Taken Away by Susanoo

Seeing this, Yue Jianli Qin’s calm eyes finally betrayed a change.

She had never imagined that although Xu Mu did not look particularly muscular, his body was astonishingly powerful.

“The woman called Lin Ruoshi isn’t dead. I can let her go.”

Yue Jianli Qin suddenly remembered this.

After saying Lin Ruoshi’s name, the calmness returned to her eyes.

Xu Mu had already arrived in front of her, looking down at her from above.

“I don’t like that look in your eyes. It seems as though you’re looking down on me. After playing god in front of ordinary people for so long, have you started believing you really are one?”

Xu Mu’s expression was emotionless. “Try looking at me with a more flattering expression.”

“Boring…”

The moment Yue Jianli Qin finished speaking, her eyes widened.

Boom!

Xu Mu’s fist had already slammed into her chest.

The terrifying force sent a piercing pain through her chest, and she vomited up a large mouthful of blood.

“Hahaha! Nice hit!”

Gedo Kazuya gripped the bars of the cage with both hands and shouted from inside.

The others imprisoned farther away began cheering as well.

Yue Jianli Qin clenched her teeth and suddenly tightened her fist, throwing a punch at Xu Mu.

Her movements and stance were both impeccably precise. Unfortunately, her opponent was Xu Mu.

Smack!

A crisp sound rang out. Xu Mu merely raised his hand and caught her fist.

Boom!

He drove his knee into her chest again. Her body crashed into the cage behind her, making the entire structure shake.

This time, the blood did not spray out. Instead, it slowly seeped from the corner of her mouth like a thick liquid.

She collapsed onto the floor, gasping for breath. Her face was deathly pale, and she could barely keep her eyes open.

She had never imagined that as a fourth-stage World-Breaking expert, she would be unable to withstand even two attacks from an early-stage Transcendent while inside the Spirit-Scattering Array.

“That’s all? Are you pretending?”

Xu Mu crouched in front of her and grabbed her by the hair, lifting her head.

But Yue Jianli Qin was utterly spent, without the slightest strength left in her body.

Xu Mu released her and first removed the spatial ring from her finger.

Then he began searching her body, paying particular attention to the hollows where spatial rings could easily be hidden.

Yue Jianli Qin suddenly widened her eyes. “Shameless!”

Enduring the pain, she raised her arm once more and tried to strike Xu Mu.

But when her fist landed on him, it did not possess even the slightest force.

“I’m only checking whether you hid a spatial ring somewhere else. I’ve fallen for that trick before.”

After confirming that there were no other rings, Xu Mu wiped his hand on her purple dress.

At last, Yue Jianli Qin’s expression changed. It was no longer calm, but neither was it flattering.

It was fury—an overwhelming fury.

She looked as though she wanted to tear Xu Mu apart and swallow him whole.

“You still dare to look at me like that?”

Xu Mu stared at her and raised his hand, shouting coldly.

Yue Jianli Qin was finally afraid. The moment she saw his hand, she instinctively closed her eyes.

But the slap never came.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw that Xu Mu had already walked away and was heading toward the two middle-aged men.

He bent down, removed the spatial rings from their fingers, and took the keys hanging from their waists.

Then he returned to the cell.

“I can let you out, but I hope you’ll keep the promise you just made.”

Xu Mu looked at Gedo Kazuya inside the cell.

“Don’t worry! With Tsukuyomi and her two third-stage assistants here, everyone else is trash.”

Gedo Kazuya walked toward the cell door.

He had originally thought that other experts would come to rescue him alongside Xu Mu.

He never expected Xu Mu to save him all by himself.

The younger generation of experts from Long Country truly lived up to its reputation.

Xu Mu tried the keys one by one and finally opened the door. He then handed the ring of keys to Gedo Kazuya.

“I don’t know the people over there. Whether you release them is up to you.”

“Letting them out would cause a huge commotion. I’ll rescue that woman first.”

Gedo Kazuya did not take the keys. Instead, he walked outside.

Xu Mu returned to Yue Jianli Qin and said calmly, “I hope you didn’t hurt her. Otherwise, you’ll die horribly.”

Yue Jianli Qin closed her eyes and said nothing.

She had never imagined that the array she used to deal with others would end up harming her instead.

Without the Spirit-Scattering Array, she could have killed someone at Xu Mu’s early Transcendent level with her eyes closed.

Xu Mu waited quietly.

About five minutes later, Gedo Kazuya returned, dragging a bald man with him.

The bald man’s face was covered in blood, and several deep claw marks—deep enough to expose bone—ran across his chest, as though he had been mauled by a beast.

Xu Mu was somewhat surprised. This bald man was the very person who had brought him here earlier.

“Something happened. That woman was taken away.”

Gedo Kazuya threw the bald man in front of Xu Mu.

When the bald man saw the two third-stage experts lying on the ground and Yue Jianli Qin collapsed outside the cell with blood covering her face, he was completely stunned.

What on earth had happened?

The mighty Lady Tsukuyomi had actually been beaten into this state.

Xu Mu’s gaze grew colder. He turned to Yue Jianli Qin.

“Where did she go?”

Yue Jianli Qin remained silent.

“How interesting. I like stubborn women.”

Xu Mu handed the keys to Gedo Kazuya. “The people over there are in your hands.”

With that, he picked up the two third-stage experts and carried them outside the array.

Once outside the Spirit-Scattering Array, he activated the Spirit-Devouring Sacred Gu.

A dark golden liquid flowed down from his palm and landed on the two men.

In the blink of an eye, they were devoured until not even their remains were left.

Xu Mu could feel that the Spirit-Devouring Sacred Gu had grown somewhat stronger again.

He then walked back to the bald man lying on the ground, grabbed him by the arm, and began dragging him outside.

The bald man’s face filled with terror.

“Lady Tsukuyomi, save me!”

Yue Jianli Qin’s heart churned as she struggled with whether she should yield.

Cultivating a World-Breaking expert required vast amounts of natural treasures and time.

For example, aside from her, the strongest people in her territory had been the two third-stage experts Xu Mu had just devoured.

The bald man was a second-stage expert. If he died as well, then apart from her, only one second-stage expert would remain in the entire territory.

These forces had taken countless years to cultivate. If they were truly destroyed, she would undoubtedly become a sinner.

“Stop! I’ll tell you!”

Yue Jianli Qin finally spoke.

Only then did Xu Mu throw the bald man back. He walked over to Yue Jianli Qin and waited for her to continue.

“She was taken by Susanoo.”

Yue Jianli Qin explained, “That woman never intended to let you rescue her in the first place. But Susanoo said she would be useful, so I allowed his people to take her away.”

Hearing this, Xu Mu grabbed Yue Jianli Qin and began dragging her outside.

“Her life is your life. If anything happens to her, I’ll send every one of you to the grave. I mean what I say.”

“Brother Xu Mu! Be careful. Once you leave the Spirit-Scattering Array, you won’t be her match anymore!”

Gedo Kazuya called out from behind him.

“Don’t worry. I have a way to deal with her.”

Xu Mu did not stop walking.