Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Madwoman
Qin Mo stared in disbelief as the phoenix-eyed woman's sword came hurtling towards him from the west. Judging from his earlier fight with Bernoullius, the phoenix-eyed woman was a tough woman among tough women—ruthless and strong. But now it seemed Qin Mo had overlooked one thing… her heart… was hard enough.
King Bernoulli's hand remained firm; he did not believe that Danfengyan would disregard Qin Mo's life, and Qin Mo's body was still steadily held in front of him.
A dazzling sword light flashed, aimed at Qin Mo and Bernoullius, and the two were about to become victims of the sword together.
"You crazy woman!" Bernoulli roared and dodged away, but he didn't put Qin Mo down, still using him as a shield.
The sword light from the phoenix-eyed sword followed them like a shadow, relentlessly pursuing them as it drew closer. Qin Mo's hair began to stand on end... from fear.
"Damn it..." Bernoulli finally abandoned Qin Mo, throwing him backward. He grabbed his mace with both hands, gathered all his strength, and charged towards the soul-stirring sword light.
"Right now..." the phoenix-eyed man shouted, leaving Bernoulli completely dumbfounded... What did "right now" mean?
He suddenly sensed something and turned around in fear, only to see that the weak member of the Great Xia royal family had already pressed himself against him like a phantom, his hands holding a pair of weapons that were faintly visible, and he didn't know which part of him they were aimed at.
A bright crescent moon suddenly appeared in King Bernullis's terrified eyes. He cried out, "Crescent Slash... Elf race!"
Bernoulli desperately summoned the "power of the ancestors," gathering the primordial energy between the earth to form a shield behind him. Then he could only watch helplessly as the crescent moon crashed into the shield.
The bright crescent moon dimmed immediately upon touching the energy shield, much to Bernoulli's relief. However, the dim crescent moon split in two, and the two crescents began to intertwine, finally tearing through Bernoulli's energy shield and striking his neck.
King Bernoulli's neck was harder than refined iron. Qin Mo's short blades were filled with energy, and the once invincible "Shadow of Concealment" were now duller than a broken woodcutter's knife. He struggled to slash at Bernoulli's neck.
The sword light from the phoenix-eyed sword finally struck Bernoullius's spiked hammer, a resounding boom echoing for a long time. Bernoullius's massive body slowly slid down, lying on the cold ground. His left arm was gone, and a third of his neck had been severed. His blood didn't spurt out, but flowed slowly, as if unwilling to leave its master.
“I…I still looked at…you…” Bernoulli seemed to have completed his “beastly journey” in an instant, becoming incredibly old.
Qin Mo was speechless. He had just forcibly summoned Nirvana Flame to help him break free from the so-called "Earth's Might," and then unleashed the Elven race's signature combat technique, "Crescent Slash," beyond his usual level. Although he had severed Bernoullius's neck, the recoil from that "air shield" still made his blood surge and his whole body feel numb and sore. He sat on the ground, panting heavily, completely disregarding his image.
"Answer one of my questions, and perhaps I can let you go." Only the man with phoenix eyes stood in the room, looking down at the heavily injured Bernoullius, and said coldly.
"Heh, you're going to let me go? Do you think I'm some naive young man?"
“Tell me where Blackham is, and then leave me with an arm, and you can go.” The words from the almond-shaped eyes made Qin Mo realize that she had come for Bernoulli, and saving her was just a side thing.
"Heh heh heh... Cunning Great Xia people, what do you want with Lord Blackham? Are you going to your deaths?" Bernoullius's neck was still slowly bleeding, but his face was full of mockery.
The man with phoenix eyes placed a heavy sword against his neck, his words chillingly cold: "...or...death."
"Hehehe... Lord Blackham is deep within Baikal-dalai. Go find him if you want to die!" Bernullis let out a sinister laugh, his eyes turning eerie.
Danfeng's brows furrowed again. Just as he was about to press for more questions, he saw the old beast's eyes quickly dim and eventually become lifeless.
"He's dead? How could that be... How could he dare to die right under your nose?" Qin Mo said in a strange tone, which sounded like she was blaming Danfengyan for not keeping a close watch.
With her phoenix eyes fixed on Qin Mo's, she softly asked, "Are you unaware of the effects of the orc race's 'ancestral power,' or are you deliberately mocking me out of resentment?"
Qin Mo did indeed harbor resentment towards Danfengyan. That sword strike just now was clearly aimed at her, showing no mercy whatsoever. What if Danfengyan had missed? Wouldn't she have died young? However, given Danfengyan's overwhelming aura, Qin Mo obediently shrugged, indicating that she was innocent.
"The 'ancestral power' of the orcs? I know they seem to be able to use secret methods to unleash their potential and enhance their combat power by burning their life force. 'Ancestral power'... I really don't know anything about it." Qin Mo genuinely didn't know much about it. After coming into this world, he only knew how to diligently practice his skills and build ships to recruit subordinates. He simply didn't have the energy to deal with any matters that were unrelated to him. Allen and Wu Shengze both thought he was the Qin Mo from before, and that he knew all these things.
"Once the orcs obtain the qualification to worship their ancestors, they will sacrifice their lives to receive the blessing of 'ancestral power' and gain the ability to 'manipulate' the earth's energy, just like us cultivators. If they feel that their lives are coming to an end, then let the 'ancestral power' return to the earth, taking away their life force in the process. If they are determined to die, I cannot stop this mysterious power of 'ancestral power'."
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