In the Dreamy Cloud Manor, all the geniuses who attended the banquet had left.
In a waterside pavilion, Su Mo, the Third Prince, Jia Yuanji, the Deadly Swordsman, Han Yijian, and the Rakshasa Witch, Red Lotus sat together.
"Su Mo, your sword will has reached the late stage of the 1st stage. With your strong physical strength, your overall strength is almost on par with mine. We all have a chance of making it to the top 40 in this year's List of Top 100 Talents!"
Jia Yuanji said with a smile.
Su Mo's strength had gained Jia Yuanji's full approval, so he asked Su Mo to stay for a night so that they could get to know each other.
After all, all four of them possessed formidable strength that far surpassed the other geniuses, so they could communicate with each other equally.
Su Mo nodded and said, "I'll try my best. As for how high I'll be on the List of Top 100 Talents, I don't know!"
Han Yijian said, "Su Mo, Hong Domain has never lacked geniuses. Besides you, there are others who have comprehended martial will. Among the top 20 on the List of Top 100 Talents, there are more than five who have comprehended martial will."
"Oh? So many people have comprehended martial will! "
Su Mo was surprised. He thought he was the only one who had comprehended martial will.
Han Yijian said seriously, "Wu Sheng, who ranks third on the List of Top 100 Talents, cultivated the Lifeless Swordplay. It's said that his sword will has reached the Grand Completion of the 1st stage. His strength is terrifying. Many older experts at Lv 7 True Spirit Realm can't even take one move from him."
"There are also some other geniuses who are ranked higher, such as Hong Qingtian, who ranks fifth, and Childe Beihan, who ranks sixth. Even if they are not as strong as Wu Sheng, they are not far off!"
Su Mo's face turned serious. Wu Sheng, who ranked third on the List of Top 100 Talents, and Prince Flaming Cloud, who ranked fourth, both had the strength to kill Lv 7 True Spirit Realm martial artists in seconds. Their terrifying combat strength really put some pressure on him.
"Haha!"
Red Lotus sneered and said, "I say, aren't you thinking too much? Wu Sheng, Childe Beihan, and the others are not people we can defeat. Their strength has long surpassed our imagination. What we need to do is try to make it to the top 40."
"Haha! Red Lotus is right, we have been thinking too much! "
Jia Yuanji laughed and said to Su Mo, "Su Mo, it's not that we have no ambition, but the geniuses of the Great Hong Empire are too terrifying!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Yuanji sighed to himself and said, "Actually, our natural talents aren't much inferior to theirs. It's just that their identities and backgrounds are formidable, and the nurturing they received is far from something we can compare to. This is an innate advantage that we can't force!"
Su Mo shook his head and said, "I don't think so!"
"Oh? Su Mo, what do you think? "
They were surprised and looked at Su Mo curiously.
Su Mo thought for a while and said, "Having a powerful background will only give them a higher starting point than us. However, it still depends on their perseverance and talent as to who can go further on the road of martial arts in the future!"
"Moreover, from a certain perspective, perseverance might be stronger than talent."
"Willpower?"
The three of them shook their heads inwardly. Perseverance was important, but without talent and resources, it would be useless no matter how strong one's perseverance was!
At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
The four of them chatted in the pavilion until late at night. They talked about their martial arts experiences, their own experiences, and the heroes of the world.
In the room, Su Mo sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.
Su Mo ran the Nirvana Cultivation Method, and the Genuine Vitality in his elixir field circulated in his body.
There were seven realms in the Nirvana Cultivation Method, and Su Mo had only cultivated to the first realm. However, he had already reached the peak of the first realm, and he would be able to break through to the second realm in two days at most.
The first three realms of the Nirvana Cultivation Method were only at the basic stage. Only by cultivating to the fourth realm could one truly unleash the power of this cultivation method.
The night passed uneventfully, and at dawn the next day, Su Mo bid farewell to Jia Yuanji and the others and left the Dreamy Cloud Manor.
After leaving Topsun City, Su Mo flew into the sky and headed north.
Su Mo did not have a specific destination. Anyway, he only needed to travel in the direction of the Great Hong Empire. He could train as he traveled.
As long as he could reach the Holy City of Top 100 before the Top-100-talent Competition began, it would be fine.
Occasionally, when he passed by a large mountain range, Su Mo would enter it to kill and hone his Infinite Swordplay.
The three sword moves of the Limitless Sword Technique were not fancy at all. What they displayed was absolute sharpness and extreme attack power.
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On this day, the sun was shining brightly, and Su Mo arrived at a country called Changyang Country.
Changyang Country was also one of the 29 small countries in the Hong Domain. After Changyang Country was the largest country in the Hong Domain, the Great Hong Empire.
"Eh?"
Su Mo suddenly stopped when he was flying above a small town.
The town below him was a desolate scene. Chilly winds blew, and there was no sign of life. Instead, it was filled with a strong sense of death.
"What's going on?"
Su Mo was puzzled, and then he descended from the clouds.
He was skilled and bold, so he was not afraid of anything. He prepared to check it out.
When Su Mo landed in the town, he was instantly shocked by the scene in front of him.
There were corpses everywhere in the town. On the streets, in the shops, and in front of the restaurants, there were corpses everywhere.
This was not what shocked Su Mo the most. What shocked him the most was that these corpses were all dried corpses. They were all skin and bones, and there was not a trace of blood or flesh. It was extremely horrifying.
Obviously, these people had been sucked dry of blood.
Su Mo looked at the ground full of dried corpses, and he almost thought that he had done this himself.
"Could it be the work of a demonic beast?"
Su Mo rejected this idea as soon as it came to his mind.
Demonic beasts would definitely eat people directly, and not just suck blood.
Su Mo went forward to check the corpses and found that some of them had their necks bitten open by sharp teeth, and some had their heads pierced by fingers.
Whether it was the bite marks of sharp teeth or the marks of five fingers piercing through their skulls, it all showed that these people were all killed by human cultivators.
"Who could be so cruel? How could they directly suck other people's blood! "
Su Mo frowned. The cruelty of the person who had done this was simply indescribable.
Although he would also devour the blood of others, that was a characteristic of his Martial Soul. Moreover, Su Mo would never devour innocent people.
What he devoured were either demonic beasts or enemies.
But here, the entire town had been slaughtered, regardless of gender or age. Not a single person was spared, which showed how cruel the person was.
After a while, Su Mo walked around the town with a gloomy face, trying to find any clues.
"Haha, more people have come to die!"
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