Boom! The bronze piece, imbued with divine power, was extremely heavy. As it fell, it instantly submerged deep into the ground.

"How... how is this possible?"

Xu Bronze Statue was completely panicked, his injury causing his will to drop instantaneously, he no longer dared to persist.

"Open for me! Ah..."

Xu Bronze Statue roared loudly, unleashing his fists as if they were a pair of enormous hammers smashing towards the Mountain and River Seal.

At the peak of his rage, he had evidently elevated his strength to its utmost limit, to the point his body was explosively emitting purple divine light.

Under the propagation of the purple divine light, an illusion of an incense burner materialized in front of the Xu Bronze Statue, smoke wafting from the burner, constructing an illusory divine power.

This divine power instantaneously surged into Xu Bronze Statue's body, enhancing his strength.

As his strength significantly increased, Xu Bronze Statue wildly swung his double hammers, relentlessly pounding the Mountain and River Seal.

Boom Boom Boom!

After continuous pounding, even the Mountain and River Seal was blasted away in an instant.

The very moment the Mountain and River Seal was blasted away, Xu Bronze Statue did not dare to hesitate, taking large strides to escape into the distance.

He sustained consecutive injuries and had lost all desire to continue his battle with Xiao Mu. He only thought of escaping.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Seeing Xu Bronze Statue flee, Xiao Mu bellowed loudly, immediately casting the Door-God Painting.

The Door-God Painting spread out as if transforming into a wall, blanketed by a brilliant divine light, it directly obstructed Xu Bronze Statue from the front.

"Get out of my way!"

Xu Bronze Statue wildly swung his fists, the purple divine light erupted, and in a few punches, he blasted Xiao Mu's Door-God painting away.

He desperately fought, an unstoppable force.

"Xu Bronze Statue, you think I'd let you escape?"

Xiao Mu sneered, extending a finger, "Great Decree, emerge!"

The golden Great Decree soared over the horizon, appearing directly above Xu Bronze Statue, a myriad of golden lights dripped down, radiating endless Emperor's Might.

Between heaven and earth, various anomalies started to occur everywhere. Plants grew, celestial music played.

"Bind!"

Xiao Mu bellowed again, pointing at the Great Decree.

Golden Dao Method Spiritual Energy surged into the Great Decree like a dragon.

The Great Decree emitted even more intense golden light, manifesting edicts one by one, transforming into tangible text, falling onto the ground.

One by one, arms made of mud drilled out from the ground, reaching for the enormous feet of Xu Bronze Statue.

"Ah~"

Xu Bronze Statue was immediately captured on the spot, his body bound, making it difficult to move.

"Since you have come, don't think of leaving!"

Xiao Mu steered the Fire Dragon Vehicle forward, immediately casting the Mountain and River Seal. It descended from the air, once again moving to suppress Xu Bronze Statue.

Xu Bronze Statue's face drastically changed.

He was already trapped by the Great Decree, and now, Xiao Mu caught up, utilizing the Mountain and River Seal to suppress him.

If he could not escape in time, he would inevitably be killed by Xiao Mu.

A grim determination flashed across his face. He yelled, "Xiao Mu, you think you can hold me? Haha! Try holding me back, the one who will die is you."

Following that, the purple divine light on his body suddenly skyrocketed, the illusory incense burner exploded first.

"You wish! Even if you self-destruct, you can't harm me."

As soon as the words left Xiao Mu, he immediately retreated.

Xu Bronze Statue, while at a disadvantage, actually chose self-explosion.

Boom Boom Boom!

The Fire Dragon Vehicle was unbelievably fast, in a blink of an eye, it had moved a considerable distance away.

The earth-shattering explosion sounded, where Xu Bronze Statue was located, a column of purple divine light mushroomed into the sky.

Intense smoke shot up to the sky, everything at Xu Bronze Statue's location was pulverized.

"Xiao Mu, I will get my revenge on you, I definitely will."

A streak of purple divine light suddenly surged out from the smoke, rushing towards the distance. It moved as fast as light, as fast as lightning, disappearing out of sight in the blink of an eye.

He hadn't managed to injure Xiao Mu even with his self-destruction, Xu Bronze Statue was completely disheartened. He didn't dare to stay any longer, or he would undoubtedly die.

"He still had a means of escape?"

Xiao Mu was quite surprised by Xu Tongxiang's temporary escape method.

He hadn't anticipated that Xu Tongxiang would reserve a special means to escape without self-destruction.

If he'd known about this earlier, Xiao Mu would have definitely made alternative arrangements and wouldn't have let him escape so easily.

But at this point, Xu Tongxiang's escape was too quick and devious to counteract.

Nevertheless, Xiao Mu didn't seem to be excessively troubled by Xu Tongxiang's escape.

If he wasn't even a match for him in his peak condition, how could he be a threat now that he's injured?

If they never meet again, well and good. But if they do, Xiao Mu was sure that he could kill Xu Tongxiang then.

He moved forward.

Even though Xu Tongxiang escaped, he left behind all his belongings due to his self-destruction.

The treasures this formidable man carried, especially the energy fruit, were considerable.

After all, Xu Tongxiang was one of the four individuals qualified to compete for the opportunity for ascension.

Where Xu Tongxiang self-destructed, a hole so deep that you couldn't see its bottom was formed.

Xiao Mu took a look then asked his Ghost Servant, "Search it carefully, see what you can find."

"Yes, My Lord!"

The Ghost Servant jumped into the deep hole, emerged after a while.

In its hands was a refined storage box, which he respectfully handed to Xiao Mu: "My Lord, I found this storage box; it should belong to Xu Tongxiang."

Xiao Mu was delighted and took the box.

He took his time feeling the storage box before finally opening it.

Xu Tongxiang's storage box, was bigger and contained more items than those of typical Mutated Beings.

As soon as he opened the storage box, Xiao Mu's eyes were dazzled.

The box was filled with rows of neatly placed energy fruits.

"One, two…"

Xiao Mu started counting the energy fruits from the storage box, moving them into the Earth Seal Space as he went on.

In the end, with tens of thousands of energy fruits from the storage box, Xiao Mu could hardly suppress his ecstasy.

In Xu Tongxiang's possessions, there were as many as two hundred energy fruits.

Added to his own one hundred and fifty.

Now, Xiao Mu had a total of three hundred and fifty energy fruits. He only needed fifty more energy fruits for a shot at reaching the Peak Perfection of the Tongxuan Realm.

"Never thought Xu Tongxiang would have so many energy fruits."

Xiao Mu murmured to himself; the joy on his face hadn't subsided: "Well, he is a Peak Perfected Fourth Realm expert after all. Among all the Mutated Beings in Infinite Valley, only a handful could fight him. It would be abnormal if someone of his level didn't possess a large number of energy fruits."

Then, a thought occurred to Xiao Mu.

"If Xu Tongxiang had so many energy fruits, surely other strong contenders like Zhou Shenmu and Zhu Yansheng would have a significant amount too?"

"Ah, why go to all the trouble hunting for energy fruits when it is much easier to rob other powerful beings."

This thought flickered across Xiao Mu's mind.

Driving him to this path would likely invite attacks from all other Mutated Beings.

He wouldn't stand a chance to fight against all the Mutated Beings with his current strength.

"However…"

Nevertheless, an idea began to sprout in Xiao Mu's heart: "Maybe, I could try to rob the Evil Ghost Clan, Zombie Clan, or perhaps the Greenfin Clan?"

This thought stirred in Xiao Mu's heart, but he quickly shook his head.

He didn't have any treasure that could trace or detect others. He would like to raid other Mutated Beings, but how to locate these Mutated Beings remained a big problem.

"Congratulations Mr. Xiao, for defeating Xu Tongxiang and congratulations for your great gains!"

Liu Du came over at this moment, his face full of smiles as he congratulated Xiao Mu.

"Not significant gains, but I am indeed getting closer to trying for the Peak Perfected Fourth Realm with just a few more energy fruits."

"Let's continue then, find the next Energy Fruit Tree growth point."

Xiao Mu responded modestly, then commanded Liu Du.

"Yes, Mr. Xiao, I'll get on it immediately."

After Liu Du replied, he dispatched his Dharma Body to continue the search.

Soon, they embarked on their journey toward the next Energy Fruit Tree growth point that Liu Du had discovered.

A day later, standing outside a huge valley obscured by endless dense fog, Xiao Mu anxiously questioned Liu Du. "Liu Du, are you sure the Energy Fruit Tree is growing here?"

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