Chapter 42 - You Can’t Afford to Play With

The people of Treasure Pavilion had looks of dissatisfaction due to Wei Ying’s merciless sarcasm. However, Wu Mo remained unchanged on the stage, as though he was completely engrossed in the battle.

“I’m in a hurry, so I won’t play with you. I’ll take your life in three moves!”

Wei Jiaming’s expression immediately turned cold. He gripped his spear tightly with both hands and charged at Wu Mo. This time, he aimed the tip of his spear at Wu Mo’s head.

Equipment could only protect so much of a person’s body. The exposed part of the body was still defenseless. Therefore, as long as he aimed for Wu Mo’s head, Wei Jiaming could ignore the cloak’s defensive ability.

Seeing Wei Jiaming approaching him with the spear, Wu Mo immediately activated the Mercury Cloak’s skill.

At the next moment, he felt his entire body become light. With a light tap of his foot, he began to fly.

He moved more than ten meters in just half a second.

Wei Jiaming prepared to attack, but he missed. The inertia caused him to continue staggering forward a few steps, and he became a bit embarrassed.

“You b*stard!”

Wei Jiaming did not expect Wu Mo to have such a trick up his sleeves. For a moment, he was filled with rage, and he rushed over again.

Wu Mo was too lazy to fight a person like him head-on. He waved his cloak and seemed to disappear in a flash. He reappeared more than ten meters away at the next second.

Wei Jiaming’s attack missed once again. He was anxious to cripple Wu Mo, and in his confusion, his attacks began to lose their rhythm.

Right then, Wu Mo felt his lightness disappear. He immediately understood that it was probably due to the effect of acceleration on his cloak. He was about to run out of time.

However, he did not panic. After all, he had a week to prepare. He had played the entire thing out in his heart.

His Armor-piercing Short Staff also possessed an acceleration effect. It was the active skill, Snake Dance.

The duration of Snake Dance was much longer than that of the cloak’s skill. Although the acceleration effect was not as exaggerated, it was enough for him to dodge Wei Jiaming’s clumsy attack.

At that moment, Wei Jiaming was once again seen rushing over in a disorderly manner.

Wu Mo quickly activated the short staff’s effect. Then, with a flash, he dodged his opponent’s attack one more time.

In the eyes of the onlookers, Wu Mo seemed to be waving a red cloth like he was in a bullfight.

Wei Jiaming was going around in circles, almost losing his sense of direction.

That was because Wei Jiaming had been sprinting and waving his weapon the entire time, while Wu Mo only needed to expend part of his stamina to dodge each time.

Therefore, not long after, Wei Jiaming’s head was covered in sweat because he had exhausted his stamina. He was panting like a bull, looking very much like a clown who had been played.

Wu Mo, on the other hand, was still wearing a faint smile on his face.

His condition was the same as before. He did not look tired at all. He was still as agile and elegant as before.

Seeing the difference in their condition, everyone was stunned.

They thought that Wu Mo would only hold out for a few minutes at most before he was defeated. Yet, the result was far beyond their expectations.

The shocked onlookers’ mouths were wide open.

Even Manager Gao, who had some understanding of Wu Mo’s ability, felt his heart jump.

He never thought Wu Mo would be able to do so much. Even though Wei Jiaming had Unique Treasure Hall’s support, he did not make any of the equipment on him, and he was aimless. In contrast, Wu Mo was level-headed, and his powerful forging skills equalized the difference between the two of them, even turning defeat into victory.

Under such circumstances, Wei Jiaming could not hold on for long. Victory was almost within reach for Wu Mo.

At this point, everyone fell silent as they looked at the previously arrogant Unique Treasure Hall.

Those blacksmiths simply could not understand how Wu Mo’s equipment would have an additional acceleration effect.

One should know that equipment with the ability to significantly increase their user’s speed or strength were mostly Premium grade or even Epic grade.

With that said, Wu Mo’s cloak did not shine at all, and his short staff was brown in color. It looked completely ordinary. It was not as gorgeous as other Premium-grade equipment.

However, they did not know that after Wu Mo forged his equipment, he scattered other materials over it to cover up the shine.

That way, outsiders could not identify the actual grade of his weapon just by looking at it.

Not only could he conceal his true strength, but he could also comply with the rule of not revealing his wealth.

Wu Mo turned a blind eye to the crowd’s gazes of disbelief.

He waved the short staff in his hand lightly and spoke to Wei Jiaming, who was gasping for breath, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

“What’s it going to be? It’s still not too late to admit defeat now.”

A trace of resentment flashed across Wei Jiaming’s face when he heard Wu Mo’s provocation.

His face revealed a malevolent aura, and he suddenly took out a few translucent crystals with his right hand. They flickered with a red light.

“Die, Wu Mo!” Wei Jiaming roared and immediately threw the crystals in Wu Mo’s direction.

At this time, everyone saw a parabola of red light streaking through the air, and they were momentarily taken aback. There were not only ordinary citizens among the crowd watching the match, but there were also many cultivators and businessmen, who had rushed over after hearing news of the competition.

Some of the sharp-eyed onlookers immediately reacted and shouted involuntarily.

“Heavens, that’s an exploding crystal. This is just an ordinary match. There’s no need to use such an extremely lethal object!”

“This is no longer a match. This is clearly a murder attempt!”

Many people who were present recognized the object that was emitting a sinister red light.

Ordinary people did not know about the explosive crystal, though. Only true cultivators or people with profound knowledge managed to recognize it.

As the name implied, the explosive crystal contained violent magic power. As long as it hit its target, it would explode and cause magic damage in the area of contact. Furthermore, each crystal could store energy for a long time, making it convenient for transportation.

Hence, it was often used to deal with invaders.

As for what type of magic damage the crystal would deal, it depended on what type of energy the cultivator would inject into it.

However, there were not many explosive crystals in existence, so those who participated in the energy injection were usually Four-star cultivators and above.

The power of a Four-star cultivator’s strike was enough to break a stone tablet. It would be difficult for an ordinary person to withstand a strike.

As such, when people saw the contestants actually use exploding crystals, they were aghast.

Although the competition would affect the future business development of two chambers of commerce, it did not warrant killing people to silence them.

The exploding crystals had been listed as a dangerous controlled tool by the major cities decades ago because of their power.

Only those with high positions or aristocratic families could have them.

At that moment, Manager Gao saw the explosive crystal draw a red arc in the air, and his eyelids jumped erratically.

“Dangerous tools are prohibited in this competition. The match has to be stopped!” Manager Gao shouted sternly.