Chapter 1904: Chapter 1724: Slander
Inside the exchange hall of the stronghold, all the World Generals were stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to their senses. In an instant, every gaze locked onto Lin Mo. They had all received a message from Marquis Taoshan, and Lin Mo’s portrait had been directly transmitted into their minds.
Colluding with the Demon Clan—World Generals of the Star Sky Alliance colluding with the Demon Clan was a grave crime! If caught with sufficient evidence, they would be executed on the spot, Divine Soul annihilated. The Star Sky Alliance had spies and traitors, and so did the Demon Clan and the Barbarian Demons. They were all afraid of death. Once someone who feared death was captured, their soul would be directly controlled and turned into a Puppet and a spy
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In that instant, Lin Mo snatched back the Commander’s Seal, his expression suddenly changing.
Colluding with the Demon Clan? They actually claimed he’d colluded with the Demon Clan! Without a second thought, Lin Mo grabbed the Commander’s Seal and immediately tried to tear open the Dark Space to escape, but his face changed color ever so slightly. The surrounding Space was as hard as steel, impossible to tear apart. There was an Array—someone had long since laid down an Array and seized control of
this section of Space, making it impossible for him to tear it open.
"Luo Yingning!"
A figure flashed through Lin Mo’s mind, and his body turned into Flowing Light as he shot out of the exchange center, trying to leave the stronghold as fast as possible. Unfortunately, he was a bit too slow. Outside, hundreds and thousands of World Generals had already surrounded him, all standing Lin Li in midair, their gazes ice-cold on Lin Mo, their eyes burning with fury, hatred, and coldness. Their friends, Dao companions, comrades, and sworn
brothers had all died at the hands of the Demon Clan and Barbarian Demons. In the face of a traitor, they hated him a hundred times more than they hated the Demon Clan and Barbarian Demons themselves.
"Fight?"
A trace of bitterness appeared at the corner of Lin Mo’s mouth.
No matter how strong and formidable he was, even with an Ultimate Weapon in hand, facing a combined strike from hundreds and thousands of World Generals, even a Realm Marquis would be instantly killed!
Space couldn’t be torn open either. Was he really just going to sit here and wait to die?
World Generals by the hundreds and thousands were still gathering without end, standing high in the sky, completely encircling Lin Mo. The people ahead split into orderly formations, leaving a passageway open, and then several figures flew toward Lin Mo.
"A Realm Marquis? The Governor of the stronghold." Lin Mo glanced over the information on the Commander’s Seal. "The Governor of this stronghold is Taoshan, a powerful Realm Marquis."
The middle-aged man in black Armor, with long hair hanging down to his waist, had a stern face. Beside him stood another middle-aged man in luxurious robes with his hair tied up, and behind them followed a young woman with a pure, innocent appearance.
"Duke Yaoyang, Luo Yingning?" Lin Mo’s pupils suddenly constricted.
He understood. Luo Yingning was one of Marquis Taoshan’s people. No wonder, no wonder! No wonder they accused him of colluding with the Demon Clan and pinned a trumped-up charge on him—this was all because of Marquis Taoshan.
As for why Duke Yaoyang was here, Lin Mo had no idea.
"Lin Mo?" Duke Yaoyang looked at the figure that had appeared in his line of sight, a peculiar smile spreading across his face. He and Marquis Taoshan both worked for the Golden Cloud Realm Emperor. He might not know everything about Taoshan, but he knew a thing or two about the filth Taoshan had done.
Duke Yaoyang stared coldly at Lin Mo, who was surrounded on all sides like prey encircled by wolves and tigers. His face grew darker and darker.
"Oh? Duke Yaoyang, you know this guy?" Marquis Taoshan looked over at him. "Know him? I do. Even if he turns to ashes, I’ll still recognize him." A cold arc spread across Duke Yaoyang’s lips. Having been humiliated by Lin Mo again and again, he utterly hated this man. He hadn’t expected that after wearing out his iron shoes searching with no result, he’d find him here without
any effort at all.
Marquis Taoshan narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing the cold resentment on Duke Yaoyang’s face, he could already guess that Lin Mo had most likely offended him badly.
"Luo Yingning!" Lin Mo, on the other hand, was glaring fiercely at the pure-looking young woman at Marquis Taoshan’s side. Three years ago, he had almost been killed by her scheme; he had never once forgotten her face.
"Lin Mo, the evidence of your collusion with the Demon Clan is conclusive. I advise you to surrender and await judgment." Marquis Taoshan met Lin Mo’s gaze directly, his face stern and meticulous, carrying an air of lofty righteousness.
"Surrender and await judgment?" Lin Mo sneered. "Luo Yingning, you schemed to kill me and seize my Treasure. So it turns out Marquis Taoshan was the one backing you. And now you smear me with colluding with the Demon Clan. Quite a scheme."
Up in the sky, the hundreds and thousands of World Generals listening to Lin Mo’s words all had their expressions change slightly.
Luo Yingning was Marquis Taoshan’s Disciple—anyone familiar with them knew that. Scheming to kill someone and seize their Treasure—would Marquis Taoshan do such a thing? "You say Ying Ning schemed to kill you and seize your Treasure. Then tell us, what Treasure do you have? How did Ying Ning set up this scheme to kill you? Does your Commander’s Seal have a recorded image?" Marquis Taoshan’s expression did not change. His manner remained stern, without a trace
of panic in response to Lin Mo’s words.
Lin Mo’s face looked somewhat ugly. Marquis Taoshan’s questions had struck right at his weak point.
Show his Treasure? If he took out the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Sword, wouldn’t that be the same as telling Everyone he carried an Ultimate Weapon on him?
As for a recorded image on his Commander’s Seal—when Luo Yingning set up her scheme, Everyone had joined forces to blast him, causing his True Yuan to stagnate so that the Commander’s Seal couldn’t be activated at all. There was no recording. If there had been, Lin Mo would’ve already reported it to the Star Sky Alliance.
"Lin Mo, you and I don’t even know each other. You were caught colluding with the Demon Clan, and now you try to slander me first? How shameless and despicable." Luo Yingning’s delicate brows knitted in anger, her red lips spitting out sonorous words, without the slightest hint of guilt.
Lin Mo clenched his fists, bit down on his teeth, and let out a cold laugh. "I’ve been slaughtering Demon Clan and Barbarian Demons for the Star Sky Alliance, and in the end I’m still slandered by the likes of you. Since you refuse to believe me, I can only cut a bloody path out!"
Cut a bloody path out—easy to say. Facing hundreds and thousands of World Generals and Marquis Tao Mountain himself, even having a one-in-a-thousand chance of surviving would be far too optimistic!
"Since you refuse to surrender, I’ll treat it as you defying the regulations of the Star Sky Alliance War Star Domain and kill you on the spot, then submit your crimes afterward." Marquis Taoshan narrowed his eyes, Cold Light flickering within.
Lin Mo gripped the Xuanyuan Sword, ready to risk it all. The other side already knew his escape trump card and had sealed off Space so he couldn’t tear it open and escape. He had no choice but to face them head-on.
Surrendering was a lie meant for children. Once he fell into Marquis Taoshan’s hands and his True Yuan was sealed, all that would be left for him was waiting for death.
"Brother Lin, I’ve already opened a gap in the Space-sealing Array. Run!" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in Lin Mo’s mind.
Lin Mo didn’t have time to think. With a single slash of his sword, he cleaved open a Space Rift and rushed straight into it.
Under Everyone’s watchful eyes, amid the shocked gazes of the thousands of World Generals, Marquis Taoshan, Luo Yingning, Duke Yaoyang, and the others, Lin Mo plunged into the Space Rift and escaped once again.
"He dared to enter a Space Rift? Has he grasped the Space Law?" Duke Yaoyang was stunned, his brows knitting tightly.
Marquis Taoshan’s expression changed drastically, his face turning grim. "Who opened the Array?"
Lin Mo, who had already been driven to a dead end, had actually escaped right under his eyelids. With this experience, catching Lin Mo again would only become even harder. "Damn it, he actually escaped again!" Luo Yingning clenched her delicate fists and ground her teeth hard. Unwilling—she was utterly unwilling. This time she had prepared thoroughly, had taken Lin Mo’s ability to enter Dark Space into account, and had sealed Space long ago, yet he still managed to slip away.
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