Ch 16: Half-Step Heaven-Human
“……Demon Slayer?” Heshen practically squeezed the words out from between his teeth, his mentality exploding. Originally, he thought that Ji Xiaolan had some unspeakable agreement with the Demon Slayer, but good heavens… were they actually in cahoots?!
“Lord Ji Xiaolan, you have betrayed the Emperor’s grace, your crime is heinous! All enshrined ones, listen to my command, we will now…” Heshen only got halfway through his sentence.
As if teleporting, Chu Mo appeared silently in front of Heshen in the next breath, extending a finger and gently touching Heshen’s brow.
Heshen’s eyes slowly widened, and blood flowed from all seven orifices, his brain actually shattered by the impact, and the remaining force transmitted through his spine, pulverizing his internal organs. Eradicating his ability to think and the life force within his body at the same time…
Chu Mo then gently brushed his palm again, leaving only a Northeast tiger skin in place. A demonic seed condensed in his palm…
“Demon, demon magic, run!” A Grandmaster demon was so frightened that his mind was torn apart, no longer even caring that “demon” actually referred to him… He knew the enemy was strong, but he didn’t expect him to be so ridiculously strong.
However, as soon as he turned around, he was shocked and horrified to find that Chu Mo had appeared before his eyes at some point.
This time, Chu Mo threw a light punch.
At this moment, he felt as if he was facing an unimaginable earthquake, with giant mountains collapsing and smashing down on him. He felt his body being crushed over and over again…
“Lord Heshen, is this what you were facing?” He managed to say with difficulty, a sense of relief and despair permeating his eyes. What exactly were they fighting against? Immediately, he turned into a puddle of mud, as if boneless, collapsing limply on the ground.
One, two, three, four, five…
Apart from the three human Grandmasters who were knocked unconscious by Chu Mo, the remaining four demon Grandmasters were all killed on the spot, and demonic seeds were condensed.
Casually throwing the four demonic seeds into his mouth, Chu Mo calmly stared at the hundred years of lifespan he had gained.
“An average of twenty-five years each… not much, but still above the baseline!”
Chu Mo tilted his head and glanced at the dumbfounded Ji Xiaolan, “Let’s start preparing… since things have come to this, let’s unveil the chessboard we’ve been setting up for so long!”
Chu Mo yawned, turned around, and walked towards his room, “I’m going to take a nap… in eight hours, I’ll head north and have a chat with the old Emperor.”
Ji Xiaolan: “……”
Ji Xiaolan was completely convinced. What kind of courage and state of mind was this?!
This was rebellion… one slip-up, and their entire family and lives would be over!
But even when facing such a major event, he actually had the leisure to sleep and recuperate…
Is there really nothing in this world that can shake your mind?
Is this what it means to be unfazed by the collapse of the sky?!
“Originally, I only thought my talent was far inferior! But now it seems…” Ji Xiaolan sighed deeply. In terms of mentality… or rather, in any aspect, he was far inferior to this child who had just turned nine.
“The key question now is!” Ji Xiaolan patted the corner of his eye, looking at the three human Grandmasters who were still unconscious, a troubled expression appearing on his face. “See if we can subdue them… if we can’t, we can only imprison them, or…”
On the other side.
Chu Mo lazily lay on the bed, preparing to sleep and restore his essence, qi, and spirit to their peak. Before closing his eyes, he brought up his current status.
【Name】: Chu Mo
【Identity】: Lord of the Doors of Space and Time, Lord of the World Society
【Realm】: Half-Step Heaven-Human
【Talent】: Lifespan Point Allocation…
【Lifespan Balance】: Demon Lifespan 137 years, Human Lifespan 52 years
【Current Martial Arts】: Taiyi Fist Intent（World’s Limit）, Luohan Fist Intent（World’s Limit）, Mastery of All Arts（World’s Limit）
【Summonable Heroic Spirit】: Number One Under Heaven God of Slaughter
【Number of Times History Can Be Traveled】: None
【Number of Optional Talent Draws】: None
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Half-Step Heaven-Human, this was the realm Chu Mo ultimately reached.
After a year of accumulation and effort, the total lifespan he had gained since coming to this world had finally barely exceeded ten thousand…
Ten thousand years of lifespan smashed down, allowing him to learn everything he could to the extreme. Several Grandmaster techniques, countless Innate and Acquired techniques, swords, sabers, spears, halberds… he was proficient in everything, mastered everything, and integrated everything, forging Mastery of All Arts!
So it wasn’t that Chu Mo was carefree, but that he truly had the confidence. The reason he hadn’t really taken action all along was that he was still patiently waiting for the seedlings of the talents he was cultivating to sprout… but since things had come to this, what else could he do?
“Becoming a Half-Step Heaven-Human… my lifespan has reached one hundred and fifty years! If I want to break through again, it’s Heaven-Human!” Chu Mo’s heart rippled almost imperceptibly.
“Forget it!” Shaking his head, Chu Mo drew another hundred years from his demon lifespan, and then directly spent money to digest the four Grandmaster-level demonic seeds he had just obtained.
【In the third year, you, having perfectly digested the demonic seeds, felt a negligible increase in the strength of your body!】
【In the first hundred years, your strenuous cultivation still failed to push open the barrier in front of you.
You have felt countless times that you are only a short distance away from the next realm! However, repeated experiments have proven that this feeling of being able to break through with just a little more effort is just your illusion!
You are still wondering whether you are lacking something important that prevents you from breaking through, or whether your talent is insufficient to break through! You think it’s probably the former… because even if your talent is not enough, it’s impossible for everyone in the world to lack talent!】
Chu Mo yawned, his emotions not fluctuating in the slightest. He was already used to it… He slowly closed his eyes.
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With this sleep, he awoke again to a dark world.
Chu Mo sensed something, rose to his full height, unhurriedly washed up, and finally opened the door.
Outside the door, stood a dense crowd of people, dressed in black tight-fitting clothes, holding torches high in their hands. At the very front was Ji Xiaolan!
“Lord, please issue the order!” Ji Xiaolan said, one word at a time, his face flushed red with excitement. The long-cherished wish of so many years, the dream forged with the blood of countless Divine Province human race sons and daughters… perhaps today, it would set sail… or even be achieved!
If they couldn’t succeed even under Chu Mo’s leadership… Ji Xiaolan couldn’t imagine who else in the world could lead them to success!
He firmly believed that even the Ming Taizu, who drove out the Tartars in the previous dynasty, couldn’t be more outstanding than this person in front of him at this age. Or do these things better than him!
“Order? The order is for you to eat well, drink well, sleep well, and then wait for my notification!” Chu Mo rolled his eyes.
“Ah?!”
The extremely excited Heaven and Earth Society experts froze. They were either Innate or district hall leaders stationed in different villages and towns around Jiangning… These hall leaders were the hubs connecting the upper and lower levels of the World Society, which had been revamped by Chu Mo.
They had always heard Chu Mo say that they were the strongest force in this world, but now how could they…
“Even if you are strong, but… underestimating the enemy is a big taboo! Back then, Sun Chengzong of the late Ming Dynasty, the number one martial general in the world, how high-spirited was he? Didn’t he still…” Ji Xiaolan subconsciously spoke.
Chu Mo only slightly raised his eyelids, and the trace of fist intent that leaked out made everyone present feel a tightness in their hearts, their minds blank.
By the time everyone present regained their senses, they found that Chu Mo had already disappeared. And they didn’t even realize when Chu Mo had disappeared…
Everyone: “……”
After looking at each other, they had to sadly admit that it seemed that numbers… really didn’t mean much to this person!
