Chapter 136 - Su Mo Makes His Move (2/2)

The next moment.

Xiu!

With a subtle whistle, the sword sphere was turned into a small iron sword that flew out like a phantom. Su Mo, who stayed vigilant the whole time, found his response to this slower by half a beat.

Xiu!

A long rod of Qi shot out, but this time, it failed to hit its target.

Phoosh!

With that, the small iron sword went right through the skull of the Connate demon silver-crowned crane’s and killed it in an instant.

The silver-crowned crane’s pair of fierce, twinkling eyes instantly dimmed, and both wings ceased their flapping. The huge creature’s body that had been hovering above everyone, suddenly plunged and landed heavily with a loud crash in front of the stone table in the courtyard.

Thump!

Emperor Jiang Tianchen was flung violently and haphazardly to the ground, and when he stood up, his legs seemed to sway—that was a sure sign of injury to his legs.

Because he was an adept of the Qi-Gathering, at the moment he landed, Jiang Tianchen was able to hurriedly project his qi to protect his legs in time. Even so, the impact of the landing was so strong, that it still managed to cause some injury to his leg.

Boom!

Rumble! Boom! Boom!

…

On the other hand, the Head of the Valley of Medicine Masters, Su Mo, seemed to float as he descended. As he landed, a blast of green qi started pulsating from his feet, the cemented ground shattered and stone fragments flew as he landed.

The power of the Qi propulsion helped Su Mo return safely to the ground.

The Connate stage adept had just landed from a 10-meter fall and was completely unharmed.

“Old friend!”

As Su Mo landed, his eyes fell on the silver-crowned crane that had fallen dead to the ground. His eyes flashed in mourning.

This creature had been with him for so many years. And now, it just lay before him, lifeless.

Su Mo instantly locked eyes with the young man again. His eyes were cold and ruthless. “It looks like I’ve underestimated you. I didn’t expect you to be able to use the sword sphere with such a speed that’s no slower than my own attack, all without having reached the Connate stage. This is this the working of the essence of the Primal Core then?”

As he said this, Su Mo’s eyes grew hungry with greed, and he stared at Zhou Donghuang as if he were regarding a rare treasure.

Although Zhou Donghuang’s speed closely matched his, he was responsible for the death of the Valley’s own Connate, silver-crowned crane.

Still, he could not concede that Zhou Donghuang was equally matched with him.

For an adept who had not managed to attain the Connate level, even with the Primal Core sword sphere and other little tricks up his sleeve, there was no way this man could be his match.

If he really did have the ability to kill him, why didn’t he just aim for him directly, instead of killing the silver-crowned crane first?

This was what Su Mo was thinking.

“So what if it is?” Zhou Donghuang replied belligerently, his tone still bored.

“Junior, when I make you kneel, we shall then see… if you can be just as cocky as you are now!”

Su Mo’s face darkened, and his eyes grew cold. At the same moment, the gray garments that clothed him started bulging, and green rays of qi started emanating from his body—some rays were short and some were longer, and some were as long as a stake!

“Connate level unleashed!”

Fu and the others had only known that the Head of the Valley of Medicine Masters was a Connate level adept from rumors and gossip, but now, they were first-hand witnesses to the sheer display of Connate level power that the Valley Head had.

“Young master!” They collectively held their hearts in their mouths and regarded the young man who was near them with worried faces.

Even though they did have confidence in their young master’s skills, this was Su Mo, the undefeated fighter from all of the sixteen countries!

Could an 18-year-old really contend with the power of this man in front of them?

Emperor Jiang Tianchen gave the young man an icy stare. “You’d better get ready to get on your knees and beg for mercy, brat,” he said darkly. “Perhaps then, the Valley Head will spare you the amount of pain you deserve!”

Despite this, Zhou Donghuang ignored him completely. His eyes were transfixed on the Qi that was emanating from Su Mo, but otherwise, he was expressionless.

“I won’t be a bully. I’ll give you a chance to make your move. If you don’t do something in three breaths, I won’t wait any longer.”

It didn’t seem like Zhou Donghuang thought much of Su Mo at all.

“You crazy kid!”

Su Mo couldn’t withhold his anger any longer, and in that instant, the Qi emanating from his body seemed to swell up. His whole being seemed to become wrapped in green flame as he rushed toward Zhou Donghuang.

Hua!

The green flames raged and transfigured into the shape of a flaming giant beast with its mouth wide open, poised to swallow Zhou Donghuang whole!