and there was the smell of sulphur in the air which meant that this place had earth fire. The yin river here had been corroded by the yin energy for a lengthy amount of time and really was a river of yin energy now.
Speaking just in terms of environment, this place was very suited to setting up the [King's Forbidden Firmament]. The yin river was an unexpected surprise and could greatly increase the power of the jinzhi.
But for some reason, Zuo Mo felt a thread of anxiousness.
Zuo Mo shook his head and threw the thread of uncertainly behind him. Even if there was something strange here, it could not compare to the immediate and apparent threat from the experts that would soon arrive.
Mo Shen Temple, Kun Lun, all the mo marshals, the Yao Council of Elders … …
There was no need to count all of them, just these few was enough to rob people of courage.
Zuo Mo did not feel any fear at all. Even though A Gui's sudden attack had messed up all of his preparations, he felt relieved of a heavy burden. He no longer needed to be careful, did not need to conceal himself. It was as though he had thrown away all of the chains and qualms weighing him down, and he felt unspeakably relaxed.
Thinking about how he was about to fight against the top experts famed in the world, fighting spirit filled his heart and his body with endless strength.
To contend against the heroes of the world with just his own power!
Just thinking about it caused his blood to boil!
———
"So Elder, you knew that Xiao Yun Hai was Xiao Mo Ge already." The young mo god had an enchanting smile on his face. He stood there lazily as though he was about to lay down and sleep.
The old man that was in front of him grinned to show his missing and yellow teeth. "I would never admit that."
"I'm really curious, Elder, what is the relationship between you and Xiao Mo Ge? Relatives?" the young mo god asked with a smile.
The old man shook his head, "You are wrong, I don't have a good relation with him."
"Then you are enemies?" the young mo god shook his head. "It doesn't appear so!"
"Ha, stop guessing, you won't be able to get it right," the old man said unconcernedly.
"The Scab Fragrance isn't something normal. While I don't hope that you will return it to me, but, Elder, you have to give an explanation. Otherwise, it will be a great embarrassment to me." The young mo god spread his hands.
The old man grinned and said, "This old man didn't break any promise. I said that he was able to force shen devices. While the [Angel Device Raiment] isn't a true shen device, if you get it and study a bit, you may possibly be able to forge your own shen device."
The young mo god sighed and said, "It seems that we will have to fight today."
The old man urged, "Why? Everyone knows each other's power. You alone cannot beat me, if there are two of you, then I definitely cannot win. But only if there are three of you would I be unable to escape."
"That's true. It seems that I can only bear the humiliation until they come," the young mo god tiled his head and said.
"But we will have to fight no matter what." The old man smiled.
"You want me to help you delay. While I am very lazy, what can I do? What I won't be able to get, I'm displeased that the turtles behind me still aim for them." The young mo god's expression was pained.
"Yes, yes." The old man nodded repeatedly with agreement on his face.
"Also, you say that I cannot defeat you, I'm also displeased by this!" The young mo god raised his face and looked directly at the old man.
His shen power rippled. The usual laziness on the handsome face had disappeared and what replaced it was unusual focus. This cased his face to have a light that was eerie and almost something that people could not directly
look at. The stone around him seemed to be attracted by an invisible force and slowly floated upwards.
Boom!
A strong shen pressure spun around him, and grew stronger as it revolved. It pulled all of the power within dozens of li!
It was like a twister that reached directly into the sky.
His smile was still enchanting but unusually sharp.
"There's no way about it. There are many matters in the world that are displeasing," the old man grinned and said.
He shook his head and stepped forward.
His steps were not heavy, but in the moment he stepped onto the ground, boom, a deep rumble like that of a drum sounded. The ground within a hundred li seemed to be stuck, and shook once!
A spiderweb of cracks spread more than seven li with his right foot as the center.
The cracks that appeared seemed to reach into the underworld, deep and bottomless.
The young mo god's twister shook. The top part of it suddenly lost control, turned into chaotic turbulence and scattered.
The young mo god's eyes narrowed slightly. The light that came from his narrowed eyes were sharp as blades.
A smile spread on his mouth. "There are many people that have come!"
The old man sighed. "It seems that we need to show some actual skill. Otherwise, we aren't able to intimidate these people."
"I dislike doing hard labor." The young mo gold seemed to say to himself. His eyes lit up with a burning light.
The gazes of the two collided in the air and sparks flew.
———
The strength of the power vibrations produced by the fighting of two shen power experts was like the sun in the dark of the night. Not just the nearby Bu Zhou City, even Zuo Mo a few hundred li away clearly felt it.
Everyone in Bu Zhou City was startled away.
In this period of time, the undercurrents and the continuously intensifying conflicts had been detected by many of the locals who left Bu Zhou City long ago.
Right now, the majority of people in Bu Zhou City were outsiders. The remaining were large families such as the Tang Family who thought they had the ability to protect themselves. But at such a time, the Tang Family were on full guard.
