The Ability of Penetrating the Chest

Amidst the swirling dust, Jiang Huihui rapidly retreated backward.

She stepped with one foot onto a large tree behind her to bring her body to a halt.

Glancing at her arm, she saw that the sleeve of her cleaner's uniform had split open, and blood was slowly dripping down.

"Huihui, step back!"

Xu Mu shouted immediately, his figure appearing before Lei Ba in the blink of an eye.

"Like a mere ant!"

Lei Ba sneered, swinging his large broadsword down with force.

A dagger appeared in Xu Mu's hand, blocking the broadsword just like that.

Boom!

The surrounding ground shook again, and Xu Mu's feet sank deep into the earth.

Yet he stood perfectly straight, without the slightest bend, and the dagger in his hand actually cut a notch into the opponent's broadsword.

"What?"

Seeing this, shock filled Lei Ba's eyes. Before he could react, Chen Xuan had already flashed behind him.

The wood-chopping knife in his hand, wrapped in golden electricity, slashed horizontally toward the opponent's neck.

Lei Ba quickly turned his head, realizing it was too late to dodge. At that moment, the black pupils in his eyes suddenly enlarged, becoming almost the same size as his eyeballs.

Swish!

Chen Xuan's knife slashed right through Lei Ba's neck, yet Lei Ba remained completely unharmed.

He quickly erupted with power, the outward release of Qi from a mid-stage Grandmaster blowing Xu Mu back. Immediately after, he gripped his broadsword tightly, spinning his body to slash backward.

Boom!

The surrounding earth trembled once more.

Chen Xuan had already retreated more than ten meters away, looking somewhat surprised. "What's going on?"

Xu Mu twirled the dagger in his hand. He had seen it clearly just now; the hole in the opponent's chest had suddenly closed up, turning into normal skin.

"This is an ability of the Pierced-Chest Clan, called 'Piercing.' Only those at the Grandmaster level or above can use it freely,"

Shi Fumeng said from a distance. "In plain words, the hole in his chest can be shifted to any part of his body to evade attacks."

Chen Xuan then realized that when he was chopping at the neck just now, he indeed vaguely noticed that the opponent's neck seemed to have already broken, thereby avoiding the damage.

Lei Ba turned his head, staring at Shi Fumeng and shouting coldly, "You wretched woman, who are you?"

"You are my enemies! I will destroy you all!"

Shi Fumeng said coldly.

Only Lei Ao knew her true identity. Whenever she came here, she always wore a black robe and never revealed herself to strangers.

This time, she took off the black robe only because she heard the name of her former master.

"I'll kill you first!"

Lei Ba carried his broadsword and charged toward Shi Fumeng.

Jiang Huihui immediately went to meet him, facing off against Lei Ba.

"Ant! Get lost!"

Lei Ba swung his broadsword again, slashing toward Jiang Huihui.

Clang!

Suddenly, Jiang Huihui leaped up and stepped onto the flat side of his blade.

Boom!

A blood-red light suddenly appeared on her body, and she threw a punch at Lei Ba.

Lei Ba sneered, similarly raising his fist to punch back at Jiang Huihui.

At that moment, Chen Xuan's figure struck again, using the same method and the same attack.

He slashed toward Lei Ba's neck once more.

This time, he saw it clearly. The hole on Lei Ba's chest really could move.

In the blink of an eye, the hole appeared at the neck, creating a gap there. Chen Xuan's knife passed right through the gap.

Swish!

A black longsword pierced through the body, and blood gushed out.

Xu Mu's figure slowly emerged; the longsword in his hand had just pierced through the opponent from the front.

"By moving the hole to your neck, this spot becomes vulnerable to attack, right?"

Xu Mu smiled, quickly pulling out the longsword and stabbing it into his thigh again.

Standing in the distance, Shi Fumeng was shocked. This Xu Mu also knew a stealth technique.

Just now, she had been so focused on observing Lei Ba's battle that she completely failed to notice when Xu Mu had gotten close to Lei Ba.

Shi Fumeng grew increasingly astonished. This stealth technique was at least at the Earth level.

And the several longswords he controlled earlier should also be Earth level.

Adding to the fact that he also knew Heaven-level techniques, what kind of faction was backing this person?

"Ah!"

Lei Ba roared in anger, and the terrifying power erupting from his body once again sent the several people around him flying.

Buzz!

The hole on his body reappeared on his chest, causing the wound Xu Mu had just pierced to vanish.

However, the wound on his thigh still remained.

"Brat! Just you wait!"

Lei Ba quickly fled into the distance.

Chen Xuan was about to give chase when Xu Mu stopped him.

"Old Chen, this person has the cultivation realm but his combat skills are garbage. What does this generally signify?"

Xu Mu asked with a smile.

"There's someone behind him who forcibly elevated his realm to a level that doesn't belong to him."

Chen Xuan thought for a moment and then replied with a smile.

"Exactly. This means this person's identity is not ordinary, and from that, we can determine one thing: he knows the location to leave this formation."

Xu Mu smiled and said, "Let's follow him."

"As expected of Brother Mu."

Chen Xuan smiled and gave a thumbs up.

[Favorability +5]

At this moment, Jiang Huihui also admired Xu Mu immensely.

As for Shi Fumeng standing to the side, her eyes were full of surprise. This man was indeed extraordinary.

He had actually guessed it right.

[Favorability +1]

Among the three Lei brothers, Lei Ao had very strong talent, and although his second brother was not as good as him, he was still decent.

Only this third brother, Lei Ba, had very weak talent.

But since they were biological brothers, Lei Ao spent a great fortune to forcibly raise Lei Ba's realm to the mid-stage Grandmaster level.

Xu Mu noticed her favorability rating and was full of surprise. He didn't quite understand this state.

An increase in favorability meant her feelings toward him were positive.

Yet her filial piety value toward him was negative, and deeply negative at that.

So did she have a favorable impression of him or not?

Xu Mu shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it. It was enough to be on guard against her at all times.

He led the group deeper inside, constantly keeping Lei Ba within his perception range.

Shi Fumeng asked in confusion, "Big brother, there's no one ahead. How do you know he fled this way?"

"My sense of smell is very keen. I can smell the scent of blood."

Xu Mu rubbed his nose and said, "For example, there's some lingering on you too. Your period just ended, right?"

"You..."

Shi Fumeng was startled at first, then smiled. "Big brother, you really are amazing."

"Keep a low profile."

While Xu Mu was speaking, two more Pierced-Chest Clan members emerged from a rock on the side.

But these two were only at the early stage of Divine Power. Xu Mu and Chen Xuan took one each and instantly killed them.

They didn't delay the group's journey.

Twenty minutes later, Xu Mu signaled for them to stop because he noticed that Lei Ba in the distance had also stopped.

He looked left and right, and after confirming no one was around, he pressed his hand against a bluestone.

Buzz!

His body vanished from Xu Mu's perception.

"Brother Mu, what's wrong?"

Chen Xuan asked from the side.

"The scent of blood broke off. Let me sense it carefully again."

Xu Mu made up a random excuse, then pointed ahead and said, "Here, follow me."

Jiang Huihui suddenly pointed at a spot. "Xu Mu, look."

Everyone looked over and found a pool of blood.

Shi Fumeng was completely dumbfounded. Did this guy have the nose of a bloodhound? He actually managed to track them down.

Xu Mu was just about to head toward the exit of the formation when he suddenly sensed the presence of a child. The kid looked to be only about ten years old.

He hesitated, feeling that something was off. Why would there be a child in a place like this?

So, he decided to wait for the boy to approach.