Xu Mu lightly tapped his own head. “You’re not the heir of the Xia clan, are you? It feels like your intelligence needs some improvement.”
“You little bastard! You’re courting death!”
Li Han’s eyes were filled with killing intent, but after hearing Xu Mu’s words, he instead calmed down. “What are you trying to say?”
“I stayed here and waited for you to come. Do you really think I was waiting to die? Have you ever considered that I never took you people seriously in the first place?”
Xu Mu took a black longsword from his storage space and rested it on his shoulder.
Li Han stared at Xu Mu, his expression gradually turning solemn. His subordinates had just told him that those at the Transcendent level had been completely powerless to fight back.
They had been killed almost instantly. This proved that Xu Mu truly had some ability.
“I waited for you because I wanted to make things clear. I’m not Xiao Gui. Tushan Rui took me away merely as a guest.”
Xu Mu’s expression remained calm. “You sent people to kill me, so I killed them. We’re even. If you still want to attack me, then we’ll become true enemies. The choice is yours.”
“You killed several Transcendent-level experts, and you actually say we’re even? Do you really think you’re some kind of genius?”
Li Han sneered repeatedly. “Arrogant bastard! Captain Hu, kill him!”
Whoosh!
The armored middle-aged man standing beside Li Han attacked Xu Mu without hesitation.
Xu Mu’s expression didn’t change at all. Different living environments in different regions shaped people’s ways of thinking differently.
Clearly, in the Inner Realm, strength was everything. People were unwilling to think things through.
Still, that saved Xu Mu the trouble of using his brain.
He grabbed Ying Weiyang by the shoulder and threw her toward Li Han.
Both Ying Weiyang and Li Han were caught off guard. Before they had time to figure out Xu Mu’s intentions, Xu Mu had already exchanged positions with the Transcendent-realm expert beside Li Han.
Whoosh!
Xu Mu thrust his sword through Li Han’s waist.
Ying Weiyang also landed in front of Xu Mu with a thud.
She immediately got up and dusted herself off, acting as though nothing had happened. “You could’ve given me some warning. Now my clothes are dirty.”
Only after she hit the ground did she understand Xu Mu’s intentions. If she hadn’t gone over there, she would have become a hostage when Xu Mu changed positions.
“All right. Now we can begin testing your loyalty.”
Xu Mu slowly rotated the longsword. The intense pain caused Li Han to break out in a cold sweat, and in the end, he dropped to one knee.
“Third Young Master!”
When the middle-aged man across from them saw this, he immediately raised his hand and shouted.
“Don’t worry. As long as you die, I’ll let him go. It’s that simple.”
Xu Mu looked at the armored middle-aged man. “I always keep my word. For example, didn’t I just let that Transcendent expert go?”
Li Han endured the pain and asked in a low voice, “Is that true?”
“I don’t like lying. As long as you make this Boundary Breaker kill himself, I’ll let you leave.”
Xu Mu smiled as he spoke.
“Did you hear that, Captain Hu? My father once showed you kindness! Save my life and consider it repayment. Don’t worry—I’ll take care of your wife and daughter!”
Li Han shouted at the armored middle-aged man.
Upon hearing this, Captain Hu’s gaze turned vicious. He raised his hand and suddenly unleashed his strength.
Whoosh!
His palm, shaped like a sharp claw, pierced through a body.
But it wasn’t his own body. It was the body of the Transcendent expert standing beside him.
“Captain Hu, you…”
“You and Li Han were both killed by this brat. In the end, I’ll be the one who avenges you.”
Hu Chun stared viciously at Li Han. “What the hell do you think you are? You’re nothing but a Transcendent-level piece of trash, yet you expect me to die for you?”
“How realistic. This really exceeded my expectations.”
Xu Mu slowly pulled the longsword out of Li Han’s waist. “I won’t kill him anymore. You’ll kill him sooner or later anyway.”
This incident had truly gone beyond Xu Mu’s expectations. He had made that offer because he noticed that the middle-aged man’s filial piety score toward Li Han was zero.
He had also wanted to see what that zero would drive him to do.
Unexpectedly, the moment he presented the choice, the man’s filial piety score dropped straight from zero to negative two.
This gave Xu Mu an early warning.
Take Lin Yang, for example. If his filial piety score ever became zero, it would prove that he might betray Xu Mu at any moment.
Therefore, Xu Mu had to strike first.
“Ahhh! Hu Chun! You’re trying to kill me?”
When Li Han saw Xu Mu pull the sword from his body, he clutched his wound and immediately retreated more than ten meters away. “I’m safe now. Kill this brat!”
“Do you think I still don’t understand you? Even if I kill him and return with you, I’ll still be doomed. If you want someone to blame, blame yourself! You have no brains and just had to provoke that bastard!”
Hu Chun glared at Li Han sinisterly and charged toward him.
“Damn it!”
Li Han quickly unleashed his power, spread his wings, and flew into the distance.
Hu Chun opened his wings as well and pursued him close behind.
“Hu Chun! You won’t survive either if that brat gets away. Kill him first!”
Li Han was far slower than Hu Chun and could only tell him to deal with Xu Mu first so that he could escape alive.
But Hu Chun ignored him completely. He wasn’t stupid. Dealing with Li Han first was the wisest choice.
Once Li Han was dead, even if that brat went back and reported what happened, no one would believe him.
What’s more, Hu Chun still had family within the clan. Only with Li Han dead could he return safely.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, Hu Chun caught up with Li Han. He flapped his wings, sending dozens of palm-sized feathers flying like arrows toward Li Han.
Li Han immediately unleashed his power to block them, but several feathers still pierced through his body. He plummeted from the sky and crashed into the ground.
Ying Weiyang raised her head and watched the two men battling high above. She waved her arms around in confusion. “Why can’t I fly?”
“You’d be a ghost if you could fly. They can do that because it’s an ability of their race.”
Xu Mu hoisted Ying Weiyang over his shoulder and chased after them.
A second-stage Boundary Breaker. This time, he intended to see whether he could deal with the opponent without using the final spark.
After all, he had advanced as well, reaching the middle stage of the Transcendent realm.
Suddenly, Xu Mu smiled. “This is getting more and more interesting.”
In the distance.
Li Han, who had crashed into the ground, had blood all over his mouth. Seeing Hu Chun charging toward him, he roared, “Damn it!”
But just then, he noticed Hu Chun hovering in midair, his eyes looking toward another direction.
In the space of a few seconds, Li Han sensed several auras approaching.
In the blink of an eye, six or seven people appeared.
When Li Han saw the long-haired middle-aged man high in the air, his face lit up with delight. “Mr. Ke Lin! Hurry and kill this traitor!”
Upon seeing the newcomers, Hu Chun immediately turned and flew into the distance.
At the same time, the others also arrived beside Li Han.
Each of them wore a cape bearing the image of wings.
Chen Xuan was among them as well.
Li Han had never expected to be so lucky. At this critical moment between life and death, members of the Xia clan’s retinue had appeared.
Although they weren’t members of the Xia clan, they received offerings from the clan.
“Wait! That brat!”
Li Han climbed to his feet and spotted Xu Mu in the distance. “Mr. Ke Lin! Kill him! I’ll reward you handsomely!”
Xu Mu and Chen Xuan exchanged a glance before taking the initiative and charging this way.
Since they had run into each other, Xu Mu might as well help Old Chen solidify his undercover identity.
Before this, Chen Xuan had always been the one assisting him. This time, Xu Mu planned to play the supporting role and cooperate with Chen Xuan.
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