A massive wound appeared on his waist, almost severing it in two.

"Xiao Mu, you… you…"

The man in golden armor was both shocked and enraged; Xiao Mu's strength was greater than he had imagined.

Fear crept onto his face, and he swung the strange weapon in his hands at Xiao Mu a few times before turning to flee.

Bang bang bang!

Xiao Mu took the blows of the strange weapon with his head, without dodging or avoiding; his body was like divine iron, and a black and white aura burst forth from the top of his head.

The strange divine weapon was blocked and couldn't injure Xiao Mu.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Divine light appeared beneath Xiao Mu's feet, as the Five Elements Escaping Technique combined instantly into one, transforming into a streak of light chasing after the man in golden armor, catching up in the blink of an eye.

Hum!

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor appeared above Xiao Mu's head, spinning as it flew towards the man in golden armor.

"Suppress!"

Xiao Mu let out a low shout, and the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor fell from the sky, pressing down towards the man in golden armor.

"You… you… you… ah…"

The man in golden armor let out a miserable howl as he was suppressed by the Supreme Intention flowing from the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, his entire body flattened against the ground, looking very pitiful.

Xiao Mu stepped forward, stepping on the man in golden armor, pressing down hard with his feet as black and white auras surged from beneath his feet, and with a crack, several of the man's ribs were broken on the spot, even the protective golden armor couldn't stop it.

"Spare my life!"

The man in golden armor begged for mercy, a look of dread on his face.

"Speak, who ordered my assassination?"

Murderous intent appeared on Xiao Mu's face, his heart filled with rage towards the person who had ordered his death from behind the scenes.

"I'll speak, I'll speak, it was the West Mansion Lord of the Zhenxi World, it was him who ordered it."

The man in golden armor panicked, no longer defiant, and finally revealed who had ordered Xiao Mu's assassination.

"West Mansion Lord?"

Xiao Mu did not know who this person was and muttered softly to himself, actually inquiring of Wu De, the Divine Monarch.

The voice of Wu De, the Divine Monarch, came through, "I do not know this person; he must be a newly advanced Mansion Lord. There are eight great Mansion Lords in the Heavenly Court, ranked by direction, the first is East Mansion Lord Bai Jing, followed by North, West, South. The West Mansion Lord is the third among the eight great Mansion Lords."

"How did you enter the Reincarnation Path, and who else has entered the Reincarnation Path aside from you?"

Xiao Mu, full of doubts, asked a second question.

Having answered the first question, the man in golden armor became much more honest and no longer concealed information, "The Heavenly Court also has a passage to the Reincarnation Path that can be entered at any time. As to whether others have entered the Reincarnation Path, I do not know; I entered alone because I did not want others to share the merit of killing you."

Xiao Mu then asked where the passage to the Reincarnation Path from the Heavenly Court was located, and the man in golden armor told him without daring to hide anything.

Xiao Mu quietly noted down the road between the Reincarnation Path and the Heavenly Court, thinking that there might be a chance to visit it someday.

"Hand over your weapons, Divine Armor, Divine Treasure, and your Spirit Tablet; I will spare your life."

Xiao Mu demanded sternly, his gaze sweeping over the man in golden armor.

"That's impossible; my Divine Armor, Divine Treasure, Divine Weapon, they are all linked to my Spirit Tablet. You can't take them, nobody can take them away, even if you kill me."

The man in golden armor yelled fiercely.

"Little Xiao, what he says is true. Once the Divine Armor, Divine Treasure, and Divine Weapon are linked to the Spirit Tablet, you cannot take them unless a Divine Spirit of a higher rank nullifies this person's Spirit Tablet. Only then can you seize the Divine Treasures belonging to this person," Wu De, the Divine Monarch, also spoke up, agreeing with the man in golden armor.

"Is that so?"

Xiao Mu was reluctant, having finally caught a Divine Spirit of the exterior Yin God level; was he really unable to take anything?

"Give me your weapon!"

Xiao Mu commanded the man in golden armor.

"It's useless to you, my weapon has already been linked with my Spirit Tablet; aside from me, nobody can use it. If I die, the weapon will disappear as well."

The man in golden armor argued without resistance and handed over the weapon that resembled a Demon-Slaying Pestle to Xiao Mu.

With the Demon-Slaying Pestle-like strange weapon in hand, Xiao Mu tried to sense it. The weapon gave him a foreign feeling as if it had great power but was utterly beyond his control.

"Really can't take it?"

Xiao Mu frowned in dissatisfaction, thinking hard.

Suddenly, an idea struck Xiao Mu; upon a thought, the Great Decree emerged humming from within him.

Under Xiao Mu's control, the Great Decree flew directly onto the weapon that resembled a Demon-Slaying Pestle.

Xiao Mu pointed at the Great Decree, and the Supreme Intention shot out from the Great Decree like an arrow, striking the Demon-Slaying Pestle-like weapon.

With a 'snap,' a clear sound was emitted as if something within the Demon-Slaying Pestle-like weapon disintegrated.

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