Xu Mu looked toward Shui Shu and Chen Xuan in the distance, then closed his eyes again to sense their presence. The two of them did not appear in his perception.
That could only mean one thing—they were also constructs created by the formation.
To prove his guess, Xu Mu sent another telepathic message to Chen Xuan, but received no reply.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Chen Xuan transformed into a streak of light and charged toward Xu Mu and the others.
Xu Mu immediately moved to intercept him, drawing his sword to block the attack.
Boom!
The two forces collided in an instant, unleashing a terrifying shockwave that sent Xu Mu flying backward.
Xu Mu executed Cloudstep in midair and steadied himself. What incredible strength!
At the same time, Shui Shu, whose body was covered in ice armor, also charged toward the group.
Seeing this, Shui Yuanyao finally concluded, “So it’s an illusion created by the formation!”
Zilan Yin and Zhang Ye’an nodded as well. If that had been the real Shui Shu, her armor would have shattered under the force of such an attack.
Zilan Yin immediately went to meet her. She was still in her Moon Demon form. With a casual wave of her hand, countless silver crescent blades flew toward Shui Shu.
Slash, slash, slash…
The crescent blades all cut toward Shui Shu, but Shui Shu’s body seemed to be a vacuum cleaner. The moment the blades touched her, they were sucked inside, never emerging from the other side.
Zilan Yin was stunned. “I refuse to believe this!”
Whoosh!
Black qi surged from her body and transformed into a gigantic black crescent moon.
“Moon Devouring Slash!”
Whoosh!
The enormous crescent flew from her hand and shot toward Shui Shu.
The moment it touched Shui Shu’s body, it was sucked inside once again.
“What?”
Seeing this, Zilan Yin continued releasing her power.
Just as she was preparing to attack again, Xu Mu stepped in front of her. “Stop.”
Zilan Yin immediately withdrew her power and asked hurriedly, “Why?”
The instant she finished speaking, the Shui Shu before them released a massive black crescent moon that shot toward her.
“What?”
Zilan Yin’s body suddenly trembled, and her face filled with disbelief. She immediately flew higher into the air, barely avoiding the enormous crescent.
“If I’m not mistaken, this formation should be the Twin-Heng Mirror Formation.”
Shui Yuanyao explained from a distance, “After we entered the formation, it randomly copied our appearances and used them to attack us. Whenever we use certain techniques, the copies can replicate those techniques as well.”
Only then did Xu Mu turn to look at Shui Yuanyao. This man was finally proving somewhat useful.
“Then how do we avoid them?”
“There’s no way to avoid them. These figures can’t be killed through ordinary attacks. The only way is to destroy the formation itself,” Shui Yuanyao explained. “For now, we can only run. The longer we fight them, the more techniques they’ll copy!”
Zilan Yin was still hovering in the sky. “Then running is our only option. These two formation constructs have roughly the strength of fifth-tier experts, and the key is that they can’t die.”
Xu Mu drew the red sword from his body. He naturally knew that these were merely constructs created by the formation.
Since they could only copy techniques and possessed no other abilities, he decided to test this sword.
Whoosh!
Xu Mu suddenly charged toward Chen Xuan. He bent down to evade Chen Xuan’s attack, then slashed his sword across the construct’s neck.
Buzz!
Golden formation runes appeared on the blade as the sword cleaved through Chen Xuan.
The figure immediately transformed into a string of broken formation patterns before vanishing completely.
The others were dumbfounded.
Shui Yuanyao was completely stunned. Just how many trump cards did Xu Mu have?
Zilan Yin was equally incredulous. Before she could say anything, Xu Mu had already eliminated the Shui Shu construct as well.
“All right. Let’s keep moving.”
Xu Mu turned to the others.
“Dear nephew, are you engaged? How about marrying my daughter?” Shui Yuanyao walked over to Xu Mu. “I’ve discovered that the two of you are extremely well suited. You’re practically a match made in heaven.”
Zilan Yin snorted coldly from the side. Shui Yuanyao really had no shame.
When she had tried to win Xu Mu over earlier, she had at least come up with an excuse. This man did not even bother pretending.
“I already have a wife,” Xu Mu replied with a smile.
“Having a wife is fine. Miaomiao can become your concubine. It’s perfectly normal for a great man to have three wives and four concubines. In the future, with your children and parents to take care of, how could a single wife possibly manage everything?”
Shui Yuanyao continued speaking with a hearty smile.
“Senior, you make a good point. However, I have more than one wife.”
“More than one wife is even better. Then adding my Miaomiao won’t make much difference.”
Shui Yuanyao continued without hesitation.
Xu Mu felt somewhat awkward. How could everything possibly sound good to this man?
“That’s enough! Our priority right now is obtaining the treasure. Zidian is still hiding somewhere nearby. Who knows when he might show up?”
Zilan Yin spoke with displeasure from the side.
“She’s right. We should hurry. Usually, in formations like this, the exit is very obvious.”
Shui Yuanyao scanned their surroundings before pointing toward the tallest black tower at the center of the city. “If I’m not mistaken, it should be there.”
Under Shui Yuanyao’s lead, they quickly flew toward the black tower.
When they reached the enormous tower, they discovered that it was guarded by armored soldiers.
Xu Mu closed his eyes and sensed them. They were still formation constructs.
He charged forward with the red sword and dispatched all of them in just a few moves.
As the constructs vanished, new guards slowly appeared on the stone platform surrounding the black tower.
However, everyone present was a Boundary Breaker. Zhang Ye’an grabbed Shui Yuanyao and rushed inside the black tower.
Zilan Yin and Xu Mu followed close behind.
The moment they entered the tower, the surroundings changed once again. This place looked more like the interior of a gigantic palace.
The group hurried deeper inside. After running for one or two minutes, they saw Chen Xuan and Shui Shu in the distance.
Besides the two of them, there was also a blue-eyed, black-haired young man. He was clearly of mixed heritage and was one of the men Shui Shu had chosen.
“Old Chen.”
Xu Mu called out through telepathy.
“It’s me. I tried sending you a telepathic message outside just now, but you never responded.”
Chen Xuan immediately gave them a brief account of what had happened.
They had encountered formation constructs capable of copying their techniques.
Each of the constructs possessed the strength of a fifth-tier expert. Without Zidian’s help, their side had lost one person.
“Shui Shu! You’re truly reckless! You actually let Zidian come and kill us!”
Shui Yuanyao shouted angrily.
“Which of your eyes saw me tell him to kill you? Don’t slander me, all right?”
After saying this, Shui Shu shouted to the two people beside her, “Let’s go!”
She was growing increasingly furious. What on earth was Zidian doing? How had he failed to kill them all?
At present, only two people remained beside her—one Boundary Breaker at the first level, and Chen Xuan, who was merely at the Mortal Transcendence realm.
Although Chen Xuan’s strength far surpassed that of a first-level Boundary Breaker, he could not possibly contend with Xu Mu and Zilan Yin.
“Trying to run?”
Xu Mu immediately charged forward. He then sent Chen Xuan a telepathic message.
“Old Chen, make your move! Zidian is here. Show them what you can do.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan transformed into a streak of golden light and charged toward Zidian.
“Mountain Cleaving!”
Boom!
A golden pillar of light suddenly erupted.
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!
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
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?"
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.
