Xiao Mu was briefly silent, not rushing to speak, and couldn't help but deeply sigh within.

That Meng Xuantong truly thinks highly of him, actually sending three True Gods in succession to hunt him down.

But... True Gods, are these three really True Gods?

If these three are True Gods, counting Meng Xuantong, the Divine Monarch of Guobao, the Lord of the Nether River, and the True Gods descending from the Heavenly Court, there would be six in total.

With six True Gods joining forces, their power would be enough to sweep the Human world effortlessly, so why bother with the extra effort to snatch the Life and Death Seal? Release the Five Elements Ancestor?

Does the Heavenly Court have so little confidence in its own strength?

The more Xiao Mu thought, the more he felt something was off; those so-called three True Gods probably weren't True Gods at all, but rather might be like the old man Gray Beard, merely possessing some Divine Power of the True Gods.

If Xiao Mu were to enter the True God Realm prematurely, given that he has already merged with half a piece of True God Divine Power, he could probably also exert some of the True God's power in advance.

Xiao Mu therefore leaned more toward the notion that the so-called three True Gods were merely ordinary True God Realm beings who had obtained some True God Divine Power prematurely, similar to the situation with Gray Beard, but perhaps stronger in power.

After contemplation, "Brother Xu, I have another question I wish to verify with you, I hope Brother Xu could inform me."

Xu Lang patted his chest generously, "Brother Xiao, there's no need for formalities, ask whatever you want as long as I know the answer."

Xiao Mu spoke solemnly, "Brother Xu, as far as I know, the Heavenly Court has a Summoning Array, and before the channel opened, they were striving to summon powerful beings. Of the three True Gods you mentioned, besides the Ancient Coffin, do you know which of the other two was summoned from the Summoning Array?"

The Heavenly Court has set up a Summoning Array, surely they wouldn't fail to summon powerful beings.

The Ancient Coffin couldn't have been summoned, among the shadow and the giant, perhaps someone was summoned, or perhaps not.

If they weren't, then might there be a fourth person entering the Great Array unnoticed by everyone's eyes?

"I... did not pay attention!"

Xu Lang's old face blushed, but then he questioned back, "Brother Xiao, have you seen the Summoning Array of the Heavenly Court?"

Xiao Mu nodded, feeling involuntarily disappointed with Xu Lang's answer.

Thus, it's hard for him to ascertain how many powerful beings from the Heavenly Court pursued into the Creation Space, three? Four? Maybe it's four, maybe even more.

The situation is even more complicated than he imagined; no wonder that senior Zhou repeatedly advised him to prioritize the Task, not to act impulsively, and that it's fine to abandon the Life and Death Seal if necessary, so long as the Jade Token is successfully placed into the Stone Statue's hand.

Now it seems, it was foreseen.

"Brother Xu, let's just part this way."

Xiao Mu greeted Xu Lang and unfolded the Escape Art, preparing to flee into the distance.

"Brother Xiao, wait, wait!"

Xu Lang saw Xiao Mu about to leave and hurriedly called to stop him.

"Brother Xu, anything else?"

Xiao Mu held back the Escape Light in bewilderment and turned around to look at Xu Lang.

"Brother Xiao, what I mean is, you see, the Heavenly Court has dispatched three True Gods to hunt you. With Brother Xiao's strength, even with the Creation Axe, it would be hard to resist, right?"

Xu Lang smiled amiably, patiently helping Xiao Mu analyze, "Why not, Brother Xiao, join us, so we can watch each other's backs. Even if we encounter formidable foes, more or less, we can all assist Brother Xiao."

"You all?"

Xiao Mu turned to glance at Xu Lang and his helpers involuntarily.

It seems Xu Lang has gathered a few more people; counting himself, the team now has nine people.

Among the nine, besides Xu Lang, there are two other True God Realm beings.

This strength is already quite notable.

However, Xiao Mu still wasn't impressed.

With the Creation Axe, having more people wasn't necessarily an advantage. Furthermore, if facing a Great War that Xiao Mu himself couldn't resolve, Xu Lang and his side probably couldn't offer much help.

Not only that, they might even become a hindrance, affecting Xiao Mu's actions.

He politely refused, "Brother Xu, I'm grateful. But I'm used to operating alone; being with all of you might affect your activities, Brother Xu, let's support each other, but as for joining forces, I think it's better to skip it."

"This..."

Xu Lang hesitated, opening his mouth to persuade again.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Xiao Mu didn't wait for him to speak, unfolding the Escape Art promptly moving away.

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"Bah, this Xiao, what's the deal? Does he look down on us?"

As soon as Xiao Mu left, within Xu Lang's group, one of the True God Realm beings, the red-haired, resolute-faced female with an ancient sword on her back, exclaimed angrily.

The other True God Realm being, also a woman, with slender eyes and a cold temperament, said irritably, "Did you see the look he gave us when he left? That look clearly said he thought our strength is low and doesn't want to cooperate with us."

"Xu Lang, what's going on? Why invite this person? Aren't you afraid he'll steal the merit?"

Then the red-haired woman turned to Xu Lang with angry questioning.

"Steal the merit? Haha! Haha!"

Xu Lang turned to smile at the two women, explaining, "Letting Xiao Mu go and not controlling him is more likely to let the merit be stolen, isn't it?"

"Before going out, the Alliance Headquarters issued the Merit Record. The Merit Record logs merits based on the number of Heavenly Court Variants killed, one point for killing one Divine Spirit, five points for killing a True God Realm. Ultimately, the one with the highest merit gets the grand prize. Xiao Mu isn't aware of this news yet."

"Not aware, impossible right? Xiao Mu doesn't even know what kind of reward he can get by entering the array?"

The red-haired woman was amazed and asked in a startled voice.

"Aware?"

Xu Lang chuckled dismissively, "Xiao Mu only knows that by entering the array, he can earn merit, but does not know even slightly how to earn merit or what can ultimately be obtained by earning merit."

"On the one hand, it's because the Grand Elders at Headquarters have done a good job locking down the information, on the other hand, haha, it falls on my merit."

"Your merit, what did you do?"

"Xu Lang, what did you do to Xiao Mu? Come on, tell us!"

The two True God Realm women grew excited as they listened to Xu Lang and eagerly pressed him for details.

"Haha, it's nothing really!"

Xu Lang laughed off but ultimately held back, not elaborating.

In fact, he just made up a reward for Xiao Mu in an attempt to mislead him, letting Xiao Mu believe the Creation Space Task's final reward was a True God position.

While Xu Lang didn't know Xiao Mu had fused half of the True God position, after witnessing Xiao Mu giving the Curse Stone and the Five Elements Divine Order to Zhou Xuanmen and Zun respectively, he guessed that Xiao Mu probably wouldn't care about ordinary positions.

Thus, he specifically told Xiao Mu the final reward was a True God position to dampen Xiao Mu's enthusiasm and make him not hastily compete with them.

As long as Xiao Mu didn't hurry to compete with them, their chance naturally arose.

"So mysterious, choose to say or not, who cares to listen?"

The red-haired woman, with a fiery temper, directly cursed.

"Ahem!"

Xu Lang was rebuked but quickly lowered his face, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not unwilling to share, rather, it's a complex matter, hard to explain clearly."

"In short, Xiao Mu indeed has been misled by me and is not a major threat to us concerning the Task."

"The one we should truly worry about is Chen Ming and Gu Mei, not Xiao Mu."

"Chen Ming, who entered the array at a similar time as us, isn't a concern for now, but Gu Mei entered much earlier, perhaps has already killed several Heavenly Court Variants and accumulated substantial merit. If no measures are taken to catch up, it might be hard to overtake later."

"Everyone knows, the closer to the end, the stronger the remaining ones are, and the harder they are to kill. Not to mention, on the side of the Heavenly Court, there are three True Gods, whom when we encounter, we must hide from."

"Restricted, seeking survival in tight spots, it becomes much harder to kill people from the Heavenly Court."

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