Chapter 449: Probably Just a Name Coincidence—The Name Shen Mo Isn’t Unique

Time passed quietly.

In the blink of an eye, two years had gone by.

During these two years, the demon race’s offensives had decreased significantly.

Even in winter, when the surface of the Demon Suppression Sea froze, they only sent large numbers of inferior demons as cannon fodder.

Unlike before, when the Fifth and Sixth Great Demon Lords led tens of millions of demons in massive sieges.

Shen Mo did not know what this change signified.

His Life Panel had not changed at all.

He had long understood the rules of the Life Panel.

It would not display every minor fluctuation.

After all, with Shen Mo’s current strength, he could, to a certain extent, control his own fate.

Those slight disturbances could be easily corrected by Shen Mo’s own power.

Only when those minor changes accumulated to a considerable extent, enough to truly alter his future, would the Life Panel reflect the change.

“Still need to keep waiting.”

“But, in the blink of an eye, two years have passed, and my spiritual power has improved again, reaching the Great Completion of the Divine Palace Realm.”

“The Giant Elephant Particles awakened within me have also reached eighty thousand. Only twenty thousand more to reach the one hundred thousand needed for the fifth level.”

Inside the armory of the Black Tortoise Fortress, Shen Mo examined his own condition, exhaled a deep breath, and smiled slightly.

Now that he had reached the Great Completion of the Divine Palace Realm, and his military achievements met the requirements, he could immediately be promoted to an Earth-Grade Demon Suppression Guard.

“I wonder how the previous batches of Demon Suppression Guards who entered the Demon Suppression Sea are doing.”

“The Thunderlight Lamps I made should have helped them quite a bit, right?”

Shen Mo pondered.

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Demon Suppression Sea, Fourth Layer.

The fourth layer was far vaster than the previous three.

The environment was much darker.

The demons were also stronger.

In two years, the Demon Suppression Guards from the ten fortresses had only managed to move from the third layer’s outposts to the fourth layer, establishing a few foundational outposts.

Then, they fell into a long stalemate.

The foundations of these few outposts would be captured by demons one day, reclaimed the next, and taken again the day after.

However, in the midst of this back-and-forth, one fortress’s Demon Suppression Guards managed to leverage the strange light lamps to unleash strength far surpassing others.

They managed to hold onto the foundation of their outpost and even began formal construction.

Outpost of the White Tiger Fortress.

A dozen figures were struggling to slaughter the frenzied inferior demons charging at them.

These fast-breeding cannon fodder, if encountered within the fortified Demon Suppression Fortresses, could be crushed like baby chicks with the help of the armaments.

But here.

In the fourth layer of the Demon Suppression Sea.

Surrounded by dense demonic energy, the Demon Suppression Guards were greatly weakened.

With the enemy growing stronger and themselves weaker, even killing a single inferior demon cleanly became very difficult.

Because of this, establishing the outpost had been an arduous task.

Among the dozen figures from the White Tiger Fortress, one graceful figure stood out particularly.

She was like a reaper harvesting lives.

Roaming through the shadows.

Every time she appeared, a spray of purple-black demon blood would burst forth, and a demon corpse would fall.

Further away, several True Demon Emperors watched in fear and anger, not daring to approach, afraid they would be sniped by that figure.

After a long while, the graceful figure finally felt fatigue and returned to the group.

“Sister Ziyi is amazing!”

“She killed over fifty inferior demon generals in a row, plus four True Demon Commanders and two True Demon Kings. Now the other True Demons don’t even dare come close.”

“Luckily Sister Ziyi is here. Otherwise, we probably would have had to retreat back to the third layer by now.”

The Demon Suppression Guards of the White Tiger Fortress all sincerely gave a thumbs up.

The looks they cast toward that graceful figure were full of admiration and yearning.

If one could become Dao companions with such a woman, what more could one ask for?

Xue Ziyi gently pressed her left abdomen.

A bit of blood had already seeped out from there.

She was injured.

As a cultivator skilled in stealth and assassination, large-scale frontal battles were not her forte.

But since she had been ordered to come to the fourth layer of the Demon Suppression Sea as part of the second batch of Demon Suppression Guards, she had to shoulder her responsibilities.

The White Tiger Fortress was filled with various factions. As an outsider, she had to attach herself to one faction in order not to be excluded.

The price was serving as an enforcer for that faction.

Work like delving deep into the fourth layer of the Demon Suppression Sea to establish outposts naturally fell to her.

Xue Ziyi took a deep breath but choked a little as demonic energy rushed into her lungs.

Her heart was filled with sorrow.

Why did she have to suffer like this?

At that moment, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a light not far away.

There was an outpost there.

One group of Demon Suppression Guards was responsible for vigilance and repelling demons.

Another group focused on construction.

They cooperated seamlessly.

The lanterns hanging at their waists were quite strange.

They could temporarily create a three-zhang-wide area that dispersed the demonic energy.

Because of this, the Demon Suppression Guards at that outpost suffered very few casualties, and their construction progressed rapidly.

Even the Blood God Fortress, known as the strongest, couldn’t match that pace.

The White Tiger Fortress also had such strange lamps.

They were crafted by the Demon Suppression General Bai Jiulie, who expended his own “White Tiger Force” to create them.

But forging even one lamp required Bai Jiulie to rest for a long time to replenish his drained spiritual power.

As a result, only a few lamps were available, and not everyone could have one.

The commander of the faction Xue Ziyi belonged to had been allocated one, but he did not hand it to Xue Ziyi. Instead, he gave it to one of his trusted Demon Suppression Guards.

A few days ago, Xue Ziyi had watched that arrogant man take the lamp and chase after demons, never to return.

“Which fortress do those people over there belong to?” Xue Ziyi suddenly asked.

A nearby Demon Suppression Guard, after cleaving an inferior demon in half, glanced over and answered, “Those are the Demon Suppression Guards from the Xuanwu Fortress.”

He spoke with envy. “I really wonder where they got those lamps from. Everyone has one.”

“I heard there’s a young man at the Xuanwu Fortress who’s really skilled at forging armaments. Maybe those lamps were made by him.”

After he finished, another Demon Suppression Guard chimed in, “I remember! I remember! That Demon Suppression Guard’s name is Shen Mo! He’s amazing, charging from a mere Yellow-Grade Demon Suppression Guard all the way to second place on the Earth Ranking! Truly bringing honor to our human race!”

One of the Demon Suppression Guards laughed and said, “Hahaha, exactly! It’s a pity though. If only that Shen Mo were part of our White Tiger Fortress.”

Xue Ziyi’s expression remained blank.

Shen Mo… Shen Mo…

Over these past few years, she had heard that name countless times.

But she had never connected that name with the Shen Mo in her memories.

The reason was simple.

The Shen Mo she remembered was a cultivator of tremendous strength, highly skilled in alchemy.

If it were the Shen Mo she remembered, he would most likely rise to fame on the battlefield or in the field of alchemy, not tinkering with armaments in an armory.

No matter how gifted or tireless a person was, it was impossible to excel in so many fields, becoming a master in all of them.

That would be simply absurd.

“Probably just a name coincidence. Shen Mo isn’t a unique name.”

Xue Ziyi did not dwell on it for long. After resting for a while, she rejoined the battle.

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