"What?"
Su Mo stared at his fist in astonishment.
’Am I this strong now?’
’I can vaporize someone with a single punch, turning them into thin air?’
Gubo and Gu Tong lay on the ground, their faces filled with shock. They simply couldn’t believe their eyes.
They had seen the previous scene with perfect clarity.
The moment Su Mo threw the punch, the men’s bodies melted away as quickly as boiling snow, vanishing in an instant.
It was too terrifying.
So much so that they still couldn’t believe it, feeling as if they were dreaming.
’Is His Lordship a monster?’
Gubo and Gu Tong wondered to themselves.
Although the men had been vaporized, their Storage Rings remained. They were tattered and ruined, the space within them collapsed.
CRASH! CLATTER!
Su Mo poured out all the Treasures from the Storage Rings.
Most of them were broken.
Su Mo gathered the few Treasures that were still reasonably intact, then found a vial of antidote inside and handed it to the Evil King.
HUFF...
The Evil King opened the vial, took a deep whiff, and then tossed it to Gu Tong and Gubo.
When the hunchbacked youth assassinated his targets, he enjoyed tormenting them. The poison on his dagger only had a paralyzing effect and wasn’t very lethal.
As a result, the three of them quickly recovered their mobility.
The trio approached Su Mo. "My Lord, did you successfully have a Breakthrough?"
"I did!"
Su Mo said excitedly, "Hehe, I’m a Martial Artist now."
Among the younger generation of the Northern Profound Domain, while a Martial Artist wasn’t considered a top-tier genius, it was still a respectable position.
At the very least, no one would call him trash anymore.
"Congratulations, My Lord!"
The three of them carefully sized up Su Mo, and a chill went down their spines.
’So terrifying!’
Even though Su Mo was just standing calmly before them without channeling any power, they could feel an immense pressure.
It was like Mount Tai was pressing down on them.
It was so heavy they could barely breathe.
Gu Tong asked, "My Lord, what should we do next?"
"We’re going to meet up with my family!"
Su Mo turned and asked, "Evil King, do you know the location of the Dan Immortal Pool?"
"I do! I’ll take you to the Dan Immortal Pool right now, My Lord!"
Like a toad, the Evil King voluntarily prostrated himself on the ground. "My Lord, get on. I’ll continue to carry you as we fly."
Before, he had felt it was a great humiliation to carry Su Mo.
Now, he felt it was the highest honor.
However, Su Mo refused. "No need. I’ll go on my own this time."
Before, in the Warrior Realm, his teleportation distance was no more than five hundred meters per jump, but now he could teleport a thousand meters.
This speed was even faster than a Martial King at the Great Perfection stage.
Su Mo asked, "Which direction is the Dan Immortal Pool?"
"That way!"
The Evil King pointed in the direction of the Dan Immortal Pool.
SWOOSH!
Su Mo teleported a thousand meters away.
"Such incredible speed."
Gubo was utterly astonished.
He hadn’t even seen clearly how Su Mo had moved.
The Evil King explained, "My Lord doesn’t know how to Fly in the Sky. The Body Technique His Esteemed Self is using should be teleportation."
"Teleportation?"
Gubo was stunned.
’There’s such a ridiculously powerful Body Technique in this world?’
Gu Tong urged, "Stop standing around talking, you two. If we don’t get going, we won’t be able to keep up with My Lord."
"Let’s go!"
The three of them gave chase at top speed.
As it turned out, Su Mo’s teleportation speed wasn’t slower than theirs at all; in fact, it was quite a bit faster.
Especially over short distances.
Su Mo could appear in any direction almost instantly, making it impossible to guard against him.
It was just a little draining on his stamina.
Soon, the group arrived at a stretch of swamp.
The Evil King suddenly signaled for them to stop. "My Lord, ahead is the territory of the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile."
"What’s a Swamp Ferocious Crocodile?"
Su Mo asked.
The Evil King explained, "The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile is a Demon Beast Evil Demon. Its strength is exceptionally formidable, and it can even fight the Blood Demon head-on. Of course, with your strength, My Lord, you have no reason to fear that creature."
"Then why did you tell me to stop?"
Su Mo asked, puzzled.
The Evil King smiled and explained, "I asked you to stop, My Lord, because the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile possesses an extremely precious Treasure."
"A Treasure?"
Su Mo was instantly interested.
The Evil King nodded. "This item is called the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus. It can only grow in a Cold Swamp with abundant Spiritual Qi. It absorbs the Sun and Moon Spiritual Light and the Earth Cold Qi, and it takes a full thousand years to bloom and mature."
"A thousand years..."
Su Mo said with interest, "In that case, let’s go ask that Swamp Ferocious Crocodile for a few stalks and see how they taste."
"Let’s go!"
The group sped toward the depths of the swamp.
Inside a cave deep in the swamp, a ferocious, scale-covered crocodile was lounging on a chair, eating delicious dried fish.
It was surrounded by a crowd of its Demon Beast Evil Demon underlings.
The swamp crocodile took a bite of dried fish and asked, "I heard that fellow, the Evil King, was defeated. Is it true?"
"It’s true!"
A Snake Demon Evil Demon said, "Not only was the Evil King defeated, but even his eight thousand Evil Demon subordinates were all killed."
"Oh?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile looked surprised.
But he quickly regained his composure and complained, "That brat, the Evil King, never focused on his Cultivation. He was always messing around with flashy, useless things. He deserved to be wiped out."
"The Crocodile King is right."
The Snake Demon Evil Demon agreed, but then added, "Your Majesty the Crocodile King, do you think those humans will come to wipe us out too?"
"They won’t!"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile waved a claw. "Those humans are terrified of us. As long as we don’t go looking for trouble with them, they won’t come looking for us."
The Snake Demon Evil Demon continued, "But I heard there are many experts among those humans who despise us. They look at us like we’re their fathers’ murderers and beat us to death without showing any mercy."
"They only dare to bully trash like the Evil King. However, I am a powerful Evil Demon who can go toe-to-toe with the Blood Demon! Those humans who hate us wouldn’t even have time to call me ’daddy’ before I finished them. There’s no way they’d target us."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said dismissively.
The Snake Demon Evil Demon wiped away a cold sweat. "Then I can rest assured."
Just then, a giant Toad Evil Demon ran in frantically. "My Lord, this is bad! Someone has trespassed on our territory!"
"Huh?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile looked astonished.
’Who’s so bold as to dare trespass on my territory?’
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile threw down the dried fish. "I haven’t even gone to make a blood sacrifice of them, and they dare come looking for trouble with me? Do they think I’m some kind of pushover? Men! Bring me my weapon! I’m going out to see who’s so blind to their own impending death."
"ROAR!"
A group of Evil Demons followed the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile out of the cave and came face-to-face with the Evil King.
"Evil King?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile seethed with rage. "So it’s you! After being defeated by a mere human, you dare run wild in my territory? You clearly have no respect for me!"
"Crocodile King, show some respect!"
The Evil King pointed at Su Mo. "I am now this lord’s subordinate. I came here with him because we have business to discuss with you."
"Lord?"
Only then did the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile notice Su Mo standing beside the Evil King. It narrowed its eyes, sizing Su Mo up.
Then, the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said contemptuously, "Evil King, did you get your brains beaten out of you? To think you’d bring a piece of trash to my territory."