Unable to go down, Deng Chanyu went back to the usual spot. Nezha then announced his presence, battle recommenced, ending with another hit to the face and culminating in Nezha’s retreat…
This world had no concept of time. Deng Chanyu and Nezha went through these motions time and time again. But since Li Mo was in there, Deng Chanyu captured him and altered the scrip, if slightly.
In the normal time-space rupture’s case, Li Mo could amend the script with a swish of the ol’ Staff of Origin. Just like he did back then with Du Xingsun. He could even become the master of that world if he wanted to. But not in an origin world. He had no way of using the Staff of Origin here.
Now that Li Mo was awake, he was waiting for Nezha to drop by and Deng Chanyu to dump him. Then he’d use his spiritual qi to break his bonds.
There was but one silver lining in all of this mess. This world needed spiritual qi users to enter for Deng Chanyu to use hers as well. If not he would’ve been tied up here and never broke this damn loop and put an end to the cliche play.
Free of ropes, Li Mo used Warp to gain some distance.
“Thunderstorm Palm!”
A hundred meters away, Li Mo reached the range limit of his Thunderstorm Palm. He was planning on using it when the fight between Nezha and Deng Chanyu was just about to be settled. He powered Thunderstorm Palm to the max, unleashing two dozen lightning bolts at the two.
He already knew the full extent of this tiny world. There was only Deng Chanyu and Nezha here. So the origin fragment had to be on either of them.
And, of course, nailing both of them at the same time couldn’t be better!
Crack~
The two dozen lightning bolts slammed into the two, but the conclusion robbed him of all enthusiasm.
Nezha flew away with a twitching face from all the lightning, while Deng Chanyu flashed in five colors, blocking the rest before riding to him.
“Ha!”
Li Mo was planning on dodging, but after two steps, the Five Colored Stone rammed into the back of his head and was soon back into dreamland.
When Li Mo was ‘up’ again, he was once again tied up in Deng Chanyu’s hand…
His Thunderstorm Palm was far from weak. It was those two’s fault for being too damn strong!
Who was Nezha one might ask? A man that not even the Dragon King of the four seas could defeat. But before Deng Chanyu, he was beaten black and blue by a Five Colored Stone.
In the Investiture of the Gods, Deng Chanyu was but a mortal, but this mortal had beat Nezha, general Huang Tianhua and Long Xuhu, as well as the one called the best under saint level, the peacock demon Kong Xuan. Her Five Colored Stone could be rated as the top concealed weapon in Investiture of the Gods. It always hit true regardless of the target.
In a world where saints and Gold Immortal were as many as stray dogs, who would ever call Deng Chanyu, a human capable of such feats, weak?
Li Mo escaped bondage again, using Warp to flee.
He witnessed Deng Chanyu and Nezha’s fight with a scowl. In the normal world, his Earth Fist would’ve done the trick. But not here. This place was tiny, limiting Earth Fist’s power.
Heaven Fist’s first move was his best bet. But using it as a fourth level would gnaw his body worse than ever.
Deng Chanyu’s stone went fling, Nezha went retreating. It was unclear what round they reached, the only thing keeping score was Nezha’s black face. But even that one had gotten so black, it was hard to tell at this point.
After much deliberation, Li Mo settled on using Mount Tai.
Launched, Mount Tai expanded to five meters and smashed hard onto Deng Chanyu.
Deng Chanyu saw the incoming rock and slashed with her saber.
Whoosh~
In a flash, Mount Tai became two, landing on either side of her.
“Ha!” Deng Chanyu fetched her prisoner like a puppy.
Plop!
And Li Mo was right back where he started, all tucked in in ropes.
After ages, Li Mo finally decided to wake up, with a few extra bumps on his head. Of course, he was back in the same spot.
“Ha!”
Down yonder, Deng Chanyu and Nezha were back to their fighting habit.
Thump!
Li Mo crushed the ropes and fled again.
With Thunderstorm Palm a bust and Mount Tai ruined, Li Mo was running out of options.
This tiny world was as simple as one could get, yet therein lied the ingeniosity of it. It was so hard to solve.
“Ha!”
Deng Chanyu was right on schedule with her stone, beating Nezha’s face into retreating. Li Mo opted for the second option this time, to go after Nezha.
“I…”
Li Mo flew on his flying sword only to find Nezha disappear in the clouds.
This world was ridiculously tiny that Nezha was gone just as he hit the clouds.
Li Mo waited a bit before Nezha came back out.
“Third prince, please wait!” Li Mo shouted.
“Take my spear, enemy general!”
What waiting? Nezha went right on the offensive the instant he saw Li Mo.
With wind fire wheels and the fire tipped spear, it wasn’t long before Li Mo hit the ground in defeat.
What else was there when he was so weak?
Whoosh~
Li Mo sank underground, hearing the boom above rocking the ground from the Universe Ring’s attack.
“That was dangerous. More so than with Deng Chanyu!”
With Deng Chanyu, he’d be a captive at worst, while with Nezha, a corpse.
Li Mo waited for Nezha to leave then popped his head out. He looked at the hole left by the Universe Ring in silence.
“Ha!”
In another spot, Deng Chanyu and Nezha were back to their ol’ routine. And there went Nezha with a swollen face again…
Li Mo took deep breaths. He calmed down, needing to put things in a new perspective.
Nezha would come down every three hours or so. The fight would last for ten exchanges then Deng Chanyu would throw her finisher.
The fighting changed constantly, but not the result. Nezha always lost from the Five Colored Stone with a blue face.
‘A ranged attack is out.’
Li Mo observed the play replay three times, before finding Deng Chanyu’s weakness.
Nezha was out as well. Deng Chanyu may wipe the floor with him, but Li Mo would be the one to suffer if they changed places.
‘Since long-range attacks won’t work, I’ll have to get up close and personal.’
“Earth Fist, first move!”
While the two were up fighting again, Li Mo was gathering power.
“Ha!”
Nezha left holding his face again.
Li Mo Warped before Deng Chanyu and punched.
Clang!
Deng Chanyu lit up in five different colors, blocking Li Mo’s fist.
Deng Chanyu withdrew on her horse and shouted in a tender voice, “Ha!”
Plop!
Li Mo’s response was like scripted, out like a light.
Deng Chanyu hoised him and tucked him neatly back into the ropes…
After several more ages, Li Mo woke up dizzy, finding himself under Deng Chanyu’s arm again.
Then Nezha came down to fight again.
“Who goes there?”
“I am the one those gents calleth Nezha, und’r minist’r Jang. Thee alas wench, how dareth thee picketh up a weapon! Thee hadst bett’r did stay in thy chamb’rs than showeth such shameful behavi’r. Thy weapon wonneth’t holp thee from landing in mine hands. Wend backeth to thy campeth and calleth thy gen’ral!”
And they started fighting.
“Accursed loop! It’s unbreakable…”
