The Future of Clear Abyss Sect May Fear the Sun and Moon Sharing the Same Sky; Has Li Mo's Score Overtaken Ying Bing?

Trial ground entrance.

A White-headed Magpie stood on Yin Huaxuan's shoulder, chirping in a faint rustle.

Yin Huaxuan pondered briefly, then said, "That Wang Hu was indeed practicing Hundred Beast Blood Refining. Just now, he fully unleashed his Beast Seed, opened all twelve meridians in an instant, and even transformed into a tiger-leopard. He was roughly equivalent to a peak ninth-grade exotic beast."

"Then isn't my disciple in grave danger?"

The elder of Ruyi Peak shot to his feet.

When he had learned just now that Lin Jiang had encountered Wang Hu, he had already wanted to make a move, only to be talked down by several elders.

What they feared was that if he acted rashly, he would scare off the Big Fish behind Wang Hu.

"Elder Lu, don't be anxious. I haven't finished."

Yin Huaxuan's expression turned strange, and he added, "Disciple Li happened to be passing by."

"Wang Hu has already been subdued by him. Right now, an inner-sect deacon nearby is escorting him back."

Li Mo again?

The elders looked at one another.

He had defeated a late ninth-grade exotic beast, and now subdued Wang Hu, who was equivalent to a peak ninth-grade exotic beast.

The latter even possessed human intelligence, making him harder to deal with than an exotic beast.

To be honest, although Li Mo and Ying Bing had both stood at the summit of the Heaven-Ascending Stone Steps at the same time, in the elders' minds, Ying Bing's natural talent was still far stronger in every aspect.

After all, as the sect master's true disciple, Ying Bing's terrifying progress had already left them numb with shock.

They had not expected that Li Mo truly seemed to have some intent of keeping pace with her.

Before long.

The inner-sect deacon threw the unconscious Wang Hu onto the platform.

"Did Li Mo not come back with you?"

Xue Jing was the first to ask.

He was worried Li Mo had been injured and was still forcing himself to continue the trial.

Some injuries, if dragged on too long, could leave behind a root of illness.

"Reporting to Elder Xue, according to Disciple Lin, Disciple Li was not injured."

"That should be true, because he subdued Wang Hu with only one move."

One move?

Only then did Xue Jing have the mind to pay attention to Wang Hu lying on the ground like a dead dog.

He quickly discovered that Wang Hu's entire arm had been twisted and broken by the blow.

No matter how one looked at it, it did not seem like he had gone through an evenly matched fight to the death.

Instead, it looked more like...

He had been casually crushed by an even stronger ferocious beast.

Putting everything else aside, just this fierce combat strength alone was enough for him to be mentioned in the same breath as Ying Bing.

"Could it be that inside this kid's aptitude, the bloodline of some powerful ferocious beast is hidden?"

Qian Bufan could not help suspecting that his eyes had blurred back on the Heaven-Ascending Stone Steps.

"If you alone saw wrong, surely all of us wouldn't have seen wrong too."

"He should have achieved great success in body refinement."

Han He shook his head.

Half a month after entering the sect, and he had achieved great success in body refinement.

It seemed his guess that day had been correct...

"Old man, you were muddleheaded."

Shang Wu smiled until her almond eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

Han He remembered the wager between the two of them, and his old face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

He had no choice but to admit it.

Although Murong Xiao was also very outstanding, compared to Li Mo, the gap simply could not be weighed on the same scale.

A contest?

Even if he worked hard, whether he could block a single punch from the current Li Mo was still unknown.

Not to mention, the other party would improve too, and his speed of progress would only be faster.

"With these two, the Clear Abyss Sect is destined to flourish."

A fierce light burst from Yin Huaxuan's eyes.

The elders nodded in agreement.

The first founding ancestors of the Clear Abyss Sect had all come from Central Province.

Back then, although the Clear Abyss Sect's fief had only been the single prefecture of Purple Sun Prefecture, in truth, it had stood head and shoulders above all others throughout the entire Eastern Wasteland Domain.

Who would have thought that in their generation, another peerless talent with the bearing of the ancestors would appear?

And not just one, but two at once!

Once they grew up...

The Clear Abyss Sect would likely have the sun and moon sharing the same sky!

Xue Jing said with a chuckle, "Li Mo rescued his fellow disciples and subdued Wang Hu. Counting it as the score for killing a peak ninth-grade demonic beast for him—does anyone have any objections?"

No one objected.

Even if they counted a few more points for Li Mo, it would still be reasonable.

And so...

The scoreboard changed to:

Ying Bing: 119 points.

Li Mo: 116 points.

Not long ago, Ying Bing had also killed a peak ninth-grade exotic beast.

So between the two of them, there was still a slim gap of three points.

"Matters of the future can be considered slowly."

"Right now, there are still people with their eyes on us."

Xue Jing spoke up, pulling everyone's attention back.

"The person behind Wang Hu never made a move, even in the end."

"The fiends of the Demon Summoning Cult are cautious indeed."

"It's also possible this Wang Hu was only a casual idle piece the other side set down?"

"Hmph. If you ask me, we should dig three feet into the ground. I don't believe we won't find traces of those fiends!"

"Improper. If we do that, we'll mobilize too many people and beat the grass to startle the snake. We may not gain anything."

The elders discussed it for a while, arguing without reaching a conclusion.

In the end, they still decided to send the man to Ruyi Peak for temporary imprisonment and interrogation.

Once the Sect Master emerged from seclusion, they would make a final decision.

In any case, the other side had not even cared when Wang Hu died. Most likely, they would not cause further trouble during this trial.

They would let the sect trial end safely first.

Just then...

Another deacon returned, dragging two exotic beasts.

One Scorched Ring Wolf King.

One Lion Bear.

Both were late ninth-grade exotic beasts.

Before he even got close, the elders recognized them. This was definitely Disciple Li's handiwork again.

With this battle record added, Li Mo's score reached 146.

In an instant, he overtook her and became first.

"My precious disciple is first now?"

Shang Wu gave a soft snort, took the deacon's brush, and with a few swift strokes directly corrected Li Mo's score, then hung it at the very top.

She folded her arms across her chest and raised her chin.

"Who still dares say this old lady doesn't know how to teach a disciple?"

The elders: "..."

They had been blind.

Elsewhere.

At the end of Brook Stone Forest.

"Senior Brother, save me!"

An outer sect disciple had been pounced to the ground by a vicious Lion Bear, powerless to fight back.

He could only look pleadingly toward a figure standing atop a stone pillar.

That man, though not a deacon, was dressed in the robes of a true disciple.

The outer sect disciple never would have imagined it.

The fellow sect member he had summoned with a signal arrow was actually watching coldly from the sidelines, looking on like it was a show, with not the slightest intention of intervening.

He even...

There was only mockery and indifference in his eyes.

It was none other than Yin Huacheng, who had volunteered to take charge of the Moon Gazing Cliff area.

Yin Huacheng was in an extremely foul mood right now.

Because Futu had not accomplished what he had promised him. Those disciples who had left the sect had not gone straight back to their hometowns at all; instead, they had started eating, drinking, and making merry in a brothel within Purple Sun Prefecture.

Just now, he had also learned that Wang Hu was dead.

This meant that, for a short time, he would not be getting any cultivation materials.

And the cause behind both incidents was the same person.

"Li Mo!"

Blue veins throbbed on Yin Huacheng's forehead, and his eyes flickered back and forth between vertical pupils and human eyes.

At that moment.

A crow landed on his shoulder and cawed a few times in a low, hoarse voice.

"You're telling me not to stir up trouble?"

The aura around Yin Huacheng grew more and more terrifying.

At that moment.

That outer sect disciple finally went still.

And the Lion Bear that had been feasting with relish heard the sound and swiftly turned around.

Yet the instant it met Yin Huacheng's gaze, its formerly savage eyes filled with fear, and it lowered itself to the ground.

Pfft—

The Lion Bear's bright-red heart was dug out in one grab.

Yin Huacheng swallowed it in great mouthfuls.

"I originally planned to raise you a while longer..."

"If you ruined my materials, then use yourself to repay me."

He changed into a black robe, and his figure vanished from the spot.