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Chapter 550 - 489: Chu Xuanji vs Wu Mu - Part 1

Chapter 550: Chapter 489: Chu Xuanji vs Wu Mu - Part 1

"Master... Master, who is that person? What a terrifying aura?"

Ku Rong’s eyes were wide with alarm, yet he could only perceive a stream of Qi rapidly approaching, unable to clearly discern Chu Xuanji’s figure within it. He could only sense the terrifying presence that was Chu Xuanji.

"Chu Xuanji!"

Wu Mu stood up abruptly, a trace of surprise crossing his features.

Because... he could vividly feel the frightening war intent emanating from Chu Xuanji, realizing that Chu Xuanji was coming for him.

Surprise aside, Wu Mu was relieved to have already successfully refined the Soul Summoning Banner, and, by absorbing the stored essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within his body in the short time just now, he had recovered more than half of his telekinesis.

Otherwise, had Chu Xuanji caught him absorbing the lonely souls’ resentment of the Shangganling area through the Soul Summoning Array and attacked him, he would have had no power to fend off the assault.

"Chu... Why would Chu Xuanji come here?"

As Wu Mu’s senior disciple, Ku Rong was acutely aware of the past grudges between Wu Mu and Chu Xuanji. Knowing about Wu Mu’s humiliation at the hands of Chu Xuanji in Hospital 301, he was so startled upon hearing the newcomer was Chu Xuanji that his mouth hung open in shock.

"Wu Mu, you old fiend, you dare to openly harvest souls and resentment from the Martyr Cemetery, desecrating heroic spirits, treating the Yanhuang Organization’s regulations as nothing. You are truly heinous and deserve death. Come forward and meet your end!"

Without waiting for Wu Mu to respond, Chu Xuanji’s voice suddenly exploded in the sky, thunderous like rolling thunder.

"Hmph!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Mu snorted coldly, his consciousness stirring, as he manipulated Qi streams with his mind, leaping into the air and soaring into the sky.

Just like a Martial Artist at the Gang Qi Great Success Realm, a Mage at the same realm could fly, not by Qi Manipulation Flight, but through the use of mind power to manipulate Qi streams for flight.

Moreover, Mages at the Gang Qi Great Success Realm could also use their minds to manipulate Qi streams for transformation during attacks, though the power was not as great as that of Martial Artists at the same realm when they transformed Gang Qi into form for attacking.

But—

Mages at the Gang Qi Great Success Realm could also use thought transformation to attack the opponent’s soul and perform magic attacks, which in terms of attack power far exceeded those of Martial Artists at the same realm. However, their physical capability was too weak and their defense too poor; if a Martial Artist got close, it would be unquestionably fatal.

"Old Dog Chu, which of your eyes saw me harvesting the souls’ resentment from the Martyr Cemetery?" Wu Mu quickly flew into the air, confronting Chu Xuanji from a distance.

Although he was not afraid of Chu Xuanji because he possessed the top-grade high-level magic artifact, the Soul Summoning Banner, he did not want to admit to harvesting the heroic spirits from the Martyr Cemetery; otherwise, he would be hunted down by the Yanhuang Organization.

The Yanhuang Organization, apart from Yan, had three other Inner Sect Elders.

With his strength, he couldn’t even contend with Yan, let alone face the joint pursuit of the four; he would most likely fall!

Of course, if he fled to other alliances and hid, the Yanhuang Organization would have no way to deal with him.

But in that case, he would have to vanish and live in constant fear for the rest of his life.

"Although you removed the Soul Summoning Array, you left the Mysterious Formation, and here the resentful spirits have vanished completely—the evidence lies plainly before our eyes, how can you still deny it?"

Chu Xuanji stopped flying, levitating 500 meters from Wu Mu, staring coldly at him while releasing his Spiritual Sense to perceive everything happening around Five Saints Mountain.

"Old Dog Chu, you’ve never cared for the world’s populace, so why do you suddenly play the Saint today? I see you falsely accusing me, framing me in order to find an excuse to strike at me," Wu Mu said with a scornful smile. It had been Yan who had gone to Spirit Mountain to invite Chu Xuanji, who then chose to descend the mountain to save the world, and not a decision made by himself.

"Falsely accusing?"

Chu Xuanji locked his mind onto the Soul Summoning Banner behind Wu Mu, narrowing his eyes and saying, "The Evil Yin Qi rolls off your Soul Summoning Banner; it must be a high-level magic artifact. If you did not absorb the resentful spirits’ Qi in the North Korea Special Zone, how could you possibly have refined it?"

"Moreover, if I’m not mistaken, in refining the Soul Summoning Banner, on one hand you wanted your disciple to use it against Xiao Fan to make a name for himself in the Qing Bang competition, and on the other, you aimed to use it against me!"

At last, Chu Xuanji realized the source of the looming great disaster for Ye Fan. His aura surged, eyes filled with intensified killing intent, "Today, you will undoubtedly meet your death here!"

"Maybe if it were Yan, but you’re not capable!"

Seeing that he could no longer hide the fact that he was absorbing the lonely souls’ resentment, Wu Mu stopped pretending and responded with a cold laugh.

"Swoosh—"

As his words fell, the Soul Summoning Banner, under the manipulation of his mind, automatically flew out, hovering in front of him.

In the morning light, amidst howling yin winds, the Soul Summoning Banner exuded strands of Evil Yin Qi.

Unlike ordinary Evil Yin Qi, the Qi from the banner was exceptionally pure, no longer formless or colorless, but appeared as black mist enveloping Wu Mu.

Hm?

Noticing this, Chu Xuanji’s brows rose.

He’d only suspected earlier that the Soul Summoning Banner in Wu Mu’s hands was a high-level magical artifact, but now, seeing the black-colored misty Evil Yin Qi, he was certain of it!

"Wu Mu, you old fiend, do you really think a high-level magic artifact is enough to withstand me?" After a fleeting surprise, Chu Xuanji relaxed his brows, full of disdain.

Even though his magic cultivation was only a half-step into the Peak of Gang Qi, his martial arts cultivation had already reached that peak. Combining magic and martial arts, he was unquestionably invincible below the Great Perfection peak.

"High-level magical artifact? Open your dog eyes and look carefully!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Mu sneered and fully activated the Soul Summoning Banner.

Woo woo woo! Woo woo woo!

The sound of ghostly wails and wolf howls arose as the Soul Summoning Banner burst forth with dazzling black light. The range of the black mist expanded nearly a hundredfold in an instant, engulfing the entire sky above Five Saints Mountain like a massive black cloud.

Within the black mist, a sinister ghost appeared intermittently, with an evil stare fixed on Chu Xuanji, as if ready to pounce on him and tear him to shreds at any moment.

"A top-grade high-level magical artifact?"

As the full power of the Soul Summoning Banner was displayed, Chu Xuanji immediately discerned its quality but still didn’t take it to heart, sneering instead, "Wu Mu, if you had broken through to the peak stage of Innate, you might have been worthy of a battle with me, but now you’re nothing—prepare to die!"

"Swoosh!"

As his words ended, Chu Xuanji fully triggered the Gang Qi within his body, his speed suddenly increasing as he transformed into a streak of light, rushing toward Wu Mu.

"Ghost King Descent!"

Despite possessing a top-grade high-level magical artifact, Wu Mu did not dare to be negligent in the face of Chu Xuanji, ranked second on the Dragon Ranking. He multitasked, retreating explosively while controlling the air currents with his mind power and simultaneously waving his hands, executing the handprint for the ’Ghost King Descent’.

’Ghost King Descent’ was a killing move from the Ghost Sect’s signature technique, ’Ghost Demon Skill,’ and was recognized as a high-level technique. It could summon evil yin objects by utilizing evil yin Qi to attack and harm or destroy an opponent’s consciousness, and its power was extremely formidable.

Previously, when Wu Mu’s disciple, Duanmu, failed to assassinate Ye Fan, he used a mid-level magical artifact, Ghostly Gourd, to trigger this move. Although it was just the first level of its power, it nearly killed Ye Fan.

Although it was a killing move, due to Wu Mu’s profound mastery of magic cultivation and his main study in the ’Illusion Technique’ stream within magic and formations, his hand-sealing speed was far beyond what Ye Fan could compare with.

Three breaths later, Wu Mu completed the hand-sealing. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surrounding the Five Saints Mountain seemed to be summoned, converging towards the sky above the Five Saints Mountain. Strands of evil yin Qi separated from it, pouring down toward Wu Mu’s location like a waterfall.

Woo woo woo! Woo woo woo!

As the yin energy appeared, resentful spirits howled.

Resentful spirits inside the Soul Summoning Banner emitted a hair-raising shriek and burst out of the banner, turning into a dark shadow.

The shadow was nearly three meters tall and enshrouded in black mist, which seemed to be formed from thousands of yin ghosts with ferocious expressions, chilling to the bone.

"Swoosh—"

With the appearance of the resentful spirits, the omnipresent evil yin Qi seemed to be summoned, all being absorbed by the resentful spirits.

After absorbing the evil yin Qi, the shadow formed by the resentful spirits grew continuously larger, eventually becoming a monstrous figure tens of meters tall. It radiated rolling yin energy and wielded an Evil Yin Blade, extremely terrifying.

Beneath the Five Saints Mountain, as an Innate Great Perfection Cultivator, Ku Rong saw the evil yin monster in the sky, felt the evil, decayed aura emanating from the monster, trembling in spirit, his face pale, his body uncontrollably starting to shake.

Not just him, even Ye Fan who was swiftly approaching the Five Saints Mountain, upon remotely sensing the presence of the evil yin monster, felt a palpitation.

Even Chu Xuanji, upon detecting the fearsome aura of the evil yin monster, abruptly stopped and his eyebrows knitted slightly.

On one hand, the strength of the evil yin monster formed by Wu Mu through the Soul Summoning Banner using ’Ghost King Descent’ exceeded his expectations. On the other hand, since the core of the evil yin monster was the resentful spirits, he could not break it with magic—If he used his magic to attract evil yin Qi, it would all be absorbed by the resentful spirits, inadvertently aiding Wu Mu in strengthening the evil yin monster!

"Go!"

Seeing Chu Xuanji halt, Wu Mu ceased his retreat, switching from defense to offense, commanding the evil yin monster to fight through the Soul Summoning Banner.

"Hehehehe..."

The evil yin monster let out a hair-raising sinister laugh, leaped forward, and rapidly burst forth, blade in hand, charging at Chu Xuanji.

Facing the attack of the evil yin monster, Chu Xuanji stood in place without dodging or evading. The blood Qi within his body completely boiled over, forming an almost tangible halo of Blood Qi around his body.

Five hundred meters!

Four hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

Just as the evil yin monster got within less than two hundred meters of Chu Xuanji, Chu Xuanji sent a punch through the air toward the monster!

"Whoosh!"

With one punch, a stream of Gang Qi shot out from Chu Xuanji’s right fist, mingled with the Blood Qi in front of him, blasting toward the evil yin monster like a cannonball. The air was completely ruptured in its path, creating a vacuum with crackling sounds incessantly ringing in the ears.

"Swoosh—"

Faced with Chu Xuanji’s ferocious strike, the evil yin monster, as if sentient, didn’t dodge or evade but directly slashed out!

Swish—

With one slash from the evil yin monster, a surge of evil yin Qi was brought up, turning into a dark sword light, cleaving at the rapidly approaching Gang Qi.

"Boom—"

In an explosive moment, the sword light collided with the fist Gang Qi, creating a thunderous sound.

Crackle and pop!

After the muffled sound, both the sword light and the fist Gang Qi nearly dissipated at the same time, with the terrifying energy waves spreading outwards in every direction, the sounds of air bursting continuously echoing about!

An equal match!

In this strike, the evil yin monster and Chu Xuanji fought to a standstill.

"Heh, it seems I still underestimated the power of the Soul Summoning Banner!"

Upon seeing this, Wu Mu sneered confidently.

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