Another Male Lead Appears: Hat Guy

Hearing this, Tsukimiri Qin nearly burst out laughing.

You’re going to step in?

He said it as if he were some kind of expert.

Susanoo had already unleashed his full power, even beginning to use a heaven-tier cultivation technique. What could Xu Mu, who was only at the Transcendent Realm, possibly contribute?

“I advise you not to throw your life away. I admit that your physical body is incredibly powerful, but true combat depends on qi.”

Tsukimiri Qin warned him from the side.

“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”

With that, Xu Mu flew into the distance.

By now, Susanoo’s body had transformed into a giant nearly twenty meters tall, as high as a building.

The inside of the giant’s body was filled entirely with seawater, while its exterior was encased in a thick layer of ice.

“To die by this technique of mine is an honor!”

The Ten Fist Sword in Susanoo’s hand grew larger as well.

He swung it down, and the air all around them erupted with a thunderous roar, like a fighter jet screaming through the sky.

Li Hongdou immediately raised the broad short sword in her left hand and held it before her. As the formation runes surged, a formation shield appeared in front of the sword.

Boom!

Even so, the formation shield shattered with ease. Li Hongdou spat out a mouthful of blood, and her body was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

Xu Mu arrived from behind just in time and switched places with Li Hongdou.

She had been flying backward, but now came to a stop in midair, while Xu Mu was sent flying instead.

However, he had not taken the brunt of the attack in the first place. He immediately unleashed his strength and steadied himself in midair.

“Senior, are you all right?”

Xu Mu arrived in front of Li Hongdou and was surprised to see that the fiery-red armor around her shoulder had shattered, revealing a glimpse of flawless white skin beneath.

He was just about to ask what had happened when flames reignited, and the armor on her shoulder returned to its original state.

“Leave at once! This is not a battle you can influence!”

Li Hongdou’s voice remained old and hoarse as she spoke rapidly to Xu Mu.

“I possess a powerful divine-grade cultivation technique. I can temporarily lend it to you.”

Xu Mu extended his hand. “But there’s one condition. I need to make contact with you.”

Li Hongdou was just about to answer when Susanoo’s enormous sword came crashing down again.

She immediately grabbed Xu Mu and flew toward the sky.

“Are you serious?”

“At a time like this, what would I gain by lying to you?”

Xu Mu was, of course, lying to her. As for his reason, he wanted to see the true face of this woman.

The halo generated by Ye Tong could be shared with anyone whose favorability toward him was positive.

As long as he could see the target, he could share it. Physical contact was completely unnecessary.

He merely wanted to verify his theory.

“Fine!”

Li Hongdou agreed on the spot. The current situation was extremely unfavorable to them.

After all, Tsukuyomi had yet to make a move. Who knew what she was planning?

Li Hongdou immediately dispersed the armor on her hand and grasped Xu Mu’s hand.

Xu Mu looked at her hand. It could only be described as a pair of delicate jade fingers. Her palm was fair, and her fingers were long and slender.

There was no way they belonged to an old woman.

Just as he had suspected. No wonder Li Hongdou had reacted so strongly when Xu Mu had tried to inscribe a voice-transmission formation on her body earlier.

If his guess was correct, her body had been inscribed with a top-tier formation as well.

The formation surrounded her entire body, which meant Xu Mu’s voice-transmission formation definitely could not be inscribed over it.

As was his usual practice, he shared the Spirit Vein Armor with her, then dove toward the water below.

Li Hongdou looked confused. She had not sensed anything resembling qi entering her body.

She had been about to ask him about it when she suddenly discovered that a cultivation technique had indeed appeared in her mind.

She understood exactly how to use it, as if she had known the technique all along and had merely forgotten it.

“This…”

Boom!

Dense lines appeared across Li Hongdou’s red armor.

At every joint, thin red threads drifted outward from her body.

Whoosh!

The enormous sword, as tall as a building, once again tore through the air and struck toward Li Hongdou.

Li Hongdou raised the short sword in her left hand and constructed a shield.

Boom!

Her body was knocked down into the seawater by the sword, but the shield in her left hand did not shatter. It completely blocked the attack.

“So powerful! What kind of technique is this?”

Li Hongdou flipped through the air and shot forward like a meteor, charging straight toward Susanoo.

Her body was still smaller than Susanoo’s head.

Yet despite her tiny size, Li Hongdou struck Susanoo repeatedly, forcing his enormous body backward.

Li Hongdou could hardly believe it. This technique enhanced everything—her speed, her strength, and nearly every other aspect of her combat ability.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Her figure flickered back and forth around Susanoo. Several holes were smashed into his icy body, and seawater poured out from within.

In the distance, Tsukimiri Qin furrowed her brows.

What had just happened?

Why had that woman’s strength increased by several levels after Xu Mu went over to her?

That woman had already been extremely powerful. Although she was only a second-stage expert, she had killed a third-stage opponent in barely ten seconds earlier.

Now, with this domineering technique added to her arsenal, she might really be able to defeat Susanoo.

“Tsukuyomi! Are you still not going to help? Do you want me to report you to Lord Ame-no-Minakanushi?”

Susanoo’s voice rolled across the distance like thunder.

Tsukimiri Qin pondered for a moment, but after only a brief hesitation, she flew toward them.

She still had to survive within the Tianyu Clan. She definitely could not be branded as someone who had stood by and watched another die.

Xu Mu had originally been watching the battle from beneath the seawater. When he noticed Tsukimiri Qin move, he shot out of the water once more.

He had been about to question her when he saw a formation flashing in the distance.

Two more people had appeared.

Rumble!

The terrifying force made everyone present tremble.

The people on the other side all retreated, eventually gathering beside Xu Mu.

As the golden radiance slowly faded, two figures appeared before everyone’s eyes.

It was a combination of one man and one child.

The man wore a turtleneck sweater and a black overcoat. He appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

His features were stern, and his eyes were as calm as still water.

In his arms, he carried a little girl who looked to be only four or five years old.

The girl wore a black Lolita dress, and her hair was simply tied into a ponytail. She looked extremely adorable.

“Stepmom! What are you doing here?”

The girl’s eyes swept across the surroundings before finally settling on Nalan Shisan.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Shisan hurriedly explained to Xu Mu, “Don’t misunderstand. I have nothing to do with them.”

“How can you say that? You’re the wife I found for Daddy, so wouldn’t that make you my stepmom?”

The little girl blinked her eyes innocently.

“I already told you before. I went to the Inner World to train, and while I was there, I saved this child. After that, she refused to leave me.”

Nalan Shisan continued explaining, clearly afraid that Xu Mu might misunderstand.

Using the God’s Eye, Xu Mu examined the man in the overcoat.

Name: Xiao Gui

Character: Protagonist of “The Immortal Returns as a Daddy”

Destiny Power: 3,859

Destiny Level: 38 (Maximum level: 10)

Xu Mu was secretly shocked.

As expected, he was the protagonist, and his destiny value was astonishingly high.

He had already found his daughter. Judging from the way the girl treated him, he had also been raising her for some time.

“Xu Mu! Why aren’t you saying anything? Don’t tell me you really think there’s something going on between him and me?”

Nalan Shisan asked in a low voice.

“How could I?”

Xu Mu had read novels like that before. In some of them, the male protagonist’s daughter was always trying to find women for her father.

“Stepmom! Who’s that man? Why do you keep explaining yourself to him?”

The little girl pointed at Xu Mu and demanded an answer.