Perhaps it was because she felt she was about to die—or because Xu Mu had come to her rescue several times—that Zilan Yin began to feel guilty toward him.
Thinking about it carefully, ever since they had first met, he had never once targeted her. She had been the one constantly making things difficult for him.
Even so, he had still chosen to save her, despite the fact that Xu Mu himself couldn’t overpower Zidian.
Whoosh!
Xu Mu once again switched places with Zidian. He grabbed Zilan Yin and fled toward the palace exit.
At present, only Zhang Ye'an remained by Shui Yuanyao’s side.
Shui Shu, meanwhile, still had two people with her: a mixed-blood member of the Water Spirit Clan and Chen Xuan.
Since neither Shui Shu nor Shui Yuanyao could use their powers, the one most likely to obtain the treasure definitely wouldn’t be either of them. It would be Chen Xuan.
So Xu Mu had no worries. He could focus entirely on dealing with Zidian.
Buzz!
Black qi suddenly surged from Xu Mu’s body. It swiftly gathered until it condensed into a marble-sized sphere.
In his usual battles, he had always relied on his innate fire-attribute qi.
He had practically never used the other half of his qi. However, his fire-attribute qi was nearly depleted now, forcing him to condense his black qi.
Through his senses, he could tell that Zidian was rapidly pursuing him from behind.
Xu Mu calculated the timing and first threw the black sphere toward the entrance of the black tower.
He was running toward the entrance at that moment. The instant his figure cleared it, the black sphere landed.
Zidian, who had caught up, happened to see the explosion.
Boom!
The suffocating power of the blast caused a trace of fear to rise in Zidian’s heart.
It had been a long time since he had felt anything like that.
Watching the explosion spread at terrifying speed, Zidian didn’t dare remain where he was and defend against it. The only thing he could do was unleash his full strength and rush out.
After all, the exit was right in front of him.
At the same time, Xu Mu had already carried Zilan Yin out of the black tower and back outside.
Tears of gratitude filled Zilan Yin’s eyes. “Xu Mu, why did you save me?”
“Because you’re an awesome girl who loves eating meat.”
Xu Mu took two pills from his body and stuffed them into Zilan Yin’s mouth. “Hurry up and leave!”
Zilan Yin had just been about to speak when the pills dissolved in her mouth, transforming into two streams of pure energy that rapidly mended her injuries.
[Affection +20]
She stared at Xu Mu in disbelief. The medicinal effects of those two pills were so powerful that they had to have been refined from ninth-grade heavenly treasures at the very least.
Such precious life-saving pills—Xu Mu had actually given them to her.
“Run! I’ll hold him off. That attack just now probably wasn’t enough to kill him!”
Xu Mu had used only half of his black qi in the attack just now because he was worried that Zidian might have some way to evade it.
Moreover, against an ordinary fourth-stage expert, that amount of power would have been enough to leave him severely injured even if it didn’t kill him.
“I’m not leaving. I…”
“Get going!”
Xu Mu immediately unleashed his immense strength and hurled Zilan Yin away.
Bang!
At the same time, Zidian was blasted out through the black tower’s entrance.
Large portions of the black armor covering his body had been blown apart, exposing the dark-purple skin beneath. Blood covered him from head to toe.
“Xu Mu…”
Zidian drew several heavy breaths, his eyes fixed on Xu Mu like those of a venomous snake. “I never expected you to be a member of the Great Wilderness Clan!”
“What?”
Xu Mu frowned slightly. “Is there something wrong with your brain? I’m a descendant of Yan and Huang.”
“You think you can fool me? The qi you released just now was so powerful. Do you think I could have sensed it incorrectly?”
Zidian pointed at Xu Mu. “I’m telling you, you’re finished! There will be no place for you in the Inner Realm! Of course, that’s assuming you can survive!”
“What an ignorant fool. I merely used a technique from the Great Wilderness Clan!”
As Xu Mu spoke, blazing fire-attribute qi erupted from his body.
Zidian carefully sensed it. Indeed, it was completely different from the attack just now. Xu Mu had used this same type of qi throughout their battle.
Only that one move had carried the aura of the Great Wilderness Clan. Could it really have been a technique?
There were indeed quite a few top-tier techniques that could alter the form of one’s qi.
“Hmph! Whoever you are, you’re dying today!”
Zidian gripped his long saber and charged at Xu Mu again.
Xu Mu immediately engaged him. Their qi collided as the two exchanged blow after blow.
Countless sword auras shot in every direction, smashing into the walls of the city outside.
Xu Mu was forced back repeatedly. His attention was somewhat divided as he considered the other half of the qi within his body.
Judging from Zidian’s expression just now, he probably hadn’t been lying.
Thinking back carefully, although Xu Mu still couldn’t sense the qi of the various races, the black qi released by that woman, Sheng Qiu, had indeed felt similar to his own.
The eighth-stage expert from the Great Wilderness Clan whom he had encountered on the Battlefield of the Gods had possessed qi with a similar nature as well.
If that were all there was to it, Xu Mu wouldn’t have grown so suspicious.
He also remembered what Zhang Que had said before. Zhang Que had specifically warned him that, in the future, unless someone from the Great Wilderness Clan took the initiative to provoke him, he shouldn’t make an enemy of them.
Why had Zhang Que suddenly said that?
Could it have something to do with the Great Wilderness qi within him?
But how had Zhang Que known that Xu Mu possessed Great Wilderness qi?
As far as Xu Mu knew, possessing the distinctive qi of a particular race was usually the result of inheritance.
Could his identity be even more mysterious than he had imagined?
He had taken the place of the original Xu Mu, but this body was still his own. Even the small mole on his arm was exactly the same.
However, his qi and constitution should have been replaced by those of the original Xu Mu. That explained why his constitution had been so pitifully weak when he had first crossed over.
As for the fire-attribute qi he originally possessed, it should have come from Xu Shou.
Xu Shou had supposedly been a powerful expert in the past. Could his wife have been a member of the Great Wilderness Clan?
That was the only possibility that could explain why Xu Mu possessed the power of the Great Wilderness Clan.
Bang!
Xu Mu was suddenly struck by an overwhelming force. His entire body flew backward and crashed into a building in the distance.
Runic formations flickered across the building’s walls, leaving it completely intact.
The blow had torn away a patch of flesh on Xu Mu’s chest.
He drove his long sword into the ground and used it to pull himself upright.
Against an opponent this powerful, allowing himself to become distracted was certainly unwise.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Zidian appeared before Xu Mu again.
This time, Xu Mu focused completely and met the attack with all his strength.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Their weapons collided continuously. Every so often, dozens of crescent-shaped blades would appear around Zidian’s body and attack Xu Mu from different directions.
Even when Xu Mu erected walls of air, the force of Zidian’s attacks was still powerful enough to break through and wound him.
Buzz!
Suddenly, Zidian’s long hair whipped about as he once again unleashed the Raging Spiritual Tide.
Yet Xu Mu’s attacks did not stop. Instead, he executed the Heaven-Breaking Sword.
Crack!
Zidian’s body froze. But in the next instant, he instinctively erupted with power, transforming into lightning that flashed chaotically through the sky.
Several times, he even collided with the surrounding walls.
Whoosh!
After recovering, he steadied himself. Only after taking several heavy breaths did he say, “I didn’t expect you to possess a spiritual-power technique as well.”
“Of course!”
Xu Mu appeared before Zidian once again.
The two clashed with terrifying power, shockwaves spreading in every direction. Fortunately, the surrounding buildings were constructed from formations and did not collapse.
Apart from the male protagonist, this was the first time Xu Mu had encountered an opponent so powerful.
He was already fighting at nearly his absolute limit, yet he still couldn’t deal with Zidian.
He couldn’t help feeling that using his Heavenly Mandate power against someone like this would be far too humiliating.
Suddenly, Xu Mu’s eyes lit up as he thought of a way to deal with him.
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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.
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?
