Chapter 288: Ye Mo’s Crisis
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The sight of this attracted quite a lot of attention. Even the roughly one dozen members of the escort party had seen what was happening. When they noticed that Ye Mo was the one being pursued by the imperial guard, their expressions s.h.i.+fted greatly.
“Brother Hu, do we save him or not?” asked a woman.
“Let’s keep observing for now. If it is safe to do so, we will save him. If not, we might die together with him instead,” Brother Hu said while frowning.
“Ye Mo, if you are allowed to escape the Heaven Wall’s City, it will be too unbecoming of us, the imperial guards. I will capture you alive and deliver you to Young Master Cao. He will definitely reward me for it. With the reward I stand to gain, using this Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da Seal on you is worthwhile,” said the Energy Shaping Ninth Realm warrior with a faint smile. The other imperial guards behind him were also smiling sinisterly.
“You think that is enough to suppress me? You think too highly on that seal.”
Rumble!
A rumbling explosion sounded from within the paG.o.da. This wasn’t the sound of Ye Mo being brushed by the paG.o.da. Rather, the sound came from the ruins. As for the paG.o.da, it was slowly being devoured by Ye Mo.
Ye Mo flew high up into the air with a crimson flag in his hand. That was the Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag, currently s.h.i.+ning with a crimson glow, looking incredibly vicious. When the imperial guards saw this, their expressions s.h.i.+fted drastically. All of them believed that it was actually the flag that had defeated the paG.o.da.
“Ye Mo, what is that flag? It does not look like a normal item.”
“Of course it’s not a normal item. It is a Spirit Weapon that will send all of you to the afterlife.”
Then, Ye Mo waved the flag. Numerous beams of crimson light shot out and converged above the imperial guards before forming numerous huge crimson flags that immediately began surrounding them. They were completed surrounded by the flags, with no way of escaping.
Immediately, miserable screams rang out. Violent energy surged out of the flag formation without stopping. No matter what they did, they could not escape the formation.
“This Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag is indeed powerful. It is actually capable of trapping Energy Shaping Ninth Realm warriors.” Ye Mo sighed with admiration. However, he was also aware that this splendid effect was also in part due to his Dragon Power that had enabled him to continuously use this flag. After all, a certain degree of strength would be required to use any Spirit Weapons or Magic Weapons.
After trapping the imperial guards, Ye Mo shot straight towards the gate of the Heaven’s Wall City without hesitation. It would not be easy to fly out the tall city wall. The higher the height, the harder the flight would be. In any case, Ye Mo had yet to actually reached the level where he could form his energy wings.
“Whatever!” Just as Ye Mo wanted to scale the walls, numerous imperial guards appeared above the walls. All of them were holding crossbows and raining arrows down at him, blocking all his escape path. A crossbow attack at this level was something capable of filling even an Energy Shaping Ninth Realm warrior with holes.
“Huah!” Pouring his Dragon Power on the Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag, Ye Mo waved the flag around again. A huge crimson flag appeared in the sky and covered Ye Mo’s entire body. The arrows all landed on the flag, unable to do anything to Ye Mo.
“This Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag is indeed powerful. But normal warriors will not have sufficient Yuanli to fully utilize its power.”
After Ye Mo blocked the arrows, the imperial guards reacted quickly and started shooting another round of arrows at him. Of course, Ye Mo would not give them a chance to attack.
He waved his Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag and sent rays of crimson beams out to envelope the entire wall. Numerous huge flags appeared and trapped all the imperial guards on the wall. Ye Mo did not hesitate and immediately shot straight towards the wall.
Boom!
Suddenly, a purple lightning bolt descended from the sky. It was as thick as a tree and with a momentous might, it landed on Ye Mo’s head. It arrived quickly and blasted Ye Mo’s body, sending him tumbling down on the ground like a kite with a broken string.
Then, with a purple flash, a figure appeared midair. He had a pair of purple lightning wings that were flapping about as he hovered there. With each flap, lightning would curl around him.
“Surprisingly, you actually have the Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag on you. This Spirit Weapon is an evil weapon. This point alone qualifies you for the death sentence. Moreover, you had also killed so many of our Cao Clan’s trainee soldiers. Death is your only ending. Tell me, how do you prefer to die?”
Cao Zheng looked at Ye Mo with a gaze a superior being would use on an inferior being. Ye Mo trembled and shook off the lightning from his body. After wiping the bloodstain from his mouth, he said, “The Cao Clan’s trainee soldiers had forcefully intruded upon the rear hall of the Qi Clan. As the captain of the Qi Clan’s escort party, I have the authority to kill them.”
“A warrior that comes from some countryside like you is being so arrogant at Heaven’s Wall City just because you have some talent. Do you know that in Heaven’s Wall City, you are nothing?”
Abruptly, Cao Zheng moved and turned into a vicious eagle that charged at Ye Mo. A purple lighting spear immediately formed in his talons and stabbed at Ye Mo’s direction.
“Die!”
“This is bad!” When Ling’er saw this, her expression s.h.i.+fted. Unfortunately, it was already too late for her to do anything. Ye Mo waved the Bloodsoul Skeleton Flag and formed layers of defensive barriers with the numerous flags that appeared. Unfortunately, the layers of barriers were akin to paper before Cao Zheng. With wide eyes, Ye Mo watched on as the purple spear stabbed at him.
Bang!
A black flash appeared and blasted the purple lightning spear sideways. Senior Ying appeared and stood before Ye Mo with his hands clasped behind him.
“Senior Ying, what is the meaning of this?” Cao Zheng asked coldy while looking at Senior Ying from high above.
“I owe Ye Mo a favor. I hope you, Young Master Cao, can give me face and let him off this time,” Senior Ying said.
“Give you face?” Cao Zheng sneered and arrogantly said, “How much is your face even worth? You are merely a servant of the Qi Clan. You are nothing to a n.o.ble like me. Since you insist on protecting Ye Mo, I will have to capture you as well.”
“Senior Ying, thank you. But I think it’s still better for you to leave.”
This Cao Zheng was one of the elites of the young generation here at Heaven’s Wall City while his father was favored by the emperor. His background was nearly without equal. Even if Senior Ying was a True Energy Realm expert, things wouldn’t end well for him if he provoked someone like this.
“Ye Mo! You!”
Ye Mo waved his hand and said, “You don’t have to say anything. I understand. It won’t be that easy for that Cao Zheng to kill me.”
“Yeah, if you want to kill our captain, you have to first ask us about it.”
Suddenly, Brother Hu and the rest of the party charged out and stood beside Ye Mo.
“You are thinking of stopping me with just these guys?”
Cao Zheng hovered in the air and did not bother stopping them. With his status and strength, it would not matter however many people arrived.
“You guys…” Ye Mo looked at the newcomers and a layer of mist covered his eyes. Not many people would stand up for him when he was in trouble.
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“They are merely at the strengths of the Energy Shaping Seventh and Eighth Realm. Are they coming out here to kill themselves?” The imperial guards sneered when they saw the newcomers.
“Although we are weak, we do not fear you guys. Most of us live our lives on the edge anyway. We have no families or anyone else depending on us. We will fight to the death against anyone who dares to bully our captain.”
They started roaring. With the momentum of their combined roars, they looked almost like they could contend against Cao Zheng’s suppression.
“You are all I can ask for as comrades. Knowing you guys, I no longer have any regrets in life. If I can survive today, I will remember this moment fondly.”
Ye Mo stood up, looking incomparably heroic. Although the 12 of them might not be Cao Zheng’s match, their unwavering loyalty to each other in the face of danger moved many people there.
“Good comrades!”
All of them roared, their voices spread far and wide, allowing everyone to hear them clearly. They were truly filled with a heroic spirit, causing any onlooker’s blood to boil.
“So a random mob like this is trying to fight me? Are all of you trying to die?”
Cao Zheng stared at all 12 of them, Ye Mo included. He waved his hand and sent a huge purple lightning attack out at them. With a flash, the air started warping. Ye Mo could sense that energy undulations were starting to appear in the air around them, as if a catastrophe was imminent.
“Threefold Spearlight!”
Ye Mo erupted with his human spear unity. Three spears emerged from his heart. Then, a huge spear light of about 90 feet long appeared to guard the entire escort party. However, the purple lightning immediately disintegrated the spear before directly gus.h.i.+ng into his body. Before the others could even react, the purple lightning had already entered Ye Mo’s body.
A True Energy Realm warrior was too powerful. One of his attacks was enough to kill them all.
“You guys think you can actually save Ye Mo? You guys think you are a match for me? You are nothing but bugs for me. Know your place.”
As Cao Zheng spoke, a lightning armor formed on his body. Electricity started crackling on his body without stop. Any regular Energy Shaping Realm would immediately die with a mere touch of his armor.
“Since you guys want to die so badly, let me do the honor of sending you to the afterlife!”
Rumble!
Ye Mo could feel Cao Zheng’s aura growing stronger and stronger. The electricity crackling on his body also grew thicker and thicker. Then, he formed a purple lightning spear in his hand and charged at Ye Mo again.
“Blood Dragon Power! Blood Dragon Power!”
This was the only thing in Ye Mo’s mind. So long as he could establish a connection with the Blood Dragon Power, even if he was still unable to defeat Cao Zheng, he would at least be able to flee with his comrades. Unfortunately, he still couldn’t establish a connection with his Blood Dragon Power.
The Blood Dragon was the strongest power he had in his body right now. However, he was still incapable of controlling it.
“If you want to kill him, you’ll have to get over my dead body first!” While Cao Zheng was charging towards Ye Mo, Xiao Cao appeared in front Ye Mo with both her arms opened wide.
“Xiao Cao, don’t force me!” Cao Zheng immediately stopped his attack and landed on the ground. Coldly, he spoke, “Xiao Cao, the more you are acting like this, the more I want to kill him.”
“Cao Zheng, he is only a servant of mine. Give me face and let him go,” Xiao Cao said.
“Servant?” Cao Zheng sneered when he heard this. “Interesting. Haha. Truly interesting.”
“Yeah, he has always been my servant. How is it possible for me to be in a relations.h.i.+p with a servant? You are the young master of the Cao Clan, and one of the five geniuses of Heaven’s Wall City. You don’t need to waste your time bickering with a servant,” Xiao Cao continued on.
Ye Mo was clenching his fists so tight, crackling sounds could be heard. He wanted to say something but was stopped by Xiao Cao.
“Shut up. Have you not caused enough troubles at Heaven’s Wall City yet?” Xiao Cao snorted coldly.
Cao Zheng clapped his hands and said, “Xiao Cao, do you know why I like you so much? It’s precisely because of this. Although I know you are putting on a show, I have to admit this is very amusing. However, this still doesn’t change my mind. I still want to kill him. His very existence greatly annoys me. Whenever I think of how he used to be your young master while I had been courting you, I’m filled with rage.”
“He is only a servant. In less than half a year, you will be partic.i.p.ating in the league war on behalf of the Cao Clan. After returning victorious, you will be the number one genius of the Tianwu Kingdom. Is there a need to lower yourself and bicker with a servant?” Xiao Cao continued begging for Ye Mo.
“Haha, since you know that I will become the number one genius of the Tianwu Kingdom, you should know of the pride I have. He must die.”
The ground beneath Cao Zheng started cracking. When the onlookers saw this, they sighed. Anyone who provoked a genius like this would not be able to survive. Cao Zheng himself was a genius, his father was the commander of the imperial guards, and not far in the future, Cao Zheng himself would also be the deputy commander of the imperial guards. Offending him was no different than suicide.
“What if I become your wife? If I agree to be your wife, will you let him go?” Xiao Cao asked loudly and bit her lip.
Like a volcano, Ye Mo exploded with rage. Xiao Cao had actually offered herself to save him.
As of this moment, if Ye Mo observed the condition within his body, he would be able to see that the killing intent he had gathered within his body was slowly combining with the Dragon Power within his power. This was something Ye Mo had never expected to happen. He had completely lost his reasoning due to what Xiao Cao said.
“Xiao Cao, no!”
Bang!
A purple lightning shot forth, traveled around Xiao Cao, and blasted Ye Mo away. The purple lightning intruded into his body again. The incomparable pain that resulted from the attack helped Ye Mo to completely calm his mind again.
“You are not qualified to speak here. Xiao Cao, are you truly willing to be my wife? Are you sincere? I am not interested in getting an empty sh.e.l.l as my wife,” Cao Zheng asked with a smile on his face. He withdrew his True Energy.
“Yes,” Xiao Cao answered with a nod.
Cao Zheng laughed heartily, walked forward, and lifted Xiao Cao. She trembled slightly, and a tear drop fall from her eye.
“Xiao Cao, don’t worry. You will never suffer any losses after becoming my woman. I, Cao Zheng, hereby vow that after winning the league war, I will take you as my wife with a glorious wedding ceremony as the number one genius of Tianwu Kingdom.”
“Ye Mo, p.i.s.s off right now. Get out of the Heaven’s Wall City. I will not be killing any of you today since my fiancée is pleading on behalf of you guys. But now that she is my woman, she has to obey me. From tomorrow onwards, a bounty for all of you will be issued in the entirety of the Tianwu Kingdom. Run, bugs. Run the best you can.”
Then, Cao Zheng left, satisfied, while carrying Xiao Cao.
“d.a.m.n it!” Ye Mo yelled and smashed his fist on the ground. “Cao Zheng, wait for me. My revenge will come.”
“Haha. Revenge? Sure. Half a year later, if you are still alive, I might turn the bounty into a wedding invitation instead. After all, you are a servant of my wife.”
Cao Zheng was indifferent to Ye Mo’s threat. Perhaps, Ye Mo had always been nothing for him.