Chapter 161: No Escape
Afterwards, Granny Qu distributed this bottle of detoxification elixir among everyone. There were quite a few pills in the bottle, well over thirty. After each person received one, about ten were left over.
Granny Qu did not keep the remaining detoxification elixir for herself, but gave it back to the original holder. She lightly said, "Don't worry, we won't waste your elixir for nothing. Once this is over and we return to the Vermilion Bird Association, I'll personally ensure you're compensated."
Having two-thirds of the detoxification pill bottle taken away was honestly quite painful for the man. After all, the ingredients required to refine these elixir pills were extremely expensive. Even a master at the Golden Stone Realm wouldn't be frivolous enough to give these away freely.
Therefore, after hearing Granny Qu's promise, the man in his forties looked grateful. "Thank you, Granny!"
"We're all here for the same reason. If the group from the Azure Dragon Hall dies, our chance will come!" Granny Qu looked at everyone and said, "So we must stay united now! If anyone dares to scheme against their own, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Don't worry, Granny, we all understand what's important!"
"Yes, Granny, rest assured, we will definitely put the overall situation first!"
With the detoxification elixir in hand, these people felt at ease. All their faces showed smiles of victory.
Under Granny Qu's leadership, the group began to fly across the valley.
A distance of seven to eight miles wasn't much for masters at the Golden Stone Realm. The journey was almost instantaneous.
When Granny Qu led the group to Chu Mo's side, they were all taken aback because only then did they see two decapitated bodies that they hadn't noticed before.
Someone recognized the identities of the bodies and couldn't help but exclaim on the spot, "These two...should be Guo Xing from the Golden Saber Sect and Wan Zhi from the Fire Sect. Both of them were powerful fighters at the peak of the Golden Stone Realm!"
"That was in the past. Their current realms were infinitely close to the Understanding Heart Realm, so they could practically be considered as stepping into that realm. Yet their heads were severed... They died here!" An uncertain voice left everyone staring at Chu Mo standing there.
Granny Qu felt slightly embarrassed. After all, she just confidently claimed that there was no one else here. But seeing the headless bodies was like receiving a slap in the face. She could not believe that the unarmed youngster in front of her could behead two peak Golden Stone Realm masters.
Granny Qu glared at Chu Mo, coldly questioning, "Brat, who killed them?"
"Old hag, are you speaking to me?" Chu Mo shot back.
"You damn brat, you're asking for death!" The old woman flew into a rage.
Chu Mo sneered, "Old hag, why don't you come and kill me?"
"You think I won't?" The old woman's figure flickered, the pressure of the Understanding Heart Realm burst forth like a towering mountain, pressing down on Chu Mo.
Granny Qu was enraged. This teenager, who could have been her grandson, had the audacity to curse her to her face. How many years has it been since someone dared to do that?
She had yet to wonder how this boy could act so brazen in front of a group of powerful practitioners without showing the slightest fear.
Raising her hand to slap Chu Mo, Granny Qu said "You impudent child, I will teach you some manners!"
Buzzing noise replicated the sound of slap!
Granny Qu used thirty percent of her strength for this slap, fearing that she might smack Chu Mo to death.
If the Piaomiao Palace's legacy was lost, she wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility.
However, as she got close to Chu Mo, severe pain suddenly shot through her elixir field.
"Ah!" Granny Qu let out a scream of pain, her body involuntarily falling to the ground. Her eyes were filled with absolute fear. "Sire… have mercy!"
From this, one could say that Granny Qu was much smarter than the Elders of the Azure Dragon Hall. She didn't even ask who her attacker was. She instantly knew that whoever was able to silently and effortlessly lock her elixir field and suppress her realm, had to be far stronger than her.
A terrifyingly unfathomable existence!
She finally understood the cause of death of these Iron Bone experts in the Azure Dragon Hall. Hence, without any consideration, she immediately pleaded for mercy.
Unfortunately, the one she was pleading to was the Demon Lord!
The Demon Lord who was once hunted down by countless people!
Now, seeing thousands of people chasing his apprentice, even if Chu Mo was compassionate, his heart as the Demon Lord... would not waver at all!
Chu Mo sneered, "Old crone, get lost!"
With that, he struck her with a punch!
Well, it wasn't just any punch this time, it was the Man Fist!
Thump!
Chu Mo's punch landed heavily on the old woman's face.
She was sent flying, screaming pitifully, and crashed heavily into a brown rock in the distance.
The powerful physical body of an Understanding Heart Realm expert shattered the rock on impact, sending fragments flying.
At the same time, the violent collision broke countless bones and she fainted on the spot.
It wasn't that Chu Mo was much more powerful than the old woman, it was just that she hadn't expected her strength to be sealed off in an instant. In her panic, she couldn't even defend herself, let alone strike back!
Among this group of people, the strongest Understanding Heart Realm expert was sent flying by Chu Mo in just one move!
Then, without waiting for people's reactions, Chu Mo charged directly towards the group.
This time, the Demon Lord didn't say a word, instead sealing off everyone's elixir fields. The formidable fellows of the Vermilion Bird Association got degraded from Iron Bone experts to normal warriors in an instant.
This sudden change caught them off guard. In a blink of an eye, five or six people were hit by Chu Mo's heavy fist, sent flying.
Two unlucky ones were blasted off the mountain valley. It was at least a thousand feet deep. To fall down there was to be smashed to pieces, with not even a corpse left.
By the time the others reacted with a start, out of the twenty-something people team, more than a dozen had already been crippled.
The remaining people were struck with endless horror, shouting in panic.
"What's going on? My realm... why did it suddenly drop to the Iron Bone Realm?"
"My realm dropped to the Primordial Pass..." This one was even more unfortunate because when the Demon Lord acted this time, he did so casually, and didn't bother to seal each one individually.
As a result, the warriors who had just stepped into the Iron Bone Realm suffered the same fate as those at their peak. They were directly demoted to the Primordial Pass.
For Chu Mo, a Primordial Pass warrior didn't even warrant attention.
With one Man Fist, he sent his opponent flying, before turning to confront the others.
"Run!" Finally, someone realized what was going on. This place was too bizarre and the young man was monstrous, possessing terrifying combat power with nothing but his empty hands. If they stayed here, they would either end up dead or crippled, and there would be absolutely nothing to gain!
What terrified them to the point of trembling was they couldn't escape. Aside from the cliff side of the valley, all other directions were mysteriously sealed off!
It was as if an invisible barrier had trapped them all here! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it and support us. Your support is our biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)