Empress Sister, I Think I'm Done For

Ye Chen's heart was already surging with monstrous waves. The move he was currently using was his absolute strongest state.

After executing this technique, every stat in his body would be enhanced.

His defense was several times higher than normal, and his recovery rate also increased several times over.

Furthermore, his attack power, speed, and even his spiritual power would be greatly boosted.

The only drawback was that it couldn't last very long and consumed a massive amount of Qi.

Of course, if one's appearance could be considered a drawback, then this move had two.

Ye Chen couldn't believe it. After using this move, let alone a Grandmaster at the Great Circle of Perfection, he would even have the power to fight against someone in the Mortal Shedding Realm.

Yet Xu Mu, who was right in front of him, was clearly only at the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm, exactly the same realm as himself.

His strength was actually greater than his own.

"Impossible! Impossible! I don't believe it!"

Ye Chen let out a low roar.

[Destiny Power -30]

He possessed extremely strong self-confidence. Ever since he obtained this cultivation method, he had never suffered a loss.

It had always been him killing enemies above his level. As for those at the same level, they simply couldn't catch his eye.

But today, someone at the exact same realm as him had actually beaten him back.

Ye Chen refused to believe everything unfolding before his eyes.

Bang!

Suddenly, Ye Chen's fist stung again. He understood this move; it was the damage reflection from the Demonic Protection on Xu Mu's body.

"Xu Mu, you seem to really enjoy trampling on my dignity. Then today, I will make you pay the price in blood!"

Ye Chen's eyes nearly split open in rage as the golden light on his body continuously surged outward.

He attacked Xu Mu madly, his speed so fast that afterimages appeared.

Xu Mu laughed loudly, "Ye Chen, whoever chickens out today is a cowardly turtle!"

He put his black longsword into his spatial storage and wrapped his body in the Heaven-Burning Qi.

Boom boom boom...

The two sides continuously clashed, every punch landing on flesh, causing the surrounding ground to collapse in succession.

Xu Mu had to admit that Ye Chen's attacks were indeed formidable. At the same level, he had actually shattered his Demonic Protection.

It even caused his body to feel a pain similar to a masseur applying medium pressure.

However, the injuries Ye Chen sustained were far greater than Xu Mu's.

His golden scales were continuously destroyed, and his body was covered in massive bruises and blood.

As for his face, the blood flowing from his nose and mouth had already dyed his entire chin red.

Boom!

Xu Mu threw another punch, directly sending Ye Chen flying.

His body became embedded in the distant stone wall.

Xu Mu gently shook his wrist. "Ye Chen, there is no outside interference this time. It's just the two of us fighting head-on. I didn't expect you to be so weak."

As he spoke, Xu Mu walked toward Ye Chen. "Acting tough in front of me, do you even have the strength for it?"

[Destiny Power -100]

Ye Chen's proud dignity was finally torn to shreds by Xu Mu at this moment.

Facing his peers, he had never felt fear. Even if the opponent's strength was far superior to his own, Ye Chen could still fight to the death and take them down.

In his life, from the beginning until now, the word "retreat" did not exist.

As for seniors whose strength was vastly superior to his, Ye Chen would choose to temporarily run away.

He had a reason for that, which was that the opponent's age was often several times his own.

Given time, he would definitely be able to win back his honor.

But facing Xu Mu right now, he could find no such excuse.

Even though he was unwilling to admit it in his heart, the facts were right in front of him.

At present, he was inferior to Xu Mu!

He couldn't maintain this state for much longer. If he continued fighting Xu Mu, his Qi would be completely depleted.

When that happened, it would surely be his time to die.

"Dragon Wings!"

Ye Chen suddenly flew toward the high cave entrance.

He had decided to flee!

"Ye Chen! Are you going to be a cowardly turtle? You're afraid of me, aren't you?"

While mocking him, Xu Mu executed the Cloud Step.

In mid-air, he quickly used Phantom Shift, wanting to swap places with Ye Chen.

But he was still a step too late. When Ye Chen's body passed through the high cave entrance, his aura completely disappeared.

Xu Mu's perception could no longer track him. "Another array."

He hesitated for a moment, then immediately dropped back down. His primary goal right now was to take away the spirit stones here first.

Taking out the spatial rings he had obtained from Ye Chen, Xu Mu filled all dozen or so rings as quickly as possible.

There were still some left, which he stuffed into his own storage space until all the spirit stones in front of him were cleared out.

The spirit stones he obtained from the lottery draws before were only a few kilograms, but the spirit stones this time felt like they weighed several tons.

After taking everything, Xu Mu immediately chased after him through the high cave entrance.

Ye Chen's Destiny Power was still very high, and he was counting on the guy to find some more treasures.

Passing through the high cave entrance, Xu Mu appeared in a mountain forest.

Through his perception, he instantly noticed Ye Chen in the distance and quickly gave chase.

Meanwhile.

Fu Jinyu and Li Chenshuang stepped into this cave almost at the same time.

The two looked at each other in dismay, then hurried toward the inside of the cave together.

Compared to Li Chenshuang, Fu Jinyu had quite a few wounds on her body, dyeing the clothes she wore red.

Obviously, the battle just now had not been easy for her.

But Li Chenshuang was at the Great Circle of the Mortal Shedding Realm, just one step away from entering the Realm-Breaking stage.

Facing a powerful corpse controlled by bugs gave her a slight amount of pressure, but it wasn't to the point where she couldn't win.

After arriving here, they saw the surrounding scene.

Fu Jinyu stepped forward quickly and touched the overturned clods of earth on the ground. "This just happened. It's not a trace from a previous battle."

"Someone came in first. Who could it be? Wu Cang?"

Li Chenshuang looked up at the high cave entrance and quickly flew up.

Fu Jinyu, on the other hand, turned her head to look back at the path they came from. Facing an expert of that level, she didn't know if Xu Mu could survive.

However, waiting here wasn't a solution either, so she also followed and jumped out.

...

On the other side, Xu Mu was getting closer and closer to Ye Chen.

Suddenly, his perception detected something in front of Ye Chen.

In the space two meters above the ground, a crystal ball the size of a ping-pong ball was floating.

A small flame was burning inside the crystal ball.

At this moment, the air around the crystal ball was slightly distorted.

"That is..."

Xu Mu immediately thought of the last time in the Inner World, when Xie Wangwei, a member of Redemption, handed a crystal ball to the boss of Redemption. It seemed to be exactly this thing.

He instantly erupted his speed to the limit and roared, "Ye Chen! Die!"

Ye Chen noticed Xu Mu chasing after him and immediately sped up.

Just after Xu Mu shouted, a black-robed man appeared on the other side in the distance.

He was also running toward the crystal ball.

Seeing that he wouldn't make it in time, Xu Mu immediately executed the Phantom Kill.

Swish!

The black shadow's speed instantly caught up with Ye Chen, arriving at the crystal ball's location.

The next moment, Xu Mu appeared within it, a fraction of a second earlier than the black-robed man opposite him.

He grasped the crystal ball in his hand, and just as he put it into his storage space, he found that the surrounding air suddenly compressed.

Xu Mu had never heard of this terrifying power before; it almost crushed his body flat.

Boom!

The black-robed man opposite him and Xu Mu were instantly blasted away by the air, one after the other.

The black-robed man spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, and his outstretched arm was twisted into a pretzel.

As for Xu Mu, he was also sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a distant rock.

The stone shattered. Blood spilled from Xu Mu's mouth, and his arm was bent backward at an unnatural angle.

Seeing this, Ye Chen was overjoyed. He was just about to move in and finish Xu Mu off when he heard a voice calling out from the distance.

"Xu Mu, are you okay?"

It turned out that Fu Jinyu had arrived.

"Damn it!"

Ye Chen cursed under his breath and quickly fled the scene.

Meanwhile, Fu Jinyu rushed to Xu Mu's side. Seeing the blood in his mouth and his mangled arm, she crouched down in a panic.

"Xu Mu! What happened to you?"

She and Xu Mu had been through their fair share of dangers together, but this was the first time she had ever seen him so severely injured.

"Sister Empress, I don't think I'm going to make it. Can I rest my head on your lap?"

Xu Mu said weakly. "That way, if I look down, I'll have you, and if I look up, I'll see the afterlife."