Xiao Mu didn't need to turn around to know who was appearing behind him.

Zhu Qianhao, the puppet Zhu Qianhao created by the Heavenly Court using Zhu Qianhao's corpse bones and the spirit blood of his descendants.

A fierce aura rapidly approached from behind Xiao Mu. A black giant hand filled with death qi overshadowed the sky above Xiao Mu's head. This black hand, purely transformed from death qi, collaborated with the Eight-Sided Hammer in the hand of the high-crowned man, and together they launched an attack on Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu, in a hurried panic, turned his hand back. The Yama Hammer split in two, one in each hand, and he simultaneously clashed with the high-crowned man in the front and Zhu Qianhao behind him.

Boom! Bang! Boom! Bang!

Thunderous noises erupted from both the front and back of Xiao Mu. His True God Realm shook as he firmly resisted the joint assault from the high-crowned man and the puppet Zhu Qianhao, exchanging blows dozens to hundreds of times in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Mu's True God Realm trembled violently. The Signal Tower-shaped Fengjun's Hand in the Yama Seal began to sway like a small tree swaying in a wild wind.

This outcome alarmed Xiao Mu.

His Fengjun's Hand, after all, had only just been formed and wasn't stable. Not only was the power drawn from the earth limited, but it also appeared somewhat inadequate when fighting two strong opponents of the same tier.

Xiao Mu did not fear; after all, once the Fengjun's Hand was destroyed, it could be re-formed. But if he could capture this high-crowned man from the Heavenly Court's retribution system, he could learn the purpose of the Heavenly Court's presence in the Great Tang Ruins.

Thus, Xiao Mu immediately adjusted the power exerted by his two hands, focusing more authority on the battle with the high-crowned man and adopting a defensive stance against the attacks from the puppet Zhu Qianhao behind him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The furious exchange of blows continued non-stop. In the span of a few breaths, there were again dozens to hundreds of fierce clashes.

"Poof!"

The high-crowned man spat out a mouthful of blood; the relentless exchanges had left him injured.

However, Xiao Mu was not in a better state either. Although he could withstand the blows from the high-crowned man in front, he struggled to fend off the attacks from the puppet Zhu Qianhao behind him.

The black hand manifested by the puppet Zhu Qianhao emitted hell's death qi, continuously infiltrating Xiao Mu's True God Realm and beginning to wreak havoc within.

Crack!

Xiao Mu's Fengjun's Hand, having just been formed, was unstable, and after another violent shake, it finally shattered.

Xiao Mu's strength immediately began to diminish.

"Kill!"

The high-crowned man seemed to realize something. At the moment Xiao Mu's Fengjun's Hand shattered, he keenly sensed the decrease in Xiao Mu's strength. Roaring in anger, he signaled to the puppet Zhu Qianhao to attack Xiao Mu together.

Boom! Boom!

Xiao Mu used the Yama Hammer to defend both front and back. Ferocious power surged from both directions, and with one strike, Xiao Mu was injured, coughing up blood on the spot.

"Your strength has diminished?" The high-crowned man keenly sensed the change in Xiao Mu's strength this time. A smile appeared in his eyes as he stared at Xiao Mu, roaring and signaling for the puppet Zhu Qianhao to launch another mad assault on Xiao Mu.

Realizing his diminished strength, Xiao Mu decided not to fight anymore. Seeing the high-crowned man and the puppet Zhu Qianhao charging at him simultaneously, he paused and immediately took to the air.

The Cloud of Five Elements enveloped Xiao Mu's body, carrying him to the distant southwest direction.

"Chase!"

The high-crowned man shouted at the puppet Zhu Qianhao, and together they rode the clouds in pursuit of Xiao Mu.

Having undergone mutation, Xiao Mu's Cloud of Five Elements was faster. Unrestricted, it quickly widened the gap between him and the high-crowned man and the puppet Zhu Qianhao.

"Damn, he got away!"

The high-crowned man watched as Xiao Mu's figure vanished from sight, cursing bitterly and halting his cloud.

"Such bad luck, it was a close call, the hard-won Fengjun's Hand shattered unexpectedly at that moment."

Xiao Mu felt immense regret after escaping the pursuit of the high-crowned man.

With his strength, by borrowing the power of the True East Realm through the Fengjun's Hand, he originally had a chance to slay the high-crowned man. But who would have thought the newly formed Fengjun's Hand was too fragile and shattered midway through the battle, forcing Xiao Mu to be unable to continue fighting.

"As with the last time, after discovering my trail, the strong ones from the Heavenly Court are sure to search the entire city for me, so I shouldn't rush back. I should hide outside the city for a while first."

Xiao Mu calculated in his mind, then slowly descended from his cloud.

He entered underground to hide, and meanwhile transmitted the information he had just gathered back.

He sent the report of the hidden great array and hidden space to Yang Jun, asking him to research what kind of great array it was and strive to break open the hidden space soon.

The other message was sent to Du Wenzhen, asking him to dispatch people to monitor the situation near Cangkuo Mountain, lest the Heavenly Court discovers the hidden space while they remain unaware.

Only then did Xiao Mu begin to heal his injuries.

The strong ones from the Heavenly Court reacted as he anticipated. Not long afterward, a divine sense came to explore, probing the ground inch by inch.

Xiao Mu discerned from the divine sense's aura that the explorer was the same strong one from the last time.

This person's power was at least at the late stage of the True God, and Xiao Mu speculated it was very likely Lin Guyi.

He stayed underground for a day and a night until the Heavenly Court's search was completely over before emerging, transforming back into a middle-aged man and returning to his rented place.

At the elevator entrance, a stern man in a suit, at the mid-stage of the Yin God, shared the elevator with Xiao Mu and exited on the thirteenth floor.

Afterward, they both headed in the same direction and stopped at the door of 13C.

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