by Fang Xiang
The female's body shook as though she was struck by lightning.
The [Nether Sand Breath Mist] was defeated!
But at this time, she did not have time to grieve. Now free of the grey mist, the blood colored sword essence headed towards her like a wave of blood!
The sound of wails and cries filled her eyes!
The female knew it was time to fight for her life. She gathered her shen power and prepared to counterattack before her death.
However, this sword light was stronger than she had imagined. Countless figures formed and dissipated in front of her. She found to her shock that she was unable to move.
She was experience in combat. All of her shen power exploded. The pressure eased and the bloody shadows immediately disappeared.
She straightened her arms and covered her face.
Hiss!
The sword light flashed through her wrists. Her wrists broke and her two hands flew into the sky.
The female showed a hint of pain, but viciousness flashed through her eyes. Her hands that were in the air suddenly scattered into a handful of sand
The black sand turned into sand arrows that shot towards Zuo Mo on the ground.
Shen glyphs could be seen within every sand arrow.
Her body quickly turned into a puddle of black flowing sand at a visible rate. Her eyes stared hatefully at Zuo Mo.
Snap snap snap!
A small and exquisite shield of light appeared in front of Zuo Mo. The transparent light shield was filled with exquisite and packed shen glyphs. The shield of light was unexpectedly hard. When the black sand arrows hit it, it was like rain hitting banana leaves. Ripples formed on the surface of the light shield.
Sunlight's body appeared by Zuo Mo's shoulder.
Tenth Grade howled, his body spinning, and the crescent blade drew out two spinning lights of blood.
The flowing sand on the ground was like water. It started to sink into the soil at a visible rate.
Zuo Mo opened his eyes. Where was signs of his affliction?
Seeing the other intending to flee, Zuo Mo's expression was cold. He pressed his hand down. The surrounding death energy flowed faster into the ground and the ground became as hard as metal.
Zuo Mo did not have any shen power in his body. He could not fight against the other, but with his god-level cultivation, he could easily make escape difficult for the other.
Tenth Grade flew into the sky had reached his peak state.
His murderous little face became unusually dignified. His eyes suddenly glared as his arms came down towards the sand on the ground. He shouted, "Kill!"
The crescent blade that spun around him suddenly disappeared.
Ding!
A clear metallic ringing sound occurred in the air.
The flowing sand on the ground seemed to detect danger. It suddenly flew out of the ground and went to engulf Zuo Mo like a net!
The crescent blade struck into the flowing sand. The sand shield stilled in the air and was pinned to the ground.
The bloody shadow that trailed behind the crescent blade smashed onto the flowing sand without any finesse!
An extremely harsh scream!
The flowing sand suddenly lit aflame. The figure of the female appeared into the flames. She twisted her body in pain, screams coming out. Gradually, the screams gradually weakened. The body of the female gradually faded until it disappeared.
The female's figure disappeared. The black flowing sand was dim as they floated around Zuo Mo.
The Ghost Mist Child silently came out of Zuo Mo's ring. He turned into threads of mist. Hiding within the grey mist, he slowly flowed and crept towards the enemy.
While the two enemies spoke, he sneaked up behind the male.
After being together with Little Mo Ge for so long, even the ferocious and domineering mist giant showed signs of corruption.
The moment Tenth Grade moved, he also unhesitatingly struck.
The mist energy suddenly wrapped around the enemy like chains. At the same time, the mist giant shouted, "Mist!"
The mist suddenly tightened around the male. At the same time, mist erupted out of the Mist Eye Tablet like a dam that was opened. The mist swallowed the male.
The moment the mist tightened, the male detected danger. He shouted. A grey glyph lit up on his right hand. His body suddenly expanded, his skin visibly hardening and turning into grey scales. His body, muscles, and bones continued to move and change.
As his body continued to change, his presence increased in power.
The white mist around him was repelled by an unseen force.
Suddenly, the scream of a female sounded. His body shook but then his presence erupted.
His body was more than a zhang tall, his entire body covered in grey scales. There were packed shen glyphs on every scale. Sharp bone spikes grew out of his hands and feet. His eyes became yellow snake-like pupils, cold and emotionless.
His presence became five times stronger.
Zuo Mo was curious. It was the first time he saw a shen methodology like this. He was not surprised that mo would use shen power to refine their body. However, the transformation still caused Zuo Mo's eyes to light up.
Zuo Mo's eyes darted up and down as he studied the other's body like he was watching a beautiful female.
Such an unique cultivation method!
Such unique shen glyphs!
Under Zuo Mo's god-level gaze, everything was seen. However, Zuo Mo was still filled with surprise. This world never lacked for intelligent people.
Someone was able to create such an unique shen glyph and unique cultivation method.
The mist giant's fight with the other was intense.
The mist giant's roars boomed. Among the flooding mist, its enormous body was like a mountain. While the enemy was only one zhang tall, his presence was a match for the mist giant. He was wrapped in terrifying presence, and his cold eyes stared unyieldingly as he faced the attacks of the mist giant.
The two's fighting was completely physical, a contest of strength.
The enormous axe of the mist giant was ferocious as though it was cleaving the world open.
The male that had transformed was like a prehistoric mo beast. Its body was stronger than steel. The shen glyph on his scales occasionally flashed, and the power in his movements could upturn mountains.
Boom boom boom!
The sounds echoed in the mist sea. With every collision of savage power, countless ripples spread into the surroundings with every collision.
Zuo Mo quickly found that the mist giant was gradually losing.
The enemy was as fast as lightning, and his ability to dodge was great. Even Zuo Mo was slightly shocked. His body seemed to contain endless power as though he did not know exhaustion.
The mist giant's rain of mist balls was being suppressed by the other with their greater speed and power!
While Zuo Mo knew that as long as the mist sea was present, the mist giant would be fine, he was still surprised by the present situation.
The Black Gold Seal Soldier's blood boiled at his battle and his eyes were bright. "Big Brother, let me go!"
Zuo Mo shook his head. "Let's wait and see."
Zuo Mo had never seen this new cultivation method. He was very curious. He wanted to see what the other would do. Bu Ru Miao was fighting intensely with the enemy and all of the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools was shaking. Everyone was attracted by that battle. On Zuo Mo's side, the mist giant's mist sea formed a barrier. All of the vibrations of the battle rippled in the mist sea but the noise outside was not large enough to attract attention.
The mist giant was being suppressed but he was not in danger. Also, the mist giant was used to suppressing enemies with brute force. Of all of Zuo Mo's "sidekicks", the mist giant was the one-track minded brute.
If it was the Black Gold Seal Soldier, he would have changed tactics a long time ago.
The mist giant watched as his mist balls would be smashed by the othe
r just as it flew up. The rate that the mist balls that flew out could not match the enemy's rate at smashing them.
At this time, he had to admit the other was stronger than he was.
The suppressed mist giant could only change his style of attacking.
The mist giant's attacking methods were actually very basic. However, he had some very depraved experts around him. Therefore, he had learned some moves from them.
He disdained using these moves but when he found that his power was being suppressed, he panicked.
When a honest person was forced to panic, they would be devious as well.
He could only use that move!
A thread of embarrassment flashed through the mist giant's mind, but his movements were not slowed.
Translator Ramblings: When you go in expecting one opponent, and it's three waiting for you … … is this a successful ambush?
Chapter 869: Change
An unprecedentedly large mist ball formed on the mist giant's hand. This mist ball that was equal in size to the mist giant had a great visual effect.
The mist giant lifted the mountainous mist ball and threw it at the enemy.
A cold smile appeared on the other's icy face. He had fought against this move many times. The mist balls didn't have any other abilities than just power. In terms of power, he didn't believe that anyone could compare to him.
The mist ball that flew towards him looked astonishing, but in his eyes, the other was just panicking. The more condensed the mist ball, the greater the threat. Such a large mist ball was unlikely to be dense and was a bluff.
He charged towards the incoming giant mist ball.
One punch!
He only needed one punch to completely smash this giant mist ball!
This was the other's last bit of confidence. If he could smash this, the other would completely collapse.
Closer! Even closer!
Now was the time!
He took a deep breath. His shen power gathered rapidly at his right fist and he threw out a ferocious punch!
Pew!
Unlike the previous mist balls which shattered immediately on impact, this mist ball suddenly produced a strange suction force. His powerful punch seemed to hit empty air. It was so uncomfortable he almost spit out blood.
Hm?
It was strange!
When these words jumped into his mind, the mist ball in front of him suddenly started to look familiar.
An enormous mouth formed without any warning and swallowed him whole.
The mist ball grew out four limbs, and a head. It was the mist giant! The other would never have thought that the mist ball that was thrown over was the disguised mist giant.
He entered a place of darkness.
A trap?
The embarrassment on the mist giant's face grew. It was really embarrassing!
His thick legs were half bent, his body leaning forward, his brows furrowed into one line. He seemed to be pushing, his body quickly became smaller, and soon, his body reached half of his previous side and could not shrink anymore.
The pain on the mist giant's expression reached a peak. At this time, his behind suddenly perked up!
Pop pop pop!
Three clear crisp sounds.
A little condensed ball of mist shot out of the mist giant's behind like a cannonball. Where it passed, it created three mist rings.
The enemy was left sprawled out, unconscious.
"Ohhh!" The Black Gold Seal Soldier who was watching from afar covered his face with his hand. He could not bear to look as though he was feeling this move.
Zuo Mo gaped. He suddenly turned around and said, "Who taught him this?"
The Black Gold Seal Soldier immediately became smug. He patted his chest and said proudly, "Who else! Other than the great Black Gold, who could have thought of such a clever killing move! I said to that idiot a long time ago, no one can match this move … …"
The Black Gold Seal Soldier laughed proudly.
Zuo Mo looked at the guy and then pointed at the unconscious person on the ground. "The spoils on that guy belong to you."
The laughter choked off. The Black Gold Seal Soldier's expression froze on his face.
Tenth Grade and Sunshine pretended to not see it. They turned around to pick up the spoils from the female mo.
What occurred at the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools caused Zuo Mo's trip into the sea to come to an abrupt stop. Zuo Mo handed the unconscious person to the Yin Tomb Guards for them to interrogate him about his origins.
Zuo Mo continued to repair his body. Without the constant damage done by the burning sun flows, the repairing effect of the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood increased. Without realizing it, Zuo Mo's body had been repaired to the eighteenth level.
The Guard, Little Huo, came to visit. This was the first time that Little Huo had come since the attack in the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools.
"Grandmaster!" Little Huo's expression was ashamed, "Last time, this lowly one did not manage to protect you, it really was … …"
Zuo Mo smiled. "If I didn't have some treasures up my sleeve, I would have been the same in an ambush like this. Have you discovered the origins of these people?"
The captive had been given to the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord and Zuo Mo did not pay any more attention to this matter. The Nether Realm was just a temporary residence for him. Once he repaired his body, he would leave. He had no interest in the factions and battles here.
When the matter was mentioned, Little Huo's expression immediately darked, "It is Jia Man's people."
"Jia Man?"
"Yes, one of the four Nether Lords." Little Huo realized and said embarrassedly, "I almost forgot. The Ghost Lord invites Grandmaster for a visit."
Zuo Mo nodded. "Then let's go."
Riding the bone carriage, they quickly reached the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord's residence. When Zuo Mo saw the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord, he was shocked. "Ghost Lord is wounded?"
The Yin Tomb Ghost Lord was expressionless but his tone was slightly surprised. "Grandmaster has keen eyes. I fought a few rounds with Jia Man. He did not leave well either. It is my shame for the inconsiderate care we took of you during the ambush in the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools."
As he spoke, he opened a jade box. There was a head with angry eyes.
"This is one of Jia Man's right hand. He is called Yuwen Hong. He planned the abmush and abduction. I have taken his head to apologize to Grandmaster," the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord said gravely.
When he heard that Zuo Mo had been ambushed, he had been extremely angry. He led the Yin Tomb's Five Ghost Lords to sneak into Jia Man's lands to take Yuwen Hong's head. However, they also paid a heavy price. Including the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord, three of them were wounded.
"There is no need to be so." Zuo Mo increasingly felt that the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord was a good person. He was quick to repay favors and slights, had honor, and was decisive in his actions.
The Yin Tomb Ghost Lord said in a grave voice, "Jia Man is a person of great cunning and endurance. He is an insurgent. King is not in a good state recently. Jia Man is restless. This conflict between Yin Tomb Guards and Eastern Nether Mansion could not be avoided. Fighting is about to start."
Zuo Mo listened silently.
"The Eastern Nether Mansion has desired the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Netherworld for a long time. However, the King was worried and had me guard this place."
Zuo Mo asked curiously. "Why does he want the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld?"
"This is the homeland of the King!" the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord explained, "King is of mysterious origins and has always searched for his homeland. Then he found the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld. The rumors say that the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld hides the King's cultivation inheritance."
Zuo Mo's interest in this Nether King immediately grew. The Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld was very mysterious. No matter if it was the Billion Bone Peak, or the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools, they wer
e all mysteries.
"Jia Man is so daring?" Zuo Mo couldn't resist asking. The Nether King was not in a good state recently, but the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld was the homeland of the Nether King. It was still a taboo to attack the Nether King's homeland.
"Jia Man is very smart. He will not take it all for himself," the Ghost Lord shook his head. "An Mo is loyal to King, but a problem occurred during cultivation. The West Jail Mansion cannot protect itself. You Zhe of South Abyss Mansion sways whatever direction the wind blows. Hai Xin Bing of Northern Plains Ice Mansion has always been at odds with the Yin Tomb Guards. Even if she wanted to clean up the situation, she will only act after we fight with Jia Man."
"Which of you is stronger?" Zuo Mo asked directly.
"Jia Man is stronger," the Ghost Lord said honestly. "Jia Man's Eastern Nether Mansion is the strongest of the four Nether Lords. The Yin Tomb Guards are weaker than the four mansions, and we are much weaker than Eastern Nether Mansion. However, Jia Man did not think that I would take precautions against him more than a decade ago."
"Is there anything I can help with?" Zuo Mo did not want to interfere in the inner conflict of the Nether Realm. However, the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood he needed was still reliant on the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord. He did not want the Yin Tomb Guards to be defeated.
"Many thanks, Grandmaster! If possible, I want to ask Grandmaster to first forge a batch of suitable shen equipment. The matter of the shen device can be put to the side for now." The Ghost Lord did not mask his intentions regarding this meeting and immediately made his request.
"Alright!" Zuo Mo briskly agreed.
Leaving the Ghost Lord's residence, Zuo Mo said to Little Huo, "To the Fire Cemetery."
Ever since Zuo Mo taught the forgers to cultivate ghost fire, the activity in the Fire Cemetery cooled down. There were not many people to be seen and only those pillars of fire were left.
Since Zuo Mo had promised the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord to forge a batch of shen equipment, he decided to complete it as soon as possible.
All kinds of materials flowed towards the Fire Cemetery.
The news that Grandmaster was about forge quickly spread in the Ten Thousand Tombs of the Underworld. Those forgers that were searching for ghost fire or refining ghost fire stopped what they were doing and hurried over.
