Chapter 399 - 400: Death Black Lotus

Hm?

Granny Sha herself looked surprised.

Her technique had seemed simple, but it was packed with boundless killing intent. She never imagined Su Mo would block it so easily—with nothing but his physical body.

’Could it be? Is Su Mo some kind of monstrous Body Cultivator?’

’No wonder he’s so arrogant!’

Granny Sha said unhurriedly, "Brat, you’ve got a few tricks up your sleeve. Seeing as your cultivation path hasn’t been easy, I can forgive you this once."

"Forgive me? That would be great!"

Su Mo said with pleasant surprise, "Don’t worry, I’m a very amicable person. I won’t hold it against you for trying to blast me to smithereens just now."

He had accidentally pulled Baihua Valley’s Earth Vein, and Granny Sha had attacked him once with her full power.

Tit for tat, this evened the score.

Besides, when Granny Sha had attacked him, he hadn’t fought back. In a way, it was like letting her take a life from him as compensation.

By any calculation, Granny Sha was the one who came out ahead.

However, Granny Sha said coldly, "Don’t celebrate too soon. My forgiveness comes with a condition: you must kneel and apologize to our Baihua Valley."

’A genius this monstrous must have an extraordinary power backing him,’ she thought. ’I can’t afford to make an irreconcilable enemy of him.’

’But I must preserve Baihua Valley’s dignity.’

But to Su Mo, this demand was excessive. It had crossed his bottom line.

"Kneel? Heh, in that case, maybe you shouldn’t forgive me!"

Su Mo said indifferently.

’Kneel my ass!’

’As the saying goes, a man’s knees are precious as gold. How could I ever kneel to someone else?’

’Never in this lifetime!’

Granny Sha’s eyes narrowed slightly.

She was already exercising immense restraint, trying to avoid bloodshed. By only demanding he kneel and apologize, she was, in her own way, giving him an incredible amount of face.

Who would have thought that Su Mo would actually refuse?

"Brat, you’re being stubbornly defiant!"

Granny Sha said, her eyes ice-cold, "Since you insist on forcing my hand, then I have no choice but to kill you!"

"Then kill me!"

Su Mo said impatiently.

’I’m actually curious,’ he thought. ’What other special techniques does Granny Sha have that she hasn’t used yet? This is a good chance for me to see something new.’

’After all, everyone around here treats Granny Sha with such reverence!’

"Fine!"

Granny Sha let out a cold shout. A massive torrent of black light erupted from her body, causing the entire world to dim in that instant.

SIZZLE!

The black light carried a powerful corrosive force, eating away at the very air.

"Is that Hundred Flowers Withered Bones?"

"No way, is Granny Sha really going to use that technique? That’s a devastating ultimate move, strong enough to wipe out an entire Sect."

"It’s an invincible technique."

The onlookers commented with dread.

WHOOSH!

Under their fearful gazes, Granny Sha formed a hand seal. The black light around her surged wildly, transforming into countless black flowers.

In an instant, black flowers bloomed across the sky.

This was the technique, Hundred Flowers Withered Bones.

The black flowers were also known as Flowers of Death.

From a distance, the entire sky was shrouded in darkness, as if the apocalypse was nigh, holding a tragic funeral for the world.

HISS!

One Flower of Death landed on the ground, instantly corroding a large crater into it.

The Spirit Plants within a hundred-meter radius were all eroded by the Death Qi, withering and dying.

An Earth Dragon was reduced to withered bones before their very eyes.

And that was just a single Flower of Death.

If all tens of thousands of these Flowers of Death were to fall to the ground, this entire region would be destroyed.

"This move is terrifying!"

"Years ago, Granny Sha used this very move, Hundred Flowers Withered Bones, to annihilate a Sect. I can’t believe we’re seeing it again today."

"It’s practically a forbidden technique!"

Seeing Granny Sha unleash Hundred Flowers Withered Bones, the crowd hastily retreated from the area.

A technique powerful enough to turn the very land to dust would surely vaporize a person in an instant if it landed on them.

They wouldn’t even leave a corpse behind.

Su Mo was also secretly surprised.

’Flowers of Death?’

’This Hundred Flowers Withered Bones technique really is something else. If Granny Sha lets it rain down indiscriminately, the entire Purple Cloud Palace will be destroyed.’

’And the Purple Cloud Palace is practically my property now.’

’If Granny Sha destroys it, the loss would be immense.’

’The Second Elder would definitely kill me.’

Therefore, he absolutely could not let this happen. He had to stop Granny Sha’s wide-area attack.

"Hold on!"

Su Mo quickly shouted to stop her.

Granny Sha thought Su Mo was scared and shook her head. "It’s too late for regrets now!"

Her Hundred Flowers Withered Bones was an extremely dangerous, forbidden-level technique. It was impossible to recall.

Now, her only option was to unleash it and destroy this entire region.

If Su Mo didn’t want to die, his only choice was to flee the area before the attack landed.

However, Su Mo said, "I don’t regret anything. I just hope you won’t harm the innocent. Focus the full power of this attack on me. I’ll take it all by myself."

"What?"

Granny Sha was stunned on the spot.

’Is this kid insane?’

’He knows exactly how terrifying this move is, yet he’s asking me to hit him with its full power?’

’This is a world-destroying technique, for crying out loud!’

’Forget the full force; even half of it would be more than enough to guarantee his death!’

"You heard me right!"

Seeing Granny Sha’s doubtful expression, Su Mo said earnestly, "I am asking you to direct the full power of this technique onto me and me alone. I will bear it all. If possible, I don’t want a single blade of grass or twig here to be harmed."

"Damn it, this kid really is crazy!"

"Heh, this is the Purple Cloud Palace’s territory. Don’t tell me this kid is trying to protect it for them?"

"Did the Purple Cloud Palace do him some great favor?"

"Favor my ass! No favor is great enough to repay with your own life!"

"Sigh... Looks like this kid is just asking to die!"

The crowd stared at Su Mo, speechless. They couldn’t understand why he would do such a thing.

"This is my only request!"

Su Mo said.

Granny Sha glanced at Su Mo coldly. "So you won’t shed a tear until you see your own coffin, is that it? Fine. I’ll grant your wish. If you die, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

WHOOSH!

With a thought from Granny Sha, the tens of millions of Flowers of Death gathered together, condensing into a massive Death Black Lotus.

The Death Black Lotus radiated a thick aura of death.

"Brat, die!"

Granny Sha directed the Death Black Lotus to smash down on Su Mo.

The terrifying might of the attack made everyone’s hearts tremble, and they couldn’t help but close their eyes.

They couldn’t bear to watch.

Without a doubt, the Death Black Lotus would obliterate Su Mo, leaving not even his bones behind.

He would die without a complete corpse!

Granny Sha said indifferently, "You’re clearly a genius, yet you insist on seeking death. This old woman can only grant your wish."

With that, she quietly watched the Death Black Lotus hurtle toward Su Mo.

But in the next second, she was dumbfounded.

A giant golden hand erupted from the ground, shot toward the sky, and snatched the Death Black Lotus in its palm.

"What?"

"That kid actually blocked Granny Sha’s Death Black Lotus with his hand?"

"Heavens, am I hallucinating?!"