The Ninth Princess of the Black Moon Tribe

Seeing that everyone had entered, Bai Qi led the elders of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan into the water as well.

An old man from one of the four major races who was guarding the place flicked a finger. In an instant, the spring water froze into ice, blocking the entrance.

The four of them simply sat there, closing their eyes in meditation without saying a word.

The many experts stationed nearby could only stare helplessly. There were four ninth-order experts, each from one of the four major races.

The only thing they could do was wait until those people came out before entering and trying their luck.

……

Xu Mu led the people around him through the underwater formation and into the ruins.

The interior of the ruins was also a desert.

As soon as they entered, they could see enormous fragments of an inner world suspended in the sky.

Those fragments were the same sandy color as the desert. By then, many people could already be seen flying toward them.

Xu Mu turned to Mu Changfeng. “Senior, you can owe me that ninth-grade heavenly treasure for now, but you have to promise me one thing: you must prioritize protecting the three of them. If we run into danger, don’t worry about me.”

As he spoke, he removed the hoods from the black robes of the three people beside him.

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“The Sky Demon Clan? That’s quite a rare race. Don’t worry. If I promise something, I’ll definitely do it.”

Mu Changfeng nodded with his arms folded.

“And the other two seniors should do the same.”

Xu Mu looked at An Ce again. “There should be plenty of people trying to kill me later. I’ll do my best to draw their fire.”

“Alright.”

An Ce regarded Xu Mu with even greater respect.

Fu Jinyu had originally wanted to say something, but her throat moved slightly before she swallowed the words.

At present, she truly had no right to protect Xu Mu. She even needed him to protect her.

Fu Jinyu felt ashamed. Her cultivation was clearly several realms higher than Xu Mu’s.

She could not help clenching her fists.

She had to become stronger.

“Little friend, if I’m not mistaken, you’re only at the Transcendent Realm, right? Apart from you, nearly everyone here is at the World-Breaking Realm. Can you really handle this alone?”

Mu Changfeng could clearly understand Xu Mu’s words, but after considering his cultivation level, he found them incomprehensible.

“Rest assured, Senior. Even against a seventh-order expert, I still have plenty of room to maneuver.”

Xu Mu smiled and patted his chest. “Let’s hurry. We can’t let them snatch the treasures first.”

“Good!”

Mu Changfeng nodded. “Let’s go!”

Whoosh!

A ball of flame ignited beneath Mu Changfeng’s feet. It was like a burning cloud, carrying the people beside him as they flew toward the sky.

Their speed was astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, they caught up with many others.

In less than thirty seconds, they could already feel the gravitational pull from the fragments above.

Mu Changfeng raised a hand. The fiery cloud swiftly flipped around, carrying everyone back down and landing steadily on the desert.

Xu Mu grinned and gave him a thumbs-up. “Senior, that was incredible! As expected of an eighth-order expert.”

“Hahaha! That’s what they all say.”

Mu Changfeng stood with his hands behind his back and laughed heartily.

Xu Mu immediately took Fu Jinyu and Nalan Shisan by the hands, drawing a sound-transmission formation on the backs of their hands.

Afterward, he drew the same formation on An Linghui’s hand.

“Auntie, you’ll need to be careful.”

“Xu Mu, are you really going alone? We have seventh- and eighth-order experts with us. Even against the four major races, we’d still have the strength to fight.”

An Linghui spoke to Xu Mu.

“I just want to… see the limits of what I can do.”

After saying this, Xu Mu removed his black robe and walked toward the distant desert.

“He’s so cool. I love it.”

Nalan Shisan murmured softly.

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Some things were simply too hurtful to say aloud. With so many people trying to kill Xu Mu, Fu Jinyu and the others would only affect his ability to maneuver.

At present, his physical strength was close to four thousand, and he had also gained a ninth-level killing formation.

It would be easier for him to survive if he faced those enemies alone.

Buzz!

Suddenly, Xu Mu felt as though he had passed through a barrier. Yet the surroundings had not changed in the slightest. Before him was still an endless desert, without a single trace of architecture.

The only difference was that he could now see quite a few people dressed in black robes. They wandered about aimlessly, seemingly searching for a way out of the formation.

Suddenly, a golden beam of light descended from the sky and smashed toward Xu Mu.

Xu Mu immediately retreated and drew his black sword.

When the light faded, Hathaway appeared before him.

“Xu Mu, you actually dare to appear in front of me again? I told you last time—when we met again, I would definitely kill you!”

Battle intent once again appeared in Hathaway’s eyes.

“With a cultivation level that high, you’re bullying someone in the Transcendent Realm? Hathaway, that doesn’t sound like you!”

At that moment, a woman in a purple dress drifted over from the distance.

She held a black parasol with a ring of lace around its edge.

Her feet did not touch the ground. She floated about ten centimeters above the desert, making her look like a ghost from afar.

A silver crescent-moon mark adorned her serene, gentle forehead.

Xu Mu had noticed her earlier. The gentle feeling she gave off was somewhat similar to Ye Tong’s.

Xu Mu used the Divine Eye to examine her identity.

Name: Zilan Yin

Character: Ninth Princess of the Black Moon Clan, the female protagonist of Prisoned Evil God

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Destiny Level: 9 (maximum level: 10)

Xu Mu nodded inwardly. Wu Tian had entered this place as well. Perhaps there was a plotline involving her.

“Hathaway, what I want to do has nothing to do with you!”

The golden cross-shaped pupil in Hathaway’s exposed eye gradually narrowed.

“But I can’t stand watching you bully the weak. Little brother, run. I’ll help hold her off!”

Zilan Yin gave Xu Mu a gentle smile.

Xu Mu checked her filial devotion value toward him, only to discover that it was negative.

Clearly, she was helping him not because she had any favorable feelings toward him, but because she and Hathaway were enemies.

“Thank you!”

Xu Mu could not be bothered to fight Hathaway. His main task now was to find Wu Tian or Xiao Gui.

He had to stop the treasures from falling into their hands. Everything else was secondary.

“Zilan Yin, I hope you can last a while!”

Hathaway spread her arms. Golden lightning gathered before her and transformed into a massive golden sword.

She gripped it with one hand and instantly flashed before Zilan Yin.

Boom!

The entire desert exploded for several hundred meters, sending countless grains of sand soaring into the sky.

Xu Mu merely glanced back before continuing to spread out his senses and search the area.

After a long while, he finally detected Xiao Gui’s figure.

Xiao Gui stood with his hands behind his back. Beside him were two masked men.

Their masks resembled the painted faces worn in traditional Chinese opera.

Xu Mu maintained a distance of two kilometers from them. Hat Bro’s Destiny Level was higher, so following him should allow Xu Mu to leave the formation.

He noticed that Xiao Gui and the two masked men beside him were standing still. Thus, he also stopped and quietly listened.

“This is the formation I drew earlier.”

One of the long-haired masked men lowered his head and looked at the radiance on the ground. “We’ve clearly been walking straight ahead, yet we somehow ended up back here.”

Xiao Gui studied the formation before saying, “No, that’s not right. The formation isn’t in the same position. I remember it being one meter behind us just now.”

“What do you mean?”

The other masked man, who had short hair, asked.

“I don’t know either. Let’s try again.”

Xiao Gui extended his hand and pressed it against the sand, drawing a simple blue formation. “The two of you, stand on the formation and don’t move.”

The two masked figures exchanged glances before walking onto the formation together.

Xiao Gui transformed into a streak of light and flew ahead, while Xu Mu stayed where he was, motionless as he waited.

About five minutes later, Xiao Gui completed a circuit and appeared behind the two masked figures.

What was surprising was that although the two masked figures had originally been standing on the formation, the formation had now moved forward by a meter, leaving them behind.

Xu Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully. He seemed to have a rough idea of what was happening.