Land Palace!

"Finally, we've made it to the Land Palace."

Du Wenzhen was overjoyed, "Inside the Land Palace, there must be a great number of treasures, Old Xiao, we're going to strike it rich this time."

"This grand hall of the Land God Mansion must be an undiscovered ruin, even if we return empty-handed to report it, we will receive a handsome reward."

"That will only be possible if you have the ability to kill those of the Curse Gate, not end up getting killed by them," Xiao Mu couldn't resist dampening Du Wenzhen's spirits.

"Haha! How could that be? With us brothers joining forces, we're sure to be invincible; anyone from the Curse Gate who shows up will have to kneel down," laughed Du Wenzhen.

Xiao Mu couldn't be bothered with him anymore. Since cultivating the Five Elements Divine Light, his ego had only inflated more and more.

Suddenly, a faint noise came from within the gates of the Land God Mansion.

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen hurriedly used their techniques to find cover to hide behind.

After a moment, two peculiar half-human creatures emerged from the interior of the gate.

They were referred to as half-human because although these two Mutated Beings had human bodies, they possessed bird-like heads; they were half-human, half-bird.

These two half-humans' strength was at the early stage of the Yin God Realm, with their Curse Power flickering on and off their bodies, undoubtedly they were people from the Curse Gate.

The one on the left carried a gourd on his back, while the right one was empty-handed.

The Curse Power in the gourd flickered in and out of sight, evidently a treasure capable of executing some type of curse technique—seemingly a low-grade, incomplete magic treasure.

The two half-humans of the Curse Gate failed to notice the presence of Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, casually glanced outside, and lowered their guard.

The one carrying the gourd, with a hoarse voice that sounded like a crow's caw, asked, "Do you think the leaders will be able to find Su Lui?"

"Hard to say."

The empty-handed Curse Gate half-human shook his head. "Although the known information suggests that after being suppressed, Su Lui has always been watched over by Ge Earth God."

"But who knew that Ge Earth God would also die in that battle. I think finding Su Lui in Ge Earth God's mansion is going to be difficult."

"Su Lui might have been moved or even killed."

Another Curse Gate half-human continued, "Then let's bet on whether we can find clues about Su Lui or not."

...

The two Curse Gate half-humans spoke loudly and recklessly, not at all aware that Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen were nearby.

"Old Xiao, they seem to be looking for someone, who is Su Lui?" Du Wenzhen asked Xiao Mu curiously through a spiritual voice transmission.

"He's the Heavenly Emperor!" Xiao Mu replied offhandedly through the voice transmission.

"No way, Old Xiao, don't scare me! These Curse Gate minions are searching for the Heavenly Emperor in the Land God Mansion?" Du Wenzhen's eyes widened in disbelief.

Xiao Mu said, "Do you really think I would know who the Su Lui they are talking about is?"

Du Wenzhen almost choked on his own saliva and complained, "Old Xiao, you should have said earlier that you were just joking. You really scared me there. The Heavenly Emperor, come on, you really dare to say it!"

"Less nonsense, two men, you take one I take the other."

Xiao Mu eyed the two half-humans of the Curse Gate, "We'll fight a swift battle, aiming to kill them silently and swiftly, without alerting others from the Curse Gate."

Du Wenzhen immediately proposed, "I'll take the one with the gourd. The one without anything is yours. As for the spoils of war, whoever kills gets to keep them."

He was visibly excited, his gaze fixed on the gourd on the back of the left Curse Gate half-human, clearly coveting this gourd treasure.

Xiao Mu asked, "Are you sure you can kill the one with the gourd without alerting other powerful Curse Gate members inside the Land God Mansion?"

"Also, are you certain you want to change our method of distribution, that whoever kills gets the spoils of war?"

According to the allocation method previously agreed upon by Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, Du Wenzhen would provide information while Xiao Mu would exert more effort, and ultimately, the gains would be split between the two.

But for Xiao Mu, who had superior strength to Du Wenzhen, if spoils of war were distributed according to who killed the target, it would undoubtedly be more advantageous for Xiao Mu.

If Xiao Mu's strength continued to lead Du Wenzhen, sooner or later the distribution of the spoils of war would change once a certain level of advantage was reached.

Upon hearing this, Du Wenzhen immediately changed his mind, "No, don't do that, Old Xiao. I was just speaking off the cuff, don't take it seriously. Let's just divide the spoils as we had originally agreed."

Xiao Mu glared at Du Wenzhen, "The one with the gourd is yours?"

Du Wenzhen fawned, "Better you take it, you're more powerful and more assured against high-level opponents."

Damn!

Xiao Mu was at a loss for words with this fellow. Fortunately, although he was careless with minor things, he was reliable when it mattered and could still be considered an ally worth forming an alliance with.

"Get ready."

Xiao Mu transmitted a message to Du Wenzhen, and seeing Du Wenzhen nod to indicate he was prepared, immediately transmitted, "Strike!"

The two acted simultaneously, emerging from their hiding spot, their bodies turning into a brilliance of yellow light, and executed the Earth Escape Technique, closing in on two Curse Sect Mutated Beings.

On seeing the yellow light created by Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen's Earth Escape Technique, the eyes of the two Curse Sect half-humans immediately widened in shock.

Boom! Pfft!

Before the two Curse Sect half-humans could react in any way, Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen had used the escape technique to reach their sides.

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen attacked at the same time, employing their strongest method: the Five Elements Divine Light.

While using the Five Elements Divine Light, Xiao Mu also deployed the Five Elements Lamp, greatly enhancing the power of the Five Elements Divine Light.

Pfft!

The Five Elements Divine Light surged up behind Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, transforming into Five Elements Divine Swords, and swept horizontally at the two gate-keeping Curse Sect half-humans.

The two Curse Sect members had no chance to evade and were struck by the Five Elements Divine Swords wielded by Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, as both of their heads rolled to the ground simultaneously.

Power +1.

Xiao Mu received the prompt.

Both Curse Sect half-humans were killed.

"Clean up!"

Xiao Mu extended his hand, released his Ghost Servant, and instructed it to stay behind to search the bodies, while he and Du Wenzhen passed through the grand gate of the Land Palace, entering the Land Palace itself.

Compared to the entire Land God Mansion, the Land Palace was much smaller.

The grand hall was in ruins, even the statues of the Ge Earth God and the altar table were destroyed, with the walls stained red with bloodstains.

In a corner of the grand hall, Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen saw a headless corpse dressed in the attire of a land god.

This corpse was undoubtedly the owner of the hall, the Land God, also known as Ge Earth God mentioned by the two Curse Sect half-humans earlier.

From the backyard behind the grand hall, there came a faint sound.

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen signaled each other, executed their agility techniques, and without revealing anything, moved toward the back door of the grand hall.

The two concealed their presence once more and peered through the back door into the courtyard.

The scene they saw immediately put them on tense, cautious alert.

The grand hall at the rear of the Land Palace was incredibly disordered, and the remnants suggested that, just like the grand hall, it had been the site of a fierce battle.

However, what truly caught Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen's attention was not the chaos, but three people in the backyard.

They were also from the Curse Sect, but compared to the previous half-humans, these three looked much more normal.

Among the three were two men and one woman.

One of the men, who had a cold demeanor and was dressed in an ordinary human's suit, appeared to be in his twenties and was a Mid Yin God Realm Mutated Being.

Although his features were indistinguishable from a normal human, hanging at the temple on the left side of his head was a black, head-sized malignant tumor.

Unlike an ordinary tumor, this one lacked any sensation of flesh and blood, was full of Curse Power, and seemingly resulted from some type of cultivation practice.

The other male and female were both in the Early Stage of Yin God Realm; the man appeared to be in his thirties, had a normal build but was marred by an oddly protruding, huge belly.

A faint black gas emanated from the belly, clearly another aftereffect of cultivation practice similar to the leading man's.

The woman, however, looked fairly normal, slim and ordinary-looking, except for strands of black light and a Foul Smell emanating from her back.

A Mid Yin God Realm Mutated Being?

Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen glanced at each other and grew more cautious.

The strength of a Mid Yin God Realm Mutated Being was significantly greater than that of an Early Stage Yin God Realm Mutated Being, so they dared not take any chances.

But what really drew their attention was a giant grinding wheel between the three Curse Sect Mutated Beings.

The grinding wheel seemed to have been freshly unearthed from the ground, still clinging with mud.

It emitted a faint, dull Spiritual Light, undoubtedly a Magic Treasure.

On seeing the grinding wheel, Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen exchanged glances once again, both seeing the excitement in the other's eyes.

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