Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 757 A Chaotic Battle
As expected, there was a great battle every time the Cosmic Wall opened. Just as Mo Wuji thought this, a surge of immense power struck him in the back, directly blasting him into the battlefield.
Mo Wuji didn't have time to observe what power had propelled him into the battlefield. Several beams of attacking light swept towards him from behind. Mo Wuji could only summon the Half Moon Heavy Halberd to defend against the incoming magic treasures. He merely blocked the attacks aimed at him, with no intention of actively retaliating.
If it were just a few people, he would have killed them. But here, there were countless experts, tens of thousands of Immortals from all races. He simply couldn't kill them all. Besides, he had killed Human cultivators and Demon cultivators alike, belonging to neither side. He himself couldn't clearly distinguish how the Demon and Human races were differentiated.
Mo Wuji tried to stay close to the edge. In a short time, he had already figured it out. The Immortals on the Human side had a faint yellow aura around them. Mo Wuji paid particular attention to one powerful Human Immortal. Each time he killed a Demon cultivator, an additional mark would appear on the jade ring on his wrist. The strength of the mark's aura varied depending on the strength of his opponent.
The Demon Immortals, on the other hand, had a faint cyan aura around them. Each Demon Immortal also had a jade ring on their wrist. Like the Human Immortals, they would get an additional mark on their ring for each kill.
Clearly, these marks would be rewarded after the battle. Mo Wuji had no ring on his wrist and was even more unwilling to join the fighting on either side.
Mo Wuji retreated while protecting himself, observing the Immortals without rings.
After a while, he saw a cultivator like himself, also without a ring, also trying to retreat. However, he was being besieged by several Humans and several Demons simultaneously. In just a short time, he was killed.
Mo Wuji noticed that the Human Immortal who killed him gained two marks on his ring, and the auras of these two marks were very strong.
So, there was a reward for killing those without rings. It seemed this battlefield simply didn't allow the existence of cultivators who belonged neither to the Human nor the Demon race.
Mo Wuji sensed his own aura, which was faintly yellow tinged with cyan. This meant he had killed both Human and Demon Immortals. Anyone who killed him would receive a double reward.
Sure enough, as soon as Mo Wuji understood this, several killing intents locked onto him. It would be foolish for him to counterattack now. He fled without hesitation.
The few cultivators who attacked Mo Wuji didn't give chase after he disappeared.
However, as soon as Mo Wuji stopped, more attacks came at him. Mo Wuji sighed inwardly, knowing that it would be difficult for him to stay safe in this battle. Fortunately, he had the Wind Escape Technique and Spatial Teleportation. Otherwise, if he were surrounded, he would only be able to wait for death.
At this point, Mo Wuji fully understood why flying was prohibited here; it was to prevent anyone from escaping. He also figured out what had prevented him from leaving earlier – it must have been a trapping array. This trapping array was very strange, seemingly appearing along with the Cosmic Wall.
If he guessed correctly, the trapping array would disappear after the battle. Before the battle ended, anyone participating in the Cosmic Wall's plunder had to participate in the great battle.
No wonder one had to join one side or the other upon arriving at the Outer Heaven Corridor. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to survive in this kind of battle. Even with his Spirit Storage Channel and Essence Storage Channel, and a pile of recovery pills, constantly running around like this was exhausting.
Unfortunately, he didn't know these rules. If ordinary people knew these rules, they would probably hide in the Outer Heaven Bazaar and not dare to come here to snatch anything, right? As for Mo Wuji, even if he knew these rules, he would still come to take a look. If he didn't come for the benefits in the Cosmic Wall, he would be letting down his trip here.
The melee became increasingly chaotic, with no rules or battle formations to speak of. Everyone was locked in a mutual slaughter.
If Mo Wuji were an uninformed bystander, he would definitely despise this kind of battle. It was simply an idiotic battle, basically individual combat, a chaotic slaughter.
But now, Mo Wuji would definitely not despise this kind of battle, because he knew that this was how it inevitably had to be. Everyone was snatching treasures from the Cosmic Wall and then engaging in a melee. This battle was not a true confrontation between two armies. Although there were many people, they were intermingled, making it impossible to form battle formations.
Moreover, this great battle was probably not about achieving victory, but about which side could plunder more resources. The selfishness of cultivators was fully reflected in this great battle.
The great battle lasted a full day before gradually dispersing. Mo Wuji was also drenched in sweat. He hadn't killed a single person, yet he was a hundred times more exhausted than the cultivators who had fought all day. He hadn't stopped running throughout the entire battle.
As long as he dared to pause even slightly, he would be drawn into the melee. If he weren't a divine body, the attacks from magic treasures that kept whizzing past him would have torn him to pieces.
Watching the people on both sides quickly retreat, Mo Wuji knew that this was an evenly matched battle. He also quickly chose the direction of the bazaar and fled at top speed.
As Mo Wuji had expected, the trapping array at the edge of the hundred-mile radius disappeared without a trace after the battle. He easily rushed out.
Mo Wuji secretly sighed in relief and accelerated his speed. If he didn't have the Spirit Storage Channel and Essence Storage Channel, and wasn't a body cultivator with a divine body, he would have been seriously injured, even if he hadn't died today.
On the Human side, a man wearing a dark Immortal robe stared in the direction where Mo Wuji had disappeared, frowning in thought. Mo Wuji had both yellow and cyan auras on him, indicating that he had killed both Human and Demon Immortals. This didn't surprise him. What surprised him was that someone like Mo Wuji, who had killed people on both sides and had no ring on his wrist, could actually survive until the end of the battle.
Logically speaking, in this kind of battle, those who didn't have rings and didn't belong to either side would die the fastest. Unfortunately, by the time he noticed Mo Wuji, the battle had already ended. Therefore, he didn't know about Mo Wuji's terrifying Wind Escape Technique. Otherwise, he might have chased after him.
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When Mo Wuji arrived at the Outer Heaven Bazaar, there were only a few scattered people around. Mo Wuji immediately went to the magic treasure store. He had already killed the owner of this store. Even if he didn't want the shop deed, according to Lou Si, this shop was his.
As soon as Mo Wuji entered the store, he removed all the protective arrays and replaced them with a new one. As he was setting up the new protective array, the noise outside the bazaar gradually grew louder. Mo Wuji knew that the people who had gone to the Cosmic Wall were returning one after another.
Before Mo Wuji could use the protective array to lock up the store, the door was kicked open.
"Who are you?" The person who entered the store was a slightly thin man. He stood at the door, staring at Mo Wuji with a frown.
"This store has been transferred to me. I am the owner of this store," Mo Wuji said calmly. This thin man was only in the Early Stage of the Immortal King Realm, weaker than the original Hall Master. Mo Wuji didn't really take him seriously.
The thin man stared at Mo Wuji for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "You want to seize the store the moment Mao Hu was killed?"
Mo Wuji thought to himself, "I really do think that way."
"Here's a word of advice: leave this place early, or you won't even keep your life," the thin man said coldly, seemingly having seen through Mo Wuji's intentions without waiting for Mo Wuji to answer.
Although Mo Wuji didn't quite understand the rules here, he wouldn't easily give up the place that kept him alive. Having fought on the battlefield in the Gobi Desert, Mo Wuji vaguely understood that the battlefield seemed very strange. If he didn't stay in this bazaar and went to the battlefield alone, he might face even greater danger.
"I'll give you three breaths to leave my store, or don't blame me for taking action," Mo Wuji's tone also became harsh. This place was clearly a place where the weak were eliminated and the strong survived. Without strength, even if he kneeled on the ground, it would be of no use.
The thin man gave Mo Wuji a mocking glance and suddenly struck a talisman imprint on the side of the shop door.
Mo Wuji felt a slight fluctuation in space, and he immediately understood what was happening. It was probably a device to send a warning, which he hadn't noticed before.
Sure enough, two figures quickly teleported over. One was already in the Early Stage of the Immortal Reverent Realm, and the other was in the Late Stage of the Immortal King Realm.
(That's all for today's update, friends. Good night!)