Da Xuan Martial Saint

If it were night, no matter how strong their spirituality was, they wouldn't be able to resist his control.

Let alone now.

He had strengthened his control with essence blood, so even the bright daylight wouldn't pose a problem.

"Very well, since you're so eager to court death, I'll send you on your way."

Lai Long's gaze toward Xu Hongyu and Xiao He revealed a hint of indifference. He indeed didn't have such a strong intent to kill Xu Hongyu and Xiao He, but since they insisted on showing up, there was no need to let them go.

The moment his thought occurred.

Whoosh!

The Evil Corpse that Xu Yichuan had transformed into charged at Xu Hongyu and Xiao He amidst the enveloping black fog, turning into a shadowy figure. It swung its pitch-black hand, and this time, without any awkwardness or obstruction, it was about to end the two women's lives with a palm strike.

But just then, a sigh was heard.

Chen Mu's figure appeared silently in front of the Evil Corpse Xu Yichuan had become. He reached down with his hand, and a gust of wind, almost visible to the naked eye, howled as it violently scattered the Evil Qi wrapping around Xu Yichuan. With a gentle palm strike on its shoulder, Chen Mu forced the entire being into the soil, leaving only half of its head exposed,

Upon receiving this blow, Xu Yichuan's Evil Corpse vibrated violently, causing the ground to churn and revealing its fierce and dreadful countenance once more. In the next moment, it was prepared to burst forth from the ground again.
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But.

Chen Mu only shook his head.

"Father-in-law, excuse me."

He struck down with another palm, and almost instantly, streaks of lightning spread from his five fingers, converging into a visible bolt of thunder. Accompanied by the majesty of upright and just power, it struck down with a resounding crash.

Boom!!!

All the gathered Evil Qi was utterly dispersed and exploded under the force of the thunderbolt. The terrifying power spread nearly ten feet in all directions along the ground, creating a visible purple thunderstorm that blasted a deep pit!

With this blow, the refined corpse of Xu Yichuan was blasted from the pit, and its body trembled severely. The Evil Qi was completely shattered, and after being exposed to sunlight, it no longer moved.

"Five Viscera Realm!"

Lai Long's pupils constricted violently the moment Chen Mu appeared, and then he let out a strange cry, turning around to flee without any hesitation.

To an ordinary person, this might have been a mistaken understanding, but Lai Long was no ordinary individual. In the split second Chen Mu appeared and struck, Lai Long recognized the Yuan Gang True Essence Chen Mu had revealed—a definite technique of the Five Viscera Realm!

Moreover, what was even more terrifying was the fierce wind that dispersed the Evil Qi from the Evil Corpse, as well as the subsequent purple thunderbolt. These were no common techniques, and Lai Long could distinctly sense that they were influences of Artistic Conception, and not just at the initial level!

What kind of monster had appeared!

Lai Long screamed inwardly.

Appearing as young as Xu Hongyu but already displaying the Yuan Gang True Essence of the Five Viscera Realm, and with such effortless control over Artistic Conception. One strike to disperse the Evil Corpse's Evil Qi and another thunderbolt to completely shatter its evil core. Such power did not even obliterate the Evil Corpse but nearly left the body intact—how terrifying.

No wonder Xu Hongyu and Xiao He returned suddenly!

"Hmph."

After using the force of thunder to completely scatter the nefarious influence from Xu Yichuan, Chen Mu's gaze fell on the fleeing Lai Long. With just a light snort, he stepped forward and gave chase immediately.

Lai Long bit the tip of his tongue, spraying fresh blood onto the skull round bead in his palm. Instantly, the round bead flared brightly, and then the earth in front of Chen Mu exploded abruptly. Two tall Evil Corpses, wrapped in pitch-black Evil Qi, suddenly emerged and blocked Chen Mu's way.

It was another two Evil Corpses!

Xiao He watched the scene from a distance, feeling somewhat shocked for a moment. She had guessed that Lai Long might control more than one Evil Corpse, but she never anticipated as many as three, and the Evil Qi in the latter two seemed even denser.

It wasn't that these two were stronger than Xu Yichuan's Evil Corpse; it was because Xu Yichuan had been exposed to the strong midday sun and dissipated much of his Evil Qi, which had yet to fully recover. In contrast, the two Evil Corpses buried deep underground were in their prime.

However,

confronted with two new Evil Corpses, Chen Mu didn't even glance at them, but directly raised his hand and slammed it down.

In his palm erupted a robust Yuan Gang True Essence, which transformed into 'Wind', 'Thunder', and 'Fire', three distinct types of Yuan Gang in the void all at once, then merged back into one, condensing into a massive hand engulfed in raging fire and entwined with thunderbolts, striking down with formidable might and rolling directly over the two Evil Corpses.

Bang! Bang!!

The two Evil Corpses barely resisted for a breath before the Evil Qi on their bodies burst open one after another, and then their entire bodies exploded into pieces, burning quickly in the rampant flames and dissipating into wisps of black air.

One palm strike eliminating two Evil Corpses!

"This..."

Little Lotus was completely stunned by this scene.

She had followed Xu Hongyu in the Purple Mist Mountains before, participating in large-scale battles involving hundreds of people, and had witnessed the might of the Evil Corpses that certainly could entangle someone of the Five Viscera Realm for a while; even among the True Disciples of the Sects, there were very few who could kill an Evil Corpse with a single strike, but in front of Chen Mu, they were fragile like glass!

Although it was during daytime, with the scorching sun shining down, it was no longer noon, and the suppression of the Evil Qi by the fierce sun wasn't as strong. Thus, being able to obliterate two Evil Corpses in one strike was still astonishing.

She originally thought that Chen Mu might have made a breakthrough in one of the Artistic Conceptions of Xun Wind or Thunderbolt, stepping into the second Realm and gaining the strength to contend with the Five Viscera Realm, but what she saw now was more than just contending with the Five Viscera Realm.

Even compared to the True Disciples like Gu Hong from the Heavenly Sword Sect she had seen in the battles at Purple Mist Mountain, he seemed to be not just a notch above!

Chen Mu seemed unwilling to delay any further,

nor did he want any accidents to occur.

As he obliterated the two Evil Corpses with one palm, he didn't even stop in place but directly chased after Lai Long, with the two Evil Corpses being reduced to ashes by the overwhelming sea of fire and the thunderbolts behind him.

He took just one step and caught up with the withered and lean figure of Lai Long.

"There's actually Separating Fire, damn it!"

"Who are you?!"

Lai Long's eyes showed disbelief, mixed with shock. Chen Mu's strength was definitely that of a True Disciple from a Great Sect, and he could even rank near the top among them.

Chen Mu did not reply to Lai Long's question but simply reached out indifferently toward his neck.

With a fierce look flashing in his eyes, Lai Long gritted his teeth and, exerting force with his five fingers, suddenly crushed the skull-shaped Round Bead in his hand, resulting in an explosion of dense blood fog, which covered him completely.

His shriveled limbs and body rapidly filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. He then suddenly turned around and threw a punch at Chen Mu, emitting a thick, pitch-black Evil Qi that formed a visible fist seal.

"Corpse Fiend Seal!"

He let out a roar.

Chen Mu expressionless, his right hand continued its motion, but in mid-air, he clenched his fingers into a fist, colliding directly with that dense and solidified Corpse Fiend Fist Imprint hurled by Lai Long.

Boom!!!

Thunder roared, and fire raged.

Corpse Fiend is a kind of Supreme Yin Qi, almost able to erode and pollute many types of Yuan Gang. However, both Thunderbolt and Separating Fire were the absolute bane of it, the former suppresses all evil and the latter inherently belongs to the utmost Yang and intensity.

That solidified Corpse Fiend Fist Seal first shattered into pieces under the strike of the thunderbolt, resulting in a cloud of black fog. As it tried to spread towards Chen Mu, it was engulfed and burnt by the raging fire, hissing as it rapidly disintegrated.

The might of the thunder and fire did not cease, striking at Lai Long's body in a flash and sending him flying.

"Ahh..."

Lai Long let out a painful howl as his body, which had swollen considerably, deflated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. He flew backward until he crashed into a large ancient tree and became embedded in it.

All of his dried white hair was burnt to nothing, and his body was covered with scorch marks from lightning strikes, embedded in the trunk of the ancient tree, and for the moment, he could only exhale and not inhale.