Chapter 507: Void Concealment
"You're already dead." The shadow assassin, whose weapon had been seized and control wrested away, decisively chose to release his grip and temporarily retreat.
In his eyes, anyone struck by an activated Annihilation Sword had absolutely no chance of survival.
Because no one could predict if an opponent in a near-death state would self-destruct, taking everyone around them down with them, the best course of action for a killer who valued their life was to distance themselves as much as possible from the source of danger.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
A tenth of a second later, accompanied by three dull thuds, several dark figures tumbled out of the void.
They seemed to have collided with an invisible wall.
"Let's keep playing." Bai Mo lightly pulled out the rapier embedded in his chest, taking it in hand as a weapon, completely unconcerned by the massive, still-smoking wound.
They were intimately familiar with the power of the Annihilation Sword. As a specialized killing blow capable of instantly obliterating most Divine-level cultivators, it compressed enough power to flatten a city into an extremely small area of effect.
The energy density within it, upon activation, was sufficient to forcibly shatter atomic nuclei, trigger small-scale nuclear fission, and then, using a distorted chain reaction, transform the target into a thick soup of atomic fragments. In principle, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Earthlings to call the user of this thing a "Nuclear Bomb Sword Immortal."
But now, this artificial fission and the subsequent chain reaction appeared to have been completely suppressed by an even stronger field.
Or rather, not suppressed – it simply vanished! Aside from the initial wound, the subsequent destructive power disappeared into thin air!
"Who exactly are you? How can you use our Xuanxuan Family's unique bloodline technique?!" The palace-dressed young woman, who had initially gone into hiding, re-emerged in the Hall of Nothingness after witnessing this scene in the void.
A mask now covered her face, and her voice had shifted from a gentle female tone to a rough, male one.
"Miss Ling!"
"Leader!"
Everyone bowed slightly.
The masked young woman seemed to glimpse some familiar shadows.
"So, are we family then?" Bai Mo asked with a laugh after hearing her.
"Bloodline Resonance!" The masked young woman didn't answer his question. Instead, she formed hand seals in the air, casting a strange spell.
Following the incantation, a massive, pale purple light pillar appeared behind her. Among the Hidden Dragon Guard stationed on the periphery, two individuals also manifested deep blue light pillars behind them.
"How... is this possible..." Everyone was stunned upon seeing the light pillar summoned from behind Bai Mo.
"It's... it's deep purple!" They instantly transformed into astonished onlookers.
The Bloodline Houses possessed a spell capable of roughly discerning the degree of internal power development. By utilizing the resonance of identical bloodlines, a caster could cause a light pillar to appear behind any ability users within a certain range who shared the same ancestor.
The light pillars were graded by color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. The closer to purple, the higher the degree of bloodline development.
"No Heart-Snatcher Demon could possibly achieve this level. Which reclusive elder of the Xuanxuan Family are you?" The masked young woman removed her silver mask, continuing to speak in the rough male voice, though her tone softened considerably.
"Just by a single spell?" Bai Mo countered.
"Void Concealment Art combined with Bloodline Source Art is enough."
After removing her mask, the "young woman" revealed a blank face devoid of features, making her current expression utterly unreadable.
"You call this 'Void Concealment'?" Bai Mo pointed with his left finger to the large hole in his chest. "Indeed, it's something very, very interesting."
After being attacked by the Annihilation Sword, he had activated the deepest power of the bloodline within this body, suppressing the injuries in an incredibly profound manner.
"Who exactly are you?" Bai Mo's words sparked her suspicion. She raised her long sword again, pointing it at him.
If the other party truly hailed from the Xuanxuan Family, they would never ask such a common-sense question. Yet, if he wasn't from the Xuanxuan Family, how could he possess a higher bloodline development than her? All the Heart-Snatcher Demons discovered in the past had never exceeded the yellow grade in development.
...
"Roughly ten years ago, a couple from the Xuanxuan Family mysteriously disappeared..." Bai Mo continued to speak fancifully, completely ignoring Xu Xuan Ling's question, as the Sky Net had already provided him with all the answers.
"Could it be... you're that unfaithful man's..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xuan Ling "looked" closely at Bai Mo's face for several moments.
"You truly resemble him... You must be his child."
The scene instantly shifted to an ethical romance drama, a change so drastic it caught everyone present off guard.
"Leader, we bid farewell!"
"We'll go encircle and eliminate other targets first!"
...
The subordinates also deduced something from the conversation between the two, instantly realizing that to avoid being silenced later, it was best to leave before hearing any more embarrassing "black history."
Even the other Divine-level cultivators present were unwilling to delve too deep into these private matters. Xu Xuan Ling, who mastered the Void Concealment Art, was definitely among the most troublesome Divine-level individuals to provoke.
"But what about your bloodline development? In less than ten years..." This was Xu Xuan Ling's greatest doubt.
She, who had always been hailed as a family genius, had spent a full three hundred years to reach this stage. Achieving Divine-level cultivation and near-maximal bloodline development in less than ten years was completely beyond her imagination.
"Do you... want to know?" Bai Mo asked with a devil-like tempting tone.
"Don't you care that your parents were killed? The enemy who murdered your parents is right before your eyes!" A somewhat bewildered Xu Xuan Ling cried out loudly.
Upon hearing this, the strongest reaction came not from Bai Mo, but from the group of subordinates behind Xu Xuan Ling who were preparing to leave.
"Boss, why did you have to say that so loudly?! We were already playing dumb, couldn't you have cooperated a little..."
"We really, truly don't want to know what disgraceful things you've done, how much 'black history' you have..."
Of course, these were merely their inner thoughts; on their faces, they still maintained an appearance of nonchalance.
"No, why didn't he use Void Concealment before the Annihilation Sword activated? That way, he wouldn't have been injured at all!" Xu Xuan Ling suddenly thought of another illogical point.
"As long as the sustaining power isn't interrupted, Void Concealment can temporarily erase the existence of most things at will. He could have completely erased the entire sword before being attacked, and then restored it after he moved away from the original spot."
"You're wondering why I was injured?" Bai Mo instantly saw through her thoughts.
"I just wanted to experience what pain feels like."
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