What illusion makes you think I’m weak

Chi Ting’s heart shuddered. He raised his hand swiftly, and a cloud of red flame drifted from his palm.

A white light slammed into Chi Ting’s palm, and the terrifying force caused the ground all around to collapse.

Chi Ting’s body shot backward, then hovered in midair.

“Impossible! Why won’t the Parasitic Larvae obey?”

Chi Ting’s entire arm flushed blood-red as he pushed the power of the Mother Bug within him to its limit, yet the larvae still refused to emerge.

At the same time, Xianling Cui’s body had already appeared before him.

Hum!

He swung his fist again; the dazzling white light glowed several times brighter than the orb suspended in the sky.

Chi Ting clenched his fist as well and thrust it outward.

Boom!

The fists didn’t collide directly—compressed Qi pulsed between them.

The raw force caused a slight distortion in the space between their fists.

Boom!

Chi Ting’s power suddenly surged, and Xianling Cui’s body was instantly engulfed in golden light.

Whoosh!

Xianling Cui’s body flew backward, slamming into a distant slope.

Countless rocks and dust erupted skyward, and the slope became riddled with cracks.

Chi Ting shook his arm, glancing calmly toward Li Chenshuang. “What gave you the illusion that I’m weak? You think some corpse can deal with me?”

Hearing this, Li Chenshuang immediately controlled the two nearby corpses, making them fly back to her side.

She had forgotten herself—she usually relied on corpses to fight, but Chi Ting’s own strength was not to be underestimated.

Chen Xuan was also secretly shocked. He had genuinely believed Chi Ting’s personal combat ability was lackluster.

After all, the last time they met in the inner realm, he had been trounced.

He had used corpse tactics, only to be completely countered by Xu Mu. Later, he ran into a member of the Redemption organization and was thoroughly beaten.

Had it not been for the last transfer array, he would have been nearly killed in a few moves.

That was what made him seem weak.

But thinking carefully, his corpse tactics failed only because Xu Mu’s top-tier technique countered them.

And that later beating was because his opponent was simply too strong—it gave the false impression that he was weak.

“Chenshuang, have you forgotten? The man standing before you is a Sixth-Realm Breaker, wielding one Sacred Gu and four Immortal Gu.”

Chi Ting walked expressionlessly up to Li Chenshuang. “In terms of Gu cultivation talent, even your current Old Ancestor can’t match me!”

Xianling Nan heard this and couldn’t help stepping back.

Up in the sky, Xianling Qi and Pang Xun were steadily losing ground. They were only Fourth-Realm, while their opponents were Fifth-Realm.

If Li Chenshuang’s two corpses joined the fight, they might achieve parity.

But Chi Ting was now standing on their side.

At this rate, they would all be killed before long.

“You can counter-control my larvae, your dominance surpassing even the Mother Bug. That proves the Parasitic Larvae are already dead… It’s a Symbiotic Gu, isn’t it?”

Chi Ting was now right in front of Li Chenshuang. “Tell me how you managed to control a Sacred Gu’s larvae with an Immortal Gu.”

“Why should I tell you? Chi Ting! Go back now, kneel before the Old Ancestor and confess your crimes, and I’ll let it slide.”

Li Chenshuang’s voice turned cold. “You’ve caused so much trouble for the Nine Li tribe, but as the Old Ancestor’s younger brother, he will surely forgive you.”

“Not even your grandfather dared to speak to me like that.”

Chi Ting snorted. “Since that’s the case, you’d better die.”

Chen Xuan gripped his chopping knife and yelled, “Spread out!”

He had just dodged to the side when he noticed Xu Mu emerging from the relic’s mouth.

“Brother Mu!”

Seeing Xu Mu appear, Chen Xuan’s face lit up with joy.

Xianling Nan also shouted quickly, “Xu Mu!”

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She didn’t know why, but despite Xu Mu’s strength being pitifully weak compared to everyone here, seeing him gave Xianling Nan a sense of confidence.

“Xu Mu! So it is you! I understand now. You have the ability to control my Gu bugs. So Li Chenshuang’s control of my Parasitic Larvae is all your doing!”

Chi Ting transformed into a streak of light and appeared before Xu Mu in an instant.

As he swung his fist, golden light hardened into a demonic guardian armor over his body.

Xu Mu raised his hand quickly.

Boom!

Like a clap of thunder, a solid shockwave erupted around them, violently spreading in all directions.

The wave shattered everything in its path.

Chen Xuan, Li Chenshuang, Xianling Nan, and the others were all thrown back by the force.

Especially Chen Xuan and Xianling Nan, who felt their organs injured—blood trickled from their mouths.

Xu Mu’s body was also sent flying by Chi Ting’s punch, hurtling toward the chaotic battlefield nearby.

“Brat! I’m interested in your techniques and abilities, but I want you dead even more!”

Chi Ting still believed in crushing the threat early, cutting the grass and pulling out the roots.

Xu Mu was too much of a hindrance to him.

Boom!

A sonic boom erupted around his body as he shot into the sky.

Raising his hand, Chi Ting surrounded Xu Mu with several golden beams of light. “Die!”

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Xu Mu reappeared right in front of Xianling Qi.

Xianling Qi, who had been about to strike, quickly stopped. “What’s going on?”

Boom!

The golden light exploded in the sky, the terrifying ripples blowing Xu Mu and the others far away.

“Chi Ting! What are you doing?”

As the golden light faded, Lao Jiexiang appeared, his face covered in bruises, his silver armor torn apart.

Xianling Qi saw this and started grinning. “Haha! This is interesting!”

Chi Ting spotted Xu Mu again and charged at him. “So you know how to use that swap technique. Fine, then I’ll go all out—I won’t give you that chance.”

With that, Chi Ting pressed his palms together, and black aura began to gather around his body.

This aura coated his demonic armor, turning it completely black.

“Immortal Gu, Demonic Iron Armor.”

Chi Ting sneered. “Xu Mu, tighten your nerves. For someone at your level to make me use my full strength—is more than you could ever boast of.”

Boom!

Chi Ting broke the sound barrier again, charging toward Xu Mu.

Xu Mu immediately swapped places with another Bai Shi tribe commander.

Boom!

Chi Ting held nothing back—he rammed into the Third-Realm commander, severely wounding him.

He veered in midair and was behind Xu Mu again in an instant.

Boom!

He punched Xu Mu in the back. Xu Mu had barely flown dozens of meters before Chi Ting grabbed him by the shoulder.

“Die!”

He aimed a punch at Xu Mu’s head, but the next moment, Xu Mu swapped places once more with another commander.

Chi Ting’s fist landed—that commander’s head burst like a watermelon.

“Chi Ting! You’ve gone mad! You’ve already wounded two of my commanders!”

Lao Jiexiang roared from the sky.

Chi Ting paid him no attention. As long as he could kill Xu Mu, the Bai Shi tribe—some second-rate race—meant nothing.

If Wang Hun hadn’t said these people were still useful, Chi Ting would have wiped them all out long ago, adding them to his arsenal.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the sky, Xu Mu’s figure flickered continuously, while Chi Ting pursued him like a supersonic jet, never letting go.

Although Xu Mu could swap positions with people, he still got hit every now and then under such absolute speed.

"What's going on? Isn't he supposed to be at the sixth rank? How can he keep breaking the sound barrier nonstop? How can his body withstand that?"

Xianling Nan asked in shock.