Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 1096 - 688: Boundary Breakthrough_3

Chapter 1096: Chapter 688: Boundary Breakthrough_3

"How could that be impossible."

Tian Ye, disdainful of lying, cast a sidelong glance at the man standing amidst the black and white inked hues. She smiled faintly and said, "I simply won’t let concern cloud my judgment, that’s all."

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In the remnants of the Great Desert’s setting sun, the figure of the woman remained slender and frail.

She stood silent for a fleeting moment,

then, as the swirling sandstorm rose, the girl vanished into the Ghost City...

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When Xu Yuan awoke once more, the twilight had already sunk below the horizon, and the dazzling, boundless sea of stars hung high upon the Sky Dome.

Has it only been half an hour...?

Feeling the surging strength coursing through his body, Xu Yuan swept his gaze around the vicinity, then instinctively narrowed his eyes.

Mu Nuo was no longer waiting at the original spot for him to wake.

During the half-hour of his breakthrough, a battle had erupted within the city, and it appeared to have been of a significant scale.

If, prior to his Boundary Breakthrough, one-third of the city beneath his feet had turned into a Ghost City, then now the Life Spirit Dead Zone had almost blanketed the entirety of Zhenxi Prefecture City.

While he had been unconscious, Mu Nuo launched an attack on the Prefecture City.

His gaze swept rapidly—

The Protective City Formation had been almost entirely destroyed,

The Government Office remained intact, but continuous booming sounds were echoing from there.

Looking up,

he saw two Dao Domains illuminating the sky above the Government Office.

Xu Yuan recognized the individuals within them.

Sizi Jing, Li Junwu, the Qilin Wolf, and...

Mu Xingchen?

The Eldest Young Master of the Mu Clan Commerce Guild, Mu Xingyi’s elder brother, the one gravely injured but still possessing a Forbidden Magic Dao Domain as a Transcendent Cultivator.

As this thought passed through his mind,

Xu Yuan suddenly became aware of something.

Where was Tian Ye?

Noticing the absence of her aura, Xu Yuan unconsciously let out a breath of relief.

Though Tian Ye was like a poisonous mandrake flower—seductively beautiful yet deadly—it was, at times, true that he needed someone who truly understood him like her.

With this realization, Xu Yuan prepared to take flight, but before he could, he abruptly felt a commanding gaze descending from above.

Looking up,

his eyes met those dragon-like eyes.

Carrying a resplendent radiance on his back, Emperor Bai hovered loftily in the void, his dragon-like eyes calmly gazing down at the world below.

For a brief moment, their gazes intertwined,

then Emperor Bai nodded towards him with serene composure.

A gesture indicating he would not intervene for the time being.

Seeing this,

Xu Yuan remained silent. He cupped his hands in respect before vanishing on the spot...

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It seemed the battle at the Government Office had reached its finale.

In the silent void,

one of the two Dao Domains shattered in an instant.

Sizi Jing, who had lost both arms, coughed up blood and collapsed into a pool of crimson, staring weakly at the starry sky above.

Not far away lay Huang Shiwei’s lifeless corpse.

The Qilin Wolf, its true form revealed and fur gone, was firmly anchored in place by countless massive steles, letting out agonized howls from its throat.

Having restored the Heavenly Que, Mu Nuo took less than half an hour to completely destroy the City Defense Formation and severely wound nearly all the powerful cultivators on Zhenxi Prefecture’s side—apart from Li Junwu, leaving them on the verge of death.

Looking down on the heavily injured figures below with an air of domination, Mu Nuo fixed her gaze on the cloaked middle-aged man who still stood at the forefront of the group, alongside a Qi-impervious Dao Domain. She sighed and said:

"Uncle, for the sake of the care you once showed my father, I do not wish to kill you...."

"You speak as if you’re certain you can kill him."

A slightly weak female voice suddenly interrupted Mu Nuo’s words. Li Junwu, gripping her long halberd, stepped forward to the forefront of the group. Using the weapon’s blade to point from a distance at the long-haired youth floating midair, her dark pupils flickered with killing intent:

"You little bastard. You’ve done all of this just to use my life as leverage against Changtian, haven’t you?"

Mu Nuo turned his gaze to the armored woman, his tone indifferent as he said:

"That is the only value of your existence I permit."

"If that’s the case, then come and try." Li Junwu whispered as she spoke, her pale lips quivering slightly.

Mu Nuo stared at her for a brief moment, somewhat disdainfully:

"If you fear death, why force yourself to act unyielding? I wouldn’t actually kill you."

At those words,

Li Junwu glanced toward the place where that person lay asleep. With pursed lips and a faint, complicated smile, she said:

"I... just have things left unsaid. That’s why... I didn’t want to die here. But when I think about it, maybe... it doesn’t matter anymore."

While absorbing the Qilin Wolf’s Sacred Origin through the steles as it howled in anguish, Mu Nuo spoke without any trace of emotion:

"The difference between fearing death and not wanting to die—

"What is it?

"Forget it.

"You are merely an extra piece I intended to use against him anyway. Killing you and reviving you for torture serves the same purpose...."

A wet, tearing sound—

Before the words left his mouth,

a hand pierced through Mu Nuo’s chest from behind without warning. Emerging from the shadows of death, a figure gradually revealed itself behind him.

Mu Nuo turned his head slightly, his gaze trailing sideways toward the eyes of the figure.

Xu Yuan’s gaze swept across the carnage below, pausing momentarily on Huang Shiwei’s lifeless corpse, his pupils contracting sharply.

After a brief silence,

Xu Yuan’s voice, strained with suppressed fury, enunciated every word:

"Mu Nuo, it seems you have truly done many great deeds."

"If you wish to fight, I’ll gladly oblige."