Chapter 474: One Punch Will Do!
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Swoosh!
Su Mo flew out of the fighting ring in the canyon and landed in the gambling fighting ring almost instantly.
"Su Mo!" he announced his name and clasped his fists.
Wei Hai nodded, sized up Su Mo, and said, "Let's begin!"
After the voices died, the Vital Spirit emitting from Wei Hai started to increase rapidly.
"Junior Sister Hong, do you think Junior Brother Su Mo can win?" At the top of the valley Huang Yao glanced at Hong Qingxuan and smiled.
"He'll definitely win!" Hong Qingxuan answered confidently. She knew the full extent of Su Mo's combat force.
"Junior Sister Hong, you seem quite confident in him!" Huang Yao was slightly surprised and continued, "You don't usually even bat an eye at powerful Inner Disciples, yet you're so close to an Outer Disciple. Now I want to know what makes him so special."
Huang Yao scoffed inwardly but praised Su Mo on the surface. This way, it would be even more embarassing for Hong Qingxuan if he lost.
However, she was soon shocked.
The battle had ended while she was talking.
Su Mo easily raised his fist and punched, his five-colored fist force sending Wei Hai from the fighting ring.
Ending the battle with a single punch was extremely efficient!
"How… How powerful!" Huang Yao frowned in shock. She had not expected Su Mo to be so strong.
Hong Qingxuan smiled and did not seem surprised.
After being struck down by Su Mo, Wei Hai was completely dazed. He had not expected Su Mo to be so strong.
After a while, he glumly took out 3000 Medium Spiritual Stones and handed them to Su Mo.
Casino Valley was overseen by an elder, and the gambling fighter had to pay up to the amount they set. If they went back on their word, they would be violating sect rules and would face severe punishment.
Therefore, there was almost no risk of someone defaulting on payment.
After winning 3000 Medium Spiritual Stones, Su Mo smiled. Earning money was so easy! Then, he flew back up the valley.
He did not stay in the fighting ring to start gamble fights. Instead, he planned on earning some Spiritual Stones as a challenger and would begin gamble fights after there were no suitable opponents left.
Su Mo's speedy victory drew the attention of many people.
"Who is that? He defeated a martial artist of the same level with one punch! That's amazing!"
"I wonder which peak of genius he's from."
"I know. He's Su Mo, the new disciple of Towering Sky Peak. He even killed Zheng Renjie from Holy Sky Peak."
"Oh, that's him. No wonder he's so powerful!"
Everyone was discussing quietly. From the opposite side of the valley, Wu Sheng also watched Su Mo's fight with a smile.
"Amazing! No wonder he's number one on the List of Top 100 Talents of Hong Domain!" he exclaimed.
After Su Mo returned to the top, Hong Qingxuan immediately smiled and said, "Brother Su Mo, with your abilities, you can start a gamble fight and set a high reward. This way, you'll make good money."
"No hurry. I'll challenge a few people first!"
Su Mo shook his head and then glanced at Huang Yao, smiled and said, "Senior Sister Huang, I hope I lived up to your expectations!"
Huang Yao froze, and she said with a frown, "Your strength is alright, so you should be able to fight those at a higher level. You're almost as good as me!"
Su Mo chuckled and did not respond. He did not care if she looked down on him since he was only here to earn Spiritual Stones.
After a while, Su Mo stepped into the ring again. This time, he was up against a Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm martial artist who had won twice in a row and was very powerful. His bet was set to 20,000 Medium Spiritual Stones.
"Haha!"
Huang Yao laughed when she saw Su Mo attempting to challenge a higher level martial artist. "Junior Sister Hong, Junior Brother Su Mo is really too impatient if he is even attempting fighting at a higher level! It seemes he's not just here to earn Spiritual Stones, but also to show off to you."
Hong Qingxuan did not respond and only watched Su Mo quietly.
Su Mo landed in the valley and stared at his opponent.
He was a tall and stocky young man with an axe in his right hand and a shield in his left, giving off a menacing aura.
"Are you Su Mo?" the young man asked with a frown.
"Yes!" Su Mo nodded.
"I heard you killed Zheng Renjie. You're quite powerful!" the stocky young man yelled seriously. "However, my defense against the same level is peerless, and no one has been able to break it to date. Neither will you!"
At this, the Vital Spirit on his body began to pour into his black shield, which instantly glowed with a brilliant radiance.
At the same time, the young man released his Martial Soul. It was a giant gray shield at Rank 8 Earth Class.
The giant shield Martial Soul combined with the shield in his hand doubled his defensive strength.
The stocky young man knew Su Mo's strength could not be underestimated, so he immediately displayed his strongest defense.
"Really? I'll try then." Su Mo chuckled, and his fist was surrounded by his five-colored Vital Spirit and layers of golden scale armor.
At the top of the valley, Huang Yao glanced at Hong Qingxuan, shook her head and said with a smile, "Junior Sister Hong, I'm afraid Su Mo is going to lose this time!"
"No he won't" Hong Qingxuan shook her head.
"Junior Sister Hong, you may not be aware, but Su Mo's opponent is Lin Kun, a genius from Sky-caging Peak. Although his attack is mediocre, his defense is incredibly strong. Su Mo is only Lv 3 Enlightenment Realm, but even those at Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm do not stand a chance at winning!" Huang Yao retorted.
Hong Qingxuan glanced at Huang Yao. She could tell that Huang Yao looked down on Su Mo, but she did not want to continue the argument. Huang Yao would soon see who would be the victor.
Many people in the valley knew who Su Mo was and looked toward his fighting ring. They wanted to see how powerful this new disciple from Towering Sky Peak truly was!
"Here I go!" In the fighting ring Su Mo said calmly.
"Make your move!" the stocky young man shouted. He had used his strongest defense. If Su Mo was not strong enough to break through it, he would then launch an aggressive attack on Su Mo.
Thump!
Su Mo trod heavily on the fighting ring, and the recoil shot him out like an arrow toward his opponent.
"One punch will do!" he said coldly, his voice full of confidence.
His golden fist, surrounded in five-colored light, pierced through the air and landed heavily onto the stocky young man's shield.
Boom!
An earth-shattering explosion resounded through the entire valley.
Chapter 475: 100,000 Stake
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Su Mo's fist strength was enormously potent. Although he did not use his full strength, it was not expected that a normal Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm martial artist to block the blow.
The truth was, even a Lv 6 Enlightenment Realm martial artist would be defeated in a second.
The massive fist strength met the shield. After a loud noise, the tall, strong youth instantly flew backwards in a straight line and hit the crag of the valley.
Rumble!
Streams of cracks emerged on the crag, and shattered rocks splashed into the air. The youth could not be seen since he was already buried deep in the mountain.
Hiss! Hiss!
The audiences could not help gasping. Lin Kun, who was known for his strong defense, was knocked into the mountain by one punch.
Huang Yao's eyes suddenly widened, and she had a face filled with disbelief while she stared at the crag.
Only punch!
One punch, one victory!
Huang Yao's delicate mouth could not help twitching. She then looked at Hong Qingxuan and said with a slight touch of blame laced in. "Junior Sister Hong, why didn't you tell me earlier that Su Mo is so strong?"
Huang Yao blushed scarlet at her stupidity from before. What she said before was full of disdain to Su Mo, who now slapped her face with his performance and embarrassed her.
Hong Qingxuan's beautiful eyes showed a glint of mock because she had said clearly that Su Mo was going to win.
Another blue-clothed woman, Liu Xian, shook her head and was speechless about this. She figured that Su Mo was not simple since he was admired by the proud and arrogant Hong Qingxuan.
On the fighting platform.
Su Mo was speechless about his one-punch victory. "You call this an invincible defense? I hope you're not dead."
Su Mo gave a wry smile. He just used a little part of his strength, and his opponent was knocked into the mountain. What invincible defense was this!
After a short while, the tall, strong youth broke through the shattered rocks out of the mountain. His face was pale and his mouth was bleeding.
"I win. 6,000 Medium Spiritual Stones please!" Su Mo said with a beaming face. The opponent's stake was 20,000 Medium Spiritual Stones, 30 percent of which should be 6,000 stones.
Lin Kun looked terrible. He did not expect that Su Mo's strength was beyond his imagination, and that his defense was so vulnerable in front of him.
He then took out 6,000 Medium Spiritual Stones and handed them over to Su Mo.
Su Mo became emotional at this. In just a few moments, he had earned 9,000 Medium Spiritual Stones, which was equal to 9,000,000 Lower Spiritual Stones. This efficiency of making money was decent enough, but it was still slower than looting!
Su Mo did not go back to the mountain and decided to start a gamble fight.
The stake of the others' gamble fight was too low, not to mention that the challenger could only win 30 percent. He had to raise the stakes to win a huge number of stones.
Su Mo raised his head, swept the two sides of the valley, and said, "I'm Su Mo from Towering Sky Peak. I'm hosting a gamble fight, and the stake is 10,000 Medium Spiritual Stones. Anyone under Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm can challenge me!"
Su Mo's voice spread over and started an uproar.
"What? A stake of 100,000 Medium Spiritual Stones?"
"Uh… Even a True Darkness Realm–level gamble fight doesn't have such a high stake. How can he be so confident?"
"It turns out he's from Towering Sky Peak! He's arrogant indeed!"
Everyone was shocked by the stake. A normal Enlightenment Realm martial artist could not afford this.
Some outsiders now knew Su Mo's identity. He was the talent from Towering Sky Peak.
Huang Yao stared agape and raised her eyebrows.
"Su Mo… He's a Towering Sky Peak disciple!" She was utterly shocked as this was totally beyond her expectations.
She now realized why Hong Qingxuan was so close to Su Mo. What woman could say no to such a talent!
"Brother Su Mo, cheer up! You can shine in the Celestialspirit Sect!" While standing at the edge of the valley, Hong Qingxuan watched Su Mo silently, while gentle winds breezed up the hair around her temples and her long dress.
Su Mo stood on the fighting ring in a prideful stance and waited for the challengers.
He limited the challenger's cultivation to below Lv 4 Enlightenment Realm as this meant that the highest level of the challenger could only be at the same level as his.
Su Mo planned to proceed gradually in due order. Once he won some stones with same-leveled challengers, we would then raise the limit.
If he fougt higher levels at the start, his full strength will be exposed and this would make the same-leveled potential challengers afraid to fight him, and he would lose the income from them.
However, Su Mo's strength was already exposed in the fight before, also the fight with Zheng Renjie, so nobody dared challenge him over the next 15 minutes.
"Nobody?" Su Mo frowned slightly.
A chuckle rose upon the valley, and a black figure landed.
"Not bad. A talent from Towering Sky Peak worth fighting."
It was a youth in a tight black suit. He looked like he was 16 or 17 and had a grim, wicked face.
"It's Xiang Ming. Xiang Ming from Demonic Sky Peak is here!"
"Xiang Ming is the unrivaled talent on Demonic Sky Peak with incredible combat strength. Can he beat Su Mo?"
"Haha! It's a good show between talents!"
Xiang Ming's arrival raised clamors and this proved that he had a great reputation in the Celestialspirit Sect.
Among the hundreds of thousands disciples in the sect, Towering Sky Peak wasn't the only peak to have monstrous talents. The other peaks did as well!
"You're good! I've heard that Towering Sky Peak disciples are all monsters, and I've never had a chance to give it a try. Today is the day." While staring at Su Mo, Xiang Ming's mouth curved.
Su Mo sized up his opponent and didn't anything special, but he did not look down on Xiang Ming.
"Let's do this!" Su Mo said calmly. He wasn't in the mood for bullsh*t.
"I'm taking the 30,000 Medium Spiritual Stones!" Xiang Ming grinned, and his Qi surged on his body with black Vital Spirit flowing around him.
"Demon-killing Fist!"
He suddenly puched out. The bleak, black fist radiance and dense Demonic Qi turned into a millstone-sized fist and rushed toward Su Mo's face.
Chapter 476: Murong Wudi!
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
"Demon skill!"
Su Mo narrowed his eyes. He did not know that the Celestialspirit Sect allowed demon skills.
This person was from Demonic Sky Peak. It seemed like the disciples there mostly practiced demonic martial arts.
This punch was not weak, and its massive fist force could match a normal Lv 5 Enlightenment Realm martial artist's strength. However, Su Mo did not care about it. He could defeat Xiang Ming with just his physical strength.
However, Su Mo was not going to defeat him quickly; otherwise, there no same-leveled martial artist would challenge him!
Upon seeing the fist approaching, Su Mo raised his fist and punched out directly at it.
Boom!
A blastwave came with a huge explosion, and Xiang Ming's fist force was easily broken by Su Mo.
"Interesting. Take my second punch." Xiang Ming rose into the air and punched again.
The black fist radiance fell like a black shooting star falling to the world. Several demonic shadows emerged with Demonic Qi within the radiance.
"Break!" Su Mo stood still, punched, and shattered the attack again.
"So strong?" Xiang Ming frowned and looked serious. He could tell that Su Mo was no weaker than him.
"I don't believe you're stronger!" Xiang Ming shouted and raised his fist. It surged with infinite Vital Spirit and was shrouded with black, horrifying Demonic Qi.
"Demon-killing Method"
He punched out, and the black fist force turned into the word "kill" and with it came a bleak, bone-piercing murderous intent.
The word "kill" traveled toward Su Mo at lightning speed.
"Interesting!" Su Mo raised his eyebrows. This punch was extraordinary, and was even close to a Peak Lv 5 Enlightenment Realm martial artist's punch.
Su Mo's sword was still sheathed, and his body shone with golden light. At the moment the word "kill" almost approached him, he punched out again at it.
Poom!
Without surprise, the word "kill" was shattered before it could harm Su Mo.
"How… How is this possible?"
Xiang Ming's face fell, and horror filled his eyes. This was his all-out punch that had killed six Lv 5 Enlightenment Realm martial artists before; however, it was now easily blown away by Su Mo.
"Continue!" Su Mo smiled and punched Xiang Ming again.
"Dragon Conquering the World!"
A dragon cry shook the heaven, and five-colored fist radiance turned into a five-colored dragon as it rushed toward Xiang Ming.
Su Mo had not practiced any powerful fistplay. Although the Tiger Roaring and Dragon Fist was rather low-leveled, it was enough to deal with Xiang Ming.
Break!
Xiang Ming was not weak and had a good command of Demonic Skills. He used Demon-killing Fist and broke Su Mo's attack easily.
The two kept attacking and trading punches, and the sky was filled with all sorts of fist radiance and explosions.
In a blink of an eye, the two had traded nearly 100 punches.
"Su Mo, you can't beat me. I see you're a swordsman. Draw your sword!" Xiang Ming thundered.
"Is that so?" Su Mo chuckled and decided to end the game.
He exerted all of his nine Spiritual Spirals, and profound Vital Spirit circled in his body.
"I hope you can take this punch!"
"Dragon Battle in Star Field!"
Su Mo gave a battle cry and punched out a rampant five-colored fist radiance, which was immense and lit up the whole valley. Inside the radiance, several dragon shadows were dancing and roaring with earthshaking might.
"What?" Xiang Ming was struck dumb because this punch made his hair rise. He dared not to block, nor could he parry because he would fall out of the fighting ring and lose.
"Demon-killing Method!"
While grinding his teeth, Xiang Ming punched out his ultimate with both hands. Two giant words "kill" were cast out to meet Su Mo's fist radiance.
Boom!
The fist radiance was unstoppable. It smashed the words "kill" and hit Xiang Ming instantly.
Puff!
With blood spurting out, Xiang Ming was sent flying out of the fighting ring instantaneously.
"Xiang Ming can't compete with Su Mo after all!"
"But I don't think the gap is big. Xiang Ming is just a little bit weaker!"
"Su Mo is indeed extraordinary. He deserves to be a Towering Sky Peak talent!"
The audience was talking and marveled at his might.
Huang Yao's eyes glowed brilliantly as she looked at Su Mo.
Huang Yao bit her red lips slightly, looked at Hong Qingxuan, smiled, and said, "Junior Sister Hong, Su Mo is a marvelous talent. I'll have more contact with him in the future."
Hong Qingxuan was shocked, and her arched eyebrows knitted slightly. "You don't need to inform me to do this!"
"Haha! That's not right. He's your friend, so I'm telling you first!"
Huang Yao chuckled and said, "Although Su Mo's talent is not bad, his strength is still far away from those high-leveled inner disciples. I don't think he's your type. So why don't you help make a match between him and me?"
Hong Qingxuan's eyes glittered with displeasure, and she calmly said, "If you like him, go for him yourself. You don't need my help at all.
"Haha! Thank you then!"
Huang Yao's face was beaming. Although she was not as beautiful as Hong Qingxuan, she was a decent woman, and many men had wooed her. She thought that Su Mo would not refuse her if she wooed Su Mo.
Hong Qingxuan felt a sense of crises underneath her cold face. The brighter Su Mo shone, the more women he would attract!
On the fighting ring.
Su Mo looked over at Xiang Ming and said loudly, "You lose!"
Xiang Ming managed to stop flying. His face looked pale, and the corner of his mouth was stained with blood.
"You're just one move better than me!" Xiang Ming said with a terrible face, "If I used the force of Martial Soul, you may not win!"
Even Xiang Ming did not believe his words because Su Mo did not use his Martial Soul either. His Martial Soul was special and did little to increase his combat strength, hence he had not used it.
It was just an excuse for his failure.
"Give me 100,000 Medium Spiritual Stones!" Su Mo did not want to waste time talking and scorned at Xiang Ming internally. If he used his Martial Soul, any same-level martial artist would become a mummy instantly.
"Hum!" Xiang Ming then unwillingly handed over the stones and left immediately.
Su Mo was overjoyed while taking the stones. 100,000 Medium Spiritual Stones equaled to a hundred million Lower Spiritual Stones. How much would it be if he could win 100 gamble fights!
However, he was unlikely to win 100 fights. The others now knew his strength and dared not to challenge him without being certain of victory.
Su Mo swept both sides of the valley and said loudly, "Who else?"
This time, nobody answered. Su Mo repeated three times and waited for 15 minutes and still, there was nobody answering.
"Alas!" Su Mo sighed and frowned. He feared that he could not fight anymore today.
Soon, he raised his head and got ready to raise the limit of cultivation.
At this moment, a purple rainbow came quickly from the skyline and arrived above the valley in a second.
"I will fight you!"
It was a purple-robed youngster. This person stared at Su Mo with sharp eyes.
His arrival silenced the valley, and then the valley burst into an uproar.
"Gosh! It's the sect master's pro-disciple, Murong Wudi!"