Mo Qi directly unleashed the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree. The treasure tree shimmered with golden light, spinning in the air. Phantasmal leaf shadows suddenly surged outwards, forming a continuous expanse, like a golden torrent connecting heaven and earth. It slammed towards Gongyang Hu, the torrent instantly scattering the golden light into disarray. It then submerged Zhong Li Xin’s figure.
Poor Zhong Li Xin was still reveling in the power of his previous divine ability when his body was torn apart in the next moment. He died inexplicably before he could even react.
The room flashed with light and the wind howled, but soon returned to calm. Gongyang Hu and Changsun Rong outside immediately returned to the room, overjoyed. “It was resolved so quickly?”
Mo Qi clapped his hands. “Yes, it’s resolved!”
“What?” Gongyang Hu and Changsun Rong were greatly astonished, their mouths agape, unable to close for a long time.
“You, you, how are you still alive?” Gongyang Hu asked in surprise.
Mo Qi calmly replied, “Because he died, I am still alive.”
“How could you kill him?” Changsun Rong blurted out.
Mo Qi once again conjured the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and formed a hand seal. “It’s very simple, just like this.”
Then, a flash of light occurred. Changsun Rong only had time to raise his hand to block before he was instantly reduced to ashes.
Gongyang Hu finally realized that his opponent was a tough adversary, or at least his magical artifact was.
He could only outwit, not overpower. But he couldn’t think of a way to outwit, so he could only turn and flee.
Mo Qi did not pursue, nor did he even glance at him, letting him escape.
Dugu Jun sighed, “You shouldn’t have let him go. He will call many helpers.”
Mo Qi snorted, “I want him to call people. Preferably, I want him to call all the forces of the four great families in the academy. This way, it will save me trouble.”
“You intend to face the four great families with the strength of one person?” Dugu Jun asked incredulously.
Mo Qi shrugged his shoulders. “What can I do? Perhaps I can be the first to sacrifice myself to awaken you who are numb and sleeping, that is also acceptable.”
“Your resolve is always higher than mine, but I still need to live in this dormitory,” Dugu Jun said with a smile.
“Alright, then I’ll follow him and see what kind of helpers he finds.”
With that, Mo Qi unfolded his form and darted out. Dugu Jun hesitated for a moment before following.
Gongyang Hu actually headed straight for the teachers’ dormitory area. After a few turns, he quickly arrived in front of a room and, without a word, began to knock.
While knocking, he shouted, “Teacher Qian, save me!”
After a long while, a slightly heavy voice came from within. “The door is not locked, just push it open and come in.”
Gongyang Hu pushed the door open without hesitation, and a strong smell of blood assailed him.
He saw Teacher Qian sitting on a straw mat. Beside him lay several desiccated corpses, scattered about. Those corpses had been drained of their vital blood and lay in the room like withered branches.
Gongyang Hu, as if accustomed to it, walked over without even frowning and prostrated himself on the ground.
“What is it, rushing in so flustered?” Teacher Qian suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice.
“Just now, I, Changsun Rong, and Zhong Li Xin went to Dugu Jun’s dormitory and encountered a person. He killed Changsun Rong and Zhong Li Xin. I hope Teacher Qian will uphold justice for us and avenge Changsun Rong and Zhong Li Xin.”
“I thought it was a big deal,” Teacher Qian casually raised his eyelids. “I’ll take this matter. I’ll go and avenge you shortly.”
Gongyang Hu was overjoyed.
Teacher Qian suddenly smiled sinisterly. “But you just knocked on my door and injured my vital energy. I need to replenish it.”
“Replenish? How?” Gongyang Hu’s face changed drastically. He instinctively stood up and retreated.
“I need to absorb your vital blood!” Teacher Qian said calmly, his tone as if he were discussing a trivial matter. It seemed that in his heart, death was a common occurrence.
Or perhaps, the death of people like Gongyang Hu was common.
Gongyang Hu, terrified, turned and fled. “Teacher Qian, our Gongyang family has always supported you! We are your capable helpers!”
“Yes, and now is precisely the time when your capable help is needed,” Teacher Qian said.
Gongyang Hu was about to run out the door, but at this moment, he felt even more fear, as if his heart was locked by the other party, unable to break free.
Teacher Qian simply formed his hand into a claw and pulled back forcefully. Gongyang Hu’s body, like a fallen leaf in the wind, flew up and fell into Teacher Qian’s hands. Without any pause, his body rapidly withered, and red mist emerged around him. After the red mist dispersed, his body also turned into a pile of dry wood. Teacher Qian disdainfully threw it on the ground. “What a waste, not worth anything.”
At this moment, a figure floated over. Looking at the scene before him, his anger was evident. “Are you a teacher at the academy? This is too damn insane.”
Teacher Qian was slightly taken aback. This person had some skill, to have entered so stealthily. Who was he?
“Who are you?” Teacher Qian remained seated cross-legged, unmoving.
Even though the opponent’s cultivation surprised him, he did not believe he could defeat him.
“It’s the person you were going to avenge, Mo Qi,” Mo Qi said in a deep voice.
“Mo Qi? There was a teacher named Mo Qi before.”
“That’s me,” Mo Qi said with a cold snort.
“In that case, your death here is not unjust,” Teacher Qian said coldly. “Because I have wanted to kill you for a long time.”
“Many people want to kill me, and they all ended up as corpses, while I am still alive and well,” Mo Qi said.
At this moment, Dugu Jun also walked in. Seeing the scene before him, his jaw dropped in shock.
A moment later, as if talking to himself or to Mo Qi, he said, “No wonder students have been going missing in the academy recently. It turns out this heartless devil is responsible. You are still a teacher, a veritable beast in human clothing.”
Teacher Qian placed his hands on his head, pulling them apart to the sides. With a grunt, his scalp was suddenly split open and extended downwards rapidly. A small, thin figure with a triangular head and triangular eyes emerged from within.
It was indeed a Turen.
Although most Turen were cast from the same mold, Mo Qi still recognized that he had seen this Turen somewhere before.
The Turen elegantly introduced himself. “My name is Shi Sheng. From your human perspective, I am a murderer, but actually, I am a good person. I have never killed a Turen. I am a very kind person.”
“Shameless!” Dugu Jun cursed.
Shi Sheng was not angered. He patiently said, “Actually, the standard for judging whether a person is good or bad is the same. If a person doesn’t kill, they are good. But how many pigs, cattle, horses, and sheep have humans killed? In the end, it’s still the survival of the fittest.”
Dugu Jun was speechless.
Mo Qi said, “We didn’t say that randomly killing pigs, cattle, horses, and sheep makes one a good person. We simply don’t impose constraints or judgments. In fact, I don’t want to judge you, but it’s excessive for you to claim to be a good person yourself.”
Shi Sheng was rendered speechless and looked deeply at Mo Qi. “You are quite eloquent and sharp-tongued. I will cut off your tongue later and soak it in wine to see if it can improve your speaking ability.”
“Forget it,” Mo Qi said with disdain in his eyes. “Even if you were given wings, you couldn’t become a roc; you’d be a sparrow at best.”
Shi Sheng felt particularly bored. The key question was, why was he arguing with them here?
He could clearly solve this with force, so why engage in wordplay? That wasn’t his strong suit.
His strong suit was fighting!
“You talk too big for your britches. Die.” Shi Sheng roared.
As he spoke, Shi Sheng formed his hand into a claw and fiercely grabbed towards Mo Qi. Mo Qi directly held the Fantian Seal and slammed it over. With a booming sound, the claw and the seal collided. Shi Sheng let out a mournful cry as his entire arm was shattered and broken.
Mo Qi snorted and slammed the seal over again. If this strike landed, it would surely splatter his brains and kill him on the spot.
However, a burst of gray mist suddenly rose in the air, blinding Mo Qi and Dugu Jun. Mo Qi calmly faced the onslaught and continued to slam the seal down. As expected, he struck empty air.
Suddenly, he felt the ground beneath him disappear, and his entire body rapidly sank. The surrounding objects became illusory, filled with smoke and dust.
Concurrently, he felt as if countless sharp swords were piercing his body in that confusion, making him jump repeatedly, almost crying out in agony.
But he heard an even more furious voice in his ear: “Ah! You deserve to die! You crippled my arm. I will make you taste the agony of ten thousand arrows piercing your heart, the torture of flaying and drawing your tendons, and finally, you will rot to death with your body completely ruined.”
Mo Qi propelled himself upwards, trying to swim up, but it was as if he had fallen into a mire. The more he struggled, the deeper he sank. The surroundings were chaotic and filled with endless darkness. The feeling of suffocation intensified.
“Hahaha, it’s useless. Once you fall into my Earth River Technique, you can only wait for death. The more you struggle, the faster you die,” Shi Sheng’s piercing laughter echoed in his ears.
Mo Qi, however, calmed down. The surroundings were filled with foul substances. In such a situation, he likely had to rely on the Hunyuan Jin Dou.
With that thought, Mo Qi conjured the Hunyuan Jin Dou.
The Hunyuan Jin Dou suddenly emitted a beam of light, like an animal’s extended tentacle, shrinking and extending in the air. The tentacle disappeared, taking some of the surrounding things with it, including the dust that was currently around him.
Mo Qi’s vision instantly cleared. Looking up, he saw Shi Sheng standing opposite him, waving his wide sleeves. From his sleeves, myriad phantasmal sword shadows rapidly traversed, striking towards Mo Qi. The swords cut through the air, whistling.
It sounded like ghosts wailing and the wind howling mournfully.
“Heavenly Bow, Earth Arrows!”
Without any visible movement, a beam of light energy surged out from Mo Qi’s body, spanning heaven and earth. It was majestic and sharp at the front, like a giant arrow. It violently collided, shattering all the phantasmal sword shadows it encountered. It continued forward, turning everything in its path into nothingness. Furthermore, fierce flames blazed, vast and distant, causing the entire space to boil and ignite.
Shi Sheng’s eyes widened in disbelief. “How is this possible?”
In his terror, his body instinctively dodged, but the arrow spanned heaven and earth. How could he dodge it? He was finally struck into pieces, vanishing into smoke.