Seizing Destiny From Heavens Hands

Chapter 461: Relax Your Mind, Open Your Dantian, Let Me In

Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang—one at the Peak Venerable Realm, the other at the Golden Peak Realm—were clearly the strongest among them.

Now that both had suddenly fallen into such critical condition, Ning Tianying and the others couldn’t help but feel deeply worried.

Shen Mo carefully examined their conditions and frowned.

Their bodies seemed to be burning in invisible flames.

Their skin was scorched black, their muscles spasmed violently, and blood poured from their mouths.

He had seen this kind of situation before.

It was just like when he had been experimenting with curse powder and had experienced the feeling of being cursed.

However, his divine soul had been well protected, his physical body was extremely resilient, and the clothing fragments used in the ritual were from a long time ago.

So the damage he suffered had been minimal.

Even so, he could recognize this kind of injury at a glance.

It was curse powder curse killing!

“What do we do now?” Xiong Yuanshan scratched his head in panic.

The surrounding Demon Suppression Guards didn’t speak, but the worry on their faces was unmistakable.

With their two strongest fighters out of commission—

Could they still keep fighting?

“They seem to be getting worse… Is there any way to relieve it?” Xiong Yuanshan squatted down and examined them closely.

When he touched Zhong Baisheng’s skin, a sharp, burning pain shot through his finger, and he instantly yanked his hand back in shock.

Ning Tianying took out a healing pill and was about to feed it to them.

But Shen Mo stopped her.

“This is curse powder curse killing. It appears to attack the body, but in truth, it targets the divine soul.”

“Ordinary healing pills are completely useless against this kind of attack.”

Ning Tianying and Xiong Yuanshan froze.

Curse powder curse killing?

What kind of technique was that?

Then Ning Tianying seemed to remember something, and her expression changed dramatically. “Is it the authority of a Grand Demon?”

Shen Mo nodded.

Hiss—

Everyone gasped in shock.

The authority of a Grand Demon—unfathomable and strange.

Some Demon Suppression Guards had dedicated themselves to studying it for years without going into battle, yet had achieved nothing.

And here, who among them knew how to counter a curse cast by such authority?

Xiong Yuanshan’s face turned sorrowful. “Are we really just going to watch them die?”

The Demon Suppression Guards around them looked equally grim.

Watching comrades suffer and die while being helpless to intervene—

That was a pain far worse than death.

Zhong Baisheng struggled to speak. “Don’t… worry about us…”

“Withdraw… immediately…”

Feng Cang gritted his teeth and managed to squeeze out a few words. “Go… retreat…”

“I can still hold… off a few demons…”

Ning Tianying, Xiong Yuanshan, Shi Dingyue, Zhou Mingyi and the others all had reddened eyes.

It was cruel, but the most rational decision.

Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang—one Peak Venerable, one Golden Peak.

Without them, how could the rest withstand even one Peak True Demon Lord?

Impossible.

Under these conditions, abandoning the outpost and retreating to the third layer to wait for another opportunity was the best course of action.

But Shen Mo shook his head firmly.

“The power of a Grand Demon’s authority is indeed strong, but it’s not without counters.”

Ning Tianying and Xiong Yuanshan were startled, and hope bloomed on their faces.

They didn’t know what kind of method Shen Mo might have—

But they believed in him.

After all, it had been Shen Mo’s creation—the eight Flame Flood Dragon Cloudships—that had turned the tide of the last great battle.

He was born to create miracles!

Shen Mo stepped in front of Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang, extended both hands, and pressed them onto their chests.

Divine Thunder Force surged from his palms and poured into their bodies, heading straight for the dantian.

“Relax your mind. Open your dantian. Let me in.”

“As long as we isolate the power of the Grand Demon’s authority, prevent it from harming your divine soul or blood crown, the injuries will stop getting worse.”

Shen Mo said in a deep, steady voice.

Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang didn’t know whether they should trust Shen Mo.

But right now, they had no other choice—so they could only treat a dying horse as if it were still alive.

Since Shen Mo claimed he had a solution, they were willing to believe him.

Buzz!

Divine Thunder Force surged like a great river into their dantian.

In an instant, it enveloped Zhong Baisheng’s divine soul and Feng Cang’s blood crown.

The power of the curse was immediately sealed outside.

Whenever it tried to invade further, it was neutralized by the Divine Thunder Force.

The reason Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang had been unable to resist the curse’s power—

Was simply because their cultivation methods weren’t strong enough to refine their spiritual energy or blood essence to a purer form.

If they had been like Bai Jiulie, the Demon Suppression General of the White Tiger Fortress—who could transform his spiritual energy into White Tiger Force—they would naturally have been able to resist the curse’s power.

Now, the injuries on Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang were quickly brought under control.

And since both had strong physical bodies with excellent recovery ability,

In just a few breaths, their damaged flesh began to regenerate.

The charred skin shed off, revealing fresh pink flesh beneath.

Seeing this, Ning Tianying, Xiong Yuanshan, and the others were visibly overjoyed.

It worked!

It really worked!

Their gazes toward Shen Mo changed instantly.

At that moment, a Demon Suppression Guard suddenly cried out in alarm.

“Another True Demon Lord is approaching!”

“It’s huge—looks like a Peak True Demon Lord!”

Everyone felt a jolt in their hearts and turned toward the sound.

Sure enough, they saw three figures approaching together.

One of them was the Peak True Demon Lord who had been leading the other demons.

The other two were clearly of even higher status.

That Peak True Demon Lord even stepped back half a pace and followed behind them.

The oppressive aura made Ning Tianying and the others' hearts pound wildly.

Those two newly arrived demons were very likely both Peak True Demon Lords!

Suddenly, the gap in strength between the two sides became terrifying.

Their two strongest fighters had just barely recovered from critical injuries.

The enemy had three Peak True Demon Lords.

How were they supposed to fight this?

But Shen Mo’s expression didn’t change at all.

He had already guessed it.

If Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang were both hit by curse powder curse killing—

Then it meant there had to be another True Demon Lord hiding nearby.

Now they finally showed themselves.

“Most likely a child of a Grand Demon,” Xiong Yuanshan said grimly as he saw the leading demon, his face darkening.

Zhong Baisheng and Feng Cang braced themselves and stood, though their expressions were a bit gloomy.

At his peak, Zhong Baisheng wouldn’t have feared a Grand Demon’s child.

But right now, he was no match at all.

“So you’re Shen Mo? Not bad, not bad. Ranked twentieth on the Kill List, someone my father tried to kill twice. I’ve finally met you.”

An Zhenfeng spotted Shen Mo from afar and smiled.

He had already memorized this face from a portrait.

“Now that the strongest fighters at this outpost are seriously injured, you alone can’t stop us three Peak True Demon Lords.”

An Zhenfeng glanced around at the Demon Suppression Guards. “I’ll give you all a chance—hand over Shen Mo, and I’ll leave with him immediately.”

“As for the rest of you, I can’t be bothered.”

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere inside the outpost shifted.

Though many were grateful to Shen Mo, An Zhenfeng’s words still made several of them glance in his direction.

If they handed over Shen Mo, An Zhenfeng would leave.

Maybe the rest of them could survive.

But if they refused—

A tiny outpost facing three Peak True Demon Lords? None of them might make it out alive.

Zhou Mingyi noticed this and let out a cold laugh.

“You want to capture Shen Mo easily and sow discord among us Demon Suppression Guards at the same time?”

“You really think you’ve got it all figured out.”

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