Chapter 176: Snake Uncle Takes Action

Chapter 176: Snake Uncle Takes Action

At the gate, a large crowd had gathered, their gazes filled with shock and curiosity as they looked up at the figure in the yellow light sphere hovering in the sky.

The next moment, the yellow light sphere trembled slightly, and the light slowly receded, revealing an old man with white hair, wearing luxurious yellow robes, who appeared in the crowd's sight.

This was Elder Yan, the strongest force of the royal family and one of the top ten powerhouses of the Mulan Empire.

Seeing such a powerful figure appear, both the passersby and the soldiers of the Mulan Empire showed expressions of awe.

A Dou Huang (Battle Emperor) was someone who stood at the top of the food chain on the Northwestern Continent, capable of defeating armies of hundreds of thousands single-handedly!

As Elder Yan suddenly appeared, people shifted their attention back to the young man standing nearby. Recently, Mo Yu's name had spread throughout the entire Mulan Empire.

This was the young man who had dared to provoke Mulan Valley, enraging them to the point of forcing the royal family to intervene. Many had only heard of him, and now they were eager to see him in action with their own eyes.

They were eager to find out if the rumors were true—whether this young man, who was no more than twenty years old, really had the power to outsmart Mulan Valley.

Elder Yan, with his long white beard fluttering in the wind, stood calmly like a willow tree. Even without speaking, he exuded an aura that made people's skin crawl, a sign of his immense power, far surpassing that of an ordinary Dou Huang.

Mo Yu's silver eyes, glowing with mysterious light, swept over the white-haired old man. He could tell that this Elder Yan was likely at the peak of the Four-Star Dou Huang level, just one step away from becoming a Five-Star Dou Huang.

At this moment, Elder Yan was also observing Mo Yu's silver eyes with interest. Those uniquely colored eyes had now become a trademark of this young man.

When Mo Yu looked at him earlier, Elder Yan had felt as though he was being seen through, which was astonishing given that he was a Dou Huang. For a young man, even one as gifted as Mo Yu, who was only a Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) at most, to gaze upon him so intently was almost laughable.

Shaking his head, Elder Yan dismissed the thought. Perhaps Mo Yu's silver eyes were due to some rare special constitution, but what did it matter? In the face of absolute power, no constitution could make a difference.

The royal family now had to rely on the Mulan Three Elders to survive. Although he did not want to provoke this extraordinarily talented young man, he had no choice but to comply with Mulan Valley's orders.

"You must be Mo Yu. It seems you're planning to flee to the Jia Ma Empire. But with thousands of troops and myself stationed here, you won't escape. Surrender now, and I might plead on your behalf with the Mulan Three Elders, sparing your life because of your talent," Elder Yan said, his old voice carrying a hint of sharpness.

"You're Elder Yan? No one can make me surrender, not even you. Besides, since when did the Mulan Empire's royal family become lapdogs for Mulan Valley?" Mo Yu's gaze swept over the old man. Seeing the look of someone who thought they had everything under control, he sneered.

"Arrogant brat! Seize him!" Elder Yan's face darkened as Mo Yu hit a sore spot. He wasted no more words and gave the order.

Upon Elder Yan's command, hundreds of fully armed elite soldiers poured out of the dark city gate passage, surrounding Mo Yu. Their sharp spears gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

"So, it seems I'll have to fight my way through after all," Mo Yu sighed softly as he watched the soldiers surrounding him. Then, his silver eyes regained their determination, and with a wave of his hand, a terrifying crimson lightning flame appeared in his grasp.

As the Vermillion Bird Flame Lightning (Zhuque Fentian Lei) surged into existence, the spears of more than ten soldiers thrust towards Mo Yu.

Mo Yu stood his ground, making no attempt to dodge. Just as the spears were about to pierce his body, the crimson lightning in his hand exploded outward, enveloping them.

"Sss..."

The sharp blades, wrapped in Dou Qi, came into contact with the strange crimson lightning. In the blink of an eye, under the stunned gazes of the crowd, the weapons melted into pools of molten metal.

As the lightning consumed the spears, the crackling red electric currents, like deadly snakes, swiftly darted forward.

In an instant, the high-temperature red lightning spread to the hundreds of elite soldiers. With no time to react, they were consumed by the red currents.

Suddenly, the sound of hundreds of muffled explosions rang out. The elite soldiers, without even a chance to scream, were reduced to clouds of black ash, which fell to the ground.

"Hiss..."

Seeing the fate of the hundreds of soldiers, a wave of gasps rippled through the crowd at the gate. Staring at the young man who had stood unmoving, the onlookers were terrified by the crimson lightning's power, their scalps tingling.

"Is that... a Heavenly Flame? And Lightning?" A flash of surprise crossed Elder Yan's aged face as he muttered in shock.

"It's said this boy snatched the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame from the Black Lizard Demon Snake King. It seems the rumors are true. This kid must have a huge secret," Elder Yan murmured, regaining his composure.

In the aftermath of Mo Yu's instant annihilation of hundreds of soldiers, the remaining soldiers were left trembling in fear.

An elite squad of a hundred could even take down a Da Dou Shi. But in the hands of this young man, they couldn't even last a single round—something that was beyond belief.

With Mo Yu's terrifying lightning still fresh in their minds, the scene fell into an eerie silence.

Even though Shanhe Pass had four thousand troops, the forces were spread across various gates, leaving only a few thousand at each gate. Mo Yu had just decimated a tenth of one gate's entire strength in one fell swoop.

"All of you, stand down. I'll handle him," Elder Yan said as he slowly descended from the sky. He looked at Mo Yu, who remained calm and composed, and waved the soldiers away.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The soldiers responded. As the royal family's elder, Elder Yan was the brother of the previous emperor, carrying a princely title, and held a high status in the Mulan Empire.

After dismissing the soldiers, Elder Yan turned to face Mo Yu.

"Boy, it doesn't matter what background or lineage you have. In the Mulan Empire, you shouldn't have provoked Mulan Valley. So, whether you're the disciple of the Cloud Mist Sect (Yunlan Sect), the strongest sect in the Jia Ma Empire, or a scion of some other powerful empire, you won't be leaving here today while I'm around." Elder Yan's voice grew cold as he stroked his white beard.

Hearing the old man's confident and resolute tone, Mo Yu knew he had stirred up trouble too great for even the Mulan Empire's royal family to let him go and risk angering Mulan Valley.

Sighing helplessly, Mo Yu smiled bitterly to himself, "Snake Uncle, it seems I'll need your help. I really can't handle him. A Four-Star Dou Huang is beyond my current abilities."

"Alright... Leave it to me. I'll take control of your body for now," Snake Uncle replied without hesitation. He knew that although Mo Yu was exceptionally talented, there were limits to his strength. Facing a Dou Huang with just the power of a Five-Star Da Dou Shi was nothing short of suicide.

Mo Yu, without realizing it, had become the hope for Snake Uncle's revival. Naturally, Snake Uncle didn't want the young man to perish here.

"Master Yan, even the Lionhead Elder from the Mulan Three Elders couldn't stop me, and neither will you!" Mo Yu looked at the old man, a cold smile forming at the corner of his lips as he slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing Mo Yu's strange behavior, the old man was slightly taken aback, frowning. However, after a moment, his expression suddenly changed dramatically. He felt a powerful and fierce aura, one that was in no way inferior to his own, gradually emanating from the young man's body.

"How is this possible!?"

Feeling the steadily rising aura and watching the young man slowly lift off the ground, the white-haired elder's usually calm face showed a trace of shock...

At the fortress gate, the white-haired old man looked up in astonishment at the boy hovering in midair, his expression growing more serious. He shouted, "Boy, what kind of secret technique is this?"

Instinctively, Master Yan associated Mo Yu's strange behavior with those secret techniques that could rapidly boost strength.

"This boy is far too strange; I'd better take him down quickly."

Having regained his composure, the old man's expression turned solemn as his dry hands clenched slightly. The ground beneath him responded instantly, rocks converging into his hands, forming a massive, energy-infused, yellow spear.

"Earth Spirit Spear!"

As the spear materialized, the old man's face hardened. With a swift motion of his hand, countless sharp rock spikes quickly condensed above him, then shot toward Mo Yu in the sky with a whistling sound.

In the air, Mo Yu slowly opened his eyes. Seeing the sudden barrage of giant rock spears, he quickly activated the Ziyun Wings.

With a powerful flap of his wings, his body dove down like a giant bird of prey. Casually observing the oncoming barrage, he slightly opened his mouth.

As his mouth opened, an invisible energy wave shot out like lightning, and with a loud crack, the incoming rock spears spectacularly crumbled into yellow dust mid-air.

"Is that... a sonic attack?" The white-haired old man was momentarily stunned, then exclaimed in shock as he watched the high-speed rock spears shatter into powder without any warning.

Ignoring the old man's surprise, Mo Yu flapped his wings again, swooping down directly above the old man. Gripping the Shenwei Black Thunder Spear tightly in his hand, he thrust it down forcefully.

As the spear moved, it seemed to tear through the air, leaving a faint black mark in its wake...

Seeing this, the old man's face grew incredibly serious.

Cautiously stepping back, the old man's hands tightened around the Earth Spirit Spear. With a fierce motion, he thrust it forward, carrying a bone-chilling force.

Seeing the old man choose to meet his attack head-on, a faint, mocking smile flashed in Mo Yu's eyes. The spear in his hand suddenly accelerated, clashing with the Earth Spirit Spear.

As the two weapons collided, a fierce wave of energy rippled out from the point of impact, creating spiderweb-like cracks across the ground.

"Break!"

At the moment of impact, the Earth Spirit Spear bent like a bow, and with a cold shout from Mo Yu, it shattered with a crack, scattering into countless pieces.

In just one exchange, the old man's weapon had been effortlessly shattered by his opponent, leaving his face looking rather grim.

He hadn't expected that in just a few minutes, the young man before him would transform into someone completely different, his strength now incomparable to before!

No wonder the Mulan Valley people hadn't been able to capture him—he had such a trick up his sleeve!

If Mo Yu had been a powerful Da Dou Shi before, he had now undoubtedly reached the level of a Dou Huang!

This startling difference in strength left the old man feeling a little rattled.

"What did this boy do?" As this thought raced through his mind, the old man kicked off the ground, retreating rapidly.

As he retreated, his hands moved swiftly, and with a series of quick gestures, swords made of rock rapidly formed.

"Rock Destruction Sword!"

With his hands forming seals rapidly, the Dou Qi inside his body surged. Simultaneously, energy with the same attributes as Master Yan's Dou Qi quickly gathered from the surrounding space.

Then, with a series of soft sounds, over a dozen enormous rock swords, each several meters thick, appeared out of thin air above him.

"Boy, I refuse to believe that I, an old man, will lose to you today!" The old man, driven back by Mo Yu's attack, hardened his expression. With a fierce stomp on the ground, the dozen or so rock swords began to rotate rapidly.

"Rock Destruction Spiral!"

With his hands forming seals rapidly in front of him, the old man let out a low growl. Instantly, the rock swords formed into a formation.

The swords interlocked, creating a massive spiral storm made entirely of rock swords.

"Go!"

With a low shout from within the storm, the spiral of rock swords shot towards Mo Yu with tremendous force. Along the way, passersby and imperial soldiers scrambled to get out of the way, and even the fortress walls seemed to tremble under the pressure.

Seeing this, Mo Yu's expression remained unchanged as his hands swiftly formed seals. The next moment, his body suddenly emitted a burst of bright purple-gold light. As the light expanded, a terrifying, eerie aura surged from the young man's body.

The purple-gold light grew stronger and stronger until it reached a critical point, at which it began to rapidly contract, finally condensing into a fist-sized orb.

Though small, the orb was filled with an incredibly fearsome, sinister, and malevolent energy.

Once the purple-gold light appeared, Mo Yu stomped down hard on the ground. With an explosive sound, his body shot forward like an arrow, streaking towards the oncoming spiral of rock swords.

"If you want to die, you have no one to blame but yourself!" Seeing that Mo Yu intended to meet his attack head-on, the old man within the storm shouted coldly.

Paying no heed to the old man's shout, Mo Yu charged straight into the storm. His hand, now entirely engulfed in the purple-gold light orb, pierced into the storm. His eyes, cold and emotionless like those of a snake, glinted ominously as his hand plunged into the spiraling swords.

As his hand entered the storm, a terrifying wave of energy rippled out from the gate area, lifting the ground nearly two or three meters into the air!

"Crack..."

Mo Yu maintained the posture of his hand within the storm for a moment, and then, the once rapidly spinning spiral of rock swords began to collapse!

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, the rock swords shattered, disintegrating into countless yellow fragments that rained down from the sky.

As the swords shattered, the old man, still wearing an expression of disbelief, was revealed within...

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