Hua~

  All the spectators exclaimed in surprise as shock covered their faces. After that, they turned their heads and looked at He Wei.

  Sun Mo had damaged the Battlegod Rampart (wall) and according to the rules of the Saint Gate, Sun Mo should be instantly expelled from the canyon and imprisoned to wait for the Saint Gate’s punishment.

  He Wei felt very conflicted.

  (What should I do now?)

  (Pretend that I didn’t see it?)

  But if he did so, he might be judged with dereliction of duty by the Saint Gate. He might even lose his job. But to berate Sun Mo and report his actions to the Saint Gate?

  (Please, he is a super rising star in the great teacher world!)

  He had gotten 2 stars in a year and was a two-time champion. It was even said that he wanted to be a three-time champion. Besides, the most important thing was that Sun Mo possessed the God Hands.

  Sun Mo was someone that lived up to his reputation. He Wei had personally experienced God Hands and other than being ‘convinced’, he didn’t know what to describe his feelings as.

  (Such an impressive genius. Do I have to deal with him according to the rules?)

  (Sun Mo did break the rules, but rules are dead…… If those in the upper echelons want to protect him, wouldn’t I just end up as the villain?)

  (Sigh, the life of minor characters is so tiring.)

  Right now, He Wei could only hope that Sun Mo could successfully clear the stage. This way, he would have a reason to dispute the rules. After all, geniuses could always be forgiven.

  Sun Mo didn’t care about the commotion below. He still hung suspended on the wall and was watching the mist in the canyon.

  The mist wasn’t thick, but it didn’t fade even after a long time.

  Although the laws of nature in the Darkness Continent had some differences when compared to the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, natural phenomena like this should be similar.

  On the afternoon of the second day when Sun Mo had entered the canyon, he had noticed this strange phenomenon.

  This time around, Sun Mo benefitted from being someone from the modern era again.

  Because to people of the Nine Provinces, the supernatural phenomena in the Darkness Continent were ‘normal’ in their perspective. But to Sun Mo who had received ‘modern education’ since he was young, he understood the myriad of things in the world according to scientific logic.

  After closer observation, Sun Mo noticed weak streams of sword qi that came from the mist. It had nothing to do with the stone walls.

  And at night, Sun Mo had secretly hung suspended on the stone walls and looked down from above. The circulation manner of the mist seemed to follow a set rule.

  Sun Mo, who had long since felt that those murals were spirit runes, naturally drew out the movement of the mist. During these few days, he was doing research on how to assemble the movements of the mist into a diagram.

  Swish~

  Sun Mo pulled out his weapon from the stone wall and landed on the ground.

  “Teacher Sun……”

  He Wei decided to chat with Sun Mo. In the end, he saw Sun Mo rushing out and piercing his sword into another location.

  “.……”

  He Wei felt that his position might have come to an end.

  In the past, he had felt that he was a watchdog. But now when he couldn’t even be a watchdog, he actually felt some disappointment.

  Sun Mo continuously changed positions to observe the mist. Sometimes, he would even climb up to a height above a hundred meters.

  He couldn’t help but admit that the Wind King Divine Steps were truly good to use. If not, he would have long since fallen to his death.

  “It’s actually possible to assemble the mist into spirit runes. How impressive!”

  Sun Mo was filled with admiration.

  When he looked down from a height, he could discover the mist slowly flowing and forming into various mysterious diagrams.

  On Earth, this place would certainly be classified as an unexplained mysterious region like the Bermuda Triangle.

  Sun Mo was intoxicated from watching the mist forming into different diagrams. After all, these were spirit runes from several tens of thousands of years ago and represented a branch of learning. It gave him plenty of inspiration. ……

  “Boss, we can’t allow Sun Mo to act recklessly like this.”

  The assistant persuaded He Wei.

  “What should I do? I’m also despairing!”

  He Wei bitterly smiled.

  “Do you think Teacher can comprehend the true meaning of this stage?”

  Qin Yaoguang frowned. She didn’t even have the mood to eat the sweet and sour sugar-coated hawthorn in her mouth anymore. Could one pass the stage simply by prancing around like a monkey?

  “That’s for sure!”

  The papaya girl decisively nodded and spoke in a manner as it should be by rights. “In this world, there’s nothing Teacher cannot do.”

  “Zhiruo!”

  Li Ziqi quietly berated. (Although I feel the same way, we cannot say it out like that as it would attract too much aggro. This fact will infuriate all those competitors to their deaths.)

  The others weren’t in the mood to talk. They inclined their heads and looked at Sun Mo. Even the combat addict was no exception.

  “Jumping around like that, do you think you are a Monkey Sun?”

  Bai Hao scolded. After that, he hurriedly changed his words. “Wrong, there’s no way you are Sun Wukong.”

  Bai Hao was very fond of the book [Journey to the West]. The Great Sage Equal to the Heavens wrecking trouble in the celestial court……Sun Wukong was his idol. Hence, he felt it was an insult to compare Sun Mo’s name to Sun Wukong.

  “Hmph, why isn’t the Great Sage surnamed ‘Bai’? That Gandalf who wrote the book must be surnamed ‘Sun’. It’s clearly selfishness.”

  Bai Hao was distracted. When he thought of Sun Mo having the surname ‘Sun’, he immediately grew unhappy.

  Pak!

  Sun Mo landed on the ground gracefully and elegantly.

  “Sun Mo, please climb lower and slower, or I won’t be able to capture the scene.”

  Li Ruolan grumbled.

  Bai Hao, who was already somewhat uncomfortable, felt crushed instantly when he heard the woman he admired speaking like this to Sun Mo. Moreover, there was a hint of admiration in her gaze when she looked at him.

  “Sun Mo, please respect yourself!”

  Bai Hao roared.

  Sun Mo, who was originally climbing, suddenly stopped.

  Swish~

  Everyone’s gazes turned to Bai Hao. Was he not convinced and wanted to make trouble?

  Bai Hao was someone famous and he wasn’t a coward. When facing the gazes of so many people, he wasn’t afraid at all. He then spoke as though justice was on his side, “Teacher Sun, the Saint Gate has rules. One is not allowed to damage the stone walls. It’s fine if you poke it once or twice, but by frantically jumping around like that, it is too inappropriate!

  “If everyone does the same thing, the rampart would be destroyed sooner or later, and no one would need to think about comprehending the Battlegod Catalog anymore.

  “The Battlegod Canyon has existed for tens of thousands of years due to everyone’s care for it. Teacher Sun, please restrain yourself.”

  One couldn’t help but say that Bai Hao’s words were packed with logic and fully displayed the image of a reputable and righteous senior martial brother.

  “That’s right. What if the stone wall was damaged?”

  “Indeed, Sun Mo was rash.”

  “His ego must have swelled after passing three stages in a row.”

  If a person felt joy, someone else would surely be unhappy. However, Sun Mo’s actions were truly not appropriate, and even those neutral parties felt some degree of resentment.

  Just like what Bai Hao had said. If the rampart was destroyed, no one in the future could comprehend the Battle God Catalog anymore.

  “Teacher Bai, you are worrying too much. This stone wall is very normal. Let alone a few pokes, even if I shatter a part of them, it won’t affect anything.

  Sun Mo explained.

  “Who dares to guarantee this?”

  Bai Hao counter-asked in an overbearing manner.

  Sun Mo fell silent. He couldn’t possibly say that he guaranteed it, right?

  That would be too egotistical and make him seem like a villain!

  “Teacher Sun, I understand your feelings. You want to clear the stage as quickly as possible. But please don’t be egoistical……”

  Bai Hao also didn’t plan to harp further. After all, he wanted to win against Sun Mo in terms of teaching capabilities and talent rather than using a lousy excuse such as damaging the stone wall.

  However, who could have expected Li Ruolan to interject at this moment?

  “Sun Mo definitely has his own logic. You shouldn’t bother him.”

  This sentence was clearly spoken with the attitude of protecting Sun Mo. Also with a single glance, it was clear her relationship with Sun Mo was very close and Bai Hao was an outsider.

  Bai Hao’s crumbling state of heart instantly exploded.

  “What logic?”

  Bai Hao questioned.

  “If you don’t reveal it, you have to give everyone an explanation.”

  Bai Hao looked at He Wei. “What punishments does the Saint Gate have with regards to offenders damaging the stone wall?”

  He Wei looked at Sun Mo. He was so depressed that he wanted to slap himself. (As expected, I shouldn’t have come to partake in the liveliness. Now, I’m being pushed up into the fire pit.)

  Gu Xiuxun wanted to help, but she was stopped by Mei Ziyu.

  “Teacher Sun can resolve it.”

  Mei Ziyu trusted Sun Mo.

  “Alright, stop barking.”

  Sun Mo frowned. He didn’t understand why Bai Hao would lose his temper. However, the hostility radiating from Bai Hao was clear. Since that was the case, there was no need for Sun Mo to endure anymore.

  “My logic is simply this. I’ve passed the stage.”

  Swish~

  The originally noisy atmosphere immediately fell silent. Everyone here turned their gazes to Sun Mo as they felt incomparably astonished.

  (What did you do? You passed just like that? Are you swindling us?)

  However, such words couldn’t be a joke. After all, whether or not one comprehended it successfully, everything would be known when they attempted to cross through the mist-filled area leading to the next part.

  For a time, because everyone was too shocked, no one said anything. Even Bai Hao was dumbstruck.

  After all, being able to clear the stage represented that Sun Mo understood the true intent of this stage. Since that was the case, if Sun Mo said damaging the wall would affect nothing, that must be true.

  “Teacher Sun, could you please explain it to broaden the horizons of everyone?”

  Someone spoke out in curiosity to probe Sun Mo.

  Li Ruolan immediately aimed the image-recording stone at Sun Mo.

  At this moment, no one cared about the issue of Sun Mo damaging the stone wall. Everyone wanted to know the true meaning of this stage.

  “Pass it then!”

  Bai Hao sneered.

  Whether it was true or not, the sword qi would give an answer.

  “Sun Mo!”

  Gu Xiuxun spoke. She was worried Sun Mo might try to show off. If he comprehended wrongly, he would be killed by the sword qi. It was better to be more cautious.

  “Don’t worry.”

  Sun Mo smiled at the masochist and walked toward Bai Hao.

  Bai Hao immediately stood up straight. His body was leaning forward slightly, resembling a hunting predator or a ferocious beast. He didn’t show any signs of weakness at all as he looked at Sun Mo’s eyes directly.

  Sun Mo walked before Bai Hao and looked at the Evil Vanquisher in his hands. After that, he tossed it back to the papaya girl.

  “I’m still used to using this wooden blade.”

  Sun Mo smiled and pulled out his black sandalwood blade and slashed through the air.

  “What does this mean? Did he grow angry from being embarrassed and want to fight now?”

  “Sun Mo might not win, right? After all, Bai Hao has been famous for many years.”

  “Who cares? It would be good if they fight. For experts of this level to exchange blows, it would surely be something we can look at with pleasure.”

  The ‘melon-eating’ audience was very excited. (The melons today are sweet and juicy, extremely delicious.)

  “What process is this? Are we directly fighting or should we exchange greetings first?”

  Bai Hao’s lips twitched.

  (Fighting against me?)

  (I can crush you so badly until you pee in your pants.)

  (Since you want to embarrass yourself, I will grant you your wish.)

  “Bai Hao. 2-star great teacher. I’m at the Divine Force Realm, please guide me.”

  Just when Bai Hao said the word ‘guide’, the wooden blade in Sun Mo’s hands directly slashed out.

  Swish~

  The wooden blade arced through horizontally as he executed Riverful Spring Water, which flowed constantly like the waves of a river and directly slammed into Bai Hao’s temple.

  Bang!

  This strike was truly beautiful to watch. It was like a good calligrapher waving his brush in a spontaneous writing creation. However, the end result was too frightening.

  Bai Hao’s head directly exploded and his body was knocked flying. Fresh blood and brain matter scattered through the air, leaving behind a corpse with half a head. With a bang, he fell onto the ground.

  Everyone present was dumbstruck and got frightened by this sound. Their hearts pounded so rapidly that they almost exploded.

  [1] melon-eating audience – audience who wants to watch a good show

  Chapter 759: The Happiness of a Genius Is Indeed So Simple and Dull!

  In the canyon, the mist pervaded the air.

  This season was the end of summer. The atmosphere was slightly hot, but at this moment, some people felt a chill in their hearts. A hint of fear appeared on their faces as they looked at Sun Mo.

  (Killing someone just like that? Are you not a little too arrogant?)

  As they looked at the corpse whose head got exploded by Sun Mo, the bit of goodwill the audience felt for Sun Mo instantly vanished into smoke.

  (Bai Hao might be rude with his words and was targeting you deliberately. But you shouldn’t have killed someone just because of that!)

  Even in an era like this that was ruled by martial strength, the saying ‘Ten thousand steps is but a number when I can kill someone every ten steps.’ was merely something found in novels.

  Who would really kill someone just because of a verbal disagreement?!

  (Is your brain damaged?)

  “Wow, teacher is so ruthless?”

  Qin Yaoguang was happy. Her little teeth bit down and munched quickly on the sugar-coated hawthorn in her hand. The candy was large enough and she felt very happy eating it.

  “What do you mean by being ruthless?”

  Xuanyuan Po rolled his eyes. “Given Teacher’s personality, even if he was unhappy with Bai Hao, he would openly issue a challenge to him. Sneak attacking? It’s impossible.”

  After saying this, Xuanyuan Po already turned his gaze onto Sun Mo.

  “It’s either that fellow is a fake, or Teacher has already comprehended the true meaning of this stage. There’s definitely a deeper meaning to his actions.”

  After hearing Xuanyuan Po’s words, Li Ziqi had an astonished look on her face and couldn’t help but look at him.

  She couldn’t tell that Xuanyuan Po’s understanding of their teacher was so clear and deep despite him only having combat in his heart every day.

  (I’ve somewhat changed my opinion of you.)

  “Eh? You are also a simp for our teacher?”

  Tantai Yutang mocked. (You are gradually evolving into a crazed boy fan!)

  “That’s right, Teacher isn’t a sinister or ruthless person!”

  Lu Zhiruo spoke frankly with assurance, “I feel that Bai Hao probably didn’t die. There’s an 80 to 90% chance that what we saw was an illusion.”

  Jiang Leng felt the same way, but he didn’t say anything. He silently held his dagger and narrowed his eyes, staring at the surroundings, resembling a ferocious beast that was concealing itself.

  Even if he had to put his life on the line, he would behead whoever wanted to act and harm his teacher.

  Cough! Cough!

  Ying Baiwu felt very unwell now, but she couldn’t be bothered to care so much. She directly took the bow in her hand and guarded Sun Mo.

  Helian Beifang also pulled out his weapon.

  As a youth of the barbarian race, he was used to the law where might makes right. From his point of view, so what if his teacher killed someone?

  (Ah, there are unconvinced people? Just continue killing until they are convinced then!)

  (Logic is not on your side? Sorry, when all enemies die, my teacher will be the greatest logic.) ……

  “What is he doing?”

  Jin Mujie kneaded her glabella. As the group leader of the student group and the teacher from the Central Province Academy with the highest rank here, she instantly thought of all the negative implications that would result from this.

  If Fu Yanqing sent punitive forces against Sun Mo, she would have to go all out to retaliate.

  In any case, it was impossible to hand Sun Mo over. After all, he was her younger sister’s husband.

  Jin Mujie was startled after she realized this.

  One must know that she hated those who killed innocents the most. But Sun Mo did this. Although she felt uncomfortable, no feelings of loathing or disdain appeared in her heart.

  (Sun Mo’s status in my heart is actually so high?)

  Jin Mujie was somewhat astonished. ……

  “T……this method of passing is a little unusual.”

  Mei Ziyu was shocked.

  “Yeah, so unusual that even someone’s head exploded.”

  Gu Xiuxun’s lips curled. She didn’t know why, but when she saw Bai Hao’s head exploding like a rotten watermelon, she actually grew so excited that she shivered and really wanted Sun Mo to make love to her.

  (Death? There’s no such thing.)

  Even if Sun Mo wanted to kill someone, he would do so openly. ……

  Sun Mo stared at the corpse on the ground. (Che, it’s quite realistic.)

  A bloody smell pervaded the atmosphere and it was very unpleasant.

  Sun Mo gazed at the surroundings. Everyone had dumbfounded and shocked looks on their faces. Some were even looking at him in disdain.

  (Sigh, can’t these people think about the meaning behind my actions?)

  (Did I look like a homicidal maniac that kills people just because of a verbal disagreement?)

  Sun Mo surveyed the area where people of the Central Province Academy were at. Luckily, everyone’s performances weren’t too bad. They were all thinking. (However, Qi Shengjia, what do you mean by having a worried look on your face?)

  (Che, as an honest guy, your mind is really slow.)

  Actually, Sun Mo also didn’t want to do this. Such an opportunity was rare and he initially wanted to taste the feeling of suicide. However, Bai Hao kept barking away and caused him to be somewhat vexed. Hence, he brandished his weapon in the passing and exploded Bai Hao’s head.

  But then again, the tactile feel when Bai Hao’s head exploded was not too bad and it sounded better than the other head explosions he had caused before. If you compared the head to a watermelon, it sounded like an explosion of an overly-ripe watermelon.

  “Boss, what should we do?!”

  The assistant’s voice trembled. Bai Hao had died. If the Westshore Military School pursued them, Saint Gate would do so as well. The responsible ones wouldn’t be able to run from their mistakes and most probably would be banished to remote places in the Darkness Continent.

  (Please don’t banish me to the third level. I would rather die.)

  In the crowd, some people were already leaving silently, heading over to inform Fu Yanqing.

  Plenty of people would wish to be the lackey of a 6-star great teacher and gain a favor from him. Naturally, some with narrow states of heart would want to see Sun Mo out of luck.

  He Wei, who was in a daze, suddenly lifted his hands and ruthlessly slapped himself four times.

  (Don’t panic, there must be some hidden matters that I don’t know of.)

  (How can the thigh I looked up be so shallow as to kill someone just because of a few sentences?)

  This wasn’t something a great teacher would do, and Sun Mo wasn’t a homicidal maniac.

  “B……Black Doggy Sun, what do you mean by this?”

  Among the crowd, the haters of Sun Mo started to launch cannon shots.

  “You have low intelligence. If you don’t understand, just stop barking and obediently stand to the side and watch.”

  Sun Mo directly shot back. (Wanting to trample on me? I’ll hammer your toes until they rot.)

  “What? Are you embarrassed by anger? If you don’t give an explanation today, this matter definitely won’t be settled so easily!”

  A hater spoke sharply. But at the next moment, he saw Sun Mo lifting his hand slightly as a beam of spirit light shot over, grazing past the hater’s head.

  Sizzle~

  In an instant, that hater was drenched in cold sweat. His tongue shivered and he couldn’t speak.

  (If the light beam was slightly closer by a few degrees, I would have died!)

  “Don’t be nervous. I can’t even be bothered to kill a newbie like you even if you stand there for me to kill.”

  Sun Mo’s lips curled.

  Hua~

  Everyone laughed out loud but soon shut up.

  “It’s here, it’s here. This is the drama I want to watch!”

  Li Ruolan took the image-recording stone and aimed it at Sun Mo with excitement on her face.

  (Come on, be enemies with the rest of the world.)

  Li Ruolan had a premonition that the scene today would surely become a hot topic of interest in the history of the great teacher world.

  It was too good that she could be a spectator.

  “It’s over. Teacher Bai has died. What should I do? Should I inform Group Leader Fu?”

  Lu Lin panicked and was sweating madly as he kept scratching his hair.

  As a student of Westshore, he should go and make the report. However, Sun Mo had shown kindness toward him by guiding him. At this moment, Sun Mo suddenly moved, heading toward the mist in the depths of this part of the canyon.

  Swish~

  The crowd which was whispering instantly fell silent.

  “Is he going to clear the stage?”

  “Evidently!”

  “Can you keep quiet?”

  Some of the people spoke. They felt fear as they watched Sun Mo heading toward the mist. They immediately followed him because they didn’t wish to miss out on any details.

  As for the dead Bai Hao?

  (Sorry, are we very familiar with each other?) ……

  Sun Mo walked toward the mist.

  The expressions of everyone immediately turned nervous and some were even panting heavily. Shouldn’t Sun Mo prepare himself more?

  But Sun Mo directly entered, walking leisurely and being as completely at ease as taking a walk in his own garden.

  (Can you at least make this more ceremonial with solemnness?)

  (If you pass this stage so relaxedly, you will make us feel like we are idiots.)

  One couldn’t help but say that Sun Mo’s calm demeanor was truly graceful and handsome.

  For a time, many people contributed favorable impression points. This was especially so for females. They suddenly felt that Sun Mo’s act of killing Bai Hao wasn’t something unforgivable after all.

  After waiting for a few minutes, someone spoke.

  “The sword qi isn’t activated. Is he successful?”

  “I think so?”

  “Speaking of which……is Sun Mo not afraid? He would die if he failed!”

  “Maybe that’s the difference between a genius and a mortal?”

  As time passed, the whispers of the crowd grew louder. After that, they grew more intense and became fervent discussions.

  At this moment, no one doubted Sun Mo’s aptitude anymore.

  Maybe his character was a little perverse, and he liked to kill people by exploding their heads. However, his comprehension ability was definitely at the first grade. No, at the supreme grade. ……

  “Our teacher is actually so terrifying?”

  Although Qin Yaoguang felt that Sun Mo should have comprehended the true meaning of this stage, she was still shocked when she personally saw him passing through the mist.

  One must know that he merely used a total of six days. Other than the day and night he spent in the canyon back then, he hadn’t been staying here that much.

  Look at the audience in the surroundings. Some were already so old that their hair turned white. They had spent at least a few months here casually and for extreme cases even tens of years. Nevertheless, they had no harvest.

  “I took such an extremely awesome guy as my personal teacher, like really?”

  “You just discovered this now?”

  The papaya girl was surprised. “It’s very normal for Teacher to be so outstanding!”

  “Che, as expected…… Teacher managed to display his brilliance again!”

  Tantai Yutang shook his head and laughed. “The happiness of a genius is so simple and dull as expected.”

  Jiang Leng’s lips curled and he kept his dagger.

  No matter how unhappy these people were with his teacher, they wouldn’t go against him. This was because they could only beg his teacher if they wanted to pass the stage.

  “Speaking of which, what did Sun……Great Teacher Sun do exactly?”

  A person was curious. He originally wanted to address Sun Mo by his name but suddenly felt that it might be too impolite to do so. Hence, he changed his way of address to ‘Great Teacher Sun.’

  This was an act of respect.

  Respect was brought by strength. You could ignore how people addressed you, but others had to treat you seriously.

  “It can’t possibly be…… to explode a head to pass, right?”

  “Definitely not. How many people would need to die here then?”

  “Sigh, I can’t tell. How agonizing!”

  Just when the audience was racking their brains, a roar of anger rang out resoundingly.

  “Black Doggy Sun, how dare you!”

  Everyone turned their heads and saw Fu Yanqing’s beard and hair bristling from anger. He looked like a lion king whose cub was killed.

  Swish~

  Everyone then proceeded to turn their heads and look in the direction of the teachers and students from the Central Province Academy. There was a good show to watch now. (You exploded Bai Hao’s head just because you wanted to pass the stage. This reason can’t be justified no matter what.)

  After all, Fu Yanqing was an absolute genius that had entered the sixth part of the canyon before.

  “Where’s Black Doggy Sun?”

  Fu Yanqing followed everyone’s gaze and turned to look at everyone from the Central Province Academy, questioning in a cold voice.