Welcome to Ability Store-Chapter 105 - 104: The Chains Are the True Body

"Just now, that was..." Mo Shuyun frowned, "Forget it, you’d be better off knocked out, so you can suffer less."

Lingdang swallowed hard.

This person is stronger than all of the previous opponents combined.

Is this what it means to be a Celestial Pride from a sect?

She had seen Celestial Prides fight before. Every year during the sect competitions, her father would take her to watch and learn. Last year, the sect contest saw her brother, the elder of the Xu family, perform outstandingly in individual duels. He was bestowed the title of Celestial Pride at the Ascension Platform. She would often spar with him in his spare time...

But no matter whether watching or sparring, the pressure was never as intense as it is with the opponent in front of her— even though they’re just a Celestial Pride disciple who entered the sect a year ago, and whose talent has yet to be fully realized.

Is this what it feels like to truly face a Celestial Pride in combat?

How much leeway was my brother giving me?

"What did you... do to me just now?" Lingdang asked.

She couldn’t see how her opponent had made a move.

He only gathered his fan, and in that instant, she felt dizzy, almost unable to control her own body. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Though that fan was exquisitely made, it was definitely not a Dharma Artifact.

At that moment, Mo Shuyun unfolded his gold folded fan again, holding it in front of him, "You guess?"

Lingdang took a deep breath, confirmed there was nothing wrong with her body, and launched another attack!

Mo Shuyun continued his evasive maneuvers, but this time his counterattack came quickly, as they exchanged blows for two or three rounds, he suddenly snapped his fan closed.

Lingdang concentrated all her attention on him.

The next second, she felt as if hit by a heavy hammer, her organs trembling, the overpowering dizziness crashed into her mind like a tidal wave, making everything spin in her vision. In such a state, let alone continuing to wield her sword, standing was already challenging!

Mo Shuyun swiftly advanced and punched her hard in the abdomen!

Lingdang felt her breakfast surging up from her stomach.

She used the force to retreat swiftly, taking several steps back, and then vomited a large mouthful of acidic liquid with a loud "wah".

Mo Shuyun did not press the advantage but moved several steps aside disdainfully, seeming entirely unwilling to be near the smell of vomit.

The crowd erupted in amazement once again.

They saw Lingdang losing her footing, suddenly standing motionless, then receiving the heavy punch from the Celestial Pride disciple!

But everyone knew that the girl was agile and reacted quickly, it was impossible for her to be dazed halfway through, Mo Shuyun must have done something to make her lose focus.

That was what made Mo Shuyun so astounding—no cultivator present could discern what trick he had used!

Lingdang saw it.

At the moment the fan closed, she saw his mouth slightly open!

The invisible attack came from Mo Shuyun’s mouth!

Yet even knowing this, she still could not find a way to counter it, as the opponent’s attack seemed to be everywhere, neither defensible nor suppressible.

"You can’t even stand properly, and you still want to keep fighting?" Mo Shuyun’s tone revealed some impatience, "Courage is commendable, but what distinguishes courage from mere foolishness? If you don’t concede, I’ll get serious."

Lingdang was indeed as he described, just standing upright was difficult, and the dizziness refused to fade, with what seemed like several figures swaying before her eyes.

But she was far from giving up.

Because she had already completed the construction of the array—just as they exchanged blows!

"Array: Thousand Mechanisms Lock Moon!"

With Lingdang’s clear shout, seven or eight chains suddenly appeared around the arena, rushing toward Mo Shuyun. Just as he tried to retreat quickly, he discovered his right foot tightly ensnared by a chain!

So this was an array? Chen Xuan suddenly realized.

This time he saw it clearly, the chains emerged from talismans, each talisman generating a chain, and these talismans were scattered all over the arena, covered by Lingdang with a thin layer of soil. If one didn’t look closely, they would never find the mysteries hidden in the ground.

When did she bury ten array talismans right under everyone’s nose?

There’s only one answer, while sparring with Zhou Xubai and others earlier, Bell had already been planting talismans and setting up arrays continuously. And she didn’t even lay them out openly; perhaps, during each roll, dodge, crouch, or sprint, she concealed a talisman in her hand.

These chains instantly bound Mo Shuyun tightly, with one even tying his hand holding the fan to his face, preventing him from closing the fan like he did before.

"Watch the sword!" Bell raised her sword and charged towards Mo Shuyun.

No matter how unstable her steps were, she couldn’t possibly miss a target that couldn’t move!

Mo Shuyun suddenly opened his mouth and emitted an explosive shriek!

"Roar——"

The sound was so explosive that the fan blocking his mouth shattered into pieces. Behind the fan, his true appearance was revealed: the previously graceful celestial pride image was gone, replaced by bloodshot eyes, an extremely enlarged lower jaw, and a hideous face with bulging veins.

The spectators couldn’t help but show expressions of pain, covering their ears one after another.

Directly hit by the roar, Bell felt as if she was struck by lightning, as blood seeped from her mouth, nose, and ears, she staggered a few steps before collapsing headfirst, and the peach wood sword fell beside her.

After the loud noise came dead silence.

For a moment, the scene was silent as a grave, and the crowd had not recovered from the shock just now. Did a single roar from a Celestial Pride Disciple of the Celestial Derivation Tower cause the undefeated Bell to collapse straight away?

"Tsk, had to persist. With your ears destroyed, you can forget about progressing in cultivation for the rest of your life." Mo Shuyun wanted to use the fan to cover his deformed face after casting the spell, only to find it’s left with just a handle. He turned to look at the balcony of the manor’s main building, "Senior, the match is over, I’ve won!"

"...That’s not necessarily the case." A few seconds later, Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "Victory can only be decided when one goes out of bounds, faints, or concedes defeat. Aren’t the chains on you still intact?"

"What? She’s already like this, what else is there to fight—" Mo Shuyun pointed at Bell, annoyed, but was shocked to see her stubbornly using both hands to slowly crawl up from the ground!

Even though blood kept flowing from her ears and mouth!

Chen Xuan had seen through it; Mo Shuyun specialized in spells that used spiritual qi to create sound, which had nothing to do with that folding fan. So even if the hand holding the fan was bound, it wouldn’t hinder him from casting spells. Moreover, his sounds were of two types: one that couldn’t be heard by ordinary people, causing Bell dizziness and loss of balance, likely attributed to infrasound waves. The other was a high-decibel loud sound, like a shock wave, directly attacking the eardrums and damaging internal organs.

Judging from Mo Shuyun’s performance, he could emit both low-frequency sounds and loud sounds simultaneously, dealing a dual blow to the nervous system and the flesh of the opponent. Previously, he only used a single low-frequency sound; probably, emitting the loud sound made his face flush, eyes bulge, appearing quite unsightly.

The principle of the spell was simple, but the key was how to counter it. As it stood, though Bell had already laid her array, if she couldn’t stop the opponent from opening his mouth, she couldn’t break through that wall of sound!

In a turn of thought, Bell moved—she didn’t even fully stand up, just forcefully hugged that wooden sword to her chest!

"You’re insane!"

Mo Shuyun felt a twinge of fear at the bottom of his heart amidst his shock.

This was just a contest; was there really a need to go this far?

Seeing the opponent step forward, he had to emit another shriek, this time even higher in pitch, causing the manor’s building windows and doors to buzz, while the spectators in the front row fell back wailing, and the crowd in the rear covered their ears and fled backward. The scene instantly turned into chaos!

Facing the impact directly, Bell’s face showed noticeable blood marks, her eyes completely rolled over, blood shot from her ears and nose like a fountain, her mask was stained bright red, and anyone injured like this couldn’t possibly continue fighting.

But she still flew forward, directly towards Mo Shuyun!

Chen Xuan suddenly realized, it was the chains!

The chains were pulling her to fly!

What if she lost balance? What if she was deafened? What if she couldn’t move? She didn’t need to personally wield the sword; turning her body into a sword and letting the chains complete the final strike achieved the same effect!

As long as she hadn’t completely lost consciousness, she could continue to control those chains.

She could move; Mo Shuyun couldn’t!

So this sword was guaranteed to hit!

This was Bell’s way of breaking through the impasse!

All cultivators who kept their consciousness were stunned to see the girl shoot towards Mo Shuyun like an arrow released from a bowstring. The peach wood sword in her arms was slightly above her head. If the two collided, it was certain the sword tip would reach first.

"How... is that possible?"

Mo Shuyun wanted to dodge, but the chains on his body remained firmly intact, just like the other’s unbreakable will.

Bell collided heavily with Mo Shuyun, and the wooden sword powerfully smashed onto his chest.

"Cough..."

He spewed a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground together with Bell.