Third Floor Room.
The moment the Heavenly Demon Illusion was shattered, Li Mo snapped back to reality.
He was awake, but still felt lethargic, as if his spirit and mind were weighed down, making it hard to bear.
Across from him, Yin Mianmian looked equally shaken.
“Heh… that weird Consciousness Soul of yours won’t be much use now.”
Yin Mianmian’s face was slightly pale.
With a casual flick of her wrist, she sent a palm attack that seemed almost gentle, yet it was silent and swift, like an invisible force coming at him.
This move looked soft and powerless, but in reality, it sealed off all possible escape routes for Li Mo.
The Illusory Web Hand.
This secret technique was evidently on par with the peak levels of mastery!
Her figure was like a ghost, darting too swiftly to be perceived.
A genius ranked outside the top ten on the Qianlong List would likely find it hard to withstand such a peculiar palm strike.
Li Mo’s mind settled into calmness. As he grasped his hammer, the seven mysterious pills within his Dantian began to spin violently.
Instead of retreating, he charged forward.
The Star Hammer was raised.
Among the world’s seeds, the seven shining stars erupted with brilliance!
The small hammer, brimming with unmatched ferocity, contained the might to cleave heaven and earth, as if the very sky itself were about to collapse.
Boom—
The violent energy was savage, yet incredibly focused, not leaking a single bit.
This was due to Li Mo’s control of the hammer technique reaching an unparalleled level, not wasting a bit of power.
Yin Mianmian’s eyes widened suddenly.
Her form was like leaves swirling in a tempest.
Crackle—
A Heavenly Demon illusion exploded into black smoke around her, followed closely by two, three, four successive phantoms bursting apart, dissipating like fleeting dreams.
The Raksha Shadow.
This was the first move in a divine-level technique.
It was also why she could survive under this hammer strike.
This was also the reason she could hold her own against external opponents for a moment, while the internal realm posed no threat to her.
“There’s no easy pick in the top ten of the Qianlong List…”
“Even if my Consciousness Soul had some influence over her…”
Li Mo contemplated how many more strikes he could unleash while gripping the hammer.
“The three openings of Guan Shen would force me to go all out.”
“Outside the top ten on the Qianlong List, you’re the first.”
At last, she unleashed her aura of Guan Shen at the ninth level, with no effort to conceal the presence within the room.
Her figure seemed boneless, twisting and flowing with a long ribbon, as if she intended to wrap Little Li up like a zongzi and take him away.
In an instant, Li Mo operated the Ultimate Weapon Body.
Snap—
A refreshing breeze wafted in, blowing the door open.
….
Just a moment ago.
Tang Xiaobao had just finished his lovely bath.
He was carrying a bucket of bathwater, ready to go up to the third floor when he suddenly halted.
At the door stood a familiar figure.
“Icy Junior Sister?”
Tang Xiaobao’s eyes widened, bewildered.
How did another Icy Junior Sister show up?
He then saw Tian Shuang unsheathe, a flash of sword light erupting brilliantly.
Like a celestial figure flying from the moon, it was inescapable as it shot into the sky in an instant.
Rip—
The long ribbon filling the room was pierced by the sword light, unable to hold back at all.
This was an unavoidable strike.
Ding—
Sparks flew.
It was the sound of a dagger colliding with Tian Shuang.
Yin Mianmian twisted unnaturally, suddenly exploding backward, crashing through a window.
“Li Mo… I’ll be back for you…”
Her voice drifted like a whisper from the underworld.
With a few flickers, she melted into the night.
“I think she’s better suited to be a flying thief,” Li Mo mused, showing little disappointment.
Just now, he had already tussled with one of the strongest geniuses in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
To put it bluntly, if both sides put aside any limitations or concerns, even with the world’s power in his hands, he wouldn’t have been able to take her down.
In a head-to-head clash, she dominated with speed.
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At that moment, he heard the sound of a sword being sheathed beside him.
Li Mo turned to see Ying Bing, her dress clinging to her due to the moisture, her hair sticking to her fair neck, and her breath slightly disheveled in the night breeze.
“Weren’t you off to battle?”
“Mm.”
Ying Bing immediately realized something was off at Yuhua Lake.
It wasn’t a single-person showdown. It felt more like someone aiming to buy time against her.
Once she caught on to the Misty Rain Tower’s tricks from her opponent, the alarm bell rang in her mind.
“How did you get here so fast?”
Li Mo asked, puzzled.
Ying Bing’s gaze fell on the two dumplings on the floor, then shot a glance at him.
“I didn’t hold back.”
What could possibly require her to come running?
There was only one possibility.
Yin Mianmian’s Heavenly Demon Illusion was best at deception, something she had once experienced firsthand.
On her way here, her emotions had been in turmoil, her normally calm mind bursting with all sorts of strange thoughts.
Facing an opponent ranked among the top of the Qianlong List, she currently did not have full confidence in winning one-on-one.
By the time she arrived, would Li Mo already not be here?
Or… would she just see his cold dead body waiting for her?
The more she thought, the heavier the weight on her heart became.
For the first time, she tasted the flavor of anxiety.
Now, seeing the young man standing before her unscathed, she felt like she had solid ground beneath her feet after floating in the clouds…
“… I didn’t hold back.”
Li Mo could probably guess the aftermath for those who faced off against her.
But in a bout, the Ice Chunk definitely wouldn’t be so careless as to completely disregard being dampened by moisture…
“Why did Yin Mianmian say she’d come looking for you just now?”
Ying Bing’s gaze was steady as she looked over.
Li Mo recounted the earlier events: “She disguised herself as you. I thought it was really you at first, but then I realized…”
He summarized what had just transpired.
“How did you figure it out?”
Ying Bing appeared a bit puzzled.
“….”
Li Mo hadn’t used the Divine Eye of Destiny just then.
He had noticed something was off even before the system prompt.
He thought for a moment and replied, “She just looks like you, but in the end, she isn’t you.”
Ying Bing’s eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Her already unsettled aura seemed… even more chaotic now?
Looking at the young man’s earnest expression, it seemed a seed planted long ago within her firm ice had, without her noticing, begun to sprout a tender sh**t, finding a gap to push through…
“Thanks for your hard work.”
“Let’s sit down first.”
Li Mo suddenly turned serious.
He realized not only was the Ice Chunk’s aura chaotic, but her ears were also red and her heartbeat slightly accelerated.
Well, she hadn’t just sent those assassins, including top geniuses from the Qianlong List, to meet the King of Hell; she had also battled with Yin Mianmian and couldn’t possibly act as if nothing had happened.
Ying Bing looked up in confusion.
She sat down in the one intact massage chair.
Sensing Li Mo’s gaze sweeping over her, Ying Bing crossed her legs and put her arms in front of her chest, her expression rapidly cooling.
“What… are you doing?”
“Looking for acupoints.”
“Mm?”
“Yep, the newly developed massage martial arts, meant for giving to clients. Congratulations, you’ve earned the privilege of an early experience.”
“I don’t need that…”
“Trying it won’t cost you anything. You helped me scrub a bath last time, after all.”
Li Mo mused that this could be considered an investment.
….
Outside the corner of the VIP room.
“I shouldn’t have come!”
“I thought this kid might be in trouble so I came to check, and I get this?”
“Let’s go, let’s go. Ugh, I won’t sleep tonight.”
Three elders from the Qingyuan Sect cursed as they went off to handle their own business.
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P.S.: First update, then revise. Please point out any typos you find, dear audience.
The heavens need to take some time to exercise; I’ve been feeling kind of hollow lately, orz.
Sending blessings for a power surge, mwah~
