Cang Zhongyi immediately took out the healing pill Xu Mu had refined and handed it over. “Master, we’re already inside. What’s the point of saying all this now?”
Cang Zhongyi sighed helplessly. He accepted the pill and swallowed it. “There’s indeed no turning back now. I’ll go help Xu Mu and the others. At the very least, we need to kill Heitu first.”
“So that man is Heitu? Hei Zhuo’s younger brother? He’s the third tribe’s second-in-command—a sixth-rank expert!”
Dantai Quan’s tone gradually turned grave. “Were all the people around here killed by them?”
“That’s right. There was no other choice. Hei Zhuo is outside. We had already prepared ourselves to die.”
Cang Zhongyi took a deep breath. “As long as I die, I think Hei Zhuo and the others will retreat. The other people hidden within the formation might have a chance to survive. But then you came.”
“Master! We won’t die!”
Dantai Quan immediately looked up. “Go help Xu Mu! With your help, we can at least take care of Heitu!”
“I’ll do my best…”
The moment Cang Zhongyi finished speaking, a deafening boom rang out. The ground shook violently.
He turned around, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. He simply could not believe what he was seeing.
What was going on?
The violent tremor just now had been caused by Heitu’s enormous body crashing down onto the ground.
The flood dragon’s eyes had been gouged out, and a massive gash had been cut across its neck.
Buzz!
The black flood-dragon form slowly dissolved into black mist, eventually revealing a middle-aged man with his neck severed.
That man was Heitu.
At the same time, Xu Mu and Chen Xuan descended from the sky.
“Damn! Old Chen, you’re insanely strong!”
Xu Mu looked at Chen Xuan’s left hand. In it was the white bone dagger fused with his body.
“Heh. This white bone dagger is essentially an armor-piercing weapon. It can’t directly harm powerful opponents—it can only cut through qi.”
As Chen Xuan spoke, the dagger transformed into a streak of white light and merged back into his left arm. “Unfortunately, it consumes an enormous amount of qi. At my current level, I can only use it twice in a short period of time.”
“Twice is enough.”
Xu Mu landed on the ground and walked toward the dead middle-aged man.
There were two spatial rings on the man’s fingers. Xu Mu removed them and placed them into his storage space. Then, he had the little gu worm on his body devour the corpse.
The mother body of the Spirit-Devouring Sacred Gu was still inside its cocoon, so he could only have the smaller one do the work for now.
At present, the little gu worm had devoured the corpses of several powerful experts and had grown considerably larger.
In the distance, Dantai Quan and Cang Zhongyi remained frozen in shock, still unable to process what had happened.
Heitu was a sixth-rank Realm-Breaking expert!
Xu Mu and Chen Xuan were both only at the Transcendent Mortal realm. They were still quite a distance away from even the first rank of Realm-Breaking, yet they had crossed so many levels to kill him.
“Xu Mu! What just happened? How did the two of you manage to kill him?”
Dantai Quan did not even know what to say anymore.
She had already been somewhat puzzled when Xu Mu brought Chen Xuan along. After all, Chen Xuan’s current realm was even lower than Xu Mu’s.
“What? Was he a relative of yours? Were we not supposed to kill him?”
Xu Mu asked with a smile.
“No, no, I’m just too shocked. You’ve crossed far too many boundaries—I’ve never heard of anything like this.”
Dantai Quan had already been battered beyond recognition by the revelations.
When she first learned of Xu Mu’s combat strength, she had remained skeptical, believing he was merely relying on the experts behind him.
Only now did she fully understand that, in Xu Mu’s eyes, she did not even amount to a speed bump.
“That’s true. This is simply unbelievable. Thinking back, the most astonishing thing I ever witnessed was Redemption.”
Cang Zhongyi let out a long breath. “Those young people had only just reached the Transcendent realm, yet they joined forces to defeat several Realm Breakers. I never imagined that your talents would surpass even theirs!”
“You flatter us, Senior. It was mainly because you had already worn him down so much that we were able to kill him so easily,” Xu Mu said, offering a tactful response.
Naturally, Cang Zhongyi could tell that Heitu had lost, at most, a little over half of his qi. The injuries on his body were all minor and would not have affected his combat ability.
“Heh, no need to be modest. Yanhuang truly is brimming with talent. No wonder it can suppress the entire Inner Realm and keep them from wreaking havoc in the outside world.”
Cang Zhongyi sighed softly. “With people like you around, who would dare act recklessly?”
His primary purpose was to fulfill the promise he had made years ago—to help the Dantai bloodline reclaim the throne.
But that did not mean he held any goodwill toward the outside world.
If they truly succeeded in the future, and Dantai Quan firmly secured her position, he might still, like the other races, seek ways to expand his own faction into the outside world.
But today, he had seen the two young people before him.
Perhaps it was better to give up on that idea. There was nothing wrong with continuing to live in the Inner Realm.
“Xu Mu, what should we do next?”
Dantai Quan was an extremely intelligent woman, but at this moment, she could not think of a single solution.
Her master’s arm bones were broken, and his combat strength had been greatly diminished. Meanwhile, an even stronger enemy was still waiting outside.
“Since you understand formations, Senior, may I ask where the connection point of this relic’s formation is?” Xu Mu asked, looking at Cang Zhongyi.
“The connection point of the relic formation? You mean this relic?”
Cang Zhongyi pointed up at the sky.
“That’s right.”
Xu Mu nodded.
“Follow me. It’s at the very deepest part.”
Cang Zhongyi flew toward the farthest reaches of the relic.
Xu Mu and the others followed him, eventually arriving at the edge of the relic formation.
Cang Zhongyi extended a finger and drew a vertical line on the ground. “It’s here. This line extends all the way up into the sky.”
Chen Xuan took the initiative to step forward. Sure enough, the area ahead marked the very edge of the relic, like an invisible barrier blocking their path.
Xu Mu walked over and pressed both palms against the relic formation before him. Closing his eyes, he carefully sensed it.
Seeing Cang Zhongyi’s puzzled expression, Dantai Quan explained, “Xu Mu is considering breaking the entire relic formation.”
“What? If the relic formation is destroyed, then the formation protecting this place will disappear as well. We won’t be able to face Hei Zhuo…”
As Cang Zhongyi spoke, he could not help gritting his teeth.
Naturally, he had already realized that if they did not do this, they would all be wiped out.
“All right. I think I’ve roughly found a solution.”
Xu Mu turned to Cang Zhongyi and said, “Gather all the members of your clan who are still in hiding. Hurry.”
“This…”
“Master, at a time like this, what are you still hesitating for?”
Tantai Quan immediately urged him.
“He’s right!”
Cang Zhongyi promptly left. Xu Mu had already come here to help, disregarding his own life and safety.
Cang Zhongyi himself had no solution. If he didn’t listen to Xu Mu now, who else could he listen to?
After Cang Zhongyi left, Tantai Quan asked, “Xu Mu, what exactly is your plan?”
“You’ll find out once your people arrive.”
As he spoke, Xu Mu took a sword from his storage space. It was not his black sword, but a crimson one.
It was the treasure he had obtained from Wu Tian.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
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.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
