Above a tall mountain in the Tianshui Region, two silhouettes kept clashing. The four-colored sword light surged in the sky. The aftershock spread out layer by layer, leaving clear scratches in the void. The tall mountain below was also cut into pieces. Gravel flew everywhere, leaving clear marks.
"Who's fighting?"
"What a terrifying aura. It's definitely beyond the Saint level."
This battle was very intense. Qi energy overflowed in all directions. Powerful shockwaves surged and spread in all directions. It could be clearly felt from 10,000 meters away. Therefore, it attracted the attention of many cultivators.
The intensity of the shockwaves had already exceeded their level of understanding. Hence, they were incomparably shocked.
At the same time, far away in another region, in the Imperial Court, a tall and burly man with battle intent sat on the throne, listening to the report from above.
"Dead …" The Battle King's eyes flashed. "It seems that this little thing still has a trump card."
Even the Battle King believed that Chu Mu wouldn't be able to obtain too much strength in thirty years. Therefore, he wouldn't be able to kill the ten peak ninth star saint rank experts he had sent out.
"Tell Zhan Wuming to come see me," the Battle King said.
"Yes." The people kneeling below stood up and quickly left. Not long after, a figure flashed and appeared in the main hall, kneeling on one knee.
"King." The newcomer lowered his head in submission.
"Wuming, move out now and kill Chu Mu," the Battle King said. "You can ask Lord Zhi Shi about his whereabouts."
Lord Zhi Shi was the most proficient in the Dao of Divination in the Imperial Court. He himself was also a peerless expert, unfathomable.
The reason why he hadn't been able to deduce anything before was because he didn't have a clear target. Now, through the Heaven Race, he knew that the source of his uneasiness was Chu Mu. Thus, using Chu Mu as the target to deduce, the difficulty had decreased by a lot.
As for the specifics, such as Chu Mu's strength and trump cards, they were all within the range of being unable to divine. However, he could divine roughly where Chu Mu was, which direction he was heading, and where he would meet him. The accuracy was as high as seventy to eighty percent.
No one could achieve a hundred percent accuracy. Seventy to eighty percent was already an extremely high level. Even the Heavenly Ancient Divine Emperor of the past could only achieve a ninety percent accuracy, and that was only relative.
"Yes." Zhan Wuming stood up and left. He was one of the Five Heavenly Generals under Zhan Wang, and he had unparalleled strength in the First Refinement.
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In the sky above a tall mountain in the Tianshui Region, the battle was still going on.
Chu Mu seized the opportunity and did not hold back. His two swords were like a hurricane and lightning, piercing through the void like an aurora. With the Heart and Sword as One, he was able to find the openings on Yi Daozi's body again and again. Even though Yi Daozi's openings were quickly fixed, in this situation, he lost the chance to fight back. He could only keep dodging and blocking.
Yi Daozi, who had forged the black and white swords, had planned to use them to kill the azure-robed man who had cut off one of his arms. He did not expect to fall into such a predicament, being forced into such a state by someone he had once regarded as an ant.
Anger burned in his heart, and he wanted to explode. He was driven mad, but there was nothing he could do. There were a few times when he thought that he had seized the opportunity to explode, but it was not enough. Then, he was interrupted by Chu Mu's swords. The feeling of having power but having nowhere to vent it was unbearable.
Chu Mu kept attacking with his swords, and his attacks seemed to be getting faster and faster. However, his eyes were unusually calm. With the Heart and Sword as One, his mind was working at high speed, and he was constantly calculating.
His attacks seemed chaotic, but in reality, he had his own goal, and that was to set up a trap.
With his current strength, there was not much of a difference between him and Yi Daozi of the Black and White Round Palace. At best, they were on par. However, Yi Daozi had underestimated him at the beginning, causing him to lose the initiative and fall into a disadvantageous position. However, as long as Yi Daozi grasped that moment of opportunity, he would immediately be able to extricate himself from the disadvantage. At that time, the battle would escalate and become even more intense. It would become even more difficult for Chu Mu to kill Yi Daozi, or even impossible.
After all, the strength of a supreme expert was not to be underestimated. Unless there was a great disparity in strength, it was very difficult to kill the other party. At best, one could only defeat or injure the other party.
For example, Qing Ye's strength was above Yi Daozi's, but in the end, he was only able to cut off one of Yi Daozi's arms.
Chu Mu's current strength was not as strong as Qing Ye's at that time, but Yi Daozi's strength had increased compared to 30 years ago. As such, it would not be so easy for him to kill Yi Daozi.
Every sword was a trap, giving Yi Daozi a little bit of hope so that he would not feel hopeless and desperately escape. Like boiling a frog in warm water, Ye Futian led Yi Daozi step by step into the abyss of death before he knew it.
Seeing that the time was gradually ripe, Chu Mu immediately used the Cloud Piercing Sword Style.
Two swords, one sword and one cloud piercing. Clouds filled the surroundings, layer upon layer. Sword Light shuttled through the clouds silently, extremely condensed, and filled with incomparably terrifying power.
The sharp Sword Light of the Cloud Piercing Sword Style attacked Yi Daozi from all angles. However, Yi Daozi was able to dodge and barely resist. As such, Chu Mu knew that he could not truly kill Yi Daozi with the Cloud Piercing Sword Style alone.
"I don't believe that you can keep using this sword style." Yi Daozi was secretly furious, but he also knew that this sword style was very powerful. Every time he used it, it would consume a lot of energy. It could not be used for long. As such, he was waiting for an opportunity. As long as Ye Futian could not continue using this sword style, he could begin to counterattack.
At that time, his counterattack would be incomparably violent.
After using the Cloud Piercing Sword Style more than 20 times in a row, layers of clouds filled the surroundings. It greatly affected the detection of spiritual power. Chu Mu's sword paused slightly, as if there was a gap in power because he had used the Cloud Piercing Sword Style too many times.
"Here's my chance." Yi Daozi's eyes flashed, and a murderous intent erupted from his heart. The two black swords in his hands drew the same circles. One black and one white circle instantly turned into a vortex that seemed to swallow the sky and the earth. Once this power erupted, it would definitely cause a terrible disaster. It would be easy to destroy mountains.
Little did he know that this was the opportunity that Chu Mu had been waiting for.
The continuous suppression made Yi Daozi so angry that he almost lost his mind. Now that he had a chance to counterattack, he recklessly exploded with power, but he did not follow up.
The black and white vortices directly bombarded and shattered Chu Mu's figure. Unexpectedly, it was only an afterimage.
As the clouds surged, Chu Mu's real body appeared on the other side. He raised his two swords, crossed them, and poured the power of the Sword Domain.
"Heaven and Earth … Cross Slash!"
A Sword Light cut across the four directions, and a Sword Light cut across the two extremes. The two Sword Lights intersected, forming an incomparably bright cross. It was brilliant and domineering, and it was incomparably sharp.
Heaven and Earth Cross Slash!
This was a new sword style that Chu Mu had created. With the Heart and Sword as One, it cut through the thick clouds and slashed toward Yi Daozi.
The moment the black and white vortices hit Chu Mu, Yi Daozi understood that he had failed. He was on high alert. At this time, the terrifying Cross Sword Light slashed down. Before Yi Daozi could recover his strength, he was shocked. Ignoring his injuries, he forcefully activated his strength, and his meridians immediately shattered.
He activated all the strength in his body and poured it into the two swords in his hands. The black color became deeper, and the white Sword Light shone brightly. He tried his best to resist.
However, Chu Mu had planned this attack for a long time. How could it be blocked so easily?
The dazzling Cross Sword Light illuminated the sky and shocked everyone. It slashed through, and nothing could resist it. It directly slashed through Yi Daozi's body and landed on the mountain. It left a deep mark, forming a cross-shaped crack that was hundreds of meters long. The cut was incomparably smooth, and it emitted an astonishing fluctuation of sword Qi. That kind of sharpness could be clearly felt even from 100,000 meters away.
The crisscrossing cross-shaped crack appeared on Yi Daozi's body. His eyes were filled with shock, disbelief, and then ruthlessness.
"Even if you die, you will be buried with me!" Yi Daozi roared angrily. A wave of energy reversed the flow and immediately exploded.
Chu Mu's expression changed. Under the vibration of the two swords, black vortexes condensed, layer upon layer, and he quickly retreated.
The terrifying explosion directly destroyed the mountain below, flattening it to the ground. Spatial cracks appeared and spread out before quickly mending. A portion of the explosion's power was absorbed by the Six Path Sword Style's vortex. After being improved, the Six Path Sword Style's defense was even more shocking. Chu Mu also quickly retreated and was not affected by the explosion.
At the same time, a black and white light shot out from the explosion and quickly left in the opposite direction of Chu Mu. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared.
"His Primordial Spirit escaped." Chu Mu stared ahead, but he did not chase because it was too late.
After all the planning, in the end, he had only destroyed Yi Daozi's saint body. Yi Daozi's Primordial Spirit had escaped. It could only be regarded as a serious injury, not killing him.
However, Chu Mu also realized that between peerless experts, unless the difference in strength was very obvious, it would not be so easy to kill each other.
In any case, he had destroyed Yi Daozi's saint body and caused him to self-destruct in order to escape. This kind of injury was not something that could be healed in just a few decades. Yi Daozi needed to take over or rebuild a body. If he wanted to take over, he would need to cultivate from the beginning. It would take a lot of time, and rebuilding a body would require a lot of treasures. It would also require a lot of practice. In the short term, he would not be able to threaten Chu Mu. Even if he recovered one day, Chu Mu would only be stronger than he was now. If he wanted to kill Yi Daozi, he probably would not need to set up a trap like today.
After the self-destruction, Yi Daozi's space ring also disappeared into the spatial cracks. Chu Mu did not gain anything.
"Now that my whereabouts have been exposed, I'm afraid that strong enemies will continue to find me. I have to improve my strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid that what happened back then will happen again," Chu Mu thought.
Now, there was no way for him to slowly scheme for treasures and improve his strength. It was imperative to speed up.
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