After the glaring light scattered, a mushroom cloud of dust rose, but the outcome wasn’t quite what Zheng Hualong envisioned. Li Mo was still standing like nothing happened. He was unharmed and even the ground beneath his feet was untouched.
Zheng Hualong bled from his mouth and pointed a shivering finger at Li Mo, but words failed him.
Zheng Hualong was a fifth level expert, he and Zheng Huahu combined their power into a True Dragon attack. Such power was wolds apart from Zheng Tianyang at that time.
It was clearly stronger than even a nuclear blast, but what good did that do? True Dragon hit Li Mo squarely yet not a wound was seen, not even a trace of smoke coming from him.
“This is impossible! How?”
“This place must’ve done something! Blast it! Every world has it’s laws and this one’s are wretched!” Zheng Hualong vented.
Li Mo spoke coldly, “A loss is a loss. Why can’t you accept it? You can’t possibly believe that I am still beneath you, can you?”
“There’s no way you’re stronger than me! I am in the fifth level! And I will reach the fifth level’s peak in days! And what are you? A mere second level greenhorn, cough~”
Zheng Hualong collapse and started having seizures. True Dragon attack used up his spiritual qi to the last drop and took its toll on his meridians. To recover, he’d need three months at the least.
Li Mo chuckled and left, with Lin Qingrou behind him.
Li Mo turned his head.
“I’m your subordinate. I have to follow you.”
“I don’t have subordinates standing around and watching their leader getting attacked.”
Lin Qingrou spoke calmly, “I knew they were no match for you.”
“Nice comeback. I’ll settle for that then. Come, Silver Heroine.”
The two walked further into the small world.
“What skill did you use? I’m eager to know.”
“World Shift.”
“Be serious.”
“I am. It is indeed World Shift. I diverted Zheng Hualong’s attack underground so I could come out unharmed.”
Lin Qingrou stopped, “Such a skill does not exist in this world!”
Li Mo chuckled.
He was unclear if World Shift did exist, but he wasn’t quite ready to say the truth to Lin Qingrou. So, he cooked up a white lie.
“I can guess without you telling me. It’s the Earth Fist’s third move, Guard, isn’t it?”
Li Mo stopped in shock.
The skill Li Mo used to fend off Zheng Hualong’s was indeed Earth Fist’s third move, Guard.
Heaven and Earth Boxing had three Earth Fist moves and three Heaven Fist moves. But he only knew up to the first Heaven Fist move.
Earth Fist’s first move took in the power of the earth by trading off one’s body integrity. The second move used spiritual qi to weaken the enemy, and the third, Guard, was becoming one with the earth and forming the ultimate defense.
When Zheng Hualong attacked, he was striking at Earth. No matter how strong he was, how could one man harm a planet?
Using Guard required one to stand still and link with the ground beneath him. In that state, it would be more apt to call Li Mo a small Earth.
But for Lin Qingrou to see through this was amazing.
Even in the universe, Heaven and Earth Boxing was known by a select few yet tyrannical individuals in power. This art was a secret of the human race that wasn’t passed on. Even among their own people, only very few of those humans high placed knew of this name.
“Who told you I used Guard?”
Lin Qingrou nodded at his reaction, “I knew my hunch was spot on.”
“If it were me attacking, I’d go for your legs. As long as you move, Guard fails. Am I right so far?”
“Yes.” Li Mo nodded.
“Ha-ha, you must be quite curious as to how I came by this knowledge, right?”
“Quite.”
“Think it over. Just like you did before, I don’t feel like telling you.”
“I say, classmate Lin, aren’t we, after all, in the same class? Putting aside not helping me when I was attacked, why aren’t you even answering my questions?”
“You know who I am?” Lin Qingrou was startled.
“You may change your voice, you may cover your face, but I can recognize that perky ass from anywhere.”
“What perky ass?” Lin Qingrou’s tone faltered.
“You didn’t know? That’s what everyone in school is calling you.”
“Who started it?” Lin Qingrou’s tone was once again flat.
“Think it over. Just like you did before, I don’t feel like telling you.”
Li Mo laughed.
She could only stomp her feet in anger.
Lin Qingrou and Li Mo walked until they saw the poisonous pool Wang Yexing mentioned.
Not a hundred meters away a lake was covered by thick five-colored miasma. Around the lake, nothing grew in its immediate vicinity, leaving the earth barren.
From withing the five-colored miasma, however, one could see many kinds of poisonous plants growing. They were the source of this foul mist.
“This little world had been stripped bare. The only place left of value is that poisonous pond.”
Lin Qingrou asked, “You want to go in?”
“Of course, but do you have a way in?”
“None.”
“Nor do I. My body may be strong, but not immune to poison.”
“What are you doing here then?”
“Sightseeing.”
Lin Qingrou was strapped for words.
Li Mo chose a spot and used an earth qi jade to place an array.
“You know arrays?” Lin Qingrou jerked.
“Is it that strange?”
“Very much so. I knew you from school to be the most unsociable, most average, most boring guy that I ever saw in my life. You were no expert, nor trained in any martial art. You should’ve been the very model of boring.”
“With how you turned into Silver Heroine, why can’t I, your classmate, change as well?”
“Please, something definitely happened to you to end up like this!”
“Then tell me, what exactly happened to me?”
Li Mo chatted Lin Qingrou up all while placing the array.
“An immortal’s legacy, passing on to you his skills.”
Li Mo asked, “You mean yourself?”
“How do you…” Lin Qingrou stopped halfway.
“O-ho-ho, so it is an immortal’s legacy.”
Li Mo clapped then stepped away.
“You’re done setting it?” Lin Qingrou was shocked, ‘In only minutes? How can that be…’
“Step back, I’m about to activate it.”
Li Mo went twenty more steps behind and started chanting. Ten seconds – or so – later, he pointed at the array.
Hum~
The array set with the help of earth qi jade shined.
