"I am forcing you, come at me if you have the guts!"
The flood dragon was not only unafraid, but deliberately arched its body and stuck its rear up.
This was the method taught by the elders in their clan.
The people of the Yanhuang tribe, to put it bluntly, cared a lot about appearances.
If they encountered them trying to force themselves on the women of the flood dragon clan, the most direct method was not to resist, but to transform into another state.
Most descendants of Yanhuang would then lose interest.
"Are you freaking provoking me? Do you really think I don't dare?"
Xu Mu was, of course, just acting tough with his words.
He was not like the Indians, and hadn't gone so crazy to that extent.
However, judging from the tone of this flood dragon, she shouldn't be very old.
He planned to scare her a bit more; unless absolutely necessary, he definitely wouldn't deal a killer blow.
"Then come on, I'm all ready, hurry up!"
Cang Li, this flood dragon, even swayed her tail a few times.
She was certain Xu Mu wouldn't do it because he would find it disgusting, nothing more.
It felt just like some thugs seeing a beautiful woman, harboring malicious intentions, and wanting to force themselves on her.
But at this moment, if the woman simply soiled her pants, the thugs would mostly lose interest.
"Interesting, my damn competitive spirit!"
Xu Mu grabbed the horn on top of the flood dragon's head, "BYD."
"Can't you aim for Geely instead?"
Cang Li's tone was still mocking.
"Alright! You're done for!"
Xu Mu walked quickly towards Cang Li's tail. Using his powerful strength, he directly flipped the flood dragon over.
Then, he threw a punch, and even released his hidden energy.
Bang!
"Awoo!"
Cang Li suddenly let out a miserable howl, rolling on the ground in pain.
"Didn't work? This time I'll just find a tree, skewer you on it, and then roast you over a fire!"
As Xu Mu spoke, he executed the White Emperor Holy Sword.
A full ten long swords cut down a large tree not far away. The remaining swords shaved off the branches of the tree, finally turning it into a simple log shape.
Seeing this, Cang Li's body flashed with golden light again, and finally condensed back into a golden light sphere the size of a normal person.
Crack!
The golden light shattered, and Cang Li reverted to her previous human form.
She was now kneeling on the ground, her hands still covering the place Xu Mu had just hit, and her golden eyes were somewhat red.
"Big brother, I was wrong! You win, please let me go, I won't dare do it again."
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Xu Mu sneered repeatedly. She really was a little brat, getting so scared just from a little intimidation.
He first used the Eye of God to check this woman's identity.
Name: Cang Li
Character: Ninth Princess of the Flood Dragon Clan, Female Lead of Return of the Mercenary King
Favorability: -20
Destiny Level: 8 (Max Level 10)
Seeing this, Xu Mu was stunned on the spot. Mr. Mercenary King's harem?
He was a bit surprised. If he hadn't seen this information, he would have forgotten about Lin Yang's existence.
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed he hadn't killed Lin Yang back then; he had escaped into the fog and disappeared after that.
The simplest way to confirm that a male protagonist had been dealt with was whether the power of destiny on the other party had all fallen onto himself.
For example, Fang Chu's power of destiny had been taken away by him.
But Lin Yang's had not back then.
"Good heavens, it seems I still need to be more careful. Usually, when a male protagonist disappears, they often encounter great opportunities. In the future, I still have to keep my guard up against Lin Yang, this mercenary king."
Xu Mu muttered to himself in his heart.
Then he looked at this flood dragon again. Her filial piety value towards him was -6, obviously she only submitted verbally.
However, none of this mattered to Xu Mu. His main purpose now was to figure out where this place was.
Why the flood dragon clan would be here.
"Speak! What is your name? Why are you here?"
Xu Mu pointed at Cang Li and said viciously, "I have a pretty good understanding of the flood dragon clan. If you dare to spout nonsense, even if you are in human form, I will directly skewer you into a kebab."
"You have a pretty good understanding of our flood dragon clan?"
Cang Li was half-believing and half-doubting. Their clan had always been hiding in the Inner Realm, and it had been nearly a hundred years since they came out to fight with the descendants of Yanhuang.
"That's right, let me just remind you, your surname is Cang."
Xu Mu stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes looking down disdainfully. "If you dare to lie to me, I won't kill you, but I will let you experience the sufferings of this world."
Cang Li's eyes widened. Kneeling on the ground at this moment, her face was full of disbelief.
Why did this person know her surname?
Could it be that he wasn't lying, and he really knew about the flood dragon clan?
"You... who exactly are you?"
"I am the one asking you. You answer all my questions first, and then I will answer you."
Xu Mu raised his hand and took out his black longsword. "Don't waste my time anymore."
"My name is Cang Li. As you can see, I am a flood dragon. You ask why I am here, that is because this is my home."
Cang Li knelt on the ground in a very standard posture. "Big brother, I beg you to spare my life. No matter what, it was you who broke into my home, so I attacked you."
"What do you mean your home? This is clearly a ruin, it is the Outer Realm."
Xu Mu said to Cang Li.
"No, this is the Inner Realm."
Cang Li looked up and explained.
"What?"
Xu Mu frowned, then said, "Cut the nonsense for now, take me out of this array first."
Always relying on perception to see people and hear sounds was always a bit unaccustomed.
"Okay."
Cang Li stood up nimbly from the ground. "The exit of this array is in the sky, I'll take you there now."
As she spoke, Cang Li turned into a golden light and changed into the appearance of a flood dragon.
Xu Mu thought of Tantai Quan. The other party was also a flood dragon, so he should also be able to change into this posture.
"Tong Guoguo, it's me, withdraw your cultivation method."
He sent a voice transmission to Tong Guoguo, then put Tong Guoguo back on his back and jumped onto Cang Li's back.
Cang Li flapped her wings and flew towards the high sky, flying to an altitude of about a thousand meters.
Only then did Tong Guoguo on Xu Mu's back light up her eyes. "Xu Mu, I can see... is this a flood dragon?"
"Not bad! I like the title of flood dragon."
Cang Li said with her mouth open, and then she flew to a spot in the sky.
The sky here, compared to the surroundings, was slightly darker in color.
Her entire body drilled into it.
Xu Mu looked around and found that the exit of this array didn't need to be opened through the array, but was like a cave, which could be exited by itself.
However, at an altitude of over a thousand meters, the diameter of this hole was only about five meters.
Looking from the ground, it was completely a small dot and could not be discovered at all.
Not to mention that even if it was discovered, ordinary people could not come up to this height of a thousand meters.
After the three passed through this area, they came to a primeval mountain forest again.
After arriving here, Cang Li reverted to her original form. "This is the real ruin."
Xu Mu squatted on the ground and pressed his hand on the ground. There were indeed no array fluctuations around.
"You said this is the Inner Realm?"
Xu Mu looked up at Cang Li and asked.
"That's right, however, this is just an incomplete exit."
Cang Li explained.
"You've confused me, explain it to me quickly."
The original storyline Xu Mu had read never described the Inner Realm in detail, so he wasn't entirely clear on the matter either.

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