Within Xu Mu’s perception, he could already see several experts from the Black Moon Clan up ahead.
Two of them were eighth-tier experts, currently battling the giant trees in the forest.
Although these trees were unable to move, their branches were as nimble as the tentacles of an octopus. Some whipped through the air like sharp lashes, while others pierced directly into the ground, occasionally transforming into spikes to launch sneak attacks.
Xu Mu felt that this was only natural. Several days had already passed since he had threatened Shui Shu. Once Shui Shu received the news, she had certainly sent Zidian to station experts in the Gods’ Battlefield to prevent anyone from entering.
However, Xu Mu and Chen Xuan had taken part in the Water Spirit Clan’s clan-leader selection, leaving these experts waiting here for nothing.
After all, they were ninth-tier experts. It was impossible for them to guard this place indefinitely.
Once they realized that no one was coming, the best choice was to enter on their own and search for the treasures.
“Brother Mu, are those people fighting up ahead?”
Chen Xuan gazed into the distance.
“That’s right. The Black Moon Clan probably realized we weren’t coming and decided to take the treasures for themselves.”
Xu Mu lowered his voice. “There are two eighth-tier experts. They won’t be easy to deal with. Old Chen, what do you think?”
With the protagonist, Chen Xuan, by his side, Xu Mu naturally had to ask for his opinion at every turn.
Normally, following the protagonist meant avoiding dead ends.
“Eighth-tier experts are too powerful, and there are two of them. Let’s go around.”
Chen Xuan thought for a moment before answering.
“I think so too.”
Xu Mu nodded.
Bai Shanh u, standing beside them, did not say a word. She had lived for so long, yet she had visited the Gods’ Battlefield only a handful of times.
In the past, her clan had indeed found the Gods’ Battlefield, but they had entered alongside other races to compete for its treasures and had gained nothing.
This time, she would naturally prioritize following Xu Mu and Chen Xuan.
“Old Chen, just point us in any direction.”
Xu Mu patted Chen Xuan on the back.
“How about this way?”
Chen Xuan pointed to the front left and took the lead.
Xu Mu and Bai Shanh u followed behind him as they continued forward.
They had gone several kilometers when the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to shake.
Whoosh!
Xu Mu immediately shoved Bai Shanh u aside. A spike suddenly burst out of the ground where she had been standing.
The spike was shaped like a tree branch.
Bai Shanh u gasped in shock. If Xu Mu had not pushed her away, she might have been skewered like meat on a spit.
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Whoosh, whoosh!
The ground shook again, and spikes erupted from the area where Xu Mu and Chen Xuan stood as well.
Chen Xuan immediately dodged, tightened his grip on the woodcutter’s knife, and swung it forcefully at the spike.
Bang!
A tremendous boom rang out. The spike was completely unharmed, while Chen Xuan’s hand was jolted numb by the impact.
“What the hell is this thing?”
Chen Xuan quickly retreated.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
At that moment, it was not just the ground. The branches of the vast forest in the distance began to sway as well. Then they extended outward, surging toward the three of them.
Seeing this, Bai Shanh u unleashed her power. She swung her hand forcefully toward the front.
Five white claw marks shot out from her five fingers, streaking toward the mass of branches.
Boom!
Her qi collided with the incoming branches, creating a powerful storm.
But in the next instant, the branches pierced straight through the qi and emerged completely unharmed.
Xu Mu immediately drew his red longsword and slashed at the mass of branches.
As qi poured into it, golden runes appeared across the red blade.
Crack!
With a resounding boom, all the branches transformed into shattered formation runes before crumbling and disappearing.
“As expected of Brother Mu. You’re incredible!”
Chen Xuan laughed from the side.
“It has nothing to do with me. The weapon is the real reason.”
Xu Mu waved the longsword in his hand. “No wonder the Gods’ Battlefield has never been fully explored. It really is formidable.”
In the places he had visited before, the formations at the beginning were generally not very powerful.
Whether it was formation constructs or monsters, they could usually be eliminated through sheer strength.
But this place was completely different. Even the branches they had encountered at the very beginning could not be broken.
One had to understand that, according to Xu Mu’s perception, even the two eighth-tier experts had been unable to break them.
This proved that even the very first formation here was beyond what ordinary people could handle.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
While Xu Mu was thinking, the spiked branches beneath their feet continued to attack.
He looked ahead. Two black shadows flew out of his body in succession.
They passed through the branches’ attacks and landed precisely in front of two giant trees.
Now that he had completely mastered the Void Afterimages technique, he could release two shadows at the same time.
Whoosh!
Xu Mu’s figure instantly merged with one of the shadows, and he slashed at one of the giant trees.
Crack!
With a thunderous sound, the giant tree transformed into a shattered formation and vanished.
Xu Mu then shifted to the other shadow and destroyed the second tree as well.
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“Xu Mu, you’re amazing.”
Bai Shanh u could not help praising him.
Before, whenever she heard the rumors about Xu Mu, she had always assumed they contained some exaggeration. Only after seeing him in person did she realize how wrong she had been.
“I’m only average. I know a thing or two about fighting.”
Xu Mu placed a hand against a nearby tree, then frowned.
“What’s wrong, Brother Mu?”
Chen Xuan walked over.
“I’ve already dealt with the two trees that attacked us just now. They really were formed by a formation.”
Xu Mu patted the tree beneath his hand. “But this one is also part of the formation, yet it didn’t attack us.”
He then touched several other trees around them and discovered that they had all been formed by formations.
“Maybe it was scared off by your attack just now?”
Chen Xuan chuckled.
“Maybe. But this place is full of trees, so be careful. They might launch a sneak attack.”
As he spoke, Xu Mu continued deeper into the forest.
“Does this mean we’ve already entered the formation?”
Bai Shanh u followed closely behind Xu Mu.
“That’s right.”
As he spoke, Xu Mu looked up toward the heights, where the Northern Underworld Continent could be seen. “But this should be an open formation.”
Bai Shanh u nodded secretly. She naturally understood this kind of formation. Put simply, it was not designed to trap people. Anyone could leave whenever they wished.
Chen Xuan raised his woodcutter’s knife and chopped at a nearby tree. He managed to wound it, but red blood began flowing from the crack.
“Brother Mu, look!”
“What is it?”
Xu Mu, who was ahead of them, heard him and turned around.
He reached out and touched the liquid, then brought his fingers to his nose and sniffed.
This was not real blood.
He then launched several more slashes at the surrounding trees.
The other trees remained completely unharmed.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Mu did not release any qi. Instead, he struck another tree using only his sword.
He discovered that he could indeed cut into it, but no blood flowed from the wound. This proved that there was something unusual about the tree Chen Xuan had damaged.
“Old Chen, you really are impressive.”
Xu Mu placed his hand against that tree once more. Closing his eyes, he carefully sensed the formation within it.
Then he cleaved the tree apart with a single sword stroke.
Whoosh!
A small snake shaped like a tree branch quickly leaped out and burrowed into another tree.
Xu Mu followed close behind and pierced the tree with his sword. Red blood once again seeped from it.
The little snake leaped out again.
Xu Mu instantly used the red longsword to cut it in half at the waist in midair.
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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.
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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!
