The Empress

"Lock this man up!"

Li Mopan handed Xu Mu over to these men.

They immediately searched Xu Mu's entire body, finally finding the button camera in his pocket.

"Chief! This must belong to a Cleaner."

One of the middle-aged men handed the camera to Li Mopan.

Li Mopan snorted coldly, "So it's a Cleaner. Truly unafraid of death. Lock him up!"

After saying this, Li Mopan turned and left. He had more important matters to attend to here, namely, the Cleaners outside.

If a high-level Cleaner arrived, their entire operation here would be wiped out.

Meanwhile, Xu Mu was shoved inside, and the cell door was locked once more.

Xu Mu approached the woman and saw she was wearing black leather armor, looking formidable and imposing.

She was sitting leaning against the cell wall, her hands resting on her knees. Even in this seated posture, she carried an air of authority.

She had long black hair, which now spilled onto the ground. Her face was oval-shaped, exquisitely beautiful, noble, and with a hint of domineering aura.

Of course, the most striking features about her were threefold.

First were her eyes, which looked utterly terrifying.

The eyes of normal Dragon Country people are composed of black or brown irises, surrounded by white sclera.

Her eyes were red.

If that were all, it would resemble the Nine Li Tribe, and Xu Mu wouldn't be so shocked.

The key was that while her irises were red, the surrounding sclera was black—a living image of a vengeful spirit.

Besides her eyes, the other two striking features were on her upper body.

The leather armor bulged prominently, supremely imposing.

Of course, in this fully enclosed state, it might just be hollow inside, hard to say.

Xu Mu used his Divine Eye to check this person's information.

Name: Fu Jinyu

Identity: Heavenly Demon Tribe's Empress, Female Lead of "The Evil God Breaks Out of Prison."

Favorability: -2

Destiny Level: 9 (Max 10)

Holy crap?

Seeing this information, Xu Mu was instantly dumbfounded.

The Empress of the Heavenly Demon Tribe, a mighty empress, how could she be locked in a prison cell?

It really had an uncanny similarity to the Evil God brother being imprisoned.

But how could someone of this level become a prisoner?

Xu Mu was full of doubts.

The woman was also staring at Xu Mu with those eyes of hers.

Xu Mu walked up to her and greeted with a smile, "Hello there."

He looked down at the woman's long legs; she was definitely tall.

"Get lost!"

Fu Jinyu said sharply.

[Favorability -3]

"What the hell?"

Xu Mu cursed inwardly. This person was already a prisoner, yet still so arrogant.

However, since she was an empress, her strength should be considerable.

If he wanted to rescue these Cleaners, this woman might be useful.

According to normal logic, since she could become the female lead and possess a Level 9 Destiny, it proved she had been accompanying the male lead all along.

So she probably wasn't a great evil person.

Xu Mu looked at the guards outside; they were huddled together playing cards, not looking this way.

So, Xu Mu moved closer to Fu Jinyu and sat down beside her.

Xu Mu asked in a low voice, "Want to get out?"

Fu Jinyu closed her eyes again, ignoring Xu Mu.

"I'm not lying. I really have the ability to get you out."

Xu Mu turned his head to look at this woman.

"Say one more word, and I'll rip out your tongue!"

Fu Jinyu opened her eyes again.

"I don't think you can. If you were that powerful, you'd have escaped long ago, not waiting here all this time."

As he spoke, Xu Mu grabbed the woman's wrist.

Seeing this, Fu Jinyu's eyes widened. Her other hand clenched into a fist and struck towards Xu Mu.

But Xu Mu caught her fist with one hand. Sensing the force, it was only about late-stage Hidden Force level.

"Alright, I'll let go."

Xu Mu released her hand, his expression calm. "So you're severely injured and have inhaled the powder of the seventh-grade heavenly treasure, Black Spirit Crystal, which paralyzes the body and prevents the use of Qi."

Although his expression was calm, inwardly he was utterly shocked.

This woman was indeed formidable. Normally, after inhaling Black Spirit Crystal powder, one should be completely paralyzed.

Unable to use Qi at all, yet this person could still exert late-stage Hidden Force strength.

Fu Jinyu, whose face had been gloomy, narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing Xu Mu's words.

Now only the black parts of her eyes were visible.

"You understand medicine?" Fu Jinyu asked.

"I know a little."

Xu Mu shook his head gently. "What a pity."

"Pity? What are you pitying?" Fu Jinyu turned to look at Xu Mu.

"A master like you meeting her end, isn't that a pity?"

"What do you mean?"

Fu Jinyu asked gravely.

Xu Mu's hand moved to his own heart position, then rotated counterclockwise.

Before he could speak, Fu Jinyu's eyes widened in astonishment, her face full of disbelief.

Because the motion Xu Mu just made was exactly the motion of the attack she had suffered.

Her opponent's technique struck her with a fist, then twisted violently, instantly disrupting her Qi flow so she couldn't fully release it.

This person before her wasn't just knowing a little; he truly understood!

"You... you haven't told me what will happen to me?"

Fu Jinyu's voice became urgent.

"That attack destroyed one of your meridians. Since it's not a primary meridian, you can still release some power for now."

Xu Mu paused. "However, as time passes, the Qi leaking from your body will increase more and more, even causing harm to yourself. In the end, you will become a cripple."

This woman was different from his old man.

His old man's primary meridian was destroyed; once ruined, he immediately became a cripple.

This woman's luck was still pretty good, truly deserving of a Level 9 Destiny.

As for the subsequent plot, Xu Mu could roughly guess.

It was probably that this woman becomes a cripple, then gets saved by the Evil God brother, and from then on follows him.

Hearing Xu Mu's words, Fu Jinyu's eyes filled with terror, followed by transparent tears streaming from her eyes.

She, a mighty empress, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Tribe, was she going to become a cripple?

How could she face her ancestors like this?

Fu Jinyu's gaze turned ice-cold. She absolutely refused to live on as a cripple, clinging to life.

If that day truly came, she would end her own life without hesitation.

By now, Xu Mu had already moved away from Fu Jinyu, standing up and walking to the other side of the cell.

He looked at the others around. There were four cells in total.

Xu Mu was in one; another held the Cleaners.

Then there was one holding young men and women, and the last cell held several people, though they were all from the Four-Eyes Tribe.

"Hey! Didn't you say you understand medicine? Can you treat me?"

Fu Jinyu asked tentatively.

"My name isn't 'Hey'."

Xu Mu looked back at Fu Jinyu. "I can indeed treat it, but the cost is too high. I have no reason to treat a stranger."

"What? You can treat it!"

Fu Jinyu immediately supported herself on the wooden wall and stood up.

Xu Mu was full of surprise. This woman was well over 1.8 meters tall. Looking at her now, the impressive proportions of her upper body seemed perfectly balanced with her height.