Severed Arm

"Not good!"

The four-star Dou Ling's expression changed drastically. With a wave of his hand, he cried out, "Retreat, quickly!"

The enormous commotion naturally caught the attention of Yue Nu, who was outside the royal palace being held up by Mo Bas.

Her expression changed. As a brilliant streak of sword light shot out from the royal palace, several black shadows also flashed rapidly through the palace.

The moment she saw the figure atop that sword light, Yue Nu immediately understood what had happened.

Looking at Mo Bas's already gloomy expression, Yue Nu gritted her teeth and shouted coldly, "Have you lost your mind?"

"I haven't lost my mind. Her Majesty has. For that human, she actually stripped me of my position as Royal Palace Guard Commander. I have to kill that brat."

After planning so carefully for so long, the human had still escaped. Mo Bas had already gone mad, directing all his resentment and rage at that human.

Dou Qi wings condensed behind his back. With a flap, he shot after the human.

"What are you doing? Stop right now!" Yue Nu was alarmed. She had not expected Mo Bas to still make a move at such a time. As Queen Medusa's personal guard, she could clearly sense that Her Majesty had been placing greater and greater importance on that human.

If Mo Bas killed the human, then even as a snake-person, he would not be lightly spared by Her Majesty.

Breaking into the royal palace at night was an act of insubordination.

Moreover, Mo Bas had defied Her Majesty's orders more than once.

No, she had to notify Her Majesty immediately.

Chen Mo had originally thought that once he flew out of the royal palace, he should be safe.

After all, with such a huge disturbance, they should have stopped by now.

Yet he had not expected a figure to soar into the sky and charge straight at him, appearing before him in an instant.

A five-star Dou King.

Under the system's scan, Mo Bas's cultivation was laid bare.

"So it really is you. Although we had a bit of friction before, it shouldn't have been enough for you to hate me to the point of wanting to kill me, right?"

Chen Mo's expression darkened slightly. As he thought of a way to escape, he used the conversation to stall for time.

"Trying to stall for time? No chance. Die!"

Mo Bas condensed a large saber with Dou Qi, one like the weapon wielded by Guan Yu, and slashed it toward Chen Mo.

He had many reasons for wanting to kill Chen Mo.

First, he was human.

Second, Chen Mo had injured him in the desert.

Third, he had been stripped of his commander position.

Fourth, jealousy.

The more Queen Medusa protected him, the more Mo Bas wanted to kill him.

His opponent was a five-star Dou King, so Chen Mo naturally could not meet him head-on. He could only use Kunpeng Wings to evade while controlling Tian Yuan to attack Mo Bas.

Slow him down and buy time.

Elsewhere.

Yue Nu found Queen Medusa and informed her that Chen Mo was being assassinated.

Queen Medusa had been discussing the abolition of unreasonable clan rules with the Three Great Elders. Upon hearing this, her narrow eyes swept coldly over the three elders before her.

"There is no need to discuss this further."

After saying that, a flash of red light appeared, and Queen Medusa vanished.

"Clang!"

Mo Bas's saber struck out, knocking the incoming longsword away. His expression grew increasingly grim. He had never expected this human to possess so many astonishing methods.

A mere Dou Master had actually evaded so many exchanges against him.

"Poisonous Evil Seal!"

Mo Bas roared, condensing an emerald-green poisonous seal in his hand before slamming it toward Chen Mo.

Chen Mo was not stupid enough to take it head-on and continued dodging.

Seeing his attack miss once more, Mo Bas gritted his teeth and muttered something under his breath. Then his speed suddenly surged. In the blink of an eye, he flashed before Chen Mo and chopped down with his saber.

"Brat, let's see how you dodge this time!"

"What?"

Chen Mo's expression changed. He had not expected Mo Bas's speed to increase so dramatically. Caught off guard, he could only raise his sword to block.

The Dou Qi longsword was cleaved in two by Mo Bas. The blade pressed closer, bearing down directly on Chen Mo's chest, while the sharp gust from the saber had already sliced open his robe.

"Die!" Mo Bas's face was vicious.

"Clang!"

Amid flying sparks, the blade struck Chen Mo's chest with a metallic ring. The imagined scene of Chen Mo being cut in half never occurred. After receiving a wound, Chen Mo swiftly retreated.

"How is that possible?"

Mo Bas's expression changed drastically. That attack had only inflicted a minor injury on the human.

"Whew, good thing I have Iron Body." Chen Mo lowered his head to look at the wound. It was only two or three centimeters deep.

Chen Mo hurriedly tapped several acupoints around the wound to stop the bleeding.

"Mysterious-Rank Initial Stage Dou Technique, Tyrant Blade Slash!"

Suddenly, the sound of rushing wind descended from above Chen Mo. A dazzling blade radiance seemed intent on splitting him in two.

Chen Mo merely glanced at it. Instead, his starry eyes slowly closed, and as his eyes narrowed shut, a black-and-white Dou Qi longsword condensed in his hand once again.

The longsword trembled, and a blood-red sword pattern gradually formed upon its blade.

Boom!

A terrifying Sword Qi suddenly erupted from the longsword. It felt as though a dreadful monster sealed away for ages was slowly awakening.

A breath later, Chen Mo opened his eyes. His hand swept through the air, and Sword Qi streaked forth like a dragon and serpent dancing beneath a brush, leaving bright sword marks across the void before him.

The sword marks swiftly converged. An instant later, Sword Qi erupted, and amid flickering light, a palm-sized lotus condensed into shape before Chen Mo.

That sword lotus was exceptionally beautiful, but beneath that beauty lay nearly destructive power, utterly out of place in this world.

Chen Mo shook his sword, and the sword lotus shot forth. The next instant, dazzling light seemed to fill heaven and earth.

Amid that spreading radiance, Chen Mo's cold voice rang out.

"One Sword Separates the Worlds!"

Bang!

Mo Bas's blade radiance held out for only a moment before shattering. After crashing into his saber, the saber itself crumbled into powder.

Then that terrifyingly sharp Sword Intent struck Mo Bas directly.

Boom!

The instant it struck him, the Dou Qi defense around his body exploded. As his armor shattered, the sword lotus burst apart, its petals leaving more than ten wounds across Mo Bas's body.

Mo Bas spat out blood and was sent flying backward.

But he was a Dou King after all. Though the attack had injured him, it had been unleashed by someone with only the cultivation of a Dou Master, so it was not enough to rob him of his ability to fight.

"Is that all?" Mo Bas suppressed his injuries and was about to charge at Chen Mo again.

Chen Mo smiled. "Is it? Look behind you!"

Mo Bas's expression changed. He turned around and saw another sword lotus carrying the aura of death sweeping toward him.

It was that sword!

Mo Bas hurriedly tried to dodge, but he was still too late.

A flash of sword light passed by, and his right arm exploded.

"Aah!"

A miserable scream echoed through heaven and earth.

Mo Bas stared at the column of blood spraying from his right shoulder. His face twisted with pain, but he endured it and snarled viciously, "Brat, I'll kill you!"

Chen Mo's face was pale as well. He had not expected Mo Bas to survive even this. Using One Sword Separates the Worlds twice in succession had nearly drained all the Dou Qi from his body.

As Mo Bas charged at him once more, Chen Mo was about to endure the backlash and use the Great Sun Undying Body.

Mo Bas was sent flying by a streak of red light.

Within that red radiance, a cold voice, commanding and noble, rang out softly.

"Insolence!"