World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  The mist giant's shadow covered Zuo Mo and A Gui. A strong feeling of pressure formed. In front of the mist giant, Zuo Mo and A Gui were as small as ants.

  "Who are ye? Why have ye disturbed my sleep?"

  The voice of the Mist Eye Tablet was like thunder and rumbled through the mist sea magnificently. The presence he gave off was dangerous and vast. Even a person as fearless as Zuo Mo felt it was dangerous.

  Just as the mist giant finished speaking, suddenly, boom, an enormous sound exploded in the mist sea without any forewarning.

  The mist sea shook, and the body of the mist giant also shook.

  "Damned phoenix! Damned stupid bird! The archenemy of my race! I swear to fight thee to the death!" The mist giant's furious bellow echoed in the mist sea. The mist sea seemed to turn into a storm and roiled.

  Affected, Zuo Mo felt the power restraining him seemed to ease off slightly. With a shout, his sun shen power activated, light emitting from his body. He twisted abruptly and managed to break free.

  A Gui was not slower than Zuo Mo to respond. Purple energy flashed through her eyes and she also broke free of the restraining power.

  Without hesitation, Zuo Mo gathered all of his shen power. The gold axe of light appeared in his hand with a shout. His body seemed to be made from god, a domineering and masculine presence spreading. He was like a god coming down to earth!

  [Sun Shen Axe]!

  A Gui and Zuo Mo were in sync. [Undying Ghost] activated, and she suddenly disappeared. In the next moment, she appeared behind the mist giant. A wisp of grey mist was sent into the body of the mist giant.

  The mist giant suddenly gave out a sky-shaking roar!

  "Sun Tribe! I will kill you!"

  The mist giant waved his hand and a thick ball of mist the size of a small hill shot towards Zuo Mo like a cannon.

  Zuo Mo's eyes were wide, all of his shen power rippling. The light axe in his hand was almost tangible. The bright sun shen glyph appeared on the axe. In this moment, Zuo Mo's body gave off bright light like an enormous sun.

  Zuo Mo did not feel any fear towards the mist coming towards him. He was like the ancient hero walking out of the epics and sagas, brave and peerless!

  "Kill!"

  The strong furious shout exploded in the mist sea.

  The almost-tangible mist was cut open by Zuo Mo effortlessly from the middle!

  The two halves of the mist ball started to burn and turned into two balls of fire.

  Zuo Mo charged towards the mist giant, like a fiery meteor, with his remaining momentum. The sun shen axe in his hand created countless dazzling sparks as it brushed through the air. The bright glow made it seem as though it had just been taken out of the forge.

  Of course, the attack of the mist giant was not so simple. It suddenly slapped at the mist sea, and a wall of mist headed towards Zuo Mo.

  Zuo Mo's vision darkened. The mist wall covered his vision, and the power was suffocating!

  At this time, Zuo Mo didn't have one stray thought in his mind. His spirit boiled, all of the fire and dominance of the Sun Shen Methodology stimulating every part of his muscles and blood. He was like a scorching sun that burned fearlessly!

  "Open!"

  A blinding golden axe energy came from the sky and smashed onto the incoming mist wall.

  Without any sound, the mist wall was as fragile was paper, easily cut apart by the axe energy.

  The fast axe energy was like a flash of light that entered the enormous body of the mist giant. The mist giant's body froze, and all of the mist sea seemed to freeze for a moment.

  Boom boom boom!

  Balls of blinding light exploded from inside the mist giant. The body formed from mist energy was completely destroyed by the terrifying force of the explosions.

  "Aaaaaaaaaaah!"

  The furious shouts of the mist giant caused the entire mist sea to twist furiously and shift!

  Now there was only half of the the mist giant left. Suddenly, the endless mist sea gathered towards the mist giant at an astounding rate.

  In a flash, the damaged body of the mist giant recovered.

  "I will kill you!"

  The howls of the mist giant echoed. The entire mist sea moved like a colossal monster. A power as vast as an ocean immediately surrounded Zuo Mo.

  The mist giant continued to rage!

  Balls the size of mountains flew out of the mist sea. Each mist ball seemed to have all the features for a face. However, that face was twisted as though it was enduring some great pain.

  "This is Mist Ghost Head from the Ghost Mist Tribe!" Wei suddenly explained.

  These enormous mist ghost heads headed for Zuo Mo and A Gui like meteors. A Gui was flickering in and out of view, moving easily as it danced between the sky filled with mist ghost heads.

  Zuo Mo was not as agile as A Gui when moving. He decided not to dodge, the sun shen axe in his hand cutting down the mist ghost heads in front of him.

  Boom boom boom!

  After twenty continuous blows, Zuo Mo's arm felt sore, his energies twisting, and the sun shen axe in his hand showing signs of collapse.

  Zuo Mo was shocked. These mist ghost heads were hundreds of times stronger than the previous mist balls!

  He could see them everywhere he looked. The mist ghost heads were endless, and smashed towards him from all over.

  Damn it!

  Zuo Mo was forced to start dodging. However, Zuo Mo was left much more disheveled than A Gui.

  Zuo Mo quickly ended up in dire straits. Continuing like this was not an option. He had to find this guy's weakness! Otherwise, dragging this out was not of benefit to him.

  As he dodged, he urgently asked Wei, "What weakness does it have?"

  Wei had started to think about this problem early on. He heard this and said, "The Sun Tribe is the bane of the Ghost Mist Tribe to start with. It's just that you are not strong enough. If you were able to practice the [Sun Shen Beam], you should be able to kill him."

  Zuo Mo felt depressed hearing this. Wasn't this a waste of words? Not to mention the [Sun Shen Beam] other than the [Sun Shen Thorn] and the [Sun Shen Axe], Zuo Mo hadn't learned anything else.

  "Then what other options do I have?"

  Wei's eyes suddenly lit up. "Delay him for a while, maybe A Gui can do it!"

  "Really?" Zuo Mo was suspicious.

  "You can only try." Wei wasn't too sure.

  Zuo Mo suddenly saw A Gui who was appearing and disappearing. He felt that Wei's idea was not reliable. He knew A Gui's strength. There was a great gulf between her and the guy in front of them. He had to admit that the big guy in front of them was much stronger. He was one of the strongest shen users he met, weaker than Shi but stronger than Big Brother Qing Lin!

  And they were fighting on the other's home territory.

  There was nothing to do except try their hardest!

  Zuo Mo gritted his teeth. He thought of the shen glyph remanent that he had comprehended while travelling to Calm Brightness Jie, and the green strand wrapped around his wrist suddenly unwound.

  The hair-thin green strand was like a nimble snake. It stretched its body along the rippling waves of air.

  While dodging, Zuo Mo forced himself to calm down. A dot of light suddenly lit up on his fingertip.

  The light was not dazzling, and did not attract the attention of the mist giant.

  Zuo Mo started to draw in empty space with difficulty.

  Translator Ramblings: Not saying the Michelin Man, but … … nope, that's all I think of.

  Chapter 793: Ghost Mist Child

  It was the first time Zuo Mo fought someone so strong.

  The other seemed to possess an undying body. The endless mist sea would heal his injuries. Compared to him, the mist monsters that Zuo Mo and the others encountered in the Mist Hall weren't worth a mention. Every Ghost Mist Head was like a heavy little mountain. Their shifting faces were filled with an eerie power.

  It the sun shen power wasn't their bane, Zuo Mo doubte
d that he could have managed to survive until now.

  However, at this time, Zuo Mo didn't have any stray thoughts in his head.

  The green strand in his hand floated uncontrollably. The light at the tip of Zuo Mo's finger suddenly gave off an ancient and desolate power. It was like the vast primal plain where everything grew naturally. There were no signs of civilization, only the vitality of nature.

  This shen glyph he did not know the name of, this shen glyph that he had not yet completely comprehended flooded into his mind as Zuo Mo was forced to a precipice.

  The green strand suddenly rolled back as though it was summoned.

  The hair-thin strand tore through the air with a piercing shriek.

  Zuo Mo's attention was completely focused as he searched for the feeling from that day. The light at his fingertip gradually grew brighter.

  Suddenly, his fingertip felt heavy. Joy flashed through Zuo Mo's eyes. This was the feeling!

  Vroom!

  A heart-shaking low roar came as though it was like a tide coming closer.

  The dancing green strand started to give off eerie light. It was like a luminescent seagrass dancing in the air.

  Any ghost mist head that was touched by the green strand would pop. The hair-thin green strand seemed to contain astounding power. With just light blows, even the largest ghost mist heads would turn to dust!

  This scene was amazing to see.

  Pop pop pop!

  The ghost mist heads rushing towards Zuo Mo were destroyed. Before their destruction, the sorrowful wails of the ghost mist heads would send chills to anyone listening.

  Yet Zuo Mo who was immersed in the shen glyph did not seem to feel it. In a blink, the space in front of Zuo Mo was clear.

  The mist giant saw the glowing green strand and exclaimed after a moment of stillness, "Green Pulse String!"

  Green Pulse String?

  Zuo Mo did not have time to think. The feeling coming from his fingertips was not one of heaviness but a dull burning pain as though he had rubbed the skin on his finger raw.

  Zuo Mo gave a muffled grunt but ignored the pain. He continued to draw the shen glyph that appeared in his mind.

  ———

  The green strand suddenly untied itself from Zuo Mo's wrist.

  The green stand danced in front of Zuo Mo, one end flying into the sky, and the other end under Zuo Mo.

  In a flash, the green strand was pulled tight like a piano wire made from light connecting the sky and earth!

  The mist giant was clearly panicked. His body sank and he was about to flee into the mist sea. As long as he fled into the mist sea, he would be safe.

  Suddenly, his figure froze. The lower half of his body did not listen to him.

  Watching as the light of the green strand grew, he panicked even more.

  What was going on?

  He bent his neck and found to his shock that the lower half of his body had, at some time, become a dull grey.

  Only now he did suddenly recall the woman who had dodged before had channeled something into his body. His body could change at will, was immune to all toxins. As long as he was in the mist sea, he was immortal!

  Ever since he began guarding the Mist Eye Tablet, after fighting so many totem warriors, there was only a handful of warriors that he felt threatened by.

  How could these two worms threaten him, an entity who had lived for tens of thousands of years and was peerlessly powerful?

  But … ..

  The initial spread of the grey color hadn't attracted his attention. In the moments before this, he had dismissed it.

  What was this?

  The mist giant was slightly shocked but he did not lose his composure. This was probably a great poison! He pondered. This was not a challenge to him. He was experienced.

  Poison was useless against him!

  The mist giant recovered his calm and smirked inside. This endless mist sea was his greatest support. He had experience in dealing with poisons. If he collapsed his body and then reconstructed it again, even the greatest poison was useless.

  Just like usual, he prepared to destroy his body.

  Yet, in the next moment, his expression changed. He was unable to break down his body!

  How was this possible!

  How was this possible!

  The mist giant was both shocked and angry. Suddenly, an eerie green light entered his vision.

  He couldn't help but turn his head. His soul was scared out of him.

  The ruler-straight green thread energy was so thick it was almost tangible from afar. This piano string that connected the earth to the sky was giving off a blinding and intense light.

  When the mist giant's eyes landed on Zuo Mo's finger that was drawing in the air, he was motionless as though he had been struck by lightning!

  Impossible!

  ———

  The burning sensation from his fingertip grew stronger. Zuo Mo had reached the end of what he could draw. His attention was focused and tense, so focused he had no other thoughts. He feared that if he slacked off slightly, all of this work would go to waste.

  As Zuo Mo drew the shen glyph, the green strand that was like a chord of light in front of him seemed to be drawn back by invisible hands.

  As the green thread was drawn out, the green lights quickly gathered at the point where the green strand was being pulled.

  The light marks increased. In a flash, a small green twister of light formed on the green strand.

  The enormous body of the mist giant was the best target at this time.

  Brrng!

  The string twanged!

  The twisting green light drew out a blinding green streak in the air before striking the mist giant.

  The green light easily entered the body of the mist giant.

  The mist giant's body was frozen as though it was a statue. Suddenly, blinding green light came from inside the mist giant. Immediately after, rays of light broke through the mist giant like swords. The mist giant seemed like a hedgehog.

  Woosh!

  Green tongues of flame suddenly shot out of the mist giant. Moments later, the mist giant was completely enveloped in flames and burned.

  Zuo Mo finally came out of his strange state. There was nothing under his feet, and his body twisted as it instinctively maintained his position in the air. He finally found to his shock that all of his shen power had been used up.

  Looking at the enormous ball of fire in the distance, Zuo Mo finally sighed in relief. His gaze landed on the green strand that had lost all of its light.

  With a wave of his hand, the green strand flew back into his hands.

  Green Pulse String. That seemed to be the three words that the mist giant had just said.

  Suddenly, a tiny white shadow flew out of the flames and was attempting to break into the air. Zuo Mo could clearly see that the white shadow was a snowy white child.

  What was that?

  Seeing him about to flee, a hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his neck.

  The child's body froze. He didn't dare to move, but he grimaced inside.

  Holding the naked child, A Gui flew next to Zuo Mo.

  "Ghost Mist Child! He's the Ghost Mist Child of the Ghost Mist Tribe!" Wei said with wonder.

  "Ghost Mist Child?" Zuo Mo was clueless.

  "They say that when the totem warriors of the Ghost Mist Tribe reach the end of their cultivation, they would rejuvenate back to a child, with their bodies becoming completely white. That is a ghost mist child," Wei explained.

  "It seems very powerful." Zuo Mo muttered.

  "I am very powerful!" The child on A Gui's hand couldn't resist speaking.

  Zuo Mo, Wei and Pu Yao were completely stunned. The Ghost Mist Child could hear them talking?

  "I'm telling you, this old man was the strongest in the tribe in the past!" The Ghost Mist Child said in a wizened tone. However, when paired with his young voice, it was strange to hear.

  Pu Yao's bloody pupil suddenly flashed
. "You can hear us talk?"

  "Of course!" The Ghost Mist Child said impatiently. "You two are souls, here in my territory, how can I not hear you? You are very weak to not know such a minor skill. You definitely cannot even leave the body of this boy."

  "You know how to make your soul manifest outside your body?" Pu Yao's bloody pupil flashed again.

  "Soul manifest outside the body? I haven't heard of that. However, it is very simple to walk out of this boy's body," the ghost mist child said offhandedly.

  "How?" Pu Yao asked shamelessly.

  The ghost mist child suddenly stopped talking, knowing he had something of value now. He wasn't dumb. He had talked so much because he wanted to bargain with Zuo Mo.

  Zuo Mo was experienced. Seeing the other like this, he knew what the other's plan was. He smirked and said, "Cooperate, and save yourself some physical pain."

  The ghost mist child said dismissively, "What can you do to this old man? If you kill this old man, you will never be able to leave the mist eye tablet."

  "Do I need to kill you?" Zuo Mo was a vicious person and the ghost mist child couldn't compare to him. He said coolly, "I only need to put a wisp of sun shen fire into your body, hmph hmph!"

  He remembered what Wei said. The sun shen power he cultivated was the bane of the Ghost Mist Tribe. The sun shen fire should also be effective against the ghost mist child.

  The ghost mist child's expression immediately turned ill as he shrieked, "You are so evil!"

  "Scared by just this?" Zuo Mo continued to smile coldly. "Ge has all kinds of ways, this is nothing. Resist, keep resisting, ge is waiting. You brought ge in here, we need to settle this debt. Otherwise, heh, this is only the start?"

  The ghost mist child was about to cry. He had slept for tens of thousands of years and encountered such a freakish guy after waking up.

  Pu Yao said coldly, "Careful, do not let him near the mist sea below."

  The ghost mist child wanted to kill himself by hitting his head on the wall. How come every one of the enemy was so cunning? The mist hall that he had guarded for so many years. He really missed it. The people of the ancient era were so honest … …

  "I'll talk, I'll talk!" The ghost mist child could not care for anything else now that the situation was like this. These people were clearly not friendly, and he could only be unfortunate to have landed in the hands of these people.