When Gu Shaoyin saw Mo Wuji enveloped by his Facet Spear Shadow, he knew the other party had lost. Though he was about to win, he felt no sense of triumph. He now understood that the other party was truly an unaffiliated cultivator. Only unaffiliated cultivators would lack their own techniques.

Mo Wuji looked at the overwhelming spear shadows and the Facet Spear Intent locking him down. His face remained calm, without even a ripple. He indeed lacked a staff technique, but he had divine abilities. Compared to divine abilities, techniques were nothing.

He had cultivated the Star Shift to the third level of the Dou character formula, Isolated Dream Star Soul. He moved the moment Gu Shaoyin's spear shadows fully converged.

The Heavenly Machine Staff drew a semicircle beneath the Facet Spear Shadow. Strands of Yuan energy, guided by Mo Wuji's spiritual will, transformed into curved surfaces. As Mo Wuji's staff shadows increased, the curved surfaces gradually twisted and blurred.

Gu Shaoyin suddenly felt that Mo Wuji had vanished before him. In his place was only a vast starry sky, and he remained alone in this starry sky, abruptly losing his target and orientation.

This was an illusion, definitely some kind of illusion technique. Gu Shaoyin simply closed his eyes, his spear shadows and killing intent becoming even more intense.

But in the next moment, Gu Shaoyin opened his eyes again. He discovered that even with his eyes closed, he could still sense that his spear intent was facing a solitary, boundless starry sky. In front of his spear shadows were countless illusory stars.

"Boom!" The long spear's killing intent slammed into the illusory stars, instantly turning into nothingness, dissipating into the starry sky. A terrifying recoil force struck, and Gu Shaoyin's heart trembled wildly. How could this unaffiliated cultivator 2705 be so powerful? How did he block his Facet Spear Shadow in this situation? And with such a huge backlash of Yuan energy?

No, this recoil power didn't seem to pose much of a threat to him.

Dust and gravel flew everywhere. Gu Shaoyin finally realized that his long spear had not landed on Mo Wuji at all, but had slammed into the hard rock beside him, shattering it into pieces. At that moment, he saw Mo Wuji's Heavenly Machine Staff wildly sweeping towards him.

My life is over, Gu Shaoyin thought, his heart ice-cold as his strength waned.

Mo Wuji remained without joy or sorrow. If he hadn't cultivated the Star Shift to the third level of the Dou character formula, he would have had to flee in a sorry state from Gu Shaoyin's spear technique.

Cen Shuyin stared wide-eyed at the place where the two were fighting. Everything had happened so fast that she had no chance to intervene. Just as she was about to rush in to save Mo Wuji, the situation suddenly changed. Gu Shaoyin, who had previously held an absolute advantage, had exhausted his strength and was now facing Mo Wuji's fatal blow.

Before Cen Shuyin could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw a red-faced, tall man abruptly appear at the edge of the woods in the corner of her eye.

Her heart sank when she saw this person. She recognized him; he was the red-faced cultivator who had always stood by that special envoy Xia Mo. Moreover, she had seen this person take action before. His strength was second only to that white-haired, white-bearded Human Immortal King.

Back then, he had stood on the flying ship and blasted a True God Stage cultivator, who wanted to rush onto the ship to find hostages, away with a single punch.

Not good. Cen Shuyin could become a True Inheritor of Sword Lake, not just because of her aptitude. In that instant, she understood that the red-faced man had appeared now to save Gu Shaoyin.

Cen Shuyin rushed toward Mo Wuji without a second thought.

A powerhouse like the red-faced man would have at least a hundred ways to save Gu Shaoyin from Mo Wuji, but Cen Shuyin believed he would directly kill this unaffiliated cultivator 2705. For no other reason than that the special envoy Xia Mo thought that unaffiliated cultivator 2705 was her Dao Companion.

"Puff, puff, puff!" Four or five streaks of blood flashed before Mo Wuji's eyes, followed by several rays of light piercing through Cen Shuyin's chest, blasting towards Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji's expression changed drastically. He held his Heavenly Machine Staff horizontally and twisted his body, his Heavenly Machine Staff directly blocking two streaks of blood, while dodging the third streak of blood. The fourth and fifth streaks of blood passed through his body, once again creating a cloud of blood mist.

"Thump!" Cen Shuyin fell into Mo Wuji's arms.

Only then did Mo Wuji understand that Cen Shuyin had rushed towards him not to save the black-clothed young man, but to help him block these several sneak attacks. The killing rays passed through Cen Shuyin's body and turned into streaks of blood.

Mo Wuji raised his hand and took out several pills, feeding them into Cen Shuyin's mouth, while also swallowing a few pills himself. His spiritual will instantly swept out, wanting to know who was attacking him.

"I'm sorry," Cen Shuyin said in Mo Wuji's arms, uttering words that Mo Wuji found inexplicable.

"What exactly is going on?" Mo Wuji asked calmly.

Cen Shuyin's voice was even weaker, "I still ended up harming you… they followed me here, I really didn't know…"

Mo Wuji nodded, "I believe you."

He really believed Cen Shuyin. Although he and Cen Shuyin were not very good friends, he would not doubt Cen Shuyin's character.

"Thank you…" After saying those two words, Cen Shuyin's head tilted, and she was no longer alive.

Mo Wuji became even more calm. The more this was the time, the less he could allow anger to fill his consciousness. If it hadn't been for Cen Shuyin slowing down those five killing rays, he would have already been killed. Regardless of whether he knew why Cen Shuyin had to say sorry to him, his life had been saved by Cen Shuyin.

"Not bad, truly very strong. I just want to know, you have no Spiritual Rhythm around your body, and even I can't tell that you've hidden your cultivation. How exactly did you do it?" A tall man with a red face appeared next to the woods not far away.

Mo Wuji said, word by word, "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

The endless anger was forcefully suppressed by him to keep his mind clear. The other party's cultivation was much stronger than that black-clothed man in the True God Stage back then. Such a powerhouse was actually ambushing a Transcendence Stage cultivator like him, and Cen Shuyin's life or death was unknown. How could he not be angry?

"Elder Zeng, what do you mean by this?" Gu Shaoyin, who had recovered from the shock in the distance, asked in a low voice.

The red-faced man snorted, "If I hadn't saved you just now, do you think you would still be alive? You don't know what's good for you."

Gu Shaoyin's expression was even more unsightly. He cupped his fists at Mo Wuji and said, "I am not your opponent. From now on, I will no longer dare to call myself the first on the Human Rankings. Please tell me, what is your name?"

"Unaffiliated cultivator 2705," Mo Wuji coldly replied. His gaze was fixed on the red-faced man. Even if this red-faced cultivator didn't make a move, he wouldn't kill Gu Shaoyin.

Gu Shaoyin sighed inwardly and turned to leave, instantly disappearing. He knew very well that he couldn't save Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji also knew that he would have a hard time escaping with his life today. It was a pity that he had too many things he hadn't done yet. To be killed like this was truly unwilling.

"It's not that I want to kill you, but the special envoy from Star Emperor Mountain wants to kill you," the red-faced man said indifferently, "Because the special envoy has taken a liking to your Dao Companion, but your Dao Companion is unwilling."

My Dao Companion? Mo Wuji lowered his head to look at Cen Shuyin, who was already lifeless, and vaguely understood something. If Cen Shuyin was using him as a shield, then he was truly wronged to the extreme.

But he also felt that Cen Shuyin wasn't that kind of person. Based on his understanding of Cen Shuyin, she shouldn't use him as a shield.

"If you want to kill me, then make your move," Mo Wuji said calmly. It was a pity that he didn't have the chance to create distance. Otherwise, with a railgun, no matter how strong this guy was, he would be turned into ashes.

Knowing that he didn't have the slightest chance, Mo Wuji was still gathering Yuan energy. Even when he was about to die, he would still give this red-faced thief a bolt out of the blue. If he had the chance, he would directly jump off the cliff behind him.

But Mo Wuji also knew that there was truly not much chance of jumping off the cliff in front of this red-faced cultivator. Or rather, even if he jumped, it would be useless.

The red-faced cultivator didn't directly make a move, but instead walked forward a few steps and said lightly, "The Spiritual Rhythm around your body is faint, as if you have no Spiritual Roots at all. How did you achieve such terrifying strength? Or rather, how did you hide your cultivation?"

After a pause, he continued, "You only have one chance to answer. If you answer well, maybe I will spare your life."

"I can answer you, but first answer a question for me. Who are you? Where did you come from in True Smiting Continent?" Mo Wuji still asked calmly.

If he could be reborn again, even if it was across several star systems, he would find the place where this red-faced cultivator was and turn him into ashes.

"Haha…" Do you think you still have a chance for revenge?

After saying that, the red-faced cultivator raised his hand again, and two more rays of light shot out. Mo Wuji clearly saw the existence of these two rays of light, but he couldn't dodge them at all.

"Puff, puff!" Two more clouds of blood mist spewed out from his body. Two cracks appeared under his feet. This was because he used the Star Shift to transfer the power to the ground.

"Right, there's one more thing I forgot to ask you just now. That move you used to block Gu Shaoyin's Facet Spear Shadow at the end wasn't a technique, right? If I didn't guess wrong, that should be a divine ability. You still have to answer me, what is that divine ability, and where did you get it? To make your answer more quick, I can also tell you that this尊 comes from the Xia family of Star Emperor Mountain. Xia family Elder, Zeng Houyi, is this尊." Seeing that Mo Wuji transferred most of the light's power to the ground, the red-faced cultivator asked again.

Mo Wuji retreated a few steps without showing any emotion, and still said calmly, "I just want to say one sentence to you. If I have a next life, I will definitely kill my way into Star Emperor Mountain and destroy your Xia family."

After saying these words, Mo Wuji let out a long sigh. He had been killed twice, and both times it was related to someone with the surname Xia.

"You don't need to retreat, because you don't have a chance to jump off the cliff. If I were you, I would honestly answer the questions." Zeng Houyi seemed to see through Mo Wuji's thoughts, and his tone was very cold.

"Monkey butt, coming to my Questioning Heaven Learning Palace and still daring to be so arrogant. If I were you, I would obediently kneel down and wait for your grandpa to hook your neck up and use it as a urinal." A very thin fishing line suddenly appeared under Zeng Houyi's neck, and then an old voice came over.

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