"Thank you!"

Xiao Mu expressed his gratitude and then followed Zhu Jin inside.

Xiao Mu's summons from the Commander Extreme Night have triggered envious glances from many mutated beings. They were speculating about who he was and how he managed to win the favor of Commander Extreme Night.

Some people recognized Xiao Mu and touted his achievements, inciting exclamations of wonder from many others.

"Greetings, Commander Extreme Night!"

In the hall, Xiao Mu bowed respectfully to the Commander Extreme Night.

Extreme Night's injuries had healed completely, and compared to before, her strength had even increased.

It seemed the blood-stained sleeve left by the True Realm powerhouse had given Extreme Night a significant realization.

Since her opponent's power far exceeded his, Xiao Mu wasn't able to ascertain Extreme Night's current stage within the Fifth Realm, but he could sense she was incredibly strong.

"No need for formalities! Sit!"

Extreme Night greeted Xiao Mu to sit, showing a smile, "It seems your mission was successful. Did you obtain the Yang Ling grass?"

"The grass is in my possession, Commander, please look." Xiao Mu said, taking out the Yang Ling grass.

"So it is indeed the Yang Ling grass!"

Seeing the Yang Ling grass, Extreme Night showed a look of delight. She gestured, and the Yang Ling grass flew out of Xiao Mu's hand and landed in hers.

"With this Yang Ling grass, I can completely seal the Demonic Curse Mark for you."

"Thank you, Commander."

Xiao Mu once again expressed his gratitude to Extreme Night, looking visibly relieved.

"The Yang Ling grass can seal the Demonic Curse Mark. But don't neglect, the demon's means are every bit as formidable as us humans, especially at the True Realm level. Some hidden techniques might even break through the seal and sense the location of the Demonic Curse Mark, it may track you down."

At these words, Xiao Mu's heart skipped a beat. He quickly assured that he would be cautious and asked Commander Extreme Night to go ahead with the sealing of the Demonic Curse Mark.

...

An hour later, Xiao Mu left Extreme Night's cave mansion and managed to extricate himself from the surrounding mutated beings before heading back to his dwelling.

"Congratulations on your victorious return, Mr. Xiao!"

"Mr. Xiao, you must be tired. Let me prepare some food for you!"

Zhou Ying and Wang Ruoluan both showed signs of happiness upon seeing Xiao Mu's return.

Xiao Mu promptly stopped the two women, instructing them to guard the gate while he went into seclusion again.

In the quiet room, Xiao Mu sat cross-legged, calming his spirit before starting to tally his gains.

Firstly, he took out the four peculiar boxes obtained from Ghost Words and his followers.

Holding the box, Xiao Mu could sense an odd power within. It had some special kind of array, similar to a seal.

He placed his hand on the box attempting to open it.

Surprisingly, the box resisted. It was difficult to open as if it was repelling Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu frowned slightly, guessing that Ghost Words and his followers must have refined the box to reject outsiders.

However, this did not deter him.

He kept his hand on the box, feeding in Dao Method Spiritual Energy in a succession, and soon broke the seal.

Xiao Mu held the box again, now lifting the lid.

The lid was effortlessly opened.

What was inside the box took Xiao Mu by surprise, yet filled him with immense joy.

These four odd boxes were all spatial equipment, useful for storing items.

Inside these boxes were the belongings of Ghost Words and his followers.

Pouring out the items, Xiao Mu's eyes lit up.

"Boundary Breaking Pill! A Boundary Breaking Pill! How could there be so many?"

Among the four boxes, there were four Boundary Breaking Pills. One of the boxes contained two, while the other two boxes each contained one.

"Incredible! I did not expect Ghost Words and his group to possess Boundary Breaking Pills."

He picked up one of the Boundary Breaking Pills, a look of joy on Xiao Mu's face.

The function of this Boundary Breaking Pill was slightly different from the ones he had used before, but its effects were no different.

Aside from the Boundary Breaking Pills, there were also Energy Fruits.

However, the number of Energy Fruits wasn't very high, amounting to only a little over ten in total.

Apart from these, there were other common treasures as well – treasure swords, shards of flying swords, remnants of magic treasures, and even some low-grade ones.

"I can sell these things off and exchange them for energy fruits."

Xiao Mu was counting the items that fell out of the box. Any items he didn't need were prepared to be sold or traded for energy fruits.

He organized the treasures into different categories and put them back into the space box, then placed it into his Earth Seal Space.

Later, Xiao Mu took out the treasures confiscated from Ghost Words and the others.

The Ghost Face Banner, the Soul Binding Demon Fork, and the Purple Twin Blades.

"These items are too conspicuous. Anyone who is familiar with them would know they belonged to Ghost Words and his group."

"The best way to deal with this is to keep them hidden for a while, wait until the news of their deaths dies down, then take them out and sell them off."

Even if Ghost Words and his group were not ordinary Mutated Beings, they would not be the center of attention indefinitely. In fact, apart from a very small number of people who had a close relationship with them, others probably wouldn't care whether they lived or died.

After laying low for a while and then selling their items, Xiao Mu felt no psychological pressure.

"With the Boundary Breaking Pill, I can break through. I don't have to wait for Commander Yan to send me anything."

After a brief arrangement and mental preparation, Xiao Mu started preparing for his breakthrough. He took out two Boundary Breaking Pills, swallowed them, activated his Dao Method Spiritual Energy, and began his breakthrough.

With enough Boundary Breaking Pills, it became significantly easier to break through.

Moreover, Xiao Mu's cultivation methods are top-tier, including the Xuanmen Zhenggang and Heavenly Emperor's God-Sealing Technique.

Compared with ordinary cultivation methods, top-tier methods are much easier for breaking through. In fact, they're substantially easier.

Many Mutated Beings, due to their low level of cultivation, struggle to break through even with enough energy fruits and Boundary Breaking Pills. Their realm often stagnates at a certain stage.

This situation is not uncommon in the Alliance, Niu Mang is just one of such individuals.

During this trip to the temple, not long ago, he had just managed to break through and reach the late stage of the Fourth Realm.

Such difficulty in breaking through will obviously not occur for Xiao Mu.

As a practitioner of the Mutation Technique, all cultivation methods he applies are of top-tier.

As the Dao Method Spiritual Energy circulated through his body, Xiao Mu began to undergo changes and a strange sensation sprouted within him.

Bang!

Inside the body, deep within his consciousness, it was as if thunder was rumbling, trying to break open a gateway and let Xiao Mu step into it.

The aura of the True Realm spread out, and beyond the gateway was another world, the so-called world of the True Realm.

However, Xiao Mu's Realm was still too low, and he was merely attempting to break through to the late stage of the Tongxuan Realm. It was impossible for him to truly open the gateway to the True Realm.

Not even to mention opening it – in the end, the gateway didn't even display an illusion. It merely showed the intention of appearing.

Even this intention gave Xiao Mu an indication.

A strange feeling arose, as if connecting to another world. Both body and spirit seemed to have been elevated.

Bang!

With changes happening to Xiao Mu's body, he finally successfully broke through to the late stage of the Tongxuan Realm.

"I finally broke through!"

Xiao Mu's face showed delight.

Having stepped into the late stage of the Tongxuan Realm, his strength increased once again.

However, his expression soon turned solemn.

He reached into the Earth Seal Space, took out the Emperor's Seal.

The Great Decree and the Emperor's Seal were intertwined as if interlocked, difficult to separate.

Xiao Mu knew this is because they were resisting the death mark. The Great Decree could not temporarily leave the Emperor's Seal. Otherwise, once it left, the resistance of the Emperor's Seal would decrease, and the death mark would rapidly seize control.

Xiao Mu frowned.

Now, he had two treasures he couldn't use.

One was the Emperor's Seal, the other was the Great Decree.

He must find a way to solve the problem of the death mark as soon as possible and definitively suppress it.

With the Emperor's Seal in hand, he infused the Dao Method Spiritual Energy into it, charged at the death mark, trying to suppress it.

The giant skull of the death mark closed its eyes, exuding a hissing black gas.

As soon as the Dao Method Spiritual Energy approached, the black gas solidified, turning into a wall, blocking the Dao Method Spiritual Energy from getting close to the death mark.

Xiao Mu didn't give up, constantly infusing Dao Method Spiritual Energy trying to break down the wall of black gas.

But the black gas was too firm, completely blocking Xiao Mu's Dao Method Spiritual Energy out.

Even with Xiao Mu's strength, now in the late stage of the Tongxuan Realm and having received significant enhancement, he still couldn't breakdown the wall of black gas.

Xiao Mu didn't give up and decided to try other methods.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.