Chapter 582 - 579: Mo Qi Erupts (Part 2)
When the crowd of onlookers saw Mo Qi admit to killing Gu Zetao in the tavern, they were instantly aghast.
Hadn’t it been agreed that no form of conflict was allowed within the tavern’s premises?
And hadn’t Mo Qi himself been the one to state that rule? Now he was the first to break it. What was going on?
The implications were terrifying!
With the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range presiding and an Array in place, if the rule forbidding conflict was just empty words, didn’t that mean Mo Qi could kill whomever he pleased?
How could their safety be guaranteed?!
The crowd erupted in an uproar.
Peng Wen and the others, who had begun to doubt Mo Qi was the murderer, now stared at him with renewed hostility. Dozens of Immortals joined forces to form a blockade, sealing the entire tavern and leaving him no chance to escape.
Xiao Zhang was also stunned. ’What the hell? Did Master really kill someone?!’
It wasn’t that he thought any less of Mo Qi for it. He just felt it was rather inconsiderate of his master to not include him in something as fun as killing someone.
"I have activated the Demon Sect Summoning Order! Stall for time, no matter the cost! Even if you have to die, you absolutely must not let Master suffer even the slightest harm!" Xiao Zhang gave the Demon Sect members present a do-or-die command.
’Once the Demon Sect’s main army arrives, all our problems will be solved.’
"Don’t worry," he added. "I won’t treat you unfairly afterward. Your ’private customization’ fees? I’ll cover all of them!"
With this combination of a threat and a reward, the eyes of the Demon Sect members present lit up.
The "private customization" fees were exorbitant; not everyone could afford them. Even for those who could, the cost would nearly bankrupt them.
So, after receiving Xiao Zhang’s guarantee, the fighting spirit of the Demon Sect members surged, and they were itching to charge into the fray.
"You vile brat, Mo Qi! Your evil deeds are numerous, angering both men and gods! Today, we shall enact justice on behalf of the heavens and seek vengeance for the souls you have wrongfully slain!" Gu Weitian declared, his voice filled with an infectious, sorrowful fury.
"I must admit, you are the most exceptional young man I have ever seen, bar none," Qin Hai announced loudly. "Unfortunately, you have walked a path of no return. Surrender without a fight, and perhaps we can grant you a quick death!"
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and no one knew what he was truly thinking.
"Kill him! Kill this Demon!"
"I knew there was a reason the Demon Sect was on good terms with him. Turns out they’re all cut from the same cloth. Hmph. Good thing I haven’t gone for that ’private customization’ yet, or I might have died for nothing."
"We must eliminate this menace before he grows any stronger!"
"That’s right! If he’s allowed to advance to the Immortal level, with those unfathomable methods of his, who knows how many more people will die!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Spurred on by the deliberate instigation of Gu Weitian and his cohorts, the onlookers erupted in a clamor of discussion and soon joined the crusade against Mo Qi.
For a moment, cries to kill him thundered like a storm, shaking the very ground.
CLAP, CLAP, CLAP!
The crisp sound of clapping rang out, its strange rhythm instantly shattering the somber, tragic atmosphere Gu Weitian and the others had so carefully crafted.
At that moment, the applause was exceptionally jarring.
The scene fell silent at once.
"Mo Qi, you have the gall to clap?" Gu Weitian glared at him.
Mo Qi smiled. "Gu Weitian, Qin Hai, He Jincheng, and you, Feng Gong. Do you really find this amusing? To be honest, I look down on all of you."
"You clearly want to kill me, and you clearly think you have a one-hundred-percent chance of succeeding. Yet you don’t dare to make a move. You just stand here barking like dogs, trying to get these other idiots to attack first."
Their careful scheme exposed in a single sentence, the expressions on Gu Weitian and the others immediately soured.
They truly didn’t dare to be the first to attack Mo Qi.
No one could guarantee that he didn’t have a close relationship with the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range.
So they were waiting—waiting for some reckless fool who would dare to be the first to strike.
That way, even if the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range came looking for retribution, they could just push that fool forward as a scapegoat and let Elder Ku Mu kill him to vent his anger.
"Hahaha!" Mo Qi threw his head back and laughed. He raised a hand to stop the Demon Sect members, then walked forward to face the experts of the North District alone.
"You think you’ve got me cornered?" Mo Qi’s gaze swept over the Immortals one by one. "A bunch of brainless idiots. I can’t even be bothered to explain."
"Gu Weitian, Qin Hai, He Jincheng, Feng Gong. I know the four of you are behind all this. You think victory is in your grasp. That’s fine. I’ll lay it on the line for you today: release Gu Peng, and I’ll give you a quick death!"
It wasn’t just Gu Weitian and the others who were stunned; even Xiao Zhang’s eyes went wide as he stared blankly at Mo Qi.
’Oh, Master, what in the world are you planning?’
’The Master of the Doomed Mountain Range isn’t here! Without the restrictions on Cultivation, your Arrays are useless!’
Gu Weitian and the other three quickly recovered and were delighted.
"Did I hear that right? The kid said he’s going to give *us* a quick death? Hahaha!"
Mo Qi grinned, revealing his signature foolish-looking smile.
"It seems you’re unwilling to release Gu Peng. In that case, I’ll just have to come get him myself."
As his voice fell, Mo Qi took a step forward. The aura around him erupted like a volcano, soaring uncontrollably. In the blink of an eye, it leaped across several vast chasms of power, skyrocketing from the Vajra Realm to the Immortal Level.
Infused with providence, the Power of the Dragon Vein gave him the qualifications to challenge an Immortal.
However, to ensure a safe landing when he’d entered the Void Gate, Mo Qi had nearly exhausted all his Power of the Dragon Vein.
Now, the remaining Power of the Dragon Vein could only sustain him for three attacks.
Fortunately, things were different now. In the past, even when wielding the Power of the Dragon Vein, Mo Qi could only fight an ordinary Immortal to a draw.
But now, with his newfound comprehension of the Space Law and Time Law, even Mo Qi himself couldn’t predict the might he could unleash while in this Immortal-like state. One thing was certain, however: this was going to be an absolutely one-sided battle!
With a single thought from Mo Qi, the spatial blockade jointly erected by dozens of Immortals shattered as if it were made of paper.
RUMBLE!
CRACK!
The sky fractured like a shattered mirror, countless terrifying cracks spreading across it.
Berserk Power of Space howled forth from the fissures. The sunlight vanished, plunging the world into darkness.
He activated Spatial Blade!
In the past, Mo Qi’s Cultivation had been insufficient. He could only manage a crude form of Space Folding to create the most basic kind of Spatial Blade, which had been mediocre in power.
But now, combining the shattered spatial fissures with a Space Storm, he unleashed a true Spatial Blade!
Space is omnipresent. Therefore, wherever Mo Qi’s thoughts reached, so too did the Spatial Blade.
SHING SHING SHING!
Before Gu Weitian and the other three could even react, they all felt a sudden chill in their limbs, and then their bodies began to fall uncontrollably.
Only when they crashed to the ground did they realize that, at some unknown moment, their arms and legs had been severed at the base.
"No! What in the world is happening?!"
The four men’s faces contorted in horror, as if they had seen a ghost.
But they were veteran Immortals, after all. Despite their shock and confusion, they still summoned their Defensive Immortal Artifacts with the utmost speed, using their Divine Sense to access their Storage Spaces and retrieve Immortal Pills to swallow.