"Is it a giant formed from a mass of sinister Qi? Who could it be? Who can control the sinister Qi? The Qinglin Clan? Or an Evil Ghost?"

This middle-aged man can not yet associate the giant of sinister Qi with the human mutators at Broken Truth Mountain.

Typically, human mutated beings just can't control sinister Qi.

That's why Xiao Mu chose not to use his magic treasure, but to manipulate the sinister Qi to kill Ying Long and Yang Jin.

For fear of exposing himself.

After all, every magic treasure he owns is so unique that if anyone saw them, they would easily guess that he was the perpetrator.

"No matter who you are?"

The terrifying aura from the man exploded once again, like a large-scale thermal weapon detonating. With a loud bang, the entire ancient tomb collapsed and fell apart.

However, the man remained untouched, as if there were an invisible barrier around him, protecting him from even a speck of dust. "Do not let me find you, or I will make you regret being alive."

"I need to go back immediately and investigate every living being that has gone into the Infinite Valley, including the human mutated beings, the Qinglin Clan, the Evil Ghost Clan, and the Zombie Clan."

The man said softly, his tone was icy cold, causing the temperature in the air to plummet. Killing intent radiated from him, annihilating all living beings around him.

Soon, the man broke out of the collapsed ancient tomb and rushed southward.

...

A few hours later, a fully recovered Xiao Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't have to worry about the arrival of a formidable enemy for the moment.

At that moment, having exhausted all his Dao Method Spiritual Energy, he was really filled with endless anxiety.

Forget the powerhouses at the peak of the Fourth Realm, even the ordinary ones in the late-stage would be enough to kill him easily if there were two of them, or even just one that was slightly stronger.

As his realm improved,

The power of the Ghost Servant showed some shortages.

After all, which of the mutated beings that has stepped into the Fourth Realm hasn't cultivated top-tier techniques?

Even with the training from the top-tier Ghost Register – the Ghost King Scripture, it was still insufficient for the Ghost Servant to combat mutated beings of the same tier.

"To recover, I ended up eating a dozen energy fruits in one go."

"The consumption from the late-stage of the Fourth Realm to the peak surpassed my estimate, it actually consumed nearly two hundred energy fruits."

"The number of energy fruits on me is now down to just over forty."

"This amount of energy fruits is nowhere near enough to achieve a state of Peak Perfection."

"I made a mistake in my previous estimation. I thought that breaking through from the late-stage to the peak only required one hundred and fifty, and from the peak to the Peak Perfection at most three hundred."

"It seems that now, without four hundred energy fruits, breaking through from the initial peak to perfection could be difficult. Anyway, let's save up until there are four hundred energy fruits."

"Liu Du, being a master in the art of Earth Listening, could offer me great help in finding energy fruits."

"So, the thing I need to do now is to get in touch with Liu Du, find him and continue to look for energy fruits."

"In addition, the Ghost Servant's strength really needs to be improved soon, or else its helpfulness towards me will become lesser and lesser as my realm improves."

With this thought, Xiao Mu didn't hesitate any longer and immediately contacted Liu Du.

However, something must have happened to Liu Du. He didn't respond after several attempts, but only returned an address to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu took out the map of Infinite Valley and started observing.

Soon after, he frowned slightly.

"It's not far from Liu Du's location. Driving the Fire Dragon Vehicle over there doesn't take more than an hour."

"But what on earth has happened to Liu Du?"

"Why is there no response?"

"Could it be that he encountered a formidable enemy?"

"Whether or not Liu Du has encountered a formidable enemy, I need to be prepared."

"Also, I need to be careful that Liu Du may play tricks on me, betraying me secretly and giving information about me to Zhu Yansheng, setting up a trap, and waiting for me to walk right into it."

Xiao Mu didn't like to suspect others randomly, but he had no choice but to consider the worst-case scenario.

If Liu Du really betrayed him, without any precautions, it would be a grave danger.

Even so, Xiao Mu didn't have much fear.

After all, his strength had already broken through to the peak of the Tongxuan Realm, and he was in excellent condition.

Even if he encountered Zhu Yansheng, there was nothing to be afraid of.

If there were advantageous terrain, like the Deathly Sinister Qi Marsh just now, Xiao Mu could even be confident of easily killing Zhu Yansheng by controlling the deathly sinister Qi with the Great Decree.

However, terrains like the Deathly Sinister Qi Marsh were rare. Under normal circumstances, it would be challenging for Xiao Mu to leverage terrains like that.

Right now, driving the Fire Dragon Vehicle, he directly headed towards the destination given by Liu Du.

An hour later, Xiao Mu reached a Chaotic Stone Forest.

Within the Chaotic Stone Forest, Xiao Mu carefully observed and easily noticed traces of the activity of Mutated Beings.

Following these traces, Xiao Mu continued his pursuit.

At the same time, he was constantly on guard, observing the movements around him, checking for the presence of Mutated Beings whose strength had reached the Peak Perfected Fourth Realm.

Fortunately, Xiao Mu hadn't detected any aura of a peak perfection powerhouse.

This reassured him quite a bit.

He proceeded onward.

A harsh voice echoed from ahead, "I thought your Earth Listening Technique was impressive? Turns out it's not much help in finding Energy Fruits."

"We came to this Chaotic Stone Forest according to your instructions but haven't found a single Energy Fruit."

"Next, if we still can't find any Energy Fruits, don't blame us for not leaving any waste."

Then came the voice of Liu Du, filled with helplessness, "Mr. Gong Yu, there's no absolute ability in this world to find Energy Fruits. Even my Earth Listening Technique only increases the probability of finding them."

"Besides, I hold no grudge against any of you. Since you don't believe I can find Energy Fruits, wouldn't it be easier to spare me?"

Mr. Gong Yu sneered, disdainfully saying, "Let you go? Don't even think about it. When there's one more person, that's one more competitor. Do you think we're stupid enough to let you go? If we can't find the Energy Fruit, we'll just kill you."

The tone in his words was cold, launching a ruthless threat at Liu Du without any hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mu quickly realized what's happening.

It seemed that since they had separated, Liu Du had been on his own and soon fell into the hands of powerful individuals.

Xiao Mu found it puzzling that Liu Du, with his Earth Listening Technique, got easily caught.

But thinking about it again, the Earth Listening Technique was not invincible. During his previous encounter with him, hadn't he found his hiding spot?

Looking ahead, he saw four men together with Liu Du, strategically surrounding him in the middle.

The strength of all four men was only at the late-stage of the Fourth Realm, and none of them were at the peak.

Once he realized this, Xiao Mu had no more concerns, and he drove the Fire Dragon Vehicle straight ahead.

"Mr. Xiao, finally you are here!"

Seeing Xiao Mu's arrival, Liu Du shouted in surprise, his face full of joy.

Xiao Mu's Fire Dragon Vehicle came to a halt, and he scanned each of the four men circling around Liu Du.

These four were all Mutated Beings from the human world, but Xiao Mu didn't know any of them.

His face darkened and he coldly shouted, "All of you, get lost!"

The faces of the four men changed instantly, their eyes full of rage as they looked at Xiao Mu.

However, they soon recognized Xiao Mu's identity.

"Xiao Mu!"

"You're Xiao Mu!"

"Haha!"

Upon recognizing Xiao Mu, the four men were firstly surprised, then couldn't help but break into hearty laughter.

The man who appeared to be their leader, Mr. Gong Yu, was a young man in his early twenties. His face was cold and stern, exuding a strong sense of aloofness.

Besides, he was wearing Taoist robes and beneath the flowing clouds above his head shimmered a black and white Tai Chi Diagram. Like Xiao Mu, he was a powerful practitioner of Taoism.

"Is that really you? Xiao Mu."

Mr. Gong Yu was ecstatic, "I didn't expect to run into you here. Maybe you don't know yet that you are worth two hundred Energy Fruits? Haha! Just surrender, and save us the trouble."

Upon finishing, he extended both hands as if embracing a circle. A ball of black gas appeared on his left hand and white gas on his right hand.

The black and white intertwined, and with a rub of his hands, a massive black and white Tai Chi Diagram appeared between them.

With the Tai Chi Diagram automatically spinning, a beam of light infused with a combination of extreme yang and extreme yin shot out, dangerously aiming at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu's face fell. These four people were too ignorant. Could those mere late-stage Fourth Realm Mutated Beings really think of capturing him and handing him over to Zhu Yansheng for the reward?

"Get lost!"

Xiao Mu waved his hand and a large slap flew towards them.

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