Which path do you choose

Xu Mu immediately led the two of them running down the mountain. However, through his perception, he found that the black and white figures behind them were flying at an extremely fast speed.

Their voices, mixed with Qi, spread far and wide.

"The curfew is now in effect. No one is allowed outside, otherwise, you will be destroyed."

Xu Mu suddenly looked at the hillside nearby, used the White Emperor Holy Sword to directly drill a hole, and then went inside with the two people beside him.

Although Fu Jinyu entered the cave, her eyes kept looking outside. "Xu Mu! What are you afraid of? I really want to see how strong they are."

"It's better to keep a low profile. I heard that going out will draw lightning strikes, and we don't know how powerful they are yet. What would I do if you died?"

Xu Mu looked at Fu Jinyu with a solemn expression.

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Fu Jinyu ran her hand through her smooth black hair and sat down securely on the ground.

"I haven't eaten my fierce beast yet."

"You're courting death!"

Fu Jinyu was originally feeling a bit touched, but hearing this, she immediately glared at him and kicked Xu Mu's leg.

Chen Xuan beside them asked curiously, "Brother Mu, what is a fierce beast? Does the meat taste good? I haven't eaten one yet."

"I haven't eaten much either, but overall, the meat has a slight milky aroma."

After saying that, Xu Mu handed the transfer token to Fu Jinyu. "I'll first see if my formation can avoid these lightning strikes."

Fu Jinyu frowned. "Be careful."

"Don't worry."

Holding the token, Xu Mu activated his formation and walked toward the outside of the cave.

He went to a high vantage point and looked down at the land below. The people there had all stopped attacking and hid themselves one after another.

Obviously, everyone here knew the power of the curfew and was unwilling to fight it.

Xu Mu felt a bit helpless. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to verify how strong the lightning strikes were. He couldn't just use his own body, right?

Just as Xu Mu was about to return, he suddenly felt a burst of golden light in the distance.

"Holy crap? Ye Chen came in too?"

Xu Mu stared at the figure in the distance, who wasn't far from here.

"Bestow Dragon Scales!"

Golden scales appeared on the surface of Ye Chen's body.

Crack!

At that moment, a bolt of lightning descended from the black-robed figure in the sky.

Instantly, Ye Chen's body was sent flying, and the scale defense on him exploded on the spot.

Ye Chen immediately ducked into a cave entrance and hid.

Xu Mu couldn't help but laugh. This Dragon King still had some brains; knowing he was no match, he hid immediately.

However, thanks to him, Xu Mu roughly knew the power of the lightning strikes. It was better not to take them head-on.

He deactivated the formation on his body, and the black and white figures floating in the sky immediately flew toward Xu Mu.

Seeing this, Xu Mu quickly covered himself with the formation again, and the two figures in the distance halted in mid-air.

Xu Mu nodded to himself. It seemed that the method of finding people in this layer of the formation was all the same.

Since he now had the ability to go to the palace deep inside, Xu Mu planned to head there first.

He immediately returned to the cave and told Chen Xuan and Fu Jinyu about his discovery.

Before Xu Mu and the others had time to act, he saw through his perception several people walking briskly up the mountain.

Looking closely, it was Wu Cang, Xia Chuan, and the others.

And the one casting the concealment formation was Zhong Shuizhou from the Star-Locking Tower.

Xu Mu frowned in thought. Did they know the way to the depths?

Thinking of this, Xu Mu took out a black hood from his storage space. He put it on his head first, revealing only his eyes.

Chen Xuan also put one on his head and adjusted it.

Fu Jinyu waved her hand dismissively. "I'm not wearing something like that."

"That's true, you have quite the background."

Xu Mu's eyes casually swept across Fu Jinyu's chest.

"I'll give you a chance to rephrase that. What did you say?"

Fu Jinyu asked coldly.

"I meant it literally. The Heavenly Demon Tribe's techniques are too conspicuous, and with your cultivation level, others will immediately know it's you."

Xu Mu said with a smile, "Let's follow them."

Although Fu Jinyu didn't wear the hood, she pulled up the hood of her black robe.

The two stuck close to Xu Mu. Xu Mu enveloped them with the concealment formation and walked out of the cave.

They returned to the top of the peak. Chen Xuan pointed into the distance and said, "Brother Mu, look! Others know this method too."

"Then we'll follow them secretly."

As Xu Mu spoke, several more lightning strikes echoed in the distance.

...

Ye Chen walked leisurely outside and finally arrived in front of a relatively large cave.

Here, he saw Li Chenshuang. Besides her, there were several other members of the Jiuli Tribe hiding here.

"Who are you?"

One of the silver-haired elders stared at Ye Chen and questioned him.

Li Chenshuang raised her hand, signaling him to shut up.

"During curfew, instead of hiding in a cave, what are you doing here? You were the one struck by lightning just now, weren't you?"

"I had to test its power."

Ye Chen said with a calm expression, "Just now, I saw a group of people swaggering towards the depths. It was the leader of the Seventh Tribe you mentioned earlier."

"What?"

Li Chenshuang's body trembled, and the massive assets on her chest seemed to ripple like waves. "Why didn't the heavenly lightning attack them?"

"If I had to guess, the two flying in the sky aren't humans at all, but creations of a formation."

Ye Chen explained, "They cast a concealment formation just now. Even though they were standing right there, the two in the sky couldn't detect them."

Li Chenshuang and the several Jiuli Tribe experts beside her looked at each other in dismay.

This man had just come in, yet he was able to deduce so much.

"Do you also know concealment formations?"

Li Chenshuang asked indifferently.

"I don't, but by a stroke of luck, I found this necklace in a ruin."

Ye Chen took out a necklace with a bronze disc pendant. "As long as I inject Qi into it, this treasure will project a concealment formation."

As he spoke, Ye Chen deliberately walked outside the cave entrance, and the lightning in the sky never fell.

Seeing this, joy appeared on Li Chenshuang's face, but she quickly restrained her smile. "Why did you come out of your way to tell me this?"

"I want to go into the depths with you. We can look out for each other."

Ye Chen stated his reason.

"I recall you had a companion. Why aren't you going with him?"

"My companion is too weak. The formations here are clearly extraordinary, and the risk of his death is too high. But as a leader, you are much stronger."

Ye Chen said unhurriedly.

"Alright, I'll go with you!"

Li Chenshuang couldn't wait any longer.

Since Wu Cang and the others had already taken a step ahead, all she needed to do now was to catch up immediately.

She knew very well that with the Black and White Twin Fiends guarding during the day, it was impossible to get in.

To get in, they could only take advantage of the night. Her tribe members hadn't found a way to deal with it, but she didn't expect it to be this simple.

...

Xu Mu and the others didn't deliberately hide; instead, they sped up to catch up with Wu Cang's group.

Wu Cang clearly knew the secrets of the formations here.

Before arriving at the palace gates, Wu Cang turned his head to look at Xu Mu. "It's you guys again. I didn't expect someone among you to know formations as well."

"Not much, just a little bit."

Xu Mu continued using a slightly aged voice.

"Hmph!"

Wu Cang scoffed coldly and immediately stepped into the palace with the few people beside him.

Xu Mu glanced around and quickly followed close behind.

The moment they stepped inside, the world before their eyes transformed once more.

They weren't inside a palace at all; instead, they found themselves standing at the edge of a cliff.

Ahead of them hung five suspension bridges, each leading to a different cave at its end.

Wu Cang looked at Xu Mu and the others. "If we look at this like a video game, everything before was just a warm-up. This is the true second level. Which path are you taking?"