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Chapter 105 The Chains Are the Real Body
“What was that just now…” Mo Shuyun frowned. “Forget it, you might as well have fallen out. That way you could have suffered less.”

Bell swallowed hard.

This person is stronger than all the opponents we've faced combined.

These are the sect's prodigies?
She wasn't unfamiliar with the battles of prodigies; her father would take her along every year during the sect competitions to broaden her horizons. Last year, her elder brother, Xu, had performed exceptionally well in individual duels, earning him the title of prodigy from the Ascension Platform. She would always try to spar with him whenever he had a spare moment…

But whether watching or sparring, the sense of pressure was far less than that of the opponent in front of him—even though the opponent was just a prodigy disciple who had only been in the sect for a year and whose talent had not yet been fully developed.

Is this what it feels like to truly face off against a prodigy?

Just how much water did the older brother release?!
"What...did you just do to me?" Bell asked.

She had no idea how the other person had made the move.

He simply closed the fan, and in an instant she felt dizzy and almost unable to control her body.

Although the fan was exquisitely crafted, it was definitely not a magical artifact.

At this moment, Mo Shuyun opened the gold-plated folding fan and held it in front of him, "Guess?"

After taking a deep breath and confirming that there was nothing wrong with her body, Lingdang launched another attack!
Mo Shuyun continued to dodge, but this time his counterattack came quickly. After only two or three exchanges, he snapped his fan shut.

Bell focused all her attention on him.

The next second, she felt as if she had been struck by a heavy hammer. Her internal organs were trembling, and a strong sense of dizziness surged into her mind like a tsunami. The scenery in her eyes spun around. In this state, it was difficult for her to even stand up, let alone continue to swing her sword!
Mo Shuyun seized the opportunity to step forward and punched her hard in the stomach!
Bell felt her breakfast rising in her stomach.

She used the momentum to stagger backward a few steps, then vomited a mouthful of acidic water.

Mo Shuyun did not pursue the matter, but instead walked away a few steps in disgust, seemingly not wanting to smell the vomit at all.

The crowd immediately erupted in gasps of amazement once again.

What they saw was that Lingdang lost her composure and suddenly stood still, then took a hard punch from the disciple of the prodigy!
But everyone knows that the girl is agile and quick-witted, so it's impossible for her to be in a daze halfway through. Mo Shuyun must have done something to her to cause her abnormal behavior.

That's what makes Mo Shuyun so amazing—because not a single cultivator present could figure out what tricks he had used!
The bell was seen.

Just as the fan was closing, she saw the other person slightly open their mouth!

That invisible attack came from Mo Shuyun's mouth!

Even so, she still couldn't find a way to break the spell, because the opponent's attacks seemed to be everywhere, impossible to defend against or control.

"You can't even stand up straight, do you still want to keep fighting?" Mo Shuyun's tone was a little impatient. "Courage is commendable, but what's the difference between courage and a commoner? If you don't admit defeat, I'm going to get serious."

Just as he said, it was difficult for Lingdang to stand up straight. The dizziness lingered, and she could see several figures moving around in front of her.

But it's far from time for her to admit defeat.

Because she had already completed the formation—just as the battle began!
"Formation: Thousand Machines Lock the Moon!"

With a clear ringing of a bell, seven or eight faintly visible chains simultaneously shot out from around the arena, heading straight for Mo Shuyun in the center. He tried to retreat, only to find his right foot already tightly bound by a chain!

So this was a formation? Chen Xuan suddenly realized.

This time, he saw it clearly: the chains originated from the talismans. Each talisman could generate a chain, and these talismans were scattered throughout the arena, covered with shallow soil by the bells. Without close inspection, the hidden secret would be completely undetectable.

When did she secretly plant the ten array talismans right under everyone's noses?

There's only one answer: when she sparred with Zhou Xubai and the others, Lingdang had already been gradually planting talismans and setting up formations. Moreover, she wasn't planting them openly; every time she rolled, dodged, crouched, or sprinted, she might have been hiding a talisman in her hand.

The chains quickly bound Mo Shuyun tightly, one of them even binding his hand holding the fan to his face, preventing him from closing the folding fan as before. "Take this!" Lingdang raised her sword and rushed towards Mo Shuyun.

No matter how unsteady her steps were, she couldn't possibly miss a target that was unable to move!

Mo Shuyun suddenly opened her mouth and let out a shrill scream like an explosion!
"Roar----"

The sound was so explosive that the folding fan covering his mouth shattered into pieces. Behind the fan, his true face was revealed: the elegant and refined image of a prodigy was gone, replaced by bloodshot eyes, an extremely wide jaw, and a ferocious face with bulging veins.

The onlookers couldn't help but show expressions of pain, and they all covered their ears.

The bell, struck directly by the roar, was as if struck by lightning. Blood seeped from her mouth, nose, and ears. She staggered a couple of steps before collapsing to the ground, her peach wood sword falling to the ground beside her.

After the loud noise, there was only deathly silence.

A deathly silence fell over the scene; everyone was still reeling from the shock. The prodigy disciple of Tianyan Tower had only let out a roar, and the undefeated bell had fallen straight down?
"Tsk, you had to force yourself. With both ears destroyed, you'll never be able to improve in this lifetime." Mo Shuyun tried to use his fan to cover his disfigured face after the surgery, but found that only the handle remained. He turned to look at the balcony of the main building of the manor, "Senior, the competition is over, I won!"

"...That's not necessarily true." After a few seconds, Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "The game is only decided when one side goes out of bounds, falls unconscious, or admits defeat. Aren't you still wearing those chains?"

"What? She's already like this, what's the point of fighting her—" Mo Shuyun pointed at Lingdang angrily, but was shocked to find that she actually managed to get up from the ground little by little by supporting herself with her hands!

Even though blood was constantly flowing from her ears and mouth!

Chen Xuan now understood that Mo Shuyun's specialty was creating sound using spiritual energy, and had nothing to do with the folding fan. Therefore, even with his hand holding the fan bound, it wouldn't hinder his spellcasting in the slightest. Moreover, the opponent's sound came in two forms: one inaudible to ordinary people but capable of making the bell dizzy and lose its balance, most likely infrasound; the other was an extremely loud sound, like a shockwave, capable of directly attacking the eardrums and damaging internal organs.

Furthermore, judging from Mo Shuyun's performance, he can simultaneously emit low-frequency and high-frequency sounds, inflicting a double blow on the enemy's nervous system and physical body. Previously, he only used a single low-frequency sound, probably because emitting a high-frequency sound would cause his face to flush and his eyes to bulge, making him look quite unsightly.

The principle of the spell is simple, but the key is how to counter it. As it stands, although the bell has set up an array, it can't break through this wall of sound unless it can prevent the opponent from opening their mouth!
In a flash, the bell rang—she didn't even stand up completely, but simply hugged the wooden sword tightly to her chest!
"I think you are crazy!"

Mo Shuyun was taken aback, but a sense of fear arose in her heart.

This is just a competition; there's no need to go this far, is there?

Seeing his opponent advance, he had no choice but to let out another shriek. This time, the roar was even louder, and even the doors and windows of the manor building vibrated. The onlookers in the front row cried out and fell to the ground, while the crowd in the back covered their ears and fled backward. The scene instantly became chaotic!
The bell, facing the impact head-on, had obvious bloodstains on its face, its eyes rolled back completely, and blood gushed from its ears and nose like a fountain. Its mask was stained bright red. Anyone injured like this would not be able to continue fighting.

But she still flew out, heading straight for Mo Shuyun!

Chen Xuan suddenly realized that it was chains!
It was the chains that were pulling her flying!

So what if she loses her balance? So what if she goes deaf? So what if she can't move? She doesn't need to wield the sword herself; turning her body into a sword and letting the chains deliver the final blow will have the same effect!

As long as she hasn't completely lost consciousness, she can continue to control the chains.

She could move, but Mo Shuyun couldn't!
Therefore, this sword strike is bound to hit!
This is the solution that Bell came up with to break the deadlock!

To the astonishment of all the cultivators who remained conscious, the girl shot towards Mo Shuyun like an arrow released from a bow. The peach wood sword in her arms was slightly higher than her head; if the two collided, the tip of the sword would inevitably strike first.

"How can it be?"

Mo Shuyun tried to dodge, but the chains binding her remained as steadfast as ever, just like the unbreakable will of her opponent.

The bell clashed heavily with Mo Shuyun, and the wooden sword also struck him hard in the chest.

"cough……"

He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground along with the bell.

(End of this chapter)