Free Web NovelChapter 505: Chapter 502: Shakedown (5)
CLANG!
A twisted longsword fell to the ground, all of its Spiritual Energy gone. It was clearly ruined.
"You... How did you find my true form?"
The one who had been sent flying was Guard No. 1. He lay at the bottom of a muddy ditch, his chest caved in. Broken ribs pierced through his skin, exposed and dripping with blood.
His eyes were wide with disbelief. He couldn’t believe he had been defeated in a single move by someone in the Vajra Realm.
Just a moment ago, he had used the Demon Sword Unsheathing First Form, Celestial Demon Slash, and had thought victory was in his grasp.
He never expected that Mo Qi would not only pick out his true form from among the thousands of streams of Sword Energy but also take him down with a single swing of his wok.
The force behind it was incredible. If he hadn’t reacted in time to switch from attacking to defending, sacrificing his longsword in the process, his fate would have been far worse than just a serious injury.
"Was it supposed to be hard to find your true form? I’m not blind," Mo Qi said with a smile, shouldering his large wok.
He possessed the Nine Transformations into Spirit Body, giving him a profound and unique understanding of life.
Guard No. 1 was a living person with a strong Life Aura. Even though he was hidden among the streams of Sword Energy, to Mo Qi, he stuck out like a sore thumb.
"You... GAH!" Overcome with rage, Guard No. 1 coughed up a mouthful of blood and passed out.
’He’s actually that powerful?!’ the old man thought, watching Mo Qi. ’Did he hide his Cultivation? That can’t be right. An expert like the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range wouldn’t stoop to deceiving us.’
’In that case, there’s only one explanation: the kid has a treasure that boosts his combat power.’
’And that treasure was probably stolen from the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range, which is why there’s a bounty on his head.’
The old man’s mind raced, concocting this entire theory in an instant. He was so preoccupied that he didn’t even notice Xiao Zhang’s strange behavior beside him.
’A shakedown artist with an outrageously arrogant attitude, who starts a fight over the slightest disagreement... and most importantly, he’s ridiculously strong and cool! A ruthless man of few words... Now that’s what a true Demon should be like!’
Xiao Zhang touched his large buck teeth, his gaze toward Mo Qi now filled with awe and admiration.
"All seven of you, attack together! Use your full strength and kill him!" the old man ordered the remaining seven black-clothed men.
"Yes, sir!"
The seven of them could barely contain themselves any longer.
As fellow Guardians of Xiao Zhang, they were as close as brothers with Guard No. 1.
With Guard No. 1 injured, they wanted nothing more than to skin Mo Qi alive.
"Kill!"
The seven black-clothed men unleashed the full might of their Cultivation without reservation. While using their Grotto Heavens to suppress the illusion of the Five Elements Tree, they thrust their swords toward Mo Qi’s vital points using the Demon Sword Unsheathing Form.
"Oh? All seven of you at once?" Mo Qi swung the large wok in his hand, looking eager for a fight.
Just then, a message from the Pig Emperor sounded in his mind.
"Mo the kid, get over here! This Emperor has already rounded up a flock of fat sheep!"
Mo Qi was overjoyed. He hadn’t expected the Pig Emperor to be so efficient.
In that case, there was no need to waste any more time here.
"I was hoping to play with you all for a while, but I’m out of time. So, I’ll let you have a taste of a new ability I’ve acquired."
With a single thought, Mo Qi folded space, forming a Spatial Blade.
This was not the small blade he had used to chop scallions earlier, but a gigantic Spatial Blade over thirty meters long.
"Off you go!"
Under Mo Qi’s control, the Spatial Blade performed no fancy maneuvers; it simply shot straight forward.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!
After a series of seven sharp cracks, the black-clothed men felt danger upon them before they could even get close to Mo Qi. Then, an invisible force struck the longswords in their hands, snapping them in two.
"What the hell was that?!"
The seven men’s faces went pale with shock. They quickly dropped their broken swords and retreated.
However, that was only the beginning.
Mo Qi didn’t pursue them. Instead, he directed the Spatial Blade to slash toward the seven Grotto Heavens in the sky.
CRACK!
BOOM!
The seven Grotto Heavens had no power to resist and were skewered by the Spatial Blade like fruit on a stick.
PFFT—
As if dealt a massive blow, the seven black-clothed men all coughed up blood and collapsed, their faces deathly pale.
With their Grotto Heavens shattered, half of their Cultivation was effectively crippled.
The immense backlash was more than they could bear, leaving them with no will to fight.
The seven lay on the ground, confused and indignant. They hadn’t even seen how Mo Qi had made his move.
They had no idea what had pierced through their Grotto Heavens.
It had all happened too quickly, too bizarrely.
The old man was also completely flabbergasted. As a bystander, all he saw was Mo Qi flick a finger, and his seven men were crippled.
He asked himself honestly: if it had been him, he wouldn’t have been able to block Mo Qi’s bizarre attack either.
Now he finally understood why Mo Qi dared to face them, dared to rob them, with only a Vajra Realm Cultivation.
It wasn’t that Mo Qi was an idiot; it was that he truly had the power to be this arrogant!
"Holy shit, he’s so strong!" Xiao Zhang suppressed his excitement, smacking his lips repeatedly. ’Father always wanted me to be a great Demon, but I never knew how. This is perfect! This man is the perfect teacher! If I could just learn a thing or two from him, Father would definitely see me in a whole new light!’
The old man had no idea what was going through Xiao Zhang’s mind at that moment. If he did, he would have coughed up three liters of blood from sheer exasperation.
"Young Master, run! This man is too strong! I will hold him off!"
The old man drew the Soft Sword from his waist, ready to do whatever it took to buy time for Xiao Zhang to escape.
Just as the old man was about to burn his own life force to fight Mo Qi to the death, Xiao Zhang stopped him.
"Stop!"
Xiao Zhang looked at Mo Qi and said, "You win. We admit defeat. You can have everything. We just hope you’ll spare our lives. What do you say?"
"Young Master, you can’t!" the old man instinctively sent in a telepathic message, trying to stop him.
’As the Young Sect Leader of the Demon Sect, how can you bow your head and beg for mercy!’
"Grandmaster Wei, are you confident you can defeat him?" Xiao Zhang asked telepathically.
The old man faltered, then shook his head.
"Are you confident you can even hold him back?"
Again, the old man shook his head.
"Then we have no choice. Possessions are just material things, so what does it matter if we give them to him? Surely they aren’t more important than our lives?"
The old man sighed. ’I’m just afraid he’ll kill us after he gets what he wants to eliminate any future trouble.’
Xiao Zhang smiled. ’Then we’ll just have to leave it to fate.’
Seeing Xiao Zhang’s smile, the old man was profoundly shaken.
’At a moment of life and death, the Young Master is completely fearless!’ freewёbnoνel.com
’He suddenly realized that he might have been underestimating the Young Master all this time. The Young Master was not as weak as he appeared.’
"So, mysterious expert, what do you say to my proposal?" Xiao Zhang asked, looking at Mo Qi.
Mo Qi pondered for a moment before nodding. "Fine."
’It wasn’t that he didn’t want to eliminate them completely, but Xiao Zhang’s status was too unique.’
’According to Gu Peng, the East District Envoy Hall was quite different from those in the other four major districts.’
’While it was also divided into one hundred Sub-Palaces, all of them were under the Demon Sect’s jurisdiction. Even the East District’s Palace Guard Army answered to the Demon Sect.’
’In other words, the Demon Sect was the absolute Sovereign of the East District.’
’As the Young Sect Leader of the Demon Sect, if Mo Qi killed him, it would be the same as declaring war on the entire East District’s Hall of Envoys.’
’Besides, he had no deep-seated hatred for Xiao Zhang. Mo Qi saw no reason to make such a powerful enemy for himself.’
