Chapter 417: Someone Really Isn't Afraid of Death

Chapter 417: Chapter 418: Someone Really Isn’t Afraid of Death

“This…”

Seeing Su Mo’s insistence on taking them for treatment, Baili Dian could only agree resignedly. “Very well. Since you insist on inviting us, Your Excellency, we will accompany you.”

At this point, he had no choice but to agree to enter the city with Su Mo. He would have to assess the situation as they went.

‘I can’t possibly fight him head-on.’

Su Mo said with satisfaction, “Don’t worry. I’m a man of my word. If I say I’ll help heal your injuries, I’ll make sure you’re cured.”

With that, Su Mo led the group into the city.

At that moment, the members of the Baili Race were all on the verge of tears. A chilling premonition, like a hero marching to his doom, washed over them.

“Why do I feel like we’re walking to our deaths?”

“You too? I have the same feeling.”

“If we die, we die. I just hope we can leave a whole corpse behind. Being eaten by the Demon Beasts in the city would be too pathetic.”

Everyone wore a bitter expression.

Just then, Su Mo, who was walking at the front, suddenly turned his head to look at them.

Everyone jumped in fright.

‘Is he finally going to make a move on us?’

Just as they were tensing up, they heard Su Mo say, “I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Su Mo, and I am the master of this city.”

‘Su Mo… It really is that monster!’

Baili Dian’s face was filled with horror.

Although he had long guessed Su Mo’s identity, hearing Su Mo say it himself still sent a shock through him.

“And you?”

Su Mo asked.

Baili Dian hurriedly replied, “We are the Baili Race. We were hunting a vicious beast and just happened to be passing by, which is how we mistakenly trespassed on this treasured land…”

After speaking, he stared intently at Su Mo, terrified that Su Mo would see through his lie.

Su Mo said, “Oh, so you were just passing by. Then it’s fine. I thought you were here to cause trouble. If that were the case, I would have had no choice but to chop you all to pieces.”

Hearing this, Baili Dian and the others nearly wet themselves in fear.

Because they *were* there to cause trouble.

If they hadn’t been smashed by the mountain Su Mo threw, they would probably have been chopped to pieces by now.

‘Is Su Mo saying this just to mess with us?’

Baili Dian immediately took out a Demon Core and said, “This is the Demon Core of that vicious beast. Please consider it a greeting gift, offered to you, Your Excellency.”

“Well then, I won’t be polite!”

Su Mo accepted the gift without any pretense.

「Meanwhile…」

The sneaky figure of Netherworld emerged from the void ten thousand meters away. He watched Baili Dian’s group with a grave expression. ‘To think that the great Baili Race would fall at the hands of someone surnamed Su. It seems this guy’s strength is even more terrifying than I imagined.’

Baili Dian himself was a Late Stage Martial Emperor.

With his entire race mobilized, they could run rampant not just in the Northern Profound Domain, but even in the Central Profound Domain.

And yet, they had suffered a crushing defeat in Qingyang City.

They were even captured and taken back by Su Mo.

‘And those surrounding Grand Arrays are all incredibly powerful. Even several ordinary Martial Emperors working together probably couldn’t break through them.’

‘I have to lure an expert even stronger than Baili Dian.’

‘What reason should I use?’

Just then…

Two figures flew out of Qingyang City. It was the Cyan Cloud Sparrow and the Ink Flood Dragon.

The Cyan Cloud Sparrow asked, “Elder Su, are these the people who trespassed in our Qingyang City?”

“This is Elder Baili!”

Su Mo said, pointing to Baili Dian.

Baili Dian’s pupils shrank. ‘A Tier Seven Demon King! And it even has a Divine Beast bloodline… No, there are two of them.’

Even in the Central Profound Domain, Divine Beasts were exceedingly rare.

Two Divine Beasts… a treasure that likely only the Sacred Lands would be qualified to possess.

Su Mo ordered, “Take them to see the Second Elder!”

“Yes!”

the Cyan Cloud Sparrow replied.

Netherworld thought with a delighted smirk, ‘Two Divine Beasts, plus the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring and a Saint-level Earth Vein… Hehehe, I have a plan.’

A Divine Beast bloodline or the Nine Heavens Green Fall Spiritual Spring alone might not be enough to tempt those top-tier experts.

But both of them together would be invaluable.

Not to mention the Saint-level Earth Vein here as well.

This was a Treasure those experts dreamed of finding. It was worth them starting a war and personally coming here to seize it.

This was especially true for the Sacred Lands.

One had to understand that those Sacred Lands had existed for tens of thousands of years, some even for over a hundred thousand. The Earth Veins of their Sacred Lands had long been on the verge of drying up and were in desperate need of replenishment.

With a low chuckle, Netherworld quickly vanished.

But the moment he disappeared, Su Mo turned his head and murmured, “Someone really isn’t afraid of death and wants to cause trouble.”

“Cause trouble? No, no, no… We absolutely had no intention of causing trouble.”

Baili Dian hastily explained.

He thought Su Mo had seen through his lies and was nearly scared to death.

Su Mo waved his hand. “Don’t be afraid. I wasn’t talking about you.”

“Elder Su, the Second Elder is here!”

the Cyan Cloud Sparrow said.

Su Mo turned around and indeed saw the Second Elder rushing over. “Young Master, I heard you were looking for me.”

“Second Elder, let me introduce you. These few are…”

Su Mo began.

Before he could finish, the Second Elder interrupted, “These must be the people who were causing a ruckus outside our Qingyang City, right?”

“No, Elder Baili and the others were just passing by.”

Su Mo quickly explained.

The Second Elder exclaimed in shock, “What? You rob passersby too? That’s not good! If word gets out, our Qingyang City will lose all face!”

Su Mo was stunned.

‘When did I ever rob passersby?’

The Second Elder advised, “Young Master, although our Xiao Alliance is very powerful, we must be benevolent. We can’t just do whatever we want. Those who offend us, we should tear them to shreds. But those who haven’t offended us, we must not lay a hand on them!”

“I really didn’t rob them!”

Knowing he couldn’t explain himself clearly, Su Mo simply turned back and asked, “Elder Baili, did I rob you?”

“No, absolutely not! I, Baili Dian, swear on my life!”

Baili Dian answered in a rush.

He was afraid Su Mo and the Second Elder were putting on an act for their benefit, so he denied it at once.

‘What if they’re trying to make it true?’

The Second Elder pointed at Baili Gu, unconvinced. “You still say you didn’t rob them? Look, you broke every bone in his body.”

“…”

Su Mo was rendered speechless.

RUMBLE!

Just then, a terrifying fluctuation of power erupted from within the Second Elder’s body, shooting straight toward the heavens.

In an instant, everyone present was suppressed by this power.

BOOM!

The clouds in the high heavens were blown apart.

Baili Dian’s mind reeled. ‘No way… We just met, and you’re already about to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm, Second Elder?’

As someone who had been through it, Baili Dian knew full well how difficult it was to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm.

It was almost as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

Even a Martial Venerable Great Perfection expert would need to spend several years, or even decades, to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm.

But he had only just met the Second Elder.

“Elder Baili, you are truly worthy of coming from the Central Profound Domain. Your insight is vast. You saw with a single glance that this Elder is about to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm.”

The Second Elder said with a smile.

He had indeed just broken through to the Early Stage Martial Venerable Realm not long ago, and his Realm had not yet stabilized.

However, he had consumed a Nine Dragon Venerable Pill.

In the blink of an eye, he showed signs of breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm.

The Second Elder said, “Elder Baili, please wait a moment. This old man will be right back. Once I return from my breakthrough, I’ll have the Young Master release you.”

“Alright!”

Baili Dian replied.