Brother, knowing you is my blessing.

"Senior, you misunderstood. I'm not here to beg for mercy."

Xu Mu smiled and shrugged at Xia Chuan.

At this moment, a white-haired elder standing beside Xia Chuan swept his sharp gaze over Xu Mu and his companions.

He sneered, "Do you think offering four women can compensate for my grandson's life? In your dreams!"

"Gentlemen, could you let me finish speaking?"

Xu Mu looked around but didn't see Xia Sihan. "First of all, it wasn't just your grandson's life; I also conveniently killed a few elders. Secondly, we aren't here to beg for mercy. We are here to wipe you out!"

"What arrogance! I'll kill you!"

Peng Wanshan's face darkened as his power erupted.

However, Xia Chuan reached out and stopped Peng Wanshan.

He looked at Xu Mu and asked, "Why did you kill our people?"

"It's simple. Peng Huihuang provoked my sister, so I beat him up. Afterward, he called the elders of the Demon Sword Sect to my house to kill me, so I killed them instead."

Xu Mu looked at Xia Chuan, "But I thought about it carefully. Your Demon Sword Sect might send more people later. To save myself the trouble, I came here personally."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan's face instantly turned gloomy. "First Elder, I remember the Second Elder left with a few people yesterday afternoon. That must have been under your orders, right?"

"It has nothing to do with me. Perhaps Huihuang contacted the Second Elder on his own."

Peng Wanshan explained with a calm expression.

Xia Chuan's face gradually darkened upon hearing this. "You killed the Second Elder?"

"I don't know anything about a Second Elder. In front of my Righteous Turning Evil Sect, they are all just ants."

Xu Mu revealed a disdainful smile. "Today, I will give you a choice. First, for Xia Sihan's sake, as long as you don't cause me any trouble, I will let you go. Second, you die."

"You know my daughter?"

Xia Chuan asked, frowning.

"That's right. Mainly, I have a good relationship with Chen Xuan. Choose. Actually, I prefer the latter."

Xu Mu looked at Xia Chuan. "After all, the latter only requires me to kill you and the First Elder."

"I'm really being looked down upon."

Xia Chuan touched the ring on his finger, and a giant sword, roughly the same height as him, appeared before him.

The giant sword was about twenty centimeters wide and nearly 1.8 meters long, completely pitch-black.

Seeing this, Peng Wanshan sneered repeatedly and drew his own longsword. "I will chop you into mincemeat to appease my grandson's spirit in heaven."

"Looks like we're fighting."

Xu Mu said calmly, "Two senior sisters, I'll leave them to you."

Tong Guoguo rolled her wrists and walked toward Xia Chuan.

Seeing the woman approaching, Xia Chuan leaped into the air, gripping his giant sword with both hands, and attacked Tong Guoguo.

Seeing this, Tong Guoguo immediately executed a Heaven-rank cultivation technique. However, she didn't use her full strength; she only covered her arm in transparent crystal.

Boom!

With a loud crash, Tong Guoguo's feet sank entirely into the ground, yet her body stood perfectly straight. With just one arm, she blocked Xia Chuan's giant sword.

Seeing this, everyone present was shocked.

They initially thought these youngsters were just extremely arrogant, but seeing this, they realized they had true capabilities.

Xia Chuan's expression became incredibly solemn.

A flurry of thoughts crossed his mind. Just now, he heard this man say that he was also from a sect.

Yet he called these two women his senior sisters.

If the senior sisters had this level of combat power, what about the master above them?

Furthermore, this person was well-acquainted with Chen Xuan. If his master and Chen Xuan's master were on the same level...

Then their Demon Sword Sect would be completely doomed.

Peng Wanshan held his longsword behind his back and continuously waved his left hand toward Song Nuanyang.

Swish, swish, swish...

A full seven or eight phantom swords shot toward Song Nuanyang.

Pink flames flickered in Song Nuanyang's eyes. She quickly began to run, her figure constantly flashing around.

She easily dodged the phantom swords.

Swish!

Song Nuanyang's figure flashed behind Peng Wanshan. She raised her hand and placed it gently on his back.

"Raging Fire Body Burning!"

Whoosh!

As soon as she spoke, pink flames instantly engulfed Peng Wanshan's body.

"Ah!"

Enduring the agonizing pain, Peng Wanshan swung his longsword and abruptly turned around.

Song Nuanyang didn't move an inch, but a pink fireball appeared out of thin air at her waist.

Clang!

Peng Wanshan's longsword slashed against the fireball but couldn't penetrate any deeper. Instead, his blade was scorched red.

At this moment, the pink flames on his body were still raging.

"Damn it!"

Peng Wanshan opened his mouth, smoke billowing out from within. Finally, with a thud, he collapsed to the ground.

His body was charred black, twitching on the floor.

Song Nuanyang looked at Xu Mu, and black text appeared above her head.

[Affection +20]

The Peng Wanshan before her had the same strength she used to have: the peak of the Grandmaster realm.

If it had been before, fighting this person would absolutely not have resulted in such an easy victory.

But now, with Xu Mu's help, she had successfully entered the Mortal Shedding realm, practically instantly killing her opponent.

Seeing this, the other people around were all terrified, fear evident on their faces.

Originally, they had planned to step up and help, snagging an assist in hopes of a reward.

But seeing the First Elder instantly killed, why the hell would they step up? Wouldn't that just be courting death?

Xu Mu watched all this with a calm expression; it hadn't exceeded his expectations.

With his current combat power, if he couldn't even deal with a second-rate sect, how could he deal with the Immortality Research Institute?

In the distance, Xia Chuan saw this and forced Tong Guoguo back with a swing of his sword. He took the opportunity to land beside Peng Wanshan.

He crouched down and placed his fingers near Peng Wanshan's neck, still able to feel a pulse.

"We're done fighting."

Xia Chuan immediately said, "I know Peng Huihuang very well. If he provoked you, he brought this upon himself."

"I didn't expect you to be a man who understands the times. I'm quite surprised."

Xu Mu originally hadn't planned to kill them all anyway.

Xia Chuan wasn't afraid of the few people in front of him; he was afraid of the master behind them.

Just from those two brief exchanges, he knew he couldn't wipe these people out.

If any of them escaped and told their master what happened here, the Demon Sword Sect would be eternally doomed.

Currently, he had already reached a cooperation agreement with an expert, and it was the perfect time to improve his strength. There was no need to fight to the death with a sect like this.

It wouldn't be too late to seek revenge in the future when he was stronger.

"Our Second Elder is already dead. The First Elder cannot die too."

Xia Chuan said to Xu Mu, "We will not seek revenge against you anymore."

"Alright, for Xia Sihan's sake, I'll let bygones be bygones."

Xu Mu nodded gently, turned around, and led the group away.

"What is your name?"

Xia Chuan asked from behind.

"Xu Mu."

He wasn't lying.

After the group left the sect, Dai Xingluo excitedly hugged Xu Mu's arm.

[Affection +10]

"Brother, knowing you is truly my blessing."

Dai Xingluo never dared to dream that going to the Demon Sword Sect and exchanging just a few blows would scare the sect master into surrendering directly.

"Keep a low profile..."

Xu Mu was speaking when he suddenly raised his left hand.

"Brother Mu, what's wrong?"

Meng Wanyue asked from the side.

"It seems a Gu cultivator is heading this way."

Xu Mu extended his senses but did not detect anyone else around.

However, the Spirit-Devouring Holy Gu within his body had already sensed its own kind.

"The Jiuli tribe?"

Song Nuanyang's expression darkened. "Is the Demon Sword Sect colluding with the Jiuli tribe?"

"It seems we won't be able to leave just yet," Xu Mu said in a deep voice.