Wu Yongde"s gaze was too fierce. Even from such a distance, Qin Mo felt it and met it coldly.

Qin Mo"s stare stunned Wu Yongde, but he smirked. His lips parted and mouthed a sentence.

Qin Mo could read those silent words: "Just you wait."

His eyes glimmered, but before he could do anything, a violent earthquake shook the earth. A powerful demonic beast appeared from the deepest part of the forest. It looked like an enormous tiger, emitting bloodl.u.s.t.

The beast"s large eyes turned strangely, sweeping through the crowd as if looking for something, and focused on Qin Mo. It"s huge body quivered, and it bolted toward Qin Mo.

"A beast at the end of Soul Solitude!" Everyone"s faces filled with horror. Other than Ling Yun, everyone standing near Qin Mo retreated. Even Wu Yongxing wore an expression of doubt. This was the first time a beast at the completion phase of Soul Solitude appeared in the siege.

Qin Mo stood in the same spot, and his long sword appeared in hand. He stood with the sword, and despite no one being able to see his face, he exuded a kind of imposing atmosphere.

He uttered incantations under his breath, the sword flew from his hand into the sky. It emitted a brilliant purple light, s.h.i.+vered, and struck in the beast"s direction, the air crackling around it.

"Bang!" The sword collided brutally with the demonic tiger. The beast"s yellow fur seemed soft but was tough. Thunderbolt"s single strike did nothing.

Holding the recalled sword, Qin Mo took several steps back from the attack. His eyes blazed with fierce fighting spirit, not the slightest hint of retreat in them. He now knew that to truly cultivate, one had to sail against the current. If there were no difficulties, there was no improvement.

"I don"t even need to take action." Wu Yongde coldly laughed at Qin mo"s difficult position, eyes flas.h.i.+ng with disdain.

Wan Xiang, who had silently watched, wrinkled her brow. Although the beast was at the end of Soul Solitude, it shouldn"t be a problem for Senior Liu from the boundary of the forbidden mountain. Yet he was still at a disadvantage. Then her brows relaxed. Senior Liu probably hadn"t gotten serious yet.

Both eyes fixed on the beast ahead, Qin Mo"s feet s.h.i.+fted. The sword in his hand slanted across his chest. His eyes burned with meaning. He said, quietly, "Shattered Sky Sword!"

The spirit energy around him gathered at his side. Thunderbolt was pointed directly into the sky and fell upon the beast, drawing several fresh wounds on its hard body.

The beast"s mouth opened in an angered roar of pain, sharp and piercing. Some listless beasts raised once more and attacked the cultivators around them.

The demonic beast shook itself once. Its soft fur hardened into fine, long needles and shot in Qin Mo"s direction.

Faced with this dense rain of needles, Qin Mo wore a dignified expression as he toe-stepped out of the way. In the blink of an eye, he vanished to stand behind the giant tiger.

His eyes were brighter than torches, and he picked up his sword again without hesitation.

Though the cultivators fought the beasts, they couldn"t help but pay attention to Qin Mo. When Qin Mo"s attacks forced the tiger to retreat, it shocked everyone.

After the amount of time it took to drink a cup of tea, the fierce tiger gradually slowed its attacks under Qin Mo"s continuous a.s.sault. Its yellow fur was dyed red with blood.

It opened its eyes which were scarlet. It looked at him unwillingly and raised its head to the heavens. It roared, and the attacking beasts stopped, retreating into the forest like a tidal wave. The tiger retreated with them.

Watching the escaping beast, a sharp light flashed through Qin Mo"s eyes, and he said under his breath, "Shattered Sky Sword - Hurricane Slash." 

His sword was so sharp it almost seemed to cut through the sky. It stabbed into the tiger with awe-inspiring force. It staggered and fell. Its blood-red eyes stared at him.

Everyone looked at this scene dumbstruck. The fierce strike seemed to split their hearts. They would never forget this powerful blow.

Ignoring the crowd, Qin Mo raised his sword to give the tiger a final blow.

Something tore through the air behind Qin Mo before he could land the blow. The tiger"s skull cracked, the beast stiffened, and it died.

"I didn"t think I could behead this completion phase Soul Solitude beast." Laughter came from behind, and a figure appeared beside Qin Mo.

The laughing figure glanced at Qin Mo from the corner of his eye, right hand raised. The sword on the beast returned to his hand, and he strolled toward it as if intending to take its core.

It still shocked Wu Yongde that Qin Mo so easily defeated the beast. Even if he was motivated by jealousy, he didn"t want Qin Mo to take this advantage, so he acted after the last attack and stole the prey.

He wasn"t afraid of Qin Mo. Even his older brother Wu Yongxing could kill something of this level with his strength. Let alone the city"s many skilled masters waiting for dispatch.

A harsh light entered Qin Mo"s gaze on Wu Yongde"s leisure back. This man was deceiving himself too much. He said nothing, but both hands formed a seal in the air.

Others only felt there was a chant in the air, then a huge golden dragon appeared above Qin Mo.

"Stop!" Wu Yongxing, who had watched until then, suddenly shouted when he saw the dragon. He appeared before Wu Yongde in a flash. Power surged to his hands, and a huge palm appeared before them to block the dragon. The two collided.

"Crack!"

Wu Yongxing"s pupils shrank. The palm he"d created could only block the dragon for a single moment. It disintegrated under the dragon"s one attack.

His heart tightened as he watched the scattered palm, and his long sleeves danced in the wind. A fluorescent light flashed from his hands, and walls of light appeared before him one after the other.

The onlookers could only see a dense golden light in the trees the three figures stood in, so it was impossible to see everything clearly.

"Who is this man that he dares fight the Wuzhou City owner?"

"He dared to make a move. He even easily dealt with the Soul Solitude demonic beast. What is he afraid of?"

"The move just now, it looked like the Secret Dragon Art. . ."

"What, the Secret Dragon Art? The boundary of the forbidden mountain"s Secret Dragon Art?"

A burst of arguments broke out in the crowd. No one could conceal the awe in their eyes at the three words "Secret Dragon art." Before they entered the boundary of the guard sea, the sect elders and the family"s senior informed them of the basics regarding the different boundaries, including the boundary of forbidden mountain.

Wan Xiang had doubted Qin Mo"s ident.i.ty before, but now that she had seen the dragon, she was convinced. She had experienced the power of the Secret Dragon Art before, and it was deserving of its name. She wasn"t sure if Wu Yongxing could hangle this move. She looked at the dragon with burning eyes. She had to learn this move, even if she sacrificed everything.

The light dispersed, and the three people appeared once more.

Qin Mo was calm, making it impossible to guess his emotions. But Wu Yongxing and Wu Yongde"s clothes were damaged, and the younger brother"s face was weak.

"This Daoist friend, this one"s younger brother has wronged you. The demonic core belongs to you." Wu said somewhat dryly, supporting his brother with an ugly smile on his face.

Qin Mo didn"t reply, but Thunderbolt floated in the air. Flashes of lightning glittered along its sharp edge, and the tip pointed at Wu Yongde behind the elder brother.

Wu Yongde paled. He"d witnessed Qin Mo"s power and dared not look directly at him.

The elder brother"s smile stiffened, and the blue veins on his forehead protruded. However, when he considered the background of this person, he could only suppress his killing intent. "Daoist friend, I don"t think you want to have a bad relations.h.i.+p with Wuzhou City. I"m not its only Soul Solitude cultivator."

Several dark shadows appeared around him. From the fluctuations in their bodies, Qin Mo knew their strength had to have reached Soul Solitude.

"In a few days, the Spirit Moonflower in the north will bloom. If you want to join the battle for it, you"ll need the backing of the city." The elder brother continued, glancing at the long sword overhead.