This secret base of Bai Wenzhang was located under a mountain. He had modified a burial complex and built it.

  There was a giant stone door at the entrance that could only be pushed open with brute force.

  Sun Mo’s original intention was to infiltrate this place first and if they got discovered, he would kill his way in. However, he was stopped by the sickly invalid.

  “Why don’t we use poison?”

  Tantai Yutang built a small bonfire at the entrance and then took out a few pills from his bag. After that, he tossed them into the fire.

  “Fan the wind!”

  The sickly invalid plucked a large branch filled with leaves and used it as a fan to blow the thick smoke into the entrance.

  “Anesthetic Pill?”

  Mei Ziyu sniffed the air lightly and felt somewhat curious. “You concocted it yourself?”

  “Mn, people won’t die from it, but if they absorbed too much of this, they might feel numb in their limbs for three to four days. They would be very dizzy and wouldn’t be able to get down from the bed.”

  Tantai Yutang explained.

  If one sniffed a micro-amount of the smoke, it would roughly take over ten minutes before they would faint.

  Sun Mo anxiously waited and 15 minutes later, he couldn’t bear it anymore and wanted to enter the place.

  “Teacher, hold this in your mouth!”

  Tantai Yutang passed another pill to Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo took it and tossed it into his mouth. He then immediately rushed inside. Right now, he couldn’t be bothered about scanning the data of the pill Tantai Yutang had just passed him.

  After passing through a long tunnel and walking through a great hall, he saw that this place was literally filled with tunnels leading in all directions.

  “Head to the right!”

  The sickly invalid pointed the path.

  At a corner of the great hall, there were two fainted youths. Sun Mo hesitated a little but still grabbed hold of one as a hostage.

  “Let me lead the way!”

  Mei Ziyu wanted to open up a path. Her thinking was very simple. Sun Mo was their main combat strength and couldn’t afford to be injured. Hence, if there were any traps here, she should be the first to step into them.

  However, just when Mei Ziyu took two steps forward, she was stopped by Sun Mo and pulled behind his back.

  This action caused Mei Ziyu to feel warmth in her heart.

  After walking for a few minutes, a shout rang out.

  “Who the hell are you guys?”

  “Enemy attack!”

  Two youths could be seen. One was shouting for reinforcement while the other lunged toward Sun Mo.

  They were dressed in white-colored clothes and had swords as weapons. They also looked very energetic.

  Also, on their chest and back area, a vivid picture of a wolf head could be seen. It was baring its fangs that were dripping with blood.

  This indicated that they were troops under the wolf division of the Dragonspirit Manor. They were also known as the wolf troops.

  “Lay down your weapons or I will kill him!”

  Sun Mo grabbed the throat of his hostage and placed the hostage before him.

  Yet, the two youths weren’t bothered at all. One of them stood on the right and the other stood on the left as they surrounded Sun Mo.

  “Protect Tantai!”

  Sun Mo shouted. He then tossed away the hostage and rushed out with his wooden blade.

  Pak! Pak!

  Despite the two youths being extremely courageous, the difference in strength was too great. When the wooden blade smacked their necks, they directly fainted.

  “Go!”

  Sun Mo rushed forward with full speed.

  After turning a corner, he saw a 5-men team of youths in front of him.

  Clank! Clank!

  The sounds of weapons being unsheathed rang out. It was extremely ear-piercing.

  “Kill!”

  The captain roared and took the lead to lunge over.

  Sun Mo immediately met his attack with ‘copy’ being activated fully. Everything in his vision instantly slowed as though they were playing out in slow motion.

  Boom!

  Black-colored spirit qi gushed forth from Sun Mo, materializing into numerous clones as he fought back.

  The courageous one would win when fighting on a narrow path. Moreover, Sun Mo didn’t care about his life.

  His wooden blade was like a falcon attacking fish in water and also resembled two mountain goats ramming their horns against each other. It rapidly smashed into the bodies of the youths with precision.

  Pak! Pak! Pak!

  The youths directly fell and cried out in misery.

  “How strong!”

  Tantai Yutang exclaimed in shock. Although he knew his teacher was strong, it was only when Sun Mo went all-out did he realize that his respect for his teacher was far from enough.

  Naturally, such a battle strategy caused Sun Mo’s consumption of spirit qi to spike high.

  When the clones were formed, his spirit qi and consciousness would be reduced. Every time a clone died, it would mean a hint of his divine sense got damaged and the spirit qi would dissipate. There was no way for him to get them back that quickly.

  Although his divine sense would slowly return to normal a few days later, he would have to deal with the splitting headaches during that period. ……

  In the prison, four of Sun Mo’s disciples had worried looks on their faces.

  “Would something happen to eldest martial sister?”

  The papaya girl cried until her eyes turned red.

  “We can’t sit here and wait for death like this!” Ying Baiwu stood up. “Let us slaughter our way out!”

  “Agreed!” Xuanyuan Po was unable to control his urge any longer.

  “Calm down!” Jiang Leng berated.

  “So, should we just sit here foolishly?”

  Ying Baiwu punched the wall.

  Jiang Leng racked his brains. He actually wanted them to split up. Xuanyuan Po and Ying Baiwu should protect Lu Zhiruo and escape from here. As for himself, he would go and save Li Ziqi. However, the brains of the combat addict were unreliable!

  How good would it be if Tantai was here!

  At this moment, everyone suddenly pricked their ears because sounds of a commotion could be heard from outside.

  “Is Teacher here?”

  Lu Zhiruo sobbed with joy. “There’s no mistake, Teacher must be here!”

  Footsteps rang out hurriedly. After that, the iron gate was opened.

  Ding Yi rushed in and grabbed Lu Zhiruo by her wrist. “You are not allowed to speak. Follow me or I will cut out all your tongues!”

  Behind Ding Yi, five wolf soldiers followed him. They were responsible for transporting the prisoners to another location.

  Xuanyuan Po leaned forward. He exerted strength with his legs and shot forth like a cannonball as he charged Ding Yi.

  Jiang Leng and Ying Baiwu suddenly attacked as well, fighting against the wolf soldiers who were closing in on them.

  “You are courting death!”

  Ding Yi roared in rage and punched out at Xuanyuan Po’s head.

  However, at this moment, a clicking sound rang out as the stone manacles on Xuanyuan Po’s hands exploded. He was like a flood dragon that was freed of captivity, and he directly punched out at Ding Yi.

  Bang!

  Their fists met, and the huge impact caused Ding Yi to feel intense pain as he staggered backward. Because he didn’t take precautions against Xuanyuan Po breaking free, he didn’t use his full strength. This led to him suffering a disadvantage now.

  Xuanyuan Po charged again, looking like he wanted to crush Ding Yi’s head.

  As for the wolf soldiers, their strengths were clearly inferior to Ding Yi. Moreover, they basically didn’t dare to believe that someone would be able to unravel Dean Bai’s spirit rune manacles. Hence, they were caught by surprise because of this.

  Jiang Leng used his finger as a blade and pierced the eyes of the wolf soldier in front of him. After that, he grabbed the corpse and smashed it toward the soldiers behind him, using it as a meat shield. He was like a hunting leopard as he lowered his stance and lunged over.

  Jiang Leng had learned about the art of killing before.

  While Ying Baiwu wasn’t that proficient in it, she knew that the throat was a vital point. Hence, she smashed her fist into the throat of one of the wolf soldiers.

  Kacha~

  That wolf soldier clutched his broken neck. His eyes protruded out in rage and he lost his life after struggling for a few seconds.

  Seeing this scene, Ying Baiwu started and furrowed her brows tightly. Actually, she hadn’t thought of killing anyone and only wanted to defeat her enemies, crushing them to an extent where they could no longer pose a threat to them.

  However, now that she had killed someone, Ying Baiwu didn’t cower either. She immediately adjusted her mental state and rushed forward to stand in front of Lu Zhiruo.

  The fight between Ding Yi and Xuanyuan Po already shifted close to the iron gate.

  “Close the gate! Close the gate!”

  Ding Yi roared, urging those wolf soldiers outside. He was ruthless enough. If he remained in the prison chamber, he would surely be beaten to death by Xuanyuan Po and the other two. However, he didn’t care about it.

  “For the Dean!”

  Ding Yi howled in rage and rushed forward. His body began to glow with a dark red light.

  The wolf soldiers stationed outside also didn’t hesitate and were about to close the gate. However, it was a pity that Jiang Leng’s speed was too fast.

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  His fingers pierced forth as fast as the wind.

  “Go!”

  Ying Baiwu pulled Lu Zhiruo along.

  “Boohoohoo, I’m just trash!”

  The papaya girl felt very depressed. Her junior martial siblings were fighting, but it was only her who couldn’t provide any help.

  “Zhiruo, don’t move recklessly. Just stay here!” commanded Ying Baiwu as she wanted to go and help Jiang Leng.

  “You should leave together with Zhiruo instead!” said Jiang Leng, not needing any help

  “How do I even get out?”

  Ying Baiwu angrily rebutted. (I know you have good intentions, but I’m unfamiliar with this place, so how can I escape?)

  Jiang Leng fell silent. Logically, they should leave according to the direction Li Ziqi was brought away earlier. Although that direction was definitely surrounded by many enemies, if they walked in the opposite direction, he had no idea whether or not there would be an escape route for them.

  “Head east, let’s go and find our eldest martial sister!”

  After Lu Zhiruo spoke, she shrank her neck back as she was worried that her junior martial siblings might find her suggestion troublesome.

  “Head east!”

  Jiang Leng commanded.

  At such a timing, even the worst decision was better than no decision.

  Ding Yi was still holding on, but his wolf soldiers had been wiped away by Jiang Leng and Ying Baiwu. Hence, when he saw this scene, he immediately turned to flee.

  “You guys won’t be able to escape!”

  Ding Yi cursed.

  “Go!”

  Jiang Leng led the way and rushed east. But before he ran that far, another group of youths appeared. These people were clearly wolf soldiers as well. It was just that their names started with ‘Bing’*.

  The wolf troop of the Dragonspirit Manor was divided into four levels, from ‘A’ to ‘D’. Although these ‘Bing’ wolf soldiers weren’t the ones with the greatest strength, they should be able to subdue Jiang Leng and the others.

  “I and Xuanyuan Po will cover the back. Baiwu, we will leave Zhiruo to you!”

  Jiang Leng inhaled deeply.

  “I’m not leaving, I can fight as well!”

  Lu Zhiruo shouted loudly, deeply hating herself for being weak.

  “Don’t make trouble!”

  Jiang Leng frowned.

  “Capture them and bring them away!”

  The captain of the wolf troop had a malevolent expression on his face. “If they resist, break their limbs!”

  The wolf soldiers rushed out.

  Ying Baiwu hesitated when she saw the look Jiang Leng gave her. But she eventually chose to grab the papaya girl and prepared to retreat for now. However, at this moment, a wooden blade suddenly shot forth like a bolt from a crossbow, whistling through the air with great force.

  A wolf soldier turned and punched out with a roar.

  Bang!

  The wooden blade was knocked away from its trajectory, but before it could fall to the ground, a hand grabbed it. After that, the wooden blade was swung down rapidly.

  Ignite!

  Hu~

  The wooden blade suddenly ignited with flames.

  The wolf soldier’s expression changed. He knew he wouldn’t be able to receive the next attack and wanted to dodge. But just when this thought appeared in his mind, the wooden blade slammed into his head.

  Bang!

  The head of the wolf soldier exploded like a watermelon. After that, with a huge booming sound, his entire body burned in blazing flames as it crackled.

  Bang!

  The corpse fell onto the ground as sparks and dust spluttered around.

  “WHO DARES TO TOUCH MY STUDENTS?”

  Sun Mo roared in rage as his voice resounded throughout the burial complex.

  “Teacher!”

  Lu Zhiruo was wildly joyful, and her tears flowed unbiddenly down her face despite her trying her best to restrain them. “Boohoohoo, Ziqi was captured. Quickly go and save her!”

  “Teacher!”

  Ying Baiwu saw Sun Mo appearing suddenly as though he was a deity descending to the mortal world. Her heart pounded rapidly as an indescribable emotion surged in her heart.

  (As expected, my teacher is impressive.)

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Ying Baiwu +1,000. Reverence (12,000/100,000).

  [1] ‘Bing’ stands for C. Ding Yi, Ding Er, Ding San, Ding Wu—their ‘Ding’ stands for ‘D’. The troops in the Dragonspirit Manor are categorized into ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’.

  Chapter 641: There Are Actually Four More People Who Are Stronger Than You?

  Li Ruolan stood behind and looked at Sun Mo as she held the image-recording stone. She kept moving about as well, capturing his majestic side as he fought against the enemies.

  “Fantastic, it’s too nice to watch!”

  Li Ruolan murmured and had an excited look on her face. She didn’t expect that Sun Mo, who was usually refined and courteous, would actually emit so much killing intent when he erupted.

  She really hated the fact that there was only one of her. Otherwise, she would be able to capture the shots from many angles and would definitely be able to record the most magnificent side of Sun Mo.

  “WHO DARES TO TOUCH MY STUDENTS?”

  After seeing Sun Mo crushing everything in his wake and shouting this sentence, Li Ruolan’s excitement went out of control.

  (10 marks!)

  (I have to give him 10 marks!)

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Ruolan +300. Respect (1,270/10,000)

  Mei Ziyu hesitated. If she also filmed Sun Mo, would it seem as though she had no restraint? Maybe, he might look down on her.

  It seemed like she could only ask Li Ruolan for a copy after this event was over.

  (Mn, if she feels reluctant, I will use a saint-tier alchemy pill to exchange with her.”

  “Ziyu, don’t act. Go and protect my student!”

  Sun Mo shouted. Firstly, he wanted to protect Mei Ziyu, not wanting her to join the battle. Secondly, he wanted to vent. He had to crush the heads of these scums personally.

  “Careful!”

  Mei Ziyu reminded him. The strength of these wolf troops wasn’t bad. The most important thing was that they didn’t fear death.

  “Retreat! Retreat!’

  After an intense battle of three minutes, the wolf troops saw that Sun Mo was too strong and decided to retreat and wait for reinforcement.

  “Teacher, boohoohoo. Eldest martial sister was brought away!”

  Lu Zhiruo rushed over and hugged Sun Mo. She had a look of worry on her face. “Let us go and save her quickly!”

  “Teacher! It’s me who’s useless!”

  Jiang Leng lowered his head and had a look of self-reproach on his face.

  “It’s not your fault!”

  Sun Mo’s brows furrowed so tightly that he could squeeze ten emperor crabs to death. “Tantai, I still have to trouble you!”

  “Cough cough, over there!”

  Tantai Yutang forcefully bore with the discomfort and pointed the path for Sun Mo. ……

  Li Ziqi was brought to a room in the burial complex and saw Li Zhuifeng sitting on a rattan chair. He was looking at a spirit rune with interest.

  There was a man of about 30+ years old beside him. He was currently on the table and drew continuously. After that, he compared the thing he drew to the spirit rune beside it.

  “Please take a seat!”

  When Li Zhuifeng saw Li Ziqi entering, he smiled. “Let’s get to know each other. My name is Li Zhuifeng. I was once Jiang Leng’s junior martial brother!”

  Li Ziqi sat down.

  The furnishings in the room were very simple. Other than chairs and tables, there was nothing else. Hence, the room was relatively empty and there would be an echo when one spoke.

  “This is biluochun, do you want to drink this tea?”

  Li Zhuifeng lifted a flask of tea and shook it.

  “Thanks!”

  Li Ziqi nodded. Actually, she was very nervous, but in order not to lose face for her teacher, she feigned her composure.

  Li Zhuifeng placed the porcelain teacup before Li Ziqi and sat down beside her. “Can you tell me the origins of these spirit runes?”

  “Are you guys not people who specially researched spirit runes? Could it be you guys cannot tell?”

  Li Ziqi counter-asked.

  “Hehe!~”

  Li Zhuifeng laughed. He suddenly lifted his hand and smacked Li Ziqi’s face.

  Pak!

  A slap resounded out.

  Li Ziqi gritted her teeth and didn’t cry out.

  “I’m not someone with a good temper. Has Jiang Leng never told you about me before?”

  Li Zhuifeng’s words were filled with threat.

  “Zhuifeng, don’t injure her!”

  The man lifted his head and surveyed Li Ziqi as he reminded Li Zhuifeng.

  “Yo, our Assistant Yu who is only interested in the study of spirit runes has learned how to properly treat the fairer sex?”

  Li Zhuifeng ridiculed.

  “These spirit runes are drawn pretty well and have the faint embryonic feel of a grandmaster. But clearly, they were made by a relatively young person like her. Even Teacher would want such a talent!”

  Yu Lun explained.

  When Li Ziqi and the others got captured, the items they brought with them naturally became the battle spoils for others. Li Zhuifeng originally admired Ying Baiwu’s Wind King Divine Bow, but he didn’t expect that there were over twenty spirit runes in the bag Li Ziqi always carried with her.

  The Dragonspirit Manor had existed for over a thousand years. It was specially created to be a base to research spirit runes. The talents gathered here covered all aspects of spirit runes, and their collective expertise level could be ranked within the top three in the entire Nine Provinces.

  Li Zhuifeng was a favorite student of Bai Wenzhang, and Yu Lun was the assistant that Bai Wenzhang trusted the most. This was enough to prove the standards of the two of them when it came to spirit runes. But even so, the two of them weren’t able to identify three of the spirit runes in Li Ziqi’s possession.

  Yes, not one but three. Hence, the rush of impact to the two of them was truly too great.

  “Did you guys find a darkness ruin?”

  Yu Lun asked. He lowered his head and looked at the spirit rune he drew and frowned. After that, he crumpled the paper and tossed it away.

  He had already attempted to draw it multiple times but wasn’t able to replicate the rune perfectly.

  Li Ziqi was silent.

  “Even if you don’t say it, I can guess it. Three brand new spirit runes appeared in one go, so you guys must have excavated them from a darkness ruin. Have you found a spirit rune research center somewhere? Or the inheritance of a certain spirit rune great ancestor?”

  Yu Lun was very certain. His expression was like telling Li Ziqi there was no need to lie to him.

  “Why can’t they be invented by someone?”

  Li Ziqi counter-asked.

  “Hehe!”

  Yu Lun felt disdain to answer such questions. This was simply an insult to his intelligence. He had seen many types of geniuses in the world, and he had seen plenty of them in the Dragonspirit Manor. (If you said one of the spirit runes was invented by someone, I can believe it. But for all three?)

  (Please. Even the illegitimate son of the goddess of luck wouldn’t be able to do so.)

  It was like a person saying that he had invented three types of brand new medicine. What a joke. Even if one farted three times, there would be a time lag!

  “You don’t have to laugh. These three runes were invented by my teacher!”

  Li Ziqi decided to beat them at their own game.

  Sometimes when one spoke the truth, no one would believe it.

  As expected!

  Pak!

  Li Zhuifeng lifted her hand and slapped Li Ziqi again. “I hate people who lie the most. This is especially so for women. Do you want me to cut off your tongue?”

  “Hehe, what an opinionated fool!”

  Li Ziqi snorted in disdain. After speaking, she politely apologized. “Sorry, please forgive my words. I just couldn’t help it because you are simply too idiopathic.”

  “You……”

  Li Zhuifeng lifted his hand again.

  “Don’t hit her anymore. It’s very possible she might become my colleague!”

  Yu Lun stopped Li Zhuifeng. He knew the personality of Dean Bai. If it was certified that Li Ziqi was the one who had drawn these runes, he would definitely recruit her.

  “Student, for your own safety, I hope that you would just confess!”

  Yu Lun placed the Flame Explosion Spirit Rune before Li Ziqi. “Remove the masking effect and draw the real spirit rune for me!”

  Any type of spirit runes would have a masking effect on them. If not, what would happen if they were stealthily learned by others?

  When Sun Mo had designed these spirit runes, he basically didn’t think too much. It was Li Ziqi who reminded him to add a masking effect. By doing so, even if other people saw it, they wouldn’t be able to copy it. ……

  Li Ziqi didn’t reject it. She took up the writing brush and used the time when drawing the spirit rune to think of a way to escape.

  Five minutes later, Li Zhuifeng grew impatient.

  “Can you be quicker?”

  Li Zhuifeng urged.

  “The spirit rune is so complex, if I draw it quickly and make a mistake, who will it be blamed on? Wouldn’t you guys say that I did so deliberately?”

  Li Ziqi counter-asked.

  “Eh!”

  Li Zhuifeng had no way to rebut that. After all, it was true that the spirit rune looked extremely difficult.

  “Just be quiet for a while and let her draw!”

  Yu Lun complained. It could also be considered a way to improve when he personally watched other people drawing spirit runes.

  The three spirit runes before him were truly too perfect. They were more beautiful compared to the beauties on the Beauty Ranking.

  The runic lines were very bizarre, from a style he had never seen before. But when he admired them closely, he would experience an indescribable sense of beauty.

  It felt very comfortable to watch. He even wanted to hug them to sleep.

  “What is this spirit rune called?”

  Yu Lun couldn’t bear it and asked.

  “Flame explosion!”

  Li Ziqi didn’t conceal it because the other party must have tried it out. Besides, revealing a name was nothing much.

  “What about the other two?”

  Yu Lun asked.

  “The lightning protection spirit rune and dragon ball spirit rune!”

  Li Ziqi smiled and asked, “You guys must have tried them out earlier, right? What do you think of the power?”

  “The power unleashed was very strong!”

  Yu Lun nodded and gave a very high evaluation. “Comprehensively speaking, the flame explosion rune is the weakest among the three of them, and it is also the simplest. The dragon ball spirit rune has the greatest degree of improvement toward cultivators and if you also used the lightning protection rune together, you would be well equipped for attacking and defending.”

  “Hmm, you understand quite a lot.”

  Li Ziqi praised and felt a little surprised.

  “Haha!”

  Yu Lun felt a little surprised but also somewhat embarrassed. After all, he had been living in the Dragonspirit Manor and had only been fiddling with spirit runes every day. There was basically no time for him to interact with any females.

  Moreover, although Li Ziqi wasn’t old, she was extremely beautiful. Yu Lun couldn’t help but feel a little happy when he got praised by her.

  Seeing that Li Ziqi no longer spoke, Yu Lun couldn’t help but brag. “Regardless, I’m the number five assistant under the Dean!”

  “There are actually four more people stronger than you?”

  Li Ziqi was surprised, actually probing for more information.

  “Eh!”

  Yu Lun felt like he had just lost face. He hurriedly explained, “Don’t look at the fact that I’m number five. I’ve actually been to the Nine Greats and taught the students there the study of spirit runes.”

  “If I say that these three spirit runes were invented by my teacher, whose standard do you think is higher? My teacher or the Dean?”

  Li Ziqi was curious.

  “.……”

  Yu Lun fell silent.

  “You don’t dare to evaluate? Or is your judgment not up to the mark?”

  Li Ziqi provoked.

  “If the talent in spirit runes is rated 10 as the highest in this world, our Dean has 9 points!”

  Yu Lun glanced at Li Ziqi and spoke solemnly, “If these three spirit runes were truly invented by Sun Mo, I admit that his capabilities are half that of the Dean.”

  “Qi!”

  Li Ziqi’s lips twitched. She didn’t believe it. (My teacher is then the most excellent.)

  “Can you guys stop blabbering?”

  Li Zhuifeng was very unhappy.

  Li Ziqi’s wrist trembled. She then covered her mouth and cried, “Aiyo, I drew it crooked!”

  “Did you do so intentionally?”

  Li Zhuifeng stood up from his rattan chair and took two steps forward, wanting to slap Li Ziqi.

  “Enough. This spirit rune is very difficult to draw. How is it possible not to make any mistake?”

  Yu Lun thought that he was speaking out in fairness? How old was Li Ziqi? Probably only 13 or 14, right? If she said she could draw all these spirit runes out in a single attempt with no mistakes, that would then be a lie.

  In truth, Li Ziqi truly could do so. Her success rate was about 90%, and these spirit runes in her bag were all drawn by her.

  One could say that as long as the thing she needed to do didn’t involve movement, Li Ziqi would be invincible in the world. It was very easy for her to draw spirit runes.

  The room once again fell into silence. Yu Lun sat by the side and focused as Li Ziqi drew the flame explosion spirit rune.

  Li Zhuifeng ultimately was still interested in spirit runes. A few minutes later, he also sat over and couldn’t help but sigh ruefully. “These spirit runes are really beautiful. I wonder who was the one who invented it and how did they come out with such great ideas?”

  “Yeah, it’s a pity that the inventor has passed. We have no way to consult such an expert!”

  Yu Lun felt very regretful.

  Li Ziqi immediately glanced over. (Daring to curse my teacher by saying he’s dead? I will remember you.)

  Li Zhuifeng was very scheming. When he saw this scene, he couldn’t help but frown as he asked, “Are these spirit runes truly invented by your teacher?”

  Li Zhuifeng suddenly recalled the fixed spirit runes on Jiang Leng’s body. Maybe, Sun Mo could really do it!

  (Wait a minute, Teacher suddenly went out a couple of hours ago. Could he have gone to recruit Sun Mo?)

  (If that was the case and I kidnapped Sun Mo’s students……)

  All of a sudden, Li Zhuifeng felt apprehensive.

  “Why don’t you guess?”

  Li Ziqi was intentionally trying to be difficult.

  Li Zhuifeng felt like slapping the little sunny egg again, but at this moment, the sound of a commotion suddenly rang out outside.

  “What’s going on?”

  Yu Lun was very angry. He had been watching with keen interest, but it was so noisy outside. Were the people outside looking for a beating?

  “I’ll go take a look!”

  Li Zhuifeng was very cautious and directly pulled out his sword. The abduction process was very quick. No matter how fast those great teachers in the city were, they would at least need one more day before they could discover this place, right?

  Before Li Zhuifeng could open the door, a charred corpse directly smashed into it.

  Bang!

  The door blasted open and Sun Mo rushed in.

  “Yu Lun, capture the hostage!”

  Li Zhuifeng had a look of shock on his face. While shouting, he also retreated in case he got captured by Sun Mo.

  Yu Lun’s reaction wasn’t slow, but he was still slower than Li Ziqi by half-a-beat.

  Earlier when the commotion rang out, Li Ziqi was already preparing. At this moment, she directly took up the half-finished flame explosion rune and tore it.

  Pak!

  A few sparks manifested first. After that, they condensed together into a coconut-sized fireball. Waving her hands, Li Ziqi shot it at Yu Lun.

  “How?”

  Yu Lun was badly shocked. Wasn’t this an incomplete spirit rune? How could it be activated?

  (Wait a minute, has she finished drawing the spirit rune? How talented must she be to accomplish this?)

  Because the distance between him and Li Ziqi was too close, Yu Lun wasn’t able to evade it and could only endure the attack.

  BOOM!

  The fireball slammed into his chest and exploded. The immense impact caused him to tumble through the air.

  “Teacher!”

  After Li Ziqi called out, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

  There was no solution to it. Her motor skill was truly bad, but because she knew that time was tight, she hurriedly climbed to her feet and snatched the spirit runes that were placed not far away.

  As long as she had them in her hands, she would be able to fight!

  At the same time, the little sunny egg also bit the skin on her finger and unleashed her spiritual control technique, summoning the Wind King Protection.

  Li Zhuifeng’s battle experience was extremely rich. When he saw Sun Mo entering, he chose to dodge right away and immediately sprinted toward Li Ziqi. As long as he captured her, he would be safe.

  “Fool!”

  Actually, the matter of capturing Li Ziqi was supposed to be done by Yu Lun, but who would have thought that he was too stupid. Li Zhuifeng was so angry that his lungs almost burst.

  Luckily, he would be quicker than Sun Mo.

  “Don’t move if you don’t want to die!”

  Li Zhuifeng threatened.

  Just when Li Ziqi was about to be captured, she suddenly lifted her right hand and aimed it at Li Zhuifeng.

  Windwave Bullet!

  Woosh, woosh, woosh~

  Numerous translucent spirit bullets blasted toward Li Zhuifeng.

  Cold sweat instantly dotted Li Zhuifeng’s forehead. He had sprinted over too quickly and basically had no time to dodge.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The windwave bullets slammed into his face, striking it with complete accuracy.

  Li Zhuifeng was directly sent flying as blood sprayed out of his mouth.

  Chapter 642: What Else Can I Do? I Am Also in Very Much Despair!

  “Jiang Leng, protect Ziqi. Xuanyuan, attack the enemies.”

  Sun Mo quickly spoke and lunged toward Yu Lun.

  Yu Lun’s combat strength might not be high, but he had many supportive-type equipment. This was especially so for the spirit runes on his body that caused his stats to surge explosively.

  If an ordinary person suffered an explosion from the flame explosion spirit rune to their chest like him, it would be like taking a rocket launcher face-on.

  However, Yu Lun was only lightly injured. At that instant, before the flame explosion hit him, he activated the defensive spirit runes on his body and used that to block the majority of the damage.

  Clank!

  Yu Lun pulled out his sword and clashed against Sun Mo.

  “I’ll kill you all!”

  Yu Lun was also angered. After all, no matter who it was, as long as they had taken a walk at the edge of life-and-death, they most probably would feel like killing the person who almost sent them to hell.

  Bzz! Bzz! Bzz

  Dark red light was continuously flashing from Yu Lun’s body. That was the activation sign of certain spirit runes.

  Bang!

  The wooden blade clashed against the longsword, and the power gushing through the sword caused Sun Mo’s wrists to feel numb. His wooden blade almost flew out of his hands.

  Sun Mo immediately changed from attack to defense. At the same time, he activated Divine Sight to observe Yu Lun’s flaws. This would also allow him to make better decisions on the battle situation.

  Yu Lin. Fifth level of the divine force realm. 32 years old.

  Strength: 37. An ordinary man.

  Intellect: 40. Close to max value. This is especially so in the field of spirit runes where he has outstanding talent.

  Agility: 38. Although his absolute speed isn’t fast, he is very nimble and he can be considered someone at the grandmaster level when it comes to fighting.

  Will: 37. He has the spirit to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks.

  Endurance: 25. Sorry, he is cooped up in the lab every day and basically has no chance to temper his endurance. ……

  Potential value: Extremely high, especially in the field of spirit runes. Currently, he is at the threshold of becoming a grandmaster.

  Note: His combat strength is ordinary and his combat experience is lacking. His current performance is merely due to the augmentation of the spirit runes.

  Sun Mo’s vision immediately shifted downward.

  There were a total of 18 spirit runes on Yu Lun’s body, and all of them were top level spirit runes from the Dragonspirit Manor’s research.

  Because Yu Lun was already an adult and his body shape was fixed, he chose to tattoo spirit runes on himself.

  Sun Mo frowned not because his enemy was powerful but because of the evaluation by the system.

  His opponent’s potential value was extremely high. Also, he was slightly above 32 years old but was almost a grandmaster. If this was in the modern era, he would definitely be able to become a professor in the future.

  For such people, each of their deaths was considered a heavy loss to humanity.

  “Teacher!”

  After seeing Sun Mo becoming passive, Lu Zhiruo cried out in worry.

  “I’m fine. You guys, take note of your own safety!”

  Sun Mo reminded them. After that, he felt a little conflicted and retracted his ‘merciful’ heart. (Daring to kidnap my students? Even if you are a spirit rune great ancestor, I’m going to kill you.)

  “Aiyo, my eldest martial sister’s battle achievements are so awesome!”

  Although Tantai Yutang was pretending to be shocked, he was actually very impressed by Li Ziqi’s reaction and calmness when their teacher had broken through the door earlier.

  Sadly, her motor skills were too inferior. If not, she might be able to insta-kill Li Zhuifeng.

  Xuanyuan Po basically didn’t think about saving people. Rather, he lunged toward Li Zhuifeng directly as his silver spear pierced forth in fury. He had long since wanted to fight against this opponent.

  “I knew it!”

  Jiang Leng rolled his eyes. He had guessed this scene would happen. Hence, he didn’t chase after Li Zhuifeng but stood before Li Ziqi instead.

  “You should be careful!”

  The deadman face reminded him, but it was completely meaningless.

  Li Zhuifeng who had been shot by the windwave bullets managed to avoid death after activating a top-grade defensive-type spirit rune. However, his mind was in a daze and his head was spinning about. He could still handle a few salted fish, but his opponent now was the combat addict.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  After Li Zhuifeng got abused badly, he knelt on the ground and coughed up blood. He was no longer able to get up.

  “So boring!”

  Xuanyuan Po hoisted his silver spear back onto his shoulder and walked out of the room, preparing to fight against the reinforcements.

  “Wait a minute!”

  Jiang Leng stopped him. After that, he grabbed Li Zhuifeng by the hair and dragged him into the corridor. “Don’t move or I’ll kill him!”

  At this moment, those young wolf soldiers were fully equipped. Half of them had crossbows and sharp arrows.

  However, they all froze. After all, Li Zhuifeng was Sir Dean’s personal student and his status was very high.

  “Boohoohoo. Eldest martial sister, were you beaten up?”

  Lu Zhiruo saw the fingers imprint on Li Ziqi’s face and felt a heartache.

  “I’m fine!”

  Li Ziqi smiled sweetly and patted the papaya girl’s head. Since she was born up until now, she was the princess doted by the Great Tang Emperor the most and had never been hit before.

  There was a time when a maid had accidentally spilled hot tea and scaled Li Ziqi’s hand. If it wasn’t for Li Ziqi pleading, that unlucky maid would have been dragged out and beaten to the death by the emperor’s order.

  Hence, when Li Ziqi got slapped, she was very angry. However, everything was fine now because her windwave bullets almost ripped apart Li Zhuifeng’s face.

  Looking at Li Zhuifeng’s bloody face, she could see that at least half of his teeth had fallen out. His mouth was crooked and Li Ziqi felt very satisfied when she looked at it.

  (I’m then the final winner!)

  When Jiang Leng heard the papaya girl’s words, he turned his head and glanced at Li Ziqi before lifting his hand and fanning it left and right repeatedly on Li Zhuifeng’s face.

  Pak, pak, pak!

  Jiang Leng used a lot of force as he slapped. Four purple bruises were left behind on Li Zhuifeng’s face, and he had to spat out some blood as well as shattered teeth.

  “Junior brother, I want to issue two slaps too!”

  Lu Zhiruo rolled up her sleeves.

  “Wait until his face is swollen from my slaps. It would be easier for you to slap him then.”

  Jiang Leng was very angry. (Li Ziqi is such a gentle and kind girl, yet you actually found it in yourself to hit her? You are truly a scum!)

  In the room, Yu Lun grew increasingly anxious.

  Li Zhuifeng was captured and despite him going all out, he was unable to take his opponent down. What should he do?

  The more anxious he was, the easier it would be for him to make a mistake.

  Yu Lun’s attacks started to turn chaotic, and he ended up flailing his fists left and right.

  Sun Mo’s battle strategy was effective. His Grand Universe Formless Divine Art was all about imitation, retaliation, and defense. If Sun Mo was determined to defend, he could exhaust Yu Lun to death.

  Flying Swallow Slash!

  Yu Lun’s sword slashed out with his ultimate attack, resembling a flying immortal from the sky. He wanted to use this move to force Sun Mo away and rush over to save Li Zhuifeng.

  Since he couldn’t win, he decided to flee.

  However, Sun Mo not only didn’t move, but his wooden blade even swept out horizontally, resembling a brush drawing a horizontal line.

  ‘Paying someone back in their own coin’!

  Swish~

  Sun Mo blocked the Flying Swallow Slash and retaliated with the exact same movements.

  “What?”

  Yu Lun’s face lost its color. He did his best to evade, but his left hand got slashed.

  Swish~

  Three fingers fell onto the ground.

  “I will kill you!”

  Yu Lun howled with rage. He was a spirit rune master, without his fingers, how should he draw spirit runes in the future? His career had ended.

  Yu Lun who had completely lost all rationality took out a medical pill and consumed it.

  This was the battle god pill. After eating it, although it would bring great harm to the body, it could allow his cultivation base to temporarily rise by a level, causing his combat strength to surge explosively.

  Given Dean Bai’s wealth and influence, it completely wasn’t a problem to get such top-graded pills.

  This battle god pill was a peerless saint-tier one. Dean Bai had given it to Yu Lun, so the latter could save his life in a dire moment. In any case, for people like Yu Lun, it was their brains that were valuable and not their cultivation bases.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Yu Lun’s aura was enhanced greatly. The spirit qi in the surroundings gushed over, entering his body. Because the spirit qi was too dense, flickering motes of light actually started to appear.

  “Teacher!”

  Li Ziqi and the others were badly shocked.

  “You guys, go out and wait!”

  Sun Mo didn’t dare to be careless. His reaction was very fast as he took out a dragon ball spirit rune and tore it.

  Crackle~

  Arcs of lightning manifested and cloaked his body.

  Rumble~

  Sun Mo’s surroundings were covered by golden spirit qi that resembled blazing flames. His aura surged wildly and his hair spiked with a golden color.

  After seeing this scene, Yu Lun’s breathing stopped. He subconsciously asked.

  “How much has your strength improved?”

  Yu Lun was cursing in his heart and he really wanted to verbalize it. Sun Mo’s savage effect was truly too beautiful.

  Yu Lun had eaten a peerless-grade saint-tier alchemy pill, but from the looks of things, he completely wasn’t as strong as his opponent.

  (Look at the golden hairstyle. Oh my heavens, how did he accomplish this?)

  Although Yu Lun had seen Li Ziqi’s spirit runes earlier, he didn’t activate all of them. After all, some items were very valuable and he wanted to hand them to the Dean.

  “Ten times!”

  Sun Mo’s lips curled into a light smile. “What about you?”

  “I……”

  Yu Lun heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. (Luckily, you are not much stronger than me.) But before he could reply, Sun Mo already appeared beside him and slashed his wooden blade out.

  Too swift!

  It was like a bolt of lightning falling from the sky!

  Yu Lun lifted his sword to block, but before the wooden blade clashed with the sword, it directly curved away and changed its trajectory, slashing Yu Lun’s arm.

  Bang!

  Yu Lun’s arm should have been broken. But with the enhancement of the battle god pill, he was uninjured.

  Sun Mo also guessed that this might be the result, hence, he frantically went all out!

  “Damn! Damn! Damn!”

  Yu Lun shouted, feeling increasingly vexed. (Why is this fellow so powerful? In that case, why didn’t he attack earlier and only chose to defend?)

  (Wait a minute, could it be a lie? Is this his battle strategy?)

  (Yeah, this fellow is very cunning. He intentionally asked a question to divert my attention.)

  Yu Lin thought too much and because of this, fear appeared on his face and he started to feel dread. What if he still failed to escape despite having eaten the battle god pill?

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Yu Lun +50. Prestige connection unlocked. Neutral (50/100).

  When Sun Mo heard the notification, he couldn’t help but look weirdly at Yu Lun. (What are you doing? Are you a masochist?)

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  In the room, spirit qi ran rampant. The intensity of the battle rose by a few levels, but Yu Lun wasn’t able to defeat Sun Mo.

  “Why can’t I win?”

  Yu Lun began to feel somewhat depressed. His thinking was very simple. (If my moves aren’t profound enough, I will use my stronger cultivation base to suppress you. This is the principle of using brute force to overcome everything.) However, who knew that Sun Mo’s strength wasn’t in any way weaker than his.

  “Yu Lun, you trash! Have you not killed him yet?”

  Outside the room, Li Zhuifeng’s roar could be heard. But after that, the resounding and crisp sound of a slap covered it.

  “What else can I do? I’m also in a lot of despair!”

  Yu Lun wanted to cry, but no tears were coming out. Was this the strength of a super rising star? As expected, Sun Mo was very powerful!