by Fang Xiang
As expected!
Just as Zuo Mo retreated, he heard a "brnng" sound next to his ear.
The seemingly adorable armor plates on Li Xian Er stood on end. A powerful presence immediately rushed outwards like a twister that lost control!
Zuo Mo's expression changed slightly. He reacted quickly, golden light appeared on his right hand. A small axe appeared in his palm. With a shout, he threw the little axe towards Li Xian Er.
Zuo Mo did not stay idle. Three sun shen thorns glided along the ground like nimble vipers that flew silently towards Li Xian Er.
Li Xian Er flicked out a pink ray of light that hit the sun shen axe. The sun shen axe seemed to be frozen mid-air.
Her pink-clad feet lightly tapped and a pink ripple spread. Pia pia pia, the three sun shen thorns were crushed into powder.
In the entire process, she didn't even look at Zuo Mo.
Snap snap snap!
A burst of explosions sounded above her heads. She was like a blurry purple mist. A Gui was like a ghost that flashed in and out of view. The two were attacking at a rapid rate.
Zuo Mo was astounded. He knew that as the first seat of Tian Huan Li Xian Er was strong. The only person that ranked above her was the Chief Elder. However, he found after fighting her that Li Xian Er was stronger than he imagined!
She was much stronger than the people he had fought just now!
Zuo Mo took a deep breath, and his spirit burned like fire. No matter what, he had to capture Li Xian Er today! Only if he took down Li Xian Er could he realize his strategy.
Zuo Mo did not hesitate any longer and advanced!
———
Li Xian Er was astounded. The other two was not affected by the find souls!
What she did not know was that Zuo Mo and A Gui had spent a long time in the Sealed Extinction Battlefield and they had developed a resistance against corruption from fiend souls. Additionally, Zuo Mo cultivated the sun shen power which was the bane to all things corrupt. A Gui's Undying Shen Power was the complete opposite, having a strong affinity for fiend souls. She could absorb these yin and corrupt existences. This was the perfect battlefield for A Gui.
Li Xian Er was shocked but not afraid. She was still calm.
The other did not have the upper hand even two against one.
Shen power appeared continuously through the shen glyphs. She didn't have any feelings of tiredness and was filled with fighting spirit. In the sect, the other shidi were not a match for her, and no one dared to really fight against her.
She had great strength but not a lot of real battle experience.
Of the two enemies, Zuo Mo's attacks were broad and open, while A Gui's were unpredictable. The two completely different styles forced her to focus.
However, this caused her to improve quickly. After the initial panic, she gradually calmed down.
The shen glyphs inside her body had an indescribable resonance with the Weaving Girl's Shuttle. This profound resonance caused her consciousness to be clear and hold every corner of the battlefield in her mind. She could clearly feel the shen glyphs inside her body become more active under the simulation of the Weaving Girl Shuttle. It seemed to be a powerful heart that gave her endless shen power and filled her with strength!
As expected, only strong enemies could cause him to improve faster!
Li Xian Er felt unprecedentedly powerful. Her eyes narrowed sharply!
Some of the Weaving Girl's Shuttle's scales started to show exquisite patterns like roses. It was like a sleeping beast gradually waking.
Her attacks immediately became stronger.
As she moved, the pink shen power ripples were filled with fatal danger.
———
Zuo Mo felt the pressure increase.
The techniques of shen power were not as complex as spells. Most of them were simple, and what determined their power was the strength of shen power!
Li Xian Er's shen power was becoming stronger. This was why he was feeling the pressure increase.
Yet he didn't feel any fear. Under the stimulation of great danger, the sun shen power inside his body became unusually active. The golden shen power burned like flowing lava and made Zuo Mo feel as though he was about to burn up.
"Kill!"
Zuo Mo's body flashed dark gold. With a shout, the Anti Dragon Claw he held had a layer of blinding golden energy. He swung towards Li Xian Er as though he was holding a two-handed axe!
At this time, he could not care about something like capturing the enemy live!
The air started to ignite where the Anti Dragon Claw had passed.
The golden axe energy flickered and spat like the tongue of the sun's flame.
Li Xian Er's eyes widened. A long pink shuttle flew in front of her. Li Xian Er's nimble left hand drew in the air lightning fast.
The long pink shuttle moved through the air at astounding speed. In a flash, a pink rose wall took form. Every flower petal could be clearly seen. They were in layers, exquisite and beautiful.
The furious sun shen axe cut hard onto the pink rose wall.
Booom!
The pink rose wall seemed to be weak. It immediately shattered and flew in all directions.
Yet Zuo Mo's expression changed. The Anti Dragon Claw seemed to have cut into cotton. Invisible power was stopping it, or wrapping around it, or pulling at it.
The sun shen axe that had been unstoppable was halved immediately in presence.
Zuo Mo did not have time to be startled when he felt a stirring of danger.
He saw pink flowers spinning in the air around him. They had not dissipated!
Zuo Mo was experienced in battle. With a look he knew there was a killing move coming!
Immediately, he waved the Anti Dragon Claw around to protect his body.
Brrng!
The delicate pink flower petals dancing in the wind suddenly tensed, becoming hard, and then shot at Zuo Mo!
Ding ding ding!
Zuo Mo's Anti Dragon Claw moved and securely protected him. The pink flower petals hit the circle of light like raindrops on banana leaves and caused sprays of sparks.
These seemingly delicate flower petals were astoundingly powerful.
Powerful ripples from the collision caused Zuo Mo's feet to continue to sink into the ground. In a flash, all of Zuo Mo's calves had sank into the rock.
The storm of attacks forced Zuo Mo to instinctively wave the Anti Dragon Claw!
At this time, Li Xian Er was fighting fiercely with A Gui.
———
Li Xian Er could clearly feel that A Gui was more difficult to deal with than Zuo Mo. Other than the unpredictable and erie attacks, A Gui's grey crystal battle armor was not ordinary.
The grey crystal armor caused A Gui to merge with her surroundings no matter where she appeared. Adding on A Gui's eerie and unpredictable movements, even Li Xian Er felt a headache.
What shocked her even more was that A Gui's shen power contained a great presence of death.
Such a great death energy could only appeared on something dead. Li Xian Er almost didn't believe her eyes.
A Gui saw Zuo Mo's situation and a thread of purple flame appeared in her eyes.
Woosh, a layer of purple flames appeared on the surface of the [Undying Ghost]. The flames were extremely thin as they silently burned.
Two short bone daggers appeared on A Gui's hands. The short bone daggers were shrouded in purple flames. The grey [Undying Ghost] spread like the wings of a bird, the purple flames flowing within.
The silent purple flames seemed to be able to consume everything in the surroundings. At the border of the flames was a circle of deep blackness.
Shock suddenly flashed through Li Xian Er's eyes.
Shen device raiment!
This was a shen device raiment!
While the attributes of power were completely different, she was familiar with the unique presence of the shen device raiment. She was almost immediately sure that this was a true shen devic
e raiment!
Heavens!
Other than [Arsonist], Mo Cloud Sea had a second shen device raiment!
Editor's note: Poor poor Li Xian Er. Arsonist, Undying Ghost, Zong Ru's staff, and Lan's armor have been revealed to some people in the world. But there has not been a true reveal for City Destroyer, Wei Sheng's God-Killing Blood Sword, Zuo Mo's Dad's shen device, and the shen nucleus. Even then Lan's armor hasn't had a true reveal. So 4 psuedo shen devices and 4 true shen devices, 8 total. Nine if they capture Li Xian Er and take Weaver Girl's Shuttle. And the Gravestone Armor too… Hoard much? Greedy greedy zombie.
Translator Ramblings: To discuss WanderingGummi's point, the shen nucleus can't be used as a weapon to fight at this point, it’s just a potential shen device. You can use it to make a shen device but Zuo Mo hasn't managed to forge it yet. The [Ghost] which started off the whole thing with Zuo Mo’s family is incomplete. Zuo Mo only has the pieces from Xi Xuan and Xuan Kong Temple, he’s still missing the Tian Huan and Kun Lun pieces.
Chapter 824: Zuo Mo's Fury
The appearance of A Gui's [Undying Ghost] was a great blow to Li Xian Er.
A Gui immediately grabbed the other's momentary lapse in concentration and her body moved.
Almost at the same time, two purple dagger shaped energies silently appeared behind Li Xian Er like spitting snakes.
Li Xian Er detected the danger, and regretted her distraction. She lacked battle experience to have lost concentration in front of such a powerful opponent.
The Weaving Girl’s Shuttle nimbly curved, and wove shen glyphs to stop A Gui's attack.
Yet A Gui's attack was fast. Li Xian Er lost the initiative when she lost concentration. The Weaving Girl’s Shuttle had only woven half of the shen glyph when the two purple daggers hit the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle.
Bam!
Li Xian Er's heart shook and her inner energies roiled.
The Weaving Girl’s Shuttle was blown back. An extremely thin strand of purple energy permeated the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle. At the same time, a dense shen power with the presence of death silently burrowed into her body.
As Li Xian Er was pulling back the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle she felt a wave of coldness along her neck. She was astounded. Shen glyphs lit up on her pink boots and she suddenly disappeared from her spot.
An eerie purple energy sliced past where she had been standing. If she had been a sliver slower, the dagger energy would have easily cut her neck in half.
Li Xian Er appeared twenty zhang away, her face ashen, and startled. Several strands of hair had been cut by the dagger energy and were dancing in the wind.
In that moment, she seemed to hear the breathing of the death god. The shen glyphs on her combat boots had spiderweb cracks. The only reason she had escaped with her life was because of the life-saving shen glyphs of the shen device raiments.
The [Weaving Girl’s Shuttle] had three life-saving shen glyphs, each with different effects. There were only two left.
She was a genius and strong. However, she lacked the tempering through blood and fire, and her resolve was much lower than people like Zuo Mo and A Gui.
She gathered shen power to exterminate the purple energy that had burrowed into her body.
She suddenly felt that today was dangerous.
———
Zuo Mo felt extremely irritated today. He was being suppressed by Li Xian Er!
It was rare for this situation to occur in his battle history. However, the other's shen power was very powerful, and the shen device raiment she wore was also extraordinary. The two together immediately caused Zuo Mo to be put at a disadvantage.
Zuo Mo had always been confident in his shen power. The shen power whirlpool in his right hand could produce endless shen power. While it was not a lot, the amount was significant when accumulated over time. He was also very hardworking and his shen power had always continued to grow.
In all of Mo Cloud Sea, except for the two freaks A Gui and Eldest Shixiong, no one else's growth could rival his.
Zuo Mo still didn't understand A Gui's situation. But Eldest Shixiong was tempering and absorbing the power of the God-Killing Blood Sword. This ancient shen sword that could rival the Immemorial Shen Sword contained a terrifying ocean of power.
Zuo Mo actually felt sympathy for Eldest Shixiong. Everyday, he had to struggle in that ocean. That would not feel good. Normal people would not be able to endure such pain. Zuo Mo had tried once, and collapsed for three whole days after coming out. Eldest Shixiong received this method of cultivation that was like self-torture everyday. Consequently, Zuo Mo was not jealous of Eldest Shixiong's strength at all. No one knew better than he did how Eldest Shixiong's power had come about.
Under the motivation of the powerful and inhuman Eldest Shixiong, lured by a beautiful future full of mountains of jingshi, Zuo Mo also worked unusually hard on his cultivation.
He had cultivated for every drop of his shen power.
The whirlpool in his right hand could only be considered an aid for him at present. He needed to spend more time on cultivation. He had completely memorized the Sun Shen Methodology.
Zuo Mo was a very pragmatic person. His personality was slightly indolent, he had a bit of talent, but if he didn't have any pressure, he would be a wastrel. But if he felt pressure and danger, he would furiously move forwards to get away from the danger as fast as possible.
Mo Cloud Sea seemed to be prospering but it was surrounded by wolves. Danger was never far from them, and the pressure never disappeared from him.
There was also A Gui.
The present Zuo Mo had a strong belief he needed to protect A Gui, protect Mo Cloud Sea, and to get revenge for Sect Leader and Shishu!
Zuo Mo who did not waste any time was filled with confidence in his own strength. Yet today, he was being suppressed by someone else, and it was also a woman!
A feeling of suffocation he never had before was like a ball of fire burning inside Zuo Mo.
Blood filled his eyes. His features twisted, and his breathing was like fire!
If … … if he was so weak … … how could he protect A Gui … … how could he protect everyone … …
There seemed to be a voice echoing in his mind.
Countless scenes flashed through his mind.
———
In a dark cave.
A Gui's pale face gradually became wooden and expressionless, her sad eyes gradually turning dull. Her flawless face started to grow marks, and a dark and grey vitality spread from her body.
The gradually emptying eyes seemed to form tears.
A cold pair of hands lightly touched the face of the unconscious youth.
Everywhere the hands passed, the youth's face started to transform completely. He seemed to struggle but quickly calmed down.
The void and grey had already taken over half of the young female's face. The terrifying marks grew from her forehead to her nose.
She suddenly bent and pressed the remaining half of her smooth face to the youth's face and lightly rubbed.
"A Gui will find Young Master. Definitely!"
The young female's determined voice echoed in the cavern. A teardrop landed on the face of the unconscious youth.
When she raised her head, the terrifying marks had covered two-thirds of her face, and her eyes were almost completely taken over by the grey dullness.
She did not hesitate and stood. She took a deep look at Zuo Mo and disappeared.
There were no tears in her grey and empty eyes.
———
"We will follow Boss … …"
"Of course we will follow Boss … …"
"We have such a big territory, we need to have a name."
"Oh, how about using Boss' name?"
"Good idea! Zuo Mo Cloud Sea?"
"Please, have some skill! There is nothing poetic!"
"Well you do it!"
"Oh, then let it be Mo Cloud Sea!"
"Poetry is just having one word less?"
"It will be Mo Cloud Sea!"
"Agreed!"
"Seriously agree!"
"Woah-oh-oh, great!"
———
"So if he really is a yaomo?"
"Send him away, it will be better than him ending up in the hands of Kun Lun. We watched him grow up … … we cannot rebel against the orders of Kun Lun … … ah … …"
———
Curse it! Damn it! Bastard!
The fire burning inside Zuo Mo grew even hotter, so hot he felt as though he was about to combust. At this time, he was filled with a strong fury, one against himself!
His shen power could not compare to that woman!
How could it be possible!
How could it be possible!
A furious roar reverberated in Zuo Mo's chest. The burning fire inside his body suddenly exploded and swallowed him.
All of his intelligence turned to ash in this instant. He only had instinct, only dissatisfaction, only fury!
Countless flames erupted from his body and covered him completely.
The sun crystal seed that had been sleeping in his body suddenly woke up. It started to spin slowly. The sun crystal seed seemed to feel Zuo Mo' s fury. Waves of crimson red heat floated out of the depths of the sun crystal seed.
The crimson red flot turned into deep red flames once they floated out and circulated around Zuo Mo's body.
When the burning current encountered shen power, boom, golden flames flashed like the enormous solar flares rising from the surface of the sun. Vast surging shen power, like a volcano erupting, filled Zuo Mo's body in an instant.
The angry golden flames covered Zuo Mo. The snapping of the flames were clear to hear.
As the flames spat, golden ripples formed and extinguished.
———
Li Xian Er was startled. She turned around and was shocked when she saw Zuo Mo within the flames!
A pair of peaceful eyes that did not have any emotion and was indifferent to their surroundings like that of a deity.
Astounding presence spread outwards in waves from the spitting flames. Golden ripples that could be seen with the naked eyes formed and died out.
Each golden ripple was much weaker by the time it reached Li Xian Er.
