The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 350: Chapter 350 Taiyi Sword Alliance_1

SLICE!

As soon as Horse Groom Lv, the Demon Soul General, dove into the spatial rift, its unsteady edge cut him in half.

Just as Wei Ye and the others were feeling regretful, Shen Mo shook the Soul Refining Flag again, and a restored Horse Groom Lv stepped out from the bloody curtain.

No matter how many times the Demon Soul General ”died,” as long as the mark on the flag remained, he could be reassembled.

The only thing depleted was the Mana within Shen Mo’s body!

This time, Horse Groom Lv passed through the rift quite smoothly, losing only a foot to the fine fissures.

Most of his Soul Body barely managed to avoid the intersecting forces and got through.

The moment he crawled out from the other side of the altar, Shen Mo willed him to hide in the void.

Its Innate Divine Ability was entirely different from Clam Girl Ming Yu’s Skill; it didn’t open an independent space to hide within.

Instead, it concealed its figure and restrained its aura, a rather extraordinary stealth method!

Even so, the commotion at the altar still alarmed the powerful sword cultivator stationed outside. With a wave of his sleeve, a torrent of sword Qi flooded the altar exit.

Under Shen Mo’s full control, Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv pulled at the chaotic Demonic Qi, transforming a portion of it into a magic sword.

Its form was identical to the Demon Slaying Sword, which Shen Mo found most suitable.

Of course, a magic sword manifested from Demonic Qi was not as tough or sharp as a real sword, nor did it possess any special effects.

Shen Mo merely wanted to use this turbid Demonic Qi sword to execute his swordplay.

”Universal River Opening!” His voice was hoarse and grating, as if he hadn’t spoken for decades.

His vocal quality somewhat resembled Horse Groom Lv’s from when he was alive, but the intonation was identical to Shen Mo’s.

Sword Qi as powerful as a collapsing mountain splitting a river instantly destroyed the dense Sword Light bearing down on them, tearing open a huge gap.

Instantly, Horse Groom Lv, still in his concealed state, flitted out from the gap like a fleeting ghost.

Shen Mo’s swordplay was greatly limited when executed through Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv!

Firstly, he controlled the Demon Soul General through the Soul Refining Flag and thus had limited mastery over its turbid Demonic Qi.

Secondly, it lacked the enhancements of soul and body, Sword Intent, Skill, magic artifacts, and other advantages.

Consequently, the Universal Sword Qi unleashed by Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv was only about forty to fifty percent as powerful as when Shen Mo executed it himself.

Although it was sufficient to handle the sword Qi casually unleashed by the powerful cultivator before him, he would be no match in a direct confrontation!

After emerging from the altar, Shen Mo finally got a clear look at this formidable cultivator.

He appeared to be a middle-aged man of about forty. However, his true age far exceeded that, his advanced Realm preserving his youthful Appearance.

With sword-like eyebrows and star-bright eyes, he cut an impressive figure!

His hawk-like nose, however, lent him a somewhat cold and intimidating demeanor.

His cultivation had clearly reached the late-stage Spirit Sea Realm. He was proficient in Sword Path magic, and his entire being exuded the aura of an unsheathed, sharp sword to Shen Mo.

”What audacious miscreant dares to trespass upon the mountain gate of my Taiyi Sword Alliance!” the middle-aged cultivator shouted sharply.

Simultaneously, he retrieved five, five-colored command flags from his Universe Bag. Tossing them around, they transformed into a large Formation that instantly enveloped a ten-mile radius around the altar.

Then he continued, ”I do not know how you managed to infiltrate the hidden repository within our sect’s Sword Tomb!”

”But this place is paramount to the Sword Path inheritance of the Taiyi Sword Alliance. Our sect will not stand idly by. Shortly, experts proficient in transforming their bodies into potent energy forms will enter the Sword Tomb to search.”

”If you know what’s good for you, retreat now! Harbor no further thoughts of prying into our sect!”

The middle-aged cultivator had initially not wanted to waste words on the intruders.

But he was astonished to find that even with his five senses and divine sense, he could not detect the enemy’s location within the Formation. This prompted him to deliberately ”leak” important information, intending to lure the enemy into revealing themselves so he could slay them in one fell swoop.

At the edge of the Five-colored Flag Array, Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv stared coldly at the middle-aged cultivator, remaining silent.

「Inside the Sword Tomb Dungeon.」

Shen Mo’s expression was grave as he said to Wei Ye and the others, ”What that man said is likely not a bluff.”

”Originally, it was merely an altar where Sect Disciples offered remnant swords and comprehended sword intent. The experts of the Taiyi Sword Alliance wouldn’t have bothered to enter this place for a thorough investigation.”

”But after today’s events, they now know that someone can reach the core of their mountain gate directly through the Sword Tomb!”

”They absolutely will not...leave this vulnerability unaddressed.”

”Furthermore, this sect, named for the sword, is bound to have an abundance of magic and martial arts centered on body-sword unity, and they certainly won’t lack experts proficient in such methods.”

”We should leave the Sword Tomb to avoid being killed by the experts of the Taiyi Sword Alliance!”

As soon as he finished speaking, E Xun, the Sect Master of Lovebirds Valley, said with great reluctance, ”We finally found a passage to the Foreign Zone. To return empty-handed like this... how can we possibly accept such an outcome?”

Even if the other side wasn’t a Blessed Land teeming with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as long as humans inhabited it, this passage represented an immense fortune.

Vast quantities of cultivation methods, magic artifacts, ores, and spiritual medicines different from those in the Red Flame Country’s cultivation world...

If managed well, it could even serve as the foundation for the rise of a major sect!

Shen Mo ignored his complaints, replying calmly, ”No matter how great the benefits, one must be alive to claim them. Once dead, even a mountain of Spirit Stones would be useless to us.”

With that, he called out to Ming Yu, the Clam Girl, and started walking towards the magic altar from which they had come.

Both the inner and outer Formations required extreme sword Qi to activate.

If Shen Mo were to leave now, Wei Ye, E Xun, Shi Hongyi, and Gongsun Yan would be trapped to their deaths inside the Sword Tomb.

When the experts from the Taiyi Sword Alliance arrived, they would likely suffer a gruesome death, with not even their corpses left intact!

Therefore, however unwilling they were, they had no choice but to follow Shen Mo back to the magic altar.

Seeing their frustrated expressions, Shen Mo pondered for a moment before reassuring them, ”Don’t worry. I’ve already made contingency plans. If everything goes smoothly, we may still have a chance to reach the Foreign Zone.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Ye and the others grew animated, wanting to ask for details, but Shen Mo simply smiled and said no more.

The explanation, once revealed, was quite simple.

Shen Mo had placed a Jade Talisman on Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv.

Before Shen Mo advanced to the Spirit Sea Realm, his sect, fearing he might perish prematurely, had given him a puppet, a spiritual medicine, an inner armor, and three Jade Talismans.

The Scapegoat Puppet was still in his Universe Bag, ready to avert disaster for Shen Mo at any moment.

He had used the Nine Holes Stone Marrow on the very day he obtained it.

The Auspicious Snow inner armor, woven from spirit silk, had shielded him from lethal attacks several times and had been repaired on numerous occasions.

Only the Jade Talismans bestowed by Peak Master Zhou Shili had yet to be used.

Shen Mo himself had never imagined he would get the chance to enter the Jade Pool Dungeon and advance to the Spirit Sea Realm so rapidly.

With my current strength, I no longer fear middle-stage Spirit Sea Realm cultivators from major sects.

Even if a late-stage expert tries to kill me, I have some confidence in my ability to survive!

Although Peak Master Zhou Shili was a peak expert of the Spirit Sea Realm, if Shen Mo encountered a danger he couldn’t handle, even if the Peak Master came personally, it was unlikely he could save his life.

Not to mention whether Zhou Shili could even arrive in time.

Therefore, Shen Mo had not been stingy with the Jade Talismans. After summoning Demon Soul General Horse Groom Lv, he had given it one of them.

However, the first time it traversed the spatial rift, both its soul and the talisman were shattered by the power of the two realms.

The Jade Talisman that Horse Groom Lv currently carried was the second one.