World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  The black sea outside Great Peace had been restless starting when the Great Peace Treasure Pavilion had come out of the ground, and wailed like ghosts.

  Yet at this moment, the sea quieted.

  All of Great Peace City sank into a strange silence.

  Crack!

  A stone stele dropped from above the stone pillars and shattered when it hit the ground.

  This was … …

  Everyone had shocked expressions and a strong feeling, it was coming!

  Crack! Crack … …

  The stone steles continuously fell down.

  Following that was a string of cracks. Countless lines quickly spread across the thick black pillar.

  In a blink, the cracks covered all of the stone pillar.

  The suddenly changed shocked everyone. They unconsciously stopped fighting and looked at the stone pillar that was about to transform.

  Woosh!

  It was not a loud sound but it was like a signal. The stone pillar covered in cracks began crumbling apart. Fragments of various sizes came down like a rockslide.

  The people close by paled and hurriedly flew into the air to retreat.

  As they flew and looked back, their pupils contracted. They couldn't help but stop breathing.

  Oh, Heavens!

  Above that pile of rock, an enormous dragon claw that was hundreds of zhang large was floating in the air.

  The Anti Dragon Claw that was seeing the light of day again seemed unusually excited and the five digits lightly tensed.

  Boom!

  A vast vicious energy suddenly ripped into the surroundings like a violent tide!

  "Careful!"

  Zhu Ke and the other two disengaged from Lin Qian and appeared immediately in front of their respective princesses.

  Boom!

  Light lit up on the bodies of the three as they managed to stop the vicious energy that reached them. Every one of them had a serious expression. The guards around them were blown away by the violent wave of energy like dried grass in the wind.

  Lin Qian's expression was shocked as the Tai'a sword was braced in front of him. When the vicious energy swept past, the Tai'a sword hummed and shook violently!

  Qi Diao Yu, Chang Yuan Hao, and the others managed to withstand this vicious energy.

  But those that were weaker were wounded if they tried to resist.

  After the wave passed, it was completely silent and everyone had ashen faces. This item was so vicious it was shocking. Just its energy was so powerful. How terrifying would it be if it was used at full power?

  At this time, the ones that were still standing were either experts from Great Peace City or from the four major sects. But when these experts raised their heads to look at the enormous dragon claw, their minds wavered.

  "Anti Dragon Claw!"

  Someone shouted and everyone shook. Even Lin Qian couldn't help the expression of shock that appeared on his face. As the eldest disciple of Kun Lun, he naturally knew of this name.

  "Anti Dragon Claw … …" Zhu Ke's gaze became unfocused for a quick moment before he quickly recovered. However, the heat in his eyes could not be disguised.

  The other people also had burning gazes.

  Anti Dragon Claw, one of the ten great sky mo weapons!

  No wonder it was so powerful and vicious!

  Sky mo weapon, the strongest mo weapons. Every sky mo weapon was a legend. Of the ten great sky mo weapons, there were only three whose locations were known and the people who possessed them were the strongest in the mo realm.

  It was the mo weapon that everyone mo dreamed of!

  Wait!

  That was … …

  Everyone’s gazes focused and landed on the shadow cast by the lower half of the Anti Dragon Claw.

  It was Xiao Mo Ge that had just went underground!

  One of his hands was touching the Anti Dragon Claw. His eyes were closed as he silently floated in the air. Compared to the enormous size of the Anti Dragon Claw, Xiao Mo Ge was as small as an ant. Adding on that he was in the shadow of the Anti Dragon Claw, no one had initially noticed him.

  But when people noticed his existence, their expressions changed.

  He was … …

  Lin Qian's expression changed slightly. Even he had felt pressured by the power of that vicious energy but Xiao Mo Ge hadn't reacted at all.

  He was trying to claim the Anti Dragon Claw!

  When this thought flashed through Lin Qian's mind, the next thought was -stop him!

  He still did not remember who Xiao Mo Ge was but his intuition told him this was someone dangerous!

  Lin Qian's murderousness was burning but he did not act. He was searching for the stone stele of legend. He did not understand why he felt such strong murderousness towards Xiao Mo Ge but at this moment, the stone stele was more important!

  With the stone stele, Kun Lun would find the key to cultivating shen power!

  His gaze suddenly focused.

  There!

  In the pile of stones under the Anti Dragon Claw, there was a small section of a grey and nondescript stone stele showing.

  Without hesitation, Lin Qian shot at that stele like lightning.

  Also at this time, Zuo Mo's tightly closed eyes opened. That pair of indifferent and icy eyes reflected everything. He was like a god in the air coldly gazing down at the figure moving so fast it was near impossible to spot.

  Translator Ramblings: Take the stele or kill the person … … take the stele.

  Chapter 624: Attack!

  The other people present might not have spotted Lin Qian's charge, but Zhu Ke and the two others who had fought against him had been keeping an eye on him.

  They were extremely wary of Lin Qian!

  When Lin Qian moved, the three moved in tandem.

  Murderousness filled their minds. Previously, the situation had been unclear and they had other considerations. Now with the Anti Dragon Claw in the air, the mo skill stele below, the treasure pavilion reappearing, they had no other considerations. Their murderousness could not be suppressed!

  Midair, light flowed through the red and blue eyes. His long hair danced in the wind. Lin Qian knew that this was the time when victory was to be decided. He suddenly shouted, "Kun Lun!"

  "Kun Lun!"

  The sword xiu of Kun Lun responded. Almost at the same time, they threw their flying swords at Lin Qian.

  Light rose in the air as the swords flew across the sky.

  The seven flying swords had seven different sword essences. Cool and dim, or blinding and bright, or pressuring, or heavy, they were all from Kun Lun. While they were different, they were all passed over to Lin Qian at the same moment the three people moved, the seven sword lights flashed and had gathered in front of Lin Qian.

  At some time, Lin Qian had turned around and faced the three people. His expression was grave, his right eye cold as ice, his left burning as fire. The seven sword essences criss-crossed in front of him and formed a seven colored wheel.

  His upraised Tai'a sword tip was the center where the seven swords spun.

  A dot of light suddenly was emitted from the sword tip!

  "Kill!"

  A sound came from Lin Qian's tongue. The air in front of him seemed to be heavily impacted and exploded!

  The seven swords revolved in counter-clockwise direction like a flower blooming. The seven colored wheel of light expanded to about ten mu in size in a flash. It was like an enormous net that came crashing down on the trio.

  Inside the sword wheel, sword essence roiled like the enormous maw of a gaping beast about to consume the people.

  Zhu Ke's expression changed slightly as he shouted, "You want to die!"

  The middle-aged attendant's gaze was cold and she was clearly angry. Xia's right leg braced against the ground, the long spear raised as his presence increased continuously.

  Pew pew!

  Two water droplets shot through the chest of a Kun Lun sword xiu and created two blooms of blood. The pup
ils of this Kun Lun sword xiu suddenly expanded as he dropped down.

  Bam, he fell onto the ground like a block of wood. On the face covered by the billowing dust, a slightly difficult smile slowly froze.

  Qi Diao Yu's expression changed slightly. He had made a successful sneak attack but he had intended to disturb these Kun Lun sword xiu.

  That killing move was clearly a battle formation technique. It was powerful but it required a high level of teamwork. Qi Diao Yu had originally thought that when these sword xiu were threatened, they would recall their flying swords. But this Kun Lun sword xiu would die rather than call his flying sword!

  Kun Lun!

  For some reason, Qi Diao Yu felt a chill.

  ———

  Other people saw that in Zuo Mo's hand was on the Anti Dragon Claw but they didn't know that the Anti Dragon Claw was covered in invisible threads. Zuo Mo's hand was among these threads.

  In Zuo Mo's sea of consciousness.

  Pu dazedly murmured, "Three Thousand Threads of Worry … … there really are Three Thousand Threads of Worry in this world … …"

  When Wei heard Pu Yao's words, his body shook. Shock climbed onto his face. He exclaimed, "Three Thousand Threads of Worry!"

  Three Thousand Threads of Worry!

  Knowing the name of the threads wasn't of any help to Zuo Mo.

  The other ends of these threads had originally been tied to those skill steles but now that the stele forest was destroyed and the steles shattered, these thin threads lost their anchors and floated in the air.

  They floated in the air like sea grasses and rippled with the wind.

  No one noticed their existence except for Zuo Mo.

  The area that Zuo Mo had reached into was where the threads were thickest, and the central part of the threads.

  He was touching a small bead, no, more accurately, it was a clear ball of something like mist. If it wasn't that his vision was modified by his state, and his hand was directly touching it, he would not have noticed it.

  But in his gaze, he could see that it was a bead.

  All the slender threads extended from this bead.

  When Zuo Mo touched this bead, all the thin threads that floated in the air and wrapped around the Anti Dragon Claw suddenly froze.

  The Anti Dragon Claw that had been so vicious and pressuring also froze!

  That transparent ball of mist suddenly became burning hot like molten metal. If Zuo Mo was in his usual state, his first reaction would be to release his grip and throw away the object.

  But at this time, in an inhuman state, Zuo Mo was unaffected. It was as though what was being burned was not his hand. He looked coldly at the bead without any change.

  The feeling of burning increased. Even though Zuo Mo had superior strength from cultivating the Ten Crow Celestial Apparatus, he felt it was slightly burdensome now, and his hand started to tremble.

  In his vision, the threads floating and waving in the sky suddenly moved to wrap around him as though they encountered danger.

  The thin threads wrapped around the Anti Dragon Claw reflexively tightened. The Anti Dragon Claw started to tremble violently. The vicious Anti Dragon Claw didn't have any power to resist these thin threads.

  Facing the incoming threads, Zuo Mo did not dodge and reached out his left hand.

  The threads were unusually quick and tightly wrapped around Zuo Mo in a flash.

  Zuo Mo finally felt the suppression that the Anti Dragon Claw did. These threads were terrifyingly strong. Once he was tied, he felt as though he was unable to breathe. Even if his Ten Crow Celestial Apparatus mo physique was the third ranking mo physique in general level, it was as fragile as paper in front of such power.

  At this time, a light suddenly flashed across Zuo Mo's cold and emotionless eyes.

  He was an experienced hunter and had patiently waited for a chance. When the chance appeared in front of him, he did not hesitate.

  He suddenly acted!

  ———

  The death of his shidi did not affect Lin Qian at all. But in the depths of his icy right eye, an emotion that was hard to describe flashed and disappeared. His movements did not pause at all. As the sword wheel moved towards the three that were the greatest threat to him, he had already turned around.

  Like a large bird spreading its wings, he charged at the stone stele.

  The area in front of him was flat and without any obstructions.

  In the sky, the Anti Dragon Claw violently trembled. Xiao Mo Ge seemed to be taming it. Lin Qian forced his murderousness down and still aimed for the stone stele.

  With Xiao Mo Ge's present strength, it was akin to death to seek to tame the Anti Dragon Claw. It would be impossible to subdue such a vicious object without being marshal level or having a special method. This was not something that could be solved by talent. Treasures like sky mo weapons had to go through tribulations to form. There were too many chance occurrences required to tame it!

  Lin Qian didn't have any thoughts of taming the Anti Dragon Claw.

  As to the third treasure of the Great Peace Treasure Pavilion in legend, he was curious but it was just curiosity. Up until now, he still hadn't seen it.

  However, even if he saw it, he would not act even if it was tempting.

  He only had one goal. The mo skill stele.

  He was extremely quick. At this time, there were no other people in his field of view. Even with his composure, his heart couldn't help but beat faster. If he could obtain the Great Peace Mo Skill Stele, he had absolute confidence no one could take it from him!

  Even if he was the only one left, he had the confidence he could take the stone stele and kill his way back to Kun Lun!

  Closer!

  Almost in his hand!

  Just as a hint of irrepressible joy flashed through Lin Qian's eyes, a figure suddenly shot out of the stone debris.

  Lin Qian's pupils contracted!

  His reaction was rapid. The Tai'a sword in his right hand stabbed at the figure!

  A blinding spark lit up on the sword tip of the Tai'a sword!

  ———

  A Wen was covered in dust as he climbed out of the rubble. When the maze had suddenly collapsed, they had almost been buried alive. However, they reacted quickly. The moment the maze collapsed, they had cast yao arts to protect themselves.

  Otherwise, with the yao's relatively weak bodies, they would have turned to meat paste.

  At this time, the benefits of cultivating a mo physique like A Wen did was clear. He fought his way out of the pile of stones relying just on his strong body.

  However, the moment he came out and without knowing the situation, a terrifying sword essence locked onto him!

  His expression immediately turned pale!

  The sword essence was so strong it was almost unimaginable. His soul almost left his body.

  But the harsh training of Guard Camp showed their results. His mind was completely blank but his body instinctively reacted.

  The armored plumes on his body vibrated in unison as his mo skill was channeled to its maximum. The mo spear in his hand, he instinctively took a step forward, and a text-book stab was completed like lightning.

  Without any thinking, he breathed and shouted, "Kill!"

  At the tip of the mo spear, a thick black spear energy flashed and shot out of the void just in front of the Tai'a sword!

  Under the pile of stone debris, a purple arrow light suddenly flew out. It drew out a rule-straight streak of light in the air and aimed at Lin Qian. It was Nan Yue's [South Sky Arrow Art]!

  A layer of faint green-grey mist that rippled strangely spread towards Lin Qian's feet in a blink. Cang Ze's [Grey Scar Art]!

  Both the purple energy and the green-grey mist had a watery tinge that was hard to see with the eye. Ming Jue Zi's [Water Wood Light Art]!

  The ground under Lin Qian's feet suddenly crumbled. A strange field suddenly surrounded him. It was like an invisible rope that caught him!

  "Haha! A man t
hat can lasso a horse is strong and masculine!" The orange-haired yao's heartless laugh came from the pile of stones.

  The black smoke yao did not attack but leapt straight for the stone stele. He knew that he was the weakest but he was extremely smart. He immediately found the best way to disrupt the other's thoughts.

  Everyone had been working together for a long time and had built up their teamwork. In this attack, their cooperation and timing had been perfect. And this was the first fight after their power had increased. Every attack contained all of their strength. It was definitely their strongest ever attack!

  The killing intent filled the air!

  Translator Ramblings: It's funny how one can be having a good day until something happens and it ruins the day completely.

  Chapter 625: Assimilation

  Surprise flickered across Lin Qian's mind.

  He was not threatened by the power of these attacks but what he was surprised at was that the mo skills and yao arts these people cultivated were not normal!

  It was just because they were not strong enough yet to express the power of their mo skills and yao arts that he was able to deal with them.

  Who were these people?

  Lin Qian was slightly shocked but with the stone stele within reach, he did not plan on wasting time on these questions.

  The Tai'a sword did not waver as it stabbed forward!

  The spear energy, the purple arrow energy, the green-grey ripples, they all seemed to sink into a bog and suddenly slowed down.

  The Tai'a sword also shook once.

  Pia!

  The lights shattered. A Wen and the others were sent flying as though they were hit with hammers!

  Lin Qian's body wavered slightly.

  His expression changed slightly. When the Tai'a sword had come into contact with the energies, he found that there was a layer of a faint and strange power covering them. Even so, he had the power to defeat them but he hadn't expected that the restraining power that came from under him was acting one wave after another, in the form of three waves!