“Ha!”
“Haaaaaa!”
A Deng Chanyu with ruffled clothes threw the Five Colored Stone. Only this time, she attacked with all five of them.
Nezha’s face suffered a fivefold assault and instead of fleeing with a bruised face, he slumped unconscious on the ground.
Hum~
Li Mo, at the side, grabbed him and ran for the exit.
Hum~
He just left the time-space rupture and Nezha’s body vanished.
Nezha was a bust.
Whoosh~
When he was about to return, six lights came from all around him.
The speed at which they came, and from the directions no less, showed it was premeditated.
“Guard!”
Pu~
Li Mo was struck at almost the same time by a blade, sword, meteor hammer, furnace, pagoda, and cauldron.
Six lights, six different magic weapons!
“Hand over the treasure and you may have a quick death!”
Following the shout, a dozen men had Li Mo surrounded.
Whoosh~
The six magic weapons returned from whence they came.
Li Mo’s spiritual qi surged as he took in the assailants.
They were all experts drawn in by the origin light.
Some people really needed to get a life. The origin light turned into a time-space rupture just a hundred meters from the source yet in such a short time so many experts gathered.
A glance told him they were 13 in all. They all wore veils, but they might as well not even bother, not when Li Mo had the Celestial Eye at the ready.
Quite a few among them were previous offenders, having been in the last origin hunt as well. The most notable was the third on the Heaven Board, Daoist Kame.
“Take out the origin treasure, now!” Daoist Kame barked.
Hum~
Li Mo flashed before an expert, knocking him out with a punch.
These guys were ‘original’ experts that had never connected with the God Realm. Compared to Li Mo, who grew every minute of the hour, these people lagged far behind.
The strongest there was Daoist Kame, only a peak third level, while the rest were in the second level.
Li Mo’s figure flashed about punching and kicking in between. The six magic weapons once again made their appearance, but he already finished with all of them before the weapons could even reach him.
In under ten seconds, Li Mo finished 12 people. When he popped before Daoist Kame, the latter’s first reaction was to hid in his shell.
Clang!
Li Mo’s punch let out a boom in contact with it, but no damage was done.
Daoist Kame’s turtle shell belonged to an aged divine turtle that achieved enlightenment before shedding it. It was so hard it could withstand a fifth level power strike.
“Earth Fist’s second move – Abolish!”
Yellow spiritual qi rose from beneath Daoist Kame wrapping around his shell.
Thump!
Li Mo’s next punch split the turtle shell to pieces.
“My shell…”
Daoist Kame cried in horror. This thousand-year-old shell was his magic weapon and his most cherished item. He wouldn’t be able to keep his ranking now that the shell was in pieces.
Li Mo hoisted Daoist Kame and threw him in the time-space rupture. He did the same to the rest.
With Earth Listening, he made sure no one else was missed and entered the time-space rupture as well.
“Spare me, black-clothed sage!”
Daoist Kame was on the ground, wailing for his life. The others followed suit, not daring to lift even their heads.
These were all men under Daoist Kame. The origin light was so brief that only those around Daoist Kame noticed it.
Li Mo stashed away the six magic weapons.
Then he pointed at them to stand.
The 13 men rose and so too did Li Mo’s spiritual qi, making yellow spiritual qi wound about each of them.
With that over and done with, the 13 men couldn’t budge an inch.
Using Abolish then rooting them in particular places and positions, he turned them into a queer formation. This formation would spring up the moment someone entered this world and trap them in.
Li Mo walked nearby Deng Chanyu and Nezha’s fight, noticing Deng Chanyu was back to normal.
This was how this world worked. If one left this time-space rupture, it would reset.
‘All I can do is start over from the top…’
Li Mo sat in lotus position and three blue flowers bloomed on his head.
“Five Qi Convergence Art!”
The first time he used it, he managed to capture Deng Chanyu with only one clone surviving.
The second time was much better, managing to keep two clones alive making quick work of snatching Deng Chanyu.
The fine line between heaven and hell was crossed at the whim of Five Qi Convergence Art. Whether it worked or not.
Sighing, he grabbed Deng Chanyu and went out.
Daoist Kame and the rest were still in position. Sure, they wanted nothing more than to flee, but the earth qi wouldn’t let them.
Li Mo got out.
Clank~
Deng Chanyu turned into a finger-sized origin fragment.
Li Mo held the flashing Staff of Origin and the origin fragment fused with it.
Hum~
The Staff of Origin shined brighter and brighter.
“Great, the staff finally gathered enough power.”
Li Mo was overjoyed, but only for a second, before putting the Staff of Origin in his Star Ring.
Letting the Staff of Origin show such an obvious reaction would attract more needless trouble.
The time was long into the night, with glittering stars overhead, and even a faint white glow from the East. Dawn was not far.
Li Mo used an earth qi jade and returned to his home in Feng City.
“Who can understand my sorrow? Who cares about me? Ahhhh~”
The tranquil night was broken by Ye Xiaolu’s ravings coming from the living room.
As a wraith, she had no substance and couldn’t touch anything. She existed in this world but never felt deader.
She was now having a panic attack, wistfully remembering those dear memories as a dalmatian plushie. They weren’t great, but at least better than now.
“Ah, Li-“
Hum~
Li Mo ignored Ye Xiaolu as he passed by and into his study. Each time the Staff of Origin’s power activated presented a great opportunity. He didn’t have much time. He had to use it or the power would scatter.
Li Mo set up an array in the study to isolate Staff of Origin’s signature from the world and attract some unwanted enemies as consequence.
Li Mo finished in an hour and a half, just as the sky brightened.
Li Mo turned to the bored out of her mind, watching him for this hour and a half, young miss Ye and instructed, “Get everyone. We got work to do!”
