"Boom!!"
Xiao Yang, with the determination to kill Wang Mao, had his black hair wildly flying amidst the downpour, his expression ferocious, filled with murderous intent, almost verging on madness!
Yet Wang Mao, having been severely injured in the struggle with the three Elders, completely lost any ability to defend himself against Xiao Yang's cannonball-like punch!
With a loud boom, Wang Mao, like a straw man unable to withstand the powerful wind, was directly blown away!
Then he heavily crashed to the ground!
"Bang!!"
"Crack..."
"Vomit... Pu..."
Wang Mao lay in the muddy ground, his entire body like a shattered porcelain doll, wounds all over, blood flowing into the ground, dying the puddles of water around him red!
He vomited mouthfuls of crimson blood, while blood crazily flowed from his seven orifices like it was free!
As he vomited blood, he struggled to rise from the ground, but he truly had no strength left.
In the end, he collapsed heavily onto the ground again, splashing blood all around!
"Rumble!!"
The sound of thunder rose again, and a flash of Thunder Light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a fierce thunderbolt crashing down from the heavens, striking Jade Emperor Peak!
And it just so happened to strike Wang Mao!
"Boom!!"
Wang Mao, not yet dead, was directly turned into a pile of black charred remains by the thunderbolt!
"My God..."
Mu Jinyu, standing to the side and witnessing this scene, was so shocked that she found herself unable to speak.
Xiao Yang, who was about to rush over to end Wang Mao's life once and for all, stopped in his tracks when he sensed something was wrong, and upon seeing Wang Mao's ghastly death, felt his scalp tingle, overwhelmed with fear!
It was so close!
He was nearly struck dead by the lightning along with Wang Mao!
When Mu Jinyu snapped back to reality and looked at the still-smoking charcoal, she couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, it seems this guy must have sworn false oaths quite often. Now it's finally come true; it's not undeserved!"
After his scare, Xiao Yang's pounding heart gradually calmed down upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words.
Then, still feeling tense and scared, he turned around to comfort Liu Qingqing.
But he discovered that the figures of Liu Qingqing and her family were nowhere to be seen on Jade Emperor Peak!
"You?!"
Xiao Yang, who had been tensely wound up, suddenly turned to Mu Jinyu when he didn't see Liu Qingqing's figure, glaring at her with rage, completely forgetting that the other was a God Realm strong warrior, and frantically accused, "Did you kill my Qingqing?!"
Mu Jinyu, seeing Xiao Yang who suddenly seemed ready to fight for his life, was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, they just left when you were fighting with the Dan Pavilion Master, afraid that if you died, the Pavilion Master would settle accounts with them, so they hurriedly slipped away..."
"Ah?" Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's explanation, Xiao Yang suddenly froze on the spot.
The face that had been flushed with hot blood from the recent fight instantly turned pale.
He thought about Liu Qingqing and her family's character—to abandon him and run away themselves when he truly had little chance of winning was indeed a possibility.
If this meant certain death for himself and could even endanger them, then him covering their retreat to buy them time to escape would likely comfort him, knowing that Liu Qingqing and the others didn't waste any time and fled immediately.
However, Wang Mao, the Master of Energy Transformation, was seriously injured and had exhausted his Inner Strength. He was like a tiger that had its teeth and claws pulled out and had been starving for over ten days without a trace of strength, and would not pose a threat of a desperate counterattack, much fewer drag others down with him!
Xiao Yang, stabbed in the back by his wife and family, naturally couldn't say he wasn't heartbroken!
But then, considering Liu Qingqing's family, who were unaware of Wang Mao's condition and believed that his own Dark Energy was no match for Wang Mao's Energy Transformation, deeming it as futile as a mantis trying to stop a cart, it was normal for them not to trust his chances of survival.
After consoling himself, Xiao Yang suddenly felt much better.
He also understood Liu Qingqing and her family's thoughts and mindset!
Mu Jinyu watched Xiao Yang standing still, his expression changing from one moment to the next, now laughing, now fuming, murmuring to himself some nonsensical words, and wondered if he'd been so deeply shocked by his wife's betrayal that he'd gone a bit mad!
"If you don't believe me, why don't you just give them a call yourself?"
Mu Jinyu couldn't resist giving a piece of advice.
Given his status, he really didn't need to talk to Xiao Yang nicely, but seeing him henpecked to such a pitiful extent had prompted him to say a few more words.
"Oh, right, right, right..."
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's reminder, Xiao Yang suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly took out his phone, and called Liu Qingqing, saying, "Hello, my dear wife, it's such a relief that you all are fine, I'm okay too, this is just to let you know I'm safe, ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to put you in danger, it's just that not killing the Dan Pavilion Master, I was afraid... Yes, yes, yes... I'll definitely be more careful next time..."
Mu Jinyu and Jian Ruyan watched as Xiao Yang's tone shifted from initial surprise to nervousness and finally to a low and apologetic apology.
They exchanged glances, finding the situation unbelievable.
Abandoned by his own wife, yet he still had to grovel and apologize.
Mu Jinyu felt a bit relieved, his own wives weren't that unreasonable, and even if they occasionally threw a small tantrum, a little soothing was enough, not like Xiao Yang who, despite being innocent, still had to apologize and face kneeling on durian shells at home!
Nonetheless, he didn't feel it appropriate to say much more about it – maybe that's just how Xiao Yang liked to be treated by his wife?
"Dragon King, I need to... I need to go down and find my wife..."
Xiao Yang hung up the phone, his face anxious as he looked toward Mu Jinyu with a tentative tone.
He was somewhat worried that Mu Jinyu wouldn't let him leave.
But he had to hurry and find Liu Qingqing to apologize; otherwise, his wife would divorce him.
"Hmm, go ahead."
Mu Jinyu knew that Xiao Yang wanted to apologize to Liu Qingqing in person, casually waved his hand, signaling that he could leave.
Xiao Yang, as if pardoned, thanked him profusely before quickly descending from Jade Emperor Peak!
Mu Jinyu shook his head slightly, feeling a sense of sadness.
And of course, he couldn't leave with Xiao Yang since Gu Xiyan and the other two women were still in the midst of recovering their Qi, and they had to wait for them to regain their strength before leaving together.
"Here."
Jian Ruyan turned away from looking at Xiao Yang, slightly shook her head to dismiss the pity in her eyes, and then handed the Shennong Cauldron to Mu Jinyu.
"Oh, done playing?" Mu Jinyu responded casually as he took it.
He then took out the exotic species seed that he had put in his pocket, tossed it into the Shennong Cauldron, and without paying much attention, placed the cauldron back in his pocket.
However, unbeknownst to him, the black and plump odd seed burst into a gleam of emerald brilliance upon entering the Shennong Cauldron.
It flickered, and then the seed once again settled down.