Chapter 196: Top 100 Talents, Top 1,000 Geniuses, and Top 10,000 Superiors
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Su Mo left the Four Seas Fighting Ring and headed back to the Luo Mansion.
They gathered at a pavilion in Luo Mansion after they were back.
"Brother Su Mo, it won't be long before your splendid record of 151 victories in the Four Seas Fighting Ring spread to every corner of the Skymoon Country!"
Luo Huan gave an alluring smile and said, "By then, you'll be renowned throughout Skymoon, and everyone will be discussing about you."
A lovely smile danced on her lips and her eyes blazed with complicated feelings.
When they were in Sunnywood City, she had recommended Su Mo to join the Gale Island on the spur of the moment. However, she never expected Su Mo to make such great progress in only one year.
"A fame is just a title. It means nothing compared with the great reward."
Su Mo grinned.
Luo Qianfan, on the contrary, was full of concern. He warned seriously, "Su Mo, your reward was extremely shocking. I reckon there'll be envious people coming after you!"
Su Mo's brows furrowed with concern. This was indeed a serious trouble.
After all, such a great reward was compellingly attractive. Now that the news had spread across the entire city, it was highly possible that many people would surrender to their greed.
Su Mo sighed. "Is there really no better ways than contacting Elder Wei?"
Moreover, it was unlikely to reach him in a short period of time because of the long distance between the Imperial City and Gale Island.
Seeing Su Mo's grim expression, Luo Qianfan said, "No one dares to touch you if you stay at my mansion after receiving the reward, but I can't guarantee your safety once you leave here."
Su Mo nodded. Luo Mansion was very powerful in the Imperial City. Not many people dared to offend it.
"I'll make the decision when I get the reward three days later," Su Mo said in a low voice.
He knew that he was not going to stay in this city and live in this mansion forever.
"Okay!"
Luo Qianfan nodded.
They continued to chat for a while before they parted and left the pavilion.
Su Mo went out again and headed for the Sky-sea Pavilion.
He planned to buy some resources for cultivation with his leftover Spiritual Stones.
Su Mo was not afraid of being robbed, since he had not received the thumping reward yet.
He soon arrived at the magnificent Sky-sea Pavilion.
There were many small stores in Sky-sea Pavilion. All merchandise was displayed according to their categories and sold in the respective stores.
Su Mo first visited the elixir store, where he bought a bottle of Curse-breaking Pill that cost him 1,000 Lower Spiritual Stones.
Curse-breaking Pill was an Upper Lv 2 Pill that helped to breach the bottleneck of each realm.
Although it was far less effective than the Realm-breaking Pill sold at auctions, it was also very precious.
Su Mo had reached the tipping point between the Lv 5 and the Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm, which meant that he was a step away from Lv 6.
He had intended to breach the bottleneck in these few days.
Su Mo entered the Beast Soul store after he left the elixir store. He spent 2,000 Lower Spiritual Stones on 20 Class 9 Lv 2 Beast Soul Crystals.
The crystals were expensive. He could only afford 20 pieces of them with 2,000 Lower Spiritual Stones.
The elixir and Soul Crystals had cost almost all of his Spiritual Stones in hand.
Su Mo was about to leave the Sky-sea Pavilion immediately after that.
"Huh?"
On his way out of the Pavilion, a store, which was bustling with people, had attracted his attention. He walked over curiously.
"Legend of Firmament, only 10 Lower Spiritual Stone each."
"Line up! We have adequate stock for every customer!"
There were a lot of people queuing up for a chunky book that was called Legend of Firmament.
It was inexpensive. Anyone who had 10 Lower Spiritual Stones could get one.
Giving in to curiosity, Su Mo joined the queue and soon he bought one for himself.
This was not an ordinary book. It had recorded a variety of celebrities' anecdotes, peculiar treasures, and the remote and deserted land on the Firmament and Continent.
Su Mo glanced through the book and put it away before he left the Sky-sea Pavilion.
Soon, he returned to the Luo Mansion.
Su Mo sat at the table in his room and then took out the Legend of Firmament.
The book had considerably aroused his interest. There was actually a book that could include all the things happening on the entire continent. How extraordinary!
It seemed that the Sky-sea Pavilion did not boast about having opened branches at as far as the edges of the world.
The first dozens of pages introduced thousands of species of peculiar wonders, exotic flowers and herbs, and magical demonic beasts.
After that, the book described about the distribution of supreme powers in the world.
Su Mo narrowed his eyes as he scanned this section.
"The Emperor Xuan Palace! That's where it is."
One of the nine superpowers in the world.
According to the Legend of Firmament, there were nine superpowers in the world, consisting of three long-standing families and six sects that originated from ancient sects.
The Emperor Xuan Palace was one of the six sects.
Besides, there were some demon powers comparable to the nine superpowers.
In addition, the continent also bred many powers that were second only to the nine superpowers.
Sky-sea Pavilion was one of them.
Each of them was more powerful than one could imagine. Legend of Firmament had detailed every power.
"Emperor Xuan Palace, whose roots reach back to tens of thousands of years ago, has dominated the Central Continent for a long time. It contains millions of disciples and its dominion extends to billions of miles of territory…"
Su Mo could not help sighing after he read the introduction. In his current state, he was completely insignificant as compared to the Emperor Xuan Palace and the rest of the nine superpowers.
However, that did not frustrate him, for he was very confident of his talent.
With enough time, he would grow into an expert that could evenly match with the Emperor Xuan Palace.
Su Mo reflected on it for a little while and moved his eyes back to the book.
The book went on with Talents List.
The Talents List, composed of three name lists, had included all the top young talents across the entire world.
They were List of Top 100 Talents, Top 1,000 Geniuses, and Top 10,000 Superiors, respectively.
All the lists had age restrictions. List of Top 100 Talents required contenders to be under 25 years old, and the other two lists 30 years old.
The List of Top 100 Talents had recorded the 100 best talents in each domain.
The List of Top 1,000 Geniuses had enumerated the 1,000 most formidable geniuses in every region of the continent.
The List of Top 10,000 Superiors had recorded 10,000 young superiors on the entire world.
The List of Top 100 Talents had many sublists that recorded the talents in every individual domain, though the book only took in the list that was made in the Hong Domain.
Su Mo carefully studied the names that belonged to the 100 best talents.
Only one of them was recognizable to him.
Yun Jiankong, ranked 98th!
Su Mo gasped. Yun Jiankong, the chief disciple of the Sky Rapier Sect and the best of the Four Talents of Skymoon Country, was only ranked 98th.
More surprisingly, the rest of the Four Talents of Skymoon Country, including Duan Jingtian, were not even included in the list.
Su Mo sighed, knowing that the List of Top 100 Talents must be highly critical of its contenders.
Even a genius like Duan Jingtian was not taken in!
Then Su Mo continued to scan the List of Top 1,000 Talents on East Continent and then moved to the List of 10,000 Superiors.
Suddenly, Su Mo's vision was fixated on a name, sparking with fierceness.
It was the name of a young superior that caught his attention.
Shangguan Hao!
Chapter 197: Entering Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm
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"Shangguan Hao, 18 years old, Lv 4 Martial King Realm, Martial Soul of the Rank 5 Heaven Class, Ranked 31st in the List of Top 10,000 Talents."
Su Mo pinned the name with his eyes.
The ranking of number 31 was unmistakably high. Shangguan Hao definitely had a great talent for cultivating, or it would be impossible for his ability to be ranked 31st among 10,000 superiors on the entire continent.
Most importantly, he was only 18 years old.
The people ranked above him were basically all in their 20s, and some of them were even close to 30 years old.
That meant when Shangguan Hao, who was in his 20s, would see his ranking definitely rise.
It took Su Mo a long moment to recover from the shock. He closed Legend of Firmament and sat quietly.
"Lv 4 Martial King Realm?"
"Martial Soul of the Rank 5 Heaven Class?"
Su Mo took in a deep breath. Both Shangguan Hao's cultivation and talent were far higher than his.
His inferiority to Shangguan Hao was like that of an ant to an elephant.
As things stood, Su Mo did not even have any chance of defeating him four years later!
Su Mo clenched his fists and felt a heavy pressure on him.
Four years! There were only four years left!
He had to reach the Martial King Realm in four years!
However, he was in the Spiritual Martial Realm now, and there were three realms he needed to cross before he met his goal.
They were the True Spirit Realm, the Enlightment Realm, and the True Darkness Realm. Only by passing through these three True Realms could he enter the Martial King Realm. It seemed that he had a long way to go.
Despite the difficulty, Su Mo still had a chance.
His Martial Soul was evolvable. Since he had upgraded it to the Earth Class, there was an upsurge in its devouring capability. That was where his confidence lay.
After a while, he took another deep breath, abandoned the complex worries, and began cultivating.
Instead of releasing his Martial Soul, he just motivated it in his body.
His current Martial Soul was incredibly terrifying. Once it was released, it would drain the people within hundreds, or even thousands of meters.
Since he lodged in his friend's house, he had to be more cautious.
The Spiritual Qi in the air gathered and entered Su Mo, while the seven Spiritual Spirals were swirling rapidly to absorb more Spiritual Qi and therefore strengthen his genuine Qi.
Su Mo had reached a critical point in his cultivation. It was time to upgrade his realm.
However, since he had seven Spiritual Spirals, he had to consume a tremendous amount of genuine Qi to upgrade his realm, which meant that he needed more Spiritual Qi than his Martial Soul had absorbed.
Su Mo pulled out the Curse-breaking Pills and took them one by one.
In addition, he also took out all the Lower Spiritual Stones he had left, there were over 300 pieces.
Seated in the room and surrounded by Spiritual Qi, Su Mo threw the pills in his mouth with his right hand and held the Spiritual Stones with his left hand, so he could quickly absorb Spiritual Qi.
The massive Spiritual Qi and the drug surged inside him and finally gathered in his seven Spiritual Spirals.
If any ordinary martial artist in the Spiritual Martial Realm had absorbed so much Spiritual Qi, their Spiritual Spiral would have cracked, and their elixir fields would have exploded.
However, that was not the case for Su Mo, who, on the contrary, needed as much Spiritual Qi as possible.
As an enormous amount of genuine Qi entered the Spiritual Spirals, they started trembling.
Time ticked by, and the night fell.
By noon in the next day, a surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly broke out from the Su Mo's house and swept through the entire courtyard.
The Spiritual Qi lingered for a little while before it subsided.
A moment later, Su Mo walked out of the room in high spirits.
He had successfully entered Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm, and his strength had increased ttremendously.
In the next two days, Su Mo often stayed in his courtyard where he practiced his fistplay and swordsmanship. Meanwhile, he devoured the 20 Class 9 Lv 2 Beast Souls he had bought.
However, those Beast Souls were now a drop of water in the big sea of his Martial Soul, as his Martial Soul had grown to the Earth Class.
He did not sense anything after he devoured them. It was like they simply disappeared.
Three days flashed by quickly.
At dawn of the fourth day, just as he walked out of his room, Su Mo heard someone knock on the gate of the courtyard.
Su Mo opened the gate and saw it was Luo Qianfan, and a tall, thin, middle-aged man.
"Su Mo, this is Uncle Ming. He'll accompany you to the Four Seas Fighting Ring and receive the reward!" Luo Qianfan said, pointing at the man beside him.
"Oh?"
Su Mo gave the man a once-over and hesitated.
He was going to claim a substantial reward, and he would rather go alone than being accompanied by someone he did not trust.
Su Mo's uncertain expression was palpable, and Luo Qianfan laughed as he came to realize Su Mo's concern. He explained, "Rest assured, he's my uncle. No one would dare to rob you in his company."
Su Mo nodded and saluted the man. "Thank you!"
"Haha, it's nothing!"
The man said in a deep voice and smiled lightly. "You're a formidable genius as well as a good friend of Qianfan. Of course, I would do you a favor!"
Su Mo nodded with a smile. He thought for a second and suggested, "Sir, how about we go now?"
"Alright!"
The man nodded and said to Luo Qianfan, "Qianfan, we'll set out now!"
Somehow, Su Mo felt that this man actually treated Luo Qianfan with some respect.
That confused him. How could it possible that an elder was respectful to his younger? It did not make sense.
However, he did not make any inquiries. Soon they left the mansion and headed for the Four Seas Fighting Ring.
"Su Mo, you have such remarkable talent. What you'll achieve will be immeasurable. I dare say you'll be as excellent as the Four Talents of Skymoon Country!"
The man chatted with Su Mo with a gentle smile.
"Haha, you're flattering me!" Su Mo said, smiling.
"Haha! Don't be so modest. I'm telling the truth!"
The man laughed. "I'm Luo Ming. You can call me Uncle Ming, as Qianfan does if you don't mind."
Luo Qianfan's uncle was quite humble and easy-going.
"Of course I don't mind. Uncle Ming!" Su Mo replied.
"Haha! That's right. You're always welcome if you have time to visit us."
Luo Ming laughed.
They chatted along the way and soon arrived at the fighting ring.
Su Mo found a steward and declared his intention. The steward led him and Luo Ming to the tower behind the fighting ring.
"Su Mo, Elder Yuan is inside waiting for you," the steward said.
"Thank you!"
Su Mo thanked the steward and stepped into the tower with Luo Ming.
The first floor of the tower was a simply decorated hall.
Elder Yuan was sitting in it.
"Sir, I'm here to receive the reward."
Su Mo entered the hall and saluted the old man
Chapter 198: A Strange Cultivation Mutation
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In the hall, Elder Yuan was not looking at Su Mo, but at Luo Ming.
"Brother Luo, what brings you here?" He arose from the chair and greeted Luo Ming by cupping his hands.
Apparently, Elder Yuan knew Luo Ming very well.
Luo Ming smiled, glanced at Su Mo, and said, "I'm here with Su Mo to collect his prize! Don't be stingy, Elder Yuan!"
"Haha!"
Elder Yuan chuckled bitterly and twitched his lips.
"Don't be stingy?"
"Who would generously part with 680,000 Lower Spiritual Stones?"
He had even thought about assassinating Su Mo, but it seems that Su Mo was too close with the Luo family for his plan to work.
"Brother Luo, I've got the Spiritual Stones ready!"
Elder Yuan nodded, took out five storage pouches, and said, "Su Mo, here are exactly 681,375 Lower Spiritual Stones. You can count them up if you want."
"Thank you, sir!"
Su Mo took the storage pouches and roughly scanned them before he put them away.
He did not count them up. Since they were willing to pay the Spiritual Stones, they would not try to cheat him.
Su Mo could not help but feel elated.
"680,000 Lower Spiritual Stones!"
"My abilities are going to soar!"
He did not want to stay any longer and bade Elder Yuan farewell.
Luo Ming said, "Elder Yuan, I can't stay either. If you are free some time, please visit me at the Luo Mansion. Then we can have some tea than talk about the martial arts!"
"Ha ha! I'm looking forward to it!"
Elder Yuan cupped his hands, bade farewell and escorted Su Mo and Luo Ming out with a smile.
As he watched them leaving, the elder sighed. He had basically given away all the revenue the Four Seas Arena earned this year!
Su Mo and Luo Ming felt pairs of eyes secretly watching them as they left Four Seas Arena.
Luo Ming's high cultivation enabled him to perceive everything around them.
While Su Mo's cultivation was not strong, he was also very perceptive, perhaps due to his past life.
"There are some petty men with malice!"
Luo Ming sneered.
Su Mo frowned and said nervously, "Uncle Ming, we'd better hurry back!"
"Okay!"
Luo Ming nodded and said, "Don't worry, Su Mo! No one will hurt you with me at your side."
His voice was calm, but his eyes were full of assurance.
Su Mo had not expected this confidence from Uncle Ming.
Su Mo could not tell what his cultivation was, but he knew that he was definitely an expert of the True Spirit Realm.
The two returned to Luo Mansion safe and sound.
It was indeed peaceful!
They separated in the mansion, and Su Mo hurried into his room.
He took out all five storage pouches.
They were much smaller than his storage ring, so it took five storage pouches to fit all the Spiritual Stones.
Su Mo roughly counted the stones and the number was right.
"Huff!"
Su Mo took a deep breath, his face full of delight.
With so many Spiritual Stones available, his cultivation journey would be smooth sailing from now on.
After a while, he sat down cross-legged and in both hands held some Spiritual Stones from which he absorbed the Spiritual Qi to cultivate.
Now that the entire city knew how wealthy Su Mo was, it was not easy for him to purchase elixir outside anymore, so he decided to cultivate directly with the stones.
Although the Spiritual Qi in Spiritual Stones was inferior to that in Upper Lv 2 Pill, he had more than enough.
If Su Mo used all his power to absorb these stones, it would not be much slower than using elixirs.
His absorption speed was terrifyingly fast. As his seven Spiritual Spirals rumbled inside him, he used up 300 Lower Spiritual Stones in one mere hour.
In the next few days, Su Mo devoted himself fully to cultivating and was able to consume almost 4,000 Spiritual Stones each day.
Any martial artist at the same level as him could not afford the high consumption of this kind.
However, Su Mo was so rich that he did not care how much it would cost him to increase his cultivation.
Three days fleflew by quickly.
Su Mo had used up over 10,000 Lower Spiritual Stones, and accordingly, his cultivation had increased from Early Stage at Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm to the Peak of Lv 6.
He opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.
"The Spiritual Qi of 10,000 Lower Spiritual Stones only helped me to reach the Peak Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm. That's too slow!"
Su Mo sighed. Although having seven Spiritual Spirals gave him seven times the combat strength, it also required seven times the usual amount of Spiritual Qi to increase cultivation.
"Using Nine Spirals Mystique, I can create two more Spiritual Spirals, but not now. Otherwise, it'll significantly slow me down."
In order to increase his cultivating speed, he decided to stop creating Spiritual Spirals for a while.
In the future, when he reached the peak of the Spiritual Martial Realm, he would finish creating the other two Spiritual Spirals before he entered the True Spirit Realm.
"When my cultivation reaches Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm, I'll return to Gale Island!" Su Mo thought.
Then, Su Mo began cultivating again. He concentrated his genuine Qi to prepare to enter Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Time passed very quickly while he cultivated.
After five days, Su Mo felt that he had concentrated enough genuine Qi, and his cultivation had reached a tipping point, so he began breaking the bottleneck of Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Crash!
Su Mo poured out tens of thousands of Spiritual Stones once and for all. They piled up like a little hill in front of him.
He pushed his hands onto the Spiritual Stones and began absorbing as hard as he could.
At the same time, Su Mo also began driving his Martial Soul to devour his surroundings.
The Martial Soul absorbed Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth, which supplemented the Spiritual Qi he absorbed from the Spiritual Stones.
Suddenly, something strange happened. The Spiritual Stones in front of Su Mo suddenly started to float and surround him.
All the Spiritual Stones flew to Su Mo's body, wrapped him up totally.
Then, they exploded and released endless Spiritual Qi, which wedged into Su Mo's body crazily.
"Damn it!"
Su Mo's face paled as he instantly realized what was happening.
His Devouring Martial Soul was devouring the Spiritual Qi of the Spiritual Stones.
Even his seven Spiritual Spirals could not contain such an endless flush of Spiritual Qi.
Soon, Su Mo began to feel a shooting pain in his meridians. His elixir field began swelling crazily and was about to explode at any moment.
Su Mo broke into a sweat. He had not expected his Devouring Martial Soul to be able to devour Spiritual Stones too.
Suddenly, Su Mo was in great danger.
Chapter 199: Another Breakthrough
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In the room, Su Mo was caught in a near death situation.
"Elephant's Strength Skill!"
At the critical moment, Su Mo shouted and rapidly switched to the Body Refining Skill cultivation method, Elephant's Strength Skill.
Suddenly, Su Mo's internal Spiritual Qi swiftly turned into an enormous Virtual Elephant which roared silently and rapidly merged into his flesh and blood.
Subsequently, one after another, virtual elephants appeared. There were 12 virtual elephants arising one by one and gradually merging into Su Mo's body.
Su Mo's pressure subsided. Shortly after, the Spiritual Qi in his body decreased by half.
Su Mo had already experience that while cultivating the Elephant's Strength Skill, his Spiritual Qi would turn into an enormous virtual elephant and not a small virtual elephant.
That was when he devoured huge volume of the elixir. So long as Su Mo absorbed enough Spiritual Qi, it would not be reduced to small virtual elephants but huge virtual elephants.
At this moment, Su Mo's human body's strength was growing very fast, beyond the normal progression.
Within a few breaths, Su Mo's body strength increased by another level. His current body strength alone could battle with a martial artist of Lv 8 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Soon after, Su Mo stopped revolving Elephant's Strength Skill and worked on refining his Spiritual Qi to strengthen the Spiritual Spiral's genuine Qi.
His current body realm had already far exceeded his cultivation realm. Right now, he should be upgrading his genuine Qi's cultivation.
The Spiritual Qi in Su Mo's body had already been half consumed by the Elephant's Strength Skill, but the Spiritual Qi remained incomparably vast. However, it was still under control within his acceptable range.
The seven Spiritual Spirals in Su Mo's body were revolving wildly, and massive Spiritual Qi was being refined into genuine Qi.
Endless genuine Qi was boiling within the Spiritual Spirals and they were rapidly expanding.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There was a noise like a shaking mountain and raging sea coming from Su Mo's internal body. His bottleneck realm began to loosen up under such wild Spiritual Qi.
Boom!
With merely 10 breaths, the seven Spiritual Spirals in Su Mo's body leapt over the limitation of cultivation and started to expand rapidly, actually doubling in size in the end.
Breakthrough! Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm!
After his cultivation breakthrough to Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm, there was still some Spiritual Qi inside Su Mo's body that remained unrefined, so he did not stop and rest, but continued to refine his Spiritual Qi.
After a while, his cultivation was close to the middle stage of Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm. All the Spiritual Qi in his body had been refined.
Soon after, Su Mo got up and his body was surging with a strong breath.
Although Su Mo did not release the breath intentionally, it was tenfold stronger than when he was only at Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm.
"Time to go back to Gale Island."
Su Mo smiled, and in the next moment, his breath converged.
It was time for Su Mo to return to Gale Island, as the year-end had already been over for one month.
Actually, Su Mo could have continued to stay at Imperial City to upgrade his cultivation to another level before returning to Gale Island.
But, after all these simultaneous breakthroughs, if he wanted another breaking point, it might take a longer period to solidify his cultivation and condense his genuine Qi.
Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to have another breakthrough in a short time span.
So Su Mo prepared to return to Gale Island.
As Su Mo walked out of his room, he went toward Luo Qianfan's room and found him cultivating.
"I'm preparing to go back to Gale Island, do you want to follow me back?" Su Mo asked Luo Qianfan.
"I still need to do something in Imperial City, so won't be leaving anytime soon."
After saying that, Luo Qianfan looked closely at Su Mo and smiled, saying, "Su Mo, you are truly a rare genius, yet another breakthrough in your cultivation!"
"Hehe! Same goes for you!" Su Mo smiled and said.
Su Mo could tell that Luo Qianfan's cultivation was at the Peak Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm and he was close to Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Su Mo was shocked. It had not been long since he attained the Peak Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Luo Qianfan's cultivation progress was incredibly fast.
This was not like any other martial artist with Rank 8 Human Class Martial Soul's cultivating talent at all. Even if Luo Qianfan's family was powerful with rich resources, the Martial Soul ranking was a limitation to his cultivation.
No matter how many resources one had, an average Rank 8 Human Class Martial Soul martial artist's cultivating speed would still fall shy of Luo Qianfan's.
"As compared to you, my achievement is nothing!"
Luo Qianfan smiled.
Soon after, Luo Qianfan's face became solemn and he said, "Su Mo, I don't think its safe for you to go back to Gale Island now. Why don't I ask Uncle Ming to send you back?"
Upon hearing, Su Mo pondered, shook his head and said, "No need to trouble Uncle Ming. I'll wait till nightfall before I leave, then there should be no problem!"
During this period, Luo Qianfan helped Su Mo a lot, these were all personal favors.
Su Mo did not want to owe Luo Qianfan too much, hence he rejected his offer.
Moreover, his strength had been boosted during these few days, which made him feel more confident.
"I'm returning 15,000 Lower Spiritual Stones to you!"
Su Mo took out a storage pouch and handed it over to Luo Qianfan.
During the last auction, Su Mo borrowed 15,000 Lower Spiritual Stones from Luo Qianfan and still had not paid him back yet.
Luo Qianfan did not refuse and kept the Spiritual Stones be pensively saying, "Since you want to leave, I won't stop you. Be careful along the way!"
"Ok!"
Su Mo nodded and left Luo Qianfan's place. He went back to his room to wait till nightfall before he left.
…
After Su Mo left, Luo Qianfan sat on a stone bench in his yard, looking up the sky in a trance.
After a few moments, there were footsteps approaching. Luo Ming came up to Luo Qianfan.
"Qianfan!"
Luo Ming shouted at the entranced Luo Qianfan.
Luo Qianfan collected his wits, looked at Luo Ming and smiled, "Uncle Ming, please sit."
Luo Ming sat opposite Luo Qianfan and asked, "Qianfan, you're looking for me?"
Luo Qianfan pondered and said, "Uncle Ming, Su Mo will be leaving Imperial City tonight. Secretly escort him for a certain extent of the journey!"
"No problem, I'll assure his safety back to Gale Island!"
Upon saying this, Luo Ming then asked, "Qianfan, Su Mo is a rare talent, but how is he as a person?"
Luo Qianfan smiled and said, "Su Mo is loyal and full of righteousness!"
"That's good!"
Luo Ming nodded.
Luo Qianfan looked afar and his eyes flashed with a glimmer before he spoke plainly, saying, "Su Mo's talent is extraordinary. In fact, his talent is better than those of the Four Talents of Skymoon Country. I've a premonition. In future, he could be one of the most important links when I counterbalance the four sects."
When Luo Ming heard this, he was surprised. He knew Luo Qianfan valued Su Mo, but he never expected it to be to this extent.
Chapter 200: Unable to Resist
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At night time, the moon was like a jade-plate and there were few stars.
A dark shadow flashed across the wall of the Luo Mansion.
It was Su Mo.
He had chosen to climb over the wall instead of walking out through the main gate of the Luo Mansion.
If someone had designs on him, they had to be monitoring that main gate.
So, climbing over the wall was the safest way for him to leave.
After he left the Luo Mansion, Su Mo used his body movement to the extreme as he flashed through the lanes in Imperial City like a ghost.
Having circled through the streets several times, he made sure that he was not being followed before flying toward the city gate.
Su Mo reached the city gate in 15 minutes.
It was the middle of the night and the city gate was closed. Apparently, Su Mo could not go out through the gate.
The city walls of Imperial City were more than 100 meters tall and there were only a few soldiers garrisoned there.
Su Mo stood vertically and soared over the city wall. As he stepped on the ground, he flew out of the city like an eagle spreading its wings.
The soldiers on the wall did not have high cultivations. Most of them were at the Lv 1 or Lv 2 Spiritual Martial Realm. They did not even notice Su Mo at all.
Even if the general had discovered Su Mo, he would not have pursued him.
Imperial City was very large with millions of people, and it was very common for experts to climb over the city wall at night.
Of course, it was easy to leave the city, but difficult to enter it.
If someone were to try and enter the city by climbing over the wall, the soldiers would stop them immediately.
That was because everyone needed to pay to enter Imperial City.
After Su Mo plunged from the city wall, he activated his body movement and quickly flew toward Gale Island.
He sped swiftly and, in just two hours, he was more than 200 kilometers away from Imperial City.
"Huff!"
Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, no one had noticed him.
He did not slow down until he ran another 100 kilometers.
After all, it took a lot of energy to keep running with his body movement at such a rapid pace.
"Haha! I've been waiting for so long. You've finally shown up!"
At this moment, there was awkward laughter coming from in front of him.
Su Mo was shocked and stopped hastily when he saw a few shadows not far away.
There were a total of seven people. No one's breath was weak. The two leaders were middle-aged men in their 30s. One was wearing a gray robe and the other one was wearing a black coat. Both of their breaths were very powerful, far stronger than the rest.
They were experts of the True Spirit Realm.
Su Mo was once again surprised and he furrowed his brows. There were two experts in the True Spirit Realm here at the same time!
"Su Mo, I shall see you die this time!"
A young man who stood beside the two middle-aged men sneered and looked at Su Mo with killing desire on his face.
Su Mo turned his head and squinted his eyes immediately. That man was an acquaintance, Hong Tengyun!
Not only him, but Qing Jue was also among them.
"Whoosh!"
Without any hesitation, Su Mo quickly activated his body movement to its maximum and escaped in the other direction.
Although Su Mo's strength had surged recently, he did not think that he was capable of fighting against experts in the True Spirit Realm. Therefore, he escaped at once with no further hesitation.
"Haha! Do you think you can escape from me? Don't even think about it!"
The middle-aged man in the gray robe laughed. It only took him a few steps to travel 1,000 meters. He instantly caught up with Su Mo in the blink of an eye.
"You shall die now!"
He sneered and attacked Su Mo's back with his palm.
A surging palm force with monstrous power instantly approached Su Mo.
Huff!
The middle-aged man's palm was extraordinarily fast and Su Mo could not dodge it in time. At the crucial moment, he could only give a loud shou shout and block it with his sword.
The palm force hit the Black-dark Sword and broke it. Su Mo's entire body vibrated as he felt an unstoppable force attack him as if he was struck by a mountain.
Pfft!
He spat out blood and was instantly thrown nearly 600 meters away before falling to the ground.
Su Mo was shocked because his Black-dark Sword was actually broken by a single palm.
The sword was an Upper Lv 2 Weapon. It was considered to be good quality among the Upper Lv 2 Weapon. But it could not even stop one strike from his opponent!
This man was definitely not an ordinary True Spirit Realm martial artist. His cultivation had to be at least Lv 2 or higher in the True Spirit Realm.
Despite his injuries, Su Mo jumped up the moment that he fell to the ground and quickly escaped.
The strike caused his internal organs to suffer severe injuries. Even his strong human body had several cracks in it as blood began to flow out.
If he had not improved his cultivation recently and strengthened his body, he would have died.
"He's not dead?"
The middle-aged man in the gray robe was rather surprised when he saw Su Mo escaping after taking a strike from him.
Even though he casually struck with a single palm, a martial artist at the Lv 9 Spiritual Martial Realm could not have blocked it.
And although Su Mo was injured, he had managed to block it!
"Fourth Uncle, you can't let Su Mo escape!"
Hong Tengyun hastily shouted at the middle-aged man in the gray robe as he saw Su Mo trying to escape.
"Haha! He won't be able to escape from my clutches!"
The middle-aged man in the gray robe laughed, then flew into the sky and chased after Su Mo.
He was an expert of the True Spirit Realm, hence, he flew at an extraordinarily fast speed. Within three or four breaths, he had already caught up to Su Mo.
"Boy, let's see if you can survive this time around!"
He scorned him as he attacked again with his palm.
A huge palm print mightily squelched from the sky and collapsed down onto Su Mo.
"Am I going to die?"
Looking at the terrifying palm force falling from the sky, Su Mo's heart sank. This palm force was stronger than the last one and he could not resist it at all.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, a tall and skinny figure suddenly appeared behind Su Mo.
It was Luo Ming!
"Hong Li, you're courting death!"
Apparently, Luo Ming knew the middle-aged man in gray. He shouted at him as he punched out with a fist.
That fist was as heavy as a mountain, crushing the void and instantly disintegrating the middle-aged man's palm force.
After dissolving his palm force, Luo Ming flew into the sky and rushed toward him with both fists punching simultaneously. The radiance of the fists was dazzling in all directions.
"Luo Ming!"
The middle-aged man in the gray robe frowned when he saw Luo Ming and swiftly blocked the incoming attacks.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Both of them were experts in the True Spirit Realm with incredible strength. Every strike was earth-shattering and its horrifying power swept across a radius of one square kilometer.
Su Mo had already hidden as far as one kilometer away.
He was shocked as he watched the battle in the sky.
If it were not for Luo Ming, he would have been dead by now!
"Boom!"
There was a loud explosion. Su Mo looked closely and saw that the middle-aged man in the gray robe had been thrown down from the sky, spurting blood and in a sorry plight.
He was no match for Luo Ming at all.
"Qing Yuan, what are you waiting for?" the middle-aged man in the gray robe, Hong Li, shouted at the middle-aged man in black.
"You guys, go and kill the kid!"
Upon hearing that, the middle-aged man in black gave an order to Hong Tengyun and the others before he joined Hong Li to fight against Luo Ming.
"Yes!" Hong Tengyun and the others replied.
The remaining five people were all experts with high cultivations, except for Hong Tengyun and Qing Jue. Two of them were at the Peak of the Lv 8 Spiritual Martial Realm, while the other one wa was at the Lv 8 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Therefore, even if Hong Li and Qing Yuan were hindered by Luo Ming, they did not expect there to be any difficulties to kill Su Mo.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
They quickly moved and dashed toward Su Mo from afar.
As Su Mo saw Hong Tengyun and the others rushing toward him from afar, his eyes suddenly gave off a cold killing desire.
"Since you're asking for it, I shall grant you your wish!"