Chapter 276: Both Exit the Stage

Mo Mo's head, like smashed melons and fruits, shattered in all directions.

The scent of blood spread through the air.

Her body still held the forward thrust stance, and the finger that pierced Hou Zuo's brow emitted an earthen glow.

Hou Zuo stared wide-eyed, and in his sight, the arm swinging his fist was like cracked scorched earth, fragmenting inch by inch.

"No!"

"I am not willing to accept this."

Hou Zuo could feel that Mo Mo's vitality had not dissipated; the flesh and blood at her neck twitched, and the shattered head began to reconsolidate.

His body had already turned to scorched earth.

Soon it would threaten his soul.

Fortunately, his life force was strong, allowing him to hold on for a while.

But if he kept fighting, even if he won, he would certainly die here.

"No! I can live!"

"I will win!"

"Even if I die, I will win."

In the Wu Clan Shi Jie, there has never been a notion of surrender; the desire to win quickly occupied all his thoughts.

"Aaaah!"

"I will win!!"

Boom!

He gave up defending, his body's scorched-earth transformation accelerated sharply, and he swung another punch, crushing Mo Mo's chest.

The massive fist almost erased the latter's upper body, leaving only the edge skin hanging with torn flesh.

At this moment, Hou Zuo's body had become completely scorched earth.

One step further, and the soul's disintegration would begin.

"The clan elder did not surrender for me; he wants me to win. I will find life in the abyss, I will become the pride of the tribe!"

Boom!

On the arm turned to scorched earth, the final Qi and Blood Force erupted, carrying faint death aura of the soul's annihilation, completely shattering Mo Mo's body.

At the same time, Hou Zuo's body also turned to scorched earth, cracked, and fell to the ground.

Even his soul was gradually fading away.

Countless spectators at Yun Tai were stunned, cold sweat beading on their foreheads, never expecting the final battle to become this brutal.

Whether Wu Clan or Bi Luo Yuan, both are ruthless!

Neither would surrender for their own junior.

The Sphere of Living Beings enveloped the two fragmented souls, transporting them back to Yun Tai.

The outcome of this battle was no longer important.

Whether Hou Zuo or Mo Mo, neither could participate in the upcoming contests.

…

"Lin Xiong, what do you think of this battle?"

Yun Tian Yan discovered that Lin Chuan was paying special attention to the recent fight.

Given Lin Chuan's strength, even against Nan Gong Ya after Metamorphosis, there was still a great chance of victory.

What Lin Chuan was focusing on was probably the peculiarity displayed by Bi Luo Yuan.

"Truly brutal."

Through the spatial Cloud Mirror, what could be seen was indeed limited.

Even though Mo Mo had lost her Physical Body at the end, with her fragmented soul fully exposed, Lin Chuan still saw no clue.

But the Dao Guardians and the great powers of the Super Faction should have sensed it clearly.

Even in that state, they saw no anomaly?

"Black Mist really doesn't exist?"

"Is everything stemming from my inner fear?"

Lin Chuan doubted his own judgment again.

If a duel with Nan Gong Ya yielded no clues, perhaps he would have to give up.

"Tian Yan Wang, my wife sends a message, I withdraw."

Lin Chuan bid farewell to Tian Yan Wang, left the Yun Tai belonging to the Cloud Kingdom, and returned to the Yun Tai where the wives were.

"Did you notice anything?" Lin Chuan asked.

"No."

The women shook their heads, "We didn't detect any abnormality throughout."

Ye Xue said gravely, "The more normal, the more suspicious; I trust my husband's initial judgment."

"Hmm, let's wait."

Lin Chuan hadn't given up, "Wait for me to duel Nan Gong Ya."

At that moment, Xiao Qingmei Yun Zhi Yi spoke up, "A Chuan, you think Nan Gong Ya does this to claim the Champion title?"

"She must really want to enter the Ancient Ruins!"

"If she truly is controlled by Black Mist, perhaps there, greater upheaval could occur."

The Champion can be the first to enter the Ancient Ruins, select one of the nine paths to Immortality, and obtain the inheritance.

The Living Being Purification Grand Array also lies within the Ancient Ruins of the Star Ring Realm.

In that battle of the ancient era, Black Mist manifested countless shadow living beings, trying every method to destroy the living beings' purification Grand Array.

Countless living beings, with flesh‑and‑blood bodies, advanced one after another, holding the front line.

This matter, upon close thought, is extremely terrifying.

After Yun Zhi Yi said that, the expressions of the others grew heavy.

If everything is based on the premise that Nan Gong Ya is truly controlled by Black Mist, what Yun Zhi Yi just said would be a great horror.

"Whether it is or not, we must make the worst preparations."

Lin Chuan said gravely, "Black Mist has many chances to trial‑and‑error, but we have only one."

The speed of Black Mist's evolution and its bizarre abilities made Lin Chuan believe that any event could happen.

"If Black Mist enters the Ancient Ruins and contacts the Immortal statue, it can achieve its goal."

"Then we can understand why Nan Gong Ya behaves so wildly, without any hesitation, because she must bring Black Mist there."

"We can also interpret that Black Mist is still weak, with few choices, and can only take this path."

"In that case, it also means we still have enough opportunities to counterattack."

"Even though we are not yet strong enough now."

Lin Chuan, taking 'Nan Gong Ya being controlled by Black Mist' as a premise, made a series of hypotheses and analyzed calmly.

"But …"

Yun Zhi Yi said, "If we cannot catch any clue of Black Mist, even if A Chuan can stop Nan Gong Ya from seizing the champion title, she will certainly obtain one of the nine slots to enter the Ancient Ruins."

"This … is indeed difficult."

Lin Chuan had a headache, unable to find a leverage; Bi Luo Yan would inevitably die protecting Nan Gong Ya, and other forces would not stand on his side.

"There's nothing we can do."

Lin Chuan resignedly said, "At least after I obtain the champion position, I can seize the initiative; even under constraints, I may still be able to deal with Black Mist."

He recalled the scene when he previously entered the Ancient Ruins.

Countless heroic spirits surrounded him.

The appearance of the heroic spirits was telling him that, even after countless years, they still guard the star ring and guard the Nine‑phase World.

If Nan Gong Ya is truly controlled by Black Mist, perhaps stepping there would cause her to be torn to pieces by countless heroic spirits.

While Lin Chuan discussed strategies with his wives.

The third round of duels produced a result.

Except that Yun Lian of the Cloud Kingdom was defeated by Bi Luo Yan's Nan Gong Ya, and Wu Clan's Hou Zuo could no longer participate, the other nine top super geniuses advanced to the fourth round.

Adding the one‑armed swordsman Mo Sha, who comes from a non‑super faction, Lin Chuan, and Tian Qiu Gong Ye Chen, there are exactly twelve slots.

The twelve geniuses will draw lots again and hold one‑on‑one duels.

The six winners can directly obtain a slot to enter the Ancient Ruins; the six losers will contend with the returning geniuses from the losers' bracket for the remaining three slots.

At this moment, Lin Chuan's thoughts were myriad.

"It's getting closer and closer."