After Tian Yunchu’s figure disappeared from there, she appeared on the elevated platform the next moment.
When Rael saw what Tian Yunchu looked like, his expression clearly froze for a moment. Then the two of them began talking.
Xu Mu, however, had no idea what they were saying.
With one hand resting against the barrier in front of him and the other tucked into his pocket, he looked toward Yun Yao, who was kneeling on the ground.
Although he currently had Jiang Cisui’s appearance, Yun Yao’s unwillingness could still be seen on his face.
A genius of the Artifact Sect, at the late Transcendent stage, had been defeated by Chen Xuan, who was only at the mid Transcendent stage.
If he had lost after an evenly matched battle, he probably wouldn’t have taken it so hard.
The key was that Chen Xuan had completely outplayed him. From beginning to end, Yun Yao hadn’t even managed to touch him.
Xu Mu could understand how much of a blow that was.
Yun Yao had grown up surrounded by flowers and applause. Countless people had always called him a genius, yet he had suddenly discovered that in front of a true genius, he was so utterly helpless.
Still, Chen Xuan was the protagonist, after all. It was only natural for Yun Yao to lose to someone like him.
“Is that Tian Yunchu really that lucky?”
Zhong Ci came over and asked Xu Mu.
“To be unlucky all the time is a kind of luck in itself.”
Xu Mu turned to glance at Zhong Ci. “Stay here and wait obediently. Leave the rest of the battles to me.”
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Zhong Ci hesitated for a moment before nodding lightly. “Be careful.”
The arena wasn’t very large, measuring only about a hundred meters in diameter. Against a top-tier expert at the seventh level of the Boundary-Breaking realm, that was more than enough.
Even someone at the Transcendent stage could completely cover the entire arena by unleashing their full power.
She was only at the early Transcendent stage. This battle truly wasn’t one she could participate in.
“Good! Let’s continue!”
The elderly armored man watching from the stands spoke with a hearty laugh.
The barrier in front of Xu Mu had just disappeared when he immediately stepped forward and leaped onto the arena.
At the same time.
From where Li Hongdou was standing, Chen Xuan immediately pointed at the person on the stage. “Brother Mu!”
“That person should be Xu Mu.”
As Li Hongdou spoke, she glanced at Chen Xuan. “You look exactly like him right now. In theory, you should be able to share his injuries, so you must be able to confirm it.”
“Damn! I completely forgot about that!”
Chen Xuan looked at the seventh-level expert opposite them. “I wonder if Brother Mu will get beaten up.”
Xu Mu’s appearance on the arena caused the expressions of everyone around them to change.
After all, there had already been one “Xu Mu” in the previous round, and now another Xu Mu had appeared.
“You really came!”
When Tian Yunchu saw Xu Mu step onto the stage, she didn’t even know what to say.
Xu Mu was indeed very strong—far stronger than someone at the first level of the Boundary-Breaking realm like her. But he had a seventh-level Boundary-Breaking expert, Rael, standing beside him!
However, Rael here didn’t take Xu Mu seriously at all. His gaze was fixed on Dorothea in another area.
Since the Tian Yunchu before him wasn’t the real one, the other person had to be.
Dorothea was one of the geniuses of the Holy Light Tribe. As her bodyguard, if he allowed her to die here, his future would be ruined as well.
Only after withdrawing his gaze did Rael look at Xu Mu. “You’re the only one coming up?”
“There are only two of us.”
Xu Mu smiled as he swept his perception over the several people on the elevated platform.
Only now had the group entered the same formation. He was finally able to perceive the three people in front of him.
Suddenly, Xu Mu narrowed his eyes.
Within his perception, Yun Yao, who had been kneeling on one knee the entire time, had disappeared.
Yet to the naked eye, Yun Yao was still there, slowly rising to his feet.
The corners of Xu Mu’s mouth lifted slightly. Interesting. No wonder Elder Xia of the Celestial Clan hadn’t noticed the other party’s ambush earlier.
Perhaps they had already confirmed each other’s identities beforehand. No one had expected that the real person could be replaced without anyone noticing on this arena.
Xu Mu crouched down and pressed his hand against the arena, carefully sensing the formation beneath it.
Perhaps this arena was the key to the Boundary-Breaking formation.
“Xu Mu, hurry up and surrender. I’ve already reached an agreement with Senior Rael. After he defeats you, he’ll bring Dorothea over. You’ll be next.”
Tian Yunchu hurriedly spoke.
“No need. I have my own plans.”
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at Rael. “Let’s begin.”
“Judging from your expression, you’re the real Xu Mu. Your life is worth a Heaven-grade cultivation technique.”
The moment Rael finished speaking, the space before Xu Mu began to compress.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Rael appeared at Xu Mu’s side. He merely raised a hand, and a fan-shaped wave of golden energy engulfed Xu Mu.
“It’s over. Hopefully, you won’t die too quickly. Otherwise, I’ll have to carry your corpse out of here.”
Rael’s expression remained emotionless.
Tian Yunchu covered her mouth. She had just been about to cry out when she saw Xu Mu emerge from the wave of energy completely unharmed.
Dark golden liquid flowed from his body toward the ground.
“My apologies. I need to end this quickly, because since you injured me, that damage will be transferred to my friend.”
Xu Mu looked calmly at Rael.
“This is a Gu?”
Rael’s expression changed.
Although he hadn’t used any technique just now, the strength of his qi had been at full power.
He immediately raised his hand. “Judgment of Light!”
Crack!
Suddenly, the long sword in Xu Mu’s hand came slashing down.
Rael immediately erupted with power to defend himself, but the space before him seemed to be glass, developing cracks.
Slash!
Without the slightest pause, Xu Mu’s sword pierced through Rael’s waist. He then twisted the blade and swiftly pulled it free.
Pfft!
Blood erupted from both sides of the wound like a pair of fountains.
The intense pain brought Rael back to his senses, and he immediately retreated dozens of meters from Xu Mu.
He lowered his head and stared at the wound in his waist, then looked at Xu Mu in disbelief. “A mental technique?”
“Senior, I already showed mercy just now. Otherwise, that hole would have appeared in your heart—or your head.”
Xu Mu’s expression remained impassive. “Admit defeat.”
Tian Yunchu, who was standing nearby, was completely stunned. She rubbed her eyes, thinking that she must have seen incorrectly.
Xu Mu, a Transcendent, had actually injured a seventh-level Boundary-Breaking expert. The key was that he had even shown mercy.
What had this person grown up eating?
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Jiang Cisui—in other words, the fake Yun Yao—lunged at Xu Mu.
Xu Mu turned his head toward the formation puppet charging at him and swung out a strand of Heaven-Burning sword qi.
Swoosh!
The flaming sword qi flashed past, neatly slicing the charging puppet in two.
“Xu Mu, don’t!”
Li Hongdou hurriedly shouted, but it was already too late. Before she could finish speaking, the sword qi had already cut the figure apart.
Zhong Ci’s brows furrowed as well. What was going on?
Judging from Xu Mu’s words and actions, he didn’t seem like a bloodthirsty person.
“Senior Brother, could it be that Xu Mu didn’t realize he was Yun Yao?”
Wang Fugui looked at Jiang Cisui beside him and asked.
“I don’t know, and I don’t care.”
Jiang Cisui clenched his fists tightly, his body trembling.
Everyone said that Yun Yao was a top-tier genius, but in his eyes, the other man was, to put it bluntly, on the same level as Shi Yao and Wang Tao.
He had never taken him seriously.
But Xu Mu had actually defeated a seventh-level expert.
Jiang Cisui’s blood surged with excitement. He had already begun working hard, yet the gap between him and Xu Mu was growing wider and wider.
It seemed that his efforts still weren’t enough.
Buzz!
Just then, the Yun Yao on the arena transformed into formation energy and vanished…
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