classifiedscript Chapter 169 The Celestial Soldiers Uprising, Beneath the Gale Layer
Chapter 169 The Celestial Soldiers Uprising, Beneath the Gale Layer
Chapter 169 The Celestial Soldiers Uprising, Beneath the Gale Layer
Modi and the old man with the cloth bag stared at each other for a few seconds, but neither of them spoke or made any further moves.
Logically speaking, Mo Di was the savior of the old man with the cloth bag. Without him, the people of the five sects in Tianyong City would have been wiped out.
But the strange river below seems to possess an evil creature, and also its power.
These three factors combined made the old man with the cloth bag wary and he dared not speak carelessly.
The demons below sensed something was wrong and, at Bazett's signal, all stopped what they were doing. The gunman reached for his alchemical weapon, and the wizard secretly prepared to cast a spell.
The slender Styx dragon floated halfway on the water's surface, its mouth slightly open, growling in a low, wary voice.
Su Youli stood next to Mo Di, gripped the hilt of her sword, and unleashed a powerful dragon roar.
Seemingly sensing the increasingly heavy atmosphere, the old man with the cloth bag gripped his bag tighter, gave a dry laugh, and his lips moved slightly.
"This person said..."
Modi's expression changed slightly. He waved his hand, and the demon army immediately sank into the River Styx. The Styx Dragon also disappeared into the river.
Before the old man with the bag could figure out what was happening, he saw the entire River Styx gradually become ethereal.
"Um?"
The River Styx vanished in just a few breaths, and the mighty river disappeared from the spot just as it had appeared.
The man and woman who should have been standing on the river also disappeared without a trace along with the disappearance of the river.
The surrounding environment returned to normal; there was no more blood mist or the blackish-red river, only a large area of man-made ruins below.
The old man with the cloth bag looked around and confirmed that it was indeed Tianyong City.
He landed on the ground, stepping on the ruins, his brows furrowing slightly.
There were no water stains or traces of river erosion on the ruins, as if the river was just an illusion. Apart from the extremely strong residual negative energy, there were no other traces.
The old man with the cloth bag bent down and gently intercepted a wisp of residual energy. After observing it for a moment, he noticed the Zixia Sect members who were rushing over from a distance.
"What were those things just now? And who are they?"
The old man muttered to himself, unaware that the person he was talking about had just gone through a crisis.
Inside the Death Prison demiplane, Modi breathed a sigh of relief, clutching the divine weapon tightly in one hand, his arms, which had just recovered, once again became a bloody mess.
Behind him was a huge living structure, which looked like a brain, with a surface full of grooves and connected by blood-red ribbons.
The end of the ribbon is immersed in a pool of blood, which continuously draws nutrients to keep the facility running.
This is the vessel of the Styx Law, and also the wet computer that Mordi painstakingly built.
It is a living brain, and even more so, a living organism, possessing computing power comparable to that of an immortal, as well as the ability to expand autonomously.
Just now, in what should have been a safe demiplane, it encountered a crisis.
The crisis stemmed from the two divine weapons in Mo Di's possession: Huangfu Chong's Shooting Wolf and the Heavenly Light Breaking Cloud Spear.
Modi thought that once they were imprisoned in the demiplane and lost the control of their master, they would become obedient.
Unexpectedly, not long after Huangfu Chong's death, they collectively revolted and attacked everything in the demiplane at will.
Fortunately, the place where Modi imprisoned them was an open space, so even though they escaped, they didn't cause much damage. The only crisis was that they almost ran to the place where the law carrier was located.
If they were to damage any of the fragile wet parts, it would take Mordy an unknown amount of time to repair them.
"I was careless. I didn't expect the Heavenly Soldiers to have such a level of spirituality. Fortunately, I had a backup plan and locked them in an open area, so they didn't suffer too much damage."
Modi's flesh turned inside out, and as granulation tissue surged, his arm injury was completely healed.
He glanced at the two captured divine weapons and smiled casually.
"However, it wasn't without its gains. We can study these two things to prepare for our divine weapon's upgrade to a celestial weapon."
"You're not going to cause another experimental accident, are you?" Su Youli crossed her arms, her face full of suspicion.
She vividly remembered the experimental accidents that Modi had caused on the continent of Itniti. If it weren't for his timely reaction, the Frost Family Sanctuary would have been destroyed.
Curse proliferation, blood plague leakage, frost spread—once these things gain momentum, each can cause significant damage.
"No, no, with my assistance in his research, no accidents will occur."
Tiny particles gathered around Modi, forming a phantom image of a woman in a long robe with flowing brown hair.
The woman closed her eyes, and as her lips moved, she made a sound almost identical to Su Youli's.
Her delicate features were also very similar to Su Youli's.
"You are... my dragon soul?" Su Youli widened her eyes slightly, looking the woman up and down.
The woman shook her head slightly. "I no longer belong to you. I prefer you to call me 'Elena,' that's my real name." Su Youli frowned slightly and questioned, "That's also my name. And, have you developed an independent consciousness?"
Elena kept her eyes closed and sighed, "Yes, I, the Dragon Soul, was too vast. After you left, the memories stored within me were immediately pieced together to form a new personality, which is me."
"You could say I inherited all your memories before you left, so I'm like half of you. But after that, our memories are no longer the same; we're like two independent entities."
As she spoke, she slightly opened her eyes, and through the slits, one could vaguely see golden pupils that were different from Su Youli's.
She said calmly, "I possess all your memories, and you should understand what that means."
Nodding, Su Youli was surprisingly calm.
She certainly understood the implications: since the other party possessed all her past memories, they should also inherit her feelings for Modi.
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"So what? You don't even have a decent body." She smiled. "I made my move on him a long time ago, while you haven't, have you? I specifically asked him about it back then."
Elena's eye twitched, and her perfectly maintained expressionless face almost crumbled.
She certainly witnessed what happened that day, after all, she and Modi shared the same set of audiovisual senses.
This feeling is quite unpleasant, like... like someone standing up while you're reluctant to pedal your bicycle.
Fortunately, she was already mentally prepared for these words.
She and Su Youli could be said to have a relationship where they were each other's half-body; she could roughly sense what the other was thinking.
Calming herself down, Elena closed her eyes again and smiled, "It doesn't matter. I'll be by his side longer than you, and only I can be his assistant, don't you think, Mordy?"
"Huh?" Modi, who was eating a bucket of homemade popcorn, was stunned and realized that he had been surrounded by two people without his knowledge.
A dangerous gaze came from the left, and although the eyes on the right were not open, the expression on their face gave him a feeling that they were smiling while hiding a knife.
"Hmm, well... Ah, I think this Heavenly Weapon isn't that dangerous. It's not some kind of ultimate imperial weapon. I can study it by myself."
While the Celestial Weapon is indeed powerful, it's just so-so without a grandmaster to wield it.
At least, there is no such thing as "an old ancestor of divine power nearing the end of his lifespan, leading heavenly weapons to suppress hostile forces" in this world.
Modi felt he had answered well this time, both changing the subject and reassuring the two of them.
Next, we should strike while the iron is hot.
"We'll talk about the Heavenly Soldiers later; I have something more important to do."
As he opened the door to leave, he said, "It's time to reap the rewards from that kid named Xia Yunyi."
Upon hearing this, Su Youli raised her hand and said, "I'll go too."
After saying that, she glanced at Elena, only to hear her calmly say:
"Okay, I'll stay here and use your senses to keep an eye on you."
A strange chill crept up his spine. Mo Di strode through the door, followed closely by Su Youli.
After a brief period of darkness, the two returned to Tianyong City and stood on the ruins once again.
Modi looked around and said, "It's quite quiet, and there aren't any disciples from the Five Sects around."
"They've probably all withdrawn. They don't dare stay here any longer, although the imperial court is unlikely to launch another attack," Su Youli said casually.
He sighed, "It's just a pity for the people here. After a battle, I don't know how many people have died or been injured."
Huangfu Chong's arrow alone almost pierced through the entire city, splitting Tianyong City in half and destroying nearly half of the buildings within the city.
Those who happen to be in the path of the arrow are not necessarily guaranteed to survive.
As for the five cases... it's hard to say whether they will comfort the refugees and assist in post-disaster reconstruction, even if the incident was caused by the five cases.
"Now that such a big thing has happened, the Five Sects Grand Competition is probably canceled. The grandmasters of the other four sects will likely not stand idly by. Now, it depends on how the imperial court responds."
When Su Youli said this, there was a hint of schadenfreude in her tone.
She didn't know how other sects were doing, but Wan Jinghan, the Supreme Elder of Hidden Sword Peak, was very likely to make a trip to the capital.
This person was hailed by the world as "the foremost master of our time" many years ago.
The last person to be called that was You Qingxiang, the first leader of the Feast Sect.
"I've located Xia Yunyi. Let's go."
Following the connection between the karmic fire seed and him, Modi looked south. "He's probably been on the run for a while, but it won't be long before we catch up with him."
He made a sword incantation, summoning the Yuan Tu Sword, which still had some minor cracks. His figure merged with the sword light, transforming into a streak of azure light that shot straight into the sky.
Su Youli followed closely behind, her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword flying out from her Purple Mansion. She too transformed into a sword light, leaving behind a trail of chilling aura as she followed closely behind him, enveloped in icy mist.
The two soared into the sky, and only when they approached the gale layer did they change direction and stop gaining altitude.
Further up, one will face gale-force winds that can easily pierce through divine energy.
Most Divine Qi Realm cultivators cannot survive for long in the Gale Layer. Even if they reach the Gale Layer, they will face the ever-changing wind direction, which will greatly slow down their sword-riding speed.
It's better to just fly below the gale layer.