Four-Stage Master

Xu Mu looked at Xianling Nan, who had turned and fled, and did not feel surprised.

However, the fact that an expert in the Mortal Shedding realm like Xianling Nan was too terrified to even speak was proof enough of just how powerful the black-haired middle-aged man standing above them was.

Boom!

Suddenly, a terrifying tremor echoed through the sky.

The deafening sound caused even someone with Xu Mu's level of physique to experience a second of ringing in his ears.

A white vapor cone appeared around the body of the black-haired middle-aged man standing up high.

Xu Mu's eyes widened in disbelief; this was a sign of breaking the sound barrier.

When an object exceeds the speed of sound, the air in front of it cannot disperse in time and gets compressed into a high-density wall of air.

Then, the compressed air expands behind it, causing the temperature to drop sharply, and the water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets upon hitting the cold.

That white vapor cone was formed exactly this way.

This proved one thing: the man's speed just now had exceeded the speed of sound.

That was three hundred and forty meters per second.

Xu Mu's face was full of disbelief. No wonder Xianling Nan had turned and run.

Seeing this, Nalan Shisan's face turned as pale as paper. "Realm Breaker Fourth Stage. How could there be an expert like this here?"

Fu Jinyu also had a solemn expression. She grabbed Xu Mu and asked, "Are we still going deeper?"

"Let's hide first."

Xu Mu said quickly.

He naturally knew about the Realm Breaker Fourth Stage, because in the previous plotline, he had seen Ye Chen step into the Realm Breaker Fourth Stage, officially embarking on a path of killing gods and buddhas alike if they stood in his way.

Realm Breaker First Stage: breaking gravity. The Qi released by oneself could counteract gravity, allowing one to fly.

Realm Breaker Second Stage: breaking breath. It removed the restrictions on one's breathing, allowing one to breathe through their pores even underwater.

Realm Breaker Third Stage: breaking bodily limits. The limits of the body were further enhanced, with speed, strength, and defense increasing drastically.

As for the Realm Breaker Fourth Stage, it meant breaking the sound barrier, allowing one to briefly elevate their speed to the speed of sound a few times.

However, it was still far from sustained supersonic flight.

Because at this speed, the friction between the human body and the air would generate extremely high temperatures.

Even a top-tier Fourth Stage expert could not withstand it continuously; eventually, their body would be burned, or their skin would even be torn apart.

Through his perception, Xu Mu found that the speed was indeed comparable to the speed of sound. In just the blink of an eye, the middle-aged man had already blocked Xianling Nan's path.

"Little Nan, with your strength, why come back just to die? The winner becomes king, and the loser is outlawed; the previous generation's patriarch is already dead."

This black-haired middle-aged man looked at Xianling Nan with golden eyes. "I already gave you a chance. This time, I will not let you go."

"Shao Tian, you traitor! You will die a horrible death!"

Xianling Nan knew she could not escape, her heterochromatic eyes glaring fixedly at the middle-aged man before her.

"Traitor? My loyalty to the White Stone Tribe has never changed, nor have I ever been loyal to any one specific person."

Shao Tian raised his hand and struck out a palm at Xianling Nan.

Boom!

Xianling Nan's body shook violently as a mouthful of blood spewed out, and her body flew backward.

Finally, she was entangled by the vine monsters behind her.

Xianling Nan continuously released Qi, but she could not destroy the vines at all. She quickly shouted, "Xu Mu, hurry and help!"

But as soon as she said this, she was dumbfounded. Xu Mu and the others had all disappeared.

Shao Tian also immediately turned his head, then closed his eyes to perceive his surroundings, only to find that he could not detect them at all.

"Forget it, just a few ants. They won't be able to break the formation anyway."

Shao Tian looked at Xianling Nan. "Little Nan, I won't show you mercy again this time."

As he spoke, a black hole appeared in the sky again. He grabbed Xianling Nan's arm and flew upwards.

After the two of them entered the black hole above, the hole disappeared.

As for the monsters formed by vines all around, they also dispersed.

At this time, Xu Mu, who was hiding beneath the desert, found through his perception that they had disappeared and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Beside him, Fu Jinyu and Nalan Shisan stayed close to Xu Mu, hiding within the concealment formation he had cast.

"It's a bit strange."

Xu Mu pondered, "Why didn't those monsters attack us when we hid in the sand?"

"Could it be that one can hide here?"

Nalan Shisan was also a bit confused.

"I'll give it a try first."

Xu Mu deactivated the concealment formation. Without the support of the formation, the surrounding sand all fell, burying the few of them.

However, those monsters formed by vines still did not appear.

"It seems that in this desert, you can hide underground."

Nalan Shisan slightly released her Qi to push the surrounding sand away again.

"But even if we know this, what does it matter? That man just now should have been able to see the situation here."

Fu Jinyu chimed in.

Xu Mu lowered his head in thought. That was indeed the case.

If they went out to fight those monsters, they would likely be discovered by that man from before.

But by hiding in the sand all the time, it would be even more impossible for them to leave this formation. They couldn't just keep digging tunnels until they reached the end, could they?

Just then, Xu Mu smiled. He set up the concealment formation again and told Nalan Shisan to stop releasing her Qi.

"What is it?"

Nalan Shisan asked.

"I found an acquaintance. Just follow me in a bit."

In his perception, Xu Mu saw Wu Tian.

Judging from Fu Jinyu and Xianling Nan this time, this place was nine times out of ten the location where Wu Tian obtained his fortuitous encounter.

As long as they followed him, they might be able to leave this formation.

Wu Tian and the black-robed person beside him had just stepped into this desert when the vine monsters in the distance appeared one after another.

A full several dozen monsters all charged toward them.

Seeing this, Wu Tian immediately took out a blood-red longsword.

On the blade, there were numerous golden formation runes.

"Demonic Evil Art!"

Wu Tian erupted with power, his body enveloped in black smoke.

He leaped up and attacked the monsters.

After dodging an attack, the longsword in his hand merely lightly slashed across a monster's body.

These monsters instantly collapsed on the spot, disappearing without a trace.

Xu Mu carefully observed the formation on the blade. Its grade was definitely not low; it should be capable of destroying formations.

This kind of humanoid formation monster had a high cultivation realm, was agile, and had a very delicate overall structure, like a precise instrument. Its advantages were naturally numerous.

But its flaw was also obvious. As long as they encountered a formation expert who destroyed just one of its lines, the whole thing would collapse.

As expected of the male lead. To think Wu Tian actually had a weapon capable of breaking formations in his hands.

In a short period of time, Wu Tian had taken care of all the attacking monsters.

After these monsters dissipated, the large trees in the distance separated out vines again, and another dozen or so monsters appeared before their eyes.

"Those large trees are the root of the formation. Go and give it a try."

Li Poshan said to Wu Tian.

"I was just thinking the same."

Wu Tian ran toward the large tree in the distance. After dodging an attack from one of the monsters, he slashed his sword at the tree.

Buzz!

Both the longsword in his hand and the large tree released formation lines.

"Hurry and help! I don't have enough strength!"

Wu Tian said in a low voice.

Boom!

As soon as his voice fell, the power on his body suddenly skyrocketed, breaking apart the large tree in front of him.

The tree did not shatter. Instead, an irregular hole appeared in its trunk.

Seeing this, Wu Tian immediately stepped inside.

"Let's go!"

Xu Mu grabbed Fu Jinyu and Nalan Shisan by their arms.