I Still Have Room to Maneuver

Lao Jiehuan revealed a smile and turned to run toward the exit of the ruins.

“You have no honor! Shameless!”

Ji Qingge shouted at the approaching Guang Hai.

“Against enemies like you, what’s wrong with being shameless?”

Guang Hai waved his hand repeatedly in the air.

With each wave came a pillar of light.

Boom!

Boom!

Terrifying force exploded below, shattering trees and rocks into dust.

Even though the attacks didn’t hit directly, the shockwaves from the explosions blasted Ji Qingge and Chen Xuan flying.

At that moment, Xu Mu suddenly turned back and leaped into the air with his longsword.

As he jumped, he immediately activated his Spiritual Vein Armament and Demon’s Guard. He had already reached the Transcendent realm.

He genuinely wanted to see what a Breakthrough Realm third-stage cultivator could do. If he could spar with him, facing Wang Hun in the future wouldn’t leave him so helpless.

Ji Qingge ran while looking back. When she saw Xu Mu soaring into the sky, she froze.

“What are you standing there for? Run!”

Chen Xuan urged her quickly.

Ji Qingge turned to look at Chen Xuan and noticed that the shockwave had knocked off his black cloak’s hood, revealing his true face.

Only then did she realize, “That person is Xu Mu!”

“If it weren’t for Brother Mu, do you think he would have saved you?”

Chen Xuan didn’t wait for Ji Qingge—he still had a Transfer Token on him, so he needed to reach the exit first to let Xu Mu teleport in.

Hearing this, Ji Qingge’s eyes stung with emotion. That old man was a Breakthrough Realm third-stage cultivator!

Was Xu Mu throwing away his life?

Boom!

A thunderous clash erupted in the sky, sending visible ripples spreading outward in a circle high above.

The ripples slammed into a distant mountain peak, shattering it and sending countless boulders tumbling down.

Xu Mu’s figure was blasted backward, but he stabilized midair and charged at the old man again.

“Such a formidable physique! You can still fight after my full-force strike?”

Guang Hai’s face was full of shock. Even a Transcendent realm peak-level cultivator would have their bones pulverized by that attack, let alone someone who had just stepped into Transcendent.

He knew this because of the backlash damage from Demon’s Guard.

Even that counter-force alone was equivalent to a full-power strike from the first stage of the Breakthrough Realm.

Having risen step by step from the Transcendent realm himself, he understood exactly what that power meant.

Still, this opponent could keep fighting.

“No matter what, I won’t let you get away this time!”

Guang Hai spread his arms, and his body blazed with intense white light. His face was no longer visible—he had become pure radiance.

“White Stone Annihilation Arrow.”

Hummm…

Above Guang Hai’s head, a massive white bow appeared.

An arrow radiating white light materialized on the giant bow.

The arrow was ten meters long, with a diameter as thick as an adult’s arm.

Whoosh!

The sky itself changed color, the blinding white light making the heavens even brighter.

The white light flashed and vanished, moving at an unbelievable speed.

“Oh no! That’s a Heaven-grade technique of the White Stone Clan. My grandfather told me about it—it’s incredibly fast, devastatingly powerful, and has a homing effect.”

Ji Qingge’s face went pale as she watched.

Chen Xuan’s expression also darkened. He raised the back of his hand, activating the array on it. “Brother Mu, maybe you should teleport out now.”

“I still have room to maneuver,” Xu Mu’s voice transmission reached Chen Xuan’s ear.

“Don’t get in Brother Mu’s way. Let’s go!”

Chen Xuan grabbed Ji Qingge’s shoulder and sprinted into the distance.

Ji Qingge struggled violently. “Are you even a man? Xu Mu is about to die, and you’re just abandoning him?”

High above.

Xu Mu watched the incoming white light and immediately used Shift and Swap to exchange positions with Guang Hai.

Guang Hai looked at the arrow flying toward him and smiled faintly. “You know? This Heaven-grade technique consumes a tremendous amount of Qi. That’s because, in pursuit of ultimate destructive power, there are no impurities—the arrow is entirely composed of my Qi.”

Boom!

The white light passed straight through Guang Hai’s body without harming him.

After the arrow adjusted its trajectory behind him, it once again sped toward Xu Mu.

Seeing this, Xu Mu activated his Divine-grade technique, Final Spark.

The arrow was too fast—he had no way to dodge.

Pfft!

Blood-red flames erupted from his body, flowing like fresh blood.

Hummm!

A blood-red trail was left in the air, twisting and curving, even circling around Guang Hai.

What astounded Guang Hai was that all these trails appeared almost simultaneously. Just how fast was this person?

“Impossible!”

Guang Hai roared, searching for Xu Mu’s body.

Xu Mu’s speed was ghostly. The White Stone Annihilation Arrow couldn’t catch him.

Suddenly, he appeared above Guang Hai.

Despite the absolute suppression of realms, Guang Hai still spotted Xu Mu instantly.

He quickly raised his hand to block.

Crack!

Another Divine-grade technique—Shatter Mirror Sword.

Guang Hai’s golden eyes suddenly went vacant.

Swish!

Xu Mu pushed his power to the limit, wrapping his sword edge with Skyburning Sword Qi.

He slashed with all his might at Guang Hai’s neck.

At that critical moment, Guang Hai instinctively raised his arm.

Xu Mu’s sword cleaved through his arm. The searing pain jolted Guang Hai back to his senses.

His white light blazed continuously, his eyes bloodshot. He reached out with his other hand and grabbed Xu Mu’s arm tightly, his face twisted with ferocity. “I won’t let go even if I die!”

Whoosh!

The white light of the annihilation arrow turned in midair and shot toward Xu Mu at incredible speed.

Hummm!

The blood-red flames erupting from Xu Mu suddenly expanded to tens of meters, then abruptly contracted.

At the same time, a black shadow, hidden by the flames, had already hit the ground.

Xu Mu turned his head to face the incoming white light and flicked his finger. A fireball the size of a marble drifted toward the arrow.

“That move… You’re Xu Mu?”

Guang Hai’s eyes widened in shock.

The small fireball met the massive arrow, and both forces exploded simultaneously.

Xu Mu instantly teleported to the black shadow, escaping Guang Hai’s grip.

Landing on the ground, he had just grabbed Guang Hai’s severed arm when the sky above was dyed crimson.

A suffocating sphere of light expanded outward in all directions.

High above, it looked like a new sun had appeared.

Boom!

The terrifying shockwave reduced everything around it to powder.

Nearby mountain peaks were shattered into dust. Trees, rocks—everything was obliterated.

Even the barrier in the sky warped violently, as if it were about to break.

A few seconds later, the spreading ripples caught up to Chen Xuan and Ji Qingge.

Ji Qingge was being pulled along by Chen Xuan, but her eyes remained fixed on the heights above.

She couldn’t believe what she had witnessed. Even someone as fearless as herself trembled at the sight.

What had Xu Mu just done?

Having only just stepped into Transcendent, he had actually severed the arm of a Breakthrough Realm third-stage cultivator!

Every stage in the Breakthrough Realm was the equivalent of an entire major realm.

How many levels had Xu Mu crossed?

“Get down!”

Chen Xuan pulled Ji Qingge to the ground.

Whoosh!

A sudden storm swept over them, uprooting several nearby trees and burying their bodies under mounds of yellow earth and rocks.

"Let's go!"

Chen Xuan struggled out from the dirt and stones. He grabbed Ji Qingge's arm, but she didn't budge. "What's wrong with you?"

"I really... was teaching a fish how to swim."

Ji Qingge was completely humbled.