Siege

At this moment, Mo Yun was completely baffled.

It was already too late to stop him from speaking.

Hearing the mercenary's shout, the dozen or so mercenaries who had already walked some distance ahead all turned back.

Looking up, they too spotted Mo Yun standing on the tree branch. Every pair of eyes burned with fervor.

"Catch him!"

At the command, the dozen or so mercenaries all lunged at Mo Yun.

The tree was tall, but to a group of mercenaries whose strength had long reached the level of high-ranking Dou Zhes, it was nothing at all.

Several of the faster mercenaries leaped up, kicked off the trunk in rapid succession, and attacked Mo Yun directly.

Their outstretched hands seemed to be reaching for some priceless treasure, their eyes filled with greed.

Mo Yun sighed softly. Dou Qi surged from his body, forming a wave of air centered on him that swept outward and blasted all the mercenaries charging in from every direction to the ground.

Falling from the air, the mercenaries cried out in pain.

With a flash, Mo Yun appeared before the mercenary who had relieved himself beside the tree earlier. Just as he was about to question him, another mercenary pulled a signal flare from his clothes and set it off without hesitation. Although Mo Yun had merely sent them flying with a casual move, the mercenaries had already realized that they were no match for this young man, no matter how absurdly young he was.

A red flare shot straight into the sky. Upon reaching its peak, it exploded into a brilliant red firework.

Mo Yun was no stranger to the sight. "A Mo Clan signal flare? So it really is them? They truly refuse to give up..."

Thinking it over, the only people he had any grudge against were the Mo Clan. No one else would go this far.

The Mo Clan of the past had been beyond Mo Yun's ability to handle, but the current Mo Clan was no opponent in his eyes.

Mo Yun had not gone looking for them, yet they had come looking for him instead.

Mo Yun smiled faintly and made no move, simply standing steadily on the tree branch.

Fine. Since the signal flare had already been fired, he would wait until all the Mo Clan members arrived and deal with them together!

The mercenaries beneath the tree likewise did not attack. They merely surrounded Mo Yun. Seeing that he neither attacked nor fled only suited them better.

Before long, movement stirred in the surrounding forest. Figures flashed out one after another, appearing around Mo Yun.

"That kid is very strong..."

As more and more people gathered, the mercenaries who had initially been knocked back by Mo Yun did not forget to warn them.

"Very strong? Didn't the intelligence say that this kid was only at the sixth stage of Dou Qi a year ago?" The newly arrived mercenaries did not quite believe it.

"If you don't believe it, go up and try him yourself!"

Mo Yun watched the increasingly dense crowd of mercenaries below with an indifferent expression. There were nearly a hundred of them, most at the Dou Zhe level. Only a scattered few had reached the Dou Shi level, likely the higher-ups of these mercenary groups.

Other than that, no members of the Mo Clan had appeared yet.

Time slowly passed.

Though they had been warned by those earlier mercenaries, as more and more mercenaries gathered here, someone finally could not resist making a move.

Judging by the identical tiger-head emblems embroidered on their chests, they were most likely from the same mercenary group.

Seeing that someone had finally acted, the others all began watching from the sidelines, wondering whether they might get to play the mantis stalking the cicada while the oriole waited behind.

On the branch, Mo Yun watched the charging mercenaries, boredly rolling his neck. Then, in the next instant, his figure shot out, heading straight for the one among them who had reached the Dou Shi level.

Seeing Mo Yun charge directly at him, the man was not flustered in the slightest. After all, he had only been at the sixth stage of Dou Qi a year ago. No matter how talented he was, he could at most be a Dou Zhe now.

Pale yellow Dou Qi flickered around his fists as he punched straight at Mo Yun's forehead.

Three flower patterns suddenly appeared in Mo Yun's eyes, and the mercenary leader seemed to freeze in place instantly.

Mo Yun grabbed him by the neck with one hand. While the man stood there dazed, he viciously slammed him toward the ground.

His head struck the ground first with a heavy crash. Amid the agonizing pain, the mercenary leader broke free of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils' control. Blood poured continuously from his mouth, his entire body convulsed, and he finally went limp.

Having dealt with the mercenary leader, Mo Yun immediately unleashed several Dou Qi attacks at the mercenaries charging him from all around.

The attacks tore through the air with piercing whistles, shooting forth like bullets. They were far too fast for these Dou Zhes to evade. Without exception, each burst into blooms of bloody mist upon their heads or chests.

The entire sequence took only a few seconds.

That mercenary group had not been weak. It had at least possessed a Dou Shi in command, yet they had been dealt with by the young man before them in mere seconds?

Looking again at the youth's harmless face, quite a few mercenaries instinctively backed away. For a time, no one dared to attack again.

They cursed the inaccurate intelligence inwardly. Sixth stage of Dou Qi a year ago, yet one year later he could instantly slaughter a mercenary squad led by a Dou Shi?

Intimidated by the strength Mo Yun had displayed, the area fell silent again, until a streak of red Dou Qi light shot at Mo Yun from the dense forest.

Such a display naturally could not escape Mo Yun's senses. As he turned, he sent out a Dou Qi stream of his own.

The two collided and exploded amid the trees, while the raging shockwave blew the surrounding trees outward.

Then a black shadow seized the opportunity to attack, swiftly reaching Mo Yun's side.

In the urgency of the moment, Mo Yun struck out with his palm as well, meeting the black shadow's fist and palm.

After the exchange, Mo Yun drew back his arm, while the other party was sent flying, crashing through three large trees in succession before finally stopping.

"Third Elder, resorting to a sneak attack against a junior like me is a little too shameless, isn't it?" Mo Yun said blandly.

The figure sent flying was Mo Shi, the Mo Clan's Third Elder. His face was filled with shock as he said incredulously, "How could you have already reached the Dou Ling level?"

Third Elder Mo Shi was at the peak of the nine-star Great Dou Shi level. Someone who could so easily force him back could only be... a Dou Ling expert!

After not seeing each other for a year, he was already a Dou Ling expert?

If Mo Yun's talent had truly been so monstrous, how could they have abandoned him and allowed him to become an experiment for transplantation?

However, the shock on Mo Shi's face soon faded considerably when the figure appearing before him put his heart at ease.

"Great Elder!"

Looking at Mo Cheng, the Mo Clan's Great Elder, and Fourth Elder Mo Chen, Mo Yun smiled faintly. "I didn't expect the Great Elder to personally come out just to capture me. You truly think highly of this boy..."

Mo Cheng's expression was icy as he said, "Return the right limb of the Blazing Flame Mountain-Breaking Rhinoceros, and you may rejoin the Mo Clan!"

Mo Yun sneered. "Do you think that's possible? Great Elder, have you not woken up yet?"