I have steamed buns and stuffed buns here.

It had to be said that facing a mid-stage Transcendent Realm expert, the current Xu Mu was still struggling quite a bit.

The pressure from every strike was already making his body ache.

If it were a normal Grandmaster realm cultivator, a single strike might have caused them to cough up blood.

Therefore, Xu Mu used his Divine-level skill, the Void Phantom Sword.

As a Divine-level skill, this was Xu Mu's life-saving trump card. Under normal circumstances, he would avoid using it if possible.

Fu Cheng, who was just about to attack, suddenly froze. He felt his vision blur and his head spin for a moment.

However, upon careful inspection, his body was fine.

So, he gripped his blade tightly and continued his assault on Xu Mu.

"What kind of technique is this? Why are you fighting me with a venomous snake?"

Xu Mu suddenly looked at Fu Cheng and asked.

Fu Cheng looked at the blade in his hand, his heart suddenly clenching.

He realized that he was holding a king cobra. The venomous snake turned its head and suddenly lunged at his face.

Terrified, Fu Cheng immediately let go and threw the venomous snake away.

Right at that moment, he noticed Xu Mu charging at him.

Fu Cheng immediately used the bladed wings behind his back to block in front of him.

"I'm not tricking you anymore! Your blades are all venomous snakes I raised, watch your neck!"

Xu Mu's voice rang out again.

Fu Cheng was suddenly stunned, realizing that a venomous snake had already wrapped around his neck, suffocating him.

Of course, this was all only in Fu Cheng's eyes.

In the eyes of everyone else, Fu Cheng was currently clutching his own neck with both hands, an expression of extreme agony on his face.

"Fu Cheng! What are you doing?"

The array master in the distance suddenly shouted.

"Huh?"

Fu Cheng's body shuddered violently, and he immediately turned his head to look at the array master over there.

Swish!

Xu Mu's attack, carrying the Heaven-Burning Sword Qi, had already landed on Fu Cheng.

His figure instantly flew backward, crashing heavily into a distant rock, shattering it on the spot.

The sword qi broke through his defenses, leaving a wound on his chest.

At this moment, Fu Jinyu was too shocked to speak.

She naturally knew Xu Mu's cultivation level; he was merely at the early stage of the Grandmaster realm.

Yet he had actually injured a mid-stage Transcendent Realm expert. She had never heard of such a thing in her entire life.

The numerous Heavenly Demon Race onlookers in the distance couldn't believe their eyes when they saw this scene.

Many of them were already getting restless. From the looks of it, Empress Fu Jinyu probably wouldn't die.

Then if they went up to help now...

Crack!

Right then, the red array shattered like glass. Fu Jinyu had broken through it and emerged from inside.

Seeing this, many Heavenly Demon Race experts felt endless regret.

Fu Jinyu had escaped the array; it was too late now.

If they went to help now, it would seem too deliberate and might even cause Fu Jinyu to resent them.

"Unseal!"

Fu Jinyu erupted with power and charged toward Fu Cheng without hesitation.

Seeing this, Fu Cheng grabbed the array master in his hand and quickly fled toward the outside of the ruins.

Fu Jinyu pursued closely behind, but their speeds were similar, and she simply couldn't catch up.

Although Fu Cheng had been injured by Xu Mu, Fu Jinyu had also consumed more than half of her strength while trapped in the array.

In the blink of an eye, the few of them all disappeared at the entrance of the ruins.

Xu Mu deactivated his technique and sat down on a rock to rest.

He felt that with his current self going up against a mid-stage Transcendent.

If it was a one-on-one fight with no one else around, it would still be dangerous.

Unable to transfer the damage, he could only endure it forcefully. After all, a Transcendent Realm expert's speed was above his, making it hard to even dodge.

Divine-level skills were indeed very strong, but if he encountered an expert with powerful mental strength, they might not work.

Not long after, Fu Jinyu returned to the ruins and landed in front of Xu Mu.

She stared at Xu Mu in front of her, pursing her red lips. Even though she was always aloof, her face was now full of gratitude.

"Xu Mu, thank you for saving my life again."

Fu Jinyu bowed to Xu Mu.

[Affection +30]

She was genuinely thankful. Calculating carefully, Xu Mu had already saved her several times.

From the very beginning when she was captured, and later when Xu Mu healed her meridians.

Last time in the ruins, although Hao Yang helped repel Fu Cheng and the others, Hao Yang only did it out of respect for Xu Mu.

This time, Xu Mu came over without holding anything back again. Just now, when Xu Mu was sent flying by Fu Cheng multiple times, her heart raced as she watched, terrified that something would happen to him.

"It's what I should do."

Xu Mu smiled and waved his hand.

"Are you badly hurt?"

Fu Jinyu asked with concern.

"I'm alright, nothing serious. I just want to eat some food from your granary. You shouldn't be a stingy person, right?"

Xu Mu looked up at Fu Jinyu and started dropping crazy hints.

"Are you hungry? I have steamed buns and meat buns here."

Fu Jinyu took out a red food bag from her spatial ring.

Only then did she remember that even her spatial ring was given to her by Xu Mu.

[Affection +10]

Xu Mu looked at the steamed buns and meat buns in the bag, feeling somewhat helpless. This wasn't the kind of buns he wanted to eat.

But seeing Fu Jinyu's caring and clear eyes, he shook his head and still took a meat bun.

The skin of the bun was a bit hard, obviously having been bought a day or two ago.

"You shouldn't have rushed. They couldn't do anything to me for the time being anyway. Wouldn't it have been better to wait for Hao Yang to come over?"

Fu Jinyu also took a bun and sat down beside Xu Mu.

"I was just scaring them. How could I possibly contact someone like Hao Yang? I came here all by myself."

Xu Mu took a bite and found that it had a meat filling, which was pretty good.

Hearing this, Fu Jinyu was deeply moved.

[Affection +15]

She had never met her mother and grew up with her father.

The man in front of her was the second person, other than her father, to treat her so well.

Fu Jinyu clenched her fists tightly and punched Xu Mu's arm, but when it landed on his arm, the force was noticeably much lighter.

"Are you stupid? You dared to come here all by yourself?"

Fu Jinyu tried her best to stay calm. As a dignified Empress, she wouldn't shed tears of emotion for a man. "By the way, how did you know I was here?"

Xu Mu explained, "It was Hongyu who called and informed me."

"I completely forgot about Hongyu!"

Fu Jinyu stood up with a start and quickly ran into the distance.

This time, Hongyu had been severely injured by Fu Cheng for her sake, and her life was still uncertain.

She actually had the leisure to sit here eating buns with Xu Mu; she felt so sorry for her.

Xu Mu also followed her over.

"Hongyu, are you okay?"

Fu Jinyu quickly turned her head. "Xu Mu, don't you know medicine? Please save her."

"It's all just superficial wounds, nothing much to treat."

Xu Mu took out two healing pills from his pocket. "Take one first, and take another one after an hour. After that, just rest quietly to recover."

"Xu Mu, thank you... for saving the Empress."

Hongyu couldn't even lift her eyelids at this moment.

"No need to thank me, she is my Heavenly Book."

Xu Mu took another bite of the bun.

"I don't want to be your Heavenly Book!"

Fu Jinyu glared at Xu Mu, snatched the pills from his hand, and immediately squatted down to feed one to Hongyu.

Then she handed the second pill to her.

"Hongyu, rest here peacefully. I am going to quell the rebellion!"

Fu Jinyu straightened up, the domineering aura of an empress returning to her features.

"Um, I'm injured too. Before we go put down the rebellion, could I get a little motorboating to comfort me?" Xu Mu said, raising his hand.