Chapter 244: Breaking the Seal
THUD!
As Su Mo grabbed the short elder by the neck and lifted him up, the man’s face went white with terror. "You... What are you doing?" he stammered.
He never imagined Su Mo’s power would be so terrifying. He didn’t even have a chance to escape.
"It’s rude not to return a favor!"
Su Mo picked up a stone. "You hammered me a moment ago, so now I’m going to hammer you. That makes things fair."
"Brat, stop right now!"
The short elder screamed in terror.
He wasn’t a Body Refining Martial Artist and lacked a powerful physique. If that stone hit him in the forehead, his skull would surely be smashed open on the spot.
However, Su Mo didn’t stop.
SMASH!
The stone slammed into the short elder’s forehead, and blood instantly splattered everywhere.
The short elder’s head burst open.
Hiss...
The hulking middle-aged man and the hunchbacked youth gasped, scared witless by the sight.
The short elder had been the strongest among them.
Gone, in a single blow.
Just then, the old woman who had fainted slowly opened her eyes, just in time to see the short elder’s head get smashed open.
She instantly fainted from fright again.
Su Mo looked toward the hulking man and the others, his voice cold. "You injured my servant. Now, it’s your turn to be injured."
BOOM!
Su Mo threw a punch, and the entire Bloody Mountain Range began to tremble.
At the foot of the mountain...
Several figures were hurrying past.
A middle-aged man in brocade robes urged them on. "Everyone, the Bloody Mountain Range is right ahead. Once we cross it, we’ll reach the Ancient Temple in the Demon Venerable’s Burial Mansion."
"I heard there’s a Blood Demon Evil Demon inside the Bloody Mountain Range."
"I’ve heard that too."
"They say that Blood Demon Evil Demon is incredibly powerful and can easily kill masters at the Martial King Great Perfection Realm. Are we sure it’s okay to pass through its territory?"
A discussion broke out among the group.
The brocade-robed man chuckled. "That Blood Demon Evil Demon is indeed powerful, but as long as we don’t provoke it, it probably won’t bother us. Besides, it’s not as if we’d necessarily be afraid of it."
Just then...
BOOM!
A colossal roar erupted from the Bloody Mountain Range.
Everyone looked up in unison to see a gigantic fist emerge from within the mountains, shooting straight up into the sky.
It had punched straight through the entire Bloody Mountain Range.
Hiss...
Everyone gasped, then fled in a blind panic.
They didn’t stop until much later.
"That was too close!"
The brocade-robed man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked, his heart still pounding, "Did any of you get a clear look at that flash of light?"
"It looked like a fist,"
one of them replied.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s jaws dropped in astonishment.
’You’ve got to be kidding!’
’Where in the world could you find a fist big enough to punch through the entire Bloody Mountain Range?’
’But that shape...’
The brocade-robed man said fearfully, "Whatever that light was, we absolutely cannot go through the Bloody Mountain Range now. We have to find another way around."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
A great terror dwelled within the Bloody Mountain Range.
If they continued on their path and offended that terrifying presence, they would likely be annihilated, with not even ash remaining.
"But if we take a detour, will we make it to the Ancient Temple in time?"
someone questioned.
The brocade-robed man snorted. "If you want to go, go by yourself. I’m not going. If you end up dead, don’t blame me for not warning you."
"Well..."
The dissenter relented. "Fine, I’ll take the detour with you all."
’It wasn’t worth losing your life just to save a little time.’
Led by the brocade-robed man, the group gave the Bloody Mountain Range a wide berth, hurrying toward the depths of the Demon Venerable Burial Ground.
「Deep within the Demon Venerable Burial Ground.」
Dozens of Martial King powerhouses had gathered before an ancient temple.
They, too, had heard the tremendous noise.
One of them, an old man with white-streaked hair, whipped his head around to look toward the Bloody Mountain Range. "What was that?" he exclaimed.
If Bai Yun had been there, he would have surely recognized the white-haired man as Mo Taishang of the Celestial Sea Sect.
"It must have been that Blood Demon Evil Demon,"
a White-robed Scholar replied.
"The Blood Demon Evil Demon?"
Everyone frowned in unison.
Those who had been invited here were all top experts from the Northern Profound Domain, and every one of them had heard of the Blood Demon Evil Demon.
Some had even crossed blades with it before.
But in their memories, while the Blood Demon Evil Demon was powerful, it was nowhere near this terrifying—it had nearly leveled the entire Bloody Mountain Range with a single punch.
"I heard it hunts humans to fill a Blood Pool where it’s cultivating a Burial Ground Blood Flower."
"I heard that too!"
"By the looks of it, the creature has successfully cultivated the Burial Ground Blood Flower. It might have broken through to become a Martial Emperor!"
"A Martial Emperor..."
Everyone gasped sharply.
They had risked coming here precisely for the treasure within the Ancient Temple, hoping to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm.
They never expected the Blood Demon Evil Demon to break through before any of them.
"This is not good,"
the White-robed Scholar said, waving his paper fan. "If that Blood Demon Evil Demon decides to attack, I fear we will have a hard time fending it off."
"Then what should we do?"
The group grew worried.
Mo Taishang waved his hand dismissively. "The Blood Demon Evil Demon is strong, yes, but once we obtain the Blood Bodhi from the Drum Temple, we can all become Martial Emperors on the spot. There’ll be no need to fear it then."
"That’s right! With more than twenty of us as Martial Emperors, what’s there to fear from a single Evil Demon? We could drown it in spit!"
"There’s no time to lose! Let’s get started!"
Everyone said excitedly.
Mo Taishang approached a middle-aged man and said respectfully, "Sect Leader..."
The middle-aged man was Haitiansha, the Sect Leader of the Celestial Sea Sect.
Haitiansha tossed out a Jade Scroll. "Take this and break the seal. It details the method for undoing the Ancient Temple Seal. Just follow its instructions!"
"Yes, sir!"
Mo Taishang accepted the Jade Scroll and made a copy for the White-robed Scholar and the others.
The White-robed Scholar was astonished. "The method to break the seal? Are you serious? Your Celestial Sea Sect managed to get its hands on something like this?"
"If we didn’t have a way to break the seal, why would the Celestial Sea Sect have invited you all here to help?"
Mo Taishang said proudly.
"Heh heh!"
The White-robed Scholar gave an embarrassed laugh and walked toward the entrance of the Ancient Temple.
The Ancient Temple looked like a palace from antiquity.
Its surface was covered in a dense web of black restrictions, giving it an exceptionally mysterious aura.
"Begin breaking the seal!"
Mo Taishang and the White-robed Scholar each shot a beam of light, striking the restrictions.
SCRAPE... SCRAPE... SCRAPE...
The seal, formed of ancient restrictions, began to peel away from the Ancient Temple like old paint, quickly flaking off and dissipating.
Soon, all the restrictions making up the seal had vanished completely.
"It was that simple?"
the White-robed Scholar said in pleasant surprise.
Mo Taishang said coolly, "This method is the culmination of a hundred years of painstaking research by generations of Celestial Sea Sect experts. Of course it seems simple."
BOOM!
With the restrictions gone, a great bronze door appeared before them, as if waiting for them to enter.
A blue-robed elder, Lan Yi, spoke up worriedly. "Sect Leader, the Burial Land Demon Venerable is what’s sealed in this Ancient Temple. If we rashly open it and enter, won’t we be inviting disaster?"
"Are you afraid?"
Haitiansha’s eyes bored into Lan Yi.