Chapter 115: The Annihilation of the Wood Ancestor

Hearing Li Mu’s words, Mu Long was filled with intense hatred, his mind racing: “From where has such a person appeared, daring to confront me? I am deeply enraged.”

As for Li Mu, though not fully aware, he clearly understood that with his Spirit Spear, Li Mu’s power was not inferior to that of a Refining Veins stage cultivator, and he even wielded the poisonous miasma pearls that had wounded him.

The true energy within his body was rapidly dissipating. Given his temperament, he had already given up and was no longer plotting schemes of revenge. He had behaved this way when facing Li Ge before. Yet now, with Li Mu’s words already spoken, he felt trapped, uncertain whether to advance or retreat.

Mu Long remained silent for a moment, standing still, and Li Mu perceived a hint of this hesitation.

“Mu Long wants to flee—could it be that the poison inside his body is out of control?” Li Mu pondered inwardly. “He absolutely cannot be allowed to escape.”

Originally, the plan was merely to hinder Mu Long’s cultivation. But the timing was critical now; if Mu Long wasn’t eliminated quickly, he would surely return for vengeance in the future—a true case of letting a tiger loose in the mountains.

Li Mu’s thoughts stirred, and he employed the Void Escape Technique. Within moments, he swiftly circled around Mu Long.

Mu Long had already intended to escape, but seeing Li Mu’s movements, he was stunned on the spot. “What kind of technique is this? Even I cannot match such speed. This must be why he has come to rescue others. Still, even with such swiftness, escaping is extremely difficult.”

He fixed his gaze on Li Mu, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

Li Mu stood firm, heart swelling with delight. Seeing Mu Long’s shock, he knew the latter was exerting every effort to resist, but whether it would suffice was uncertain.

Thud! Thud!

Fortunately, Li Ge was much improved and exerted himself to block the way.

With punches charged with gale force, he struck toward Mu Long.

“A mere gust of wind,” Mu Long decided. He resolved to annihilate those before him, even if it drained all his true energy. “Resonance.”

Before him, faint ripples appeared, spreading like waves. The punch’s force met these ripples and quickly dispersed along with them, the power dissipating rapidly.

The Resonance Technique was an advanced method combining offense and defense but consumed a large amount of true energy, a skill learned by Refining Veins stage cultivators. The abundant true energy emitted nearby formed waves, deflecting much of the incoming force.

As the waves receded, Mu Long launched an attack.

“Two Mountains Shatter.”

Stone spikes suddenly erupted from the ground where he stood, rising several meters high, accompanied by swirling dust, charging toward Li Mu and Li Ge.

Swift as lightning, they reached their targets in an instant.

Li Ge did not flinch; with both fists, he struck out, breaking the stone spikes. However, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, a testament to the ferocity of the attack—comparable even to a fourth-grade treasure weapon.

Before Li Mu, a sand wall had materialized. To conserve true energy, he refrained from using the Void Escape Technique.

Yet the stone spikes shattered the sand wall upon impact, their force unrelenting as they struck Li Mu repeatedly.

Li Mu hurriedly retreated several steps, a grimace revealing blood at the corner of his mouth. Luckily, the Green Sharp Armor protected him from serious injury.

Mu Long sneered, “Those with weak cultivation can never surpass me. You all will be exterminated.”

“That remains to be seen,” Li Mu replied. He signaled to Li Ge, and the two unleashed their ultimate moves together.

A punch radiated brilliant light, and the Spirit Soul Spear flickered—both attacking Mu Long without a hint of reservation.

“No way.”

Ha! Their techniques seemed futile. Mu Long only swayed slightly, though his true energy suffered considerable loss.

Pfft!

Mu Long paid no heed. Hidden within the dense black smoke of the Spirit Soul Spear were many poisonous miasma pearls. These pearls exploded violently before Mu Long.

The colorful black smoke immediately enveloped Mu Long, trapping him.

Under normal circumstances, Mu Long would have been indifferent; such potent poison posed no real interference to him. But now, it was different. The toxins inside his body were already in chaos, and the external poison gas stirred unrest within him, causing turmoil and confusion. Moreover, the shockwaves from the Resonance Technique inadvertently intensified the poison’s virulence.

The recently acquired third-grade treasure weapon had succumbed to the poison. Mu Long inhaled a great deal of the toxin, far more than before.

“A rare opportunity!”

Li Mu shouted, expending a small amount of true energy to launch several Spirit Soul Spear strikes in rapid succession.

Li Ge held nothing back either. “Impact!” he roared, striking before Li Mu.

Mu Long’s face grew anxious, uncertain how to respond. He summoned a protective treasure to block the spear strikes and ceased using Resonance Technique, merely clutching a Golden Guard Talisman to withstand Li Ge’s collision.

Bang!

The spear pierced through Mu Long’s protective treasure and armor, gouging a hole in his shoulder. One of his arms fell lifelessly to the ground.

Li Ge’s strike landed squarely on Mu Long’s chest, sending him flying a great distance before crashing to the earth.

Though severely injured, Mu Long forced himself to stand, disregarding his dissipated true energy. He employed the Flying Cloud Technique, a skill mastered by Refining Veins stage cultivators, and fled swiftly toward the mountain’s base. In desperation, he activated the Golden Guard. However, his movement and spiritual awareness were heavily disrupted, and he could only fly tens of meters before faltering.

Li Mu was unwilling to let Mu Long escape.

Though he had only a fraction of true energy left, enough for a few uses of the Void Escape Technique, Li Mu did not hesitate. Using himself as a shield, he performed the Void Escape Technique several times until he reached Mu Long’s side.

Bang!

The two collided violently, falling from a height of several dozen meters.

At this moment, Li Hong, who had been waiting patiently, seized the opportunity.

His eyes glowed red as he shouted, “I will kill you!”

A curved, jet-black blade of energy burst from his hand, slashing directly at Mu Long.

The Black Blade was a root technique of the demonic energy arts—common but exceedingly effective. In this instant, with no effort spared, Li Hong’s attack was ferocious.

On any other day, Mu Long would have ignored it, but now, falling and depleted of true energy, he had no strength to resist.

The Black Blade struck Mu Long, clad in the Golden Guard, failing to penetrate his defense yet striking him down hard from the heights to the ground below.

The subsequent two strikes landed precisely, smashing Mu Long’s chest, blood pouring and spraying.

Li Ge shouted with joy, then collapsed weakly on the ground.

The side effects of exerting too much energy manifested; he had expended all his strength and could not stand for the moment.

Mu Long’s eyes widened, seemingly never to close again.

In his final moments, he never considered that someone like him—once destined to reach the Pill Formation stage—would be killed by a non-Refining Veins cultivator and two demonic beings, utterly overwhelmed and suppressed.

Complete domination.

Not long ago, the Lord of the Great Wolf Plains, who had reigned for decades and dreamed of dominating the wolf realm, passed away in bitterness at this moment.