Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh! Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The sound of escaping techniques suddenly arose, someone was using the Five Elements Escaping Technique and was rushing in this direction, undoubtedly heading toward Twilight Forest Village, just like Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu stopped to watch and then saw a mass of Green Light and a mass of Golden Light skimming over the ground toward his location.

Wood Escape Technique, Earth Escape Technique!

Xiao Mu recognized the names of the escape arts being used by these two Mutated Beings at a glance.

"So there are other friends on the way."

A voice emanated from the Escape Light, and as it halted, two figures gradually became visible.

There were two men, one looked to be in his late twenties, handsome, while the other was in his forties, with an elegant demeanor.

Xiao Mu just took a glance and could tell the strength of these two men, one at the Early Stage of the Yin God Realm and the other at the Mid Yin God Realm.

However, these two seemed unfamiliar, and Xiao Mu couldn't tell if they were from the Great Tang Ruins.

It happened that he himself had changed his appearance using the Changeable Divine Technique, so the two men also didn't recognize him.

"Friend, are you headed to Twilight Forest Village?"

The man in his forties asked Xiao Mu, his demeanor very friendly.

The younger man stood still, and though he didn't speak, he smiled and nodded at Xiao Mu, a gesture that made Xiao Mu take an instant liking to them.

"Yes, are you two also going there?"

Xiao Mu nodded lightly and politely returned the question.

"Yes, we're visiting a friend," the middle-aged man declared his intentions for going to Twilight Forest Village without much guard and then casually asked, "Are you part of the Alliance? Which Ruins do you belong to?"

"I am with the Alliance, but for the moment, I haven't joined any Ruins."

Xiao Mu concocted a background for himself on the spot, and with his knowledge of the Human World Alliance, his story did not arouse any suspicion from the middle-aged man or the young man.

"That's a shame, friend. If you'd like to join a Ruins, we could make introductions for you; we are both from the Great Xia Realm."

The middle-aged man casually introduced himself, "Zhu Ping," and pointed to the young man, "Li Gujian."

"Mu Huaqing," Xiao Mu said, using his alias.

"Ah, Brother Mu."

Zhu Ping greeted Xiao Mu with a practiced hand gesturing a bow, and then invited him to join them, "Brother Mu, since we're all heading to Twilight Forest Village, how about traveling together?"

"It would be my pleasure, Brother Zhu, Brother Li, please!"

Xiao Mu agreed with a smile and gestured to Zhu Ping and Li Gujian to lead the way.

"Please!"

After greeting Xiao Mu, Zhu Ping and Li Gujian immediately and in sync initiated their Movement Techniques, applying escaping arts to head toward the direction of Twilight Forest Village.

Both began by using their full power in their escape, evidently intending to gauge Xiao Mu's strength.

Testing my strength?

Xiao Mu saw through Zhu Ping and Li Gujian's intentions in an instant, smiled, and executed his Movement Technique, following the two at an easy pace. His body transformed into a red light and moved alongside them, this being the Fire Escape Technique. While it was slower than both Earth and Wood Escape Techniques, under Xiao Mu's use, it significantly increased his speed. Even though Zhu Ping and Li Gujian were exerting their full power with Earth and Wood Escape Techniques to travel, they couldn't shake Xiao Mu off.

"Brother Zhu, Brother Li, impressive use of the escape arts!"

Xiao Mu offhandedly complimented them, maintaining pace beside them without overtaking or falling behind.

"Embarrassed!"

Realizing that Xiao Mu's mastery of escape arts surpassed their own, both Zhu Ping and Li Gujian, understanding each other implicitly, retracted their escape lights and switched to walking.

Brother Zhu admitted meekly, "Brother Mu's use of the escape art is extraordinary, I must concede I am no match."

Li Gujian remarked with a sigh, "We didn't expect Brother Mu's escape art to be so remarkable; we've shown ourselves up."

"You are too courteous, Brothers Zhu and Li. I simply have a stronger command of the escape arts."

Xiao Mu retracted his escape light without showing off any further and proceeded with Zhu Ping and Li Gujian at a leisurely pace toward Twilight Forest Village.

Before long, Xiao Mu, looking toward the Black Cloud Illusion above Twilight Forest Village, asked curiously, "Brothers Zhu and Li, being familiar with Twilight Forest Village, might you know what's the story with this patch of Black Cloud Illusion above the village?"

"Brother Mu refers to this Black Cloud Illusion?" Zhu Ping asked, pointing at the Black Cloud Illusion above Twilight Forest Village.

Xiao Mu nodded.

Zhu Ping then explained, "It seems this is Brother Mu's first visit to Twilight Forest Village. No wonder you aren't familiar with the situation here."

"The Black Cloud Illusion in the sky above Twilight Forest Village is the embodiment of Divine Power displayed by a Divine Spirit worshipped by the villagers."

Divine Spirits? Divine Power?

This was somewhat similar to Xiao Mu's initial speculation. He followed up with another question, "Does Brother Zhu know which Divine Spirit this Divine Power comes from? Is it a strong being from our Human world?"

"As for the identity of this Divine Spirit, I'm not quite sure. According to the villagers of Twilight Forest Village, the spirit is a Thunder God."

Li Gujian suddenly took over the conversation, mentioning the identity of the Divine Spirit behind the Black Cloud.

Thunder God?

Xiao Mu couldn't help but start to ponder which beings in the Human world had the position of Thunder God. Wu Jie, the great leader, was one; Huang Yuan was another; and Wei Lingxiao, the great leader from the Yin Dynasty Ruins, was yet another.

These three people were the strongest beings associated with the Thunder God Position that Xiao Mu was most familiar with in the entire Human world. Besides these three, there might be other beings with the Thunder God Position in the Human world, but Xiao Mu lacked knowledge about them.

"Do you know which Thunder God it is?"

Xiao Mu inquired further.

"This... I'm not very clear on that."

Zhu Ping hesitated in his response and then quickly added, "This Thunder God, being worshipped by the villagers, has never truly shown himself, so no one knows his real identity."

No one knows the identity?

Zhu Ping's words sent a ripple of unease through Xiao Mu's heart as he asked again, "Is it a Variant from the Human world or one from the Heavenly Court?"

"I don't know."

Zhu Ping shook his head, glancing at Li Gujian for confirmation.

Li Gujian saw through Zhu Ping's intention with one look and shook his head as well. "I don't know either."

Then, Li Gujian added with a half-guess, "It should be someone from the Human world. The people from the Heavenly Court wouldn't dare to accept worship so brazenly in our Human world."

Hearing this, Xiao Mu suddenly felt a weight in his heart, and Li Gujian's words instilled a strong sense of unease in him.

If this Thunder God was a strong being from the Human world, how could his identity be unclear? And there would be no need to hide his identity if he was indeed a force to be reckoned with in the Human world.

Based on these conditions, Xiao Mu felt that the possibility that this Thunder God was a Variant from the Heavenly Court was greater than that of being a strong being from the Human world.

"Brother Zhu, Brother Li, how much do you know about this Thunder God? Has this Thunder God ever manifested himself?"

The strong sense of unease compelled Xiao Mu to ask more about the Thunder God of Twilight Forest Village.

"Brother Mu seems to be quite interested in this Thunder God?"

Zhu Ping and Li Gujian both expressed their surprise as they looked at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu maintained a calm demeanor, concealing the feelings in his heart so as not to let Zhu Ping and Li Gujian detect anything unusual. He casually said, "Just curious."

"It's rare for Brother Mu to take an interest in such anecdotes. I'll share what I know with you, but it isn't much, and it's mostly hearsay. Please don't blame me if something is wrong."

Zhu Ping spoke humbly.

"Of course not, Brother Zhu, please go on!"

Xiao Mu gestured for Zhu Ping to continue, looking sincerely inviting.

"This Thunder God has always been worshipped by the villagers of Twilight Forest Village. No one has seen him manifest, but according to what the villagers say, this Thunder God has appeared before."

Zhu Ping's tone was relaxed as if he were telling a story. He clearly didn't treat the matter of Twilight Forest Village's Thunder God as a real incident, and his tone conveyed cheerfulness, "They say that when this Thunder God manifests, Heaven and Earth respond, and a great Gorge rips open in the sky, pouring countless bolts of Lightning and Thunderbolts from within. All this Lightning and Thunder converge to form a Thunder City in the sky."

"Thunder City is built of Green Light divine bricks, each filled with boundless power, and each is a Treasure."

"When the Thunder God gets angry, the entire Thunder City responds, and with a shudder, all the divine bricks explode with terrifying Divine Power, releasing dense bolts of Thunderbolts."

"The power of these Thunderbolts, concentrated together, is enough to shake through the Earth. Even beings at the Divine Spirit Level with a Spirit Tablet, when faced with such dreadful Thunderbolts, would be instantly shattered into dust. Haha!"

As he spoke, Zhu Ping suddenly burst out laughing, "But this is only a rumor, Brother Mu. Just listen and don't take it seriously. After all, how could a Thunder God at the level of Divine Spirits have such terrifying strength?"

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