Whoosh~
A gale blew from within an array the instant it powered on. Li Mo’s plan was simple. He placed a Stellar Orientation Array here, linking it with the one in Heavenly Court to make use of the powerful winds there.
With the wind at his back, the miasma was blown away ten minutes later.
Lin Qingrou took off her mask, watching the spectacle in awe.
“Can this array stay on without supplying it with constant spiritual qi?”
The wind didn’t stop even after fifteen minutes.
“Yes. If I don’t stop it, the array will stay on for as long as the earth qi jade holds.”
“We can go inside the poisonous pond now that the poisonous miasma’s gone?”
“Of course not. I only did it to clear the view.”
Lin Qingrou: “…”
Ssss~
A hissing sounded from a whirlpool in the poisonous pool followed by the emergence of a huge serpent.
The ba serpent!
It stood upright above the pool, covering the entire sky.
Pff…
It opened its maw and spat venom, straight for Lin Qingrou and Li Mo.
“Move…”
Li Mo reached for her hand, wanting to use Warp and get them both away. But who knew he was a second too late, her body vanishing, leaving behind a large stone. The next thing he knew, she was way out of the venom’s range.
Li Mo stepped next to Lin Qingrou in one jump.
“What’s that movement art?” Lin Qingrou jerked.
“Switch Teleport 2.0.”
“You…”
The verbal jab wasn’t lost to Lin Qingrou. It was precisely the art she used just now, a powerful skill. Any object in her line of sight could be switched with. And just like Li Mo’s Warp, it had ups and downs. The target object had to be of a certain weight, and of a bulk similar to the user.
Secondly, Lin Qingrou’s current state only allowed her to use it five times in a row at the most.
Li Mo barbed, “Classmate Lin, we may be anything but friendly, but being so selfish would leave others with a bad taste, you know?”
Switch Teleport could take passengers just like Warp could. But she opted out of bringing Li Mo with her.
“As you said, we’re not friends.” Lin Qingrou’s tone was as flat as ever.
Pff…
Amidst their spat, the ba serpent sprayed more venom.
Li Mo dodged with Warp and Lin Qingrou with Switch Teleport, a hundred meters away.
Pff~
The ba serpent was pissed, spitting five times at Li Mo, but always missing.
Ssss~
The ba serpent hesitated, then went back into the pool.
The places the venom landed, released a thick poisonous mist, of which the couple stood clear of.
Li Mo took something out of his Star Ring and walked to the pond.
“What are you planning?”
“Classmate Lin, it is of no concern to you. Please leave. I won’t be responsible for anything that might happen to you.”
Lin Qingrou stood still.
Li Mo uncorked the Mystical Firebird vial.
With a cry, the Mystical Firebird soared and plunged the place into hell.
Mystical Firebird flew above the poisonous pond. She didn’t need to do anything, just release her scorching heat and bring the pool to a boil.
The plants wilted and the pond bubbled. It wasn’t long before the ba serpent could no longer take the head and showed its face once again.
Pff…
It spat venom but it went up in smoke before it could even touch the Mystical Firebird.
Lin Qingrou stood next to Li Mo, “That bird is amazing…”
Li Mo refused to comment.
Ba serpent was a beast of the ancient past and so was the Mystical Firebird. Although this bird was only a projection of the real Mystical Firebird, its display was proof of the might of the real deal.
In terms of strength, the ba serpent was equal to Mystical Firebird, but their attributes were in conflict, tipping the balance in the Mystical Firebird’s favor.
The ba serpent was angry, whipping its tail at the bird. It, on the other hand, spew blazing rays and, in turn, grew dimmer itself. But the ba serpent was also hurt in this exchange. Its tail hanged in the pool, being boiled alive.
Its tail was close to being burned to cinders.
Ssss~
The ba serpent raved, flicking its tail as Mystical Firebird. The bird was only an amalgam of power, hovering there in mid-air and tacking whatever the serpent threw at it.
The ba serpent did want to stop, but it wasn’t like it could change anything. The Mystical Firebird would still release its power regardless and the pool would soon be turned to steam.
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
While the beasts fought, Li Mo launched his attack from a hundred meters away.
A dozen lightning bolts flew at the ba serpent’s head, drawing black smoke from the spots they landed. The ba serpent sank in the pool but was soon out again.
The water’s temperature reached a point where it couldn’t take it.
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
Li Mo kept on attacking, sending Thunderstorm Palms one after the other under dumbstruck Lin Qingrou’s gaze.
Celestial Master Abode’s Thunderstorm Palm sure was incredible, but the drain on one’s spiritual qi was equally so. A fourth level couldn’t dish out more than ten before he’d run out of spiritual qi.
‘What’s Li Mo’s power? Is he a fifth level expert as well?’
Ssss~
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
And he just kept on going.
“What’s your level? How can…” Lin Qingrou couldn’t hold back her curiosity.
Unleashing Thunderstorm Palm thirty times was something even a fifth level couldn’t do. But Li Mo seemed pitch-perfect even after all that. In fact, he looked ready to resume.
Under Li Mo’s onslaught, the ba serpent wished it could go underwater, but Mystical Firebird was there to make sure it couldn’t.
Ssss~
The ba serpent was enraged, switching targets to Li Mo…
Li Mo resorted to throwing Mount Tai.
Boom!
Mount Tai crushed ba serpent’s head into the ground.
“What kinda freak are you?” Lin Qingrou was overwhelmed at this point.
Mount Tai had a far greater toll on one’s spiritual qi than a simple Thunderstorm Palm did. Yet Li Mo used it with such ease and power, it was obvious this weapon was used at its full capacity.
‘No, not just full, but far above that!’
Lin Qingrou watched the Mount Tai-nailed head of the ba serpent shivering.
How could she possibly know that the reason the Mount Tai was showing more than 100% of its power was because Li Mo took it through a brief round of refining, bumping it’s grade a bit from what chief’s refining offered.
Under Li Mo’s pull, Mystical Firebird descended on top of ba serpent’s head, still releasing its deadly heat.
Ba serpent struggled with every ounce of its power but soon quietened down to a halt as the fragrance of barbecue wafted into the air.
“Void Palm!”
Lin Qingrou sent a palm at the head, splitting it apart.
A basketball-sized demon core flew out of its head and landed on the ground.
Excited, Lin Qingrou reached for it.
