Chapter 460: Uncanny Sensation
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Feng Shaoyu swung his saber at the horned demons' leader.
The leader felt threatened by Feng Shaoyu's attack and immediately gave up on killing the girl in blue.
The other horned demons stopped their attacks against the two other people when they saw how powerful this Celestialspirit Sect's disciple was and stared at him cautiously.
"You three, come over here!" Stopping several thousand meters away, Feng Shaoyu called out to the trio who were severely injured.
They flew toward Feng Shaoyu while letting out a sigh of relief as they knew that they would be safe now.
As an ungodly genius of Towering Sky Peak, there were few in Celestialspirit Sect who didn't know Feng Shaoyu.
"Boy, you're very strong!" The horned demons' leader spoke with a grim expression.
This leader had a pair of red-colored horn on his head and was wearing a black shirt made from animal skins. The exposed scale armor on his body was giving off a blackish-purple glow that amplified his mightiness.
"You shall die now!" Feng Shaoyu was unwilling to speak further. His saber radiance tore through the sky and headed for the dozen or so horned demons with an unstoppable might.
Tens of thousands of saber Qi engulfed this entire area and gave the horned demons nowhere to escape to.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
After a single wave of attacks, the dozen horned demons all disappeared and left nothing behind but many torn limbs.
HISS!
The trio from Dark Sky Peak gasped at seeing this.
He's too powerful! He'd killed all the horned demons so easily!
Although Feng Shaoyu's cultivation was a level below theirs, he was so much stronger than them!
Even Su Mo was secretly amazed. He's powerful! Super powerful!
Feng Shaoyu's saber momentum was too domineering for those who were weaker than him. It left them no chance to fight back.
Tian Chen and Yun Fei remained indifferent as they knew well about Feng Shaoyu's strength. Even if these horned demons were at Lv 6 Enlightenment Realm, they couldn't have survived his blow. The demons, being only at Lv 5, stood no chance at all.
Su Mo and the others then flew toward Feng Shaoyu.
"Junior Brothers, retrieve the horns of these demons!" Feng Shaoyu spoke to the three of them. However, since the demons were all chopped up, there were only 7 horns left.
As Su Mo grabbed a teal horn, he felt an unknown energy that was apparently beneficial for martial artists' cultivation.
The horns of horned demons differed in colors. There were teal, grey, blue, and red ones.
For no apparent reason, Su Mo had a strange feeling while holding the horn. His Five Elements Vital Spirit even trembled slightly as if it had a connection with the horn.
"This is weird!" Su Mo felt bewildered.
The three disciples that Feng Shaoyu rescued came to their senses and bowed toward him.
"Thank you for saving us!"
"You're welcome!"
Feng Shanyu took a good look and discovered that they were badly hurt, so he said, "It isn't safe for you to stay here anymore. Return to Demon-controlling Fort quickly!"
They nodded in agreement and left for Demon-controlling Fort after bowing at him again.
"Senior Brothers, how are the horns beneficial for martial artists?" Su Mo asked Yun Fei and the rest as he stared at the teal horn in his hand. He wanted to find out why the horn gave him an unusual sense.
Yun Fei smiled and replied, "11th Junior Brother, the horns of horned demons are rich in Demonic Spirit Essence which can improve our cultivation! The stronger the horned demon is, the more Demonic Spirit Essence its horns contain!"
"Then why are there different colors?" Su Mo asked again.
"The horns come in five colors, gold, teal, blue, red, and grey. They correspond respectively to the colors of the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, just like the colors of your Vital Spirit. However, these horns only contain a trace amount of the five elements!" Yun Fei continued to explain.
"Oh?" Su Mo furrowed his brows. Correspond to the colors of the five elements? Could the connection to his Five Elements Vital Spirit be due to the five elements?
But, that doesn't make sense!
The teal horn in his hand contained virtually zero wood element!
Moreover, there were countless objects in the outer world that contained the five elements, but he had never felt such a connection before!
Su Mo shook his head and gave up trying to figure out the connection.
The four of them then left to look for more horned demons.
In the Horned-demon Territory, both horned demons and Celestialspirit Sect's disciples were hunting each other.
A short while after Su Mo and the others left, two young men arrived.
Both of them seemed to be in their 20s. One was wearing a black shirt while the other wore a purple robe. Their cultivation was certainly powerful at Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm. The young man in black had even reached the Peak Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm.
"They just left!" The purple-robed young man spoke after seeing the torn limbs on the ground.
"Could we be chasing the wrong guy?" The young man in black asked.
"No way!" The purple-robed young man shook his head before taking out a transparent crystal ball.
The crystal ball was glowing with a five-colored radiance just like Su Mo's Vital Spirit.
"This is Su Mo's aura that was collected from Zheng Renjie's corpse. As long as we follow its lead, we can catch up to them!" The purple-robed young man said with a smile.
"Hehe! We can obtain Imperial Cultivation Methods of Lower Lv 6 as long as we kill them. This is such a good deal!" A greedy smile appeared on the man in black's face.
"However, we mustn't be careless! It's especially important that no other disciples discover us, or else we die without a burial place!" The purple-robed young man said in a deep voice.
"Relax! With our strength, we could finish the four of them in a few moves. No one will find out about this!" The young man in black said confidently.
The two then rapidly flew toward Su Mo and his companions.
Chapter 461: Competition
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When Su Mo and his Senior Brothers flew over a hill, they discovered a group of horned demons dozens of kilometers away.
There were six of them and they were all at Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm so they were much weaker than the ones before.
"Eighth and Ninth Senior Brothers, let 11th Junior Brother and I handle them!" Tian Chen said with an eager smile.
"Okay! Just be careful!' Feng Shaoyu nodded in response. Although Tian Chen and Su Mo were only at Lv 2 Enlightenment Realm, their combat strength was exceptional, so he wasn't too worried.
"Hehe! 11th Junior Brother, we will take on three horned demons each. Let's compete to see who can finish off his opponents first!" Tian Chen chuckled and said to Su Mo.
Su Mo smiled at his words and replied, "Sure, let's have a competition!"
The two of them then sped toward the group of horned demons with Feng Shaoyu and Yun Fei following close behind.
Just as Su Mo and companions discovered the horned demons, the horned demons discovered them and charged over.
"Haha! Four more fools!" A tall horned demon laughed loudly. Since Su Mo and companions' cultivations were low, the horned demons treated them as lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"You guys are the fools!"
Tian Chen yelled loudly and shot out a sky full of saber radiance to them.
"Illusive Raging Saber!"
Thousands of saber shadows rushed toward three of the horned demons with overwhelming vigor.
Su Mo moved at the same time as Tian Chen and sent a five-colored sword Qi that was dozen hundreds meters long toward the other horned demons.
"He's so strong!"
The small group of horned demons were shocked by the power of Su Mo's attack.
However, they weren't weaklings either. Their Demonic Vitality surged as they countered Su Mo and Tian Chen with their best moves, shattering the sword Qi and saber shadows.
"Die!"
Su Mo charged toward them and used Sky Serenity. The five-colored sword Qi coupled with an intense aura slashed at the three horned demons.
"Kid, seems like you're a genius of the Celestialspirit Sect. In that case, you have to die today!" A young and handsome horned demon was filled with killing desire as he grabbed the sword Qi with a huge Demonic Vitality palm.
The two other horned demons attacked as well and their combined attacks clashed violently against the five-colored sword Qi.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
With an earth-trembling explosion, the four attacks all dissipated and the three horned demons were quickly pushed back.
"Pathetic!" Su Mo mocked the three horned demons who were much weaker than Zheng Renjie, who was at Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm as well. Their combined strength was roughly equivalent to that of Zheng Renjie, so they had no chance of beating him.
Su Mo's mighty physical strength was unleashed as he activated the Archean Dragonesque Elephant Skill. It covered his body with a layer of gold scale armor.
Die!" Su Mo bolted toward the young horned demon, who was the strongest out of the three. A sword ray thousands of meters tall burst out of the Sky-crushing Sword, before it slashed forward with a massive impact.
The invincible sword ray tore through the sky with a destructive aura and soon descended upon the young horned demon.
"How's this possible!" The young horned demon was at a loss of words from Su Mo's overwhelming strength. He retreated rapidly whilst blasting Su Mo's attacks with his claws.
His fellow horned demons shot two mighty fist radiance toward Su Mo.
Su Mo's Sky-crushing Sword ignored thier attacks and headed straight for the young horned demon.
SLASH!
Blood rained down after the sword radiance went through his body. The young horned demon was killed instantly.
Meanwhile, the attacks from the other horned demons were creeping toward Su Mo. He clenched his fist and destroyed them easily with two punches.
"This…!" The remaining two horned demons were petrified by Su Mo's strength as it was totally out of their league.
"Run!"
They jumped back immediately in an attempt to get away.
They were certainly fast as they traveled several thousand meters in the blink of an eye.
"Do you think it will be so easy to escape?" Su Mo secretly activated his Devouring Martial Soul with a smirk and unleashed its mighty devouring power.
Having reached Rank 8 Earth Class and coupled with his rocketed cultivation, its devouring power had grown stronger by an unimaginable amount.
The escaping horned demons paused briefly under the influence of the devouring power.
"Nirvana Swordplay— Holy Serenity!"
Su Mo used the stronger move of Nirvana Swordplay. A dazzling five-colored sword Qi closed the distance in no time and went through their bodies.
FLOP! FLOP!
The two horned demons' lifeless corpses landed heavily on the ground.
In reality, the entire battle was over in a few breaths!
Su Mo turned to look at Tian Chen, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the three other horned demons.
Tian Chen's strength was exceptional as well. With his violent attacks, he completely suppressed the three horned demons by himself.
However, it didn't appear to be easy for Tian Chen to kill them!
"Tenth Senior Brother, you're taking your time!" Su Mo teased him.
Tian Chen's face turned red. He had long since noticed that Su Mo took care of his opponents easily which meant that Su Mo was now much stronger than him.
As a Senior Brother that was overtaken by his Junior Brother that had just joined the sect a month ago, he felt horrible.
"All of you must die!" Tian Chen's attacks became fiercer and deadlier.
However, the three horned demons knew that they faced certain death if they were to stay any longer since their companions were killed. Moreover, Feng Shaoyu and Yun Fei were still hanging around. This pessimistic outlook aroused their intention of retreating.
RUMBLE!
They combined forces to deal a tremendously powerful move that forced Tian Chen back before they ran away as fast as they could.
"You're not going anywhere!" Tian Chen wanted to chase them. Su Mo had already taken care of his opponents, so it would be extremely humiliating for him if he were to let his opponents get away.
Su Mo smiled and was ready to move as well.
At this instance, the sharp whistle of high-speed flight suddenly sounded behind them.
Su Mo turned around to discover two streams of light, one black and one purple, zoomed through the sky and approached them at a lightning speed. It soon revealed two young men.
Su Mo's brows creased because he felt an intense murderous intent from these two men!
Chapter 462: The Edge of Death
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The two streams of black and purple light transformed into two young men, who stopped 3,333 meters away from Su Mo and his crew.
The auras from the two young men were extraordinarily horrible and unrestrained. They were both at Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm.
Feeling murderous intent from the newcomers, Su Mo and Tian Chen abandoned their pursuit of the escaping demons.
Feng Shaoyu and Yun Fei looked at the two youngsters with narrowed eyes.
"Chang Qi, Hou Pengtian, what're you doing here?" Feng Shaoyu asked while cold light glittered in his eyes.
Feng Shaoyu knew them. The one in black was Chang Qi, while the one in purple was Hou Pengtian. Both of them possessed murderous aura and had arrived in an imposing manner, which heightened his vigilance.
"Haha! Feng Shaoyu, it's really a long way to find you!" Chang Qi laughed.
"Feng Shaoyu, you and the other four will not leave here today." Hou Pengtian smiled and said.
"Is that so? You want to kill us?"
Feng Shaoyu's face was grim as he gave the other three a significant look. Su Mo and the other two moved to his side.
"Correct! You may be monstrous talents but you will not live to see your days!" Chang Qi grinned and said.
"Do you know the consequences of killing us?"
Feng Shaoyu looked grave as he posed the question in a deep voice. He then muttered in an undertone to Su Mo and the rest.
"Brothers, I'll delay them here. Escape when you get the chance!"
The other three raised their eyebrows. Feng Shaoyu had wanted to fight the two Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm experts on his own!
Su Mo's heart sank. He thought it was impossible for Feng Shaoyu to hold off the two experts.
The frowns on Yun Fei and Tian Chen's faces echoed Su Mo's worry.
At this moment, Feng Shaoyu spoke again.
"Brothers, trust me. They can't kill me. Besides, it's useless for you to stay. It'd also encumber my escape!"
The three nodded. It was true that they were not as strong and would be of little help.
"Feng Shaoyu, don't you dare play tricks! There's no escape from us!"
Chang Qi noticed that Feng Shaoyu was telepathizing. He smiled coldly and said, "As for the consequences, without a witness, who will know that we killed you?"
"It's not for you to know the specialties of Martial Royal Realm experts!" Feng Shaoyu answered coldly with an expressionless face.
Chang Qi jeered. He would not show mercy today no matter what Feng Shaoyu said.
"Brother Chang, which one of us should make the move?" Hou Pengtian smiled and asked.
"I'll do the killing, and you prevent them from escaping." Chang Qi said.
"Okay!"
Hou Pengtian nodded and slapped his spiritual beast pouch. The pouch burst with radiance, revealing two huge eagles.
The two ink-black eagles were about 40 meters long and shared ferocious aura. They were both Class 6 Lv 4 demonic beasts, with strength equaling Lv 6 Enlightenment Realm martial artists.
The two eagles locked their sights on Su Mo, Tian Chen, and Yun Fei, aiming to prevent the three from escaping.
Su Mo and the others cursed inwardly. Demonic beasts capable of flight were already faster than martial artists of the same level. The levels of these eagles were higher than theirs. It might be hard for them to escape!
Su Mo's eyebrows knitted together. He had a life-saving treasure, the Small Void-teleport Charm, which he had obtained in Ethereal Territory.
However, it would only work on him and not the other three fellows. He could not use it now to save himself and abandon Feng Shaoyu and the rest.
Haha! Feng Shaoyu, I know you're strong and a monstrous talent. I'm wondering how many of my moves you can survive?"
Chang Qi laughed and rushed at Feng Shaoyu.
"Red Cloud Palm!"
Chang Qi barked, and his aura surged as he punched at Feng Shaoyu.
Instead of a massive palm print, it was a huge red cloud containing infinite power waves that rushed toward Feng Shaoyu at incredible speed.
Feng Shaoyu's eyes were sharp as blades, and his pupils narrowed as the red cloud approached. He unsheathed his saber.
"Obliterating the World!"
With a battle cry, he swung his saber and a grand saber Qi cut at the cloud.
Boom!
A huge explosion akin to a volcanic eruption sent out devastating shockwaves.
Puff!
Feng Shaoyu was sent flying backwards thousands of meters while blood spurted out of his mouth.
'What!"
Su Mo and the rest were shocked at the huge gap between the strength of Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm and Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm. Even though Feng Shaoyu had incredible combat strength, he could not fight someone three levels higher.
"Haha! What kind of monstrous talent are you? You're too weak!" Chang Qi sneered and attacked again.
"Red Clouds Sealing the Sky!"
With another punch, a red cloud larger and more horrifying than its predecessor rushed at Feng Shaoyu.
Feng Shaoyu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. It was impossible to parry such a forceful attack.
"Six-fold Cut!"
Another saber Qi struck out toward the cloud.
Puff!
The result was the same.
"Eighth brother!"
Su Mo and the other two exclaimed in shock and worry. They really wanted to help but knew that they would be seeking death as they were too weak.
They were supposed to escape but could not because of Hou Pengtian and two eagles.
It seemed like they would perish here.
Su Mo's eyebrows furrowed. He turned his hand and the Small Void-teleport Charm appeared. He was prepared to escape.
It was no use staying here. He planned to go back to Towering Sky Peak to fetch reinforcements.
However, it would take at least four hours to get there. By then, his companions would already have been killed.
Just then, there was a dramatic turn of events.
"Feng Shaoyu, you can die now!"
Chang Qi moved again and struck with lethal aim. Another red cloud was cast out and rushed at Feng Shaoyu.
Feng Shaoyu's face was as pale as paper but his bloodshot eyes showed resolution.
"Chang Qi, you're not qualified to kill me!"
Feng Shaoyu thundered coldly with murderous eyes. His aura surged madly and became many times stronger than before in an instant.
In the meantime, all of his hair turned white in the blink of an eye.
Chapter 463: Surrounded
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Feng Shaoyu's hair turned white. His aura increased to levels far surpassing that of Chang Qi.
Su Mo was surprised. He knew that Feng Shaoyu had exerted some sort of powerful secret skill.
He had also practiced three secret skills: Nine Spirals Mystique, Phantom Avatar, and Triple Breathing Techniques. These were all remarkable secret skills. Except for the assistive Triple Breathing Techniques, the other two, especially the Nine Spirals Mystique, greatly improved his combat strength without any side effects. However, he had not practiced the skill that could increase one's strength instantly.
Skills like that seemed to have side effects. Su Mo had met people who had used them, such as Xue Mo from Cold-blood Hall.
"The Three Secret Techniques! Eighth brother has practiced the Three Secret Techniques!" Yun Fei and Tian Chen cried out in surprise.
The Three Secret Techniques was an extremely incredible secret skill, created by their master Huangfu Qing. It transformed the three treasures of a human being; if maxed out, it could boost one's strength by 10 times.
The additional strength ensured that a normal Enlightenment Realm martial artist would have enough strength to fight an opponent of two levels higher.
The three treasures of human beings were essence, qi, and spirit. The skill used these three treasures to boost one's strength.
However, it caused major side effects. As these three treasures were essential to life, losing them caused considerable damage to a martial artist.
Therefore, one could not transform all of his essence, qi, and spirit without dying after the effect ended.
The extent of transformation depended on the user's intent. Feng Shaoyu had transformed 40 percent of his essence, qi, and spirit; as a result, his strength had increased to four times stronger than before.
Even at only 40 percent, his hair had turned all-white. The enormous damage this skill could exert to a martial artist was evident.
"Combat secret skill?" Chang Qi and Hou Pengfei were shocked because they had not expected Feng Shaoyu to have such a powerful skill.
A normal combat secret skill could only increase strength by two to three times. But it was apparent that Feng Shaoyu had boosted his strength by more than that.
Chang Qi's eyes turned sharp, and he thundered, "Feng Shaoyu, even so, you still will die!"
He then rushed toward Feng Shaoyu. He was determined to kill him today.
Purple radiance shone on his back, and he unleashed his Rank 6 Earth Class Martial Soul.
The Martial Soul took the form of a white cloud. Its level was merely at Rank 6 Earth Class.
"Gathering Red Clouds!"
Chang Qi used his ultimate skill. He cast red clouds all over the sky which absorbed white clouds to amplify its mighty and hair-raising power.
Facing such a powerful move, Feng Shaoyu also unleashed his Martial Soul.
It was a silver long-saber that glittered with silvery cold light. A golden halo surrounded the saber.
Feng Shaoyu's Martial Soul was as high as Rank 1 Heaven Class!
"Behold, the mighty me in this universe!"
"Eight-fold Cut!"
The faceless Feng Shaoyu madly swung his saber downward with both hands.
Saber Qi that was thousands of meters long was cast out with radiance and force.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the saber Qi and the clouds met, shattered saber Qi and red clouds rained down.
The two combatants retreated simultaneously; they were evenly matched.
Having witnessed Feng Shaoyu at his strongest, Su Mo was shocked."Impressive! He's matching three-level higher opponent!"
"What are you waiting for? Run!"
Feng Shaoyu yelled as his turned his head to the three.
While he could match Chang Qi with the Three Secret Techniques, he would not be able to kill the enemies. He could only escape after his three fellows had run away.
At his words, the three of them recovered from their shock. They looked at each other and made their escape.
"Trying to run? Not that easy!"
Hou Pengtian, who had been securing the three, got ready to go after the three with his two eagles.
"Stay here!" Feng Shaoyu snarled and swung his saber. A dozen sharp saber Qi flew toward Hou Pengtian and the two eagles and blocked their path.
"Fu*k you!" Seeing Su Mo and the other two flying escape, Hou Pengtian was incensed. He punched with both hands and shattered all the saber Qi.
Chang Qi engaged Feng Shaoyu again, enabling Hou Pengtian to hurriedly rush toward Su Mo.
He hadn't gotten far when he stopped suddenly and stared wide-eyed at what lay before him.
Su Mo and the other two were flying backward at high speed!
Feng Shaoyu and Chang Qi also stopped fighting and stared at the three in confusion.
They had managed to escape, why were they coming back?
Feng Shaoyu and Chang Qi could not comprehend what they were witnessing.
Soon, they understood the reason.
From afar, a huge horde of horned demons numbering in the hundered were flying toward them. Some of them were at Lv 8 Enlightenment Realm and had extraordinary Qi, while the middle-aged demon leading the pack was at Lv 9.
Feng Shaoyu's heart sunk. His planned escape from Chang Qi might be foiled by the unexpected arrival of the demons.
Chang Qi and Hou Pengfei's faces fell. They were also in danger now; killing Feng Shaoyu and the other three was no longer a priority.
"Run! Eighth brother!"
Su Mo yelled while trying to escape with Feng Shaoyu in another direction.
He halted abruptly and his face grew stricken. Thousands of horned demons were approaching from every direction, blocking their escape.
This was a demon legion!
The six disciples were frightened. It seemed like death was inevitable.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The demons surrounded the six men.
Su Mo held the Small Void-teleport Charm in a tight grip and was prepared to escape. However, it seemed like he would have to abandon his brothers!
Chapter 464: Had to Run First!
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Su Mo's life-saving tool, Small Void-teleport Charm, could only work on one person.
Su Mo sighed inwardly. He had to abandon the other three and escape on his on if the situation warranted it. He could only hope that the three also had life-saving tools!
Faced with the overwhelming number of horned demons, Feng Shaoyu turned pale. He looked at Chang Qi and Hou Pengtian and said, "Fellas, we have to join forces now. Or we all die here."
Chang Qi and Hou Pengtian's faces looked livid when they heard this. Feng Shaoyu and his companions might perish, but how dare he suggest that they would face a similar fate!
But it was clear that it was almost impossible to escape from so many powerful demons.
"All right! Let's break through together!" They nodded their assent. Escaping was the priority.
In a few moments, thousands of demons completely surrounded the six of them.
The demons looked like black clouds, and their combined aura formed a storm of Demonic Qi that pressed suffocating on the six of them.
"All of you will die!" The faceless horned demon who was the leader thundered.
The Peak Lv 9 Enlightenment Realm leader had a pair of mighty golden horns and bore incredibly strong Qi.
The six of them increased their vigilance. Except for Su Mo, everyone was ready to fight to their death.
"Kill them all!" The leader did not mince his words. After the command, hundreds of demons charged toward the six of them. Some of these demons were at Lv 7 Enlightenment Realm.
"Charge!"
"Kill!"
"Die!"
Loud and racuous battle cries filled the air as hundred of attacks lashed out at the six of them.
Facing the onslaught of attacks, the aura of the six men surged.
"Junior brothers, after me!" Feng Shaoyu said while his Qi ramped up and his eyebrows turned even whiter.
Tian Chen and Yun Fei nodded and stared at the incoming attacks.
Su Mo's five-colored Vital Spirit surrounded his skin. He sighed and glancedat the three brothers. His emotions were in turmoil.
"Brothers, I'm so sorry! I have to go now! Hang in there until I bring reinforcements here."
Su Mo exerted the Vital Spirit into the Small Void-teleport Charm.
A yellow beam glowed from the charm, and then Su Mo's figure blurred.
Just as the five-colored Vital Spirit appeared on him, the demon leader stared at Su Mo in wide-eye surprise.
"This is…the Grand Five Elements!" The leader was incredibly shocked, and his eyes glittered.
The leader also noticed that Su Mo was becoming incorporeal.
"Sh*t!" The leader's face fell. He reached toward Su Mo with a huge claw of Demonic Vitality.
Swoosh!
The claw moved incredibly fast and reached Su Mo's position; however, it had touched nothing but air.
Fu*k!" Seeing that Su Mo had disappeared, the leader's face was as white as a sheet.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Huge explosions sounded, accompanied by destructive shockwaves. The five remaining men were fighting for a way out.
Feng Shaoyu transformed another 30 percent of his essence, qi, and spirit, increasing his strength to seven times his original strength.
After the enemies' first attacks, they realized that Su Mo had disappeared.
"Where's Su Mo? Is he dead?" Feng Shaoyu asked hurriedly with bloodshot eyes.
"Uh!" Tian Chen and Yun Fei were both dumbstruck. They had been too busy parrying attacks to notice Su Mo's whereabouts.
Their hearts sank as they knew that Su Mo might have been destroyed into nothingness by the attacks.
The three were deeply grieved about Su Mo's death and their impending doom!
After the first round, many demons were preparing for their second attacks.
The leader demon raised his hand and shouted, "Stop!"
Those demons stopped and looked at their leader in confusion.
Feng Shaoyu and the others were also stunned that the demon leader had halted the attacks.
"You, arrest them alive!" The leader said to several demons beside him.
Seven Lv 8 Enlightenment Realm demons approached Feng Shaoyu and the other four men.
"Send a message to the hordes: block the entire Horned-demon Territory, immediately!" The leader commanded again.
…
When Su Mo had infused his Vital Spirit into Small Void-teleport Charm, there had been a strange space shrouding him. He had felt dizzy and off balance.
Su Mo recovered quickly and hurriedly looked around. He found himself above a vast area of ancient woods.
"Demon-controlling Fort!" Su Mo recognized his location and rushed toward the fort, trying to call for reinforcements as fast as he could.
Their master Huangfu Qing could definitely save them if he came. Su Mo prayed that Feng Shaoyu and the other two brothers could hang on until then.
Swish!
Su Mo traveled like a sword cleaving the air and rushed toward the fort.
After travelling for 500 kilometers, Su Mo spotted a squad of horned demons.
Su Mo panicked and changed direction.
His panic turned to horror as he realized that demons were emerging from all directions.
In the past hour, he had already encountered dozens of demons who were all too strong for him to handle.
Fortunately, Su Mo had remained extremely vigilant and changed his direction immediately when he saw the demons.
"What's going on exactly?" Su Mo's eyebrows furrowed.
Chapter 465: Slaves of Five Elements
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Su Mo did not understand why the horned demons were setting out in large numbers.
Su Mo did not think that they were out to capture him as there were so many disciples of the Celestialspirit Sect, and at Lv 2 Enlightment Realm, he was not worth their time. It was just not possible that they were acting that way because of him.
He frowned but time was of the essence, so he could only continue speeding toward Demon-controlling Fort.
He moved carefully and masked his aura. It took a few hours before he finally reached the Demon-controlling Fort, and he was completely taken aback at the sight in front of him!
At this moment, he was hidden in a dense forest hundreds of miles away from Demon-controlling Fort. When he looked up, he saw that the Fort was surrounded by an army of horned demons. He estimated that there were tens of thousands of them as they completely encircled the Fort.
Large numbers of Celestialspirit Sect disciples had gathered along the city walls of the Demon-controlling Fort. Their faces were grave as they stared at the hordes of horned demon troops milling outside the Fort.
"Does this mean that the horned demons intend to attack Demon-controlling Fort? We're doomed!"
Su Mo's face grew pale. Even if he chose to show himself now, after having wasted so much time getting to the Fort, Feng Shaoyu and the rest were probably already killed by the horned demons.
"Sigh! My three Senior Brothers, if I manage to get out of this, I will definitely wipe out their entire population to avenge you!" Su Mo thought inwardly as he shook his head helplessly.
Feng Shaoyu and the others had always treated him well, especially Feng Shaoyu who had faced off against Chang Qi and Hou Pengtian in a bid to protect him and Tian Chen.
"I can only wait and observe, then attempt to escape in the chaos once the horned demons launch their attack on Demon-controlling Fort!" Su Mo thought to himself.
Su Mo then hid himself within the forest and cultivated while he waited for the horned demons to attack the Fort.
However, to his dismay, he had spent three days waiting and the horned demon troops had not made a move. They merely continued their seige on the Fort, but did not go on the offensive.
"What exactly are these horned demons planning?" Su Mo's face darkened and after giving it some thought, he decided to raise his own cultivation again.
After these few days of cultivating, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to try to level up again.
Most importantly, in his current predicament, the stronger he was, the higher his chances of escape would be.
He had increased his cultivation too quickly this time, so once he returned to the Celestialspirit Sect, it was imperative that he focussed on refining his cultivation. He would need to ensure his foundation was stable or the risk would be too great.
"I have 500 million Lower Spiritual Stones and 300,000 Medium Spiritual Stones left, which is equivalent to 800 million Lower Spiritual Stones!" A flicker of helplessness crossed Su Mo's face. After these Spiritual Stones were exhausted, he would be poorer than church mice!
Thereafter, Su Mo carved a cave through the mountain, and used a big boulder to seal the entrance. He sat cross-legged in the cave, and started to devour Spiritual Stones.
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At the foot of a lofty mountain, in the middle of the Horned-demon Territory stood many buildings that stretched for hundreds of miles that formed a city. The city wall surrounding the city as well as the buildings in the city were all built from large boulders.
This was a horned demon tribe!
In a vast stone hall stood ten horned demons, and of the ten horned demons that were comprised of mostly middle-aged or older men, were two female horned demons.
These ten horned demons gave off a powerful aura and were obviously not of the Enlightment Realm.
"Everyone, we have waited for hundreds and thousands of years for the one who has finally appeared!" Said an elderly horned demon sitting in the main seat. His hair was white with two golden horns on his head.
At his words, the faces of the other horned demons turned serious, and their eyes glittered.
The old horned demon looked at a burly middle-aged horned demon and said, "Tu Kun, please brief us on the situation!"
This middle-aged horned demon nodded, his gaze circling the crowd, then said, "Today we discovered a Celestialspirit Sect disciple with a five-colored Vital Spirit in the vicinity of the tenth tribe. His cultivation was not high as it was only at Lv 2 Enlightment Realm, and, according to reports, his five colored Vital Spirit and aura matches the Five Elements Force to a tee."
"From this we can gather that this person is the true descendant of the Firmament Palace. I have already sent out 100,000 of our tribe members to lock down the Demon-controlling Fort and search for traces of this person in the surrounding areas."
"Everyone, what actions should we take once we find this person? Please state your opinions."
The crowd fell silent after Tu Kun finished his speech.
After a moment, a middle-aged horned demon with red horns said with a fierce glint in his eyes, "Our tribe may belong to Firmament Palace, and we may be slaves of the Five Elements Supreme Emperor, but, as of today, Firmament Palace has been laid to ruins for thousands of centuries, and we no longer need to follow in the ways of our ancestors. Furthermore, this weakling is not worthy of reigning over us!"
Many people nodded in agreement at his words.
"Huo Tang, you're wrong!" Tu Kun thought for a moment and shook his head.
"We live with the Five Elements Slave Seal within our bodies and each generation has to recognize the Five Elements Successor as our master. This is a fact that cannot be ignored."
"Humph! As of now, he is so weak that the slave seal would have a negligible effect on our tribe. Kill him!" Huo Tang said coldly.
"I agree with Huo Tang!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
The crowd nodded their agreement as Huo Tang's words made sense. After all, no one would wish to be enslaved for generations. The horned demons would regain their freedom as long as they killed this person.
A moment later, the elderly leader of the horned demons said with a glint in his eye, "Huo Tang's words indeed make sense, but you have forgotten our current predicament!"
He sighed, then continued softly, "Ever since the Firmament Palace was laid to ruins, for hundreds and thousands of years, our tribe has rapidly weakened. In the battle with Celestialspirit Sect's founder and Celestialspirit King 2,000 years ago, we lost our strongest fighters of the Martial Royal and Martial King Realm. In the past 2,000 years, we have been constantly crushed at the feet of the Celestialspirit Sect and this had led our tribe being the weakest it has ever been."
"In order to remain alive, many of the patriarchs have sealed their own cultivation, and have gone deep into slumber. Many other tribe members have also tried their utmost to repress their cultivation. At this rate, not only will we not return to the glory of the past, but our tribe will be completely extinguished!"
"Therefore, the appearance of the descendant of Firmament Palace is a chance for us. A chance to escape from the hold Celestialspirit Sect has over us."
The crowd fell silent after their leader finished his speech.
Exactly! They were just too pathetic in their current state, so they could only despair!
In the ancient times, the horned demons were so strong that they were one of the ten major tribes in Firmament and Continent, and commanded respect across the land. Now, they had fallen so low.
"I propose that each tribe deploy their own men to capture this person, then bring him back to the tribe. We shall decide whether or not to kill him after seeing him face to face!" The elderly leader announced.