Swish~ Swish~

  Two arrows shot into the giant ape king’s body.

  ROAR!

  The giant ape king roared in anger. Its arms that were akin to huge stone pillars swung around even more violently.

  “Don’t need to care about me, you leave first!”

  Gu Xiuxun saw Sun Mo coming over and told him to protect the students.

  “This fellow isn’t easy to deal with!”

  Sun Mo didn’t leave. He saw that the new student group was almost by the ancient castle’s entrance. Hence, he got Gu Xiuxun to use the muli grass juice.

  Gu Xiuxun followed his instructions, but after spraying the juice on her body, not only did it not repel the giant ape king, but it seemed to make the giant ape king even angrier instead.

  ROAR!

  The giant ape king howled and smashed its fist into the ground.

  BOOM!

  Cracks appeared on the ground’s surface as soil flew up.

  Sun Mo flashed and knocked Gu Xiuxun away. “You leave first!”

  Eighteen Words Order!

  Pak! Pak! Pak!

  He waved his wooden blade repeatedly, smashing it into the giant ape king’s body.

  “Alright then!”

  Gu Xiuxun also knew that Sun Mo was saying this for her sake. Hence, she no longer argued. “You must be careful!”

  Sun Mo waited for Gu Xiuxun to run over ten meters away before stopping. After he saw the giant ape king not chasing her, he no longer attacked it. Instead, he executed his movement art and focused on dodging.

  The giant ape king felt that Sun Mo was like an annoying fly. It wanted to crush him but was unable to catch up. Hence, it could only spin around anxiously.

  “Sun Mo, are you mad?”

  Ren Yong saw Sun Mo leading the giant ape king his way and was so frightened that he almost pissed his pants. There was no solution to it, he could only get the new student group to retreat quickly. “I still have many students at my side!”

  “So, for their safety, you should come and block the giant ape king’s attacks!”

  Sun Mo was precisely threatening Ren Yong.

  Truthfully, if Ren Yong had been selfish and had chosen to flee and abandon the students, Sun Mo would also not allow the giant ape king to attack them.

  As a teacher, this was the most basic moral integrity.

  Ren Yong was so angry that he almost coughed up blood. Just when he wanted to block the giant ape king, he discovered that the ape king’s intellect wasn’t low at all. It seemed to hate Sun Mo a lot, hence, it completely ignored others and kept aiming for Sun Mo.

  “Haha, is this what’s called ‘karma strikes back’?”

  Ren Yong was joyful.

  Sun Mo ruled his eyes. (Have you forgotten how I played you previously?)

  Sun Mo’s steps suddenly slowed.

  The giant ape king rushed over and punched out heavily.

  BOOM!

  Sun Mo’s head directly exploded.

  The giant ape king froze. (Why is there no blood? Forget it, it’s good enough since the human died.) It joyfully roared at the sky and beat its chest with its fists.

  “Damn, it’s another clone!”

  Ren Yong’s scalp turned numb. (What exactly is his cultivation art? Isn’t this clone a bit too real?) However, he couldn’t be bothered to ponder anymore because the giant ape king had lunged toward his group, preparing to hunt them.

  (These young humans would definitely have tender meat. Delicious!)

  “Block it!”

  Ren Yong roared.

  The teachers of Iron Cliff Academy still had their personal integrity. They took the initiative to block the giant ape king, allowing the students to retreat first.

  “Iron Cliff is finished!”

  Qin Su, who has already retreated far away, suddenly didn’t feel as disappointed as before when he saw this scene.

  Even the Iron Cliff Academy ranked in the #30+ has suffered and was fooled, losing their chance to ascend. In that case, there was no need for his side to complain too much.

  “We will just work harder next year!”

  Qin Su gave up.

  “Teacher Sun, you are very impressive!”

  Gu Xiuxun lifted her right hand.

  Sun Mo did the same.

  Pak!

  The two of them high-fived to celebrate their victory. ……

  The information indicated that because of earthquakes, three crevices appeared within the ruins. One of them would lead people to the altar. If one jumped into the correct crevice, they would be able to see a set of dilapidated-looking stairs leading downwards.

  That was the entrance to the ‘A’ secret realm.

  Sun Mo’s group reached this area by following the map. However, they weren’t in a hurry to go down.

  “There are no giant apes nearby!”

  Lu Zhiruo glanced in the surroundings.

  “The spirit qi below seems to be so concentrated!”

  Zhang Yanzong sniffed and perceived the spiritual qi below.

  “Many animals have territorial behavior. Those giant apes attacked us only because we have entered their territory.”

  Wang Chao explained.

  “The place below should be even more dangerous!”

  Gu Xiuxun had a solemn look on her face.

  This location was very near to the giant ape king’s nest, and with such a dense spirit qi, the giant ape king should have monopolized this area by right. However, there were no giant apes in sight.

  Hence, this indicated that this location must be monopolized by other ferocious beasts. The danger was so high that even the giant apes didn’t dare to go near.

  “Regardless if it’s dangerous or not, we have to go down!”

  Qian Dun urged, “Let’s light a torch. Follow behind me closely!”

  Qian Dun was someone who wanted face. Earlier in the fight, he didn’t really contribute much. Hence, he took the initiative to take the lead now. After all, the front position was the most dangerous.

  The student group lit some torches. As for Li Ziqi and the others, they took out a fist-size spirit diamond.

  A faint blue light instantly radiated forth, illuminating an area of about 30 meters wide.

  “Ar……are these spirit diamonds?”

  Wang Chao was shocked. He glanced to the left and right and involuntarily gulped down a mouthful of saliva.

  Spirit diamonds were even more precious when compared to spirit crystals. Also, they were an extremely rare ore. The spirit qi contained within was 1,000x more compared to a similar-sized spirit stone.

  Only spirit stone mines of exceptionally high quality would be able to produce spirit diamonds. Also, the number of spirit diamonds were limited. Hence, their value was extremely high.

  “What are you all doing?”

  Zhang Yanzong subconsciously asked, “Don’t tell me you are using these as torches?”

  “Yeah!”

  Li Ziqi spoke as though it was proper and to be expected, “The flames from the torches are too big. Besides, they might become a source of danger.”

  In order to lengthen the time the torches could burn, humans would use oil cloth and grease as well as some other burnable materials. After lighting the torch, smoke would be emitted.

  In spacious locations, it was fine. However, in narrow places like underground, although the smoke wouldn’t poison anyone to death, it would still cause people to feel very uncomfortable.

  Moreover, they were currently exploring the underground palace. If they lit an open fire, it was easy for an explosion to occur. Hence, the scout had to be 20 meters away from the main group.

  The people of the Nine Provinces didn’t know why explosions might occur if one lit a fire underground. However, through several thousand years of experience, there shouldn’t be a mistake.

  As someone of the modern era, Sun Mo naturally knew the answer. Since the air underground couldn’t circulate well, some easily flammable gas might gather, and once the density was enough, things would be dangerous.

  Nevertheless, the most important point was that the glow from spirit diamonds was brighter than from torches. The group would then be able to see further.

  “Is there a need to be so extravagant?”

  Zhang Yanzong was speechless.

  “How much heartache would it cause if you drop it?”

  Li Fen gulped down a mouthful of saliva. She then added, “I’ve never seen a spirit diamond before. Can you lend it to me so I can touch it?”

  Li Ziqi directly threw the spirit diamond to Li Fen.

  “Ah!”

  Li Fen screamed and panicked. She was extremely afraid that the spirit diamond might be damaged. After all, she wouldn’t be able to afford it.

  “If we drop it, just forget about it!”

  Li Ziqi mentally mused that the Wind King Divine Hall was full of spirit stones. Although spirit diamonds weren’t a lot, there should at least be over 10,000 pieces.

  They really had to thank the Wind King for this.

  It was an ancient elemental king, the pure condensed essence of the wind element. After it was imprisoned, its elemental radiation caused the entire Wind King Hall to crystallize through the tens of thousands of years, filling it up with spirit stones.

  One must know that the reason why the spirit qi in the Spiritwind Canyon was so dense and unstable was because of the elemental radiation, which generated chaotic currents.

  “How beautiful!”

  When Li Fen was about to return the spirit diamond to Li Ziqi, she discovered that the latter had taken out another spirit diamond from her bag.

  The little sunny egg wanted Zhang Yanzong to hold one as well. After all, using this item instead of holding a torch would allow one to enter their combat state quicker.

  “You gave the spirit diamonds to them?”

  Gu Xiuxun glanced at Sun Mo and asked in a low voice.

  There was no solution to it. The six students who took out spirit diamonds were all Sun Mo’s. If someone told her that these spirit diamonds had no connection with Sun Mo, the masochist would surely not believe it.

  “Nope!”

  Sun Mo shook his head. These spirit diamonds were dug out by the students themselves.

  Strictly speaking, the Wind King Hall was Sun Mo’s private property. Because of the eight-gate cloud, Sun Mo could casually enter it to take spirit stones.

  Others wouldn’t be able to do so because the laws of the Nine Provinces and Darkness Continent were different. For items like spirit stones, once they were brought into the Nine Provinces, the spirit qi contained within would rapidly fade away.

  “Che, miser!”

  Gu Xiuxun’s lips twitched and she hammered gently at Sun Mo with her hand.

  “Teacher Gu, for you!”

  Li Ziqi was extremely considerate when it came to such matters. She directly took out a spirit diamond and passed it to Gu Xiuxun. This could be considered as her helping her teacher gain a favorable impression from Gu Xiuxun.

  “Thanks, but there’s no need to do so.”

  Gu Xiuxun didn’t take it. As a teacher, she wouldn’t want things that belonged to a student.

  “Just take it, it’s just a spirit diamond!”

  Sun Mo didn’t want to argue for such a small matter.

  “Che, just hear what you’re saying. What big words!”

  Gu Xiuxun snorted after hearing Sun Mo say the words, ‘just a spirit diamond’.

  “Do you want it or not?”

  Sun Mo furrowed his brows.

  “Yes!”

  Gu Xiuxun took the spirit diamond. “Hitting wealthy people, sharing spirit stones. This is something right and proper. Why not?”

  Honestly speaking, Gu Xiuxun had never seen a spirit diamond before. Even when she was at her wealthiest state, she only had 12 spirit crystals. The more she looked at the diamond, the more jealous she felt.

  “Hmph, you actually lied and told me it wasn’t yours!”

  Gu Xiuxun felt that Sun Mo treated her like an outsider. If the spirit diamonds weren’t his, he wouldn’t distribute them so casually.

  Li Ziqi could hear a hint of depression in Gu Xiuxun’s voice. Then, glancing at Sun Mo, she discovered that her teacher had no idea what was going on. In other words, he basically didn’t realize that Gu Xiuxun was angry.

  (Sigh, the most terrifying thing is still an inflexible and unsophisticated guy. Teacher, it isn’t without reason that you are single until now!)

  As a student of her teacher, Li Ziqi felt that she had the obligation to support Sun Mo’s interpersonal relationships. Hence, she went over to Gu Xiuxun and said, “Teacher Gu, my teacher doesn’t mean anything by it.”

  “You are still the obedient one!”

  Gu Xiuxun patted the little sunny egg’s head. “How about it? Why don’t you trample on Sun Mo and take me as your teacher instead? I will surely treat and nurture you like my own daughter!”

  “That will really be my honor.”

  Li Ziqi flattered.

  “Hehe!”

  Gu Xiuxun laughed. (Li Ziqi’s EQ is truly very high. Look, She clearly knows that I was jesting and had intentions of doing so, merely speaking pleasantries)

  After the student group went down the stairs, they saw a fork ahead.

  “Which path should we take?”

  Qian Dun asked.

  The Saint Gate had explored this ancient castle, but the radius of their exploration wasn’t large. After that, they drew a map and passed it to the various student groups. They also had no idea where the good treasures were hidden.

  “Zhiruo?” Sun Mo glanced at the papaya girl. “You choose a path!”

  “Wait a minute!”

  Lu Zhiruo brought out a wooden rod. She placed it vertically on the ground and let it fall.

  Pak!

  When the wooden rod fell onto the ground, it pointed at the 10 o’clock direction.

  “Over there!” The papaya girl reported.

  “Ok, we will take the path on the left,” Sun Mo instructed.

  “.……”

  Qian Dun’s lips twitched. In the end, he didn’t say anything and simply followed the instructions!

  After traveling for over forty minutes, Qian Dun started to feel a little impatient, thinking that the other path should be the right one. However, he suddenly heard some voices.

  Chapter 378: Once I Subdued the White Tiger Guard, All of You Will Die for Sure!

  Sun Mo’s group quickened their steps without prior consultation with each other. After that, they heard the voices growing louder and louder.

  “Someone is coming, should we be on our guard?”

  “There are so many people here, what do you mean by being on guard?”

  “Damn, I wonder which school it is?”

  “No matter which school it is, those who could barge through the territory of the giant apes to arrive here wouldn’t be simple!”

  The sounds of discussion rang out.

  When Sun Mo’s group ran out of the tunnel and arrived at the small public square, they saw that several people were already there.

  Gu Xiuxun rapidly counted the number of people. “There are four student groups, and one of them has some casualties.”

  Sun Mo’s gaze directly landed on Chunyu Kong. He didn’t expect that the path of mutual enemies was narrow indeed. They actually met with the Sky Orchid’s student group here.

  “They are from the Central Province Academy!”

  “There are a total of 24 people. They have no casualties and none of their members are injured. How impressive!”

  “Damn, the competitive pressure grows more intense again!”

  A few groups revealed expressions of wariness and depression. No one dared to underestimate the Central Province Academy anymore.

  The school had declined and was about to be delisted?

  Stop joking. The Central Province Academy would be able to ascend to ‘C’ grade this year. If things went well, they might even seize back their glory of the past.

  When the teachers and students of the other student groups were guarding against Sun Mo’s group, they suddenly discovered that the Central Province Academy and Sky Orchid Academy seemed about to clash.

  They were staring at each other with hatred, wanting nothing more than to crush their opponents.

  “Teacher, go and finish them off!”

  Xuanyuan Po brimmed with the will to fight.

  “Sun Mo. Cool down, think of the big picture!”

  Qian Dun hurriedly persuaded Sun Mo, praying that Sun Mo could maintain his rationality because Qian Dun truly had no authority to speak much in the group.

  Once Sun Mo announced to attack, the students would definitely listen to him.

  Sigh, Qian Dun suddenly felt that he was very small and powerless. (Could it be that I’m naturally born to be a sidekick?)

  Qian Dun mocked himself.

  “Teacher Sun, we meet again!”

  Chunyu Kong jeered.

  Sun Mo ignored Chunyu Kong. Instead, he looked at the center area of the public square. There was a jadestone white tiger statue erected there.

  “Wow, so beautiful!”

  The students exclaimed.

  This jadestone white tiger statue shone with a pure white light. It was like moonlight was cascading down on it, causing it to illuminate the public square.

  “Si~ This item is definitely made by a famous grandmaster sculptor!”

  Wang Chao praised it greatly.

  The jadestone white statue was extremely vivid and lifelike. Its posture was like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain. Its fur seemed to move as the wind blew, rippling gently. Its eyes were filled with intelligence. No matter from which angle you looked at it, you would feel like the white tiger was staring back at you.

  “We should dig it up and put it at our house’s entrance as a showpiece!”

  Qian Dun felt that this item would be worth a lot of money.

  “Teacher, this item is alive!”

  Lu Zhiruo reminded them in a low voice.

  “Alive?”

  Everyone was astonished.

  “Everyone, be careful!”

  Sun Mo reminded. After that, he surveyed his surroundings. In the small public square, there were four gates at the north, east, south, and west. His group entered from the east gate.

  Given architectural norms, west was the most important direction. Hence, any buildings in the west area would usually be vital buildings. That could explain why the west gate was the most magnificent-looking one.

  Sun Mo activated Divine Sight and surveyed the jadestone white tiger statue. Various pieces of information immediately appeared around it.

  Jadeite White Tiger Guard.

  “During ancient times, statues were placed in public squares or used to guard residences. After a residence was invaded, the statue would immediately transform and attack the invaders.

  “For guard statues like this, only grandmaster spiritual controllers could make them. One has to graft the soul of a living ferocious beast to the statue!

  “However, this spiritual controlling technique is too brutal, harming heaven’s peace. It is classified as a forbidden technique by the Saint Gate, forbidden to be taught, spread, and learned. Those who disobey would be exiled as a punishment.”

  Sun Mo continued reading.

  “The White Tiger Guard. It is proficient in fighting and has extremely quick speed. It’s even claimed to be like wind and lightning and belongs to the close-combat spiritual beast type. After it’s ‘killed’, as long as the core is undamaged, it would be able to revive itself rapidly.”

  “Ze, impressive!”

  Sun Mo clicked his tongue. This item was so powerful, belonging to the type of spiritual beast that ‘even if I can’t kill you, I can exhaust you to death’.

  Its flaw was that it lacked long-range attacks.

  “Those fellows seemed to be waiting for us to make a fool out of ourselves!”

  Ying Baiwu’s lips twitched.

  “Teacher Sun, what should we do now? We can’t simply continue waiting here, right?”

  Wang Chao asked.

  “Everyone, if you guys don’t want to take action, we won’t be polite and will act first then!”

  Sun Mo turned to the other student groups and clasped his fists.

  For adventurers and risk-takers, there was this unwritten rule: first-come first-serve.

  The Central Province Academy’s student group had arrived last. In that case, even if they knew how to break through this White Tiger Guard, they had to wait for the other student groups to attempt it before they could act.

  Naturally, if the Central Province Academy felt that they had overwhelming strength, they could crush and suppress everyone. They could also ignore the rules and directly do it.

  However, if they did so, their reputation would be damaged.

  “Teacher Sun, please!”

  “Please feel free!”

  “Let’s see Teacher Sun’s performance!”

  Other than the teachers from Sky Orchid, the other leaders of the three academies spoke out.

  It wasn’t that they were modest and wanted to allow Sun Mo to try it. But rather, they had already tried and all of them failed. Hence, before they knew the secret of this statue, they didn’t plan to go all out.

  Besides, probing the secret would surely be accompanied by risk. The one acting first might very well become cannon fodder. Their efforts would only serve to benefit others.

  Sun Mo looked at Chunyu Kong. “Oh, do you want to go first? Please feel free!”

  Chunyu Kong glanced at the White Tiger Guard and took two steps forward, preparing to act. However, he was stopped by Liang Pei.

  “What are you doing?”

  Liang Pei frowned.

  “Subduing the White Tiger Guard!”

  Chunyu Kong was astonished. (You even needed to ask me this?)

  “Let those from the Central Province Academy do it first.”

  Liang Pei suggested.

  “Teacher Chunyu, you tried it earlier. How do you feel about this White Tiger Guard?”

  Guo Zihao asked.

  “It’s quite powerful, but as long as we find the flaw, we will be able to settle it!”

  Chunyu Kong was very confident because he had startling talent in the spiritual beast control art.

  “Do you think Sun Mo can do it?”

  Guo Zihao glanced at Sun Mo.

  “Hehe!”

  Chunyu Kong’s tone was filled with disdain. His gaze swept through the crowd as he spoke, “Other spiritual controllers have to try at least four of five times before they can see through a tiny bit of the secrets within the White Tiger Guard!”

  “In that case, why are you so anxious about it? Just let the Central Province Academy take the lead. If they are killed by the White Tiger Guard, things would be interesting!”

  Gao Zihao believed in Chunyu Kong’s judgment.

  “Che, I have never treated them as my opponents. I will subdue the White Tiger Guard in front of them and won’t even give them a chance!”

  Chunyu Kong’s lips twitched. “Besides, what’s the point if we let the White Tiger Guard kill them? This daddy will personally take their lives later.”

  The conversation was also heard by students of Sky Orchid. They immediately cast gazes of worship toward Chunyu Kong.

  Chunyu Kong then walked toward Sun Mo and revealed a smile on his face. “Sun Mo, you will definitely regret making me act first!”

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture. “Just try your best. If you can subdue this spiritual beast, it can be considered as my loss!”

  “Spiritual beast? Most probably, you don’t even know how to activate it, right?”

  Chunyu Kong mocked. At the same time, he walked toward the north gate and just when he was nearing the ten-meter range, the jadestone white tiger statue suddenly began to shine. After that, a beam of white light blasted out like a bolt of lightning, shooting toward Chunyu Kong.

  Chunyu Kong agilely evaded.

  The white light blasted into the ground. It then transformed into a white tiger that threw its head back at the sky as it roared.

  Roar!

  King of the hundred beasts, its roar of anger echoed through the mountains and forest.

  The immense soundwave immediately engulfed the public square, causing the area to vibrate so much that the dust was flying all around.

  Everyone felt that their eardrums were about to be broken.

  Chunyu Kong then snapped his fingers.

  Pak!

  A bracelet on his right hand immediately shone with a flash of red light. Huge amount of fog billowed and when the light vanished, a giant ape appeared in that location.

  “Eh? This fellow actually caught a giant ape and made it into his spiritual beast?”

  Everyone was shocked.

  The white tiger lunged over while the giant ape blocked its attack!

  Bang!

  The two ferocious beasts clashed together.

  Hu!

  The white tiger waved its claws, swiping at the giant ape’s body.

  Bang!

  The giant ape rolled back. However, it soon climbed to its feet and continued fighting.

  This spiritual beast was formed after Chunyu Kong killed a powerful giant ape. Chunyu Kong used the ape’s soul and fresh blood to ‘form’ it. Hence, it didn’t know what fear was. It only had a single reason to live on and it was to fight for Chunyu Kong until it died completely.

  The intelligence of the White Tiger Guard was very high. It wanted to circle around the giant ape and directly attack Chunyu Kong. However, the giant ape was extremely intrepid and kept blocking the white tiger despite suffering injuries.

  Chunyu Kong wanted to subdue the White Tiger Guard as fast as possible, displaying his talent. Hence, he decided to use a secret art. He bit the skin of his finger and after chugging on a mouthful of blood, he spat it on his bracelet.

  Pu!

  The bracelet shone with a malevolent red light. At the same time, the giant ape howled in anger and its body began to glow red as well. It became larger and its combat prowess swelled.

  Using a secret technique like this would harm the spiritual beast, resulting in its combat prowess to be reduced by a tier forever. However, Chunyu Kong didn’t mind it. In any case, there were so many giant apes here. At most, he would just abandon this one and capture a new one.

  “The giant ape king would be a nice collection.”

  Chunyu Kong was slightly distracted.

  “Teacher Sun, this fellow is quite powerful!”

  Gu Xiuxun felt a bit of worry.

  “What if he captured the White Tiger Guard successfully before us?”

  Wang Chao frowned.

  “Don’t overthink too much. He won’t be able to do it!”

  Sun Mo’s lips curled. Even if Chunyu Kong managed to subdue the statue, Sun Mo could always kill Chunyu Kong to seize it!

  (God praise the Darkness Continent!)

  Over here, strength was everything. As long as you were strong enough, you could do whatever you wanted to. You didn’t need to worry that you would be jailed after killing someone.

  When the White Tiger Guard was injured by the giant ape, chips of jadestone would fall from it and wounds could be seen. Finally, after struggling for a minute, the White Tiger Guard managed to kill the giant ape by smacking its head with explosive force. It then lunged toward Chunyu Kong.

  However, just when it got near, a thick tail swept over and blasted it back.

  Si~

  A five-meter long monitor lizard guarded the area before Chunyu Kong.

  “Haha, that giant ape is merely the opening dish!”

  Chunyu Kong laughed loudly. After that, he stared at Sun Mo with a look of provocation. (Do you see it? This daddy is simply so strong. Everything is within my control.)

  (Wanting to snatch my White Tiger Guard? Go back and dream, everything exists in a dream!)

  “I can’t bear it anymore. This fellow is asking for a beating. I really want to smack his face!”

  Gu Xiuxun was very angry. She rolled up her sleeves and was preparing to fight.

  “Don’t be so anxious!”

  Sun Mo dissuaded her. “The good show is still yet to come!”

  When the giant monitor lizard and white tiger clashed, no result could be determined even after three minutes. This caused Chunyu Kong’s expression to turn somewhat unsightly.

  This was a spiritual beast that his father had left for him, his main combat strength. This was why he was reluctant to use a secret technique to increase its attacking prowess.

  “Oi, how long do you want this to drag on? If you can’t settle it, just come back quickly!”

  Sun Mo urged.

  “F***!”

  Chunyu Kong wasn’t able to stand for such taunting. He hesitated a little but eventually chose to bite his finger and draw a mouthful of blood. “Damn. After I subdue the White Tiger Guard, all of you will die!”