Chapter 1564: Betrayal (Part 6)
The Red Serpent Clan's young prince that Meng Na killed held a position of considerable status. Not only was he a direct descendant of Old Red Serpent Immortal, but he was also the future son-in-law of a great general under Great Evil Venerable!
Gray Land is filled with slaughter, bloodshed, intrigue, and schemes. However, among the creatures of higher status, there were still various interactions, including marriage alliances, which naturally occurred among those of equally esteemed identity and status.
For someone like Meng Na, although he didn't have a low status in the One-eyed Clan, he didn't qualify for such alliances.
This news even made Chu Mo feel a bit of a headache, very tricky indeed.
Originally, he thought Great Evil Venerable's place would be an ideal "smuggling" location, but didn't expect it to be another dragon's den!
It's extremely dangerous!
Because, regardless of his motive, the great general under Great Evil Venerable would surely give the Red Serpent Clan some face. Should Meng Na dare to show up here, he would inevitably face devastating suppression!
"Damn it!" Meng Na's face turned grim. After thinking for a long time, he sighed deeply: "Brother, I can't burden you any longer. You should leave. You're from the Human Clan, you can blend in anywhere. As long as you keep a low profile, you'll eventually find a chance to slip into the Tunnel and have a chance to return. But I can't. I'm sure I have no chance."
Chu Mo looked at Meng Na, shook his head with a smile: "General, may I ask you a question?"
Meng Na was slightly stunned: "What question?"
Chu Mo said: "In Gray Land, is the General's realm considered high or low?"
Meng Na answered without hesitation: "One-on-one, without those giants taking action, I fear no one! I won't claim invincibility, but at least... not many creatures can win a duel against me."
"Do you know, General, your realm is considered ancestral realm in the universe I came from, already considered a giant. The One-eyed Great Venerable, Three-leaf Heavenly Venerable, Old Red Serpent Immortal, Blood River Great Venerable, and Great Evil Venerable in Gray Land would be the top-tier existence in the universe I used to be in."
Meng Na looked at Chu Mo in shock: "Brother... you, you're not a creature from Gray Land? You're from another universe?"
Chu Mo nodded: "Yes, I accidentally wandered into Gray Land, I was originally supposed to enter the Tunnel. Something went wrong in between."
Meng Na looked at Chu Mo with a face that couldn't be deceived: "How could there be a mistake with that?"
Chu Mo smiled bitterly: "Have you heard of the Ancient Battlefield?"
Meng Na nodded: "Of course, I have. The war between Gray Land and the Tunnel's cultivators has been going on for endless ages, and if nothing unexpected occurs, it will continue. Many of the cultivators in the Tunnel, especially those who participate in the war, come from the Ancient Battlefield. I've heard the cruelty on the Ancient Battlefield is not much less than Gray Land. Of a trillion creatures, in the end, only a few dozen remain. And those few dozen..."
Meng Na stopped here and glanced at Chu Mo.
Chu Mo smiled: "I've already severed the divine persona."
Meng Na froze directly. It was about to continue what it wanted to say but hadn't said. It stared at Chu Mo in a daze: "Really?"
Chu Mo said: "Of course, if not, I should have been dragged into the Tunnel by the Investiture of the Gods. How could I have entered Gray Land?"
"I see, I finally understand. You... you came through the Blue Stone Gate!" Meng Na looked at Chu Mo excitedly: "Didn't you?"
"What's wrong?" Chu Mo looked at Meng Na.
Meng Na said excitedly: "The Blue Stone Gate... that's something legendary that only those with great qi movement can see. Passing through the Blue Stone Gate allows one to appear in an entirely new universe. There, there's not much bloodshed, nor terrifying gore, and there's no need to live on edge every day..."
Chu Mo looked at Meng Na speechlessly, thinking truthfully, no matter how you look, you can't find the aura a giant of the ancestral realm should have on this one-eyed creature.
Meng Na seemed wistful talking about those universes. After a while, he looked at Chu Mo: "Do you mean you survived the Ancient Battlefield, and when the divine persona descended, you severed it?"
Chu Mo nodded: "Yes."
"You're remarkable!" Meng Na couldn't help but admire Chu Mo: "That's incredible! Such resolve is not something everyone can muster, especially when you knew nothing. You're the first one I've heard of severing the divine persona on your own."
Chu Mo smiled and then said: "Actually, I didn't completely lie to the General before. My two closest people were indeed captured into the Tunnel..."
"Those bastard scum from the Tunnel! Not a single good creature among them!" Meng Na said with a face full of anger: "They control the number of powerhouses in major universes through the Ancient Battlefield and then balance the creatures in Gray Land with those so-called gods selected from there. Quite a plan indeed. The pity is that those so-called gods, they only realize their situation after truly entering the Tunnel. But by then, it's too late, they can only accept the fate of being controlled!"
Meng Na sighed: "Then again, there are no good guys in Gray Land either."
"..." Chu Mo looked at Meng Na somewhat speechlessly, thinking this guy's straightforwardness was quite endearing.
However, Chu Mo was touched by Meng Na's words about the controlled gods. Think about the Monkey and the other six Great Saints, and Luo Lan, Qianqiu, Qing Gu, and Xuanxuan, these former giants of the ancestral realm that once dominated their respective universes, finding themselves constrained upon entering the Tunnel. How would they be willing to accept that?
Especially creatures like the Monkey with such a personality, wielding an iron rod to subdue the world, fearless of heaven and earth, would they willingly submit to being controlled?
In his heart, Chu Mo muttered: Monkey, I hope you can restrain yourselves a little. If one day I enter the Tunnel, I will surely find you and cut away the divinity from your bodies. I will help you regain your freedom!
In the entire Tunnel, apart from his two wives, the ones Chu Mo was most concerned about were the seven monkeys. The remaining people were not within Chu Mo's consideration.
At this moment, Meng Na suddenly raised his head, his face instantly becoming very ugly. He used his divine sense to communicate with Chu Mo: "Change your appearance, split up and act, contact later, hurry up!"
As he spoke, Meng Na had already disappeared.
Chu Mo didn't sense anything, but he knew something had happened! He immediately changed his appearance to another look, changing his entire aura completely.
Chu Mo practiced many paths, and casually switching to one would make his presence entirely different. Afterwards, Chu Mo walked toward another direction. At that time, a large number of monks emitting peak Great Saint Realm auras appeared on the street, mixed with some ancestral realm beings, all possessed of an iron-blooded aura. All rushed toward the direction of the Zhen Family.
Their speed was remarkably swift, and Chu Mo saw that not just these beings, but his divine sense revealed that throughout the whole city, a large number of powerful auras erupted, rushing toward the direction of the Zhen Family.
Indeed...
Chu Mo sighed inwardly, Meng Na was still a bit naive!
Zhen did indeed betray Meng Na.
This was within Chu Mo's expectations. After all, Meng Na now had no refuge in the entire Gray Land. Having killed the close kin of the old Red Serpent immortal, Meng Na's fate was almost sealed.
As for trying to enter the Tunnel through a rift... it was an extremely difficult task. In this Gray Land, there are only five rifts, and these five rifts aren't open year-round. It requires a powerful person to open them using divine methods.
Therefore, even if one reaches the rift, trying to enter the Tunnel through it isn't an easy thing.
This group of Meng Na's people is almost like having no escape route. No matter how high their cultivation is, it's really hard to find a place to shelter in the entire Gray Land!
In such circumstances, if Zhen could still wholeheartedly help Meng Na, it would be truly difficult.
Betrayal always depends on whether the price is high enough.
Zhen is a powerful woman, and she obviously got what she wanted in the shortest time. A large number of strong beings swooped directly to her place, almost wiping out Meng Na's group completely!
Meng Na was warned by his subordinates and hurriedly fled. As for Meng Na's subordinates, there was no need to think; none of them could survive. Even if there are some alive now, they are merely kept by the opposing side to look for Meng Na and Chu Mo.
Chu Mo walked on the street, completely reeling in his aura. His appearance now was very ordinary, observing the soldiers exuding powerful auras on the avenue with cold eyes, scrutinizing every passerby. Chu Mo felt a slight chill inside.
But he wasn't desperate.
Three days later.
Chu Mo received news that all of Meng Na's subordinates had been executed. Those One-eyed Clan beings were loyal enough to Meng Na and were very righteous to friends. They didn't reveal Chu Mo's identity.
However, Zhen had already unhesitatingly betrayed Chu Mo's name and the Human Clan identity. She betrayed Meng Na, so why would she leave Chu Mo?
Over these three days, no matter how the armies searched, both Meng Na and Chu Mo seemed to have completely disappeared. There was no sign of them.
On the fourth day's dawn, Chu Mo heard news of Zhen's death.
The woman full of energy was silently killed, hung on the west gate of Evil City.
The western side of Evil City was precisely the territory of the One-eyed Clan.
Done by Meng Na!
Such means and ability shocked even Chu Mo. Amid a city-wide hunt, Meng Na could still find Zhen and take her out, even daring to hang her corpse at the city gate as a provocation.
Although different clan, Chu Mo couldn't help but find Meng Na particularly to his liking.
If possible, I will save his life!
Chu Mo thought in his heart.
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I think I can write another chapter.