Xiao Mu waved his hand, summoning Liu Du over.

Liu Du asked respectfully, "Is there anything Mr. Xiao needs help with? If so, please let me know, I will certainly do whatever I can to assist."

Xiao Mu said, "I don't need your help with anything, but I've got enough energy fruits for my needs. I plan to find a place to break through. For now, I can't accompany you to the next energy fruit growth spot."

"Mr. Xiao is going to break through?"

Liu Du was taken aback, a look of envy appearing on his face.

"Congratulations to Mr. Xiao on about to break through to the peak of the fourth realm. Mr. Xiao's talents are unparalleled, late-stage fights at the peak, once you break through to the peak realm, you surely will be able to sweep everyone in Infinite Valley."

Soon, Liu Du began to speak words of praise and congratulations to Xiao Mu.

"Sweeping everyone in the Infinite Valley? Things may not be that easy."

Xiao Mu murmured to himself.

His battle with Layman Tian Men made him realize the strength of the Peak Stage Mutated Beings. Even though he had many skills and a powerful magic treasure that allowed him to fight across stages, he was not necessarily a match for the strong ones in the Peak Stage, like Zhou Shenmu and Zhu Yansheng.

Even if he broke through to the Peak Stage, it would be hard to tell who would win and who would lose in an encounter with these powerhouses.

Unless his strength also reached the state of Peak Perfection, just one step away from entering the Fifth Realm .

From the initial peak to peak perfection, at least three hundred energy fruits would be needed. The energy fruits Xiao Mu currently had were far from enough.

Xiao Mu had already planned what he was going to do. He planned to continue looking for energy fruits after breaking through to the peak stage.

Although Liu Du's strength was lackluster, he had a special talent in finding energy fruits. Xiao Mu wanted to continue cooperating with him.

"After I break through, I will continue hunting for energy fruits. If you are willing to go with me, I will contact you when I am ready."

Liu Du was flabbergasted, "Mr. Xiao still wants to search for energy fruits with me?"

Xiao Mu casually asked, "Is there a problem with that?"

"No problem, no problem at all."

Liu Du hurriedly replied, fearing that Xiao Mu might change his mind.

Soon after, he took out an extraordinary jade token from his person, with great respect he handed it to Xiao Mu, "After Mr. Xiao breaks through, he can use this jade token to contact me."

In the Infinite Valley, cellphones had no signal. Most Mutated Beings didn't even have a reliable method of contact.

But Liu Du, on attaining Dao with Peach Wood and being proficient in the Earth Listening Technique, had a special means of communication that allowed for long-distance contact.

Xiao Mu accepted the jade token. After briefly inspecting it to make sure there were no problems, he stored it away into the Earth Seal Space.

He then got onto his Fire Dragon Vehicle and said, "I'll leave now. Once I breakthrough, I will contact you. You also have quite a few energy fruits on you. You should find a safe place and consume them. Otherwise, having the fruits would be more of a liability. If you were to be killed, it wouldn't matter how many energy fruits you had accumulated."

Before departing, Xiao Mu gave some parting advice to Liu Du.

Liu Du shuddered and quickly responded, "You're right, Mr. Xiao. I will find a safe place right away to consume all my energy fruits."

Xiao Mu didn't say anything more and rode off on his Fire Dragon Vehicle.

A day later, Xiao Mu appeared outside a marsh engulfed in a dense evil aura, in his Fire Dragon Vehicle.

"Decree, come forth!"

Xiao Mu extended his hand and the Great Decree flew forth.

The sky was filled with golden glow, the majesty of the Heavenly Emperor was released.

"Open!"

Xiao Mu Thundered, under the power of the Great Decree, the evil energy parted itself, opening a big wide path. Xiao Mu drove his Fire Dragon Vehicle and entered directly in.

Xiao Mu stepped off the Fire Dragon Vehicle amidst the dense and peculiar evil aura that was as thick as ink. He was satisfied.

"This is deathly sinister qi, judging from its density, even if a Mutated Being in the late stages of the fourth realm were to rush in recklessly and get eroded by the qi, they would surely turn into a skeleton."

"Even Mutated Beings in the peak realm could suffer severe injuries, if they weren't adequately protected."

"However, my Great Decree can ward off this evil qi. For me, this place is indeed a safe location for breaking through."

Murmuring to himself, Xiao Mu took a look around. Finding no danger, he sat down with satisfaction, took out the energy fruits and laid them before him, ready to begin the breakthrough.

Xiao Mu picked up the energy fruits, putting them into his mouth one after another.

As they turned into pure energy and were absorbed by Xiao Mu, his strength also increased bit by bit, making progress towards the peak of the Fourth Realm.

...

Four to five thousand miles from where Xiao Mu was, a beautiful woman in black stood atop an Evil Spirit Skeleton Warhorse leading a group of evil ghosts, each of whom was at least in the late stages of the Fourth Realm. They were attacking the Sacred Ruins.

On the woman's body, there were four ghost soldiers, namely the Soul-hooking Rope, Soul Summoning Banner, Soul Capture Bell, and Life Claiming Awl.

From the number of her ghost soldiers, it was clear that this woman was a Curse Ghost at the Peak of the Fourth Realm.

However, there was no ghostly aura on the woman's body, nor did she look like a typical evil ghost with a green face and sharp fangs.

Quite the opposite, this woman was extremely charming and appeared more like a devastatingly beautiful Yin Spirit.

Furthermore, the ghost soldiers on her body were not ordinary, not only were they larger in size and stronger, but their color was also different.

The ghost soldiers of ordinary evil ghosts were black, emanating death qi. The woman's ghost soldiers were green, and they gave off a pure Yin Qi.

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