Chapter 117: Wugou and Gao Ze
“Sect Leader Gao, your hair is frizzed out from the heat.”
In the scorching environment, Wugou’s voice was incredibly raspy.
His usually fair and clean face was severely dehydrated, and he was swaying, almost unable to stand.
Gao Ze, whose head of hair was a curled, frizzy mess like a bird’s nest, supported him. However, he was winced by the heat of the smoking bald head. “Little Friend Wugou, this bald head of yours is hot enough to fry an egg…”
It had been a full day since they were transported into this terrifying world filled with volcanoes.
The temperature here was ridiculously high. They had walked for so long and hadn’t seen a single living creature.
If they hadn’t covered themselves with multiple spiritual energy shields, the clothes they were wearing would have likely spontaneously ignited in the high heat.
Gao Ze had a high cultivation and could endure, but Wugou was showing signs of dehydration. If they didn’t leave soon, his life would be in danger.
Thinking of this, Gao Ze couldn’t help but worry.
He usually looked serious, but in reality, when he was anxious, he was more of a nag than anyone else.
At this moment, he couldn’t help but scold Wugou. “I told you all to plan carefully and not be impulsive, but one by one you all ran faster than rabbits. Look at you now. If you lose your life here, how am I supposed to explain it to that old guy Wujue!”
Having said that, he hoisted Wugou onto his back and flew through the air, looking into the distance to find a place that wasn’t quite so hot to rest.
Suddenly, he felt his surroundings being locked onto by a certain presence. By reflex, he summoned his long sword.
A metallic clang rang out. Gao Ze looked back and saw Nan Lou.
His cautious expression from a moment ago vanished instantly. “You dog of a thing, you actually possessed Lou Jing and wiped out my eldest disciple’s sect. See if I don’t kill you!”
Wugou, who was being carried on his back: “…”
Well… who was the one who just said not to be impulsive?
It seemed this Sect Leader Gao was also driven quite mad with anger by this Mo.
Gao Ze had been friends with both Lou Jing and Bai Wanru. Now that the Great Mo had taken on Lou Jing’s appearance, it proved that this Mo was the true culprit behind the destruction of the Liuyun Sect.
Naturally, he wanted to avenge his friends!
“Gao Ze, I know you.” Nan Lou walked out from the entrance with a smile.
“You are the person Lou Jing wanted to surpass most. He cultivated day and night just to beat you. What a pity. Before he could succeed, this body of his became mine.”
“I still remember how unwilling his soul was, struggling desperately to fly out of his sea of consciousness. And the result…”
He held up his fingers and made a crushing motion. “He was still caught by me and destroyed until not even a shred remained.”
“Back then, if I hadn’t been wary of the strength of you sect leaders, I would have made a move on you long ago to seize your power for myself. But now that I’ve received the true teachings of the Master, making a move on you now carries a better chance of success. It’s not a loss.”
Gao Ze was stunned, and then rage rushed to his head.
“You cold-blooded bastard! You have no right to judge Lou Jing!”
The Great Mo’s words made Gao Ze realize why Lou Jing’s personality had changed so drastically and why he had distanced himself from them back then.
It was because the body of Lou Jing had already been replaced by a Mo at that time.
The old Lou Jing had a very upright heart. He had often shared wine and joy with them, discussing cultivation methods, protecting his disciples, and pitying the common people.
Under the protection of the Liuyun Sect’s ten cities, injustices rarely occurred.
Just as Lou Jing treated Gao Ze as someone to surpass, Gao Ze had also treated Lou Jing as a close friend.
But now, his friend had been possessed by the lowest of Mo and belittled as worthless.
How could Gao Ze not be angry?
“As expected, you humans are still the same after all these years.” Nan Lou was dismissive of Gao Ze’s rage. “To be so incensed for the sake of a dead man who has nothing to do with you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ze’s sword intent slashed toward Nan Lou.
But in the next instant, it slashed into empty space.
Looking again, it was Nan Lou who had split space, swallowing Gao Ze’s sword intent. He himself had shifted positions due to the spatial rift and was completely unharmed.
Wugou and Gao Ze both showed expressions of shock.
“You were hiding your strength in the Demon Realm.” Gao Ze quickly calmed down.
He looked warily at Nan Lou.
“Is your goal to separate us and then take us down one by one?”
Nan Lou gave a light chuckle. “You are quite clever.”
Wugou frowned and asked in a raspy voice, “You said those provocative words to entice Lou Yunxiao to give chase, so your true goal is Lou Yunxiao.”
“What do you want to get from him? Or have you already gotten it?”
Wugou was indirectly asking about Lou Yunxiao’s safety.
After all, if something happened to Lou Yunxiao, Ning Ke would likely be heartbroken.
When Nan Lou heard Lou Yunxiao’s name, he thought of that stinking fox, and his face instantly darkened.
“Enough talk! See if I don’t take your lives first!”
With that, he charged toward Gao Ze, his demonic claws—which had the hardness of a divine artifact—striking at the man. Corrosive demonic qi rushed toward Wugou.
The latter’s Buddhist beads lit up, and he began to chant. Golden light suppressed the demonic qi, creating a patch of purity.
“Sect Leader Gao, looking at this Mo’s expression, he must have suffered a loss at Lou Yunxiao’s hands.”
“And Lou Yunxiao alone wouldn’t have been able to do it. It seems the Yao Venerable should be with him, so we don’t need to worry about their safety.”
“Now, we should calmly think about how to deal with this ability of his to control space.”
“I understand.” Gao Ze retreated and formed a sword formation to block Nan Lou. He asked Wugou, “How much longer can you hold out?”
“It’s just dehydration; it’s not that serious.” Wugou sent a transmission to Gao Ze. “I’ve fought alongside the Yao Venerable against a Great Mo, so I know the structure of the Tiandao Array. I’m quietly setting up the array now. I’ll need Sect Leader Gao’s cooperation; I hope you can do as I say.”
Gao Ze had spent his life specializing in the way of the sword and didn’t know much about arrays, but he knew that those Tiandao Arrays capable of sealing Great Mo were the key.
He agreed.
While attacking Nan Lou according to the positions Wugou directed, he covered the movements of Wugou behind him to prevent the Great Mo from noticing.
His sword intent was indestructible. Although Nan Lou’s demonic claws were hard, they couldn’t hold out for long against Gao Ze’s sword intent.
They soon snapped.
But his recovery speed was very fast; these wounds didn’t harm his foundation at all.
“You humans just love to make these futile struggles.”
Although Nan Lou’s cultivation was greatly reduced from ten thousand years ago, his advantage was his spatial power. As long as he cut space to swallow Gao Ze’s attacks, he could avoid fatal injuries.
At this moment, he was in the mood to toy with Gao Ze, and said, “With only this much strength, you still want to avenge Lou Jing? Keep dreaming.”
However, this time Gao Ze was not provoked by him. He calmly took his fixed steps, setting a trap with every strike, until he heard Wugou’s transmission that the array was complete.
A flash of brilliance crossed his eyes.
Lifting his long sword high, Gao Ze gathered all his sword intent. The terrifying wave of air blew the volcanic heat into a cyclone.
Man and sword became one.
He slashed down ruthlessly!
Nan Lou gave a cold laugh, wanting once again to split space, but he suddenly discovered that the cyclone formed by Gao Ze’s sword intent had compressed the space around him to the extreme!
It was too thick! He couldn’t cut through!
He wanted to dodge, but he felt his body sinking as if into a mire. Looking down, at some point, a massive Tiandao Array had appeared beneath his feet!
And he was right at the center of the array, suppressed completely!
Wasn’t this guy a sword cultivator? Where did this Tiandao Array come from?
How could there be another person in this world besides that stinking fox who knew the Tiandao Array?!
As he thought this, he suddenly saw that the little monk—who had been slumped on Gao Ze’s back as if unconscious during the battle—had looked up at some point. He was turning his Buddhist beads and gave him a smile.
His lips moved.
Nan Lou saw the shape of the words. They said:
“Go. To. Hell.”
Translator’s Note: Tiandao Array translates to “Heavenly Way Array”—it’s one of the strongest sealing techniques in this universe. Wugou’s genius-level learning ability is really showing off here; he only saw Ning Ke use it once and already mastered it!
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