Why isn't there any movement? You're not fighting anymore? "
Sun Mo stood by the window. Sadly, the distance was too far and he couldn't see the battle situation.
"Teacher, the Sage has escaped."
Lu Zhiruo's hurried footsteps rang out in the corridor. Clearly, she was running over to inform Sun Mo. But in the blink of an eye, her footsteps turned into a scream.
"Ah, who are you? Let me go! "
Sun Mo was shocked. He teleported and appeared in the corridor. He saw a man in his thirties grabbing Lu Zhiruo's neck, trying to subdue her.
"Get lost!"
Sun Mo activated the Starflash Pearl again and appeared beside the man. He then smashed his fist toward the man's head.
Bang!
The man forcefully received Sun Mo's punch. The immense force caused him to stagger backward.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sun Mo drew his blade and slashed repeatedly, taking back Lu Zhiruo.
"I haven't seen you for ten years, and you've become even more powerful!"
The man surveyed Sun Mo.
"It's you?"
Lu Zhiruo recognized this fellow. His name was Lu Feng, and he had kidnapped her during the great teacher examination ten years ago.
Sun Mo didn't bother about Lu Feng. He carried the papaya girl with one hand and teleported back to the medical room. He was worried that something might have happened to Ying Baiwu, but he was still too late.
There was no one on the sickbed, only the lingering warmth.
"Damn it!"
Sun Mo was enraged and rushed out again. However, Lu Feng had already disappeared.
"Get out here!"
Sun Mo roared in rage.
"If you want to see your students, then come to the Darkness Continent to look for me!"
Lu Feng was very proud. Initially, after completing the mission his teacher had given him, he had wanted to spar with Sun Mo. However, the exchange of blows earlier made him understand that he wasn't a match for Sun Mo.
"I'll kill you all!"
Sun Mo blamed himself and felt angry.
He had already been very careful, but why did he still fall for it?
"Tea-Teacher, I'm sorry!"
Lu Zhiruo cried. If it wasn't for the sake of saving her, her teacher wouldn't have left the medical room and wouldn't have given the other party a chance.
"None of your business!"
Sun Mo waved his fist and smashed it against the wall.
Rumble!
The walls collapsed and dust flew everywhere.
…
In the suburbs, Ji Shiwen lost.
"After living for so many years, you should be content. Now, be at ease and let me harvest you!"
Ann sized up Ji Shiwen.
"Haha, dream on!"
After saying that, Ji Shiwen suddenly self-destructed.
"Suicide is useless, huh?"
An Xiaoxi's expression immediately changed, because the self-exposure was fake, and the escape was real. "Damn you, you dare to trick me?"
Ji Shiwen was the Lord of Dawn after all, and he had been pursuing the mysteries of the world for so many years, so he knew some secrets.
Ever since he became a Saint, he lived every day as if it was his last. Especially after knowing that An Dingzhi had awakened, he knew that he did not have much time left.
This duel was also an experiment.
…
After Ji Shiwen escaped, the great teachers of the Skyraise Academy didn't move out to capture him. Firstly, they couldn't defeat him. Secondly, seizing the position of the headmaster was the most important mission.
Everyone began to wrestle with each other.
Although Sun Mo was a vice-headmaster, he didn't have any foundation. Hence, he was completely ignored.
Naturally, Sun Mo didn't care about the position of a headmaster.
"What a pity. The Skyraise Academy is going to decline from now on!"
As she sat in the carriage and left, Qin Yaoguang looked at the magnificent school gate and sighed.
Ji Shiwen had brought glory to this school. But now, this glory would be overshadowed by his departure.
After Sun Mo returned, he didn't delay and directly went to look for An Xinhui.
"I'm preparing to go to the Darkness Continent. I'll have to trouble you to take care of Ziqi and Zhiruo."
Hearing Sun Mo's tone as if he was leaving his last words, An Xinhui panicked. "I'll go with you!"
"No need. I don't know how long I'll be gone for."
Sun Mo smiled bitterly.
"Is it for Baiwu?"
When An Xinhui saw Sun Mo nodding, she knew that he wouldn't return to the Nine Provinces if he didn't find Baiwu. This made her feel very stifled.
The Central Province Academy's reputation and strength were rising day by day. Her fiancé was famous throughout the world, and her beloved grandfather had also awakened...
Why was it that all these good things made her feel so sad?
"Your fame is like the sun in the sky now. You might even have the qualifications to fight for the position of the Saint Gate's vice leader. If you leave the great teacher world of the Nine Provinces, it'd be too much of a pity."
An Xinhui was worried.
The Darkness Continent was too dangerous. Other people would form groups when they ventured out to explore, but they would often be wiped out. Sun Mo was a loner. He was simply courting death.
"Alright, don't try to persuade me anymore!"
Sun Mo had already made up his mind. "If I can't even protect my own student, what's there to be proud of even if I become a saint?"
Sun Mo only wanted to see that girl who worshipped him and worked hard to protect his honor for over ten years being captured. He wouldn't be able to feel at ease.
"Take good care of yourself!"
After Sun Mo spoke, he turned and left.
"Little Momo!"
An Xinhui called out and hugged Sun Mo from behind. She wanted to tell him not to leave her, but when the words were at the tip of her tongue, she realized that she didn't have the right to ask him to do such a thing.
All along, he was the one who had been helping her.
"Don't worry, before I kill all those damnable fellows, I'll be fine!"
Sun Mo patted An Xinhui's hand. After that, he pulled her arm away and left without turning back.
He didn't bid farewell to Gu Xiuxun or the Calabash Brothers. Instead, he directly sat on Little Silver and flew toward the teleportation gate, entering the Darkness Continent.
"Eldest martial sister, quickly persuade Teacher. I feel that he's going to do something foolish!"
When Lu Zhiruo dragged Li Ziqi back to the Central Province Academy, it was already too late.
The two girls had planned to look for Sun Mo, but they were grounded by An Xinhui.
...
The Darkness Continent was a mysterious and vast piece of land. It was said that it was in the shape of a 'ladder'. The higher one went, the smaller the area. There were a total of six levels.
However, very few people could go up to the fifth level. As for the sixth level, the number of people could be counted on one's fingers.
On this continent, the majority of it was a virgin land with no traces of humans. There were endless possibilities, but there were also great dangers.
Every year, there would be adventurers who couldn't survive in the Nine Provinces or wanted to make a fortune and come to the Darkness Continent for an adventure. Without exception, when they formed a group, they would find one or two great teachers with profound knowledge.
It was best to know archeology and botany.
The dangers of the Darkness Continent didn't merely lie in the unknown geographical environment, the unknown animals, ferocious beasts, and poisonous plants. It also included the ever-changing laws of nature.
For example, the first level. The spirit qi fluctuations were intense, and the spirit pressure in different places was different, fluctuating between high and low.
Because cultivators had spirit qi in their bodies, there would be a spirit pressure difference when compared to the external environment. If this spirit pressure difference exceeded the tolerance range of the cultivator, they would be injured in a light case, and they would die in a serious case.
Places with spirit qi that was too thin or too dense weren't suitable for cultivators to survive in.
The second level was filled with illusions and auditory hallucinations.
Once cultivators stepped on this piece of land, their nerves would start to be corroded. Their ears would hear all sorts of strange sounds, and they would see illusions before their eyes.
On this level, cultivators wouldn't die, but they would go crazy. Therefore, adventurers would occasionally feel like they were wandering aimlessly like lunatics.
The third level was filled with spirit poison.
The spirit qi on this level contained unknown toxins. Once a cultivator breathed it in and reached a certain threshold, the cultivator would show signs of being poisoned.
At the very beginning, the third level was a forbidden zone to the people of the Nine Provinces. It was only after a saint discovered that the juice squeezed out from the roots of the Mountain Celery could cure poison that humans had the qualifications to explore this place.
The Saint Gate had issued an announcement that even if one kept on consuming the juice of the Mountain Celery, they would only be able to stay for a month at most. After that, they would have to leave the third level and rest.
Luckily, if they left the third level, the spirit poison would be expelled from their bodies after about a year or so.
The spirit poison on the third level made it so that no one would come here. Naturally, there would be many precious herbs and ferocious beasts that hadn't been hunted.
Many cultivators would use two years as a deadline and make meticulous preparations. After that, they would go all out for a month and do their best to obtain the spoils of war.
At this moment, in a mountainous region filled with jagged rocks, a five-man team was riding on a rock beast and moving rapidly.
These rock beasts were covered in scales and had sharp teeth. They looked a little like pangolins, but they were herbivores and were very docile. They were usually used as mounts in the mountains.
"It has already been twenty days, but we only found one Heart of Darkness. I'm afraid our plan is going to fail again!"
A girl in her twenties wore leather armor and had a curved blade hanging on her back. She exuded a heroic aura, but at this moment, her expression was one of disappointment.
"Don't be discouraged. We already found two last year, so we just have to find two more this year."
Chen Jian consoled.
"Do you think it's possible to find two in ten days?"
Zheng Hua sighed.
"What else should we do? Give up? "
Zhang Xiang angrily scolded. "If you guys want to give up, you guys can leave now!"
"Zhang Xiang, what do you mean by this?"
Zheng Hua was unhappy. "Even if I want to leave, I have the qualifications to take away one Heart of Darkness!"
"As expected, you already had this plan!"
Zhang Xiang sneered.
The so-called Heart of Darkness was actually the heart of a ratoon-toothed beast.
After such a ferocious beast died, its heart would turn to stone due to the loss of blood. It wasn't a natural secret treasure. It only had one effect, and that was to correct one's senses after wearing it.
The law of nature on the fourth level of the Darkness Continent was reversed. This meant that after a cultivator stepped into this level, they would want to use their left hand, but in reality, they would use their right hand instead. If the heart wanted to move its left leg, it would be its right leg that would move.
Because of this reversed law, this level was also known as the Reflection Continent. In any case, everything was reversed.
Ordinary people wouldn't be able to get used to such a 'reversed' life. Hence, they had to hunt for ratoon-toothed beasts and obtain the Heart of Darkness. After wearing it, everything would return to normal.
If this five-man team wanted to live on the fifth level, they had to obtain the Heart of Darkness. But from the current situation, they would most probably have to wait for another year.
"If it wasn't for you making a mistake and releasing that ratoon-toothed beast, we would only be lacking one Heart of Darkness now."
Zheng Hua retorted sarcastically.
"That wasn't my fault!"
Zhang Xiang's face flushed red.
"Alright, we are all friends who grew up together. Stop quarreling!"
The tall guy who had been walking at the front of the team turned his head and persuaded. His name was Lv Guojing. Because he was the oldest and strongest, he became the leader of the team.
The girl originally wanted to persuade him, but her ears suddenly twitched. She heard the roar of the ratoon-toothed beast. "Target discovered!"
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