The road is vague

Chapter 237 First Glimpse of Talent (The End)

that's it.

After the time it takes to drink two cups of tea.

As Li Mo manipulated the matrix puppets with his Shadow Line Technique, both Zheng Kui and Jiang Caiqian gradually showed signs of weakness and seemed unable to withstand the attack.

Li Mo planned to use these two as a breakthrough point to defeat them before dealing with Chen Kaixuan.

If so.

By leveraging the sudden burst of power from the True Demon Avatar's activation of the Primal True Demon Body, the success rate of assassinating Lü Tong would undoubtedly be greatly increased.

However, Li Mo was clearly not very familiar with the strength of the disciples in his sect.

Seeing that he was gradually losing his ability to contend with the Six Calamities and Six Tribulations Matrix Puppet with his two top-grade magic weapons, the Earth River Flag and the Black Steel Shield, Zheng Kui suddenly shot out four beams of spiritual light from his twin pupils, which quickly dispelled the spiritual light on the surface of the matrix puppet.

This is the unique secret technique he created by combining his innate double pupils with the Spirit Eye Technique.

He then let out a loud shout and summoned his secret artifact, the Mind-Stabilizing Nail. With all his might poured into it, the Mind-Stabilizing Nail shot into the matrix puppet's body with a bang, moving as fast as a blur.

After a brief pause, the matrix puppet attacked Zheng Kui again.

However, the mind-stabilizing nails inside its body were continuously releasing a large number of runes, which seeped out from the matrix puppet's body and were imprinted on its surface.

Compared to the silver swan script, which emphasizes the order of the writing field, the seal script focuses on the characteristics of interpersonal relationships and is more focused on combat. The seal script that seeps out of the mind-stabilizing nail is characterized by showing mercy to the victim, or one could say it is out of compassion.

This is not emotional control, but a rewriting of real-world characteristics.

Such as this moment.

After the Six Calamities and Six Disasters Matrix Puppet unleashed its punch, it landed on Zheng Kui's black steel shield. His hard fist seemed to turn into a ball of cotton, and its basic properties were completely changed.

Li Mo noticed this change. Although he was not good at seal script, he knew the basic principles.

So he tried to control the matrix puppet to spew out pillars of lava fire. Rolling flames surged out, and although the intensity of the spiritual power did not change, it was easily blocked by the black steel shield.

This made Li Mo realize that he couldn't defeat Zheng Kui in a short time by relying on the Six Calamities and Six Disasters Matrix Puppet.

The situation is equally dire for the Six Ding Six Jia Matrix Puppet.

This matrix puppet was already entangled in a large amount of spirit silk by the two spirit butterflies, which greatly affected its flexibility.

Seeing that Li Mo had escaped, the matrix puppet began to frequently use spatial means, constantly flashing and darting to launch sneak attacks, like a ghost, which was quite cunning and unpredictable. Jiang Caiqian summoned a spirit mirror magic artifact, which seemed to have some perception characteristics, and at the same time, she summoned a spirit beast that looked like a deer from her spirit beast bag.

This spirit beast was incredibly large; Jiang Caiqian was not even as tall as its kneecaps. Its antlers on its head were like sparkling fire coral, radiating dazzling light.

As the spirit beast let out a loud deer cry, numerous phantom images of withered leaves suddenly appeared all around, looking incredibly mysterious.

This is not over yet.

Another black cat appeared in Jiang Caiqian's arms. Its emerald green eyes were like gemstones. After it meowed, it silently stuck to the Six Ding Six Jia Matrix Puppet, just like a piece of drawing paper. Li Mo immediately felt that the puppet had become uncontrollable.

The two displayed impressive strength simultaneously, and Li Mo's expression was quite unpleasant.

Seeing that his plan to defeat the two had failed, and with time slipping away, Li Mo was anxious, wondering when Ye Shoutian would return and when Lü Jin and Lü Tong would be able to break the formation. He could no longer hide and immediately decided to go all out.

The true demon avatar was in perfect harmony with him, a hint of regret showing in its gray-white eyes.

Chen Kaixuan was, after all, one of the top Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lingmu Sect.

Even though he lacked a suitable magical artifact, showed signs of backlash, and was not at his peak, he was still not someone that a true demon avatar could easily defeat in a one-on-one situation.

Then the true demon clone let out a deafening roar.

A foul and decadent aura suddenly emanated from its body.

The original true demonic lineage is corrupt and degenerate, not just simply corrupt and degenerate, but an absolute degeneration that can fuse various characteristics. It includes the original fusion of the demon race's corruption, purity, brutality, holiness, and degeneration, while also incorporating the fantasy, longing, miracles, and dreams of the ethereal dream world, as well as the darkness, madness, chaos, distortion, and twisting of the great evil from beyond the heavens.

Li Mo had a feeling.

This primordial true demon blood, which has undergone nine years of fusion, is about to completely merge with the ethereal and evil characteristics, and now only a trace of its original essence remains.

Its potential has far exceeded what it once possessed when it resided in that demon.

Once the fusion is complete, the True Demon Avatar will naturally advance to the Golden Core stage, without Li Mo needing to actively break through.

In fact, if Li Mo hadn't been in the early stages of Foundation Establishment for so long, and his own understanding hadn't been insufficient, thus limiting the comprehension of his external avatar, the fusion of this true demonic clone might not have taken so long at all.

"It's just a hair's breadth away."

As Li Mo murmured to himself, his True Demon clone had already transformed into four heads, displaying different expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

The head representing joy immediately blew gently onto the greatsword made of the spine in its hand. The originally pitch-black demonic fire on the greatsword quickly turned pale, instantly becoming slightly holy and pure amidst the dark and brutal aura.

Upon seeing this, Chen Kaixuan gasped in shock.

He could clearly see that this was the prototype of a great supernatural power, but it was only because the other party's understanding and perception were insufficient that it could not unleash its true power. Its strength had already far exceeded the scope of a mid-level spell.

"He said he actually killed that thing nine years ago, down in the mountains!!"

Chen Kaixuan asked himself if he were in his prime, in a one-on-one situation, he might have a 30% chance of winning, a 30% chance of a draw, and a 40% chance of losing and having to escape.

But getting him to kill this demon is almost impossible.

Given his current state, he has at most a one in ten chance of winning.

The true demon avatar roared to the sky, wielding a greatsword made of a spine burning with pale demonic fire, and strode toward Chen Kaixuan. The surrounding air twisted and turned, forming an unsettling, decadent, and filthy aura that gradually plunged people into boundless desire and trembling.

Chen Kaixuan was concentrating intently.

A long-lost excitement and passion rose within him, a radical impulse that teetered on the edge of life and death, rather than the perverse torment of dealing with prisoners every day.

"That one sliver of hope depends on you!"

Almost at the same time as Chen Kaixuan roared inwardly, a faint, almost invisible phantom suddenly appeared in the shadow beneath Li Mo's feet.

His contorted figure resembled stretched sugar threads, from which a dagger with a concealed, eerie light emerged from the shadows. The long and patient build-up was all for this dazzling moment of life and death.

Taking advantage of the moment when the true demon clone was at its strongest, he launched a fatal attack on Li Mo's main body, who was at its weakest and most vulnerable.

The dagger appeared slow, but in reality it was incredibly fast and accurate, aiming straight for the back of the head.

The dull dagger, through the gaps between the Five Elements Xuanwu Shield, stabbed at the back of Li Mo's head at a ghostly and cunning angle. To outsiders, the whole process seemed to lack any skill, but to the person involved, it was completely silent.

"The most beautiful art in the world is the moment when life fades away."

Deep within Tong Yuan's heart, a near-obsessive and distorted aesthetic flashed through his mind. His face, hidden in the shadows, revealed a terrifyingly wicked smile.

Almost in that life-or-death moment, Li Mo seemed to return to the days he spent at the Pingshan Society.

That was the first time he had a sense of danger after encountering a large beast while out collecting herbs. His body tensed up almost instantly, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated to an unbelievable speed. He even felt a chill run down his spine. He then instinctively shouted and forcibly twisted his body to dodge.

Upon seeing this, Tong Yuan's pupils, hidden in the shadows, suddenly contracted.

He certainly wouldn't allow things to fall apart at the last minute.

The once steady and quiet black dagger suddenly became as fast as lightning, heading straight for the heart, silently piercing the skin and striking the vital spot.

After landing a successful blow, Tong Yuan felt his whole body trembling with excitement. Just as his right arm was about to turn into a shadow and disappear into the distance, a dark gold longsword swept past, and the dagger he was holding flew away in response, with two fingers slipping off in an instant.

Tong Yuan did not hesitate or pause at all.

After receiving the two severed fingers, his body instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared at an incredible speed.

Even though Li Mo immediately summoned the Heavenly Golden Sword to pursue him, he couldn't keep up with the speed at which the man was escaping.

Li Mo did not pursue them.

He gasped in shock, finally realizing why Xiang Wenqiang had suddenly vanished. He had never heard of such terrifying assassination skills before.

If he hadn't mastered the ability to adjust his internal organs after practicing the "Li Mo Nei Jing" and urgently changed the location of his heart, he would probably be a corpse by now.

Even so, he was still seriously injured, with blood flowing continuously from his back, which made his already disordered breathing even weaker.

"There's actually someone in our sect who possesses such assassination skills?"

When it comes to assassination skills, Li Mo immediately thought of the Touqi Organization, but he couldn't confirm their identity.

Those on the main battlefield in the distance, who were watching this scene closely, were all shocked upon seeing it.

Everyone was staring intently at Li Mo, wondering whether he was dead or not.

After catching his breath slightly, Li Mo gritted his teeth and continued to stand tall with his head held high.

He showed no fear despite the life-or-death moment he had just experienced, and continued to look at Chen Kaixuan, as if to tell him that even the danger of death could not shake his determination to complete this mission.

"Junior brother."

Wei Cang and Jiang Feiyan almost cried out.

Chen Kaixuan was in a rather disheveled state under the attack of his external avatar who had activated his True Demon Body.

But he had no intention of giving up.

Chen Kaixuan used the Seven Star Black Lotus to suppress the demon, and his Netherworld Claw and Yin-Yang Shield were used for both offense and defense. He also used the Cursed Half-Body to enhance his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, allowing him to fight the True Demon clone. The strength of the two sides was not overwhelming.

"We must hold out until Hall Master Ye arrives."

Chen Kaixuan was born on Qingming Mountain and grew up in the Chen family compound. His father was one of the two acting leaders of the sect. He believed that no one loved this place more than him. At this moment, he was even more determined in his thoughts. He was even willing to dedicate everything to this, including his own life.

However, he did not notice that Li Mo had been holding a high-grade spirit stone for a long time without moving it.

He stood there like a statue, motionless, seemingly trying to intimidate Tong Yuan in the shadows and show him defiance.

But this was actually just a mirage he left behind to deceive people.

He even went to great lengths to conceal his true intentions by using high-grade spirit stones.

"Junior brother, did you see her? She's on the southeastern edge. We can work together to create an opportunity to assassinate her, but we only have one chance..."

"I see."

Closer, closer, even closer.

Li Mo used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to move stealthily) to stealthily move, and finally found Lü Tong's location by following Jiang Feiyan's secret method of transmitting sound.

At this moment, she was holding a compass-shaped magic tool for breaking formations, looking very focused, trying to take out an ice scepter from the Azure Dragon Pool to continuously peel away the formation within the formation. There were two other people nearby on guard.

This is like performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure on the protective mountain formation.

Sudden.

On the main battlefield, several top experts from the Justice Society unleashed powerful attacks, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Especially Mrs. Xue.

He waved his palm-leaf fan, and a faint dragon's roar appeared in the sky. Then, a dragon with both earth and wind attributes soared into the air, several feet long, with astonishing power, comparable to the array spirit of the Chen family in Bai'an City, and rushed straight towards Wang Sai.

Even though Wang Sai was the captain of the law enforcement team and had reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, his expression changed drastically upon seeing this scene. He was horrified and realized that this fat man was no ordinary person. His strength was absolutely terrifying among the Foundation Establishment disciples of his sect.

At this time.

Lü Tong seemed to have vaguely sensed something.

She turned around abruptly, but it was too late.

Li Mo, disregarding the cost, bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence. He then used a secret technique to enhance the Heavenly Golden Sword. A flash of dark golden light appeared and disappeared in an instant, breaking through the Five Elements Shield and piercing through his chest.

"you……"

Lu Tong stared blankly at Li Mo, a hint of pain and despair in her eyes.

Heart-wrenching screams came from afar, and then several people rushed towards them.

"Feel sorry."

After Li Mo finished speaking, he immediately used the Wind Escape Technique. In an instant, several magical artifacts brushed past him and then chased after him, quickly moving away along the lakeside, leaving a trail of ripples on the lake's surface.

"Lü Tong!!"

Chen Rong flew over, grabbed Lü Tong, and tried to feed her a hemostatic pill, but Lü Tong was unable to swallow at all. She kept spitting out pieces of internal organs and blood. She looked at Chen Rong in pain and despair, wanting to say something but unable to speak.

At this moment, Chen Rong was filled with remorse.

She should have joined Chen Kaixuan in trying to kill Li Mo; perhaps this tragedy wouldn't have happened. Now it's too late to say anything.

"She can still be saved, but... it will be very painful."

Tong Yuan suddenly appeared, and it turned out that he and Chen Rong were acquainted.

His two fingers seemed to have recovered completely in a short period of time, but if you looked closely, you could see the traces of stitches.

Upon hearing this, Chen Rong immediately stood up.

"Then please save her!"

Tong Yuan nodded, and without saying a word, he used the black dagger in his hand to cut open Lü Tong's wound. Chen Rong gasped when she saw this.

Tong Yuan then manipulated the spiritual light, transforming it into intricate threads, which he then injected into Lü Tong's body.

"In the State of Lu, apart from fatal injuries that directly target the head and soul, you absolutely cannot trust any of their methods of death. Their path to immortality is not just about immortality through cultivation techniques, but also about immortality in daily life. What would be fatal injuries to us Great Qian people would be completely healed for those immortal monsters of Lu, provided the surgery is timely and they rest for a period of time..."

Tong Yuan was halfway through his sentence when he noticed that Chen Rong was looking at Li Mo, who was being chased by several cultivators in the distance.

She seemed hesitant about whether she should join in.

"It's too late."

Tong Yuan dismissed her idea and looked at the lake water, which was gradually calming down.

"The battle below is nearing its end. Hall Master Ye hasn't returned yet, so something must have happened to her. The formation here obviously can't be broken in a short time. Take her and leave quickly, or it will be too late."

He let out a small laugh.

"After this battle, regardless of the outcome, his reputation will surely cause a sensation among the Foundation Establishment disciples of Qingming Mountain. Chen Kaixuan and I have become his stepping stones. He is only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment now, and Lingmu Sect is in a weak state. Even if your family disciples win, you will definitely try to win over this unparalleled talent in the future, and most likely make him a true disciple of your sect."

After stitching up the internal organ injuries, Tong Yuan began stitching up the skin wounds with spiritual light silk threads.

Throughout the entire surgery, Lü Tong fainted several times from the pain, only to wake up again. She was in excruciating pain, but she never uttered a sound.

"But he's a traitor!"

Chen Rong responded incredulously.

Upon hearing this, Tong Yuan shook his head and sneered.

"None of those who are here are traitors. This is the inevitable trend, and you will soon understand. My mission has failed, and I must leave. Goodbye."

Say it.

Tong Yuan put down Lü Tong, took one last look at Chen Rong, whom he loved but could not have, and resolutely turned and left.

(End of this chapter)