168: Chapter 168 Soul-Burning Tracing, Breaking Defense

Federation Calendar, July 9, 6980.

This was Chen Mo's tenth day since entering The Stars, and his seventh day in the Black Bone Plane.

In seven days, the plague had already spread to all the native city-states.

This also meant that Chen Mo had preliminarily completed the second step of the plane invasion: biological extinction.

"You can still endure this?"

Inside the Death God Temple of Taro City, Chen Mo's gaze swept across the twelve statues one by one, finally stopping on the face of the ninth Black Bone God statue.

Andrews.

Ninth in the order of the Twelve Death Gods.

This was information Chen Mo had already obtained.

The reason the opponent could survive at the hands of Kong Hanshu was not because he was strong, but because he was more afraid of death than the other Black Bone deities.

And the current situation was exactly as he had performed during the plane defense war.

Even as the Bone Clan faced extinction, this one still hadn't shown his head.

"A shrinking turtle? You think I have no way to deal with you like this?"

Chen Mo gave a cold laugh and turned to look at Number One behind him.

"Is the plane map drawn yet?"

"Reporting to the God Lord, 99% of the areas have been surveyed."

Due to the increase in Rank and numbers, the Jikai Race's work efficiency was far higher than it had been in the Twin Star Plane.

Unfortunately, Chen Mo hadn't found the Son of the Plane for this plane; it was possible they had already been killed by other Students, but more likely, one simply hadn't been born.

Back during that plane defense war, the consumption of the plane will was simply too great, leaving it unable to foster another Son of the Plane.

"A pity, otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome."

Chen Mo shook his head, and with a movement of his body, he flew toward a certain red dot marked on the map by Number One.

Before long...

"Not here."

Chen Mo shook his head in the air, withdrew his Divine Sense, and flew toward the next marked point without hesitation.

There were over three thousand similar marked points across the entire map.

As for what Chen Mo was looking for.

Without a doubt, it was the plane core that had fallen into dormancy.

This method was a bit clumsy, but it was far better than the other Students who were just waiting around.

"I don't believe you won't come out once I find the plane core."

Flying to the second 'suspicious' location, Chen Mo smiled coldly, and his Divine Sense dove underground once more, beginning a carpet-style search.

Unsurprisingly, he still found nothing.

Chen Mo wasn't discouraged and prepared to set off for the next location.

But at that very moment, a segment of footage sent by Number One was projected from the watch on his wrist.

"This is..."

"..."

Chen Mo's pupils shrank slightly as he stared intently at the Jade-Green Skeleton that flashed across the screen.

"God Lord..."

"..."

Number One's voice sounded from the watch, but before he could finish, Chen Mo's figure had already vanished into the distance.

"Jiang Yingqiu, what do you want?"

Liu Xuanfeng looked warily at Jiang Yingqiu, who had already blocked him outside the True God Treasury; with a flick of his thought, the Jade-Green Skeleton in his hand was stored into his God Domain.

"Hand it over, and I'll let you leave."

The usual gentleness was gone from Jiang Yingqiu's face as his eyes stared fixedly at Liu Xuanfeng.

"On what grounds?"

Liu Xuanfeng gave Jiang Yingqiu a disdainful look and turned to leave.

"Do you think you can leave?"

At this moment, Jiang Yingqiu completely shed his usual humble disguise, and in the blink of an eye, a vast ocean enveloped everything within a thousand miles.

Rank 4!

A Water and Gravity dual Law Fusion Domain divine art.

Northern Darkness!

Seeing that Jiang Yingqiu was clearly playing for keeps, Liu Xuanfeng stopped in his tracks, his gaze turning equally cold.

At the same time, outside another Death God Temple.

"Sister Lingzhi, can't we talk this over?"

"Shut up, Yanbing. Does she look like she's in the mood to discuss things with us?"

Xia Yanzhuo snorted coldly; with blood leaking from the corner of her mouth, she didn't hesitate to clash once more with the charging Wu Lingzhi.

"But..." Xia Yanbing grit her teeth and finally joined the fray as well.

"Kill, kill! Hahaha..."

Inside a certain temple hidden underground, Andrews was laughing like a madman.

Ever since he learned that these foreign deities would also kill each other over the 'Holy Bones'...

Andrews had secretly taken the 'Holy Bones' from various True God Treasuries and placed them respectively in several fake treasuries he had fabricated.

Without a doubt, these two battles between the Students were precisely Andrews' design, and they were incredibly successful.

"There are still two more 'fake treasuries,' enough for you all to fight to your heart's content. Once I recover from my injuries..."

Andrews' gaze was cold, his eyes filled with the pleasure of imminent revenge, until...

"I was wondering about something before..."

A low voice suddenly rang out. The soul fire in Andrews' eyes jumped violently as he looked in disbelief at the figure that had appeared in the underground temple.

"As the strongest existence among you, it's clearly unreasonable that Taro's treasury didn't contain any other White Bone Dharma Images."

Chen Mo stroked his chin, observing this sole surviving Death God with great interest.

"How did you find me?"

Andrews stared fixedly at Chen Mo, his entire skeleton emitting a series of crisp cracking sounds.

"Oh! You mean this?"

The smile on Chen Mo's face grew even more brilliant as he shook his head with a light laugh.

"If you had stayed hidden, it really would have been hard for me to find you, but you just couldn't help yourself."

As he spoke, a small black flag emitting a sinister ghostly aura appeared in Chen Mo's hand.

Within the small flag, the faces of Advanced Bone Clan priests constantly surfaced and then quickly vanished.

Chen Mo shook the small flag, and one of the souls instantly collapsed, turning into a wisp of blue smoke that drifted away.

And the direction it drifted was straight toward Andrews.

The soul-capturing sail's innate Rank 4 spirit art, Burning Soul to Trace the Source.

"Die!"

Andrews' defense completely broke.

It wasn't just that his scheme had been seen through by Chen Mo, but even more so, it was his hatred for this executioner, Chen Mo.

For no other reason than that the Divine Souls within that soul-capturing sail were all the priests of Andrews' own cult!

"You're flustered!"

Chen Mo smiled and raised his right hand, pulling the trigger the moment Andrews charged.

Bang!"

As the Divine Power bullet shot forth, the ghost fire in Andrews' pupils jumped fiercely.

"Crack!"

The sound of bone shattering rang out. Andrews looked in disbelief at the fracture on his rib, his entire person forced back several steps by the massive momentum of the Divine Power bullet.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

With every step the hundred-meter-tall black bone giant took, this massive underground temple trembled.

"True Gods really aren't easy to kill."

Chen Mo narrowed his eyes and pulled the trigger again without hesitation, this time in a five-shot burst.

The Divine Power bullets fired by Death Knell were not purely physical attacks; they also possessed an equivalent Rank soul-killing effect.

One could see that the soul fire in Andrews' eyes had clearly dimmed quite a bit, which was obviously the result of his Divine Soul being wounded.

If one shot was like this, what would five consecutive shots be like?

Andrews wasn't stupid; he also knew he couldn't take them head-on. Gritting his teeth, a tattered bone shield that was mostly shattered manifested before him.

This was the Divine Artifact he had nurtured, but it had nearly collapsed during his Life-and-death battle with his own kin.

"Crack... crack... crack!"

After three crisp sounds, the bone shield in front of Andrews exploded. But even so, two bullets still shot toward his head and chest.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Andrews retreated wildly once more, and large-scale cracks appeared again on the black jade bones of his head and chest.

But that wasn't the worst part; the soul fire in his pupils had dimmed by more than half compared to the beginning, and his aura had dropped to the freezing point at this moment.

However...

"Boom!"

A brilliant black flame suddenly rose from Andrews' body.

A godhead crystal condensed from the Fire Law had appeared before Andrews, burning with raging black flames.

The strongest killing move of a True God, and also the only hope for a comeback after being pushed into a desperate situation.

Burning... Godhead!

But facing this scene, Chen Mo's expression didn't change at all, and the Death Knell in his hand was still steadily aimed at Andrews.

"It's not that I look down on you, but how much Origin do you have left to burn? In your current state, how many more such attacks can you take?"

Chen Mo's words were like a heavy hammer smashing into Andrews' heart.

Yes, how many more could he take?

In order to survive the spatial cage earlier, both he and the kin he had personally killed had fought with their lives on the line; both had nearly exhausted their godhead Origin.

To be honest, if not for the help of the plane will, he might not have even been able to keep his godhead.

"...Hahaha..."

Andrews suddenly burst into loud laughter and then grabbed his godhead crystal without hesitation.

"To kill you, it's enough!"

"Crack!"

The godhead shattered upon impact!

Even more violent black flames instantly swallowed Andrews.

At this moment, Andrews was like a malevolent ghost that had just crawled out of Hell.

The wild, spiritual black flames seemed to have a Life of their own, draping a layer of near-solid black flame armor over him.

With the help of the last of his godhead Origin, he had returned to the Peak state of a Second Transition True God.

Although he couldn't maintain it for long, and although he would fall to the demigod Rank because of this, as long as he could kill the bastard in front of him, everything was worth it.

But facing Andrews in such a state, Chen Mo remained extremely calm.

"I'll tell you some good news." Chen Mo suppressed the urge to laugh out loud, opened the magazine of Death Knell, and looked at Andrews mockingly: "I'm out of bullets."

Andrews, who was about to pounce, was slightly stunned, but before he could react, a graceful figure suddenly appeared behind Chen Mo.

"Don't forget the benefits you promised me." Tao Yao gave Chen Mo a complicated look, then looked at Andrews with pity as if looking at a fool.

"Of course, of course."

Chen Mo chuckled and finally didn't forget to wave his hand at Andrews.

"Bye-bye now, I'll come back to collect your body in a bit."

Before his voice had even faded, Chen Mo had already been pulled into a spatial layer by Tao Yao.

"Ah..."

"..."

Andrews' defense completely broke as he appeared in the blink of an eye at the position where Chen Mo had originally been standing.

With about 22% of the Fire Law combined with the powerful Mental Energy of a Second Transition True God, even space was burned into fragments at this moment.

Unfortunately, since he didn't understand the Space Law, even if he could burn through space, it was impossible for him to find Tao Yao, who could treat space like a playground.

"Clack!"

A pebble suddenly flew out from a spatial rift and lightly tapped Andrews on the top of his head.

It did no damage... but it was extremely insulting!