Wu Tian felt that Xu Mu had become a mental demon to him. He had always believed himself to be a very lucky man, but whenever he encountered Xu Mu, things never went well for him.
But this time was different. Even if Xu Mu had an eighth-stage expert protecting him, he was bound to die.
Whoosh!
A purple sword appeared in Wu Tian’s hand. He arrived above Xu Mu’s head and swung down with all his strength.
Seeing this, Xiao Gui instead revealed a smile and silently retreated into the distance.
Having someone else deal with Xu Mu was a good thing for him.
Xu Mu drew his sword. Rather than block, he met the attack head-on.
Boom!
The power of both sides erupted at once. The air boomed, sending great waves of sand surging through the surroundings.
Wu Tian’s body was suddenly sent flying backward, but he came to a stop in midair.
He stepped on the air and charged toward Xu Mu once again.
Hathaway saw this and charged forward with the golden greatsword in her hand.
At that moment, a crescent-shaped sword aura suddenly blocked her path.
Zilan Yin flew over. “Hathaway, this is a battle between Transcendent cultivators. Why are you interfering?”
“Have you forgotten who helped you break through the first formation? How could you help someone else?”
Hathaway questioned her.
“He did help me, but I paid him. On the other hand, Brother Wu Tian helped me break through the second formation without asking for a single coin.”
Zilan Yin wore a gentle smile.
Xu Mu looked at Wu Tian, who was charging at him once again, and helplessly picked at his ear. How did this kid get so bold?
His cultivation was even lower than Xu Mu’s—only at the early Transcendent stage—and yet he dared to act arrogantly in front of him. Even if Wu Tian had some old master hidden within him, he still wouldn’t be Xu Mu’s match.
Xu Mu held his sword and watched Wu Tian charge toward him again, then strode forward.
As Wu Tian approached, Xu Mu pretended to attack with his sword. But in the next instant, he reached out with his bare hand and seized Wu Tian’s purple sword.
The unexpected move stunned Wu Tian.
He wasn’t the only one. Everyone nearby was dumbfounded. When facing an opponent in the same major realm, Xu Mu had actually dared to grab the sword with his bare hand.
Xu Mu pulled hard, yanking Wu Tian toward him. Wu Tian had never expected such a move.
Swish!
The black sword in Xu Mu’s hand shot toward Wu Tian’s eye.
Rumble!
Golden light suddenly erupted from Wu Tian’s body, and his qi surged rapidly.
The powerful qi formed a defensive barrier, slowing Xu Mu’s attack.
Whoosh!
Wu Tian swiftly pulled his sword free from Xu Mu’s grasp and retreated through the air.
[Power of Destiny -20]
At the same time, two men in black robes attacked Xu Mu from the left and right.
Hathaway immediately flung out a golden chain and wrapped it around Xu Mu’s arm.
In an instant, Xu Mu appeared beside her.
“I don’t care who you are. At present, he is under my protection. I advise you not to act recklessly.”
Hathaway stared at the two black-robed men.
The two men first glanced at Wu Tian, then returned to his side.
At the same time, another group of people appeared beside a building in the distance.
Leading them was Youhuo. Even an eighth-stage expert from the Nine Nether Clan had appeared behind him.
Not long after they arrived, two more groups followed.
One group consisted of Fu Jinyu and the others. Entering alongside them was Tian Bufan of the Celestial Clan.
Xu Mu had not expected Fu Jinyu’s group to enter together with Tian Bufan and the others.
Aside from them, there was also a group of men in black robes. Most of them had concealed their appearances, making their identities impossible to determine.
“Hahaha! I didn’t expect all of you to get in ahead of me. I was nearly worried to death, afraid you’d take all the treasures!”
Youhuo flew over with a beaming smile. He stroked his close-cropped silver hair, then suddenly noticed the objects in Xu Mu and the others’ hands.
He wasn’t the only one who noticed them. The people who had arrived later saw them as well.
If there had been only one, they might have assumed it was someone’s personal treasure. But nearly everyone had one, which was clearly abnormal.
Fu Jinyu and the others originally wanted to come over to Xu Mu’s side, but Xu Mu immediately sent them a voice transmission.
He told them not to come over. There were several formidable enemies here, and Xu Mu did not want to drag everyone else into the conflict.
After hearing this, Fu Jinyu and the others pulled their black-robed hoods lower.
“Hathaway, what are those things you people are holding?”
Tian Bufan also came over and asked expressionlessly.
Zilan Yin noticed that Xu Mu’s pockets around his thighs were bulging as well. Their size was about the same as the objects Hathaway held in her hands.
“Hahaha! Allow me to explain.”
Xiao Gui suddenly let out a loud laugh before turning his gaze toward Xu Mu.
In front of these people, he had enough strength to protect himself. Xu Mu, however, did not.
He could use these people to kill Xu Mu.
He had witnessed Xu Mu’s talent. Even if these people failed to kill him, they could still consume a great deal of his strength.
In the end, Xiao Gui could reap the benefits as the third party.
At that moment, everyone present looked toward Xiao Gui.
Xiao Gui raised the two seals in his hand, displaying the characters written beneath them to everyone.
Zilan Yin stared at the characters and frowned. “Xi and Qiu?”
“That’s right. Looks like you’re fairly knowledgeable. Now let me explain. These two seals can be combined to form a formation key. We’re still missing two more, which can be joined together to complete it.”
Xiao Gui looked at the people before him. “The four characters are Xi, Qiu, and two others. Combined with the desert surrounding us, does anyone here know what that points to?”
“The Rushou Tribe!”
At that moment, the silver-haired old man standing beside Youhuo spoke calmly.
Both of the old man’s ears were adorned with earrings, each bearing a flickering flame.
Zilan Yin turned to the old man and asked curiously, “Senior Leng Xing, what kind of tribe was Rushou? Why have I never heard of it?”
“During the latter stages of the War of the Myriad Races, the inner world collapsed, and many of our races went to the outer world. The battles there were equally brutal.”
Leng Xing explained, “The Yellow Emperor of the Yan-Huang race sent people into the inner world. One of the tribes they encountered was the Rushou Tribe. They were brave and fierce warriors, occupying the inner world for several hundred years before finally being slain by experts from within.”
“I remember now. So that was the tribe. I heard from my ancestors that the Yan-Huang side bestowed four titles upon him: Metal, Autumn, Western, and Executioner.”
Tian Bufan folded his hands together. “He was also known as the Metal God, the Autumn God, the Western God, and Heaven’s Executioner.”
“Looks like quite a few people from the inner world still know their history. Rushou once occupied the area around the shifting sands. Combined with these two characters, I suspect this battlefield may very well be the place where Rushou met his end.”
Xiao Gui raised a hand. “In other words, to leave this formation, we must gather all four characters.”
Upon hearing this, everyone present fixed their eyes on the seals.
This was the place where Rushou had met his end. His tribe had occupied the inner world for hundreds of years. Who knew how many treasures could be found here?
Xu Mu suddenly noticed that he was receiving the most attention.
Clearly, this was Xiao Gui’s goal.
This Hat Bro was indeed clever. He intended to borrow someone else’s knife to kill.
“Kid, I’m not fond of robbing people. It makes me look uncivilized.”
Youhuo suddenly flashed in front of Xu Mu and pulled out a fist-sized spirit stone. “This spirit stone is yours. The two seals on you are mine.”
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e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
