Chapter 868
Chapter 868: Throw a Long Line to Catch a Big Fish
Snowflakes swirled around a figure standing in the snow . He was like a mountain, and his clothes flapped behind him . He exuded an unrelenting force .
The criminals stared at the figure with shell-shocked expressions . Panic and fear spread . Their martial arts grandmaster warrior leader had been thrown into the air by the man in front of them .
They never imagined that such a situation would occur from them surrounding and threatening a few youths .
Li Jiangcheng was shaking as well . He was so shocked speechless . Mo Wen was so so powerful . The aura he exuded was so strong and forceful that Li Jiangcheng could not breathe . What was even more ridiculous was that Li Jiangcheng had tried to steal Mo Wen’s points . Was he trying to seek death?!
He had thrown a martial arts grandmaster into the air with a single strike, and he was so young . Mo Wen was so talented that even Li Jiangcheng, who had always been called a genius, was shocked .
Mo Wen probably had a chance at the top ten of the Heaven list .
“Let’s go!”
The leader, who was in the martial arts grandmaster realm, almost did not hesitate at all . He turned and climbed up from the rubble he had been thrown into and fled .
The criminals who lived in the Red Stone forest all had very strong survival skills . It showed not only in their abilities but also in their awareness . They lived in a dangerous environment all year round, so they could keenly judge when there was danger .
The martial arts grandmaster knew the moment Mo Wen struck that he was no match for Mo Wen . If he did not leave, he might die in the young man’s hands .
Mo Wen frowned slightly . He did not expect the criminals to be so decisive . They had only just exchanged a blow before the criminals fled .
The moment the leader fled, the other criminals fled in all directions . It was almost impossible for Mo Wen to keep all of them there .
Mo Wen hummed and followed the leader, leaving behind the others .
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Killing the criminals in the Red Stone forest granted a competitor points . Criminals of different cultivation stages brought in a different number of points .
The criminals who are locked up in the Red Stone forests were all at least in the Golden Elixir realm .
The competitors who killed a criminal at the beginning stages of the Golden Elixir realm could gain a point . Killing a criminal in the mid-Golden Elixir realm could earn three points . Killing a late-Golden Elixir realm criminal and a criminal at the peak of the Golden Elixir realm could win the competitors nine and thirty points, respectively .
The higher the cultivation levels, the more points the competitor would receive .
If they killed a warrior in the first realm martial arts grandmasters, they could gain 300 points . It was ten times the number of points awarded for a warrior at the pinnacle of the Golden Elixir realm . Competitors would get 1000 points if they killed criminals in the second martial arts grandmaster realm . If they killed criminals in the highest realm, the third martial arts grandmaster realm, they would be awarded 5000 points .
However, it was usually difficult for competitors to kill warriors in the second and third martial arts grandmaster realm . The people locked up there were all vicious and ruthless . Their combat abilities were way stronger than ordinary warriors of the same realm . Killing a martial arts grandmaster on the Savages List was much more difficult than killing an ordinary martial arts grandmaster .
In the previous Heavens List tournament, first martial arts grandmaster realm warriors were rarely killed, much less those in the second and third realm . Sometimes, there would be consecutive tournaments in which no competitors killed any martial arts grandmasters .
Mo Wen ignored the other criminals and chased after the leader, who was in the martial arts grandmaster realm, because the points he would get for killing a martial arts grandmaster was more than killing all the other criminals put together .
Li Jiangcheng was shaken from his reverie and looked around him . Everyone had gone . The criminals had all escaped and the young man had gone after the martial arts grandmaster . He could not help sighing . Fortunately, he did not crush his jade pendant immediately like the other youth . Otherwise, he would have been out of the tournament early on . He did not stay in the area for long . Instead, he turned around and walked in a direction . The criminals might be afraid of the youth, but they were not afraid of him . If they saw that he was alone, they would definitely try to surround him again .
The leader was rather fast . He was skilled at fleeing and was familiar with his surroundings, so he had run more than 10 kilometers in just a moment .
“Luckily, I’m decisive and smart enough . Otherwise, I would definitely have died in that rascal’s hands . He is young, but he is so powerful . It’s really incredible . ”
The leader of the criminals thought he had managed to shake his opponent off after he ran for about 30 kilometers . He stopped and reached up to wipe his sweat .
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They had only fought for a moment but he had been severely injured . The icy cold power was still swirling throughout his body, damaging his organs and tissues . Fortunately, his cultivation level was not low . He could force the terrifying cold down with some difficulty .
“The first prey that I spotted is so powerful . My luck must be terrible . In the past competition for the Heavens List, meeting just one terrifying opponent like this youth would have been difficult . What’s wrong with this year’s competition? It seems like the people who entered are much stronger than the previous competitions . ”
The leader of the criminals looked terrible . Someone as powerful as the youth he met earlier would have no problems ranking in the top three amongst the competitors of the past competitions . He might even rank first . He had encountered such a powerful warrior so easily and did not know if it was because of his terrible luck…
Whoosh .
The leader of the criminals breathed in deeply . He patted his chest and spat out a pool of blood forcefully . The blood had a startling cold Qi within it . The hard red stone on the ground immediately turned into powder upon encountering the cold Qi . It had been frozen into little solid bits immediately .
“What a terrifyingly cold Qi . ”
The leader of the criminals breathed in . He had seen quite a few martial arts grandmasters who cultivated in the Cold Technique but had never seen someone who had such cold Qi . Had such a cold Qi entered his body in large amounts, he would have turned into dust immediately .
The young man’s cultivation was not scarily high . He was on par with him . However, the cold attribute powers in his inner Qi were terrifying .
If such a Cold Qi had entered one’s body, even a martial arts grandmaster would find it hard to eliminate it from his body in a short period of time . He was going to find a secluded area to heal . However, he only took two steps when he suddenly froze . He suddenly realized that there was a figure in front of him . He did not know when the person had appeared . There had not been any signs . It was as if it had suddenly materialized .
“You… how did you do that…”
The leader of the criminal suddenly felt cold, and his voice was dry and brittle . He had not sensed the youth appear at all . There had not been any signs . He had thought earlier that he had managed to leave the young man completely behind . If the young man had attacked him secretly earlier, he feared that he would not even have the chance to dodge .
Mo Wen looked at the leader of the criminals indifferently . A martial arts grandmaster who had once been on the savages list would be slightly more powerful than ordinary martial arts grandmasters . However, he was only a first realm martial arts grandmaster . Mo Wen did not think that he was a threat .
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The leader of the criminals was dressed shabbily . He had a piece of leather draped over him, but did not have much else . He was not much different from a primitive human .
The criminals who were banished there had their things taken away by Huatian Palace . Even clothes were rarely found, much less treasures and weapons .
In the Red Stone forest, fights were all based on ability . The only weapon that they had was their hands .
Of course, it was no different for the competitors .
“Let me off . ”
The leader of the criminals understood then that it was impossible for him to escape the youth . Even though he was a martial arts grandmaster, there was nothing he could do in an encounter with such a terrifying person .
“Let you off? I would lose out on 300 points for no reason . How would that benefit me?” There was a slight curl on Mo Wen’s lips .
The only way for a competitor to take points off a criminal was to kill them .
There was a crystal on the forehead of every criminal in the Red Stone forest . It was not an ordinary crystal, but a special item made by Huatian Palace . It was embedded in the criminal’s forehead and was linked to the criminal’s soul . Once the crystal was taken away, the criminal’s soul would disperse and turn into nothingness .
As such, when competitors and criminals met, it was most likely a kill or be killed situation . There were rarely any cooperative efforts . It was also a way for Huatian Palace to stop competitors from cheating .
“If you don’t kill me, I can be your subordinate . You want to find criminals in the Red Stone forest, but that is no easy task . I understand the people here, and they are adept at hiding . It will be hard to find them through ordinary search methods .
“But I have been locked up in the Red Stone forest for more than 20 years and I am very familiar with this place . At least, I know the gathering points of quite a few of the other criminals . If you have my help, it will be much easier for you to find prey in the Red Stone forest than other competitors . If you kill me, you will gain only 300 points, but I can help you to get thousands of points . Furthermore, a bunch of people work for me and I can give them to you, My Lord . ”
The criminals were crafty . They were cruel and heartless . The leader of the criminals could betray his subordinates without any hesitation to survive .
The Red Stone forest was cruel and dangerous . The criminals fought daily to survive . There were deaths every day . Those who survived were either very powerful cultivators or were very lucky .
“I am quite interested in what you are saying . I can let you go but if I find that you are not as valuable as I thought, I will kill you,” Mo Wen said lightly .
He realized that it was not easy for foreigners to move around in the Red Stone forest . The criminals living in the Red Stone forest were not good people and were highly powerful cultivators . There were powerful powerhouses who were in the second and third martial arts grandmaster realm .
Furthermore, Mo Wen had also realized during his chase after the leader of the criminals that the Red Stone forest was not simple . It looked like a large Red Stone forest on the surface . However, after he had traveled a certain distance, he realized that there were quite a few dangerous spots . Those areas could threaten his life .
“My Lord, please rest easy . You will not be disappointed . ”
The leader of the criminals bent his waist slightly, looking like a servant . However, a flash of odd light that was difficult to detect glowed in his eyes when he lowered his head .
Mo Wen left with the leader of the criminals, whose name was Bao Xun . With Bao Xun leading the way, he would be able to save a lot of energy finding the criminals during his future hunt .
The two had only just left when a figure emerged from a rock . The rock remained unblemished . There wasn’t a single mark on it . It was as if the figure had melded with the rock .
“That youth is really quite daring to work with a criminal . He is throwing a long line to catch a big fish . But he best be wary that the fish might drag him into the river . ” The figure was hazy, as if it was enveloped in a layer of fog . It looked like an illusion, a figure in a dream . However, the voice was really soothing, gentle and soft as water .
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