Xu Mu Is No Good Either

The people here did not pursue them when they saw what had happened. They could only wait where they were.

However, the person they were waiting for was not their leader, but Xu Mu.

Whoosh!

Xu Mu’s body was sent flying backward through the sky once again, and in the blink of an eye, he landed among the others.

He immediately swapped bodies with one of them, shedding the pressure weighing on him, and landed steadily on the ground.

The middle-aged man whose place he had taken, however, suddenly crashed into the earth, creating a massive crater.

Xu Mu paid no attention to the others around him. He walked straight toward the stone wall and reached his hand into the ruins. Not a single person remaining there dared to attack. This man was simply too bizarre.

Swish!

A moment later, Hei Zhuo’s figure landed there.

His eyes swept across the surroundings. He was so furious that the corners of his mouth trembled.

“Damn it! Who exactly is he? He’s only at the Transcendent Realm, yet he survived two punches from me!”

“Leader, that kid entered the ruins just now. Before that, two men in black robes went inside as well,” one of the guards respectfully reported.

Upon hearing this, Hei Zhuo’s expression gradually calmed.

“Looks like this was his real objective. No more waiting. I’ll go in myself!”

With that, Hei Zhuo stepped into the ruins as well.

……

The moment Xu Mu entered the ruins, he saw white mist covering the mountains. Visibility was less than five meters.

He first sent a message to Chen Xuan. After receiving a reply, he activated the teleportation token.

Buzz!

In an instant, Xu Mu appeared beside Chen Xuan and Dantai Quan.

“Xu Mu, you’re injured?”

Dantai Quan stared at the trace of blood at the corner of Xu Mu’s mouth, her face filled with concern.

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“It’s only a minor injury.”

Xu Mu could have completely avoided the attack just now with Body-Shifting and Shadow-Exchange.

However, his physical body and spirit had both already surpassed four thousand, so he wanted to test how he would fare against a seventh-stage World-Breaker.

He had to admit that the gap in strength between them was still far too great. A single blow had been enough to injure him.

Moreover, when facing an opponent of this level, it was best to have someone nearby to transfer the damage to.

He couldn’t keep using the Void-Reality Reversal technique. That move consumed an enormous amount of qi and was mainly intended as a life-saving trump card.

Rather than using his qi that way, he might as well release it through the Final Spark. Perhaps he could even inflict some damage on his enemy.

“I didn’t expect Hei Zhuo to come personally this time either.”

Dantai Quan grabbed Xu Mu’s hand, her face filled with guilt.

“I’m sorry. We may die this time.”

“We’re already inside. There’s no point saying that now. Hurry up and lead the way.”

Xu Mu spoke softly.

“All right.”

Dantai Quan immediately headed into the distance.

The farther they went, the poorer their visibility became. In the end, it had fallen to roughly one meter.

They could see only the two people directly in front of them. Everything else was a sea of white.

Xu Mu closed his eyes and spread out his senses. He suddenly discovered that there were other members of the jiao clan in the distance.

“I sense people farther ahead. Are they your people or Hei Zhuo’s?”

“They must be Hei Zhuo’s. Once the formation is activated, our people can’t possibly enter it.”

Dantai Quan led the way skillfully, paying no attention to the other members of the jiao clan.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Dantai Quan stopped beside a cylindrical stone.

She began circling it.

“What are you looking for?” Xu Mu asked from the side.

“This stone pillar marks the coordinates of the formation we’re in. There are five possible forms for the pillar, and each form corresponds to a different route. I’m determining which form we’re currently facing.”

As soon as Dantai Quan finished speaking, she withdrew her hand from the stone pillar.

“I know now. Stay close to me.”

She led Xu Mu and Chen Xuan back the way they had come. They continued walking in circles, sometimes going a hundred meters to the left, then a hundred meters to the right.

To any ordinary person, it would have looked like they were wandering around aimlessly.

Yet as they continued in this manner, they found that the mist ahead was gradually thinning, and their visibility began to improve.

At last, the mist vanished completely, revealing that they were in a mountainous forest.

Xu Mu crouched down and pressed his hand against the ground.

“Is this the only formation?”

“There’s only one large formation. We also have a smaller formation for hiding. Come with me.”

Dantai Quan led the way. Once they crossed the mountain peak in the distance, they saw corpses scattered across the ground.

Dantai Quan’s face instantly turned deathly pale.

“They’ve already broken in!”

She immediately unleashed her strength and flew forward.

A moment later, the tremors in the distance transformed into a storm that swept toward them.

Xu Mu finally used his senses to observe the battle taking place there.

The main fighters on both sides were at the fifth and sixth stages, and their battle had already surpassed the speed of sound.

In just a few seconds, they could move beyond the range of Xu Mu’s senses.

As they approached the depths of the area, they saw two enormous jiaolong in the sky, tearing into each other.

One was black, while the other was dark gold.

Every time the jiaolong attacked with its sharp claws, the air erupted with thunderous detonations, generating massive storms.

In addition to those attacks, they could also spit beams of light from their mouths and collide with each other using their tails and bodies.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sky constantly erupted with deafening peals of thunder, one storm following another.

If an ordinary person were this close, their eardrums might well have been shattered.

The dark-gold jiaolong already had countless wounds covering its body.

“Holy crap! Are those jiaolong? This is my first time seeing one!”

Chen Xuan stood there with his mouth hanging open, staring at the sky.

“Master!”

Dantai Quan’s expression instantly became grim.

“How do you know that one of them is your master? Other than their colors, they look exactly the same.”

Xu Mu glanced at Dantai Quan.

“When you look at tigers, they all look the same to you too. Animals probably think all humans look alike.”

Dantai Quan explained, “Even among humans, people of different racial backgrounds may have trouble distinguishing one another’s faces.”

“I was just asking. Of course I know.”

Xu Mu raised his head and looked higher into the sky.

“If I’m not mistaken, that dark-gold jiaolong is your master.”

“That’s right.”

Dantai Quan nodded.

“If this continues, Master will die.”

“I have one more question. Why don’t they use human form when they fight? Is jiaolong form stronger?”

Xu Mu continued asking questions.

“Not exactly. Each form has its own advantages and disadvantages. Human form is more agile, presents a smaller target, and allows the use of various techniques. Dragon form greatly increases attack power and defense, but it consumes more qi, has a larger target, and makes the user easier to focus-fire.”

Dantai Quan looked toward the sky.

“We generally use dragon form in only two situations. The first is when we’ve suffered severe injuries that restrict our ability to fight in human form, leaving dragon form as our only option. The second is when we simply can’t defeat our opponent and switch to dragon form to rely on our defenses while escaping.”

“Judging by your master’s condition, it must be the first.”

Xu Mu glanced at Chen Xuan.

“Old Chen, let’s go!”

“All right!”

Chen Xuan leaped powerfully into the air and flew toward the sky.

Xu Mu also stepped on his Cloud Step and charged upward.

Buzz!

While in midair, Xu Mu suddenly exchanged positions with the dark-gold jiaolong.

He had not expected to be able to exchange places even with such an enormous jiaolong.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several streaks of Heaven-Burning sword aura shot toward the black jiaolong.

“Master!”

Dantai Quan immediately shouted.

Cang Zhongyi’s expression stiffened as he looked down at Dantai Quan, immediately reverting to his human form.

His body was covered in wounds, blood dripping continuously to the ground. His right arm hung limply at his side, clearly broken.

“Who told you to come in? Hei Zhuo is right outside!”

Cang Zhongyi said in a low voice, “You’ll get us all wiped out!”

“If all of you are dead, what’s the point of me staying alive?”

Dantai Quan pointed toward the heights. “Besides, I brought Xu Mu here.”

“Xu Mu won’t do either! At his level, he can barely fight someone in the first or second tier.”

Cang Zhongyi shouted furiously, “What a reckless stunt! You’ve come here just to get yourself killed!”