Chapter 371: The Thief Crying ’Stop Thief

WHOOSH!

Su Mo watched the surrounding sea of stars with great interest. With a casual wave of his hand, a star landed in his palm.

It blazed with a roaring fire that seemed capable of melting the very void.

However, the flames couldn’t harm Su Mo in the slightest. Instead, they vied to merge with him.

"Not bad!"

Su Mo said with satisfaction.

If anyone else had heard that, they would have gone crazy roasting Su Mo.

Most people were already considered celestial beings if they could attract auspicious omens from the heavens, like five-colored lights or the moon rising over the sea.

But Su Mo summons a sea of stars and only calls it ’not bad’?

It was because Su Mo was already used to it.

Back in Medicine King Valley, he had already manifested the Chaos-Born Cyan Lotus. Now, seeing this sea of stars, he thought it was just so-so.

"Devour!"

Su Mo opened his mouth wide, and the entire sea of stars around him transformed into pure energy, which he swallowed in one gulp.

BOOM!

Along with an explosive burst of incomparably strong aura, Su Mo smoothly broke through to the Grand Martial Artist Realm.

"I broke through just like that?"

Su Mo said in pleasant surprise.

’First, I’ll see if I can fly.’

THUMP!

Su Mo lightly tapped his toes on the ground and instantly leaped high into the sky.

A view that made all mountains look small!

The once-massive mountain ranges had now shrunk to black dots the size of mung beans, looking dense and incredibly tiny.

"This must be ten thousand meters high, right?"

Su Mo said in astonishment.

He had heard that Martial Artists who had just broken through to the Grand Martial Artist Realm could typically only fly about a hundred meters high.

Any higher, and they would fall.

Yet he could fly ten thousand meters high, a hundred times higher than an ordinary person.

And he could go even higher.

Even the surrounding temperature was dozens of degrees lower than on the ground, proving the truth of the old saying: the higher you go, the colder it gets.

"Time to test my speed!"

With a single thought, Su Mo appeared a hundred li away.

This flight speed surpassed a Martial Venerable’s by several hundred times.

Not even a Martial Emperor was as fast as him.

After playing around in the sky for over ten minutes, Su Mo finally landed on the ground, not yet fully satisfied, and stared at his surroundings in a daze.

The area, which had once been wreathed in mist and brimming with Immortal Qi, had now become a barren mountain range, covered in sand and dust.

Su Mo was dumbfounded.

’What in the world happened here?’

Just as he was wondering, the sand and dust in front of him suddenly shifted, and a disheveled Luo Yu crawled out.

"What happened to you?"

Su Mo asked.

Luo Yu’s mouth twitched violently a couple of times.

’What happened?’

’It was all because the celestial phenomenon caused by Su Mo’s breakthrough was too terrifying! It sucked dry all the surrounding Spiritual Qi, turned all the plants into sand, and even buried me!’

’If I hadn’t hastily consumed two stalks of White Atractylodes Grass and broken through to the Martial King Realm, I would have died here.’

"No one else has been here, have they?"

Su Mo asked awkwardly.

Luo Yu shook her head. "Those guys from before all left. No one has come since, so you don’t have to worry about hurting anyone."

Hearing this, Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

’Good, no one died.’

This also served as a wake-up call for him. Next time he had a breakthrough, he would have to find a deserted place, or the consequences could be dire.

If this had happened in Qingyang City, more than half the population would have been sucked dry by him.

"But..."

Luo Yu stammered.

Su Mo asked, "But what?"

Luo Yu pointed at the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring and said, "The eye of the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring... you sucked it dry. It’s turned to sand."

"Ah..."

Su Mo looked awkwardly at the eye of the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring.

The spring’s source, once brimming with abundant Spiritual Qi and fragrant aromas, had now turned into yellow sand. It would probably take a thousand years to recover.

’Good thing I don’t need it anymore, or I’d be regretting this to death.’

Su Mo said, "Next up is the Celestial Tribulation!"

"Celestial Tribulation?"

Luo Yu looked at Su Mo, confused.

Su Mo explained, "Every time I have a breakthrough, I attract a Celestial Tribulation. I expect this time will be no exception."

"What?"

Luo Yu’s face was filled with shock.

’Don’t Martial Artists only attract a Celestial Tribulation when they break the shackles of heaven and earth?’

’Besides, a Martial Artist would have enough to be proud of for a lifetime just by attracting one.’

’Su Mo attracts a Celestial Tribulation every time he has a breakthrough?’

’Doesn’t that mean Su Mo breaks the shackles of heaven and earth with every breakthrough?’

Luo Yu asked in disbelief, "Brother Su, are you sure a Celestial Tribulation descends every single time you have a breakthrough?"

"Yeah!"

Su Mo nodded in affirmation.

Luo Yu looked up at the sky and said, "But there isn’t a single dark cloud in the sky. It doesn’t look like a Celestial Tribulation is about to descend, does it?"

"That damn old man upstairs can’t kill me with his lightning, so now he’s throwing a tantrum."

Su Mo said nonchalantly.

It was the same last time at the Demon Venerable Burial Ground. After his breakthrough, that damn old man upstairs refused to send down the Celestial Tribulation for a long time.

The Celestial Tribulation only arrived after he had defeated everyone and was preparing to leave the Demon Venerable Burial Ground.

’It’ll probably be the same this time.’

Luo Yu was speechless.

Most people would be lucky just to attract a Celestial Tribulation, and eighty percent of them would be struck dead by it. Yet for Su Mo, that damn old man upstairs was throwing a petty tantrum.

’He’s really in a league of his own.’

She finally understood why Su Mo was so powerful.

After all, he was someone even that damn old man upstairs was wary of.

Su Mo said, "Let’s go. My business here is done. It’s time to go help Huang Yanchen and the Ninth Floor Master."

"Okay!"

Luo Yu nodded.

Just as the two were about to leave, a confused voice suddenly came from the distance, "Elder Yue, something doesn’t seem right."

"What’s not right?"

Yue Mountain asked.

The brocade-clothed youth looked around and said, "This is the location of the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring. It should be brimming with Spiritual Qi, just like an Immortal Realm. Why has it turned into a patch of yellow earth?"

"It’s right that it turned into yellow earth!"

Yue Mountain explained, "The emergence of a Divine Artifact stirs heaven and earth, absorbing a massive amount of Spiritual Qi. Now that the Spiritual Qi here has been drained dry by it, it means the emerging Divine Artifact is incredibly powerful."

"But..."

The brocade-clothed youth looked hesitant.

He had only ever heard that the descent of a Divine Artifact would create a strange phenomenon and bring down auspicious signs from the heavens; he’d never heard of one sucking dry the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

’Even if it is a Divine Artifact, that would make it a malevolent weapon.’

Yue Mountain urged, "Stop making a fuss over nothing. Hurry up and search! If we find the Divine Artifact, our Haoyue Sect and the Cangxuan Sect might be able to surpass the Sacred Lands, suppress them, and dominate the Cangxuan Realm."

"Yes!"

Everyone began to search diligently.

However, they searched for a long time but couldn’t find even a shadow of the Divine Artifact.

Yue Mountain muttered in confusion, "That can’t be right. The descent of the stars just now was clearly a sign of a Divine Artifact emerging. How can we not find it?"

"Could someone have found it and hidden it?"

A brocade-clothed disciple guessed.

Yue Mountain’s brow furrowed. He looked suspiciously at Chu Yulong and said, "Elder Chu, tell your Cangxuan Sect disciples to hand over the Divine Artifact, will you?"

"Hmph. I suspect it was someone from your Haoyue Sect who hid the Divine Artifact,"

Chu Yulong said coldly.

Yue Mountain said furiously, "Bullshit! We of the Haoyue Sect would never stoop to such petty theft! It must be your Cangxuan Sect trying to hoard the Divine Artifact for yourselves!"

"Do you have any proof?"

Chu Yulong demanded, his face ashen.

Yue Mountain said in a chilling voice, "Besides our Haoyue Sect, the only other people here are from your Cangxuan Sect. I don’t need any proof."

"Without proof, you’re just making baseless accusations! It’s the thief crying ’thief’!"

Chu Yulong retorted, his face red with anger.

Just as the two were arguing heatedly, a voice suddenly called out from the distance, "Elders, come quickly! There’s someone here!"