"Picking up other people's clever tricks! Heh heh! You think you can kill me by imitating my moves?"

The gaunt man snorted coldly, stretching out a hand to point forward. Amidst a thunderous boom, the divine bell formed from the Wood and Earth Powers blocked Xiao Mu's Golden Fire Giant Sword.

"Old Xiao, let's attack together, and kill him!"

Du Wenzhen roared as he charged forward again with the Earth Escape Technique, waving his hand to stir up flying sand and gravel, aiming for the gaunt man's face.

With a wave of his hand, the gaunt man used the Wood and Earth powers to block the sand and stones Du Wenzhen blew toward his face, followed by a sneer, "You can't defeat me. Despite you both being in the True Realm, your techniques are too few and too weak. Today, neither of you will leave this place alive."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gaunt man made his move again, and behind him, the Five-Color Light Spectrum rose up once more.

Compared to before, the Five-Color Light Spectrum appeared larger and more powerful this time.

Not only that, but the man reached out with his hand, as the Five Elements Power surged directly into his palm.

In his palm, five different types of brilliance flickered, and an object, slender as a willow leaf, slowly appeared in his hand.

As soon as the willow leaf-shaped object appeared, a killing intent emerged from the gaunt man's whole body, as if he were a terrifying demon god, intent on annihilating his opponents.

Stretching out his hand, the gaunt man sent the five-colored willow leaf flying out.

Swish swish swish!

Thud thud thud!

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen both executed their movement techniques to dodge, but not to mention Xiao Mu's Life-Death Step, even Du Wenzhen's Earth Escape Technique couldn't escape the assault of the five-colored willow leaf.

The two were repeatedly struck by the willow leaf, their bodies accumulating one fine cut after another.

The wounds, as if sliced by tiny knives, were extremely fine and small but were filled with massive amounts of Five Elements Power, making them extremely difficult to heal.

"What kind of divine technique is this?"

Du Wenzhen was greatly shocked, his complexion changing as he looked at the willow leaf-shaped object transformed by the Five Elements Power in the gaunt man's hand.

With a strong sense of danger, as soon as he sensed something was wrong, the earth-colored light under his feet flared up intensely. His first reaction was to attempt to escape by using the Earth Escape Technique.

"If you dare to run, I'll kill you first!"

Xiao Mu glared coldly at Du Wenzhen, his tone laced with murderous intent.

"Heh! Old Xiao, I have no intention of running, you've misunderstood," Du Wenzhen said, startled by Xiao Mu's expression and quickly defending himself.

Xiao Mu replied coldly, "Good, that's the best. Let's join forces to kill him. No matter what divine technique he has, you won't die with me here."

Xiao Mu's expression was solemn as he channeled a ball of Life Force onto Du Wenzhen, aiding his recovery while also using the Life Force to heal himself.

Then, he took out the Life and Death Record from the Earth Seal Space.

Facing an enemy at the level of the Yin God, the only techniques Xiao Mu could use apart from the Five-Color Divine Light were the pages of the Life and Death Record.

Other Secret Arts, the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, the Great Decree, and such were not very effective.

With the Life and Death Record in hand, Xiao Mu flicked it towards the gaunt man.

An image of the gaunt man immediately appeared on the Life and Death Record.

Following that, the name of the gaunt man surfaced on the Life and Death Record—Qu Huan.

"Is this the Life and Death Record?"

Qu Huan was stunned, his eyes riveted on the page of the Life and Death Record in Xiao Mu's hand, "No, it's just a fragment of the Life and Death Record."

"Heh heh!"

Qu Huan sneered, looking disdainfully at Xiao Mu, "A fragment of the Life and Death Record doesn't have much power. You're still no match for me."

"Tell me how you found this place, and I may grant you a little more time before I kill you...never mind, I'll incapacitate you both first," Qu Huan said, changing his mind mid-sentence, attacking once again. He didn't just throw the five-colored willow leaves in his hand, but also manipulated the Five-Color Divine Light to form swords sweeping towards Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen.

Xiao Mu's Five-Color Divine Light immediately formed a bell to block the attack, but it shattered along with Qu Huan's Five-Color Divine Light sword upon impact.

Qu Huan's five-colored willow leaves were unaffected, continuing their sweeping assault toward Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen.

Thud!

Du Wenzhen grabbed the ground and yanked upward.

Under the Earth Concealment Technique, the ground was pulled up like a carpet, transforming into the Five Elements True Soil to protect both Xiao Mu and himself.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Earth Concealment Technique failed to completely block the five-colored willow leaves from Qu Huan, the thin, dark man. Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen found themselves slashed with hundreds, if not thousands, of tiny cuts once again.

The nature of this divine technique was akin to the ancient execution by slow slicing, extremely cruel and malicious.

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen's bodies were covered in cuts, and due to the influence of the Five Elements Power, their wounds couldn't heal quickly, leaving them in extreme agony.

However, seizing this opportunity, Xiao Mu suddenly had a wound appear on his fingertip, mixing the blood with the Death Force as he wiped it over Qu Huan's name on the Life and Death Record.

The moment Qu Huan's name was struck off, his spirit was affected and his body suddenly stalled.

Xiao Mu's movements didn't stop, as another page of the Life and Death Record appeared in his hand, once again aimed at Qu Huan.

Qu Huan's image, along with his name, appeared on this new page of the Life and Death Record.

Xiao Mu reached out again, erasing Qu Huan's name with his fingertip blood, now mixed with the Life Force.

"Ah~"

Qu Huan screamed in pain, clutching his head with both hands.

With his strength, when Xiao Mu used a single Life and Death Record to erase his name, he might not have been significantly affected.

But having his name eradicated from two Life and Death Records at the same time was more than he could bear in such a short span.

After all, these two Life and Death Records came from different volumes of the Life and Death Record. It was as if two different City God Mansions wanted Qu Huan's life simultaneously.

Qu Huan clearly hadn't realized this, and after being subjected to two Life and Death Records by Xiao Mu in succession, he fell into the trap immediately.

"Attack now!"

Seizing the moment, Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen attacked together.

The two coordinated flawlessly; Du Wenzhen instantly cast Earth Concealment Technique, stirring up sand and stones to blind Qu Huan's eyes.

Following closely, the Five Elements True Soil swept from the ground like a carpet, aiming to bury the thin, dark man Qu Huan.

Qu Huan, with his damaged senses, subconsciously employed the Five-color Divine Light to resist Du Wenzhen's Earth Concealment Technique.

Xiao Mu waved his hand and his Five-color Divine Light rose high behind him; seizing the chance, he swung it like a sword at Qu Huan's neck.

A soft "puff."

Xiao Mu's Five-color Divine Light swept across Qu Huan's neck, and his head was slashed off, rolling to the ground.

The disciples of the Five Elements Sect, unlike those from the Life and Death Sect, evidently did not have the ability to revive from death. The instant his head was severed, Qu Huan died.

Power +1 (Advanced).

Xiao Mu received the prompt at the same moment and immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

In fact, had it not been for Xiao Mu possessing two pages of the Life and Death Record and catching Qu Huan off guard, even with Du Wenzhen as his ally, overcoming Qu Huan would have been impossible.

It was the two pages of the Life and Death Record that caught Qu Huan by surprise, coupled with the excellent cooperation between Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen that led to Qu Huan's demise.

"Finally dead! This guy was strong!"

Du Wenzhen stepped forward and kicked Qu Huan's corpse.

"It's because we're too weak!"

Xiao Mu retorted while using the Life Force to heal his own injuries. He then cast a ball of Life Force on Du Wenzhen and casually ordered, "Search his body, see what he has."

"Okay!"

Du Wenzhen subconsciously agreed, bending over to search Qu Huan's corpse.

After a moment, he realized something was amiss, turned his head to look at Xiao Mu, and complained, "Old Xiao, that's really underhanded of you to make me do the dirty work of searching the body."

Xiao Mu reprimanded softly, "Quit the nonsense, just look what he has on him."

"KAO!"

Du Wenzhen, dissatisfied, continued to rummage through the body and soon pulled out a storage box from Qu Huan's corpse. Upon opening it and seeing the contents, he spat and kicked Qu Huan's corpse again, cursing, "Pauper!"

On Qu Huan's person, there were only a little over two hundred Energy Fruits in total, which, divided between the two, meant each received just over a hundred.

Xiao Mu felt somewhat disappointed. If Qu Huan's five-colored willow leaves had been a magic treasure, their battle would have been a huge windfall.

However, on the other hand, if the five-colored willow leaves had been a magic treasure, given Qu Huan's strength, neither he nor Du Wenzhen stood a chance of defeating him. They would have been likely killed by Qu Huan.

After tallying their spoils and healing their wounds, Xiao Mu's attention immediately shifted to the Evildoer Suppression Stele.

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