Novel Full Chapter 145: Severing Connections
The first person to react was Lin Xinyang, who was standing beside Ye Xiu.
His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly retreated several steps while drawing the Xiaohua Sword from his waist.
Brilliant Sun and Moon!
Ice crystals and flames transformed into each other as they slashed towards Ye Xiu’s direction.
Ye Xiu’s facial expression showed no fluctuation or panic whatsoever. He merely retreated half a step and then swung a palm towards Lin Xinyang’s direction.
“Bitter Sea Broken Cliff, Hatred Locks a Thousand Peaks!”
This was the third calamity among the Nine Calamities of Profound Sorrow, pioneered by Xuanbei the Rogue!
The power of this move was far less compared to the seventh calamity among the Nine Calamities of Profound Sorrow, ‘Mysterious Yin Weeps Blood, All Phenomena Share the Sorrow’, which he had used against Chen Yan during the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
After all, to unleash the seventh calamity, Ye Xiu himself had to pay a certain price.
But the so-called ‘Mysterious Yin Weeps Blood, All Phenomena Share the Sorrow’ was completely insignificant before the point of clear light that erupted from Chen Yan’s fingertip.
Ye Xiu believed that on this Heavenly Summit Mountain, aside from Qin Qingyu, no cultivator of his generation would be his match.
Including Chen Yan as well.
The reason he lost to Chen Yan wasn’t because he couldn’t win.
It was because Ye Xiu had held back.
Some secret techniques taught to him by Elder Mo, which could only be used in critical moments, were not suitable for use during the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
Thus, he suffered a great loss at Chen Yan’s hands. In fact, if Elder Mo hadn’t intervened, he might have lost his life on the spot.
But the current situation was completely different.
The current Ye Xiu was not bound by any restrictions.
Moreover, he could directly communicate with Elder Mo through his Martial Spring using his own soul, mobilizing what could be described as an almost endless, vast sea of true qi for him.
Provided that Ye Xiu’s current meridians could handle it.
With the true qi enhancement from Elder Mo, Ye Xiu believed his current self could easily defeat ten of his own selves from the time of the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
The strength Mo Zheng could currently exert was roughly at the Myriad Transformations Realm level.
However, the intensity of his divine sense, nurtured through Ye Xiu’s care, still remained at the level of the Divine Ability Realm.
How immensely powerful was the divine sense intensity of a Divine Ability Realm mighty one? The life and death of any cultivator below the Spirit Connection Realm was merely a matter of a single thought.
If Mo Zheng wished, he could even kill all cultivators below the Spirit Connection Realm on Heavenly Summit Mountain with just a single thought.
Of course, he wouldn’t do that.
Because even though Mo Zheng’s current divine sense intensity still maintained the level of a Divine Ability Realm cultivator, he was ultimately just a wisp of a remnant soul, having lost his origin.
Killing all cultivators below the Spirit Connection Realm on Heavenly Summit Mountain would be too costly for him.
Furthermore, from the very beginning, Mo Zheng’s goal was never to massacre the cultivators on Heavenly Summit Mountain.
In a sense, Ye Xiu and Mo Zheng were also victims.
Mo Zheng wanted to reshape his physical body and had placed his bet on Ye Xiu.
Ye Xiu hoped to use Mo Zheng’s power to secure a place for himself in this world, to live without having to heed anyone’s whims.
They originally just wanted to participate normally in the Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent.
Who would have thought that a perfectly fine Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent would turn into this state?
However, none of that mattered.
Because through the information transmitted by Xiao Bo’an of the Mirage Palace, Mo Zheng had already discovered the greatest opportunity at this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent.
That was…
Ye Xiu looked directly at Lin Xinyang, who had been sent flying by his ‘Bitter Sea Broken Cliff, Hatred Locks a Thousand Peaks’, and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
“I thought we were getting along quite well, Fellow Daoist Lin.”
That’s right, Lin Xinyang was the greatest opportunity on this Heavenly Summit Mountain.
Or rather, the existence implanted within his soul by a certain mighty one was, for Mo Zheng and Ye Xiu, the greatest opportunity at this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent.
…
Chen Yan clenched his fist tightly.
He could feel the stiffness and trembling of the muscles in his forearm.
Right.
Why would Mo Zheng reveal such a huge flaw?
How could he possibly disregard Ye Xiu’s life and death, running around with Xiao Bo’an?
From the very beginning, the ‘Xiao Bo’an’ that Chen Yan and Lin Xinyang encountered at the Heavenly Summit Palace was not Xiao Bo’an.
It was Ye Xiu!
Then, in that case…
Chen Yan lowered his head to look at the corpse lying on the ground, the one he had killed thinking it was ‘Ye Xiu’.
“So that means, he is…”
“That’s right.”
Ye Xiu, standing not far away after having just repelled Lin Xinyang, spoke up.
“There are always people who like to be too clever for their own good. They should bear the consequences of their own cleverness.”
“…”
Qin Qingyu, standing to the side, remained silent. She simply unleashed a Moonlight Beam, slashing precisely towards Ye Xiu’s position.
No cultivator below the Qi Sea Realm had any possibility of surviving after taking this Moonlight Beam of hers.
Yet Ye Xiu just stood there.
As if nothing had happened.
Looking at Qin Qingyu’s somewhat stunned expression, Ye Xiu grinned widely.
Then he began to laugh maniacally.
“Hahahahaha, hahahahaha!”
“How about it, you so-called disciples of the Five Great Sects? How does it feel? Weren’t you always so arrogant?”
“A bunch of bullies relying on your influence, you ants! Today, I, Ye Xiu, will make you all, you bastards, wish you were dead!”
Then, Ye Xiu bit his thumb, drawing blood, and smeared it on the ring in his hand.
“Your junior, Ye Xiu, respectfully requests Senior Mo to possess me!”
“…”
An unprecedented silence fell over the ruined Water Mirror Pavilion.
A trace of bewilderment flashed through Ye Xiu’s eyes and brows. He shouted again, louder.
“Your junior, Ye Xiu, respectfully requests Senior Mo to possess me!”
Still, there was no reaction.
Why?
Great shock arose in Ye Xiu’s heart. He tried to communicate with Elder Mo’s consciousness within his sea of consciousness.
But he received no response.
What on earth was going on?
Clearly, he could still communicate with Elder Mo’s vast sea of true qi through his Martial Spring, and Elder Mo had just helped him block Qin Qingyu’s Moonlight Beam.
But… why?
Why couldn’t he establish contact with Elder Mo?
At that moment, several cracks suddenly appeared on the barrier more than two thousand zhang above everyone’s heads.
Everyone looked up at the barrier.
“This is…”
Lin Qifeng furrowed his brows tightly, hesitated for a moment, and then his expression changed dramatically.
“Wen Hongli is voluntarily disintegrating the barrier! He’s going all out!”
All along, the barrier sealing Heavenly Summit Mountain had been maintained by Wen Hongli. This undoubtedly consumed a significant amount of energy from this Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator who controlled seven thousand strands of innate true energy.
But even while simultaneously confronting three Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators—Zhong Yin, Hu Tianyuan, and Bai Qiming—he wouldn’t be at much of a disadvantage. Why would he suddenly abandon the barrier?
Unless…
A possibility arose in Chen Yan’s mind.
And in the next instant, the possibility he envisioned became reality.
“Long time no see, Senior Mo!”
A familiar voice came from not far away. There stood a cultivator wearing Yuanhua Mountain’s daoist robe. Gray-black innate true energy swirled around him, and he wore a rather unsettling smile on his face.