Chapter 436: Again Obtained a Breakthrough Card!!

The scorching, domineering sword technique and overwhelming yang true qi utterly shattered their understanding of martial arts.

"M-my lord's divine might!"

Tang Bin's voice was dry, filled with profound reverence.

"My lord is mighty!"

"My lord is too powerful."

……

The others followed, cheering with renewed vigor.

Chen Mu sheathed his blade and stood firm, his breath steady, as if he had merely swatted away a few flies.

His gaze fell upon the black mortar, his brow furrowing slightly—it gave him a deeply unsettling feeling, as if alive, and brimming with unimaginable filth and demonic power.

Just then—

"Who dares trespass upon our Holy Sect's sacred ground and kill our disciples?!"

A piercing, owl-like shriek erupted from deeper within the cave, laden with colossal spiritual pressure and boundless fury.

Immediately, a chilling aura surged forth, stirring violent fluctuations in the surrounding heavenly and earthly forces, flooding the entire cave like a tidal wave.

Tiangong Realm!

It was that Mo Sect elder!

Tang Bin and the other four turned deathly pale; beneath this heavenly pressure, they struggled to breathe, their true qi sluggish, as if an invisible mountain crushed their hearts.

"Fall back!"

Chen Mu barked, shielding the five behind him, preparing to retreat.

Almost simultaneously, from another direction, a deafening explosion rang out from the cave ceiling!

Boom~~

A massive hole was violently torn through the thick rock layer by a force of immense power, heavy as the earth itself.

Amid flying debris, the gaunt, iron-cast figure of Elder Tie Tang crashed down, blocking the path between Chen Mu's group and the source of the Mo Sect elder's aura.

"Old devil, your opponent is this old man!"

Elder Tie Tang's voice boomed like a bronze bell, his beard and hair bristling, his earth-yellow gang qi surging wildly, as if fused with the earth beneath his feet, completely halting the surging chill.

"The Iron Lump of the Giant Spirit Sect? Do you think you can stop me?"

The Mo Sect elder's icy voice rang out as a gaunt figure wrapped in ink-green toxic mist shot forth from the cave's depths, leaving afterimages in its wake; a withered claw wreathed in thick curses and corpse poison lunged straight for Tie Tang's face!

"Come then!"

Tie Tang did not dodge or evade—he exhaled sharply and punched forward.

His punch was heavy as a mountain, plain and unadorned, yet seemed to draw upon the entire cave's earth veins; where the fist wind passed, the air erupted with dull booms.

Boom!

Fist met claw, like two peaks colliding.

A violent shockwave exploded outward, shaking the entire cave violently; cracks spiderwebbed across the ceiling, and massive rocks began peeling loose and crashing down.

The ground split into a web of fissures; even the black mortar trembled several times.

The clash of Tiangong Realm experts was this terrifying.

Merely the first impact—the underground cave could no longer hold, and began to collapse!

"Go!"

Chen Mu made an instant decision, barking at Tang Bin and the others, "This place is about to collapse—retreat along the original path! I'll hold the rear!"

"My lord…"

Tang Bin and the others' eyes reddened; they knew staying behind to hold the rear meant facing a cave on the verge of total collapse and the residual shockwaves of two Tiangong Realm masters clashing.

"That is an order!"

Chen Mu's tone was ironclad, "Once out, regroup under Plan Two!"

Tang Bin gritted his teeth—he knew this was no time for sentiment. He bowed, tears in his eyes.

"My lord, take care!"

Then, leading the other four, he charged desperately toward the entrance tunnel, braving falling rocks and chaotic energy currents.

Seeing them depart, Chen Mu's gaze locked onto the black mortar and the "Tai Sui Ling Shu" within, still writhing in the tremors.

This object was the core of the demonic array, brimming with strange evil power—it must not be left, and must not fall into the hands of the Mo Sect.

At this moment, Tie Tang and the Mo Sect elder were locked in fierce combat, their figures crisscrossing through the collapsing cave, fists and claws howling, toxic mist and gang qi clashing; every collision sent massive chunks of rock tumbling like rain.

Though Tie Tang fought more defensively, focusing on containment, his immense earth-based gang qi and vast experience allowed him to pin down the Mo Sect elder, who desperately sought to break free and either pursue Chen Mu or destroy the mortar.

Chen Mu seized the instant when both elders recoiled from their latest clash, their qi momentarily lagging—he moved like lightning, lunging for the black mortar!

"You insolent whelp, how dare you?!"

The Mo Sect elder shrieked, firing a streak of ink-green toxic arrow at Chen Mu—but Tie Tang smashed it apart with a single punch.

Chen Mu reached the mortar's side, ignoring the vile, sweet stench radiating from the "Tai Sui Ling Shu"—a scent potent enough to corrupt the soul of a Earth Altar Realm cultivator—he gripped his blade's hilt tightly, pouring all his true qi into it; the blade instantly blazed white, radiating terrifying heat and purifying power!

Nine Yang United, Supreme Heaven-Sundering Slash!

With all his strength, he brought the blade down.

No longer scattered blade gang—this was a single strike, condensed with every ounce of spirit, essence, and understanding of "yang" and "purification."

The blade-light blazed white as divine punishment, carrying the resolute will to cleanse all things and annihilate evil, crashing down upon the dark red, writhing "Tai Sui Ling Shu."

Hssss—

Like a red-hot iron bar plunged into grease, or boiling water poured onto ice, a grating, nauseating sound of violent corrosion and dissolution rose.

The "Tai Sui Ling Shu" emitted a piercing, inhuman shriek—full of endless agony and venomous hatred—as its dark red flesh writhed and twisted desperately, fighting against the purifying yang force.

Thick, black, foul-smelling pus oozed from its surface—each drop capable of corroding metal and stone—but under the blazing white blade-light, it vanished instantly into vapor.

The blade's light continued to press down, slowly slicing through the incredibly resilient body of the Tai Sui, as if infused with boundless life force and impure power.

Finally…

Puff!

A muffled boom—the entire "Tai Sui Spirit Pivot" was utterly pierced and torn apart by the blazing white blade light.

At its core, a dark gold fragment, resembling some ancient pattern, flashed and vanished, then exploded along with the entire Tai Sui body under the supreme yang blade qi, turning into a storm of flying ash and foul-smelling black smoke—but the black smoke was swiftly purified by the lingering scorching heat.

【Corpse detected. Collect?】

"Yes!"

……

Meanwhile, the destruction of the core seemed to trigger a backlash against the Mo Sect elder; he grunted, his surrounding poison mist churning chaotically.

Elder Tie Tang seized the opportunity, punched him back, and roared:

"Go! This place is collapsing completely!"

Chen Mu did not linger—he didn't even have time to check the newly acquired card—his figure retreated swiftly, becoming a faint shadow as he raced toward a narrower fissure, different from the one Tang Bin and the others had taken, one that appeared to lead deeper into an underground river.

Behind him came the Mo Sect elder's furious roars and Elder Tie Tang's steady barks, followed by an even more violent collapse, like heaven cracking and earth shattering…

While moving rapidly, Chen Mu took a moment to examine the last card he had obtained.

Break Through Realm Card!

Another Break Through Realm Card!