Tianmen layman sneered, "Just by your strength at the late stage of the fourth realm? I've said before that the true peak strength of the fourth realm isn't something you can imagine. Even if you can fight above your realm, you can only fight against an ordinary peak at most. If you encounter a real peak like Zhu Yansheng, there's only one path, death. Even if you have the Imperial Edict, it's useless, the gap in realms is too great."

"Peak?"

Xiao Mu retorted, maintaining the sneer at the corner of his mouth, unperturbed.

"Peak? Haha! The peak isn't so easily broken through. It requires a large number of energy fruits, not to mention the more important Boundary Breaking Pill. At least four are required. Do you have them?"

The Tianmen layman sneered, but his spirits were noticeably dropping.

"Regrettably for you, I happen to have four Boundary Breaking Pills, enough for a peak breakthrough. In addition, I've also collected enough energy fruits to comfortably reach the peak."

As Xiao Mu spoke, he took out a white jade box, opened the lid, and gave it a slight shake in front of the Tianmen layman.

In the white jade box, four Boundary Breaking Pills were neatly placed.

"You...you...you..."

The Tianmen layman's eyes immediately bulged, staring intently at Xiao Mu clutching the white jade box, utterly disbelieving.

"So, you might as well die!"

Xiao Mu put away the white jade box and his expression instantly turned stern, making a dismissive wave of his hand.

Swish, swish, swish!

A dazzling light glowed in his palm, and the Xuanfeng Needle pierced the Tianmen layman. The layman's body instantly burst, turning into fragments.

After killing the Tianmen layman, Xiao Mu immediately turned his attention towards the man holding the double fork.

The man was incredibly fierce, wildly swinging his double fork. He seemed to be suppressing the Ghost Servant, and appeared to be gaining strength as he fought.

Xiao Mu secretly shook his head. The Ghost Servant's strength was just too weak. The Ghost King Scripture was a good ghost register, but it couldn't allow the servant to fight above his realm. Against an average opponent it was fine, but if the opponent was too strong, the lack of strength stunted him immediately.

It seemed necessary to help the Ghost Servant find a new cultivation method, preferably one that could be cultivated alongside the Ghost King Scripture.

Xiao Mu's scheming didn't slow him down though. He used his control of the Fire Dragon Vehicle to rapidly charge towards the battling Ghost Servant and double fork man.

"Xiao Mu, I will avenge Tianmen Chi Yan and the others."

Seeing Xiao Mu's charge after witnessing the successive deaths of the Tianmen layman and the others, the man with the double fork immediately abandoned the Ghost Servant and turned tail.

Even with all three of them working together, they'd been slain by Xiao Mu. With no faith in success, he had no intention of facing Xiao Mu solo.

"Seal!"

Xiao Mu pointed, and the Great Decree shimmered in a golden light above the man with the double fork.

Lines of golden light fell from the sky, True Words crashed to the ground one after the other.

Once again, a muddy strange hand sprang from the ground. It radiated a holy aura, and suddenly lunged, reaching for the man's leg.

The man with the double fork cried out in terror, "Xiao Mu, dare you give me a chance to revenge?"

His plea didn't slow his retreat, but the muddy strange hand was faster. In an instant, it clasped his ankle, binding him in place.

"I'm not that naive; you might as well die now."

The words of the double fork man merely provoked a sneer from Xiao Mu. He didn't plan to give him any chances.

Swish, swish, swish...

Xiao Mu flicked the Xuanfeng Needle from his hand.

The Xuanfeng Needle spread its wings, turned into a dazzling beam of light, and lunged towards the man.

The double fork man howled, desperately deflecting with his double forks.

Seizing the opportunity, the Ghost Servant lunged forward, soul blade in hand. With a swipe, a massive energy array emerged from the blade and descended onto the double fork man.

Clang!

The double fork man deflected the Xuanfeng Needle with his double forks but couldn't resist the soul blade's powerful attack. He was immediately beheaded, blood spewing from his wound like a fountain. He dropped dead.

"Search their corpses, take out the Demon-Slaying Pestle from underground."

Xiao Mu instructed the Ghost Servant as he drove the Fire Dragon Vehicle to the Energy Fruit Tree. He plucked all the energy fruits on the tree-a total of eighty-three.

Liu Du approached, taking a deep breath. The intense fight felt dreamlike, and he couldn't believe that Xiao Mu was the last one standing in the end.

"Congratulation, Mr. Xiao, on defeating the strong enemies!"

The words were flattering, but his expression was filled with awe.

Xiao Mu took out the eigthy-three energy fruits and, as per the agreement, gave twenty-five to Liu Du.

Liu Du nervously accepted the deal, worried that Xiao Mu might change his mind and kill him to keep him silent.

But his worries were unnecessary. Xiao Mu had always been a man of his word, and although Liu Du was weak, he had no intention of breaking his promise.

Sighing in relief, Liu Du felt grateful in his heart, believing that choosing to cooperate with Xiao Mu was a blessing in his life.

"Master, I've gathered the items. Please have a look," the ghost servant came over, bowed, and presented the items he had just collected to Xiao Mu.

In total there were four storage boxes and two treasures. One was the Demon-Slaying Pestle, and the other was the peculiar double-fork used by the man with double forks.

The double fork was nothing special, just a middle-grade artifact at best; Xiao Mu didn't value it much and casually put it away.

What really caught Xiao Mu's attention was the Demon-Slaying Pestle, a high-grade magical weapon which could even stand its ground against Xiao Mu's Mountain and River Seal.

"What a pity!"

Xiao Mu held the Demon-Slaying Pestle in his hand, feeling a slight regret.

It was a treasure of Buddhism and was best used by mutated beings who practice Buddhism. Although Daoist cultivators could activate it, they could only unleash a fraction of its power.

After thinking a bit, Xiao Mu put away the Demon-Slaying Pestle.

Even though the Pestle was not suitable for him, the materials used for its creation were excellent. He could melt it down later and make other treasures suitable for his use. Due to the supernatural nature of the materials used to make the Pestle, the resulting treasure would have power without needing to mutate.

Xiao Mu took out the Seven-colored flower basket from the Earth Seal Space.

This flower basket was quite good. It had the function of storing treasures, and the key point was that Xiao Mu himself could use it, able to utilize all its power with the help of Dao Method Spiritual Energy.

Xiao Mu casually threw the flower basket into the air, infusing it with Dao Method Spiritual Energy.

The basket immediately emitted seven brilliant lights, creating a gorgeous rainbow across the sky.

Around the basket, rainbow-colored mists appeared, and fairy music rang out.

"Gather!"

Xiao Mu pointed at the flower basket, infusing it with Dao Method Spiritual Energy.

The basket shot out seven-colored rays of light, tipping over with the mouth of the basket aimed at Liu Du. Liu Du was wrapped in the seven-colored light, as if the basket was about to absorb his entire being.

"Mr. Xiao, please spare me!"

Liu Du's face turned ashen. In his horror, he earnestly pleaded for mercy from Xiao Mu.

"I'm just testing its power. The power of this flower basket is indeed not weak!"

Xiao Mu was merely testing the power of the basket and did not intend to harm Liu Du.

In his hands, the flower basket was much more potent than when it was in Chi Yan's possession.

After all, Xiao Mu was practicing top-tier methods, Xuanmen Zhenggang and the God Sealing Technique. These two superior methods were far superior to the one practiced by Chi Yan.

After putting the flower basket in the Earth Seal Space, Xiao Mu started examining the four storage boxes.

One by one he opened the four boxes.

There were not many good things in the storage boxes. After all, not everyone could have as much wealth as Xiao Mu. For people like Tianmen Layman and the others, having a powerful treasure suited to them was already quite good.

Despite this, he still found more than twenty energy fruits in the boxes of the four people.

This discovery made him feel a mix of frustration at their poverty and joy at having more fruit.

Clearly, the four individuals of Tianmen were not on the same level as Xiao Mu. Moreover, they arrived late, so the number of energy fruits they collected was not very high.

However, if Xiao Mu hadn't taken the Tianmen fours' chance, the total number of energy fruits these four guys had would exceed one hundred. This was much more prosperous than most mutated beings; calling them broke would seem unjustified.

He picked up all the twenty plus energy fruits.

At this point, Xiao Mu had 260 energy fruits in his possession, more than enough for him to break through to the peak of the fourth realm.

Xiao Mu decided to stop immediately, consume energy fruits and make a breakthrough.

This battle allowed him to witness the might of peak-stage beings and made him aware of his own shortcomings. He must make a breakthrough.

Otherwise, if he encountered a powerful being at the peak stage, he might not be a match for them.

Additionally, he was injured pretty severely. He could not proceed to the next growth point of the energy fruit tree before recovering from his injuries. Otherwise, if he encountered a strong enemy, he would be in grave danger.

It was time for him to break through to the peak of the Tongxuan Realm.

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