There are too many female protagonists with deceased husbands in the Qin Dynasty's Past Books.

Chapter 72 Bloodline Suppression

Tsk, did I get seen through?

Tianze is indeed a tough opponent...

Seeing the four streams of dragon-transformation true energy rushing towards him, Jiang Mo couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The combination of the Myriad Gu Threading Technique and the Cursed Soul Shadow technique was indeed a clever trick he had painstakingly researched.

Using this method, he has undoubtedly killed countless opponents.

However, when facing a target familiar with witchcraft, this combo is less likely to catch them off guard, and Jiang Mo didn't expect to get close to Tian Ze with just this one move.

But I never expected that after only one use, the other party would see through it so easily.

And they immediately came up with a solution.

The Ten Thousand Gu Threads Technique, when used in reverse, can indeed manipulate one's own body, much like controlling a pre-made puppet, making oneself perform all sorts of actions that would be inconceivable to ordinary people.

However, this is not a foolproof trick that guarantees 100% evasion, but it can often surprise people.

The thread-pulling technique, often used to control corpse puppets, requires the user to combine it with some pain-shielding witchcraft techniques if they wish to use it against themselves; otherwise, they will suffer excruciating pain while dodging attacks.

This is its fundamental flaw.

It is destined that when facing multiple attacks, dodging will be quite difficult, and if you are not careful, you will often twist yourself into a pretzel and become crippled on the spot.

The crown prince's identity is ultimately extraordinary.

As the crown prince of Baiyue, Tianze's starting point in witchcraft was an end point that many people could not reach even after a lifetime of hard work.

Its profound cultural heritage is something Jiang Mo can only dream of.

It's only natural for Tianze to act so confidently. Given the seemingly insurmountable gap in strength between these two, it would be absurd to be overly cautious and trembling.

However, he was quite curious.

What exactly gave this person the courage to attempt such a desperate act?

The answer is naturally not Liang Jingru, but Jiang Mo's gradual accumulation and transformation over the years. He spent nearly eight years in this instance, and he didn't spend all his energy being affectionate with Yan Lingji.

Emerging from its cocoon, it transforms into the form of a phoenix!

It didn't unfurl illusory wings directly from behind like before, but a faint blue light still flowed through the shadows surrounding Jiang Mo.

This immediately made Jiang Mo's body lighter and his speed even greater.

A sharp whip-like tail swept across the python's front as it twisted its body. Its thick body carried a terrifying force that was as powerful as a tidal wave, yet it was so fast that it left only a fleeting afterimage in the air.

The serpent slithered silently, trying to coil around Jiang Mo's ankle.

The venomous snake roared to the sky, and thick, dark true energy shot into the heavens like a fountain, then turned into a fine rain that poured down, carrying a suffocating stench.

The python, having missed its first attack, turned and attacked Jiang Mo from behind again.

This serpentine true energy, which is almost indistinguishable to ordinary people, not only exhibits distinct characteristics and properties, but also coordinates and responds to each other in a tacit manner when it is used to encircle and attack.

Such a situation is akin to a narrow escape from death.

It was as if four top-notch masters, working in perfect unison, attacked Jiang Mo simultaneously, coordinating and blocking any space for him to dodge or maneuver.

However, the feedback that the target had been hit never reached Tianze's mind.

"His speed keeps increasing? How is that possible, given his level of skill... No, that's not right, it's not that he's getting faster."

His previously composed expression turned into obvious surprise.

Looking at Jiang Mo, who seemed to transform into a blue stream of light amidst the dark dragon-transformation true energy, and who could always dodge various attacks except for non-lethal venom, Tianze couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.

My heart was filled with astonishment, which continued to fester within me.

what happened?

That guy wasn't fast enough for me to react. We should have cooperated to limit his dodging space and take him down in one fell swoop.

But why?

Why is it always just a little bit off at crucial moments?

Gazing at that figure, light as a butterfly, agile as a cat, and graceful as a bird, Tianze, who had been unable to break through Jiang Mo's defenses, could no longer maintain his composure. He couldn't help but widen his blood-red eyes and stare intently at Jiang Mo's every move.

They were trying to find out exactly what the other party had done.

So, just as Jiang Mo soared into the air, stepped on the python's body in mid-air to gain momentum and fly backward, finally breaking through the encirclement, Tian Ze finally noticed something amiss.

It wasn't that the other party was too fast for him to handle.

Instead, Tianze himself slowed down.

More precisely, the dragon-transformation true energy attacking the opponent seemed to be affected by something just before it hit, its movements slowing down slightly.

This little bit may seem insignificant.

However, in a life-or-death struggle, it can be an exploitable weakness, especially against an opponent as fast as Jiang Mo.

She was like a drunken concubine, with no reason not to seize the opportunity.

Does this guy possess some kind of method to control himself? Could it also be related to the treasure of Fire Rain Manor? No wonder he dared to go to the meeting alone...

With a slight frown, Tianze couldn't help but ponder in his heart.

He guessed correctly; Jiang Mo did indeed have a way to restrain Tian Ze, which was the aura emitted by the Azure Phoenix spirit beast.

In terms of sheer mastery of witchcraft, Jiang Mo cannot compare to Tian Ze.

However, when it comes to knowing oneself and one's enemy, Tianze is far behind. Before entering this instance, Jiang Mo had already witnessed Tianze's various methods through anime.

The chains that coiled around his body like dragons and pythons were undoubtedly impressive.

However, the chains are not the main body; the true energy that takes the form of a snake or dragon is the key.

As an audience member, Jiang Mo could only see the surface of it, but after studying the Baiyue witchcraft in depth, he had already figured out the underlying principles.

That lifelike quality cannot be achieved simply by transforming innate true energy.

There must be some influence from Tianze's natal Gu, which he used some means to extract the soul of a special snake-dragon and make it his own.

It takes talent to display so many different styles of power from a single person.

It shares a similar principle with Jiang Mo's "Breaking the Cocoon and Transforming into Feathers" Gu.

However, while doing so can make the dragon's true energy exceptionally agile, much like enlightenment, it will also cause it to acquire the weaknesses of snakes and dragons.

For example, the fear of predators like birds of prey is ingrained in our blood.

The Azure Phoenix is ​​a divine bird among birds.

It was through the overwhelming force it displayed that Jiang Mo was able to create opportunities repeatedly under seemingly impossible circumstances and break through the encirclement.

It still hurtled straight toward Jiang Mo.

Tianze was unable to fully grasp the whole truth, but the mere realization that he might be restrained caused a sudden flash of ruthlessness to appear in his blood-red eyes.

"The game is over!"

The cold words revealed an undisguised killing intent, and the last two strands of dragon-transformation true energy that had been hovering around Tianze without being used suddenly made their move.

It is as swift as lightning, arriving in an instant.

Before Jiang Mo could even land after breaking through the encirclement, a surge of violent true energy erupted from beneath his feet like a volcanic eruption, completely engulfing him.

In that instant, Jiang Mo felt as if he had been swallowed whole by the Mountain-Swallowing Python.

His whole body was tightly bound, and he could not struggle at all.

Then, a barrage of dragon-transformation true energy fiercely attacked.

Chapter 73 That punch had power!

This is a master of innate talent, whose strength is far greater than Jiang Mo had anticipated.

Since the start of the war, he has never intended to engage Tianze in direct combat, and he has tried his best to dodge all of Tianze's attacks.

All I wanted was to rush to Tianze's side.

The mountaintop and cliff top were not open spaces; the distance between Jiang Mo and Tian Ze was only a few feet.

Normally, Jiang Mo could have darted over that distance in the blink of an eye.

But when facing Tianze, this seemingly short distance felt like the ends of the earth, unreachable and insurmountable.

On the other side lies a glimmer of hope.

But beneath their feet lay the inevitable end of defeat and destruction.

Even though Jiang Mo used all his strength to rush to within a zhang of Tian Ze, he paid a heavy price for it, and his whole body was covered in wounds and he looked extremely disheveled.

The blood at the corner of his mouth was never wiped clean.

Many of these injuries were caused by attacks from the Dragon Transformation True Qi, but many others were caused by him forcibly activating the Myriad Gu Threading Technique to dodge the attacks in a near-self-destructive manner.

The lesser of two evils.

If Jiang Mo didn't even have the awareness to make this sacrifice when facing Tian Ze, whose strength far surpasses his own, he should have just packed up and committed suicide to forcefully exit the dungeon.

Since we're here, we'll give it our all.

Unfortunately, determination could not change the gap in strength between the two. Despite creating miracles with various unexpected methods, Jiang Mo was still subdued by Tian Ze.

Let's not talk about the various dragon transformation true energies that have made a comeback.

The very thing that trapped Jiang Mo at this moment was as thick as a giant pillar supporting the sky, yet it could silently infiltrate underground and even break through the soil, subduing Jiang Mo before he could react.

The Mountain-Swallowing Python.

A legendary ferocious beast that can devour mountains and rivers, it is common for it to travel through rocks and soil, and it is said that it even feeds on gold and iron.

The dragon-transforming true energy that Tianze condensed could not display its full potential.

However, it was not something Jiang Mo could directly confront at this moment.

Trapped by the dragon-transformation true energy, Jiang Mo felt as if his entire body was tightly bound by a powerful force, like an object caught in a hydraulic press.

Moreover, his entire body was subjected to brutal pressure from every angle.

The creaking sound reached his ears; it was Jiang Mo's groaning as his bones could no longer bear the weight. If he continued to be trapped, even if the various dragon-transforming true energies that swept in wouldn't obliterate him, his bones would probably be broken.

Turned into a pool of helpless mud, left to be slaughtered by Tianze.