Xu Mu, Did You Take Qing Ge In

Ji Qingge had just faced Guang Hai. She was knocked away with a single strike, and then severely wounded and captured with a second one.

But in her eyes, Xu Mu was practically inhuman. Even though his cultivation level was the same as hers, their fighting abilities were completely different.

He could actually cut off Guang Hai's arm—something she wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Before encountering Xu Mu, her understanding was that if she met a first-level Boundary Breaker, escaping with her life was already a stroke of luck.

But after seeing Xu Mu in action, she finally understood the vast gap between them.

Just as Ji Qingge got up, ready to continue fleeing with Chen Xuan, Xu Mu's figure suddenly appeared beside Chen Xuan.

"Brother Mu! Are you okay?"

Chen Xuan looked at Xu Mu, who was covered in dust and grime, his illusion array having also been dispelled. There was some dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

"I got hit by the blast from earlier. My head's still ringing."

Xu Mu could have directly teleported to Chen Xuan's side to avoid the damage.

But he couldn't let go of the arm that the enemy had lost. When it fell, he clearly saw the spatial ring on it.

A Boundary Breaker's spatial ring at level three must contain some treasures.

"Xu Mu! You're incredible. I admit defeat."

Ji Qingge showed Xu Mu an apologetic look, then said gratefully, "Thanks for saving me this time."

"It was only right. In the face of foreign races, we're on the same side."

Xu Mu immediately headed back toward the meeting point. "How did you get in here?"

"To keep others from stealing my credit, I separated from them. Later, I found a cave with many strange beasts pouring out of it, so I went to investigate and discovered the Boundary Fire there."

Ji Qingge explained. "There was an old man guarding the Boundary Fire—he was a level-one Boundary Breaker. We exchanged a few moves. He sealed off my escape route, so I had to flee this way."

"And then you got caught by that old man earlier?"

Xu Mu asked.

"Yeah. To be honest, I wasn't that badly off when I fought the level-one Boundary Breaker. But when that old man showed up, he took me down instantly."

Ji Qingge sighed helplessly. "Now I realize just how big the gap is between you and me."

Xu Mu glanced at Ji Qingge. After all, she was the main female character, so there was no need for him to sour their relationship.

So he deliberately said, "To be honest, I really admire you. Facing death like that, and you weren't scared at all."

[Affection Points +5]

When Ji Qingge heard this, a smile appeared on her face. "Of course! How could I surrender to foreign races? If that news got out, I might as well be dead."

While they were talking, Xu Mu and the others had already returned to the site of the previous cave.

But the cave was now completely destroyed. The surrounding light shone clearly on every area.

When they got closer, Xu Mu didn't find the old man from earlier.

So he took out the Boundary Fire and placed it at the intersection of the inner and outer domains. "Let's go quickly!"

Chen Xuan and Ji Qingge went through first. Xu Mu followed closely behind. Once they were on the other side, he quickly took back the Boundary Fire.

Back outside, Ji Qingge let out a long breath.

"Brother Mu, what should we do next?"

Chen Xuan asked from the side.

"I plan to go back first. I'll tell the senior cleaners outside about what we discovered."

Xu Mu said to Chen Xuan.

"I won't go out. I want to stay here and train by fighting enemies. I barely fought at all this time."

Chen Xuan smiled and raised his woodcutter's knife.

"Alright, then stay here. Once I've reported the information, I'll come back to find you."

Xu Mu definitely needed to go out and rest. In those brief seconds of battle earlier, he had almost depleted all his own inner energy.

There was no helping it. The power of a level-three Boundary Breaker was just too strong for him to handle.

Let alone facing a Soul King.

The Soul King was a genius by birth, certainly much stronger than Guang Hai.

Level-three Boundary Breakers were indeed a different beast. Even facing his divine-level technique, they only lost focus for a moment.

Of course, mainly it was because Xu Mu's own power was too weak to fully unleash his abilities.

Still, he remained fearless. Since he was in a life-or-death moment, he wouldn't hold back on using his inner energy.

Besides the half of his inner energy that was fire-element, he also had water-element inner energy.

If that was exhausted too, he still had the power of destiny.

But of course, he wouldn't reveal all his trump cards. What if something unexpected happened?

Like more powerful experts from the White Stone Clan showing up.

Xu Mu and Ji Qingge left the ruins safely and returned to the outside world.

When the mid-level cleaner on guard duty saw the injured person, he immediately called for medical staff to assist.

Xu Mu said to them with a smile, "I'm fine. Help treat her."

As he spoke, Xu Mu walked over to a tent.

The senior cleaner Zhao Qian was sitting with another senior cleaner, chatting.

"Xu Mu, you're back?"

Zhao Qian greeted him with a smile. He looked at the dust-covered Xu Mu and said lightly, "Your trip inside this time must have been more exciting than exploring ordinary ruins, right?"

"Senior, I made it into the inner domain this time."

Xu Mu took off the belt and placed it on the table. "I've figured out the purpose of the Baishi clan across from us."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, another bald old man's expression immediately turned grave. "Xu Mu, what did you find out?"

Xu Mu looked at this senior cleaner and said with a smile, "It's all in the belt."

"Pengyan, bring over the laptop."

Zhao Qian said to the old man beside him.

Wang Pengyan stood up and took out a laptop. Old men like them weren't very adept at operating computers, but they did know how to watch videos.

He entered the serial number on Xu Mu's belt, and the recorded video appeared on the computer screen.

"Skip straight to the end."

Xu Mu had already turned off the device on his waist before his battle with that third-stage Transcendent.

The reason Luanwu Fengkui had garnered so much attention was because he was too flashy, which led to him being targeted by foreign races.

So this time, Xu Mu chose to lay low.

Zhao Qian dragged the video to the very end, then slowly scrolled back until he finally saw Xu Mu interrogating Laojie Huan.

The two listened to their conversation, their expressions growing darker by the minute.

"I see! Damn bastards! To preserve peace for their own race, they sent these people to cause chaos on our side!"

Wang Pengyan's face was livid. "If only we could go over there, I'd annihilate them!"

Hearing this, Xu Mu asked curiously, "Senior, you can't go over there?"

"Of course we can go, but there's an unwritten rule between our outer realm and the inner realm: any fighter above the third stage of Transcendent is not allowed to cross over to the other side to fight. Otherwise, everything would fall into chaos," Zhao Qian explained. "It's just like nuclear weapons in our modern world—if any country dares to use them first, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Xu Mu nodded to himself. "In other words, no third-stage or higher Transcendent from the inner realm can come to our outer realm to fight, and the same goes for our side."

"Exactly."

As Zhao Qian was speaking, his phone suddenly vibrated several times in quick succession.

He took it out and glanced at it, then threw his head back with a loud laugh. "Xu Mu, you're something else—you've actually won over Qingge? Looks like that girl is finally married off."