Chapter 1315: Share Your Burdens
After leaving the small town, Su Mo, Han Ying, and Nie Qian flew another few hundred kilometers before finding another suitable town. Then, as though he was a factory, Su Mo once again devoured the town and obtained a large amount of storage rings, weapons, and corpses of Sorcerer Tribe martial artists. These corpse would serve as his future resources. Normally, martial artists in the Martial Emperor Realm and above would have divine elixirs within them that could last a few dozen years without their Dark Forces dissipating.
Over the next six months, the trio looted town after town, madly devouring the resources they came across. With Han Ying's Eavesdropping Ear Fighting Soul, finding suitable targets and avoiding detection was simple. Within these months, the three looted six small towns and obtained more five hundred thousand storage rings. Although the owners of these storage rings did not have high cultivation levels and the resources within them were limited, it was still an enormous amount of rings!
Su Mo gave Han Ying and Nie Qian 20 thousand storage rinds each, causing their mouths to drop in disbelief. The three sat facing each other on vast land. They were looking through their treasures.
"Ha, ha! Brother Su, there are 140,000 Lower Spiritual Crystals, more than 8.3 billion Medium Spiritual Stones, and more than 60 thousand weapons within these 20 thousand storage rings you gave me!" Nie Qian face was red with excitement as he laughed. He never knew that obtaining resources would be so easy. With this much wealth, he did not need to worry about cultivating to the Martial Honoured Realm.
"Brother Su, I have more than Brother Nie here!" Han Ying was also all smiles.
"Very good, but this is still not enough, we need to continue looting!" Su Mo nodded his head. The resources he obtained were far more than Nie Qian and Han Ying's loots combined. He had a few special zones in his storage rings that were almost completely filled with other storage rings. He was too lazy to count the resources he had within them. Once he returned to Star Gu Zhou, he would keep a portion for himself and then give the rest to Firmament Palace.
"Brother Su, we have already looted six small Sorcerer Tribe towns. It might be risky to continue in this way!" Nie Qian's face turned serious.
"Yes! There are regulations and rules within the Sorcerer Tribe. Every small town has a leader from the Sorcerer Tribe, and every cluster of towns is under the rule of the Nine Guard cities. Finally, these Nine Guard cities are under the jurisdiction of Heavenly Underworld City. Six towns suddenly disappearing; this news should have reached Heavenly Underworld City by now." Han Ying agreed.
This was the information they obtained in the months they spent here. When Su Mo infiltrated the Sorcerer Tribe, the two of them took turns to train outside and managed to learn much about how it operated.
"This is not a problem, I still have my avatar in Heavenly Underworld City!" Su Mo laughed. He was of one mind with his avatar. In this period of time, his avatar had been routinely going around Heavenly Underworld City and the Nine Guard Cities to greet the respective elders there. With the high status his avatar held in the Sorcerer Tribe, Su Mo would know everything that happened within it.
As of now, the news had yet to reach Heavenly Underworld City. After all, it had only been a short period of time. Even if a cluster found out that a small town had disappeared, they would likely investigate first.
"Go, let's continue!" Su Mo urged, and the three left their spot to continue looting the towns.
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Heavenly Underworld City. The Clan Prefecture. The Hall of Proceedings.
On this particular day, the entire hall was filled. Many key elders and Young Priests gathered in it. As the new Young Priest, Wu Chen was also present among them.
The Grand Priest sat on the main seat in the hall and a meeting was currently underway. Most of
the affairs within Heavenly Underworld Star were under the charge of the Grand Priest, and he took care of most of these events.
"Everyone, it hasn't been peaceful within the Heavenly Underworld Star recently. Based on reports by city clusters, many small towns have suddenly disappeared along with the residents themselves!" announced the Grand Priest, looking at the members in the hall. He had used a strong amount of his willpower to check through the Heavenly Underworld Star for any anomalies, but did not find any. Although his spiritual alertness was strong and he could survey the surroundings within a thousand kilometers from him, Heavenly Underworld Star was simply too big. The Grand Priest's spiritual awareness could not cover every corner of the star, not even 1% of the entire area.
"What? Such a thing actually happened?" the core elders of the Sorcerer Tribe couldn't help but express their surprise.
Small towns and tribesmen have disappeared? This is something that has never happened before. Wu Chen's face remained stoic as he sat quietly on his seat and observed the high level members of the Sorcerer Tribe discuss among themselves.
"Grand Priest, did the respective city cluster find any clues?" asked a key elder.
"They don't have any leads!" The Grand Priest shook his head and continued, "This matter is rather strange. The small towns were pretty much plucked from thin air, not even the grass was left behind!"
Upon hearing this, the key elders were shocked. Not even grass? This was really strange! However, not everyone was concerned about this matter. After all, it was only a few small towns, not a grave matter to be worried about.
"For this matter, I will open it to the floor. Who is willing to take responsibility of this matter and investigate it?" asked the Grand Priest in a deep voice. He would not personally take charge of such a small matter, but would arrange for some other tribe member to investigate. Wu Chen's eyes sparkled and he immediately raised himself. Cupping his hands together to salute the Grand Priest, he said,"Grand Priest, I am willing to investigate!"
"You?" staring at Wu Chen, the Grand Priest responded in a deep voice, "I am afraid your cultivation level is too low, you might meet some trouble!" The Grand Priest did not want Wu Chen to take charge of this matter as he still felt that Wu Chen was a mysterious man who kept too many secrets.
He gave Wu Chen the Young Priest badge in order to keep track of his movements. However, his energy in the badge was suddenly blocked by some unknown force, furthering his suspicions. He was sure that Wu Chen wasn't a simple man and must be keeping a large secret. He did not strip Wu Chen of his Young Priest title as he wanted to see what Wu Chen was going to do with his new position.
"Grand Priest, I will be careful. With my abilities, Martial Emperors wouldn't even be my match!" Wu Chen solemnly proclaimed.
Hearing this, the Grand Priest was silent. Wu Chen saw this and continued, "Grand Priest, you have looked highly upon me and allowed me to be the Young Priest. I should naturally aid you. Please hand this matter to me, I will conduct a thorough investigation."
"Mmph! Since you are so willing, you can handle this matter!" the Grand Priest did not argue further and simply nodded his head. With a slightly joyful expression he suggested, "Alright then. I will arrange some men to help you!"
"Sure!" Wu Chen did not reject the Grand Priest and immediately nodded his head.
Then, the Grand Priest immediately ordered men to usher in a few Sorcerer Tribe geniuses. None of these geniuses had cultivation levels lower than Wu Chen. Furthermore, the two strongest among them were Level 6 Martial Emperors. These two high level warriors were, surprisingly, Wu Ma and Wu You Lan.
This made Wu Chen's hearts sink. The Grand Priest assigned Wu Ma and Wu You Lan, as well as so many other geniuses, to accompany him. The Grand Priest obviously did not trust him!
Chapter 1316: The Last Time
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
"The few of you follow Wu Chen and investigate the reasons behind the disappearance of these small towns. Remember to protect Wu Chen!" the Grand Priest ordered Wu Ma and the rest of the geniuses.
"Grand Priest, rest assured. We will definitely protect Young Priest Wu Chen!" the group responded to the Grand Priest.
"Mmph!" After briefing them about the locations of the small towns, the Grand Priest waved his hand and said, "Alright, you may go!"
"Let's go!" Wu Chen called upon the group and led them out of the meeting hall. Everyone followed swiftly behind and flew up into the skies.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, where shall we investigate?" in the midst of flying, Wu Ma asked Wu Chen. There were quite a number of towns that disappeared and he wasn't sure where Wu Chen was headed.
"We will go the town that was the last to disappear," Wu Chen replied in a deep voice. A cold flash passed through his eyes. Since these people had followed him, then they would not be returning to the city. However, Wu Ma and Wu You Lan were Level 6 Martial Emperors and top geniuses. His body might not be a match for them. Furthermore, the Young Priest badge was still on him, which meant he was still being monitored, and had to proceed carefully with this matter.
….
"Ah ah ah!" Far off in a distant Sorcerer Tribe town, bone chilling screams resounded through the air. The entire town floated upwards and was swiftly sucked mercilessly into a devouring void. Many Sorcerer Tribesmen died terribly, while all of the martial art experts and buildings were absorbed into the void. Su Mo hovered in mid air as he wore a cold expression on his face; he was activating the Devouring Fighting Soul to its peak power.
This town was much bigger than the ones he had devoured previously. There were close to 10 million people residing within it, as well as a few hundred Martial Emperors, four of whom were even Level 5 Martial Emperors.
"Run!"
"Run quickly to escape!"
"Ah! Save me!"
Screams, yells, and shrieks continued to sound as the entire town seemed to have fallen into the depths of hell. Martial artists who were below the Martial Emperor Realm died almost instantly and only the Martial Emperors could barely withstand the devouring power. Those whose cultivation levels were below that of Su Mo could only struggle valiantly for a while. The few dozen of Level 4 and 5 Martial Emperors could hold themselves back for a few breaths.
Su Mo's Devouring Fighting Soul was an ultimate weapon. Those whose strengths were below him were powerless. Everything in the town was sucked unstoppably into the void.
"Everyone, attack him!" someone yelled angrily. Then, a few powerful attacks flew towards Su Mo. The few dozen Martial Emperors still alive had attacked him all at once and their combined strength was pretty strong. It was as if the enraged seas were battering him with waves, the force of the attacks spread out over several miles. However, under the influence of the devouring power, their attacks were greatly weakened and they could not reach their potential.
"Die!" Su Mo couldn't be bothered to waste more time on these men. The Sword Radiance in his hand surged brilliantly and a barrage of Sword Qi flew forth to cover a vast area and attack the remaining survivors.
Boom boom boom!!!
Explosions sounded continuously and the Martial Emperors' attacks were easily shattered by Su Mo's Sword Qi. Then, the remaining Martial Emperors were flooded over by Su Mo's Sword Qi.
"Ah ah ah!!" after a series of screams resounded, everything returned to a peaceful state. Everyone had died. Next, Su Mo immediately retrieved all the treasures he had devoured as well as the treasures from killing the Martial Emperors. Quickly, he finished his task and flew over to where Nie Qian and Han Ying waited for him.
"Brother Nie, Sister Han, let's hide nearby!" Su Mo instructed the two of them.
"Hide nearby?" upon hearing his words, the two were surprised and asked curiously, "Brother Su, we destroyed this entire town, shouldn't we leave as fast as we can? Staying here is too dangerous!"
"Yes! Once the Sorcerer Tribe people find out that this place has been destroyed, they will definitely come here to investigate." Han Ying said.
"Don't worry, my friends, this town is rather distant from any main civilization. No one will find out that quickly. Furthermore, our prey will arrive soon!" Su Mo replied, a sinister flash passing through his eyes.
"Prey? What prey?" Han Ying and Nie Qian were understandably confused.
"Geniuses of the Sorcerer Tribe!" Su Mo said in a deep tone. He explained how his avatar, Wu Chen, was bringing a group of geniuses over to investigate the situation, whereupon he would attack and devour them.
"Brother Su, do you have confidence that you can defeat them?" Nie Qian asked, his face completely stoic.
"I do, but we will have to prepare beforehand! Once we are done with these foes, we will leave Heavenly Underworld Star!" Su Mo replied calmly.
Then, he told his plan to the two of them. After a short discussion between the trio, they transformed the surroundings around the small town slightly and hid themselves nearby. The dug deep into the earth, like they had done before, and rested.
100 kilometers underground. Su Mo sat down cross-legged and prepared to break through to the Level 4 Martial Emperor Realm.
"Brother Nie, Sister Han, I will have to trouble you two to protect me!" Su Mo requested of the two.
"Brother Su, don't worry and focus on cultivating!"
"Brother Su, nothing will be able to escape my Eavesdropping Ear!" Nie Qian and Han Ying were happily counting their rewards as they spoke. Su Mo shook his head silently. He had only given the two of them around ten thousand storage rings, yet they were so excited! Currently, the treasures he possessed were innumerable. If he had counted them, it would definitely be a monstrous number.
A few moments later, Su Mo retrieved a few dozen Martial Emperor ranked Divine Pills and cleared his mind to prepare cultivating. This time, he had to break through to the Level 4 Martial Emperor Realm. Otherwise, he might not have the confidence nor the skills to defeat Wu Ma and Wu You Lan. After all, the two of them were top geniuses and had special body constitutions. They were also both Level 6 Martial Emperors.
When he fought with Wu Ren Wang previously, Wu Ren Wang was still very strong, even though he had been suppressed to a Level 3 Martial Emperor. Wu Ma and Wu You Lan's fighting strengths were definitely lower than that of Wu Ren Wang, but their cultivations would not been suppressed,so together they would probably appear a few times stronger than Wu Ren Wang.
Su Mo now possessed the terrifying Dream Realm Fighting Soul, but he did not dare to be completely certain that the Dream Realm Fighting Soul could defeat them. He wasn't entirely sure of the capabilities of the Dream Realm Fighting Soul and what kind of martial artists it could handle.
Wu Ren Wang was unable to break the dream realm and Su Mo could feel that his willpower wasn't that strong. It didn't seem the standard for a Level 9 Martial Emperor, so Su Mo guessed that it was not only his cultivation that had been suppressed, but his willpower, too.
Therefore, for his safety this time, Su Mo had had to raise his own cultivation level. Only then could he be sure that he could cleanly destroy Wu Ma and his gang. And after he completes this final battle, Su Mo and his companions will leave Heavenly Underworld Star.
Chapter 1317: Level 4 Martial Emperor Realm
The reason why Su Mo wanted to kill Wu Ma and Wu You Lan wasn't because of their storage rings, but for their special body constitutions. Wu Ma had a Coloured Glaze Treasure Body while Wu You Lan possessed an Elemental Spirit Body. Although neither was an extraordinary body constitution, they were both ranked in the 700s on the Archean Special Bodies list.
Hence, Su Mo was willing to take the risk of killing the both of them. Once he devoured their lifeblood, he would possess their special body constitutions. He would then possess 4 special body constitutions and his talents would increase drastically.
Su Mo mobilized the Devouring Fighting Soul and began to absorb the Dark Force within the Divine Elixirs. He had been in the Sorcerer Tribe for almost a full year. Although the majority of time he was not within his true body, he had allowed it to continue cultivating when he was in the cultivation room of Earth Pagoda. Therefore, his cultivation was rather stable and breaking through would not be a problem.
He did not directly devour the Diving Elixirs but only absorbed the Dark Force in them with his devouring power. Dark Force gushed out of the ten Divine Elixirs and entered Su Mo's body. The various Dark Forces within him circulated violently. He had refined his Grand Chaos Five Elements skill previously. A large amount of Dark Force was refined and became an invisible form that assembled within Su Mo's five Divine Elixirs, allowing his cultivation level to increase rapidly.
Not long after, the Dark Force within the ten Divine Elixirs was sucked dry and the Divine Elixirs were reduced to a powder. Su Mo took out another ten Divine Elixirs and continued absorbing. Time passed by slowly, a few hours later, Su Mo's cultivation reached the peak of the Level 3 Martial Emperor Realm, just a step away from reaching the next level.
At this moment, he stopped absorbing and did not rush to break through. Instead, he silently meditated for a few more hours to stabilize the violent Dark Force within himself. Then, with a wave of his hand, a large amount of Divine Elixirs appeared before him. There were around a couple thousand of Martial Royal Realm Divine Elixirs.
When Su Mo looted the small towns, many of the Sorcerer Tribesmen exploded and died. However, there was a large number of stronger martial artists who were devoured by the Devouring Fighting Soul. For this reason, in addition to the few thousand Martial Emperor Realm Divine Elixirs, he also had tens of thousands of Martial Royal Realm Divine Elixirs.
Boom!
Su Mo released his Devouring Fighting Soul and immediately devoured the few thousand Divine Elixirs. In an instant, the invisible Dark Force within the Divine Elixirs exploded in the Fighting Soul, then violently rushed into Su Mo's body.
"Whoa!" Su Mo turned pale with fright. The Devouring power was too strong, the boundless and vast Dark Force was pushing him to his limit. He immediately used the Grand Chaos Five Elements skill and desperately tried to refine the Dark Force to break through to the Level 4 Martial Emperor Realm.
Boom boom boom!!
It was as though a hurricane had formed, a volcano erupted, and the oceans were roaring. The Divine Elixirs within Su Mo violently vibrated. The vast Dark Force was enough to allow him to break through to the next level. Within a span of ten breaths, the bottleneck of his cultivation level started to loosen.
Gasp! Not far away, Nie Qian and Han Ying gaped with their eyes wide open at the sight before them. They both swallowed.
They had never seen anyone cultivating like this before. Not only did he use Divine Elixirs, but he had devoured over a thousand of them in one attempt. The two of them thought that Su Mo would explode and die from his efforts.
"What in the world!" Nie Qian mumbled to himself and shook his head silently. Ever since he met Su Mo, he felt as if he had to change everything he believed in.
"We are lucky to know Brother Su!" Han Ying exclaimed in a low voice.
"With these talents, he might even become a Holy Son of the academy one day!" Nie Qian gasped.
"I believe that, too. Furthermore, once the current Divine Son leaves the academy, Su Mo might even get a chance to take his place!" Han Ying agreed.
The two thought highly of Su Mo's talents and fighting strength. With his strong Fighting Soul, battling seemed as easy as eating meals. Becoming a Holy Son would be highly probable for Su Mo, even though doing so is immensely difficult. The two conversed in low voices, discussing Su Mo's talents as well as the resources they obtained from their looting. Then, they began to cultivate, too.
Unknowingly, an hour passed. Su Mo, who had been closing his eyes as he cultivated, suddenly twitched. A large and vast force rose from his body. Then, within half a breath, everything returned to normal. The vast force re-entered his body. A moment later, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes. Dazzling bright light shot from his eyes, mesmerizing those around him.
"Brother Su, congratulations on breaking through!" seeing this scene, Nie Qian and Han Ying rushed towards Su Mo and congratulated him joyfully. The two were full of emotions. When they first met Su Mo, he was still in the Martial Royal Realm. Within such a short period of time, he had managed to pull far ahead of both of them. The speed of his cultivation was truly unrivalled in this world.
"Hehe! You guys are too kind!" Su Mo was all smiles. Having successfully broken through, he knew he would be able to carry out his plans smoothly.
"Brother Su, your talents are unrivalled, you could be considered to be a top talent in the academy!" Nie Qian laughed.
"Yes! Even the Divine Son does not have better talents than you!" Han Ying agreed with Nie Qian.
"Don't flatter me!" Su Mo shook his head before continuing in a low voice, "Don't reveal yourselves in the next battle. I can handle it alone!"
"Su Mo, how confident are you?" Han Ying and Nie Qian asked. Their faces turned serious the moment they discussed such matters.
"More than 80% positive!" Su Mo confidently said. He did not think that he would definitely win. However, he was more confident of outsmarting the Grand Priest than beating Wu Ma and Wu You Lan. He still had to think things through to prevent messing up later.
"That's good!" Nie Qian and Han Ying nodded their heads. It was good as long as Su Mo was confident. Their strengths were low and they couldn't really lend a helping hand to him! After casually conversing with the two a while more, Su Mo then returned to meditate by himself.
He was ready to leave after this final battle, but what about his avatar? He believed that he had an idea to outsmart the Grand Priest's energy on his avatar. However, how would his avatar escape later? The moment his avatar escapes, or abandons the Young Priest badge, the Grand Priest would know immediately.
However, Su Mo was reluctant to abandon this avatar. After pondering a while longer, he was still unable to think of any idea. He contacted the Flaming Ghost Sage in hopes of hearing any suggestions the elder might have.
"Su Mo, you must abandon the avatar!" the Flaming Ghost Sage commanded.
"Is there no other way?" Su Mo discontentedly asked.
"Maybe, but it is too risky. Once you attract the Grand Priest's attention, there is no way for you to escape!" the Flaming Ghost Sage explained in a serious tone.
Su Mo sighed before heavily nodding his head. In order to ensure his own safety, he would have to abandon his avatar. This way, if the Grand Priest were to find anything amiss, it would be too late. Su Mo would have already left Heavenly Underworld Star.
Su Mo did not think further, but sat down quietly to stabilize his cultivation and wait for his avatar to bring Wu Ma and the other Sorcerer Tribe members to him.
Chapter 1318: I Was Waiting For All Of You
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Up in the skies, ten men flew past quickly. These people were Wu Chen, Wu Ma, Wu You Lan, and the other geniuses.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, I have investigated the three missing towns and could not find any leads on the culprit. What should we do now?" one of the Sorcerer Tribe geniuses asked Wu Chen. The genius had investigated three small towns and was gone for a period of ten days. Yet, he did not manage to find any information.
"Continue to the next town that disappeared and investigate further!" Wu Chen lightly said.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, what if this direction isn't leading to the next town that disappeared?" Wu You Lan wore a confused expression.
"This direction has a few small towns in the area ahead. If we are lucky, we might be able to see a town that has been attacked!" Wu Chen said in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Wu You Lan exchanged a look with Wu Ma. A flash of confusion passed between them. However, the two did not speak further. Before they left, the Grand Priest had instructed them to take note of any suspicious behaviour by Wu Chen. Although the Grand Priest had mentioned this very casually, the two had taken his words very seriously and had been silently watching Wu Chen the entire trip.
However, Wu Chen did not reveal any suspicious behaviour. The group continued to fly and after a few days, they reached a vast plain.
"Look over there, it looks like one of the disappeared towns!" at that moment, a Sorcerer Tribe genius suddenly raised his hand and pointed. Everyone looked in the direction and saw, at the foot of a mountain, there was an area of land that was completely barren. This land had a strong aura of death and revenge. It was similar to the previous areas they had investigated of the disappeared towns.
"Let's go and see!" Wu Chen spoke loudly and with a twitch of his body, rushed forward and reached the spot first. The rest of the group quickly followed and flew over as well. The group arrived at the foot of the mountain and, with solemn expressions plastered on their faces, took in the scene in front of them.
This was precisely where a small town once existed. However, the buildings and infrastructure were nowhere to be found. The ground was black, covered by a large amount of lifeblood.
"Everyone, look carefully!" Wu Chen yelled out. Then the group began to scour the area of the former town.
There are traces of a huge fight in the south. There is a lot of damage here!"
"There are also traces in the north, it seems like someone had rushed forward to kill the others!"
Not long later, the group finished investigating the area. This town was similar to the other disappeared towns, both the north and south areas had significant evidence of a fierce fight.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, what should we do now?" Wu Ma asked. After all, Wu Chen had a higher status than him, now everyone had to listen to his orders.
"There is evidence of a fierce fight in both the north and south areas. This means that someone ran away in these directions!" Wu Chen's face hardened and he continued, "Alright! Wu Ma, Wu You Lan, the two of you are the strongest. Take a few men and head towards the south. I will take the rest towards the north to investigate. We will split up here!""
Wu Ma and Wu You Lan furrowed their brows. They had to keep an eye on Wu Chen and it wouldn't be good for them to split up.
"This isn't good, right? Once we split up, our strengths will be greatly reduced. If either group meets the enemy, we will all be in danger!" Wu Ma shook his head.
"Are you the Young Priest or am I?" Wu Chen's faced darkened and he responded in a cold manner, "We will proceed in this way. If we are unable to find any leads, we will return back to this small town and meet up!" With that, Wu Chen immediately picked five other Sorcerer Tribe geniuses and yelled at them to fly towards the north with him.
"This…!" Wu Ma was helpless, but he and Wu You Lan had to go with the remaining Sorcerer Tribe geniuses. A group of them flew towards the south. There were some traces of a fight along their way and they followed those marks. Not long later, they had travelled a few kilometers away from the small town, and had been completely separated from Wu Chen and his group.
"You Lan, there wouldn't be any problem with us splitting up with Wu Chen, right?" Wu Ma asked Wu You Lan, who was beside him as they flew.
"Probably not. He still has a few men with him whose strengths are not weak!" Wu You Lan shook her head and said solemnly.
The Grand Priest did not say what was wrong with Wu Chen and had only told them to be on guard. It was within reason that they had split up to find leads on the matter of the disappearing towns.
"Mmph!" Wu Ma nodded his head and did not think further on the matter. As they continued flying, the evidence of a fight on the ground suddenly disappeared.
"There are no more traces. Brother Wu Ma, Sister You Lan, what shall we do?" asked one of the geniuses.
"Let's search the surroundings! If we can't find anything else, we will return back!" Wu Ma instructed.
"Mmph!" The group nodded their heads and prepared to check their surroundings.
Right at that moment, everyone turned their heads abruptly and looked behind them. Around a few hundred meters away, a young man stood on the grass plains and glared coldy at them.
"Who is that?"
"Why is he here?"
"He is a normal human and is not someone from our tribe!"
Upon seeing the young man, everyone's eyes darkened. This man could be related to the disappearance on the small towns.
"Take him!" without hesitation, Wu Ma ordered the group.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!
In an instant, the group of Sorcerer Tribe geniuses burst forward at their top speed and surrounded the young man.
"Who are you?" Wu Ma stared at the young man's eyes and coldly questioned.
"I have been waiting for all of you!" The young man laughed coldly to reveal a set of pearly white teeth. The young man was Su Mo. He desperately wanted to kill Wu Ma and Wu You Lan, but could not let the Grand Priest find out. Hence, he had to lure them away from his avatar. Now that they were separated, the small trace of energy on the Young Priest badge would not be sufficient for the Grand Priest to know what was happening here. Therefore, Su Mo could attack now.
"Waiting for us?" the group of men widened their eyes and looked over Su Mo. Figuring that he was only a Level 4 Martial Emperor, they felt relieved. Among their group, the genius with the lowest cultivation level was already a Level 4 Martial Emperor. Wu Ma and Wu You Lan were Level 6 Martial Emperors and were top talents. Of course they did not think too highly of Su Mo.
"Quickly, identify yourself. Why did you say you were waiting for us?" one of the men asked loudly.
"I have been waiting for all of you. Why else, but to kill you!" Su Mo laughed deeply. The moment he said those words, a wave of light purple haze rose up and immediately surrounded the group of Sorcerer Tribe men. Everyone was surprised. However, before they had enough time to react, their faces hardened and they were pulled into the dream realm. Su Mo did not dare attack directly with his dark force, but resorted to one of his now most trusted weapons: the Dream Realm Fighting Soul.
Chapter 1319: Coloured Glaze Treasure Body
Within the dark room. This time, the dream realm appeared much different from the last encounters. Before, there was only a single post. Now, there were around seven and eight posts made of bone.
Wu Ma, Wu You Lan, and the rest of the Sorcerer Tribe geniuses were bound to these posts.
"Welcome everyone!" Su Mo stood in front of his prisoners wearing a cold face.
"Where is this place?"
"What is going on?"
"Why are we here?"
Once they realized their situation, the geniuses all turned pale with fear and shouted out continuously.
"A dream realm? How can we be in a dream realm?" Wu Ma asked, immediately confused by their predicament. He had entered Wu Mo's dream realm before and could recognise it at first glance.
Could the young man in front of him be Wu Mo? This wasn't possible, his aura was completely different. Furthermore, he heard that Wu Mo was dead! However, was it possible that there were two people in this world who had a Dream Realm Fighting Soul?
"Mmph?" Su Mo raised his brows in surprise. He hadn't imagined that Wu Ma would recognise the dream realm, but this was still nothing to worry about.
"Since you guys are here, then go and die!" Su Mo coldly said. With that, he released his Devouring Fighting Soul. Immediately, a massive force of devouring power swept through the dream realm space.
"Everyone join forces, let's break this dream realm!" Wu Ma loudly commanded. The geniuses pushed their willpowers to their peak and tried to break free from the dream realm. The geniuses were strong and, with their combined strength, their willpower caused the dream realm space to shake and begin cracking apart.
"So strong?" Su Mo's heart jumped, but he did not stop nor weaken his Devouring Fighting Soul.
Boom boom boom!
Right at the moment when the dream realm was about to collapse, all the Sorcerer Tribe geniuses, with the exception of Wu Ma and Wu You Lan, disappeared. Their willpowers were sucked in by the Devouring Fighting Soul.
Then, the dream realm collapsed. Wu Ma and Wu You Lan immediately regained control of their bodies and retreated back. They managed to pull away from Su Mo. As for the other Sorcerer Tribe geniuses, their willpowers had been devoured and their bodies were strewn lifelessly on the ground, as though their souls had been sucked away.
Su Mo retrieved his Dream Realm Fighting Soul and with a wave of his hand, he immediately hid the bodies of the Sorcerer Tribe geniuses in his storage ring.
"How audacious! You dare to kill our Sorcerer tribesmen in the Heavenly Underworld Star. You are seeking your own death!" Wu Ma yelled and a murderous flash crossed his cold face. He was furious. There had never been other tribesmen who dared to act so recklessly within the Heavenly Underworld Star. Yet this man before him killed a few Sorcerer tribesmen without any hesitation.
Wu You Lan's face was also icy cold, a murderous glimmer passed through her eyes.
"Wu Ma, Wu You Lan, this will be your death day!" Su Mo slowly straightened himself and a long sword emerged in his hands. The five Divine Elixirs in his body surged and dense Dark Force oozed out of him.
"You know who we are? Who in the world are you?" Wu You Lan demanded.
"Kill!" a cold voice replied. Su Mo waved his hand and two swords sliced down, causing dazzling three coloured Sword Qi to tear apart the sky and fly towards the two of them. These two streaks of Sword Qi were incredibly strong. Su Mo's cultivation level had been raised, so the strength of his strikes was similar to the eruption of a volcano, its force insurmountable.
At the same time, Su Mo released his Fighting Soul and a large devouring vortex appeared behind him. Massive devouring power instantly covered his surroundings. Trapped by the devouring power, Wu Ma and Wu You Lan's bodies trembled vigorously. Their blood and Dark Force circulated uncontrollably within them and, like specks of dust, they flew helplessly towards Su Mo's Sword Qi.
"What Fighting Soul is that?"
"How strange!"
Their hearts jumped within them and they tried desperately to stabilize their bodies and control the Dark Force in them while simultaneously launching an attack.
"Destroy!"
The two of them struck at almost the same time.
Wu Ma waved his large hands and a palm force the size of a palace emerged. The strength of the palm force shook the skies and the Dark Force from it tore apart the ground. The earth quaked violently and a deafening sound shook the air. Wu You Lan's attack was also quite strong. Extending both her palms forward, a white crane that was almost a hundred feet long appeared.
Swoosh!
The divine crane squawked loudly and flapped its wings. Like a streak of white lightning, it flew towards the Sword Qi.
Boom! Boom!
The palm force and the divine crane collided with the Sword Qi and exploded. The explosion destroyed everything in its surroundings, its violent force sweeping over the earth.
"How can he be so strong?" Wu Ma and Wu You Lan turned serious. A Level 4 Martial Emperor was just as strong as them, this didn't make any sense! The two of them still did not recognize Su Mo. Although they had heard of his name, they did not know him at all. For these past few years, they were constantly venturing out to train and they had returned right before the Young Priest choosing ceremony.
Su Mo's face also turned solemn. He had figured out how strong the two of them were from that one strike. However, under the influence of the devouring power, the two of them could barely stabilize themselves, much less escape.
Buzz Buzz Buzz~~
The long sword in Su Mo's hand trembled and slowly grew in length. The dense three coloured Sword Qi continued to pour from it.
"It doesn't matter who you are, or what goal you have. You killed out tribesmen and must therefore die today!" Wu Ma and Wu You Lan glanced at each other before glaring at Su Mo with a murderous glimmer in their eyes.
"The two of you are top geniuses in your tribe, I had hoped you guys would not disappoint me!" Su Mo lightly said.
"The dead can't be disappointed!" the killing rage of Wu Ma peaked and Dark Force rolled out from him. His power increased continuously and shot towards the skies. Wu You Lan was slowly changing in colour. Her skin turned a brilliant greenish hue and scattered streaks of jade coloured light. Instantly, her entire body changed and she shone like a mesmerizing jade stone.
Wu Ma and Wu You Lan did not dare to underestimate Su Mo. Since the two of them were under the influence of the devouring power, their strengths had been greatly reduced. Not only did they have to concentrate on preventing themselves from being sucked in by the devouring power, their own Fighting Souls strength had been suppressed immensely. They could feel their Fighting Souls shivering violently, as though they had met their de
destined enemies. This made them very fearful, to the point that they did not dare to release their Fighting Souls.
"Coloured Glaze Treasure Body!" looking at Wu You Lan, Su Mo whispered with glee and his eyes sparkled. Although this body constitution wasn't as strong as the Deep Heavens Martial Body, it was still rare. In addition to increasing a martial artist's fighting strength, it served as a sturdy, protective shield around its user.
"Kill!" Wu You Lan yelled and attacked first. She raised her hand high and struck hard at Su Mo.
Chapter 1320: In Defiance Of Natural Order!
"Heaven and stars palm!" In an instant, Wu You Lan's outstretched palm morphed into an enormous palm print. It covered a vast area and shattered everything in its path as it headed for Su Mo. This terrifying palm force radiated light rays and was covered in a dense Star Spiritual Ultimacy. It was as though the palm force could reach the nine heavens and starry sky; its power was truly incomprehensible. From Su Mo's eyes, it was as though a large and boundless sky was falling down on his head.
Boom boom boom!!
The palm force seemed to cause the surroundings to collapse and the ground below to shake unstoppably. Rocks crumbled apart and a large amount of trees were uprooted and destroyed.
Destroy!" Su Mo yelled and sliced down on the palm force. He suddenly felt the area around him constricting his body. Wu You Lan's palm print had grasped the thin air and then clashed against Su Mo's attack. A mystifying force suddenly emerged and instantly enveloped Su Mo.
This force was like a large gold bracelet that covered Su Mo and then rapidly constricted. It was trying to bind Su Mo and restrict his movements. This was Wu You Lan's special skill, which used her Lock Skies Fighting Soul and enabled her to bind her enemies.
"Not good!" Su Mo's heart instantly jumped and, without hesitation, he released his fighting souls. In the blink of an eye, he had mobilized ten of them, all of which were Sword Fighting Souls. Su Mo had destroyed a large number of small towns and killed many martial artists. He had devoured and obtained numerous Fighting Souls and had more than ten Sword Fighting Souls.
Boom!
A terrifying sword force rose from Su Mo and changed into a large sword shadow that raced forth. The sword shadow moved through the boundless skies and almost reached the outside skies of the Heavenly Underworld Sar. This sword force was at its maximum speed and was so terrifying it was almost indescribable. This was the result of releasing ten Sword Fighting Souls at the same time. In the past, when Su Mo had released ten Souls at the same time, only one had been a Sword Fighting Soul, and the rest were just Sword Martial Souls.
The difference in powers between a Martial Soul and a Fighting Soul was large, almost like the difference between the clouds and dirt on the ground. Now, with ten Sword Fighting Souls mobilized at the same time, the sword force exploded out and exceeded everyone's expectations. Even Su Mo himself did not imagine that the sword force would be so large with ten Sword Fighting Souls released together.
"This…!" Wu Ma and Wu You Lan were shocked speechless. They had seen talents all over the world, but had never encountered a martial emperor who could have so much sword force. This sword force had already coagulated!
What kind of talent is this? How can he have such a terrifying sword force?
"Destroy!" with a yell, Su Mo sliced with his sword and the Sword Qi moved to cover the earth. This sword force was unrivalled, and it had the powers to destroy everything. With a loud explosion, the invisible force that constricted Su Mo was instantly shattered. Then, the majestic Sword Qi swept forward to tear the skies apart and meet the Heaven and Stars palm.
Rip!
A sound that mirrored a cloth being torn apart was heard, and the palm force was shredded to pieces. After the Sword Qi tore the palm, its force reduced slightly but still headed for Wu Ma. Its speed instantly reached the maximum.
"What?" Wu Ma was shocked, his body was under the influence of the devouring power and he could not run at all. As the sword right in front of him, Wu Ma could only punch both fists forward and defend against the Sword Qi head on. He wore a pair of purple coloured gloves on his hands, but they did not make much of a difference.
In the next instant.
Boom!
An explosion occurred as the Sword Qi collided with Wu Ma's fists.
"Ah!" Wu Ma shrieked as his body flew backwards a few kilometers. HiHis gloved hands, now mangled, spurted red blood. HIs hands were shattered by the Sword Qi.
"How is this possible?" Wu Ma couldn't believe what was happening, he was no match for this Level 4 Martial Emperor.
"Brother Ma!" upon seeing this scene, Wu You Lan screamed out and flew towards Wu Ma.
"Destroy!" Su Mo attacked again. He was not aiming for Wu Ma, but Wu You Lan. A dazzling white light burst forth from Su Mo. This white light was from his Divine Sun Body, yet there was a different aura surrounding it. This was because the Divine Sun Body and the Deep Heavens Martial body, these two special body constitutions, had merged. Even Su Mo did not know what to call the body constitution he now possessed. Nonetheless, with this newly merged power, je fully intended to kill in one blow.
This fight had caused too much of a disturbance. He had to end it quickly because if it dragged on any longer, he would be in a dangerous position. Even if the Grand Priest and the other Heavenly Underworld Star martial artists did not feel the force of their battle, he would be in danger.
With the use of his special body constitution, Su Mo felt his powers increase exponentially. This was because the special body constitution could enhance his strength. The Devouring Fighting Soul, Ten Sword Fighting Souls, and two special body constitutions: this was the moment for Su Mo to display a never-before-seen fighting strength.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Sword radiance exploded in his hands and Su Mo sliced nine swords down simultaneously to reveal nine long streaks of Sword Qi. It shook the skies and grounds, its threat was terrifying. As it covered the nine heavens and ten grounds, the terrifying waves caused the heavens and earth to change colour. The nine streaks of Sword Qi spreaded out and headed straight towards Wu You Lan.
Wu You Lan was in the midst of flying towards Wu Ma, but she moved slowly due to the devouring power influence. She could not dodge the attack.
"You Lan, be careful!" Wu Ma saw the attack and desperately warned her, his face turning pale.
Wu You Lan felt the threat of the nine streaks of Sword Qi. The force of the attack caused her entire body to freeze and she couldn't prepare herself. With the Sword Qi right about to hit her, the Dark Force in Wu You Lan circulated and immediately changed into a thick Dark Force shield. At the same time, she mobilized her Colored Glaze Treasure Body to its maximum power and colored radiance shot out from her body.
In the next instant, the nine streaks of Sword Qi crashed into Wu You Lan.
Boom boom boom!!
Explosions resounded unstoppably as the Dark Force shield was simply no match for Su Mo's Sword Qi. Instantly, it struck down on Wu You Lan's Colored Glaze Treasure Body.
Crash!!!
Like the sound of shattering glass, the Colored Glaze Treasure body crumbled apart into tiny shards. Her Fighting Soul was destroyed. The Colored Glaze Treasure Body was strong, but Su Mo's strength was just too high. The shards of the Colored Glaze Treasure Body were sucked in by the Devouring Power and flew towards Su Mo, straight into the devouring void.
"You Lan!" a heart wrenching yell pierced the air. Wu Ma witnessed the cruel death of Wu You Lan and his face turned pale, his eyes bloodshot.
Chapter 1321: Grand Priest, This is What You Gave Me!
Wu Ma's eyes widened in shock and he refused to believe what had happened. Wu You Lan was dead? How could this be? He and You Lan had been in love for so many years; they were each other's destined half. Yet, now, You Lan had actually died!
Upon seeing the deathly expression on Wu Ma's face, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He did not have any vengeance towards Wu Ma and Wu You Lan, in fact he was pretty fond of the two of them. Top talents, special body constitutions, good looks; they were destined for each other. It was a pity that they were from the Sorcerer Tribe that he hated so much!
The Sorcerer Tribe and Su Mo were sworn enemies, their hatred for each other ran as deep as the oceans and high above mountains. It was simply not a matter that could be understood through plain logic. Between both parties, they were arch enemies from the start.
At this moment, his eyes reddened and swollen, Wu Ma suddenly turned his head sharply and glared at Su Mo. A murderous rage flashed in his eyes.
"Go die!" Wu Ma yelled out. His voice was cold and unfeeling.
"Wu Ma, we were destined to be enemies, blame yourself for being born in the Sorcerer Tribe!" Su Mo's face turned serious as he continued, "I respect you for being a genius and I will give you a fast and painless death!"
With that, Su Mo slowly strode towards Wu Ma. Every step he took was a thousand feet and the sword radiance in his hand dazzled brightly.
"I have an ultimate skill that I have never used before. If you can block it, you can leave. Otherwise, we will die together!" Wu Ma threatened coldly. Then, he rose up and burned brightly with a dense, green flame. This flame did not have any heat to it, as it was not fire-based, but a life-force flame. As the flame grew, Wu Ma's entire body was engulfed in a green ball.
Then, a large, white coloured hand rose from within the flames as though it was a giant's hand full of power. The green flames wrapped around the dense palm. Following which, the white palm rapidly exploded to the size of a mountain. A terrifying aura surrounded it as though an elite martial artist had descended upon the earth.
"This…?" Su Mo eyes immediately widened in surprise as his face turned slightly dark.
This white giant hand was Wu Ma's Fighting Soul: God's Hand. Wu Ma was sacrificing his life as he allowed his Fighting Soul to execute its greatest attack.
Boom!
In the next moment, the large mountain-sized, white palm tore open the space around it as it struck heavily down at Su Mo.
Boom boom boom!!
This attack was very powerful, the threat of the giant hand soared as though it had a Fighting Soul's full strength. With the attack, the space around it could not even withstand the force and a deafening explosion sounded. Vicious winds swept the area, the grounds shook violently, and the skies turned black. With the terrifying white hand, everything seemed to turn completely into hell, a scene of true devastation.
"So strong?" Su Mo's heart jumped. This attack was definitely powerful and it made him slightly nervous. However, his own strength was also extremely high, so he was not too fearful.
In the blink of an eye, Su Mo activated his Devouring Fighting Soul and the ten Sword Fighting Souls to their maximum. Sword force once again rose from him and soared towards the sky.
"Destroy!"
Su Mo yelled loudly and mobilized all the Dark Force in his body to slice violently with his sword.
Swoosh!
Ten thousand streaks of Sword Qi rose up and covered the vast sky before it moved towards the God's Hand. The force of the collision between the Sword Qi and the Hand swept the entire as a terrifying aura rushed through the nine heavens and ten grounds.
Boom!
With a deafening sound the Sword Qi and the white giant hand collided against each other. Everything around the area within a kilometer shook. On the grounds below, after the smoke dissipated and the haze spread out, a wide crater had formed.
Boom boom boom!!
Loud explosions continued to sound as though thunder was striking unstoppably in a thunderstorm. Sword Qi rapidly crumbled and turned into streaks of sword radiance that rained down and spread out in all directions. As for the white giant hand, its force was terrifying. It had sliced the Sword Qi in half and seemed to be unaffected at all. The white hand retained its original power as it tore apart the skies and instantly attacked Su Mo.
"Not good!" Su Mo's heart jumped, he had not imagined that this would happen. He may have underestimated Wu Ma's sacrificial attack. With the palm right about to hit him, Su Mo had no time to counterattack. In an instant, he activated Wu Tian Yu's Hurricane Fighting Soul.
A terrifyingly strong wind exploded from his body and swept outwards. While it was forming, the white giant hand violently struck on the hurricane.
Boom!
Another explosion and the hurricane was instantly torn apart by the strong force of the palm. As for the white giant hand, it had finally reached the maximum of its power and began to crumble apart into numerous streaks of force.
Swoosh~~
Su Mo's heaved as his body was thrown back a few hundred meters by the menacing force. A short while later, he steadied himself and felt as though everything in his body was on fire. The Dark Force in him circulated violently and he felt as though he had suffered a heavy internal injury from the attack.
"What a scary attack!" Su Mo thought to himself. If not for his many Fighting Souls, he could have been seriously injured. However, he quickly regained his composure. Since the giant palm had crumbled, all the remaining streaks of force had devoured. Yet, Su Mo could not feel any sign of lifeblood. This meant that Wu Ma's lifeblood had been completely destroyed.
"Huh!" Su Mo sighed heavily and shook his head helplessly. He wouldn't be able to obtain Wu Ma's Elemental Spirit Body. However, he did obtain Wu You Lan's Colored Glaze Jade Body. He had completely devoured her body constitution after he killed her, including her lifeblood.
The battle had ended, Wu Ma was certainly dead, and Su Mo did not dare to stay at the scene any longer. He immediately flew into the air and called upon Nie Qian and Han Ying to leave Heavenly Underworld Star.
Quickly, the three met up and headed straight for the nearest Teleportation Formation.
…
Up in the skies.
Wu Chen, together with five other Sorcerer Tribe geniuses, followed the evidence of a fight on the ground and flew towards the north. He purposely slowed himself down as he ordered the men to carefully check through their surroundings. After a short period of time, the six of them had flown a few kilometers when the trace suddenly disappeared.
"Carefully check the surroundings!" Wu Chen ordered his men.
Under his command, the five underlings immediately lowered themselves and checked the area. However, they found nothing and the traces had disappeared: they had no idea where their culprit went.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, there are no more leads. Let us return and meet up with Brother Wu Ma and the rest!" a few Sorcerer Tribe geniuses suggested.
"Mmph! Let's return!" Wu Chen nodded his head, a sinister satisfaction appearing in his mind. He knew that his real body, Su Mo, had finished the battle and was on his way away from Heavenly Underworld Star.
Not long after, the few of them arrived back at the meeting place in the small town. After waiting a long time, they failed to see the other team. All of the geniuses were very anxious.
"Young Priest Wu Chen, let's go and find the other team! We can't wait here and not do anything!" one of the geniuses suggested.
"What are you anxious about? If they did find any lead, they will come and meet up with us!" Wu Chen dismissed him and did not seem anxious at all. Then, he ordered the geniuses to continue waiting in the small town.
This wait continued for another two days. Finally, the five geniuses could not wait any further and they took turns suggesting to Wu Chen that they go and find the other team.
"Alright! Lets go!" Wu Chen nodded his head in agreement, since he knew that his real body had already entered the Teleportation Formation and left Heavenly Underworld Star.
The team arrived at the scene of battle between Su Mo, Wu Ma, and Wu You Lan. As they saw the destruction before them, the five geniuses stared with their mouths wide open.
"What happened?"
"This place seems to have the aura of Brother Wu Ma and Sister You Lan!"
"Did they battle with someone?"
"Where are they?"
The five geniuses were utterly confused and they quickly surveyed their surroundings, but failed to find a single soul.
"The few of you come over here, I have something to tell you guys!" Wu Chen's face was calm as he gestured for the geniuses to join him. The geniuses quickly obeyed and flew to him, their faces confused.
At that moment, Wu Chen laughed and took out a dark object from his storage ring. It was the Young Priest badge.
"Grand Priest, this is what you gave me!" Wu Chen laughed at the badge and, suddenly, Ghost Qi rose from his body. A murderous aura surrounded him before he, and the geniuses around him, were engulfed in an enormous explosion.
Chapter 1322: Freedom
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Not bad! Wu Chen exploded! Su Mo had completed his goal of finding out Qing Xuan's whereabouts. As such, neither his physical body nor his avatar were required to stay in the Sorcerer Tribe. Furthermore, it would be impossible to hide the deaths of Wu Ma, Wu You Lan, as well as the group of Sorcerer Geniuses. Wu Chen's identity had already raised the Grand Priest's suspicions. If he returned to the Sorcerer Tribe after this battle, he would definitely be faced with destruction.
As such, Su Mo might as well expose his identity. With the Young Priest token on his body, there was nowhere for the avatar to escape. Anyway, it was just an avatar and not a big loss for Su Mo.
Boom!
The self-destruction of Wu Chen was terrifying. The Divine Pill that contained the powerful Ghost Force exploded. It was as powerful as a nuclear bomb, with huge black mushroom clouds rising, destroying everything within a thousand miles.
"Ahhh!!" In an instant, five geniuses of the Sorcerer Tribe were devoured by the mushroom cloud, their corpses and bones blown up and destroyed. These people were only of Level 4 or 5 Martial Emperor Realm. With little to no preparation, how would it be possible for them to block themselves from Wu Chen's self-destruction.
One breath! Two breaths! Three breaths!
After three breaths, the place where Wu Chen carried out his self-destruction caused the space to fluctuate unexpectedly. A big, tall elder suddenly appeared. The elder was none other than the Grand Priest.
The Grand Priest's expression was gloomy as he quietly stood in mid-air. After a while, he stretched out his big hand and directly slammed it into the depths of the void, crossing the endless distance.
Swoosh!
After a while, the Grand Priest retracted his hand and held up a Young Priest badge. It was the badge that belonged to Wu Chen, the Grand Priest had plucked it from the depths of the void.
"Who is it?" the Grand Priest's face darkened as if it were about to cast a storm. He did not expect that Wu Chen was a spy! He had long since figured out that there was something wrong with Wu Chen, however he did not pay much attention to it. Now that such a thing had happened, it resulted in the tragic death of a large number of Tribe Geniuses!
This was the gift I bestowed upon you! The Grand Priest thought angrily. Was this provocation? Who exactly was this man?
There were doubts in the heart of the Grand Priest. Who was the one who dared to come to the Sorcerer Tribe and behave so atrociously? This was simply unforgivable. He had to make the culprit pay for his crimes!
However, after all these years, the Grand Priest had indeed offended many people. He would have to carefully figure out who this enemy was.
After a while, the Grand Priest's body flashed and disappeared into thin air. For the next few days, the entire Heavenly Underworld Star was sealed off from the outside world. Everyone was strictly forbidden to go out and was involved in an intensive investigation. After this period of investigation, it was discovered that the person behind Wu Chen was Su Mo!
All this while, Su Mo had been probing about Hong Qing Xuan's affairs. This was especially clear during his interaction with Wu Chang Yuan, where he tried many times to pump information about the whereabouts of Qing Xuan. When the Grand Priest learned about this, he was utterly furious.
A worm-like native had actually dared to sneak into the Sorcerer Tribe and murdered multiple geniuses of the Tribe. This was simply extremely audacious! For this, the Grand Priest sent hundreds of Martial Honoured Realm Elders to track Su Mo's movements. He swore to find out where Su Mo had escaped.
…
After a few months of floundering around more than two hundred stars, Su Mo, Nie Qian, and Han Ying had finally returned to Star GuZhou. The route that they took was completely different from when they first went to Heavenly Underworld Star They had deliberately circled around the many stars.
Su Mo was cautious, he was afraid of the Sorcerer Tribesmen tracking down his escape route. There was a possibility of them being discovered, however it would take a few years for the Sorcerer Tribe to ever find them.
"We are finally back!" Nie Qian gasped, his face flushed as he walked out of the array that was transmitted by Star GuZhou. This experience was basically a breeze, and they had earned a huge amount of wealthy resources.
"We will not have to worry about resources for a long time!" Han Ying exclaimed, her face all smiles.
"You two, go back to the Shenwu Academy first! I still have something to settle!" Su Mo's face squirmed as he restored his original appearance and commanded both of them.
"Brother Su, are you not going back with us?" The two were a little surprised.
"No, I will go back in a few days time!" said Su Mo. He bade farewell to the two as he rushed to the sky and flew towards Tushan Town.
This trip to and from Heavenly Underworld Star had taken nearly two years of his time. He had to look at Tushan Town. Galloping into the void, Su Mo was thinking, after returning to the Shenwu Academy, he had to meticulously study the Sun Tribe. Qing Xuan was being held by the Sun Tribe. After today, he had to find her.
Su Mo did not completely understand the Sun Tribe. He only knew that it was an extremely powerful tribe that was ranked 86th on the list of the Ten Thousand Archean Tribes Board.
Qing Xuan was taken away by a woman from the Sun Tribe. He presumed that there should not be much danger, after all, this woman could not use Qing Xuan as her Cultivation Stove.
"Su Mo, can you fulfill what you promised me?" at that moment, the voice of the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage rang in Su Mo's mind. Upon hearing this, Su Mo was stumped. He understood it in an instant; the other party wanted freedom!
Su Mo had indeed made a promise, so naturally he would not go back on his word.
Swoosh!
Su Mo's body descended and landed in a forest below.
"Senior, you have helped me a lot during this whole ordeal. Of course, I will not go back on my word!" Su Mo said softly, standing in the middle of the forest. After speaking, his thoughts shifted and, mobilizing the Devouring Fighting Soul, he spat out the Ghost Spirit of the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage.
The Ghost Spirit of the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage was tall and sturdy, yet at the same time incomparably illusory. It was a black shadow, its face could not even be seen clearly. This was because, while at Heavenly Underworld City, Su Mo had sealed the Young Priest badge in a storage ring which consumed a lot of the Ghost Sage's spiritual power.
"Su Mo, I am grateful!" the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage had regained his freedom, and cupped his fist in his palm towards Su Mo. At the same time, for some unknown reason, the great Sage did not attain joy from his freedom. After seeing Su Mo's talent that seemingly defied the natural order, he knew leaving Su Mo would be a great personal loss.
However, he knew that freedom was more important than the loss of power.
"Senior, I should be thanking you. Thank you for your help and guidance!" Su Mo said as he shook his head. All this while, the old Sage had indeed helped him a lot. The Flaming Devil Ghost Sage sighed and said in a soft, deep voice, "For now, I still have something that requires your help!"
"What is it?"
"Your body has many physical bodies of the Sorcerer Tribesman. Please give me a good one!" said the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage.
"This is easy!" Su Mo smiled. He then waved his hands and dozens of physical bodies of the Sorcerer Tribes appeared in front of him.
He had acquired many physical bodies from the Sorcerer Tribesmen. The Sage had only asked for one physical body, but if he had asked for one hundred, Su Mo would have obliged him.
"Senior, choose one and it is yours!" Su Mo said.
Flaming Devil Ghost Sage glanced at the dozens of physical bodies before his eyes. After After a while, the Ghost Spirit made his decision and, in a flash, there were no physical bodies in sight. They had all disappeared into thin air, all except for one.
Su Mo was immediately slightly stunned. The physical body that Flaming Devil Ghost Sage chose was none other than Wu Tian Yu.
Chapter 1323: Plan to Defy the Heavens
After a while, "Wu Tian Yu" moved, and the figure slowly stood up.
"This physical body is not bad!" Wu Tian Yu smiled at Su Mo. At this point, Wu Tian Yu's body had already been taken over by the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage.
"Senior Ghost Sage, now that you have a new body, how long will it take for you to regain the Realm Peaks?" Su Mo asked.
"With the nourishment of the physical body, for the Demonic Soul and cultivation to regenerate, it'll take about ten years, at most 100 years!" Flaming Devil Ghost Sage replied.
Su Mo nodded. After all, the other party was a Martial Sage Elite. Even if he was currently in ruins, regenerating to the Peak Realms was just a matter of time.
"Oh, right, Senior, you are knowledgeable. Tell me about the situation of the Sun Tribe!" Su Mo asked the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage. The other party had lived for so long and was an elite warrior. He would definitely know something about the Sun Tribe.
"Sun Tribe?" Upon hearing this, the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage was stumped. He paused to think for a moment, trying to remember, and said, "The Sun Tribe is a famously powerful tribe in the Infinite Region. It's not in Ancient Spirit Galaxy, but the Ming Xu Galaxy. However, the power of the Sun Tribe is extremely mighty, radiating through the dozens of galaxies around it!"
"How spectacular!" Su Mo gasped. Its power radiated through dozens of galaxies, this was way too strong! Within a single galaxy, there were more than ten thousand stars, maybe even a hundred thousand. This evidently proved how powerful the Sun Tribe was.
Su Mo soon understood the details of the Sun Tribe, as the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage told him everything he knew. The members of the Sun Tribe were no different from ordinary people. However, they only cultivated the Overcast and Cold Skills.
This piqued Su Mo's curiosity. Qing Xuan had a Pure Yin Body and was a matchless genius who had cultivated the Overcast and Cold Skill. Did the Sun Tribe want Qing Xuan to become one of them?
After talking to Flaming Devil Ghost Sage for a while, Su Mo had a better understanding about the Sun Tribe. At the moment, he did not have much power and was not prepared to travel to the Sun Tribe. It was better for him to first return to the Shenwu Academy and elevate his power.
"Su Mo, the time will come!" the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage cupped his fist in his palm towards Su Mo and prepared to leave.
"The time will come!" Su Mo repeated.
"Su Mo, your talent both surpasses the ancients and amazes your peers. It is one in a million. In ten years, it can reach the Honourable Level, in a hundred the Sage Level, and in a thousand years you could usurp power and become a Universal Deity. I hope to see the day when you take over the universe!" said the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage solemnly.
"According to the predecessors, if I don't die prematurely, I could definitely take over the world!" Su Mo said confidently. His confidence had reached the point where it was practically overflowing.
The terror of Flaming Devil Ghost Sage had also been unleashed. Now, Su Mo's body contained numerous Fighting Souls and three unique body constitutions. Who would surpass him in the world?
"Yes!" the Flaming Devil Ghost Sage said lightly, and looked seriously at Su Mo before his body flashed and disappeared into thin air.
After a while, Su Mo also turned to leave and flew towards Tushan Town. A few days later, Su Mo arrived at his destination. In the past two years, Tushan Town had undergone a drastic change. A high wall was built and it had become a small city. Although there was still a relatively small population, the area was considered lively and bustling.
Swoosh!
Su Mo flew directly into the House of the Firmament Palace. His arrival inevitably caused a sensation in the House. He immediately gathered a group of Elders to ask in detail about the current development of the Firmament Palace. The current Palace housed dozens of Martial Emperor Realm elites; for example, Emperor Shi, Hai Ming Jiang, and Master Qian Fu Ge had all broken through to Martial Emperor Realm.
However, they were still only at Level 1 Martial Emperor Realm. Other than the dozen Martial Emperor realm warriors in the Palace, there were already over 40,000 Martial Royal Realm warriors, and no less than 200,000 Martial King Realm warriors.
It could be said that, compared to a few years ago, the Firmament Palace had become much more powerful. At this point, it was not accepting any more disciples. This comforted and pleased Su Mo. He bestowed a large number of storage rings to the warriors of the Firmament Palace.
These rings contained all of the cultivation resources that he had attained: 100,000 Lower Spiritual Crystals, trillions of Higher Grade Spiritual Stones, and countless numbers of different types of Imperial Weapons and Skills.
Suddenly, Su Mo looked up in surprise to see that Jiang Feng Ran and Si Kong Yan were currently retreating into the Palace. The two had gone out to practice for more than a year. They returned to Firmament Palace half a month ago after they suffered serious injuries, and were currently receiving treatment within the Palace. Su Mo was a little speechless; he did not know who the both of them had provoked!
After the meeting, Su Mo was in no rush to leave, and instead prepared to stay in Tushan Town for a few days.
…
In a spacious room, Su Mo and his father, Su Hong, sat opposite each other.
"Mo'er, in the future, if you have time, do come back to visit!" Su Hong said to Su Mo as he smiled. He was pleased with his son's achievements. Su Mo had been wandering for years, and his father often worried about him.
However, as his own cultivation level and talent were far too low, he was unable to help Su Mo!
"Father, I will!" Su Mo nodded and then said in a deep voice, "Father, the reason I have come to you is because I want to see if you are able to elevate your talent!"
"Elevate my talent?" Su Hong was stumped. Could he still elevate his talent? How?
"Yes, if we can elevate your talent, it will be easy for you to be promoted from Martial Emperor to Martial Honour!" Su Mo said with a smile. Su Hong was currently Level 8 True Strong Realm. He had not reached True Dark Realm yet. This was because his talent was too low. No matter how many precious resources he had, it was not of much use to him.
In a normal situation, not to mention the act of elevating to Martial Emperor or Martial Hour, it would be extremely difficult for him to even reach Martial King Realm.
"So powerful?" Su Hong was shocked. If this were true, then it would mean great things for him. Talent had always been his weakness.
Being Su Mo's father had always awarded Su Hong a high status in the Firmament Palace, everyone naturally respected him quite a bit. Yet, he knew that he was just sharing in his son's achievements. Without Su Mo and his successes, Su Hong would be nothing.
"Right now, this is only conjecture. Whether or not it actually works, we don't yet know. We still need to try it!" Su Mo sighed. He was going to use his own Devouring Fighting Soul to choose another suitable Fighting Soul to blend with his father. However, he was not fully confident that it would work.
It had worked for Si Kong Yan and the Nine Palace Masters. They had all developed Twin Fighting Souls, and had even become Triple Fighting Soul geniuses. This was Su Mo's imagined goal for his father, or, rather, his plan to defy the heavens.
Su Hong's face darkened. His son only wanted to test his theory, he did not know if it was going to work or not.
"Mo'er, what are you waiting for? Start now!" Su Hong urged.
After a while, Su Mo took in a deep breath. He had to try it, whether or not it was going to succeed.
"Yes!" Su Mo nodded, his face dignified and then whispered, "Father, close your eyes and don't open them!"
"Okay!" Su Hong said and immediately closed both his eyes shut.
Chapter 1324: You Did Not Include Us in This Good Opportunity?
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The Fighting Soul has to be blended with the warrior in order for it to become a part of the him. He must communicate with the power of the Fighting Soul for his own use. With this in mind, Su Mo had to think of how to blend his father's Spiritual Soul with this chosen Fighting Soul. For many other warriors, it was impossible to do this,since the Spiritual Souls of warriors simply could not blend with the Fighting Soul of others.
However, it might be different for Su Mo. He possessed the Devouring Fighting Soul and this might be of some help.
Su Hong's eyes were tightly shut and he looked excited. Su Mo concentrated his thoughts and the Devouring Fighting Soul instantly entered his father's mind. Su Hong's body instantly jerked, however he did not make any other movements. He completely trusted his son.
Su Mo's Devouring Fighting Soul entered his father's mind and it saw that his Spiritual Soul was a faint mist. Su Mo carefully absorbed his father's Spiritual Soul into his own Devouring Fighting Soul. He was extremely cautious and careful in controlling the power of his own Fighting Soul, so as not to refine his father's Spiritual Soul. He was trying his best to avoid causing any harm to his father's Spiritual Soul.
At this moment, Su Hong, whose eyes were shut tight, felt the world spinning and his consciousness seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss. However, he focused his mind and, without any trace of struggling, he let Su Mo carry out his plan.
After sucking his father's Spiritual Soul into his Devouring Fighting Soul, Su Mo chose a Fighting Soul to blend with it. He decided on a Beast Fighting Soul, one with a Tiger Head and huge body. Su Mo was not sure exactly what kind of beast this Fighting Soul was, but it was not at all weak. He had devoured it when he was killing the Sorcerer Tribe towns.
Su Mo started to blend his father's Spiritual Soul with the Fighting Soul with the Tiger Head and huge body. Compared to when Su Mo was condensing his avatar, blending the his father's Spiritual Soul with the unknown Fighting Soul was much more difficult. Su Mo was unable to control it as he wished.
Fortunately, the Devouring Fighting Soul acted as a medium and the Beast Fighting Soul was completely refined by Su Mo. Not only did it have no consciousness, but it was now under his control.
Su Mo exerted the power of his Fighting Soul. He carefully blended his father's Spiritual Soul with the Beast Fighting Soul. He did not dare to make a mistake, as Su Hong's Spiritual Soul was indeed quite weak. One mistake and he could cause his father's Spiritual Soul to collapse.
This blending process was extremely slow. Time crawled by and after a few hours, the blending was still unsuccessful.
The progress was extremely slow. At this rate, he estimated that he would need about half a month to successfully carry out the blending.
"Father, try your best to communicate with this Beast Fighting Soul!" Su Mo sent out a thought to Su Hong's Spiritual Soul. Sure enough, as soon as Su Mo said this, the process of the blending immediately accelerated by ten times. Su Hong's Spiritual Soul had listened, and was taking the initiative to communicate and blend with the Beast Fighting Soul.
Another dozen hours elapsed. Su Hong's Spiritual Soul and the Fighting Soul with the Tiger Head and huge body gradually blended with each other. Finally, the two successfully blended!
Su Mo was overjoyed. Indeed, his theory was right, blending in such a way was possible. It was as if God was helping them!
Although it took a long time, the blending was extremely perfect. There were no accidents. Su Mo immediately controlled the Devouring Fighting Soul and spat out the Fighting Soul with the Tiger Head and huge body. He then left Su Hong's mind.
"Father, it is done. How are you feeling?" Su Mo asked with a smile.
Su Hong, who was still seated with his eyes closed, slowly look at Su Mo. His eyes shone brightly.
"Mo'er, is this real?" Su Hong's excited face flushed as he could feel the powerful Fighting Soul within his body. This was a Fighting Soul that only Martial Emperor Realm warriors could possess. Yet here he was, a trivial Realm warrior, who actually possessed it as well.
Technically speaking, he was now a Martial Emperor Realm warrior. The only problem was that his Dark Force cultivation was far from expectations.
"Father, you'll know it when you try!" Su Mo smiled.
Su Hong took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts. Immediately he released his own Fighting Soul.
Boom!
In an instant, the Beast Fighting Soul with the Tiger Head and huge body rose behind Su Hong. It was incomparably huge, a ferocious and terrifying beast with ominous strength that covered the earth. As soon as it appeared, it sent a blast through the room. Sawdust flew around and tiles shattered, turning everything into ruins.
"Ha, ha! What a powerful Fighting Soul!" Su Hong was elated, he was over the moon and high-spirited.
Phew! Su Mo silently heaved a sigh of relief. Even though his father possessed the Fighting Soul, he still could not be called a Genius, but his talent had increased many times.
The Martial Road was going to be easy. He was going to wait until his father truly broke through to the Martial Emperor Realm, and until his Spiritual Soul was powerful enough, before blending another Fighting Soul with it.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!
The events had naturally alerted many other warriors and they flew over from the Firmament Palace. Even from far away, everyone could see the Fighting Soul on Su Hong's body.
They were all stumped, what was going on? Su Hong had a Fighting Soul? How was this possible? Su Hong was only of True Strong Realm cultivation, how was it possible for him to have such a powerful Fighting Soul? Everyone was confused, and were rooted to the ground.
Seeing that he had caused a commotion, Su Hong instantly stored his Fighting Soul, but his face was full of glee.
"Everyone, leave!" Su Mo waved at the crowd, gesturing them to leave. The people of Firmament Palace did not dare to defy Su Mo's orders and left with their hearts full of doubt. After a while, Su Hong and Su Mo talked and then the elder left excitedly. His father could not wait to test out the Fighting Soul's power.
After leaving his father, Su Mo decided to spend the next half a month blending Fighting Souls for dozens of other people. These people were those who had good relations with Su Mo, such as Luo Qian Fan, Ling Mu Chen, Niu Xiao Hu, and Elder Wei. This helped each and every one of them, as it increased their respective talents by ten times.
While Su Mo was meditating in the palace, continually blending Fighting Souls for others, he could sense the mental toll that it was taking on him. Once he completed this task, he was prepared to leave and return to Shenwu Academy.
"Su Mo!" Someone suddenly screamed his name, and two figures came rushing to the palace. It was Si Kong Yan and Jiang Feng Ran.
"Su Mo, how could you let Uncle possess a Fighting Soul? Why didn't you include us in this good opportunity?" Si Kong Yan complained loudly, referring to Su Hong's new Beast Fighting Soul. As per usual, it was Si Kong Yan who dared to throw his weight around in front of Su Mo. He did not have any respect for him.
Of course, this was simply Si Kong Yan's personality. His relationship with Su Mo was usually very cordial, and they had long since settled their conflicts.
Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the two of them. His eyes instantly lit up. Both of their cultivations had reached the peak of Level 2 Martial Emperor Realm. This speed of cultivation was not to be ignored; it was far faster than many of the students from the Shenwu Academy. Su Mo also noticed that together they possessed a Fire Spiritual Body and a Wind Spiritual Body. There were both of a unique body constitution and were at the top of the Archean Special Body Board.
Although the Wind Spiritual Body and the Fire Spiritual Body were not considered unnaturally powerful, however, on the Archean Special Body Board, their ranking was similar to that of the Coloured Glaze Treasure Body. Su Mo studied these two men with great interest.