Translator: Lordbluefire

  Fog had appeared, bringing an additional hint of moisture to the dry air.

  Sun Mo hid under a roof, looking at Dark Dawn’s guards outside the Dragon Subduing Palace, feeling troubled.

  Even though these black-clothed men were separated by over 30 meters each, there’d definitely be sounds if they were to start fighting.

  “I suddenly feel like learning the Poison Scripture.”

  Sun Mo sighed.

  It was no wonder people said that one would only feel that they had studied too little when it was time to use the knowledge.

  The study of poison didn’t have a good reputation, but it was the most suitable for secret assassination. If Sun Mo knew poison, then he’d be able to resolve the problem of infiltrating into the Dragon Subduing Palace.

  Thankfully, humans needed to answer the call of nature.

  After Sun Mo squatted for over 20 minutes, a black-clothed man headed to a wall in the distance after informing his comrade.

  “Thank god that he’s a civilized one.”

  If he were to encounter a trashy guy who just took off his pants on the spot and relieved himself, Sun Mo wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. Sun Mo didn’t dare to hesitate and immediately infiltrated there.

  “Pharaoh, it’s up to you now!”

  The scarab immediately crawled over with its long legs. Before it got close, a soul attack had already smashed toward the guard. At the same time, a swarm of bugs gushed out.

  Boom!

  The black-clothed guard was struck by the soul attack and felt giddy. He then saw a large number of bugs flying over. He wanted to call out to warn the others, but the bugs covered his face and then entered from his ears, nostrils, and mouth.

  In an instant, his voice was blocked.

  That wasn’t all. Some of the bugs even squeezed through and popped his eyeballs, invading into his skull and engulfing his brain matter.

  The black-clothed guard instantly died.

  Before the corpse fell, Sun Mo held onto him, avoiding the noise from when it fell. He then threw a glance and felt so disgusted that he wanted to puke.

  “Quickly get these bugs away,” Sun Mo urged.

  The corpse was like a dead cat that had rotted by the roadside in summer, with flies all over it.

  “Master, aren’t you burning the bridge too quickly after crossing it?”

  The Holy Pharaoh felt gloomy. It wanted to be praised.

  “I’ve noted your merit down. After we’ve killed all the black-clothed men, you’re free to eat all the brain matter you want.”

  Sun Mo quickly took off the guard’s black clothes and put it on himself. It didn’t fit him well, but he had no choice.

  Taking in a deep breath, Sun Mo recalled how the black-clothed man’s posture and speed were like when he was walking and headed back to the teleportation formation.

  “Tsk, he’s really wary.”

  At the sight of this scene, the Holy Pharaoh had to give it to Sun Mo. It wasn’t a loss to be a battle pet for a person like this.

  (If Sun Mo were to become a saint in the future, my status would probably become very high as well, right?)

  (I wonder if I’ll be able to reach my past level again.)

  Although Sun Mo was very anxious, he didn’t enter the Dragon Subduing Palace immediately. He only turned and got on the teleportation formation after waiting for another ten minutes.

  The other black-clothed men threw a glance at him and didn’t show any reaction.

  The sound of dragon roars continued to ring in the Dragonroar Great Hall.

  Sun Mo looked up and over. There were densely-packed black-clothed men everywhere. They were wearing helmets and armors, with at least 1,000 men stationed here.

  It seemed that the Four Symbols Starlord also knew that he might not be able to get his hands on the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture before the Dragon Subduing Academy’s reinforcements came back. Therefore, these men were here to drag out the time.

  After entering the second floor, Sun Mo saw that a few elites were stationed here. Other than that, many teachers and students were held hostage here, forced to squat down in a corner.

  When Sun Mo came in, those elites’ gazes immediately looked over.

  “Did something happen?”

  A man, who was clearly someone from a high position and might possibly be a star general, asked.

  “F*ck, why are you guys having such a big reaction?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. At a time like this, he could only adapt accordingly. Just as he was about to give an excuse, anxious footsteps rang out outside.

  Sun Mo immediately turned and stood to the side, raising his right hand toward the back as if saying that he was with them.

  As expected, the star general’s gaze turned to the back.

  A group of black-clothed men came in, holding down Wanyan Mei’s group.

  “These people had run off, yet they came back to court death. They are really fools.”

  The leading star general mocked.

  Sun Mo took a look and noticed that two great teachers and five students who had left with Wanyan Mei were missing. They should have been killed.

  “Jin Country’s princess? Haha, you’ve achieved a great merit. Go and meet Lord Starlord!”

  The star general congratulated.

  After this group of men passed by, Sun Mo followed behind them naturally. No one suspected him at all.

  Other than the fact that Sun Mo was daring and didn’t show any flaws in his performance, it was also thanks to the black-clothed men’s arrogance. After all, who’d have expected that someone would infiltrate here?

  It’d be no different from courting death.

  In the hall where Sun Mo had almost died previously, there were now over 100 beast tamers and spirit controllers studying the walls, attempting to decipher them.

  A middle-aged man crossed his arms and stood in the center of the hall, deep in thought.

  He was wearing a black longrobe that had the image of the rosy clouds of dawn embroidered on its hems. He was wearing two rings on his ring finger, with the words ‘Four’ and ‘Symbols’ engraved on each of them respectively.

  Sun Mo didn’t activate his Divine Sight but only threw a glance before quickly lowering his head.

  It was because top-notch experts like him had extremely sharp senses. They’d be able to detect it immediately if there were people sneaking looks at him.

  The star general bowed and reported to the Four Symbols Starlord.

  “Princess Wanyan has been caught? Well done.”

  The Four Symbols Starlord praised, his gaze brushing past these hostages. “What insights do you guys have toward these walls?”

  No one could answer him.

  “Take them away!”

  The Four Symbols Starlord waved his hand then continued to return to his job of deciphering the wall murals.

  There was no meaning for Sun Mo to stay here either. Therefore, he followed the star general’s army out.

  “Your Highness!”

  When those hostages saw Wanyan Mei, a bit of a commotion arose.

  “Don’t be noisy, otherwise, we’ll cut off your tongue.”

  The star general threatened.

  The surroundings instantly fell quiet.

  “What should I do now?”

  Sun Mo wrecked his brain but couldn’t think of a way out. Putting aside the Starlord, just the six star generals in the hall were opponents that he couldn’t defeat.

  Time passed by slowly. After approximately half an hour, the Four Symbols Starlord walked out, did a gesture, and a star general immediately stepped forth and walked toward Wanyan Mei.

  “What are you thinking of doing?”

  A great teacher spoke up but was kicked in the stomach by the star general.

  “Headmaster Xiao, come out. Tell me the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture’s profoundness.”

  The Four Symbols Starlord’s lips twitched. “Don’t force me to kill.”

  The other hostages didn’t have enough importance, but Wanyan Mei was different.

  After the Four Symbols Starlord said that, he stopped with the crap. He waited for ten seconds and then suddenly flicked out his finger.

  Swoosh!

  A crescent-shaped spirit qi blade shot out, slashing toward Wanyan Mei’s head.

  However, the instant before the attack hit, it shattered as if it had collided with an invisible wall.

  “Stop it!”

  A dignified voice rang out. “Even if you’re a dark great teacher, you’re a secondary saint after all. Don’t you think that you’re too low class to threaten the students’ lives?”

  Murong Ye came in just like that.

  He was very strong. The heavily armed soldiers outside couldn’t stop him at all.

  “Headmaster Murong!”

  “Vice-headmaster!”

  “Boohoohoo, we’re saved!”

  When the hostages saw that Murong Ye had come, all of them became agitated. The black-clothed men next to them immediately kicked and beat them up, getting them to stay quiet.

  “It’s because I know that there’ll definitely be someone to save her!”

  The Four Symbols Starlord sneered. “I just didn’t expect that the one who came is a vice-headmaster and not the headmaster.”

  “Why? You seem to look down on me?”

  Murong Ye squinted his eyes.

  “Isn’t that obvious? What I want is someone who knows the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture’s secret. You don’t know it, so why did you come out?”

  The Four Symbols Starlord sneered.

  Even though Murong Ye was the vice-headmaster, he didn’t understand the true meanings of the wall murals.

  Only the headmaster could obtain the legacy.

  “Atrocity!”

  Murong Ye let out an enraged bellow, shooting out at lightning speed.

  The Four Symbols Starlord let out a cold laugh and a majestic eagle, a white tiger, a large snake, and a huge tortoise immediately appeared next to him. All of them attacked fiercely toward Murong Ye.

  Although the Four Symbols Starlord said that he looked down on Murong Ye, how could someone who could become the vice-headmaster of a top-notch school like the Dragon Subduing Academy be trash?

  Of course, he had to go all out to face him!

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  As the two sides exchanged blows, spirit qi erupted and the entire Dragon Subduing Palace trembled. Dust came falling down from the ceiling.

  Sun Mo wanted to watch the battle, but his brain was thrown into a mess by the seething spirit qi, bringing him great pain.

  Hu!

  The large snake opened its mouth and spurted out purple poisonous smoke that spread out.

  The black-clothed men immediately ran out with the hostages.

  “Fight back!”

  A great teacher wanted to take this opportunity to retaliate, but two star generals jointly attacked him and he fell into the purple smoke.

  “Ah!”

  This great teacher let out an agonizing cry. Parts of his body that came into contact with the purple poisonous smoke instantly corroded, leaving only rotting bones behind.

  He used both his arms and legs to crawl out. Even though he had broken free from the purple smoke, it was useless. The parts that had corroded continued to extend out.

  This terrifying and brutal scene made the other teachers and students who still wanted to retaliate feel as if a bucket of icy water had been poured down over their heads. It calmed them down completely.

  Everyone backed out.

  The battle situation in the Draconic Human Great Hall was very intense, but things fell quiet after five minutes.

  The star generals exchanged a glance and then held onto the hostages to go back in. When Wanyan Mei’s group saw the rotting corpse on the ground, all of them let out grieving cries.

  “Headmaster Murong!”

  The group felt the loss of one of their own.

  Vice-headmaster Murong was very amazing, but the one he was facing was a secondary saint. He was one of the seven Starlords in Dark Dawn.

  “Isn’t Headmaster Xiao training in seclusion in the school? Why is he not coming out when things are like this?”

  “That’s right, our lives aren’t important, but the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture is our school’s ultimate divine art. If we lost it, how could we call ourselves the Dragon Subduing Academy in the future?”

  “It’s so embarrassing. A top-notch school being thrashed and killed by someone as easily as if they are taking a stroll in their backyard garden. Our face is completely gone.”

  The great teachers were very angry.

  At this instant, they felt hatred toward Xiao Fulong.

  “Stop with the scolding. Your headmaster has come!”

  The Four Symbols Starlord suddenly spoke up and couldn’t help but laugh, “As expected of the barbarians who believe in survival of the fittest. Even at a time like this, you’re still waiting for others to throw away their lives before you get the benefit.”

  An old man with snow-white hair walked out.

  He was wearing a golden longrobe that had nine dragons of varying colors embroidered on it. All of the dragon heads were groveling at his feet, having a strong symbolic meaning.

  “You’re mistaken. I was only being a little more wary, worried that it might be a trap.”

  Xiao Fulong seemed to be explaining things to the Four Symbols Starlord but was actually saying this to Wanyan Mei’s group.

  As the headmaster, he had to defend his face.

  “Trap?”

  The Four Symbols Starlord raised his brows. “Are you saying that Murong Ye and I might join hands to deceive you?”

  “That’s right. After all, he has been hankering after the position that I’m on for years.”

  Xiao Fulong sighed.

  “Then you aren’t scared that it’s a trap now?”

  The Four Symbols Starlord sneered.

  “No.”

  Xiao Fulong sighed and looked toward Murong Ye’s corpse. “It’s because he is already dead.”

  That was right. He couldn’t sense Murong Ye’s signs of life anymore.

  “Murong Ye, I have wronged you. I apologize.”

  Xiao Fulong bowed.

  He hid in the dark and didn’t come out at the first instant, wanting to see Murong Ye’s reaction. The truth turned out to be that he loved this school and these students.

  Of course, the reason Xiao Fulong had stepped out was not because he was concerned for Wanyan Mei’s life. It was because Murong Ye had died, proving that there wasn’t any scheme here. Therefore, it was time for him to take care of this mess.

  “Four Symbols Starlord, you might be very strong, but you’re no match for me. If you want the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture, you’ll need at least three Dark Saints to join hands or for the Dawn Sovereign himself to come personally.”

  Xiao Fulong said this and suddenly pounced toward the Four Symbols Starlord.

  As long as the Four Symbols Starlord was killed, the crisis would be gone.

  But just as Xiao Fulong charged up to the Four Symbols Starlord and wanted to shatter the Starlord’s head with a palm strike, the latter suddenly exploded.

  Boom!

  A tremendous amount of purple poisonous smoke permeated out.

  “What?”

  Xiao Fulong was surprised. (Did I just fall into the trap?)

  “What’s going on?”

  Wanyan Mei was completely shocked. Was it still hopeless even with the headmaster making a move? It felt as if everything had been calculated.

  The battle amidst the smoke was very intense and spirit qi seethed.

  Suddenly, Xiao Fulong darted out, his dressing looking a little forlorn. He didn’t pause and pounced toward the group of hostages.

  Two star generals tried to stop him, but before they could touch him, their necks suddenly twisted, and their heads turned to their back.

  “Your Highness, I’ll bring you out first.”

  Xiao Fulong knew that he had fallen into a trap. Therefore, before he figured things out, he wanted to take Wanyan Mei with him and leave first. The lives of the others weren’t that important.

  As for the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture?

  Please, these people wouldn’t be able to get it even if they were to wreck their brains.

  At this moment, Duanmu Li suddenly made a move. With a flash, he appeared in front of Xiao Fulong and slapped out both palms consecutively.

  Bang bang bang!

  Xiao Fulong fended off all the blows, but a venomous snake suddenly came out from Wanyan Mei’s chest, biting Xiao Fulong on the neck.

  Pa!

  Xiao Fulong backed off rapidly, grabbing onto the venomous snake and tugging it off.

  The battle stopped.

  However, everyone’s faces were filled with astonishment.

  Those black-clothed men and star generals were no exceptions either.

  What on earth happened earlier?

  In the crowd, Sun Mo’s pupils also contracted abruptly. He didn’t expect the situation to be 10,000 times worse off than he had expected.

  Even the Dragon Subduing Academy’s headmaster, who was their trump card, was a goner as well.

  “You…… You’re a dark great teacher?”

  Helian Xue felt that even his voice was trembling.

  How strong was his battle prowess to be able to deal Xiao Fulong a serious blow?

  “Let me introduce myself again. I’m Duanmu Li. In the Dark Dawn, I have a title called the Four Symbols Starlord.”

  Duanmu Li’s voice was slow and sounded very comfortable. His words brought so much astonishment to everyone that they were all stunned.

  “Star…… starlord?”

  Helian Xue’s group felt that their legs were all trembling.

  To speak the truth, given their close distance, they could surround and attack Duanmu Li. However, none of them did that.

  “Princess Wanyan, I’ve frightened you.”

  Duanmu Li laughed softly.

  “Stop with the crap talk. Hurry up with the important matter!”

  An unexpected person walked out from the purple poisonous smoke.

  Chapter 900: Great Ancestor-Level Puppeteer, Deadly Secret Art!

  “Vice-headmaster?”

  The hostages were all stunned.

  They had seen Murong Ye being killed by the Four Symbols Starlord earlier and their hearts had ached. After all, he had died in a bid to save everyone. But now, judging from his tone, he seemed to be in cahoots with the Dark Dawn.

  The one who had been dealt the greatest blow was Xiao Fulong. He was now on the verge of death.

  “Why haven’t you died?”

  Xiao Fulong was completely confused.

  He knew that Murong Ye was hankering after his position. Therefore, even after having seen how unbridled the Dark Dawn was in the Dragon Subduing Palace, he had held it in. He had wanted to see through Murong Ye as a person.

  Murong Ye had died. He had really died. There wasn’t a chance of it being faked. That was why Xiao Fulong appeared. What he didn’t expect was that he still fell for the scheme.

  “Are you very baffled?”

  Murong Ye looked at Xiao Fulong who was lying on the floor, feeling pleased.

  “Hmph!”

  Xiao Fulong let out a cold snort. Then, all of a sudden, he thought of a possibility. “Spiritual control technique? That’s not right. It’s impossible for you to believe in Duanmu Li completely.”

  At the mention of this, Xiao Fulong then looked toward Duanmu Li.

  (You’ve hidden it really well. I haven’t noticed it at all during all these years.)

  Spiritual control techniques were very mysterious. They could be used to fake deaths to the extent that the fake could be passed off for the original.

  Duanmu Li smiled and nodded, not giving a reply.

  He was known as the Four Symbols Starlord because he excelled in the study of beast taming. Therefore, he naturally wanted to take the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture, which was known as being able to control and tame all beasts, for himself.

  “It’s our Mingyue!”

  Murong Ye boasted.

  Hearing this, Wanyan Mei and the others turned their heads in unison, looking toward Murong Mingyue. She shrank at the corner of the wall, not standing out despite being together with the group of hostages.

  “.……”

  Xiao Fulong’s brows furrowed tightly.

  He was a saint and had special secret techniques. He was able to verify it with 100% accuracy if a person had died. The Murong Ye from earlier had completely lost his vitality.

  “Headmaster, the Darkness Continent is so big and mysterious. Even if a saint was to spend their entire life learning, they wouldn’t be able to understand it thoroughly.”

  Murong Ye’s tone was filled with emotions. “This is how the world is. The more you study and the more you fear, the more you’ll feel that you’re insignificant.”

  Buzz!

  A great teacher halo erupted. It was Priceless Advice.

  Wanyan Mei and the other students, as well as Dark Dawn’s star generals, didn’t know about these things. They looked stunned. However, the great teachers all agreed.

  Sun Mo, especially, had experience with quantum mechanics before and had studied biology as well. Therefore, he had a deeper understanding of Murong Ye’s words.

  Given the modern world’s technology, there were still a lot of mysteries on Earth that couldn’t be understood, let alone the Darkness Continent.

  “Is it some kind of secret treasure?”

  Xiao Fulong asked.

  “Hehe, headmaster, you’re underestimating me too much. Killing with a secret treasure of darkness? I’m sorry, as a great teacher, I look down on using such despicable means.”

  Murong Ye had his pride too.

  “Puppetry?”

  Xiao Fulong finally guessed the answer.

  “That’s right. Our Mingyue is already at the great ancestor level. It’s just that I’ve been hiding her capabilities all this while.”

  Murong Ye gave a reserved smile. “Are you surprised? Are you shocked?”

  “Great ancestor-level?”

  Wanyan Mei’s group was all stunned.

  The princess was treated as an absolute genius from a young age and had astonishing talent in the study of spirit runes. Despite this, she didn’t dare to dream of being able to get the title of a great ancestor at the age of 30. Moreover, Murong Mingyue was only 25 years old……

  “Everyone, in this world, there will always be some geniuses that you can never keep up with.”

  Murong Ye looked at Murong Mingyue, his gaze filled with admiration.

  It could be said that the reason why he dared to scheme against Xiao Fulong and hanker after the headmaster position was because he had a powerful helper, Murong Mingyue, by his side.

  “It’s true that Teacher Mingyue is talented.”

  Duanmu Li praised.

  Sssss!

  Everyone gasped, no longer having any doubt. Being able to get the praise of a Four Symbols Starlord was enough to show how amazing Murong Mingyue was.

  (It’s no wonder that you’re so unhappy!)

  Sun Mo suddenly understood why Murong Mingyue was always depressed. She only wanted to teach and educate people, not do such shameless things.

  “Headmaster, you should be proud. In order to deal with you, Teacher Duanmu and I had put in a lot of effort.”

  Murong Ye teased. “Therefore, isn’t it about time for you to hand over the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture? Don’t let us waste our efforts.”

  Murong Ye would only have the right to assume the headmaster position after getting this school’s ultimate divine art.

  “You’re already a secondary saint?”

  Xiao Fulong sized up Murong Ye.

  “That’s right. Otherwise, how would I have the right to work together with a Starlord?”

  Murong Ye kept one hand behind his back.

  Rising up to a secondary saint was an extremely glorious moment. However, Murong Ye had hidden the news of this in order to lower Xiao Fulong’s guard.

  “I’m completely convinced.”

  Xiao Fulong sighed. It wasn’t an aggrieved loss to be killed by two secondary saints. He then smiled. “But the two of you can forget about getting our Dragon Subduing Academy’s ultimate divine art.”

  “That remains to be seen.”

  The Four Symbols Starlord snapped his fingers and a vortex-shaped cloud immediately appeared in front of him. Then, a tortoise crawled out.

  Even if Xiao Fulong didn’t say anything, the Four Symbols Starlord had his means to obtain his memories.

  At the sight of this scene, Xiao Fulong let out an agonizing laugh and then a long sigh.

  “Predecessors, I, Xiao Fulong, have let you guys down!”

  Bang!

  After saying that, Xiao Fulong’s head exploded.

  He had suffered serious injuries and definitely wouldn’t be able to survive. Moreover, as he was a saint and the Dragon Subduing Academy’s headmaster, it’d be too embarrassing and dangerous for him to be interrogated. Hence, he might as well commit suicide.

  “Ahh!”

  Seeing that Xiao Fulong’s head had exploded into smithereens, mashed meat, and bone fragments that splattered everywhere, Wanyan Mei’s group screamed in fright.

  Sun Mo was a little surprised too. He hadn’t expected that the first saint he met in his lifetime would end up in such a plight.

  “Brutal!”

  Duanmu Li’s lips twitched.

  Some dark secret arts could extract information from a corpse’s brain. Therefore, Xiao Fulong had exploded his brain.

  “It’s a pity that you don’t know how terrifying a great ancestor-level puppeteer is. Mingyue, I’ll leave this to you.”

  Murong Ye made ‘tsk’ sounds.

  Murong Mingyue actually didn’t want to do such things. However, she had no choice and could only walk up to Xiao Fulong’s corpse. “Take off his clothes.”

  A star general immediately stepped forward and followed the order. There was also a Dark Dawn’s guard who handed over a small cloth bag to her. This was Murong Mingyue’s item. When she had been acting as a hostage, she had handed it over to make it seem more realistic.

  Murong Mingyue took out a wooden box from the cloth bag and opened it. There was a row of steel needles of different lengths and thicknesses. She then started to pierce the steel needles into the corpse.

  When the hostages saw this scene, their countenances turned pale.

  A beautiful woman was handling a headless corpse that was lying in a pool of blood. This contrast was too intense.

  15 minutes later, many steel needles had been pierced into Xiao Fulong’s corpse. Moreover, there were also strange runes drawn on it. Murong Mingyue then took out a palm-sized rock and pressed it down on the corpse where the heart was at.

  Hu!

  Murong Mingyue took a deep breath and then channeled her spirit qi into the rock.

  Zap!

  A tremendous amount of blue electricity darted out from the rock, looking like many small snakes that extended out on the corpse and then entered it.

  Ba-thump!

  The headless corpse twitched furiously as if it had been electrocuted countless times. It wriggled intensely and then sat up fiercely.

  Ah!

  Even the star generals who had killed many people before revealed horrified expressions, let alone the girls.

  Duanmu Li’s eyes lit up when he saw this scene.

  Murong Mingyue didn’t pay any heed to the commotions around her. She took out a metal plate that had many bulges on it. There were also 12 copper threads on this plate.

  Under everyone’s baffled gaze, Murong Mingyue pierced the copper threads into different parts of the corpse and then quickly knocked on the metal plate’s bulges with both hands.

  Zap! Zap!

  Sun Mo could see fine electricity flashing on the copper threads.

  The sight of this scene surprised him because he vaguely sensed something.

  As expected, about six to seven minutes later, the corpse stood up shakily. As it didn’t have a head, it looked exceptionally scary.

  “I didn’t expect Xiao Fulong to be so ruthless. To think that he detonated his brain. Otherwise, the control would be easier.”

  Murong Ye might seem to be reproachful, but he was clearly wearing a proud expression on his face.

  (Did you see that? This is how amazing a great ancestor is!)

  “How long more would it take?”

  Duanmu Li took out a pocket watch and checked the time.

  Dawn was approaching and he didn’t have that much time left.

  “It’s fine now!”

  Murong Mingyue said this and then tugged hard with her right hand. Those copper threads fell off from the corpse.

  The corpse started walking steadily. It was going to open up the restrictions on the Dragon Heart Great Hall.

  No one except the Dragon Subduing Academy’s headmasters as well as the headmaster candidates had the right to enter this floor.

  Murong Ye and Duanmu Li quickly followed after it.

  “What…… what is that?”

  Helian Xue’s face turned pale.

  “It must be a dark secret art that involves puppetry.”

  “I didn’t expect that Murong Mingyue turned out to be so strong.”

  The great teachers were all astonished. People who had reached the ancestor level in a particular area had the ability to establish their own factions.

  Murong Mingyue’s skill was definitely the one and only across the entire Nine Provinces.

  Sun Mo was very curious about what would happen after this. However, he was disguised as a guard at the moment and didn’t have the right to go down. He didn’t even dare to send the holy pharaoh to scout either.

  There was no helping it. There were two secondary saints, one great ancestor, and several star generals on the other side. The enemies’ formation was too great.

  Wanyan Mei felt unsettled and kept staring at the entrance to the hall’s corridor.

  To think that the headmaster had died?

  What was even more horrifying was that the enemies could make use of his corpse to open up the Dragon Heart Great Hall. Wouldn’t that mean that they were going to lose the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture?

  If Duanmu Li were to get away with his scheme, then how was the Dragon Subduing Academy going to establish its standing in the future?

  No!

  What they should be concerned about was that since Murong Ye had exposed his identity, he’d definitely silence them.

  Half an hour later, a star general came out anxiously and shouted toward the Dark Dawn’s guards.

  “Bring the hostages down!”

  Sun Mo immediately went up and drove Wanyan Mei’s group over.

  After passing through the downward-sloping corridor, there was the Dragon Heart Great Hall.

  Many walls here were erected irregularly. There were diagrams of ancient beasts drawn on each of these walls.

  This was the first time Wanyan Mei and the others had come here. Even though their lives were being threatened, they still looked around, unable to suppress their curiosity.

  After all, this was the most important place in the Dragon Subduing Academy.

  “As expected, it’s very troublesome without the head!”

  Murong Ye felt upset. He had thought that there would be a scroll that had the contents of the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture recorded in it. In the worst-case scenario, they could just get the corpse to write it out. However, after arriving in this place, they realized that the legacy of this school’s ultimate divine art had been passed down directly through souls.

  That was annoying.

  “We were too conceited after successfully scheming against a saint. I should have stopped him in time.”

  Murong Ye felt regretful.

  “Don’t worry, I have a way out!”

  Duanmu Li smiled and then looked toward the hostages. “Sun Mo, didn’t you decipher the murals at the Battlegod Canyon? Would you be able to decipher this dragon language?”


  Chapter 901: Teacher Sun, Why Not Join My Great Teacher Circle?

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  “Teacher Sun?”

  The hostages quickly turned their heads and looked around but didn’t see anyone. Their gazes then landed on those black-clothed men.

  Could it be that Teacher Sun had infiltrated in?

  “Battlegod Canyon? Dragon language?”

  Helian Xue was surprised.

  He was subscribed to the [Great Teacher Report] and thus had seen this name before. It was a super rising star who had gotten first place twice in a year, deciphered the Battlegod Canyon’s murals, and obtained the Battlegod Catalog

  Sun Mo was in the Great Teachers Hero Rankings, a grandmaster-level spirit runist, and had many great reputations such as Black Doggy Sun and One-Vote ‘Sun’. He almost crushed Jiang Ji on the Great Teachers Hero Rankings.

  “Hold on, this is the time frame for the 3-star great teacher examinations. Could it be that the Dragon Subduing Academy is the examination venue this year?”

  Helian Xue suddenly came to a realization.

  If Teacher Sun was really the Sun Mo from the Central Province Academy, then those achievements he had obtained whilst in the school wouldn’t be a surprise.

  This was how strong a super rising star should be.

  “Oh, right, I forgot about Sun Mo.”

  Murong Ye chuckled.

  Their plan was to seize the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture as well as to usurp the headmaster position, so how could they possibly not keep an eye on everything that was taking place here? Therefore, when they saw Wanyan Mei captured, they already expected that Sun Mo would come.

  It was because given Sun Mo’s reputation and capabilities, he’d take the risk regardless if his plan was to save Wanyan Mei and the other students, or to benefit from the side and get his hands on the school’s ultimate divine art.

  There was no helping it. When the benefit was too great, it could drive people crazy.

  Hearing this, Murong Mingyue, who was standing behind Murong Ye, stiffened up and looked a little pale.

  “Take off your masks!”

  A star general bellowed, drawing out his long blade and staring at his subordinates.

  All the masks were taken off with the exception of one person.

  Swoosh!

  Everyone’s gazes looked over.

  “Teacher Duanmu, I even had the thought of headhunting you to the Central Province Academy.”

  Sun Mo joked and took off his mask.

  Even without the star general shouting out, he was already planning to expose himself.

  Duanmu Li was trying to force him out with words? That wouldn’t happen.

  When Duanmu Li had been speaking, his battle pet had stared over. It was because they were familiar with the scent with every one of their master’s subordinates. Sun Mo’s scent was unfamiliar to them.

  “What audacity! Address him as Lord Starlord.”

  The star general reproached.

  “Little Mo, don’t be rude.” Duanmu Li reproached, “Teacher Sun is my distinguished guest.”

  Hearing this, the bunch of hostages looked surprised. However, what astonished them even more had yet to come.

  “Teacher Sun, I admire you a lot. Why not join my great teacher group?”

  The powerful Four Symbols Starlord had extended an invitation.

  “As expected, people with talent won’t be lacking in popularity no matter where they go.”

  Helian Xue suddenly felt disappointed.

  Look at Sun Mo. Even though he was captured, he was treated with courtesy, unlike them, hostages that no one cared about.

  “Teacher Sun, you can consider me too!”

  Murong Ye spoke up, “Work as a head teacher first. In a few years, the position of vice-headmaster will be yours.”

  “Please, he’s already a vice-headmaster!”

  Duanmu Li rolled his eyes.

  “Can the Central Province Academy be compared to our great Dragon Subduing Academy?”

  Murong Ye mocked.

  He had the right to do so. It was because their school was one of the three most famous schools in Middle-Earth Nine Provinces.

  “You barbarians must have heard of this saying, ‘no matter how good the outside world is, there’s no place like home’.”

  Duanmu Li mocked.

  “Starlord Duanmu, I hate people who use the term ‘barbarians’.”

  Murong Ye’s expression turned savage.

  The hostages were all stunned to see the two secondary saints fighting over Sun Mo.

  “I’m sorry, I’m very satisfied with my current position and life. I have no plans on making any changes.”

  Sun Mo rejected.

  Murong Ye frowned. He felt that Sun Mo didn’t know what was good for him. However, he wore a calm expression because he had expected this outcome long ago after having spent so many days with Sun Mo.

  If Sun Mo would give in, then he wouldn’t receive his admiration.

  But that was fine, take it slow!

  Headhunting talent was like wooing women. Patience was required.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Duanmu Li +50. Friendly (750/1,000).

  Hearing the system’s notification, Sun Mo felt a little stunned. It seemed that Duanmu Li really admired him a lot.

  It was a pity. If they hadn’t met each other here, they could have become friends, right?

  “Alright, if there’s anything you want to say, let’s leave it for the future. Teacher Sun, can you decipher the dragon language?”

  Murong Ye asked.

  This ‘Teacher Sun’ address wasn’t out of courtesy but spoken in view of Sun Mo’s battle results. Otherwise, Murong Ye would have called him directly by his name.

  “I’m not sure!”

  This was the first time Sun Mo came here as well, so how could he know about it? Moreover, he had thrown a glance and was certain that they weren’t spirit runes.

  “I’ll give you half an hour. If you don’t get anything out of it, you’re dead.”

  Murong Ye’s patience was wearing thin. After all, he had to end everything before the Dragon Subduing Academy’s reinforcements came back. “I’ll kill everyone every three minutes. Starting from now!”

  A black-clothed man randomly pulled out a girl from amongst the hostages, putting a blade to her neck. He would chop her once the time was up.

  “This is really not my area of expertise.” Sun Mo frowned. “It’s useless even if you were to force me.”

  Murong Ye clearly didn’t believe his explanation and waved his hand.

  Swoosh!

  The black-clothed man raised the blade and slashed it down. A head rolled.

  Ah!

  Wet and hot blood splattered onto Wanyan Mei’s face. This princess finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and screamed.

  Everyone would be scared when death was right before their eyes.

  “You……”

  Sun Mo glared angrily at the sight of this scene.

  “Uncle!”

  Murong Mingyue let out a loud cry. “You promised me that you wouldn’t hurt the students!”

  “We need to be flexible as the situation changes. Moreover, for this trash, living is just a waste of resources.”

  Murong Ye was an elitist who felt that trash didn’t have any right to live.

  Therefore, after he became a headmaster, the first change he was going to implement was to have a great examination for the entire school. He would then expel half of the students and use the resources that were wasted on them to nurture the remaining students.

  The second step would be to test all the great teachers. All the mediocre great teachers would be asked to leave. He would then pay a great price to headhunt the top-notch great teachers from all the great famous schools in Nine Provinces.

  Only with outstanding teachers and outstanding students would they be able to produce top-notch talent and thus allow the Dragon Subduing Academy to stand at the very top of Nine Provinces.

  “Secondary Saint Murong, this behavior is a little too much!”

  Duanmu Li called Murong Ye secondary saint with a hint of mockery.

  “Don’t be hypocritical. Even if I don’t kill them, you’ll!”

  Murong Ye said with contempt, “Sun Mo, I don’t have the time to talk crap with you. Since you are the first person to decipher the Battlegod murals, then you should be able to have some comprehension of this dragon language, right? Say it out!”

  Murong Ye’s line of thought was right. Top-notch great teachers like Sun Mo had established a way of thinking. Moreover, he had also accumulated the experience of deciphering the Battlegod murals, so when he looked at the dragon language, he wasn’t completely at a loss. He had a certain way of looking at them.

  What Murong Ye wanted was this method.

  Sun Mo clenched his fists and stopped saying anything. He walked toward the closest wall.

  Divine Sight activated.

  Moon Devouring Beast, carnivorous creature. Lived in the ancient era and had a massive figure. Their mouths were big, their teeth sharp, and they could digest metals.

  There were soul waves adhered to them. ……

  Looking at information he obtained from Divine Sight, Sun Mo frowned and continued walking over.

  He had to find a flying-type ancient beast

  It was because he only knew Air Proof and Freedom Proof from the divine language of spiritual control. What if he received a backlash if he were to recklessly summon the ancient ferocious beasts from the murals?

  Even if Air Proof didn’t work, at least he wouldn’t suffer from a backlash.

  As for Freedom Proof, it was useless.

  Demonic Moon Bird. It liked to feed on blood. Nocturnal creature.

  (It’ll be you then!)

  Sun Mo released Air Proof.

  Buzz!

  The divine language of spiritual control rebounded and its effect was negated.

  Murong Ye frowned. This wasn’t easy. “Starlord Duanmu, do you have any other ways?”


  They couldn’t continue to drag things on!

  “Teacher Sun, please back off. Let me!”

  Duanmu Li’s expression was calm. To get his hands on the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture, he had laid low in this school for ten years. The amount of effort and time he had put into researching this place was even greater. It was at least 20 years.

  He had considered this situation before and thus was in no hurry.

  Very soon, a group of people who had black covers over their heads were dragged in by Duanmu Li. There wasn’t a need for him to give out commands.

  The black-clothed men dragged these people to those walls and started chopping their heads.

  As the many heads rolled, the scent of blood instantly grew stronger.

  “Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!”

  A voice rang out, filled with horror.

  “Brother?”

  Wanyan Mei gasped in surprise. This voice belonged to Wanyan Zhenghe.

  “Your younger sister is too smart and I can’t bear to kill her. I can only use you as a sacrifice then.”

  Duanmu Li grabbed onto Wanyan Zhenghe, who was brought over by a black-clothed man, with one hand.

  “I’m very outstanding as well. I’m a genius and the candidate to succeed the Jin Country’s throne. I’ll give you money and an official position. I’ll give you whatever you want. Please don’t kill me.”

  Wanyan Zhenghe cried. He had been sleeping soundly in his tent but when he opened his eyes, he had become a hostage. Those damned guards were really useless.

  (After I go back, I’ll execute all nine generations of your family.)

  Duanmu Li didn’t care about these. He snapped his fingers loudly and a snake slid out from his sleeves. It then crawled onto Wanyan Zhenghe’s body and with a ‘pa’ sound, bit onto his neck.

  Gulp! Gulp!

  The snake sucked on his blood, its body lighting up with a dark red glow.

  “Hmm?” Duanmu Li was surprised.

  “What’s the matter?” Murong Ye frowned.

  “Tsk tsk, this little prince isn’t of the blood lineage of the Jin Country’s king!”

  Duanmu Li’s lips twitched.

  The people he caught were of the same blood lineage as the genius founder who had founded the Dragon Subduing Academy.

  After so many years had passed, the blood lineage of the descendants had become thinner. This resulted in them requiring to use the blood of more people to complete the sacrificial offering.

  The faction of the Jin Country’s king also had the blood lineage of that founder. However, Wanyan Zhenghe didn’t have that.

  “What?”

  Everyone was greatly surprised. This was a great gossip material.

  Moreover, given the Four Symbols Starlord’s distinguished status, there was no way that he’d lie about this.

  Wanyan Zhenghe’s body trembled and he revealed an expression of disbelief.

  “You’re spouting gibberish! I’m the son that Father dotes on the most!”

  Wanyan Zhenghe bellowed.