Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty Seven – Strong Offense
The sky was a fiery red as though storm of spells raining down had lit the air on fire.
Tian Heng Bo's expression was comparably ugly to the burning sky. Up until now, they hadn't broken through the island's protective formation!
Thunder roiled within the Yinyang Thunder Cloud Formation! Lightning occasionally flashed and the silver snakes curved with a frightening presence. But what caused people to feel hopeless was the azure energy that would occasionally appear. They didn't know what those azure energies were but any spell that encountered the azure energy, no matter how powerful, would disappear.
The Tian Family started out as ling plant farmers but they had recruited a seal xiu that was skilled in formations. But that seal xiu's head was covered in sweat and his expression was distraught at this time.
"How much longer?" Tian Heng Bo felt impatient and his voice was murderous.
He had never thought that Turtle Island was really a turtle, one that had retreated into its shell. A shell so hard it could break off people's teeth! They had been stopped right outside the formation! If they could not break through the defense of the formation, it would be a serious blow to their present high morale.
What caused him even more fury was that Tian Ye had sent a message from the rear with the undisguised disdain. Tian Ye's personality was eccentric and had terrible relations with Tian Heng Bo. Tian Heng Bo found it hard to tolerate being laughed at by Tian Ye.
"I ... ... I don't know!" This female xiu knew Tian Heng Bo's fiery temper. She swallowed hard and tried to explain, "This island has an expert in formations! The Yinyang Thunder Formation has been strengthened, and a lightning wood element has been added. There is also a very strange formation on the island that this subordinate has never seen before. This formation ... ..."
"In other words, there's no solution?" Tian Heng Bo stared at the seal xiu with a dark face.
The heart of the seal xiu tightened. He stammered out, "This subordinate ... ... this subordinate needs two hours, no, four hours ... ..."
Woosh!
A energy flashed through the head of the seal xiu and blood streamed out.
"What is the use in keeping you!" Tian Heng Bo's voice was cold. He did not look at the corpse on the ground, turning and ordering, "All of you, launch an all out assault! Anyone that retreats will be killed without question!"
The people around him shook inside and responded in the affirmative.
Battle xiu flooded in behind them and encircled Turtle Island, preparing their spells together.
Only one troop was stood out, staying motionless. That was Tian Ye Battalion!
Tian Heng Bo felt great hatred towards them but did not show it on his face. He ordered the other two elite battalions to attack at the same time! He resolved that he would take down Turtle Island no matter what! Otherwise, he would not be able to raise his head in front of Tian Ye in the future!
To break a formation, other than deconstructing it, there was another method, a strong attack! In theory, when the attack was strong enough, any formation can be defeated!
In a flash, numerous spells fell down!
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Ji Wei looked at the burning sky and praised, "This Meridional Azure Aether Formation is truly strong! Daren is uncanny in ability to be able comprehend such a formation! It is a sect-protecting formation! With this formation, Daren is able to create his own sect.
Sun Bao said simply, "He's a sect unto himself now."
Ji Wei thought. That was true, there wasn't any difference between Daren and a sect right now.
Zuo Mo did not conceal the [Meridional Azure Aether Formation] and everyone in Golden Crow Camp learned it and understood its wonders. But the more they understood, the more the felt how immeasurable Daren was.
Because it was not easy for Zuo Mo to explain the origins of the jade scroll, he told them that he had comprehended it himself. Zuo Mo had just wanted to find an excuse, and hadn't expected to cause everyone's admiration.
They did not know that the [Meridional Azure Aether Formation] had great origins! A formation that Pu Yao had held onto until now, could it be average?
The spells rained down outside but the sky was clear and calm on the island. The formation that was already powerful grew in stronger under Lil' Pagoda's control. Regardless of the bombardment, it was like the rock in the middle of the sea that remained unmovable.
The two of them were not nervous at all. It wasn't just these two, all the xiuzhe of Golden Crow Camp had come to watch the spectacle and did not show any fear.
Because near them ,the sword xiu of Vermillion Bird Camp were waiting to attack!
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In the dark and cold mountain cave, Shu Long and the others stood around a black pond.
"Should we go out and help?" A Wen couldn't help asking.
"No need, they can deal with it." Shu Long's stern gaze was locked on the mo weapons floating in the pond. Beside him, everyone was anxious, afraid to breathe too harshly.
After a while, the black pond started to bubble as though it was going to boil.
Shu Long's expression became even more grave as he said in a deep voice, "Do you remember the method I just taught you?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
"The mo weapons recognizes their owners, and all have their own good fortune. It is alright if you do not get one this time, but no one shall feel hate or envy!" Shu Long's gaze swept across everyone.
"Ha, Brother Long is becoming more of a nag."
"What's there to hate? We're all brothers!"
"The brothers that obtain mo weapons, you should go out and have a good run. Don't let Vermillion Bird Camp take the attention!"
"That's right! I've been wanting that group of bird-people to know the might of us Guard Camp!"
The competitive relationship between the two camps could be seen from the appellations. The xiuzhe of guard camp called Vermillion Bird Camp the 'Birdy Camp', and Vermillion Bird Camp xiuzhe referred to the Guard Camp as 'Manual Labor Camp'.
Once the words came out, they caused a chorus of agreement and excitement! They were always discontent that Vermillion Bird Camp frequently ranked first.
Shu Long had an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth. He usually used this competitive relationship to motivate everyone to cultivate. It seems that the effects were good!
The black pond suddenly quieted. All noise disappeared, and everyone looked at the black pond. The quieted black pond was like a glossy and smooth mirror without any ripples.
At this time, a mo weapon silently floated onto the surface.
A faint but intimidating and pure fiendish energy engulfed the cave without any warning. Every camp guard unconsciously stopped breathing, their eyes pulled towards the mo weapon.
This was a curved blade. The completely black blade did not have the least bit of sheen. It had an abnormal curvature and seemed to have an unusual power that captivated and held people's gazes.
Mo weapons continuously floated onto the surface. The vicious fiendish energy in the cave increased in strength until it was almost tangible. Shu Long and the others felt this was unspeakably pleasurable. For xiuzhe, this was undoubtedly pure toxic poison, but for them this vicious fiendish energy was like being immersed in a hot spring and extremely comfortable.
No one moved even though their faces were full of excitement. They were waiting for Shu Long's command.
Shu Long shouted, "Start!"
They then eagerly channeled the Hardship Guard. Killing essence filled the cave. Everyone had serious expressions, releasing as much killing essence as they could and were shrouded in tangible killing essence.
The black mist of killing essence seemed to give off an inviting scent. The mo weapons that were inside the black pool were attracted and started to shake. The peaceful black pool was instantly disrupted.
Mo weapons chose their masters.
For all the hardship guards including Shu Long, this was a very novel matter. They didn't even have a general concept of mo weapons but they knew this could make them strong! Make them more powerful!
That was enough!
For these hardship guards that were once salve xiu, following Daren was their own goal in life. Yet they found their combat capabilities was inferior to Vermillion Bird Camp and the effect they could cause with their strength was limited. For this group of people, that lived to follow Zuo Mo, being unable to show their usefulness was even more depressing and uncomfortable than death!
Each of them channeled their mo skill to the max. Their eyes held determination that had gone through hardship.
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Ning Yi looked greedily at Wei Sheng. Such an extreme soul! He could smell the purity of this soul, it was so intoxicating!
"A masterpiece of Heaven!" Ning Yi licked his lips, his long and narrow eyes showing undisguised excitement!
Wei Sheng did not speak. He could feel the other's great power, the terrifying presence and especially the vicious energy coming from the bloody umbrella in the other's hand that made him feel as though he was in hell.
But he did not waver. He never felt fear because of the strength of an enemy. Not in the past, not now, and would not in the future!
He was Wei Sheng, the one that always went forward Wei Sheng!
He looked without fear at the other. Battle intent in his eyes was like sword essence exploding. Only people that were familiar with him would notice a change, he had entered a battle state!
The black sword in his hand raised and pointed straight at the other.
"Why do you uselessly struggle?" Ning Yi shook his head and smiled slightly as though he was watching a pet play around.
Boom!
Vast sword essence was like the volcano breaking through the last layer of restraints, exploding into the sky!
The space three zhang around Wei Sheng seemed to collapse inwards and showed unnatural curvature.
The more Ning Yi watched, the more he liked it. "Not bad, not bad! A very good seed, good seed! So young and having cultivated sword essence to such a level, you did not waste your soul! An asura wielding the sword, I like this one!"
Suddenly, Ning Yi laughed. "Why should I waste so many words on you?" The mirth at the corner of his lips rose, and his gaze suddenly became vicious. "Die!"
Before the sound landed, the Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella in his hand suddenly snapped open and floated over Ning Yi's head. The Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella slowly spun, releasing a red light and shielding Ning Yi in the middle.
A beam of bloody red light that carried a nauseating tang of blood shot at Wei Sheng.
Wei Sheng felt a feeling of extreme danger. Without hesitating, the black sword in his hand struck forth!
The space in front of Wei Sheng was torn apart by this strike. There was a black void inside that was unknown!
The blood light was stopped by this strike!
"Not bad!" Ning Yi snorted coldly. "But this is not enough!"
The Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella spun faster, the bloody light increasing in strength and the nauseating tang of iron growing. What was even more terrifying was that tear in the space was being slowly pressed closed by the bloody light!
Translator Ramblings: The mo weapon is being rushed over here but it will come back.Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty Eight – Damn It!
Two hundred ling beasts crouched around Zuo Mo. They were extremely quiet and did not make any sounds.
The sound of the black gold seal soldier swallowing was clear to hear.
Zuo Mo's temples throbbed as he turned around with an unfriendly expression. He saw the black gold seal soldier look yearningly at the ling beast with a desirous and greedy gaze. He did not notice that Zuo Mo was staring at him, his dark gold Adam's apple bobbing. He was clearly swallowing rapidly.
Seeing its wretched state, Zuo Mo felt a burning anger!
You wasted so many of ge's good materials! Wasted so much of ge's emotions! Wasted so much of ge's time! Made ge be happy for nothing! You you you! Terrible history! Innumerable crimes!
Just as Zuo Mo's anger was about to erupt, the black gold seal soldier suddenly turned his face around , pointing at the ling beasts and asking weakly, "They look so delicious, can I eat one?"
Eat ... ...
Zuo Mo's expression instantly darkened. The corners of his eyes continuously jerked and it was like pouring oil onto the hot anger in his chest. But he suppressed the anger and gritted out, "If you can defeat this Five Element Fog Shield, you can eat all of them! If you can't ... ..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the cheer of the black gold seal soldier. "Really, really?"
The black gold seal soldier's eyes lit up and the gulping sounds increased in volume. He completely disregarded Zuo Mo's furious gaze, turning his face and suddenly opening his mouth to face the five colored fog. He suddenly sucked in.
Hiss!
A shocking scene occurred!
The five element fog that covered the sky flew straight at the black gold seal soldier's mouth!
His mouth was like a bottomless hole. The five colored fog flooded in furiously like a whale sucking in water!
"You dare!"
Petrified from shock, Zuo Mo heard the shocked and furious shout of Gu Ming Gong come from above his head.
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The fog twisted violently but no matter how it changed, it seemed to be caught tightly by a powerful and invisible hand, unable to escape!
Gu Ming Gong's expression changed greatly!
He found that no matter how he channeled the Five Element Fog Shield, he was unable to escape from this strong suction. In a blink, he actually felt that he was losing control of the Five Element Fog Shield!
This ... ... this was not possible!
Gu Ming Gong's face was ashen and he felt ice cold. His eyes were full of terror and disbelief. He had spent great effort on forging his Five Element Fog Shield, and used a whole decade to forge this talisman! From the day it was forged, it was connected to his mind and was almost a part of his body. There never had been a situation where he could not control it!
When his connection with the Five Element Fog Shield started to disappeared, he was unable to suppress the terror and hopelessness!
Blood climbed into his eyes. He furiously channeled ling power to drag back the Five Element Fog Shield.
Yet everything was futile!
No matter how he channeled ling power, no matter what spells he released, the Five Element Fog Shield was still being sucked at a speed that made him hopeless into the mouth of that ghastly thing!
What was that thing?
He looked with bloodshot eyes at the dark golden black gold seal soldier like a gambler that had just lost everything!
———
Zuo Mo was dumbstruck as he looked at the space around him that was emptied as though he was dreaming.
This ... ... this ... ...
The last thread of Five Element Fog was sucked into the mouth of the black gold seal soldier. His face was twisted as though he had eaten citrus peel. But when he turned around and looked at the ling beasts, he instantly turned into smiles. Without a second word, he opened his mouth and sucked again.
Like dumplings going into the pot, the ling beasts flew one after the last into his mouth!
In a blink, the two hundred ling beasts were cleared out.
The black gold seal soldier showed a contented expression, gave a burp and then a yawn. With drowsy eyes, he waved at Zuo Mo. "Big Bro, I'm so drowsy, going to sleep!"
He disappeared with a snap right after.
Zuo Mo had not recovered from his shock. Everything that just happened gave him a great blow to his confidence. The Five Element Fog Shield was the most powerful talisman he had ever seen, and was even more powerful than the Nine Turn Sky Earth Disk. Adding on that Gu Ming Gong was also very powerful, it was an extremely strong trap, and was not something that the present Zuo Mo could face.
He had realized this before.
The Five Element Fog Shield contained all five elements and was full of transformations. Gu Ming Gong was also skilled in formations and had added many formation transformations so it was even more wondrous!
Zuo Mo was certain that Gu Ming Gong still had many killing moves he had not used yet. How could the Five Element Fog Shield only have just these few changes?
But ... ...
The shock that the black gold seal soldier gave Zuo Mo had not faded. Thinking about the wretched black gold seal soldier, Zuo Mo felt as though he had seen a ghost!
The Five Element Fog Shield was a top sixth-grade talismans!
It had been defeated by this guy in an instant?
Was this a joke?
The entire situation reversed so abruptly it was hard to accept.
In Zuo Mo's sea of consciousness, Pu Yao and Wei were also greatly shocked by the black gold seal soldier and were robbed of speech momentarily.
"Give me my Five Element Fog Shield!"
Zuo Mo shook at Gu Ming Gong, but he instantly reacted and looked maliciously at Gu Ming Gong. That heart-wrenching cry of fury only drew attention to Gu Ming Gong. Without the Five Element Fog Shield, Gu Ming Gong in Zuo Mo's eyes was a chicken plucked of all feathers!
He also felt a similar feeling that the black gold seal soldier had felt when looking at the ling beasts!
Beautifully fat!
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Clang!
The Skanda staff in Yuan Xin's hand accurately struck a golden character. The golden character instantly turned to dots of golden light.
But there was no satisfaction on Yuan Xin's face, only wariness. He had originally assumed that since the other was so young, even with a profound dhyana scripture, the other would not be a match for him.
But in these rounds of fighting, the other was not at a disadvantage in the least.
Yuan Xin's eyes stared at the Crossed Prayer Wheel in Zong Ru's hands, and his pupils couldn't help but contract! His heart was instantly taken over by jealousy. The Skanda staff in his hand was not ordinary but was lacking compared to the other's prayer wheel!
A profound dhyana scripture, a powerful talisman, they are all mine!
With a large shout, Yuan Xin's Skanda staff suddenly exploded with light, the copper rings chimed rapidly.
Circles of golden light flew at Zong Ru!
Zong Ru did not dare to underestimate them. This dhyana xiu had deeper cultivation than him, and should be jindan third stratum. His cultivation was so deep it surpassed Zong Ru's imagination!
The Crossed Prayer Wheel shook slightly, sutra characters lighting up, falling and flying towards the golden circles of light.
Pop pop pop!
When they neared the golden circles of light, the sutra characters could not tolerate the enormous pressure and exploded into light.
The terrifying pressure flooded towards Zong Ru. The other had caught onto his shortcomings, his cultivation, and had decided to use the difference in cultivation to beat him down!
Zong Ru's expression was serious. If the other used this almost-savage and primitive method, he did not have many good solutions.
When the difference in power reached a certain degree, the advantages in other areas could not provide much help.
Zong Ru's days as a jindan were short and he had not even touched the peak of first stratum. Compared to the other's peak of third stratum cultivation, his was greatly lacking.
The two were only two stratums apart but the cultivation difference between the two was more than ten times!
It was 'One on the earth, and one in heaven'!
So when Yuan Xin decided to use ling power to defeat him, Zong Ru instantly sank into a dangerous situation. Even though he had a sixth-grade talisman like the crossed Prayer Wheel, he could not stop Yuan Xin's attack!
It was a pity. If he had forged the Crossed Prayer Wheel more to his wishes, he might have been able to stop these rings of light!
Zong Ru sighed inside, put away the Crossed Prayer Wheel and put his palms together!
Boom!
A shadow about three zhang appeared behind him with three heads and six arms, it was the Attainment Golden Body!
The Attainment Buddha opened one palm and grabbed one of the rings of light.
Pia!
The ring of light was crushed and the hand of the Attainment Buddha was also turned to powder!
Yuan Xin's eyes instantly became heated. He looked greedily at the enormous shadow at almost covered Zong Ru. He felt enormous power from this shadow!
If he could also cultivate this dhyana scripture ... ...
Unhesitatingly, he poured the ling power in his body into the Skanda staff!
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Wei Sheng was very disheveled. It had been a long time since he was pushed so far!
After becoming jindan, his sword essence increased greatly by the day as though every barrier was fragile in front of him. It was today when he encountered Ning Yi that he felt the difference between him and truly powerful experts.
Compared to the three Ren Family Elders, Ning Yi was a xiuzhe of a different level!
In cultivation, Ning Yi's peak of third stratum cultivation was nine times that of Wei Sheng. It was only this small because Wei Sheng's progress was far beyond normal people and he had reached the peak of first stratum in this short period. In terms of talismans, the blood light that Ning Yi's Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella produced was enough to push Wei Sheng back continuously! Even in terms of battle experience, Ning Yi was far beyond Wei Sheng!
From the beginning, Wei Sheng was suppressed on all fields. The sword essence that he was always proud of was completely suppressed by the blood light released by the Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella! He didn't know what the Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella was made out of. It was even able to corrode the void!
Wei Sheng had not had the advantage once!
He didn't even had the chance to attack back. He knew that the other did not use all his might. Otherwise, he would have died already! Was this a game of cat and mouse? He didn't know!
He only had one though in his mind, sword strike! Sword strike! Sword strike!
Every one of his sword energies was a line of defense! Even though it could only stop the blood light for a minuscule amount of time, but he could only continuously release sword essence. One sword after the next to snatch a bit of time for himself!
The nauseating tang of blood burrowed into his nose as though it was constantly reminding him death was so close!
His ling power was being consumed at shocking speed. Wei Sheng quickly felt the burden!
Ning Yi's eyes floated with insuppressible excitement. The conditions were about right!
Ning Yi did not want to leave any flaw on such a perfect soul. He purposefully held his power back in order to press Wei Sheng to his limits. A soul at its limits would become more powerful and the asura forged would be stronger!
The time he had dreamt about appeared. Even a vicious person like Ning Yi couldn't help but feel excited.
The Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella suddenly brightened with its bloody light!
Already at the end of his strength, the last bit of sword essence in front of Wei Sheng collapsed like fragile glass!
The blood light broke through the last line of defense and struck the black sword in Wei Sheng's hand.
At this time, a change suddenly occurred!
This black sword that came with Wei Sheng from the Sealed Extinction Battlefield seemed to be awoken from its deep slumber!
Translator Ramblings: Zuo Mo got the easy fight ... ... but Wei Sheng is the author's pet favorite.