Chapter 44: Sword Cuts The Thousand Jin Gate, Eerie Space Beneath The Slope
Everyone saw this dark deep and profound pit that seemed bottomless, and they all couldn’t help but gasp.
“This… wouldn’t be the Ghost Cave, would it!”
Su Mo saw this cave right below the Thousand Jin Gate, and he also felt some doubt.
In the original work, there was no such pit, so even from the perspective of a transmigrator, he was somewhat puzzled.
But through the Great Yin Meditation Technique and One Layer Seven Level Pagoda Skill, although yin energy gathered here, it was not bottomless, so it should not be the Ghost Cave.
However, with this extra cave here, plus the Thousand Jin Gate above, the opposite bank at the bridgehead appeared extremely dangerous.
This Thousand Jin Gate was horizontally placed above the cave entrance, and the cave entrance was much wider than the gate opening, with the surroundings being extremely smooth without any places to climb, so naturally people couldn’t crawl under the gate opening, otherwise they would definitely fall into this cave!
“The 25,000 li Long March, just short of this one shudder, and there’s a gate blocking right here!”
Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help but curse loudly.
Professor Chen and the others naturally had no way, while Hu Ba Yi and Xue Li Yang looked at this Thousand Jin Gate with furrowed brows, completely without ideas in their hearts.
At this time, Su Mo glanced at the iron chain above the Thousand Jin Gate and said:
“You all wait for me here.”
Xue Li Yang and the others were stunned, thinking that in such a dangerous place, could Su Mo have thought of a way?
After Su Mo spoke, he walked a few steps to the bridgehead, leaped up, suddenly jumping to a height of over three meters, directly grabbing the edge of the Thousand Jin Gate in mid-air, then flipping over in the air, directly flipping onto the top of the Thousand Jin Gate.
The movements were as smooth and fluid as a spiritual ape threading through the forest, without any muddling.
Xue Li Yang and the others watched with their mouths agape in astonishment.
Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help but open his big mouth and exclaim in admiration:
“Master’s kung fu… is unparalleled!”
While speaking, Su Mo had already jumped to the top of the Thousand Jin Gate and suddenly drew the Frost Moon Sword from behind his back.
These days he had been carrying the Frost Moon Sword on his back, wrapped in a black cloth, and although Xue Li Yang and the others were curious, they never asked what it was.
At this moment, the sword edge suddenly unsheathed from the dark space, like a hook of cold moon suddenly leaping out of dark clouds, the cold light instantly illuminating the nearby few zhang brightly.
Clang!
Su Mo on top of the Thousand Jin Gate suddenly slashed down with one sword, instantly severing the arm-thick iron chain on one side that was suspending the Thousand Jin Gate!
The Thousand Jin Gate immediately shook violently, tilting down on one side.
But Su Mo did not pause in mid-air; as his body swayed with the Thousand Jin Gate’s movement, the Frost Moon Sword in his hand slashed down again.
Another sound of metal clashing rang out, and the iron chain on the other side was also severed by his sword; the Thousand Jin Gate in mid-air instantly fell entirely.
With a boom of a massive crash, after the thousand jin giant gate suddenly landed with a huge shock, it tilted toward the bridgehead, perfectly lying across the top of that bottomless pit.
Everyone couldn’t help but watch in admiration; Professor Chen stood with his mouth open in a daze for a few seconds before shaking his head and sighing:
“Good thing we have Master Su, otherwise in such a predicament, we’d only be able to sigh in despair!”
Hao Ai Guo also exclaimed in admiration:
“Master Su’s skills are truly unparalleled!”
Chu Jian, Sa Di Peng, and Ye Yi Xin who had already regained consciousness saw this scene, their faces full of expressions of respect and admiration.
Their ages were about the same as Su Mo’s, but the abilities Su Mo displayed made them only able to sigh in despair, unattainable.
Xue Li Yang looked at Su Mo, her beautiful eyes full of little stars.
Beside her, Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help but shake his head and say:
“Commander Yang, that ten thousand USD you spent on Master Su was totally worth it!”
Before coming, Xue Li Yang promised Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Su Mo each ten thousand USD in remuneration, hence Wang Pang Zi’s remark at this time.
But at this moment, whether Wang Pang Zi, Hu Ba Yi, or Xue Li Yang herself, all felt that Su Mo’s skills were worth not just ten thousand USD, but even a hundred thousand USD.
Forget anything else, just these two sword strikes from Su Mo were worth more than ten thousand USD!
Hearing this, Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help but chuckle:
“Even a hundred thousand USD is absolutely not enough; if you ask me, Commander Yang can only offer herself in marriage!”
He had seen Xue Li Yang’s very intimate behavior toward Su Mo before, hence he said this.
Hearing this, Xue Li Yang’s face suddenly flushed red, and she couldn’t help but glare fiercely at Wang Pang Zi.
At this time, Su Mo stood on the Thousand Jin Gate and waved his hand at everyone:
“No problem now, come over!”
Everyone hurried over, stepping on the Thousand Jin Gate from the bridgehead.
Professor Chen and the others praised Su Mo endlessly when they reached him; Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi beside them seemed proud as well, after all, Su Mo was now their master, and with the master showing such extraordinary skills, the disciples also had face.
Xue Li Yang seemed somewhat stiff in expression because of Wang Pang Zi’s words, merely glancing at Su Mo without much interaction, then walked forward to carefully look at the narrow and long slope behind the gate, took out a flare from the backpack, lit it, and threw it down.
The flare rolled along the slope for a long time before reaching the end, but when it stopped, the light in the darkness was already so small it was almost hard to see.
If behind the gate was a tomb passage, this distance was too long!
Everyone couldn’t help but gasp again.
At this time, Xue Li Yang suddenly frowned and said:
“Have you all noticed, there seem to be no mouse tracks here?”
After entering the Jing Jue Underground Palace, there were many mouse tracks along the way; there were many sand rats in the corners of the underground palace great hall, and plenty of mouse droppings beside that underground lake.
But after reaching behind this Thousand Jin Gate, not even a single mouse hair could be seen!
Hu Ba Yi nodded:
“I also feel something’s off; there were so many mouse droppings along the way, but here it’s clean to an unnatural degree. The pit under the gate is definitely very dangerous for people, but those mice could still crawl over along the edges without problem. But it’s so clean here, that doesn’t make sense!”
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts from his words; Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help but look toward Su Mo:
“Master…”
Su Mo focused and looked at the bottom of the slope.
Through the power of the Great Yin Meditation Technique and One Layer Seven Level Pagoda Skill, he could see an extremely dark space below the slope, like a black hole down there, containing extremely terrifying power and magnetic field.
But above the black hole, there was something projecting gorgeous and fantastical colors, like a bizarre flower!
If his guess was correct, that flower was very likely the legendary Corpse Incense Magic Lotus!
Below the flower, there was another dark space, and the energy in that space was extremely similar to the black hole below.
These terrifying and bizarre energies and magnetic fields intertwined and combined in the space below the slope, forming a very horrifying scene!
Just one glance made Su Mo feel a chill in his heart!
