This was Su Mo’s second time fighting a B-rank. Unlike before, this was a genuine B-rank, not a super soldier like Ode with no skills whatsoever.
Although their battle had been confined to close-quarters combat without involving spiritual energy cultivation, Su Mo still felt immense pressure.
Finally, Su Mo completed the last stroke with the Six Harmonies Brush in his hand.
He suddenly stopped retreating and switched from defense to offense.
Seeing this, the B-rank expert became vigilant. Just as he prepared to react, a layer of light walls suddenly lit up around him.
He wasn’t from Xia Country, but he had heard that Xia Country’s magical arrays were incredibly profound. He immediately realized he had fallen into a trap and retreated without hesitation, trying to exit the array.
Su Mo roared, “Zhen! Thunderstorm!”
A sudden flash of lightning appeared in the east. The B-rank expert, panicked, was struck by the lightning and let out a sharp cry: “Ahhh… Huh? Why doesn’t it hurt?”
Along with the sound of thunder, the light walls suddenly shattered into pieces.
Su Mo, smiling, closed in. He was now holding the Tetanus Blade, which had somehow appeared in his hand. “Fight Heaven and Earth!”
As the blade technique moved, its momentum surged forth like a bursting dam’s floodwaters.
All or nothing!
Su Mo’s eyes turned blood-red, filled with nothing but killing intent.
The B-rank expert’s eyes widened. “Wasn’t I told it’s a C-rank? Wasn’t I told the strength was just okay?”
In his desperation, he had no choice but to reveal his true strength.
In the darkness, it seemed as if a fierce beast was growling lowly. Fur began to grow on the B-rank expert’s face, and the phantom of a baboon actually appeared behind him.
Boom!
The two clashed together.
Su Mo’s blade struck the opponent’s short blade. Unable to withstand the force, the short blade shattered. The released blade aura slashed the B-rank expert, leaving him covered in blood.
Su Mo stepped forward, ignoring how fierce the opponent’s attacks were. His second strike, like monstrous waves, fiercely slashed down. “Shen Nanshu sent you to kill me, didn’t she? Since you’re so obedient to her, just go and die!”
This time, the B-rank expert didn’t fight head-on. Instead, he turned and fled, attempting to evade Su Mo’s attack.
“Heh. A dignified B-rank running away from a C-rank with just one move? How disgraceful,” Su Mo mocked at the perfect moment. The B-rank expert didn’t take the bait, his mind set solely on escaping.
A B-rank wanting to flee was not someone Su Mo could stop. The second strike missed.
However, just as Su Mo was about to launch his third attack, the opponent suddenly turned around and counterattacked, a steel fist aimed straight at Su Mo’s chest.
Su Mo’s eyebrow raised. Trying to take advantage of me?
No way!
His other hand gripped the Magic Scepter. A burst of Yin Fire suddenly exploded. Caught off guard, the B-rank expert was frozen on the spot.
Su Mo was just about to finish him off with a blade strike when a cold light flashed. A chill suddenly ran down the back of his neck—someone was ambushing him.
Blood flowed down his neck, soaking his clothes. Enduring the pain, Su Mo turned around. The ambusher was actually Shen Nanshu.
For some reason, she had appeared here as well.
“Shen Nanshu!” Su Mo gnashed his teeth. He had never despised someone as much as he did now. He had done nothing, yet the other party, driven by jealousy, kept pushing him, scheming against him repeatedly.
“I never expected you to be Ye Qingyi. Perfect. Old grudges and new grievances settled together today,” Shen Nanshu’s energy sea surged, and her Snow Mountain stood tall. Her Blowing Snow Sword technique was also executed with incredible skill.
However, she didn’t dare to attack fiercely, only stalling Su Mo, waiting for the B-rank expert to break free.
With a cracking sound, Su Mo was immediately caught in a pincer attack from both front and back.
He was already at a disadvantage against the B-rank expert. Shen Nanshu’s joining widened the gap even more.
He realized that even if he tried to escape now, he might not succeed.
Since that’s the case, then no escape!
Hardening his heart, Su Mo put away the Magic Scepter, gripped his blade with both hands, and focused solely on hacking at the B-rank expert, ignoring Shen Nanshu from a behavioral standpoint.
Enraged, Shen Nanshu raised her sword and slashed wildly, but each time could only inflict superficial wounds on Su Mo.
The B-rank expert, however, was losing his cool. He was just getting paid to eliminate a problem, but he hadn’t expected to encounter someone so reckless, completely disregarding their own injuries, solely intent on killing him.
If he fought with similar ferocity, taking down the opponent naturally wouldn’t be a problem, but… was it necessary?
Of course not!
“I quit, I quit…” he retreated while blocking Su Mo’s suicidal onslaught, his will to fight utterly gone.
Seeing this, Shen Nanshu hurriedly upped the offer. “Help me kill her, and I’ll double your pay!”
“No, I don’t want to fight a lunatic. It’s too terrifying.” The B-rank expert was almost ready to cry, “Mom, where are you? Baby’s scared.”
Shen Nanshu gritted her teeth. “Quadruple!”
The B-rank expert remained unmoved.
“Six times!”
Su Mo was a bit tempted…
He suddenly let the B-rank expert escape and turned to attack Shen Nanshu instead.
Seeing this, Shen Nanshu was startled and instinctively raised her sword to block. Unexpectedly, Su Mo used his blade to deflect her sword, and a Skull-Shattering Palm strike aimed straight for the crown of her head.
“Ye Qingyi! If you dare kill me, my family will never let you go!” Shen Nanshu’s eyes widened with fury, staring as Su Mo’s hand pressed against the top of her head.
“Ahhh—”
Even Su Mo himself didn’t notice that his eyes had been replaced by a gray color. One of the six Snow Mountains hidden in his energy sea was slowly rising, with a layer of gray energy swirling precisely on its surface.
Skull-Shattering Palm, crush everything detestable!
The second Snow Mountain, Chu Hui (Eliminate Filth), rises.
With a “Bang!” the screams abruptly ceased. The forest became terrifyingly quiet. The fleeing B-rank expert even slipped, almost falling to the ground.
He ran while muttering to himself, “Lunatics, lunatics, they’re all lunatics…”
…
Amidst the sound of waves crashing, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes. Before him, two Snow Mountains now stood upright, while the remaining five were all hidden beneath the sea surface.
The second Snow Mountain that had just risen was connected to the technique “Skull-Shattering Palm,” just like the relationship between the first mountain and the Nu (Rage) character formula.
Xi (Joy), Nu (Rage), Ai (Sorrow), Ju (Fear), Ai (Love), E (Hate), Yu (Desire) correspond to the seven Po (corporeal souls) of the human body: Shi Gou (corpse dog), Fu Shi (hidden arrow), Que Yin (sparrow yin), Tun Zei (devour thief), Fei Du (non-poison), Chu Hui (eliminate filth), Chou Fei (foul lung).
One was Fu Shi, one of the seven Po, governing rage. The other was Chu Hui, governing hate.
No wonder he had seven Snow Mountains; they corresponded exactly to the seven Po. He hadn’t been sure before, but now it was confirmed.
That meant in the future, five more techniques would correspond to his other five emotions, raising the remaining five Snow Mountains. When that time came, it would be the moment to break through to the Haoran Realm.
Seven Snow Mountains! His master only had four. His sister seemed to have only six.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Damn, I’m awesome!
Thinking this, Su Mo’s expression suddenly turned peculiar.
The Nu (Rage) character formula corresponding to rage was easy to understand.
Skull-Shattering Palm corresponding to hate because he felt intense disgust when killing Shen Nanshu with it—that was also understandable.
What would the other five correspond to?
Xi (Joy): Laughing like an idiot while fighting to relieve mental stress?
Ai (Sorrow): Crying while fighting, fake compassion?
Ju (Fear): Shouting “Oh no, I’m so scared!” while fighting, top-tier taunting?
Ai (Love): Surely it can’t be kissing, hugging, lifting high, and then dropping them to their death when they’re off guard?
Yu (Desire): Su Mo’s pretty face flushed red. He suddenly remembered that day in the hotel, when he and Ye Qingyi were all bare, hugging together…
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