Xu Mu took out his phone, patted Tong Guoguo's face, and said in a broadcaster's tone, "I don't want to do this, but saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I'm forced to do this."
After speaking, Xu Mu began to work. By now, he had already become a skilled worker at this.
Suddenly, he furrowed his brows. Surprisingly, there was nothing.
Not only that, the surface was incredibly smooth, not at all like human skin. This was very wrong.
But since he chose to save her, Xu Mu would naturally see it through to the end.
Recording the entire rescue process, Xu Mu immediately took out a dagger and poked Tong Guoguo's arm.
He found that even without using any power, her natural defense was astonishing.
This was different from Xu Mu.
Although Xu Mu's physique came from system buffs, the strong muscle lines on his body could be clearly seen.
But this woman was different. Her body was very soft; it was clearly fat.
However, logically speaking, with such a physique, her body shouldn't have that much fat.
Moreover, her body was very slender.
Therefore, Xu Mu used some force and sliced off a small piece of flesh from Tong Guoguo's arm.
It was only about half the size of a pinky fingernail. He took a red plastic bag from his storage space and put it inside along with the dagger.
Just then, Tong Guoguo groggily opened her eyes. Upon seeing Xu Mu in front of her, she immediately reacted.
She prepared to get up and retreat, but fell to the ground, tripped by her pulled-down pants.
"You..."
Tong Guoguo pointed at Xu Mu, her face filled with rage. "I'll kill you!"
Boom!
Scattered flames instantly engulfed all the surrounding buildings.
Xu Mu immediately cast Demonic Guardian and leaped out of the firelight.
Bang!
With a loud noise, Tong Guoguo emerged from the flames. She had already adjusted her clothes.
Her red hair danced along with the flames.
On her face right now, nothing could be seen except murderous intent.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Tong Guoguo's expression was calm. "We won't stop until one of us is dead!"
"You dare to disobey Mr. Soul's orders? Didn't he tell you to capture me alive?"
Xu Mu smiled and shrugged.
"I'll kill you! Then I'll kill myself. I am Mr. Soul's greatest masterpiece, but now I've been defiled by you. I have no face left to see him."
Tong Guoguo walked step by step toward Xu Mu.
Xu Mu immediately took out his phone and opened the video he just recorded. "If you dare touch a single hair on my head, I'll send this video out and let your Mr. Soul enjoy it."
"It doesn't matter. I'm going to die anyway."
Tong Guoguo's eyes at this moment were like those of a dead person.
Xu Mu cursed inwardly. Why was this woman different from what he had expected?
Logically speaking, what they should care about the most is their reputation.
"Tong Guoguo, I know you. Since things have come to this, I won't lie to you anymore. You are my childhood sweetheart, and you were taken away by Mr. Soul."
Xu Mu continued to spout nonsense. "Otherwise, why do you think I didn't kill you when I had such a good opportunity just now?"
Hearing this, Tong Guoguo shook her head slightly. "Still full of lies at death's door. Do you think I don't have childhood memories? It was Mr. Soul who gave me everything!"
"Tong Guoguo..."
"I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore! Didn't you ask me before if I was a body cultivator? I'll tell you now, I am!"
As soon as Tong Guoguo finished speaking, the scattered flames around her body turned into a tornado, swirling around her.
As the flames slowly dissipated, armor resembling pale red crystal appeared on the surface of Tong Guoguo's body.
Including her head, it was all the same.
"Flame Crystal."
Tong Guoguo continued to walk toward Xu Mu. "I can let you die understanding this: this is a Heaven-rank cultivation technique, and it's a Heaven-rank defensive technique."
Whoosh!
As soon as her words fell, Tong Guoguo appeared in front of Xu Mu.
Boom!
Her fist swung toward Xu Mu. He quickly dodged and drew his black longsword.
He slashed at Tong Guoguo's neck.
But she didn't dodge at all, continuing her attack on Xu Mu.
Whoosh!
Flames suddenly ignited on Xu Mu's longsword; this was the Heaven-Burning Sword Qi.
Crack!
The blade, mixed with black flames, struck the armor. The crystal-like armor flickered with fiery ripples.
The attack clearly targeted her, but the impact scattered into the surroundings, shattering the nearby buildings.
Tong Guoguo was completely unharmed.
Boom!
At the same time Xu Mu attacked, Tong Guoguo's fist landed on his chest.
Xu Mu felt a massive shock go through his body, and he flew backward, crashing through three walls in succession before landing on the grass outside the building.
"Holy shit... cough, cough!"
Xu Mu suddenly felt the wind knocked out of him. He lifted his shirt to check his body and found three fingernail-sized bruises on his chest.
His eyes grew solemn; things were looking bad.
This woman's physique was already incredibly tough, and now she had added a Heaven-rank defensive technique.
Coupled with her cultivation realm, which allowed the technique to be utilized to its maximum potential.
It could be said that Xu Mu, who was merely at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster realm, couldn't cause her any harm at all.
Boom!
The air exploded once again. Tong Guoguo rushed in front of Xu Mu again like a jet plane.
Xu Mu took a step back and executed a Divine-rank technique.
Crack!
The sound of shattering glass echoed around Tong Guoguo's body.
She completely froze in place.
"Your legs are gone, why are you still standing?"
Xu Mu suddenly said.
Tong Guoguo looked down and found that both her lower legs were broken. She uncontrollably sat on the ground.
However, her expression remained calm, and she didn't let out a single wail.
Xu Mu took the opportunity to flash behind her and attacked the back of her neck.
Several consecutive sword strikes sent Tong Guoguo flying. She rolled on the ground for dozens of meters but remained completely unharmed.
Tong Guoguo checked her legs again and found they had reappeared.
She stood up from the ground once more. "I didn't expect you to have a mental-type technique. You should know that this kind of trick only works once!"
Whoosh!
Tong Guoguo charged at Xu Mu again.
"Damn it! How the hell am I supposed to fight this?"
Xu Mu reached into his pocket.
Buzz!
His figure disappeared from the spot.
Tong Guoguo stopped immediately. The power she had erupted caused the ground to cave in wildly.
She frowned. "A teleportation array? He should still be inside the ruins."
...
Chen Xuan was breaking through the wall of a building. There were many wooden boxes here; it looked like a warehouse.
Suddenly, array patterns appeared on the token in his pocket.
The next moment, Xu Mu appeared there.
"Brother Mu, why are you here? It seems that woman is really strong."
Chen Xuan said with a smile.
"It's not a matter of being strong or not; she's completely invulnerable."
Xu Mu felt a bit helpless. It was his first time encountering someone like this.
She naturally had high defense, possessed a Heaven-rank defensive technique, and was a whole major realm ahead of him.
However, it wouldn't be that easy for Tong Guoguo to kill Xu Mu either.
"Now we can only wait for that senior to come over."
Chen Xuan also shook his head slightly. If Xu Mu wasn't her match, he felt he would fare even worse.
"By the way, did you find any treasures?"
Xu Mu suddenly asked, since the medicine worked, didn't that mean Tong Guoguo could be dealt with?

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