Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty – Black Gold Seal Soldier
Zuo Mo felt the surroundings suddenly change.
The middle-aged person in front of him was still coldly staring at him, but Ma Fan and the others who were beside him had disappeared.
What was going on?
Zuo Mo's eyes instinctively narrowed.
"You don't need to search." The middle-aged person's tone was icy. "Sixth-grade Thousand Gem Illusory Disk, if you are not in yuanying there's no way you can escape! Do not make meaningless efforts."
Idiot! Zuo Mo thought inside. His body suddenly disappeared from its current location and appeared behind the middle-aged person. His right hand inserted into the other's back like a poison snake darting out of its nest!
Instantly it penetrated through!
The same moment as when he struck, Zuo Mo's expression changed slightly.
Not good!
The figure in front of him rippled, and with a pop, had disappeared.
Illusion!
"Haha!" The middle-aged person's smug smile sounded from all directions and echoed. "Just as vicious as expected! However, aren't you first going to ask why I am attacking you?"
Zuo Mo's thoughts flashed, and he followed the other's lead to ask, "Who are you? Why are you attacking me?"
"Hmph! Even if you did not ask, I would have said it! Letting you you understand why you are dying! This one is Gu Xiang Tian. I owe much to the Ren Family, and they died by your hands. I do not want to ask what happened between you, but I repay what I owe. They died, so I cannot repay them normally. Instead, I will take your head in sacrifice to them and finish this cycle of karma between me and them!"
"Really?" Zuo Mo was not affected. He furiously searched for a trace of the other using his perception yet there was a strange power filling the surroundings. When Zuo Mo's perception extended three zhang away from him, it would become chaotic.
This Thousand Gem Illusory Disk was as strange as expected! The formations within it could confuse the consciousness, and it was the first time Zuo Mo had ever encountered such a thing. Zuo Mo became alert. It seemed that he wouldn't be able to easily escape today.
However, he was not afraid. He had come through so many bloody battles and wouldn't be afraid such a battle.
At this time, a voice rumbled as though it was coming out of the ground.
"Born to Battle!"
The sound echoed in his ears!
"Born to battle ... ... born to battle ... ..."
Zuo Mo's expression suddenly changed!
A seal soldier!
A figure slowly appeared at a place about ten zhang from him.
Zuo Mo inhaled sharply!
As expected, a seal soldier!
Compared to the seal soldier that Zuo Mo had used before, the seal soldier in front of him was much smaller. It was about the same size as a real person and appeared extremely realistic. He had a cold expression, his body seemed to be made from steel, and its muscles were clearly defined and had a metallic sheen. There was no armor and the balanced figure was beautiful.
His feet were bare, the empty eyes had no emotion as though he was dead.
He looked coldly at Zuo Mo.
Zuo Mo's hairs suddenly stood on end. The seal soldier in front of him gave him unprecedented pressure. He felt as though he was being targeted by a vicious beast and didn't dare to move at all!
"Haha! To die by a sixth-grade black gold seal soldier, to die inside the sixth-grade Thousand Gem Illusory Disk, your death is worthy!"
Sixth-grade?
Zuo Mo jumped in fright and his pupils suddenly contracted!
The black gold seal soldier in front of him disappeared!
Not good!
The blurry outline of a leg suddenly appeared in front of him!
The arm Zuo Mo hurriedly held up in defense was like a fragile wooden shelf that instantly collapsed!
Bam!
Zuo Mo felt as if he was just hit head-on by a charging rhinoceros mo. He could not control his body. Like a sandbag, he flew backwards into the air!
Such terrifying power!
Zuo Mo was shocked. He was at a disadvantage in physical strength!
How was this possible?
Even since he had cultivated the mo physique, his physical strength had grown, and when he cultivated into the Great Day mo physique, he had never met an opponent that could rival him in physical force!
Now he had been defeated based on his strongest area, physical strength. Zuo Mo found it hard to digest!
At this time, a feeling of danger formed. Zuo Mo could not attend to anything else and suddenly curled into a ball. Enormous pain passed over him him from his flank. Zuo Mo made a muffled grunt. The other's kick was enough to make him feel as though his skeleton was going to come loose.
The ground magnified in his eyes. Zuo Mo knew that the seal soldier's attacks would not end so easily. Just as he was going to hit the ground, Zuo Mo gritted his teeth, his hands pushed out, with lightning speed, against the ground. His entire body suddenly changed direction, while in such a strange posture!
Woosh!
Zuo Mo could clearly feel the blade-like air flow right against his back.
Escaping, Zuo Mo's posture changed again. His body furiously flashed about, on tip-toes, and distanced himself from the enemy!
The black gold seal soldier did not pursue but stopped at the previous position.
Zuo Mo panted heavily as his gaze tightly followed the black gold seal soldier. Waves of pain came from his back and caused the corners of his mouth to twitch uncontrollably. If this was any other normal jindan xiuzhe, if they were not dhyana xiu, they would have lost half of their life after being hit twice like this.
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How long had it been since he was this disheveled?
There seemed to be two fires burning in Zuo Mo's eyes.
"Oh, your life is pretty hardy!" Gu Xiang Tian was slightly shocked. "To be able to stop my black gold seal soldier twice and not die, are you a dhyana xiu?"
The faint gold and transparent Light Void Wings appeared on his back, Zuo Mo's presence also increased.
The black gold seal soldier disappeared from his position again. At the same time, Zuo Mo also disappeared!
Bam!
The two figures crossed, and two fists smashed together without finesse!
A twisted and transparent air ripple suddenly spread.
Bam bam bam!
The air seemed to ignite as these air ripples exploded everywhere.
Just like the two had disappeared at the same time, the two reappeared together on their original spots as though they had not stepped away.
A blood stream flowed down Zuo Mo's arm, but Zuo Mo did not detect it. His eyes that were like of a wild beast as he stared at the black gold seal soldier opposite him!
Thirteen punches!
Thirteen punches with all his power!
Even Zuo Mo's Great Day mo physique could not avoid being wounded after thirteen fierce collisions. A gap three cun long had cracked open on his arm. This gap had formed due to the vibrations!
However, he had not been wounded for nothing!
Zuo Mo stared at the fists of the black gold seal soldier. Each of its fists had a golden Great Day script imprinted on it!
Day Script Palm!
Interlaced among the thirteen blows, Zuo Mo had used the Day Script Palm!
"Hm, that's strange!" Gu Xiang Tian could not maintain his calmness. "What is this?"
The Great Day Script on the fists of the black gold seal soldier suddenly lit up, and the fists quickly melted at a visible rate into two irregularly shaped metal balls!
The black gold seal soldier's expression was indifferent as though he did not feel any pain at all.
Suddenly, the two metal balls that were the hands of the black gold seal soldier once again became two new hands that were as perfect as in the beginning!
Zuo Mo's expression became ugly. This guy was not made from flesh and blood. When it had been him using the seal soldier to hit other people, that had been pleasurable; but now that it was him facing against seal soldier, the feeling was terrible.
"Haha! Do not waste your efforts, stand for your death! Why struggle needlessly?" Gu Xiang Tian's smug laughter sounded in the surroundings.
Gu Xiang Tian's voice was ethereal and his position was unable to be found.
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Without a doubt, it was the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk at work!
It was the first time Zuo Mo had encountered a talisman that could take other people into it, it really was powerful! Did Ma Fan and the others know he was stuck in here? Did they too encounter danger?
These thoughts flashed through his mind. He quickly put his attention on the black gold seal soldier in front of him.
He found this very problematic!
What he found problematic was not the black gold seal soldier's power and speed. He had both of these, even though he was slightly weaker, they were on the same level. What he found problematic was the black gold seal soldier's resilient body! To a person like him that only had ever used a third-grade seal soldier, an understanding of the sixth-grade seal soldier was something undoubtedly very distant to him.
Its formations? Its forging methods? He did not know anything about these, much less its weaknesses.
In this short interaction, he clearly learned just how strong the body of the black gold seal soldier was Zuo Mo did not know if it was possible to destroy it with brute force, but he knew it was something he definitely was unable to do.
The Day Script Palm was useless. It had turned the soldier's hands had turned to metal balls and still did not affect it. Zuo Mo had a feeling that even if its entire body was melted, it could transform back into its present state.
Zuo Mo stared viciously at the black gold seal soldier. He felt that this could make him appear strong, and his mind spun quickly.
Maybe he could think of a way to find Gu Xiang Tian and kill him?
Zuo Mo felt that this idea was plausible. Gu Xiang Tian's position was changing, and probably was the effect of the formations of the Thousand Gem Illusion Disk, because the seal xiu could not be too far from the seal soldier. If the seal xiu was too far away, the seal soldier's strength would lessen.
But where was this guy?
Yet the black gold seal soldier did not give Zuo Mo the time to think and leapt again.
Helplessly, Zuo Mo could only throw the thoughts into the back of him mind. If he wasn't careful, he could easily lose his life to this powerful guy!
Ge has many moves, ge doesn't believe ge can't stop you!
The murderous Zuo Mo moved forward, his legs covered in a thin layer of gold as he stepped heavily on the ground! Golden Crow Feet! A large force came from under his feet. His figure that was already lightning fast suddenly doubled in speed!
He appeared behind the black gold seal soldier out of thin air!
For the first time, Zuo Mo's speed was faster than the black gold seal soldier!
Without another word, Zuo Mo's right leg was like a light gold whip that struck the black gold seal soldier!
Woosh!
A sound brighter than any before it!
The black gold seal soldier's body was whipped into the air yet somersaulted away!
Of the six transformations of the Great Day mo physique, the Golden Crow Feet was the one with the most physical strength! Even as powerful as the black gold seal soldier was, it could not stabilize its figure. It was possible to see how strong the move was!
While you're weak, take your life!
Zuo Mo's feet pushed again. He once again appeared next to the black gold seal soldier with a strange blade shrouded in fire!
The ling power and consciousness in his body was unprecedentedly lively. Zuo Mo felt every piece of muscle, every bone, every tendon in his Great Day mo physique was vibrating together!
Countless tiny bits of power continued to merge in an extremely short amount of time, and like the streams entering the sea, they formed a great and vast power. This astounding flood rampaged through his body to his arm!
The muscles in his arm seemed to be pluck like chord and suddenly gave a clear hum as they vibrated!
Zuo Mo's mind seemed to enter a wondrous state. Almost unconsciously, he followed this flood of power, and the flaming strange blade in his hand sliced with the flow.
Midday Blade Strike!
Translator Ramblings: Yeah, brute force is not going to cut it. Zuo Mo's been having too much of a smooth time recently.
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Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty One – Post-Epiphany Lei Peng
Midday Blade Strike!
The vast power was vented through this strike, turning into an enormous golden blade of energy that shot towards the black gold seal soldier!
There seemed to be a shadow howling from inside the blade energy, the golden blade energy changed while it and roiled relentlessly!
This was not the first time he had used the Midday Blade Strike, but this strike was clearly different!
The raging and vast power, in the moment it appeared, had caused the other powers in him to vibrate and collide like a spectacular drawing painted with rough, burning, thickly strokes! In an instant, a glimpse of understanding rose in Zuo Mo's heart, as though something was within his reach! But when he thought about it, he seemed to not seem to have understood anything at all.
Time seemed to slow down.
Following along the pull of the howling power, Zuo Mo was like a devout believer.
The wavering golden light energy reflected on the face of the black gold seal soldier. Its expression was normal and did not change, as it shielded its body by bending inward and it raising its two crossed arms in front of it!
The howling blade energy was like a furious beast that smashed onto the crossed arms of the black gold seal soldier!
The golden light exploded!
Clang!
It was as if an enormous bell rang out in a mountain valley. The sound wave reverberated past Zuo Mo and his body uncontrollably trembled!
This was power! Power that would cause people to shake!
Having just seen its appearance, Zuo Mo almost instantly became enchanted by it.
Such strong power!
Excited, Zuo Mo felt very satisfied with his above-normal display of power. Because the black gold seal soldier was a significant threat to him, he had had a momentary break through and released such a powerful Midday Blade Strike!
The blinding and burning golden light filled his vision. A surprise exclamation came from Gu Xiang Tian and Zuo Mo snickered soundlessly.
The golden light disappeared!
When he saw the black gold seal soldier was still standing in the center of the golden light, Zuo Mo's pupils suddenly contracted. He almost shouted in disbelief!
Impossible!
With its body completely red, the black gold seal soldier seemed to have been just taken out of a furnace. Countless seal scripts floated on its body. On the two arms that protected its face was a wound several cun long, and a cut almost went through its entire arm!
But it had stopped the attack!
It had managed to stop the attack!
Zuo Mo's eyes was full of disbelief. He could not imagine. How could such a great power could be stopped?
Was this the strength of a sixth-grade seal soldier?
Zuo Mo murmured to himself.
He quickly recovered from his daze, and his expression uncontrollably changed dramatically! This strike had produced a certain amount of damage to the black gold seal soldier. The red light on its body had gradually dissipated but the marks on its arms had not healed completely like previously.
The Midday Blade Strike had destroyed the seal scripts on its arms.
But Zuo Mo's expression did not show any good signs due to this. The Midday Blade Strike just now had been a far above his normal skill level. Even if he used the move again, he lacked the confidence in replicating power the power it had.
That Midday Blade Strike had almost used all the power in his body. The feeling of weakness flooded in.
The situation was not good!
For Zuo Mo, the situation was was terrible.
———
"We are ambushed." Nian Lu swept the surroundings.
Ma Fan did not make a sound while Lei Peng scanned the surroundings in curiosity and rumbled, "Who is so brave? Daring to ambush us? Are they tired of living?"
Shang Wei Ming's face was ashen as he said in a trembling voice, "Thousand Gem Illusory Disk, this is the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk!"
Hearing this, Ma Fan raised his face. "What is the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk?"
"Thousand Gem ... ... Thousand Gem Illusory Disk is the talisman that Qing Xu Sanren became famed for." Shang Wei Ming's mood stabilized slightly and he hurriedly explained, "It can trap people in it. There are countless illusions inside, and it is endless in space. If one cannot break through the formation, they can be trapped for their entire life!"
"It is this powerful?" Lei Peng was surprised and exploded.
Shang Wei Ming weakly added, "It is a sixth-grade talisman."
Now everyone did not speak. Sixth-grade talisman was not something they could defeat. If Wei Sheng was here, there might be a chance
Suddenly, a loud bang sounded in everyone's ears.
The faces of Ma Fan and the others changed. Other than the four of them, only Zuo Mo was in here. The other's target was Daren! That was such a fierce collision, Daren must have encountered great danger.
"Three section wave killing change!" Ma Fan's gaze focused as he said simply.
Lei Peng and Nian Lu's eyes lit up. How could they have forgotten that move? If they encountered a dense enemy formation, they must use sword energies of even greater power, and this was also the most powerful quality of the three section wave killing change. At the beginning, they had to train together on this technique until the three of them were in sync, before it was considered complete. Later, they had been moved to the Sky Peak Platoon, and their chances of charging at the very front had gotten smaller.
"Old Fan, your brains are really good, no wonder you were once the core!" Lei Peng rumbled out.
He moved forward proactively, the three of them forming a triangle with Lei Peng at the very front. After Lei Peng had had epiphany on the battlefield, he had been laughed at by his fellows for a long time. What caused him to feel even more embarrassed was that the epiphany that was said to be a one-in-a-thousand chance had not helped him enter jindan!
The sabre scripture that Lei Peng used to cultivate was called the [Abyss Beast Soul Consuming Sabre]. The name was ostentatious but it really wasn't a powerful sabre scripture. Sabre scriptures were hard to find, and good sabre scriptures were even rarer. So instead he wanted to cultivate sword scriptures like the [Clear Sky Sword Scripture]. This guy had a thick skin and came with a begging face to see Zuo Mo. Zuo Mo saw that such a big person like him coming to beg wasn't an easy thing to do, and naturally allowed it. The result was that he had read every one of Zuo Mo's sword scriptures, no matter if it was good or bad!
But after he read, he had even more questions, and even practicing the familiar sabre scripture became awkward.
That was until the epiphany on the battlefield last time that seemed to create a light among the mist. He actually comprehended three slightly unusual sword moves.
When he had just comprehended them, they were only in their beginning stages. He had skipped over to ask for guidance from others. Who knew that after Wei Sheng watched him them, Wei Sheng had praised the moves. On the road from Bloody Sky Metropolis Jie to Cloud Sea Jie, he had helped Lei Peng gradually refine them. After being refined and carved like rough jade, these three sword moves released their blinding light.
Lei Peng called the three moves [Abyssal Chop].
Spending everyday together, Ma Fan and Lie Peng naturally knew the power of Lei Peng's three moves. They were very powerful, and most suited to heavy assault, so he became the primary attacker.
The three stood still.
Nian Lu's hands were like blooming lotus flowers. With a snap, a handful of small lotus flowers burst from his fingertips. Each of these little lotus flowers were the size of a thumb, small and adorable. When the little lotus flowers came out, they spread into the surroundings.
The surroundings instantly started to waver, and Nian Lu's expression became grave.
Even though his move of his could defeat illusory formations and usually worked, but what they were facing right now was a sixth-grade talisman. He didn't know if this would be effective.
However ... ...
An indiscernible light flashed through Nian Lu's eyes.
Pia pia pia!
The little lotus flowers popped like bubbles. The changes in light around them became even more violent. However, Nian Lu stared tightly at a space not far from them—that place was only several chi big but under the his attack, from beginning to end, it had not changed a bit.
"There!"
Nian Lu's voice was full of confidence.
He had not planned to defeat the illusory formation in front of them with his move. He knew he was not a match for an illusory formation produced by a sixth-grade talisman. He was trying to find the leverage point! Any illusory formation would have some areas that never changed, these were leverage points. They were the structure to the illusory formation and would not change as the illusory formation changed.
And these leverage points were their target!
When attacking an illusory formation, the worst thing to do was to attack aimlessly. The great majority of targets in an illusory formation were illusions, no matter how realistic they appeared, they were still illusions. If they attacked illusions, they would only miss! Only by attacking the structure of the formation could they truly damage the formation.
Lei Peng's legs bent as he crouched slightly forward, his hands holding the golden crystal broadsword. Ling power burst from his body like a fire. In a blink, his body was covered in a thin layer of ling power fire. This was a sign that ling power was being channeled to its limits.
Without needing a signal, Ma Fan and Nian Lu channeled ling power simultaneously, and ling power flames also appeared on their bodies in a thin layer.
The ling power flames on their bodies were all different. Lei Peng's flames were red with a tinge of black, giving people an intimidating feeling. Ma Fan's ling power fire was grey and flickering, hard to catch. Nian Lu's ling power fire was green with pink, extremely beautiful.
Like a metal tower, Lei Peng glared angrily, all the muscles in his body expanding as he raised the gold crystal broadsword in his hand.
Hiss!
Countless fine air flows around him seemed to be plucked by an invisible hand. Sharp fine sword energies were like sharp shards of ice that hissed and flew.
Ma Fan's eyes were half-lidded, the tip of the flying sword in his hand slightly raised, and Nian Lu's expression was grave, faint lotus flowers discernable on his long and slender flying sword.
Having finished preparing, Lei Peng felt the blood vessels in his body expand, but his heart was like the eye of the storm, calm and peaceful.
His mind moved, and he acted with his thought. All the gathered sword essence was like the flood rushing through the dam and venting out!
The upraised golden crystal broadsword suddenly chopped down!
"Deep Abyssal Chop!"
Woosh!
The sound was like an enormous block of wood being thrown up, and caused fear in people's hearts! The surrounding space seemed to twist. This enormous sword that was like a horse-chopping sabre seemed to come from the abyss of hell and did not have any light at all!
Black and deep!
The places where the sword edges passed appeared a bottomless deep abyss!
Ma Fan and Nian Lu also attacked at the same time!
A grey sword energy and a blue sword essence were like baby sparrows returning to the nest, combined with Lei Peng's bottomless and black sword energy!
The sword energy suddenly grew, and that black abyss expanded slightly!
That was a power that seemed to be able to swallow anything and instilled fear in people!
A shocked shout came from the air. The owner of the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk also detected danger. The scenery next to the trio changed dramatically as the other tried to distract and confuse them.
Lei Peng did not seem to see it. The growing sword energy in his hand accurately struck the place that Nian Lu had pointed at!
The moment it struck, time seemed to slightly pause.
Boom!
Everyone felt their vision darken, the blackness that was endless seemed to swallow all of them. The ground under their feel trembled and shook fiercely!
An angry voice came from the air.
"You dare to damage my talisman! All of you, wait for your death!"
Translator ramblings: A+ teamwork!