Omnipotent Overlord

Pff…

In a cloud of white, Whitey turned back into a nine-tailed arctic fox.

She then cried out puzzled.

Li Mo went into the study and threw Investiture of the Gods to the nine-tailed arctic fox.

“Whether fake or real, you should use this book as future reference.”

Nine-tailed arctic fox nodded and carried the book in her nozzle upstairs. 

Hum~

Li Mo took out the flashing Staff of Origin with a frown.

It wasn’t his doing, but the staff activating on its own.

The Staff of Origin then shot a beam of light into the sky.

Li Mo paused a second then followed it.

It was normal for the staff to act on its own. Each time it did it herald the opening of a new time-space rupture. Regardless of the epoch depicted within, the world inside was not only intact but also contained an origin fragment.

Li Mo’s Staff of Origin was far from complete. The complete form was known as humanity’s first ancestral artifact. And the one he was holding had a long way to go before reaching such a state.

The Staff of Origin was able to restore itself. Each time it activated was all so it could find its fragments scattered throughout the ages.

The past Li Mo experienced this five times. What was so surprising this time, was that it happened so much earlier.

Whoosh~

Following the light wasn’t limited to just Li Mo, as one more figure was added to the chase.

In half an hour the number rose to ten.

The light was a way up in the sky, but not nearly as fast as planes. Li Mo’s every step skipped fifty meters thanks to using Warp, making him the forerunner in this chase. 

The first figure to have joined was growing impatient, evident by his black wings.

An hour later, another powerful figure arose. He rode a black and burly three-meter big hog, speeding up for the origin light. 

The boar was incredibly fast, no less than Li Mo’s Warp and the winged man.

The light streaked across half the nation before landing on a mountain.

Li Mo had chased it a whole night.

The number of pursuers broke the hundred mark. They each used many different skills and items in chasing it all the way over here. Besides the winged man, there was a helicopter, and even though it was slower than the winged man, it was still far faster than the ones traveling on foot. 

Li Mo, the winged man, the boar knight, and an old man striking an uncanny resemblance with Master Roshi(T/N: Dragonball reference) had arrived at virtually the same time.

The origin light had long vanished and, in its place, was a towering time-space rupture looming over the four men.

The four, Li Mo included, used different means to remain anonymous.

The winged man snickered, “Boss Boar, boss Kame, who doesn’t know how you look when you’re ranked 2nd and 3rd in China? You hid your faces but your stature is a dead giveaway.”

The boar knight snorted, “Are you any different, Black Falcon?”

Daoist Kame coldly said, “Ranked 81st in the world, Black Falcon, you seem to have hidden your strength.”

“Not at all, I only had it easier by air.” The winged man was quite modest.

The winged man cupped his hands, “Experts, the time-space trove is open. You are far more knowledgeable of the lurking danger within. Getting out with the items within the time-space trove is based on luck, as well as strength. One cannot do without the other. In my humble opinion, what if we were to work together on this? The two of you will take the largest share while I will take the smallest.”

Boss Boar snorted, “Join hands? Who do you think you are?”

The boar roared and shot a visible mass of air. The winged man was prepared and flew out of the way.

Bang!

The air mass went on for dozens of meters before popping.

Seeing the simple air bubble, it scared the winged man into staying in the air.

Daoist Kame said, “Old Boar, taking treasures comes after dealing with the ignorant rabble. How about we do it as usual?”

Boss Boar nodded.

The boar launched another air bubble while Daoist Kame threw a turtle shell. The two’s aim, Li Mo.

Li Mo sidestepped. His action wasn’t by any means graceful, but the sheer speed he showed while using Warp was astonishing.

Boss Boar’s air bubble hit nothing and the shell went back to Daoist Kame.

“Be careful of boss Boar’s air attack. It will knock your soul right out and kill you if you’re not a soul cultivator!” The winged man shouted.

“Daoist Kame’s turtle shell is thousands of years old. Not only hard, but it acts the same way a flying sword does to an ancient sword immortal!”

The winged man couldn’t deal with the old pair so he decided on throwing in his lot with Li Mo when he found how easily the latter dodged.

Daoist Kame said, “Who are you? What’s your rank?”

“Who the hell cares? Just kill him!”

Boss Boar was quite impulsive, getting his boar to spew air bubbles like a machinegun.

Li Mo flitted left and right. It didn’t look fast but all of boss Boar’s attacks were cleared.

Daoist Kame shouted, “This is your final warning. State your rank or I will kill you!”

Li Mo was ever silent.

“As you wish!”

The shell flew again and this time, with a far greater speed.

Boss Boar changed styles as well, shouting out air bubbles just like the boar.

This was his true skill.

Li Mo escaped a hundred meters away and then vanished. 

Boss Boar raved while Daoist Kame looked sullen.

All while Li Mo hid below, patiently waiting.

He didn’t run out for fear of the two, but because more uninvited guests were cropping up.

Whoosh~

Whoosh~

Whoosh~

And it wasn’t just one, but a full hundred of them.

Whoosh~

A terrible fire engulfed the place and scorched everything.

Boss Boar looked at the fire man and snorted, “Lei Tian, what are you doing joining the bustle when you should be quietly training your fire arts in your secret chamber?”

“Brother Boar, brother Kame, the time-space trove has appeared. Missing this chance will only further the gap between us.”

Boss Boar snorted.

Daoist Kame coldly said, “Sixth Xin, what are you doing hiding about? Come out!”

“It’s been so long, brother Kame. How have you been?”

A blue figure jumped from a tree and cupped his hands from a safe distance to Daoist Kame.