Chapter 142

Chen Mo's Inner Qi surged, and he gave his two large iron hammers a shake, clearing away the bits of flesh and blood from them.

At the eastern exit of the valley he was guarding, quite a few Demonic Path scoundrels had already fled during this short while.

Their strength was not bad at all, with even a few Postnatal experts among them, but they were simply not up to the mark before him, all turning into fragments of flesh and blood.

As the gathering place for the Demonic Path of the entire Great Gan and even parts of Great Li, Luantian Valley held an unknown number of Demonic Path Martial Artists within.

Of course, it was not without ordinary people, most of whom had been coerced into this place by the Demonic Path.

It was extremely dangerous to move about inside Luantian Valley, yet there were still some areas that were relatively safe, allowing people to survive in peace.

Demonic Path experts would first cause these people to fall into a state of suspended animation, then abduct them into Storage Bags, and finally bring them into Luantian Valley.

Through this method, they could bring in dozens or hundreds of people at once.

These abducted ordinary people, whether dead or alive, could only remain in Luantian Valley, without even a chance to escape.

Of course, these abducted ordinary people were in the minority; without a certain level of cultivation, even if they stayed in those safe areas, they would not live long.

The vast majority of people entered Luantian Valley voluntarily, or had absolutely no other way to escape if they did not enter.

Therefore, the Demonic Path scoundrels currently trying every possible way to break through and escape were quite formidable in strength; so far, Chen Mo had killed five Postnatal experts alone.

The reason there were so many was that this was the foundation the Demonic Path had accumulated over who knows how many years, and now the Imperial Court was going to burn it all to the ground.

Having killed so many experts, the harvest was naturally quite bountiful; as these Demonic Path scoundrels were fleeing, they carried most of their portable wealth with them.

Chen Mo had collected a full dozen or so bundles, both large and small.

One or two items might not be much, but when gathered together, the quantity was quite considerable.

After the killing, the numerous Yulin Guards immediately surrounded the area and began to clear the battlefield, leaving only a few corpses behind.

This way, the Demonic Path scoundrels who came later would think this place was not dangerous and would choose to flee from here.

Chen Mo also hid to the side to rest, waiting for the next wave of Demonic Path Martial Artists to arrive.

Before long, another hundred or so people appeared in a scattered stream.

With his eyes of Blood Qi circulating, Chen Mo saw through the specific strength of these people directly.

Aside from one Postnatal expert and two Tongmai Perfection Martial Artists, the rest could only be considered to have practiced External Martial Arts for a period of time, possessing several hundred to a thousand catties of strength, or having already initially opened up many meridians with their Inner Qi.

Chen Mo held his two large hammers and killed like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, slaying three experts in succession within a single breath.

Of the remaining hundred or so people, over a dozen were struck by his hammers until their flesh and blood shattered, turning into powder.

The Yulin Guards hidden behind him took this opportunity to draw their bows and shoot, slaughtering the remaining remnants and bandits entirely.

There were many Demonic Path experts, and they were not fleeing at the same time; Chen Mo estimated that by nightfall, more experts would be fleeing.

After putting away three more bundles and waiting for the Yulin Guards to clean up the battlefield, Chen Mo arranged for people to rotate and rest.

Sun Shouren, Lu Chuan, and others also sent him letters detailing the battle situation and the harvest.

Chen Mo also sent someone to deliver a reply, telling them to just act according to the situation.

In the dead of night, Luantian Valley appeared even more eerie; thunder rumbled, and in the month of August, the temperature in the valley plummeted, with heavy snow suddenly falling in many places.

It was not just snow; thunder rolled, and hail and cold rain mixed with the heavy snow fell suddenly.

Standing at the valley exit, Chen Mo could feel gusts of cold Wind howling and spraying out continuously.

The cold and hot winds collided, forming a hurricane in this place.

Chen Mo ordered the Yulin Guards to retreat; the hurricane was fierce and the weather extreme, far beyond what ordinary Martial Artists could withstand.

At the mouth of the valley, sand and stones flew, and rocks the size of human heads were blown about everywhere.

Chen Mo still lay in wait quietly outside the valley; now that the sky was dark and the climate in the valley was extreme, even the nearby celestial phenomena had undergone strange changes, making it the perfect time to escape.

Although dangerous, there would definitely be people willing to take the risk.

"Hungry!" A soul-shaking voice came; Chen Mo felt his whole body stiffen and unable to move. This voice was not emitted by a person, but rather the entire valley was wailing.

The most critical thing was that he could understand this sound.

Not until this sound completely subsided did Chen Mo feel his body and movements recover.

That wail from just a moment ago seemed like a hallucination, and everything returned to normal.

Looking left and right, apart from himself, the other Yulin Guards did not seem to have the qualifications to hear this sound.

Quietly retreating two steps and circulating his Inner Qi to protect himself, Chen Mo watched in all directions and listened to all sides.

If there was even a hint of danger, he would definitely turn around and flee.

Time ticked away second by second, and the sound of Wind howled within the valley, but no other abnormal sounds came.

Chen Mo did not dare to relax and remained on full alert.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Several shuttle-darts condensed from True Qi pierced the air, stabbing directly toward Chen Mo.

This sublimated True Qi of a Martial Artist was truly extraordinary; it actually broke through Chen Mo's protective Inner Qi directly and struck his personal armor, emitting crisp clinking sounds.

Chen Mo's gaze swept over, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

That Innate Expert who had attacked him had already lost his lower body, with only his upper body left flying.

How vigorous was the vitality of an Innate Martial Artist; even with only half a body, he would not die.

In fact, if he found an opportunity to recuperate and return, although he could not regrow severed limbs, his strength would not be too greatly affected.

If he had a fortuitous encounter and found rare treasures of heaven and earth, it was not impossible to regrow severed limbs.

Chen Mo leaped up fiercely with his dual hammers; it was not easy to encounter a severely wounded Innate Expert, so he would kill one whenever he could.

That Innate Expert also seemed not to have expected that his shuttle-darts had failed to kill Chen Mo.

Seeing him approach, he dodged with a turn, not intending to tangle with Chen Mo any further.

However, his speed was ultimately a step too slow.

Chen Mo ignited his own Qi and Blood in succession, layering his strength, and unleashed a strike that far exceeded his own power tenfold.

"Bang!" The severely wounded Innate Expert was knocked flying like a kite with a broken string, and Chen Mo followed up immediately with another full-strength strike.

Blood clots mixed with ice and snow scattered as he fell to the ground.

It must be said, the strength of this Innate Expert was far greater than that of the Innate Experts Chen Mo had killed before.

Although his injuries were more severe, he did not immediately turn into a pile of flesh and blood after taking a full-force blow from him, but instead withstood another strike, which was enough to show his formidable strength.

Chen Mo flew forward to search for spoils of war and found a Storage Bag.

A Storage Ring is hard to find and not everyone can possess one; even many Innate Martial Artists with a heritage do not necessarily have one, let alone these Demonic Path Innate experts.

Chen Mo snatched up the Storage Bag and flew back rapidly, the weather inside the valley becoming even more severe.

Blizzards blew in many places, but in some areas, a bright sun suddenly rose high; without a sun, those rays of light seemed to appear out of thin air, projected from another world.

It was fine at first, but as time passed, not only did the entire valley become a complete mess, but Chen Mo also sensed that the mountains were shaking.

"Pass on my order: withdraw the troops ten miles and set up camp," Chen Mo immediately called for a messenger.

Not only was this news passed to the many Yulin Guard, but the other soldiers at the two remaining exits would also retreat.

The scene inside this valley was becoming increasingly bizarre; the Twelve Yuanchen Array had indeed dispersed the Mirage Sea, but who knew what countermeasures the Demonic Path experts inside would take.

Even if nothing was seen, because of the current situation, even if there were no earthquake, it would likely trigger a mudslide.

Hiding further away was safer.

After about another hour, roars erupted from the valley once more.

"Hungry!"

The entire valley seemed to be trembling in rage, like an infant whose appetite could not be satisfied, venting its own anger.

Chen Mo had long since hidden far away, watching the situation in the valley from a distance.

For such a long time, no more Demonic Path scoundrels had escaped, and the state of Heaven and Earth within the valley was clearly too terrible.

He could even see countless lightning snakes dancing wildly, dyeing an entire area into a sea of lightning.

Even a Post-Heaven Martial Artist would have no hope of rivaling this violent Heaven and Earth Power.

Chen Mo cautiously activated his Blood Qi eyes to peer into more of the situation inside the valley.

However, he did not trigger his Ear Consciousness; hearing a roar from an unknown creature in his normal state was already very wrong.

If he were to trigger his Ear Consciousness, that would likely be even more dangerous.

The valley was like a giant mouth, now slowly opening to swallow everything.

Whether it was the rain, snow, and hail between Heaven and Earth, the dancing lightning snakes, or everything inside the valley, it all seemed to be constantly swallowed by this giant mouth.

As it ate more and more, it also became increasingly active.

"Pass on my order: retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" Seeing this situation, Chen Mo shouted without hesitation.

The messenger beat the war drums rhythmically, the sound echoing inside and outside the mountains, passing this message out.

Chen Mo led his troops in a rapid retreat for over fifty miles, and the scene in the valley became increasingly eerie.

The entire valley seemed to have truly come alive, wanting to swallow everything around it into its body.

The valley was its mouth, the mountains were its cheeks, and its true body remained hidden underground.

The mountains were all swaying; it was like a towering giant, wanting to emerge from underground.

"Withdraw!" Chen Mo suddenly shouted loudly, without the slightest hesitation, triggering Tenglong Nine Turns to escape at the fastest speed.

Not only were the mountains shaking, he also saw a mass of white mist rise from the valley and begin to expand extremely rapidly.

It covered the entire valley in an instant and continued to spread outward at an even faster speed.

Waves of pulling and dragging force struck, wanting to make him stay.

All the Protective Talismans he carried on his person were activated by his Inner Qi, but they had no effect.

He activated the Heaven and Earth Displacement Talisman, but it could not exert even a trace of effect.

The mist completely covered him and continued to expand, covering another hundred miles in the blink of an eye.

This was the last situation Chen Mo saw; the next moment, Heaven and Earth fell silent, and everything became quiet.

Chen Mo looked around at the situation nearby with a cautious expression; although he was covered by the mist, this mist did not seem to be the Mirage Sea, or at least not pure Mirage Sea.

Although there were still countless pulling and dragging forces acting upon him, its color was pure white rather than grayish-white.

And the most important point: there were countless Mirage Beasts in the Mirage Sea, but nothing else, only grayish-white mist.

Yet what appeared before his eyes was not vast grayish-white mist, but a blue-gray hexagonal secret chamber.

The reason he called it a secret chamber was because there were no windows around, yet the chamber remained very bright, without the slightest sense of dimness.

Besides this, there was no one else in the secret chamber, but there were four corridors, leading to unknown places.

Chen Mo did not rush to explore, but kept observing his surroundings cautiously.

This white mist covered a very wide range; not only the entire Luantian Valley, but even the surrounding thousand miles would likely be covered by it.

Of course, not everyone within this range would be pulled into this mist.

Just like when the Dutian Dao was besieged that day and the Mirage Sea erupted on Xingluo Mountain, two Foundation Establishment cultivators needed to flee, while the other Post-Heaven Martial Artists were not greatly affected.

This white mist might be the same; if it came and went quickly, then the vast majority of people would have no chance of being trapped in it, and only Martial Artists with sufficient strength would be forcibly pulled in.

And if it covered the area for long enough, then all living beings in the vicinity would not escape disaster.

Let alone humans, the primates of all things, even wild beasts would be pulled into it.

But as for the specific situation, he could only wait until he got out to say.

Now, the primary problem he faced should be how to escape.

(End of chapter)