Did the "all the experts" include the golden-winged roc and Li Mu?
In many people's eyes, they were.
In the past, before the Spiritual Qi Tide had recovered, Li Mu made a name for himself and suppressed the Divine Land for several years. No one dared to provoke him.
But that was in the past.
Now, the environment had changed. Did Li Mu's miracle come to an end?
In addition, the golden-winged roc was injured during the tribulation and was still consolidating its realm. Compared with the genius of the Nangong family named Nangong Yu, its performance was inferior, so it seemed to be no match for Nangong Yu.
Vaguely, Nangong Yu was going to replace Li Mu and become the top expert in the world.
Two experts entered the Void-breaking Realm one after another, which was a super big event. For the Divine Land, it was like throwing two stones into a calm lake, causing huge ripples. The water was no longer calm, and undercurrents were surging all over the land.
Compared with the low-key and inactive demon race, after the Nangong family became famous because of Nangong Yu, its power began to expand rapidly without any suspense.
In less than a month, the Nangong family quickly came to the front of the stage from the semi-hidden state in the past. They annexed several martial arts sects in the Northern Song and broke the ban set by Li Mu that the martial arts sects were not allowed to attack each other.
The Nangong family was rising strongly.
Many people also regarded this behavior as a test of Li Mu by the Nangong family.
After all, Li Mu had accumulated great prestige in the past. Even if the Nangong family had a master in the Void-breaking Realm, they did not dare to easily confront Li Mu. In the environment of the recovery of Spiritual Qi, Li Mu could also make a breakthrough. It was impossible that Li Mu was still sleeping where he was when others had improved their strength.
A month had passed. Under the attention of all parties, Taibai City did not make any response to the "excessive" behavior of the Nangong family.
Especially Li Mu himself, who was still deep in the Knife Hut and did not show up.
At this time, some people started to talk.
"Li Mu is afraid."
"The era of Li Mu has passed."
"Taibai City has secretly surrendered to the Nangong family."
"Li Mu didn't make a breakthrough. In the past, he was too aggressive and eager to make progress, so his foundation was not solid. Besides, he was seriously injured in several battles, which left a sequela. Not only did his strength not improve, but it even slipped."
All kinds of rumors, whether intentional or not, began to spread among the major forces.
The opinions of the various parties varied, but there was one thing that was 100% certain —
Li Mu did not break the void.
Shattering the void of this world was a heaven-defying act, and would be punished by the will of the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, there would definitely be a heavenly tribulation. Since ancient times, every expert who had broken through the void had to endure the heavenly tribulation and undergo the baptism before they could completely transform.
On the other hand, if one was unable to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, then one could only be annihilated by the will of the Heaven Dao.
This was an iron law. Since ancient times, no one had been able to escape it.
In the sky above Taibai City, there were no thunderclouds of the heavenly tribulation. Therefore, it was absolutely certain that Li Mu had not crossed the tribulation and entered the Void-breaking Realm.
Although Li Mu's past battles, big or small, were basically won by the weak and killed opponents of a higher realm, which made people tremble with fear. That was also where Li Mu's deterrence lay.
But the Void-breaking Realm was a natural chasm.
Since ancient times, no one had ever heard that a martial artist below the Void-breaking Realm could defeat someone in the Void-breaking Realm. Even a peak Great Sage could not do it.
Because it was no longer a simple gap in strength, cultivation, moves, and Cultivation Methods, but a gap in the Great Way.
That was also the source of the Nangong family's confidence.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, the two moons were full.
Something big happened again.
Nangong Yu, alone with a sword, went to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to challenge the golden-winged roc. He wanted to use this new expert in the Void-breaking Realm of the Demon Clan to sharpen his sword skills and prepare to challenge Li Mu.
From this point of view, the peerless genius of the Nangong family did attach great importance to Li Mu.
That night, wind and thunder roared in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
In the mountains, the power of the Heavenly Way was flowing, and the power fluctuations were like stormy waves, radiating out of the mountains. Beams of sword light, which were flowing like heavenly swords, illuminated the void and rushed straight to the stars, which was extremely terrifying.
The aftermath of the battle overflowed.
Mountains collapsed one after another, and a large number of mountain creatures fled.
The experts who wanted to watch the battle did not dare to go deep into the mountains. They could only watch from afar, and their gains were different.
At dawn, the two suns slowly rose into the sky.
Although Nangong Yu's clothes were slightly torn, he looked heroic and imposing. When he walked out, he looked around at the onlookers, laughed, and turned into a stream of light and flew away.
In the end, the news came that Nangong Yu had won the battle between the two experts in the Void-breaking Realm, and the golden-winged roc was defeated.
Everyone was shocked.
The Nangong family instantly became the number one family in the world.
The three empires and the top nine Holy Clans had become a thing of the past, blown away by the wind.
Nowadays, on the Divine Land, only Taibai City could barely stand side by side with the Nangong family.
But this kind of co-existence obviously could not last for too long.
If Li Mu could not enter the Void-breaking Realm for a long time, in this great era full of Spiritual Qi, he was destined to be eliminated. There was no first place in literature, and no second place in martial arts. The world of martial arts was so cruel.
And the Nangong family kept making some small moves.
For example, they held a Martial Arts Society Assembly in the Northern Song to elect a leader of the Martial Arts Alliance to command the world, and had some conflicts with the Yue Mountain Faction, and a disciple of the Nangong family killed people in the ten cities and nine places of the Great Moon Empire.
This was regarded as a clear provocation to Li Mu.
However, the news from Taibai City was that Li Mu was still in closed-door training and had not come out. No one knew whether he was really in closed-door training or hiding from something.
But such a posture undoubtedly made all parties more convinced that Li Mu was afraid and knew that he was no match for them, so he hid in Taibai City.
"The head of our Nangong family will marry Countess Huanzhu, the first beauty in the Northern Song."
Another piece of explosive news came out from the Nangong family.
The head of the Nangong family was 249 years old. His name was Nangong Chunliang, and he used to be one of the famous experts on the Divine Land. He was the father of Nangong Yu, an expert in the Void-breaking Realm. It was said that he was a playboy who had many wives and hundreds of children. He was a famous stud who liked to collect beauties from all over the world.
When the news came out, all parties were shocked.
"Is he going to force the marriage?"
"He has an ulterior motive."
"He's trying to force Li Mu out. Everyone knows that Li Mu killed Lord Jin of the Northern Song for this Countess Huanzhu. That monarch and Li Mu have a relationship."
"The Nangong family's move is very shameless, but also vicious."
"If Li Mu can still tolerate this kind of thing, he will really become a laughingstock from a martial arts legend."
…
In Taibai City.
The crowd was agitated.
The Four Men's Symphony were all furious.
"An idiot who has just been broken doesn't know what power is. He is just an insect that just crawled out of an insect egg. How dare he provoke our master? He really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Young master, I'll go and get his head."
The unibrowed man angrily asked Qing Feng, the Young Master Little Sage, for permission.
Now, Qing Feng was in charge of everything in Taibai City.
Qing Feng shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer."
In the past half a year, Li Mu had been in closed-door training in the Knife Hut. Obviously, his cultivation had reached a critical moment, and no one was allowed to disturb him. Qing Feng had a hunch that the Young Master was about to finish his closed-door training.
…
In the Temple of Devils.
"Brother Roc, do you think that Li Mu will fly into a rage for a beauty again?"
In the pavilion beside the waterfall, the Demon Lord, Little Demon, and the golden-winged roc were sitting opposite each other across the chessboard, drinking tea and playing chess leisurely.
"Haha, the Demon Lord actually wants to ask who is stronger, Li Mu or Nangong Yu, right?" The golden-winged roc looked like a middle-aged man with blond hair and golden eyebrows. His sword-like eyebrows slanted to the temples, and his hooked nose was obvious. His facial features were very three-dimensional. When he heard the question, he smiled faintly.
The Demon Lord put down the chess piece and said, "You can say that. What do you think, Brother Roc?"
The golden-winged roc smiled and said, "Nangong Yu is just courting death."
"Oh?" The Demon Lord's eyes lit up.
His cultivation was only in the Great Sage Realm. In the past few years, he had made progress, but he had not broken through and entered the Void-breaking Realm. So, there were some things that he could not see clearly. He said, "Why do you say that? Could it be that Li Mu has already entered the Void-breaking Realm? No, there was no Heavenly Tribulation … "
The golden-winged roc put down another chess piece and said, "It's true that Li Mu has not entered the Void-breaking Realm, but he is a freak. His strength can't be calculated with common sense … To be honest, I suspect that the golden era with abundant Spiritual Qi today has something to do with him. Demon Lord, do you remember that I almost failed to face the tribulation that day? At the critical moment, the power of the thunder of the tribulation was not enough?"
The Demon Lord, Little Demon, nodded.
The golden-winged roc said, "At that time, you were all outside the thunder tribulation and couldn't see clearly, but I saw that it was a broadsword light that weakened the last tribulation cloud and secretly helped me. That's why I succeeded in passing the tribulation."
"What?" The Demon Lord, Little Demon, looked surprised. This was indeed a secret that no one knew. After thinking for a while, he became more and more shocked. He said, "Broadsword light? Brother Roc, do you mean … "
The golden-winged roc nodded and said, "Yes, it should be Li Mu who secretly helped me pass the tribulation. In today's world, who else can split the thunder cloud of the tribulation with a broadsword but Li Mu?"
"This …" The Demon Lord, Little Demon, suppressed the shock in his heart and said, "Why did Li Mu help Brother Roc? Are you an old acquaintance of him? "
"I'm not an old acquaintance." The golden-winged roc sighed and said, "I'm afraid that this man's vision has far surpassed that of this world and the universe."
This was the first expert on the Divine Land to break through the void in thousands of years. His tone was full of admiration for Li Mu, with a hint of faint respect.
He said, "Li Mu asked me to pass the thunder tribulation probably because he wanted to break some kind of imprisonment in this world. He was observing something. In the past thousands of years, no one on the Divine Land had successfully broken through the void. It was not only because of the lack of Spiritual Qi, but also because of this imprisonment. Once this invisible barrier was broken, it was like opening a hole in a dam, and it would be easier for future generations to break through the void. Nangong Yu was just one of the lucky ones. It's a pity that he didn't know that. Instead, he went to provoke Li Mu. When the time comes, he won't even know how he died."
The Demon Lord, Little Demon, looked thoughtful.
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