Li Chenshuang's Phone Call

Xu Mu could certainly give it to her directly, but he still needed a reason. Otherwise, it would be far too shocking.

Although Fu Jinyu had no idea what was going on, she still reached out and embraced Xu Mu.

Flames appeared around Xu Mu’s body. He immediately moved, activating his Spirit-Vein Armament and temporarily sharing it with Fu Jinyu.

“I have a god-tier cultivation technique that allows me to let you use my techniques.”

As he spoke, Xu Mu released Fu Jinyu.

“There. You’re stronger now. Go.”

With that, he began descending from the sky.

Fu Jinyu frowned. She had initially thought Xu Mu was only joking, but she truly sensed that a cultivation technique had appeared in her mind.

What was more, the technique felt as though she had known how to use it all along.

She attempted to activate it. Red patterns appeared across her body, and extremely long red threads drifted outward from each of her joints.

The threads resembled the strings used to control puppets. As Fu Jinyu moved, they changed along with her movements.

Fu Jinyu widened her eyes in disbelief. She had seen Xu Mu use this move several times before.

She did not even know its name, yet she could now use it herself.

Xiang Teng paid no attention to Fu Jinyu and continued flying deeper into the ruins.

Fu Jinyu followed close behind, unleashing her power to the limit.

Whoosh!

Her speed suddenly surged, and the several red threads behind her stretched out to an incredible length.

Fu Jinyu was stunned. What astonishing speed!

The distance between her and Xiang Teng gradually narrowed.

Xiang Teng, who was flying ahead, occasionally glanced back at Fu Jinyu. The two of them had been fighting for so long that their qi should have been heavily depleted. Why, then, had her speed actually increased?

Boom!

Fu Jinyu arrived above Xiang Teng’s head, and the blades on her back launched another attack.

Slash, slash, slash…

The air in the sky was sliced apart, sending out waves of howling wind.

Xiang Teng immediately raised his hands. Two snakes coiled around his body, attempting to block the attack once again.

But this time, things were different. The power behind the attack had increased by an unknown amount.

All the snakes protecting him were severed, exposing Xiang Teng’s body.

“No!”

Xiang Teng’s eyes widened in terror.

In an instant, countless red blood lines appeared across his body, and a large amount of blood gushed out.

Whoosh!

Fu Jinyu’s black figure, with red threads fluttering behind her, resembled a shooting star.

In the blink of an eye, she had closed in on Xiang Teng, while the blades on her back surrounded him.

“Fu Jinyu! You can’t kill me! If you dare touch me, the Xiangliu Divine Clan of the Inner Realm will never let you go!”

Xiang Teng roared savagely.

“Demon Emperor’s Punishment!”

Fu Jinyu held nothing back. The blades, extending dozens of meters, rapidly sliced through him.

Bang!

Xiang Teng’s body, along with the peak of the mountain beneath him, was instantly chopped into pieces no larger than fingernails.

With a deafening boom, the flesh was reduced to a cloud of blood mist, and the remaining scraps rained down from the sky.

When Xiang Peng saw this, his legs trembled uncontrollably. He wanted to escape, but his legs felt as though they had been filled with lead. He could not even stand up.

Xiang Huo, who had caught up with them, also noticed their fallen ancestor in the sky. His pupils trembled violently.

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and ran.

His ancestor was dead. If he stayed, he would only be killed as well.

Fu Jinyu slowly descended from the sky, and the red threads behind her disappeared along with her.

“Xu Mu, this technique of yours is unbelievably powerful. I didn’t expect it to be a status technique.”

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t have become so strong.”

As Xu Mu spoke, he walked toward the distance and retrieved a ring from among the scattered pieces of flesh.

He had been watching the ring the entire time and had seen it fall there.

Afterward, he came to Xiang Peng and asked, “I’m curious. Your ancestor was already at a disadvantage just now. Why didn’t he escape outside? Why did he instead head deeper into the ruins?”

Fu Jinyu was also somewhat curious. When Xu Mu had passed the technique to her, Xiang Teng had not taken the opportunity to attack. Instead, he had continued flying inward.

“A formation master from the Eternal Life Research Institute engraved a defensive formation here,” Xiang Peng explained. “Only our ancestor could activate it. He must have gone to activate the formation.”

Xu Mu and Fu Jinyu nodded secretly.

“You wait here for a while. I’ll go out and notify the cleaners.”

After saying that, Xu Mu quickly left the ruins. He did not post the news in the group. Instead, he called Jiang Huihui, told her what had happened, and asked her to notify the cleaners. At least this would give her a chance to show her face.

After receiving the news, Jiang Huihui immediately contacted the cleaners nearby.

After waiting there for roughly twenty minutes, a helicopter appeared high above.

A moment later, several people dressed in cleaner uniforms jumped down from the sky.

One of them was a handsome, refined-looking man. His face lit up with delight.

“Brother Mu!”

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“Jin Mo?”

Xu Mu first noticed the number three on the man’s armband, and only then saw his face.

“I didn’t expect you to be here.”

Jin Mo walked over with a smile.

Several mid-level cleaners followed behind him.

“We originally came here for a battle. Let’s go inside first. We can talk while we walk.”

Xu Mu smiled at Jin Mo.

Several of the mid-level cleaners behind them were already middle-aged, but they were not nearly as excited by Xu Mu’s arrival.

Xu Mu was now practically a household name in the Sanitation Bureau.

After all, his reputation was too distinctive. The others near the top of the rankings were all prodigies from major sects, and they had already been famous for a long time.

Xu Mu was different. His sect was obscure and had never been well known before, yet he had fought prodigies while fighting above his own level.

As Xu Mu led everyone deeper inside, he gave them a general account of what had happened.

Jin Mo was astonished when he finished listening.

“According to the intelligence, the ancestor here was at the third level of the Break Realm.”

“I only helped out a little. The main credit goes to Fu Jinyu.”

Xu Mu explained from the side.

“I see.”

Jin Mo nodded lightly.

“But Brother Mu, you’re still incredibly strong. With my level of cultivation, I’d probably be killed in one move if I faced a third-level Break Realm expert.”

“Don’t flatter me that much.”

Xu Mu led everyone to the depths of the ruins. After briefly handing over the situation, he left with Fu Jinyu.

The Break Realm expert was already dead, and Jin Mo could handle the remaining people on his own.

After leaving the ruins, Fu Jinyu raised her hand and discovered that the technique that had appeared in her mind earlier was gone. It was the first time she had encountered such a miraculous technique.

The two of them quickly returned to the ruins of the Heavenly Demon Clan. Once they arrived, Xu Mu smiled.

“What is it?” Fu Jinyu asked from the side.

“Looks like those people are very interested in the outcome of your battle with Xiang Teng.”

Through his senses, Xu Mu discovered that more than a dozen people were concealed nearby.

Clearly, they had come to see whether Fu Jinyu would return.

As Xu Mu spoke, the people hiding in the distance began walking toward them one after another.

The first to appear was Na Lang of the Head Ghost Clan.

“Jinyu, how did it go?”

“I killed Xiang Teng.”

Fu Jinyu spoke with a calm expression.

“What?”

Na Lang was so shocked that he could not speak.

The other leaders of the various alien races who came forward were equally stunned. None of them had expected the situation to change so quickly.

Xu Mu knew that from this point onward, these races would begin currying favor with the Heavenly Demon Clan.

He was just about to say goodbye when his phone began to vibrate.

He took it out and glanced at the screen. It was a call from Li Chenshuang, the second leader of the Jiuli tribe.