Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

At this moment, a young man slowly walked out into the courtyard, slightly frowning, ”Why aren’t you training properly? What do you want with me?”

This young man was none other than the prominent figure among the newcomers, Hong Ling.

Hong Tao and Gu Zhu, upon seeing Hong Ling come out, immediately walked toward him and cupped their hands, ”Young Master Ling.”

”Brother, I came to tell you something...” Hong Tao bit his lip, hesitating.

”What is it?” Hong Ling furrowed his brow, his face ashen. Ever since losing his first-place spot in the Prison Realm to Lin Mo a few days ago, Hong Ling had been in seclusion, deeply unhappy.

Lin Mo had only outscored him by one point. Not only did Lin Mo snatch away his first-place standing, but he also lost tens of thousands of points in bonuses. How could Hong Ling be in a good mood?

”Brother, when Lin Mo took your first place in the Prison Realm, it’s actually because...” Hong Tao paused.

Hearing this, Hong Ling’s face darkened even further, snorting, ”Are you trying to provoke me by bringing up this duck that’s flown away?”

”No, actually, Lin Mo took our points in the Prison Realm. If it weren’t for that, how would he have gotten so many points?” Hong Tao said, clenching his fist tightly.

”What did you say?”

Hong Ling listened, his face turning icy, looking at Hong Tao with gritted teeth. He hadn’t expected that it was Hong Tao and Gu Zhu’s points that Lin Mo had seized; otherwise, first place should have been his. ”We didn’t have a choice. Gu Zhu and I had bribed a disciple in the Prison Realm to teleport us together so we could seize points from other disciples. Who knew we’d run into Lin Mo? We intended to rob him thoroughly, too, but we underestimated his strength,” Hong Tao paused again, clearly indicating both were defeated by Lin Mo.

”Hmph!”

Hong Ling snorted heavily, but his frustration eased considerably. If Lin Mo’s points were really plundered, then it indicated the opponent’s strength was certainly not above his own.

”Brother, next time, that kid won’t be so lucky. You’re bound to take first place,” Hong Tao quickly said.

This time, Hong Ling losing the first place in the Prison Realm was considered by Hong Tao to be related to his and Gu Zhu’s points being plundered, but neither realized that even without plundering, Lin Mo could easily surpass Hong Ling.

After all, Lin Mo had dual souls and avatars in the Prison Realm, tricks akin to ’cheating.’

”Next time? Hmph, many of the older Outer Disciples will participate. Taking first place again won’t be easy,” Hong Ling snorted coldly. Initially, to give the new Outer Disciples the first month, the Seven Sects ruled that older disciples couldn’t join the Prison Realm points competition for the first month. But now that the month has passed, winning over those older disciples and getting first place has clearly become a lot harder.

Hong Tao said, ”Brother, I heard that a few days ago, Lin Mo went to the ’Cultivation Technique Pavilion’ and seemed to have offended Yuan Qing, also beating up Yuan Qing’s two followers. This guy loves to show off since coming to the Mystic Realm Sect. Brother, you need to teach him a lesson.” ”Oh, this brat is arrogant, causing trouble everywhere. Sooner or later, I’ll have him on his knees begging for mercy. As per custom, there’s a competition for new disciples six months after joining. If you perform excellently, there’s a chance to enter the Inner Sect directly. By then... I’ll make him kneel before me,” Hong Ling said, clenching his fist tightly, the joints cracking, eyes flashing with two sharp, cold lights. In the following month, Lin Mo entered the Prison Realm twice but didn’t achieve a first-place result. The reason was that Lin Mo was constantly honing his control over True Yuan in the Prison Realm, greatly slowing his rate of hunting beasts.

Later, he trained in the Transformation Pond, feeling pleasantly surprised as using the Ice Cloud Netherworld Record to absorb the cold from the pond allowed the power of three stars to completely transform into ’Ice Grains,’ constantly emitting cold energy to nourish True Yuan and the body.

”Condense!”

In the courtyard, Lin Mo stood by an ancient tree, the power of stars in his Dantian moving according to the first diagram of the ’Ancient Control Technique’, whereupon he extended his palm, gathering a cluster of True Yuan exuding threads of cold energy in his palm.

”Finally succeeded.”

Seeing that cluster of cold energy hadn’t dissipated, Lin Mo finally revealed a smile. It had taken an entire month to meet the requirements of the first diagram of the ’Ancient Control Technique.’ This wasn’t an improvement visible in cultivation level, but the more exquisite control over True Yuan would benefit the use of martial arts and practical combat immensely, though such advantages are seen only in battle.

It was like a person running with sandbags tied to their legs. The day they removed those sandbags, they would notice the difference.

Bang!

Lin Mo struck the ancient tree beside him with a palm, causing it to tremble violently, leaves rustling down, and the entire trunk surface instantly forming a thin layer of frost.

”Young master.”

At this time, a graceful figure walked into the courtyard, a green robe exuding a touch of elegant temperament, with a heart-stirringly beautiful face.

”Oh, you’re here.” Lin Mo smiled, then withdrew his palm, smiling at her.

Qing Su said, ”Young master, are you practicing again?”

”Yes, Qing Su, do you have any matters?”

Since last time when Lin Mo had Gu Sa leave Qing Su with twenty thousand Inner Core Points, this girl had grown quite close to Lin Mo, often running to the courtyard to find him.

”I just returned from Brother Gu, he said there’s good news for you.” Qing Su wrinkled her cute nose, nodding as she spoke softly.

”Gu Sa?”

Lin Mo squinted slightly. He knew Gu Sa was a downright ’shrewd merchant.’ Having experienced it himself, Gu Sa purchased his points at a price of two top-grade spiritual stones per point but sold them for 10 spirit stones per point. However, Lin Mo understood that to do this kind of flipping business in the Mystic Realm Sect, networking and connections were indispensable. Thus, Lin Mo didn’t fuss about it, and crucially, Gu Sa was efficient, saving Lin Mo plenty of trouble. At least each time those Primordial Fire Pills were prepared in advance by Gu Sa.

Without this, he couldn’t have transformed the power of three stars into ’Ice Grains’ in just one month.

”I wonder what Gu Sa wants with me. Last time, I asked him to get me some weapons, but he kept procrastinating...”

Lin Mo muttered to himself, then said a few words to Qing Su, transforming into a Flowing Light as he flew toward the ’Prison Realm Giant Egg.’

Moments later, inside the Prison Realm Giant Egg, Lin Mo navigated familiar terrain and arrived at Gu Sa’s shop. ”Hehe, Lin Shao, you’re here.” Gu Sa, seeing Lin Mo enter, rubbed his hands, his mouse-like, bright eyes sparkling with crafty light.