Chapter 86

However!

The heart was penetrated, but this person didn't die immediately!

Only a wisp of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, his sinister eyes surged with madness, and his hands were like lightning, with sharp claw edges, grabbing towards Chen Mu, covering left and right, blocking all retreat paths.

"Swoosh!"

Chen Mu didn't dodge or evade, an invisible sword qi shot out from his chest, faster than the Divine Arm Bow arrow just now, shooting straight out.

The target, the horse-faced man's head!

Close at hand, fast as lightning, with powerful piercing force.

The "Two-Yi Sword Qi" driven by true qi shot into the horse-faced man's skull without any obstruction, and the whole head shattered into countless pieces with a "squelch" sound.

Red and white sprayed into mid-air.

Chen Mu's body aura rolled, flicking away all the liquid.

[Corpse discovered, do you want to pick it up?]

"Yes!"

Quickly check the cards.

A true qi card for six and a half months!

"Awoo~~~"

The giant elephant's painful and angry cry resounded through the valley, and the terrifying sonic wave attack swept across. The earth kicked up rolling dust, and the energy shot everywhere.

The Longevity Sect and Black Dragon Society people were prepared, so the impact was not great.

The Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army teams suffered dozens of deaths.

A giant elephant with an arrow stuck in one eye swayed its huge body, roaring, charging crazily, and trampling indiscriminately.

"Pfft~"

A ten-man team of the Nanyun Prefecture Army couldn't dodge in time and was trampled on the spot, turning into meat paste.

Swish!

In the twilight sky, a piece of rosy light suddenly bloomed.

It was a sword light entangled with white-gold flames, tearing through the void, crossing a hundred meters, sweeping across hundreds of meters, and descending on the giant elephant's head.

The crazily trampling giant elephant instinctively dodged in terror, shaking its head.

"Swoosh~!"

Crimson blood spurted, and a large piece sprayed into mid-air.

It was one of the giant elephant's forelimbs; from top to bottom, nearly half of the flesh and blood was cut off and fell.

The white steel-like bones were exposed to the air, trembling continuously as the giant elephant roared in pain.

"Zhao Fuzhou!"

In mid-air on the east side of the valley, an angry shout suddenly rose, accompanied by a sound, and a piece of blood-colored blade light flooded half the sky.

Swish~

The white-gold sword light followed and appeared again, colliding with the blood-colored blade light, instantly disintegrating a large piece.

Swish swish swish~!

The sound of energy tearing, as if cutting through space, bombarded the mountain, triggering a rumbling sound, and a large amount of mountain stone turned into powder.

Boom!

Boom~

"Boom~!"

The loud noises followed one after another, like a heaven-shaking event, punching a hole in the mountain on the east side of the valley.

Swoosh!

In the sky full of dust, a figure fell from mid-air, fell on the other side of the mountain on the east side of Dead Man's Valley, in a pile of rubble, and with a "thump," smashed heavily to the ground, smashing a pit.

"Zhao Fuzhou, you... have you stepped into the 'Earth Altar' realm?"

"You guess?" Zhao Fuzhou's clear voice sounded.

"Even if you stepped into the 'Earth Altar,' it won't be that easy to take me down! Go to hell!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom~!

Violent explosions connected into one, returning to Dead Man's Valley.

Chen Mu, who had put away the Divine Arm Bow, paused slightly and looked up to the east.

"Zhao Fuzhou is in the Earth Altar realm?"

The Innate realm is naturally not the end of martial arts.

Above the Innate realm is the Earth Altar realm.

Above the Earth Altar realm is the Heavenly Palace realm.

Above the Heavenly Palace realm, there is another major realm.

Chen Mu didn't know this information before, nor was he qualified to come into contact with it.

Whether it's Earth Altar or Heavenly Palace, they simply don't exist in Nanyun Prefecture.

Still the same sentence, although Nanyun is a prefecture, it is also a small place.

In the Hengzhou territory, Nanyun Prefecture is ranked at the bottom.

As of now, Chen Mu hasn't come into contact with experts in the Earth Altar or Heavenly Palace realms.

On the side, there is one.

Shen Ge's master is in the Heavenly Palace realm!

If Zhao Fuzhou is really in the Earth Altar realm...

"Awoo~~!"

The giant elephant's painful and angry roar sounded again.

Chen Mu came back to his senses, took down the Semi-Spiritual Bow, and quickly picked up three arrows from the quiver.

The Divine Arm Arrows were used up.

Without the dedicated arrows, the power of the Divine Arm Bow was limited.

The Semi-Spiritual Bow was not bad either.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh~

The arrows broke through the air, heading straight for the giant elephant's other eye.

Chen Mu didn't use true qi; the instability of the Semi-Spiritual Bow was one reason, and the fact that most of his true qi was consumed was the second.

He only released the "Two-Yi Sword Qi" once, and it actually used up most of his true qi.

At this moment, Chen Mu shot the arrows with pure physical strength.

Although the lethality was not as good as the Divine Arm Bow, it was not bad.

Three arrows shot to the giant elephant one after another.

Whoosh~

The elephant trunk suddenly swept, knocking down the arrows.

"Awoo~~!"

The giant elephant, swaying and squatting on the ground, roared at Chen Mu's direction, releasing a terrifying sonic wave.

Swish! Swish~

Chen Mu moved quickly, avoiding the impact sonic wave, bypassed to the side, and shot out arrows one after another with extreme speed.

Whoosh~ whoosh~

The giant elephant's trunk danced, knocking away most of the arrows.

But a few arrows passed through the energy of the dancing trunk and hit the eyes.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft~

Strange sounds rang out one after another, and one arrow after another shot into the giant elephant's head.

"Awoo~~~!!"

The giant elephant swayed crazily, roaring in anger, blood and tears streaming from both eyes, and finally, accompanied by a hysterical long howl, the elephant cry stopped abruptly.

"Thump~!"

The huge body fell sideways, hitting the ground and making a dull, loud sound.

[Corpse discovered, do you want to pick it up?]

"Yes!"

The card was in hand, and Chen Mu checked it immediately.

He originally thought it was a special skill card; the giant elephant was clearly a powerful strange beast, but he didn't expect it to be a strength card.

Divine Strength Card!

As long as you use this card, you can obtain the strength of ten thousand jun!

One jun is thirty catties, the strength of ten thousand jun...

"Tsk!"

Chen Mu sighed and put away the card.

The dream he had at the beginning was finally realized today.

He picked up a Divine Strength Card!

The effect of the Divine Strength Card was indeed extremely powerful.

The strength of ten thousand jun!

However...

Using the Divine Strength Card doesn't mean you immediately get the strength of ten thousand jun.

This strength of ten thousand jun needs to grow slowly over time.

Three years!

Only three years after using the Divine Strength Card can you get the full strength of ten thousand jun.

And when using the Divine Strength Card, the less strength you have yourself, the better.

It's best if you are an ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts.

After using the Divine Strength Card, you will steadily gain the strength of ten thousand jun within three years.

The stronger the physique, the more painful it is after using the Divine Strength Card.

If Chen Mu had obtained the Divine Strength Card at the beginning, he would naturally have used it immediately.

But now, he doesn't need the Divine Strength Card; he is also confident that he will gain the strength of ten thousand jun in three years.

A large number of strength cards, paired with body-strengthening cards, mastering the strength of ten thousand jun is just a matter of time.

This Divine Strength Card is better given to someone who needs it!

The giant elephant died.

The Longevity Sect and Black Dragon Society people completely fell into the losing side, and were killed and retreated by the Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army who had recovered.

Chen Mu held the Semi-Spiritual Bow, shooting and killing anyone below the Innate realm with one arrow after another.

Those he aimed at had no other choice but to die.

It was precisely because of Chen Mu's long-range assistance that not too many people from the Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army died.

"Boom!"

On the east mountain, a loud noise came, and amidst the flying dust, Ouyang Kuo's loud laughter sounded.

"Haha, Old Man Tang, you can die in peace!"

"Living for so long, you haven't lived enough. If you don't die, how can those enemies of yours be at ease?"

Boom! Boom~!!

Two more loud noises.

A moment later, on the east mountain, the battle stopped.

The loud noises on the other side of the mountain also stopped.

The white-gold sword light crossed mid-air, blooming in all directions, and Zhao Fuzhou's figure slowly climbed over the mountain.

"Where are you running!"

"Kill~!"

"..."

The final charge sounded in the valley.

The Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army chased and killed the fleeing Longevity Sect members and Black Dragon Society members.

A quarter of an hour later, the shouting and killing in the valley stopped completely.

Won!

The Longevity Sect members and Black Dragon Society members, including Tang Bi, all died.

The Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army people began to clean up the battlefield.

In this battle, more than thirty people from the Martial Suppression Division died. Almost everyone who didn't die was injured, including three who were seriously injured and unconscious.

More Nanyun Prefecture Army soldiers died; more than a hundred died in the valley.

Corpse after corpse fell among the Longevity Sect members and Black Dragon Society members.

This was still the result of Chen Mu's long-range assistance, shooting and killing most of the Postnatal experts.

Without Chen Mu's help, the casualty rate would have at least doubled.

Everyone knew this point well.

For this reason, wherever Chen Mu walked, whether it was the Martial Suppression Division or the Nanyun Prefecture Army, they all cast grateful glances.

Chen Mu maintained a calm expression, walked around the valley, picked up all the cards of the dead, and then walked towards the east mountain.

"Little brother, your archery is not bad."

Ouyang Kuo, in full armor, stood on a rock on the hillside, watching Chen Mu walk over, and said heartily, "Are you interested in coming to my Nanyun Army? My army needs a sharpshooter like you! As long as you come, cultivation techniques, martial arts, pills, spiritual weapons, such as a complete spiritual bow, middle-grade!"

"Only a true spiritual bow is worthy of your archery."

"General Ouyang, poaching my people right in front of me, isn't that a bit too much?" Before Chen Mu could speak, Zhao Fuzhou, who had fallen lightly from the air, retorted first.

"Haha."

Ouyang Kuo laughed, "How is this poaching? We are all our own people. The little brother coming to my Nanyun Army is just a transfer of relations. After all, whether it's the Martial Suppression Division or the Nanyun Army, we are all serving our Great Zhou!"

"I have learned General Ouyang's eloquence today." Zhao Fuzhou cupped his fists.

Ouyang Kuo laughed, "Hahaha~"

"Thank you, General Ouyang, for thinking highly of me."

Chen Mu cupped his hands and saluted at the right time, "Currently, I am doing very well in the Martial Suppression Division and have no plans to change environments for the time being. If I want to change places in the future, I will bother General Ouyang again."

"Haha, then it's a deal."

Ouyang Kuo said readily, "If one day you feel uncomfortable in the Martial Suppression Division, remember to come to the Nanyun Army to find me!"

Hearing this, Chen Mu bowed and saluted again.

Ouyang Kuo's invitation didn't seem like politeness.

Just now he killed Tang Bi, the person in charge of the Black Dragon Society in Nanyun Prefecture, and he was powerful; making friends with such military generals had no downsides.

As for entering the army, forget it.

Chen Mu was very satisfied with being an Inspector of the Martial Suppression Division.

It was just that once the Inspector's official status came down, Chen Mu would need to leave Nanyun Prefecture and go to other places to supervise.

Every Inspector is like this.

Once serving as an Inspector, one must leave their place of growth and go to other places.

The purpose is very simple: to prevent the Inspector from colluding with the local area.

This is a normal operation.

For Chen Mu, it's actually unnecessary.

He rose too fast and had almost no contact with the major local factions of Nanyun Prefecture.

Among the several aristocratic families, he only had a good relationship with Tang Tianhao and Zheng Qianrou.

However, serving in other places didn't affect anything.

Picking up cards from corpses, he could pick them up anywhere.

Going up the mountain, Chen Mu was there for the cards that could be picked up after Tang Bi's death.

For this reason, he chatted with Ouyang Kuo and Zhao Fuzhou for a few words, using the excuse of observing the battle area of the two and feeling the momentum of the late Innate stage battle, and left the two.

A moment later, he picked up a true qi card from Tang Bi's corpse.

One year and four months of true qi!

Passing through the pierced mountain cave, he arrived on the other side of the mountain and picked up another card.

From the corpse of the Longevity Sect person in charge in Nanyun Prefecture!

It was also a true qi card, one year and five months!

Earned it!

Tang Bi and the Longevity Sect person in charge in Nanyun contributed two years and nine months of true qi.

Plus the true qi card picked up from the Innate expert who drove the giant elephant killed earlier.

"I can try to impact the second level of the Innate realm!"

Chen Mu felt joy in his heart, but there was no change on his face.

Breaking through the second level of the Innate realm, he didn't know how much external true qi was needed.

After going back and impacting it, he would know.

The great battle ended.

The sky was completely dark.

The Martial Suppression Division and Nanyun Prefecture Army, all the remaining personnel, were in no hurry to leave.

Torches lit up one after another in the valley.

Chen Mu followed a Martial Suppression Division team into the "Black Dragon Society" stronghold in the valley.

It was located in an underground karst cave.

This karst cave was very large, with several tunnels inside spreading out, separating into stone rooms.

The cultivation resources that the "Black Dragon Society" put inside were counted and packed one by one.

Chen Mu didn't get involved, just walked into an information room.

In this stone room, there were rows of bookshelves, and on the bookshelves were account books recorded in registers.

Chen Mu picked one up, flipped through it casually, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"The 'Black Dragon Society' actually recorded the list of gold masters who paid for murder."

According to the information Chen Mu learned about the "Black Dragon Society."

The "Black Dragon Society" had such a good reputation and had always maintained a peaceful relationship with major factions because the "Black Dragon Society" never left records every time they accepted a mission.

Only in this way would the major factions let them operate.

Paying for murder, after all, could not be exposed.

Once exposed, the impact would be huge.

The account books in front of him were different; they were actually all recorded.

"Is this the tradition of the 'Black Dragon Society' all along? Or did Tang Bi do it privately?"

Tang Bi joined the Longevity Sect; if he had someone secretly record it privately, it could also be explained.

Why?

Because with these secrets, Tang Bi could manipulate all the gold masters who paid for murder in Nanyun Prefecture!

Just the book Chen Mu was flipping through, it had the list of the Pan family, the Zheng family, and the Gao family paying for murder.

"Right!"

Suddenly, Chen Mu thought of something, walked around the stone room, and looked for the latest list of gold masters who paid for murder.

A moment later, Chen Mu found the list and looked for his own name.

Sure enough, it was also recorded in the register!

"Li Qiancheng? Li Xiangyang's cousin?"