Why Doesn't This Thing Hold a Grudge?

Neither of these two Noble Phantasms has much offensive power, but their effects are highly practical!

The Cloud Stepping Shoes essentially grant Luo Jun a triple jump—one on the ground and two in the air—giving him some degree of aerial mobility. As for the Calamity Blocking Red Rope, it's a life-saving item in crucial moments. And regarding the luck ability, it's unclear whether it affects the roll of the Dice of Heavenly Secrets...

"Master, please give this to me, you old man..."

"Don't worry, I haven't been around all these years for nothing. I still have some life-saving gadgets! Your mission is more challenging. This monster will retaliate after being provoked, and if you can't dodge it, it won't be a joke!"

Luo Jun nodded, immediately put on his shoes and the red rope. With a wave of Old Yuan's hand, a gust of sandstorm sent him flying upwards, while Yuan Lao himself created some distance, took out several pieces of equipment and put them on his body, all of which amplified elemental power.

Then, he clapped his fists together, causing Elemental Fluctuation to surge. The desert within a radius of several kilometers seemed to come alive, with yellow sand surging and rolling. Even Mosayus's enormous body began to sink involuntarily!

Good idea!

Luo Jun could see clearly from high above that his Master had altered the structure beneath the sand, turning what was originally a relatively solid and load-bearing sand into soft, shifting sand!

"We didn't expect you to cause any damage anyway!" Old Yuan said, pointing at the giant beast. "If we can provoke it, then our goal has been achieved!"

"Is this the end?" Because he had been swerved off course, Mosayus had now bypassed the garrison's fortress and was less than ten kilometers away from Paramey City. At his speed, he could reach the city in five minutes at most!

Upon seeing this, Luo Jun immediately activated his Cloud Treading ability, leaping sideways to dodge the Bone Blades. But immediately afterward, another tentacle followed, and another large wave of Bone Blades swept towards him!

Now!

Old Yuan looked at Luo Jun and was slightly taken aback. He had been worried that his disciple would be intimidated after witnessing the monster's power, but he didn't expect that his disciple would take the initiative to continue the fight!

Recalling the scene in the surveillance footage where Luo Jun bravely confronted the Polluter... I knew I hadn't misjudged this kid!

"There's no other way..." Old Yuan sighed, "Without a master at the Ascension-level, this is all we can do."

Get out of the way!

"This is a genuine forty-meter-long broadsword!"

Master about to summon Heavenly Thunder?

Luo Jun looked at Mosayus, and sure enough, the head of the giant snail that had been hit in the core twitched violently, then raised its head high and let out a deafening roar!

"Hurry!" Old Yuan led Luo Jun and flew towards the desolate desert to the north. The enraged monster actually changed course and chased after the two of them.

Dodge the attack!

It's Master!

Luo Jun was overjoyed and stepped on the glass block!

"Back then, there were Ascension Expert, and your Master was also at his Peak!" Old Yuan said with a proud look, "It wasn't just a matter of hurting it back then!"

Only 33 points of difficulty? Seems not too dangerous. It's a pity that if I rolled just one more point, I would have gotten Great Success!

Luo Jun thought to himself that it was a close call, but the Event Success did not change the fact that he had nowhere to turn for help. Just as he was getting anxious, he suddenly noticed a large piece of glass that was still steaming flying down from below!

"Ding! Event Difficulty 75 points, Final Points 70 + 5 points, Event Success!"

"Break the Bone Blades!"

Luo Jun adjusted his position, pushed off with all his might, and rushed towards the red core like lightning.

The master and apprentice immediately turned back. One of Mosayus's heads was already bald. The two of them worked together again and attacked the remaining two heads one after another. After some maneuvering, they successfully pulled the monster away twice more!

But Mosayus seemed to have gotten used to this kind of provocation, pulling the distance shorter and shorter each time. Finally, when all three heads were bald, he headed straight for Paramis City without hesitation, ignoring the two men's harassment.

As they spoke, the two had already pulled Mosayus several kilometers to the northwest, but just as Old Yuan had said, the giant snail, realizing it couldn't catch up, decisively gave up, closed its wide-open mouth, slowly turned around, and continued towards the Paramis City.

"Awoooooo..."

"No, this is nothing..." Luo Jun looked at the time limit for completing the task. The actions of the master and apprentice had only delayed it by three or four minutes at most, which was far from the goal of delaying it by more than ten minutes.

Although it was still some distance away and only activated for a moment, Luo Jun could already feel the high temperature brought about by the massive energy reaction!

Although the laser beam did not hit Luo Jun, it traveled far into the distance and struck the desert hundreds of kilometers away!

"Master, let's do it again!"

The moment the notification sound rang, Luo Jun immediately activated Cloud Treading to dodge to the side. At the same time, the red "eye" lit up, and a beam of red light shot out, grazing past Luo Jun!

"Master?" Luo Jun turned around and saw Old Yuan, gritting his teeth as he said, "No, I can't destroy its core..."

Mosayus seemed to sense the danger as well, and began to close its large mouth in an attempt to protect its core. However, Luo Jun was incredibly fast and crashed into the core first!

Boom!

This enormous red core was hundreds of meters in diameter. When Luo Jun crashed into it, ripples spread out from the core, centered on him, and even the mouths and teeth around the core vibrated!

Luo Jun was slightly taken aback, and then he saw a red sphere emerge from the huge mouth. It was crystal clear and had a flowing light inside. When placed next to the slender mouth, it looked like a huge vertical eye!

Just as Luo Jun was analyzing, a Old Yuan came from below. "Be careful, it's about to unleash its Ultimate Move!"

"Of course not..." Old Yuan shook his head and said, "First of all, forcing out his core is not an easy task, let alone providing sufficient stimulation..."

Another successful breach of the safety line!

However, the Cloud Stepping Shoes ' triple jump ability is different; the point of leverage it provides is absolutely solid. When Luo Jun exerts his strength, he can provide all his power to himself for a sprint!

It can be said that jumping in mid-air using the Cloud Stepping Shoes is faster and more powerful than jumping on flat ground!

"Boom!"

Although Old Yuan had increased the thickness of the sand layer using his Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger technique, it was just a small sand pit that would trip Mosayus up a bit, only slightly restricting its movement.

Although these lightning bolts did not cause any real damage, they had already made Mosayus irritable. His three heads shook in unison, and his countless forked tentacles swung back and forth, their sharp blades sweeping across, as if trying to cut off the annoying lightning!

As he spoke, Old Yuan brandished his Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger, manipulating Heavenly Thunder to strike the core that had clearly dimmed!

With a loud crack, the thick Thunder Pillar slammed into the core, adding only a layer of blue-white arcs to the red light, without causing any substantial damage. However, the intense shock still caused the monster's body to twitch!

Energy attacks are ineffective; we must resort to physical attacks head-on!

The instant the red light disappeared, a huge mushroom cloud rose above the horizon!

This power is comparable to that of nuclear weapons...

Dice, please!

Luo Jun looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw that the snail with a bald antenna had its head raised high, and a thin slit suddenly appeared below its head along its neck, as if it were being pulled open like a zipper!

The gap visibly widened, revealing countless fine teeth that writhed continuously with the soft body, like the teeth of a chainsaw.

"How did you manage to bring it back to the heart of the desert forty years ago?" Luo Jun asked curiously.

"Event Difficulty 72 points, Final Points 69 + 5 points, Event Success!"

However, Luo Jun frowned. The core was not the hard texture he had expected; instead, it was an elastic structure similar to hard rubber!

Although not as impervious to force as soft flesh, it was indeed difficult to damage. The enormous recoil even bounced Luo Jun away, sending him flying hundreds of meters before being caught by a gentle whirlwind.

Unlike the aimless wandering before, this time the Bone Blades were clearly aimed at Luo Jun. Even if he could shatter one with his internal energy, the rest would keep coming one after another. His internal energy simply couldn't withstand it, and relying on his physical body to resist was too dangerous!

But now that Luo Jun has used his double jump, he has nowhere to gain leverage in the air and has no way to dodge!

But Old Yuan's methods didn't stop there!

Luo Jun suddenly felt the sky darken. Looking up, he saw dark clouds covering the sky, thunder rumbling, and lightning flashing in the darkness.

"And then, this Mosayus isn't very vengeful... If it gets hurt, it'll chase you furiously for a while, but once it realizes it can't catch up, it'll give up decisively and continue towards its original goal. So it's very difficult to lure it away completely!"

What happened?

Luo Jun raised his fists and pushed his Gathering Origin Protective Qi to its limit, forming the thickest shield in front of him. Just in case, he also summoned the Dice of Heavenly Secrets!

Luo Jun gritted his teeth, did a somersault in mid-air, and pushed off backward with both legs!

With just one step, I experienced the benefits of wearing Cloud Stepping Shoes!

With Luo Jun's current strength, no matter the ground, rock, or steel, it cannot withstand his full-force stomp. Therefore, when he jumps, the point of force will definitely deform, just like an ordinary person stepping on soft sand, where a lot of the force will be dissipated, making it impossible to jump with full force!

The moment the "eye" was formed, Luo Jun felt a strong sense of danger, as if he had been glared at by some ancient evil god!

Something is coming!

"Event Difficulty 33 points, Final Points 90 + 5 points, Event Success!"

With the dice roll giving him confidence, Luo Jun pushed off with both legs again and charged towards the sharp edge of the Bone Blades!

Crack!

Ultimate Move?

This is... Mosayus's mouth?

No, a more accurate term would be mouthparts!

The force of the kick sent the glass block flying, and Luo Jun himself changed his direction of movement, but it was still not enough to escape the attack range of the Bone Blades. However, that kick had already refreshed his Cloud Treading ability. He leaped to the side, instantly dodging the attack range of the Bone Blades, and then, taking advantage of the Bone Blades's missed attacks, he used his old skills to turn back and catch up with the last Root Bone blade!

With a snap, the Root Bone blade broke in two. This time, Luo Jun was smarter. He controlled his strength based on the feeling from last time. While breaking the Bone Blades, he also greatly reduced his speed. He found the right moment, stepped on the broken Bone Blades, and once again refreshed his triple jump count. Then he jumped up and rushed towards the next Root Bone blade!

Using this technique, Luo Jun broke off a branch and stepped on it, gaining the high mobility to continue flying in the air!

At the same time, Old Yuan was also using the various abilities of his treasure to restrain the other two heads of the giant snail, preventing them from paying attention to Luo Jun!

"Now!" Old Yuan shouted from below, "It will enter a cooling phase after firing its laser; take advantage of this moment to attack its core!"

Sure enough, Mosayus's massive body began to sink, greatly limiting its movement. But this monster was simply too enormous; even in the very heart of the desert, let alone near the edge, the sand layer would be too thick to bury this giant snail...

Luo Jun rolled the dice without hesitation!

"Okay, let's do it again!"

With a startling explosion, Luo Jun flung a cloud of white mist behind him and charged straight at one of Mosayus's tentacles like a cannonball!

A monster of this size, even just its tentacles, is comparable to a skyscraper. And because of its soft yet tough material, Luo Jun could not possibly break it in one blow. His real target was a branch that had sprouted from the tentacles!

Even the very last branch was as thick as a subway car, and the enormous Bone Blades resembled the blades of a wind turbine, slashing through the air with a crackling sound as they swept in with overwhelming force!

Lei Tianyang had used similar tricks before, but at most he could only summon a small dark cloud. His master's dark cloud, however, enveloped Mosayus, and was a million times larger than Young Master Lei Three's!

This grotesque appearance triggered Luo Jun's trypophobia... But his Master had said that monsters might reveal their weaknesses when provoked... Could his weakness be in his mouth?

With repeated attacks, Luo Jun quickly broke all the forked Bone Blades on the two tentacles on the head. Just as he was about to start dealing with the other heads, a huge wail suddenly rang out.

Before Luo Jun could even recover from his astonishment, a massive Thunder Pillar struck down from the dark clouds, crackling and crackling as it pounded against Mosayus. Each bolt evaporated a large amount of slime, and plumes of steam rose from the giant snail's body.

The sound was like a thunderclap in Luo Jun's ears, making his head buzz and disrupting his rhythm. Fortunately, he quickly calmed himself down and readjusted his state, thus avoiding being cut by the handsome guy's Bone Blades.

"That's it?" Luo Jun looked at Mosayus, who was hot on his heels. "So simple?"

Luo Jun felt a powerful force coming towards him. In the instant of the collision, he felt a large piece of his internal energy being shattered. However, this obstacle only lasted for a moment, and then the view suddenly opened up!

Mosayus's forty-meter-long cleaver was broken in two by Luo Jun's single strike. Although this was only a minor injury compared to its enormous size, it was a huge shock to this ancient behemoth that was almost impossible to harm! Its entire tentacle, and even its huge snail head, twitched involuntarily!

But this minor injury was far from enough to make Mosayus back down; instead, it fueled its rage. This time, it swung its entire tentacle at Luo Jun, and the seven or eight Root Bone blades that branched out from it all slashed at Luo Jun, as if a large net was coming to envelop him!

But looking at the Mission Time Limit, there are only eight minutes left!

Given the power that Mosayus has demonstrated, three minutes is enough time, even if it doesn't completely devour the city, to cause massive casualties.

And his mission... was destined to fail!

(End of this chapter)