AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Fear from the deepest part of his soul made Li Mu scream on the spot.
He could hardly control his body, making an ugly spectacle as he flailed wildly.
At this moment, only an infinite will to survive remained in his heart.
Finally, amid Li Mu’s uncontrollable screams, he broke free from He Qiu’s body.
And just then, He Qiu’s body also regained the ability to move.
He immediately controlled his mind. While Li Mu was still behind him, holding his head and screaming, the hidden weapon [Prison Bone] burst out from his back.
A long spike claw accurately blasted Li Mu’s chest.
Of course, during the [Prison Bone] burst, He Qiu was not idle either.
He just happened to summon Demon Sword Can Xue in his left hand.
A magnificent turn, seamless connection.
Before Li Mu could even recover from the pain of the bone spikes, another sword strike fell.
His move was ruthless, accurately slashing toward Li Mu’s neck.
Shing!
Clang—!!!
Unexpectedly, with this strike, He Qiu actually did not cut off Li Mu’s neck.
Looking closely, he saw that at this moment, the area where Li Mu’s neck met the Demon Sword had gradually hardened into pitch-black crystal.
Its hardness was such that even He Qiu’s full-power strike could hardly shake it.
This was not because Demon Sword Can Xue was not sharp enough.
It was simply that Li Mu’s body hardening was too strong, and He Qiu’s strength was insufficient to pierce the defense.
As for [Prison Bone] being able to pierce Li Mu’s heart, that was because of the surprise attack from behind.
Li Mu could not defend against it and had no time to harden his skin.
“You brat, you really did pull one over on me…”
Li Mu covered the wound on his chest with his hand, retreated repeatedly, and gasped for breath.
Being able to block He Qiu’s sword slash just now was thanks to the function of the [Crystal Spirit Vein].
This was also one of the major abilities Li Mu had plundered back then.
The inheritor of the Crystal Spirit Vein could turn their body into crystal, achieving a defense comparable to an indestructible body.
Back then, Li Mu had set his eyes on this ability and spent a great deal of effort before he **[Plunder]**ed it for his own use.
Now it seemed this was indeed a good thing.
At critical moments, it could directly save his life!
“Brat, I was just frightened by your Sword Spirit and made a fool of myself… But now, it’s this old one’s turn.”
Li Mu wiped the blood from his chest.
Black smoke burst out around him, and he entered battle mode fully armed.
Li Mu, who possessed the Blood Spirit Vein, also had first-class self-healing ability!
It was just a large hole in his chest.
As long as his head was not cut off, his flesh and blood could regenerate infinitely!
“Brat, you dared to deceive this old man for so long. You will pay the price for your arrogance!”
Li Mu knew he had been deceived and was furious.
He immediately decided to kill He Qiu first and worry about the rest later.
At the same time, He Qiu was not waiting to die either.
He retracted [Prison Bone]‘s long spike claws back into his back, gripped the Demon Sword with a reverse hand, took a deep breath to keep his heart rate steady, and gazed at Li Mu with clear eyes.
To be honest, Li Mu’s abilities were truly disgusting.
Not to mention infinite revival, just trying to kill him now, Li Mu had all sorts of troublesome abilities to preserve his life.
Facing an Immortal Venerable like Li Mu, He Qiu felt as if he were standing before Mount Tai.
“Celestial Art: Mountain Toppling Sea Overturning!”
Thrusting his black smoke-wreathed arms into the ground, Li Mu was the first to activate a Spirit Art.
The earth was activated.
The ground beneath his feet seemed to come alive, transforming into waves of stone that burst toward He Qiu.
It was the Earth Spirit Vein!
He Qiu leaped into the air warily, dodging the earth attacks in midair.
But just then, He Qiu suddenly realized that Li Mu, who had just been crouching on the ground activating Celestial Arts, had disappeared.
“Celestial Art: Spatial Leap!”
“Celestial Art: Soul Blessing!”
“Celestial Art: Prison Flame Breath!”
Without the slightest delay, Li Mu unleashed a teleportation and combo attack.
He appeared behind He Qiu, took a deep breath, and then exhaled a black flame fireball with a diameter of 100 meters.
In just a few seconds, Li Mu showed off more than three types of Celestial Arts.
It had to be said, He Qiu was left numb from watching.
Seeing the black smoke breath about to annihilate him, He Qiu was just about to rise and dodge.
But at the critical moment, a sudden burst of freezing blue light violently turned the entire world into a gray-white tone.
As expected, the Prison Flame Breath Li Mu spat from his mouth was frozen on the spot.
At this moment, the entire world fell silent.
When time resumed its flow and Li Mu came back to his senses, an ice sword had already pierced through his chest, its gleaming blade appearing before him.
“It’s, it’s you…”
Li Mu turned his head back in shock.
Sure enough, he saw that familiar silver-haired immortal.
Ah, this was what Xiyan should be like—those beautiful, elegant, and breathtaking ice-blue eyes.
Over the past half month, Li Mu had seen He Qiu’s disguise for so long that he had almost forgotten what his true disciple really looked like.
Sure enough, this kind of killing intent, cold and without a trace of emotion, was what a true Ice Spirit Vein inheritor should have, fitting the temperament of the Mystic Ice clan.
Why hadn’t he realized it sooner…
Li Mu could not help but feel a wave of regret.
“Secret Art: Sky Dome!”
At the same time, He Qiu also unleashed a brand-new sword skill.
Two sword cultivators blocked Li Mu in the air, attacking from front and back!
But at the critical moment, Li Mu still did not panic.
He was, after all, an old Immortal Venerable who had seen great things.
With a thought, Li Mu first blasted An Lingran, who had backstabbed him, away with a sonic palm.
Then he used Spatial Leap to teleport behind He Qiu.
Charging up, another Voodoo Curse Kill Palm!
“You sly brat, go die for this old man!”
Li Mu was truly a little unhappy now.
His attacks no longer held back.
He directly used a poison-type curse-killing art on He Qiu.
If this palm hit He Qiu, the voodoo curse would instantly spread throughout his body and wither him into a corpse within 3 seconds.
“Illusion Art: Thousand Prisms, Myriad Realms!”
“What?!”
Looking at the young man’s figure that he had pierced through gradually turning into an illusion, Li Mu finally realized that he had already been under an illusion all along.
He blinked and looked around again, only to see that at some point, a pair of fox demon sisters were standing on the hilltop, staring at him with cold eyes.
“So it was the fox demons’ illusion… No wonder, no wonder this old one had been in the illusion for so long yet never noticed.”
Because the illusion blurred his vision, Li Mu did not recognize Qu Moxin and Su Qingluo at first.
He merely landed in place, closed his eyes, calmly analyzed the battle situation, and carefully dispelled the surrounding illusions step by step.
Meanwhile, He Qiu and An Lingran seized the time, hiding within the illusion protection set by the fox demons and frantically dealing damage to Li Mu from front and back.
It had to be said, He Qiu and An Lingran still had some damage.
Soon, Li Mu, who was only defending, grew somewhat exhausted, and even his breathing became rapid.
Although he had the Crystal Spirit Vein that could harden his skin, because of the illusion, he could not predict which part the enemy would attack next.
Maintaining full-body defense for a long time would quickly drain his spiritual energy.
As for the Blood Spirit Vein that could regenerate infinitely, it was ultimately just a low-spec version of the Undying Bird bloodline, with huge consumption and unable to last long.
And what made things worse for Li Mu was that earlier, in order to resist the mental attack of Demon Sword Can Xue, Li Mu had already consumed a terrifying amount of mental energy.
If it were the past, a mere one against four would have been more than easy for him!
If the stalemate continued like this, Li Mu would almost certainly lose.
“Damn it…”
With Su Qingluo, the fox demon most skilled in illusions, interfering from the front, and He Qiu and Qu Moxin, whose sword skills were extremely brutal, backstabbing from behind, at critical moments, whenever Li Mu wanted to counterattack, An Lingran would freeze time and space with her cheat-like Ice Spirit Vein, making him miss the opportunity.
And missing one good opportunity meant Li Mu would have to endure being beaten one-sidedly for a long time again!
From this perspective, the four of them were like fighting a boss, each performing their own role, achieving a perfect balance on the battlefield.
“Enough, you bunch of insignificant ants!”
Li Mu was disgusted by being surrounded by four people and could not stand it anymore.
He chose to throw caution to the wind, bursting out black smoke to counterattack.
As a layer of seal within his body was released, the black smoke instantly turned into a tornado, wrapping around Li Mu’s body protectively.
At the same time, Li Mu could no longer be bothered to use those flashy Celestial Arts.
He directly controlled the black smoke to rampage toward He Qiu and the others.
Everywhere the black smoke touched was left ruined and withered.
This was the true form of Li Mu’s Other Spirit Vein.
Originally, to deal with a few juniors, he disdained activating such a hugely consuming burst move.
But there was no choice.
Li Mu was forced into it now!
Soon, the best timing of the full moon night would pass.
Li Mu had to end the battle as quickly as possible, then capture the genuine Ice Spirit Vein inheritor and pin her firmly onto the Altar to continue the [Plunder]!
“Feel this endless tyranny!”
Li Mu stood at the center of the black smoke tornado, roaring excitedly.
At the same time, he raised his hand and swept out a wave of black mist.
Immediately after, an overwhelming surge of black smoke rampaged toward everyone.
Seeing the black smoke rising 1,000 zhang high, swallowing the sky and covering the moon, He Qiu and the others found it hard to dodge.
At the critical moment, from the deepest shadows of the ruins, a girl in black and red walked out.
She held a water bubble emitting red light in her arms, chanting incantations—
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