Mu Jinyu's mind was entirely immersed in the derivation of the "Killing Character Secret Technique."
Unknown to him, during this derivation process, a whole day had unwittingly passed.
He was also unaware that the Blood Sword Sect, driven by the revengeful thoughts of the Grim Elder, had discovered the disappearance of the Blood Essence Crystal and come knocking prematurely.
Which led Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan into great danger.
Ji Li faced an uncertain fate between life and death.
At this moment, his derivation of the "Killing Character Secret Technique" had reached its final stage.
In the silent and illusory space.
Mu Jinyu was no longer sitting cross-legged, organizing the brainstorm in his head, memorizing and forgetting various killing techniques.
He had risen, moving his limbs in this void space.
His movements, though different from those of the prior humanoid shadow, seemed more fitting for his body's operation.
"Boom!"
When Mu Jinyu's long hair whipped up and shattered the entire space, Mu Jinyu began deriving techniques and supernatural powers of killing arts!
Of course, these killing arts were not learned from the shadowy figure but from the various types of techniques and powers he had seen people perform!
Thus, it didn't take long for Mu Jinyu to practice a round of divine technique killings.
Finally, he began integrating them, merging them into one. His eyes suddenly opened wide, emitting a brilliant divine light that instantly shattered the illusory space!
"Hmm... I've finally learned it..."
In the real world, Mu Jinyu, lying on the ground, gradually opened his eyes and mumbled softly, just in time to hear the sound of intense fighting.
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu looked up and saw that Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan were fighting a somewhat familiar young man.
And Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan's strength was slowly regressing from the Sixth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm to the Fifth Layer...
Mu Jinyu instantly realized that Wen Rou was forced to a desperate point, burning her Bloodline Power to use Jian Ruyan's secret technique to wield the strength of the Sixth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm!
"Bang!"
Before Mu Jinyu could react, Jian Ruyan's power receded like a tide, dropping to the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, before being slapped away by the young man.
She fell heavily to the ground, struggling to get up.
"Ha, what ignorance, do you really think using some unorthodox means could defeat me?"
Li Daochen slapped away Jian Ruyan, who he considered a withered flower, sneered, and prepared to continue dealing with Wen Rou while mocking her a bit.
Then, he keenly sensed a scorching gaze full of endless killing intent fixing on him from nearby.
"Who?!"
Li Daochen was startled, turned around, and saw Mu Jinyu, who should have been lying dumbly on the ground, supporting his upper body and staring at him coldly.
"You? You, you..."
Seeing Mu Jinyu awake from the depth of the "Killing Character Secret Technique," Li Daochen was so frightened his soul scattered and he forgot to continue attacking Wen Rou.
"Bang!"
But at this moment, Wen Rou's strength had fallen to the Fifth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm; even a full strike hitting Li Daochen was like scratching an itch.
And Li Daochen was sent flying by Wen Rou and immediately turned pale, trying to escape the scene while taking the opportunity.
'This... how is this possible? How could he wake up in just one day... this is impossible...'
"Still trying to escape?"
By this time, Mu Jinyu had fully awakened. Though he didn't know why Li Daochen dared to attack Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan, he didn't care anymore, darkened his face, coldly shouted, raised his hand, and the peak strength of the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm instantly caused Li Daochen's body to uncontrollably fly back.
Falling into his hand.
"Jinyu..."
"Little Mu!"
Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan also realized Mu Jinyu's awakening, exclaiming in surprise and joy.
The tense strings in their hearts relaxed, the despair and unwillingness filling their hearts also completely dissipated with Mu Jinyu's awakening.
"I'm sorry... for letting you suffer..."
Mu Jinyu looked at Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan with apologetic eyes, filled with guilt in his voice.
"Crack!"
As he spoke, he squeezed and broke Li Daochen's neck, which had fallen into his hand!
At this moment, he didn't care that Li Daochen was a disciple on the List of Outstanding Talents, nor did he care whether killing him would bring trouble from the Heavenly Sword Faction!
He only knew that this guy dared to attack Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan and hit Jian Ruyan heavily, and thus had only one road left: death!
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Tianlan Peak Summit, Courtyard No.1.
"What's going on here? Is this what you call having someone watch over him?!"
Zhou Yun followed Wu Dayong to Mu Jinyu's residence, and at first glance, they saw Ji Li, who had fainted, with weak life signs, immediately giving him a bad premonition.
Ignoring Ji Li, he quickly spread out his Divine Sense to scan the entire Courtyard No.1, but didn't see Mu Jinyu, not even a cockroach.
Unreconciled, he spread out his Divine Sense over the entire Tianlan Peak Summit, but still couldn't detect any sign of Mu Jinyu!
Now, he understood that Mu Jinyu had already run off with someone!
Immediately, Zhou Yun's face turned frighteningly somber, turning to glare fiercely at Wu Dayong, who was pale and shivering, coldly interrogating him.
"I... they... they might have used a trick to escape..."
Wu Dayong stammered a sentence, and seeing Zhou Yun seemingly ready to strike him dead, struck by fear and desperation, a lightning-like thought flashed in his mind.
He hurriedly said, "Don't worry, they can't have run far, much less out of the Heavenly Sword Faction's territory. The level of the Mountain Protection Array activated by the Great Elder and others this time is the highest, prohibiting entry or exit. Only those with Mid-Stage Fanxu Realm strength can break through the protective shield to come in and out."
"And Mu Jinyu is a cripple; relying solely on those two little girls at the Divine Transformation Realm, they absolutely can't escape, most certainly still within the Heavenly Sword Faction!"
"Perhaps they are stopped near the mountain gate!"
"Humph!"
Zhou Yun snorted coldly, but hearing Wu Dayong's explanation, didn't immediately kill him!
And followed by releasing his Divine Sense, surging toward the exit direction of the Heavenly Sword Faction's mountain gate.
Given the vastness of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range, if he truly searched inch by inch, it would consume vast mental strength.
Thus, if the exact location could be known before searching, it would be much quicker than searching blindly like a headless fly.
Zhou Yun's Divine Sense surged out, and soon reached the mountain gate of the Heavenly Sword Faction, where he witnessed Mu Jinyu's act of killing Li Daochen with a neck snap.
Under the prying of his Divine Sense, Mu Jinyu seemed to sense something, turned to look in his direction, and coldly said, "Have you finally arrived?"
"How could it be?!"
When Zhou Yun saw Mu Jinyu's strength unexpectedly reached the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, he was utterly shocked, feeling overwhelming disbelief.
Then, he recalled the affairs of Mu Jinyu breaking through from the Divine Transformation Realm to the Fanxu Realm after ten days of cultivating in the Blood Essence Pool.
This guy, though how exactly he managed to refine the Blood Essence Crystal within just ten days, raising his cultivation level from the initial First Layer of the Fanxu Realm to the current Peak Third Layer, was unknown, he could be certain that without the help of the Blood Essence Crystal, it would have been absolutely impossible for Mu Jinyu to achieve this.
Unless the Heavenly Sword Faction voluntarily allowed him to refine the Heavenly Sword Crystal Stones from the Heavenly Sword Pool, which, containing terrifying Sword Qi, were even more challenging to refine than Blood Essence Crystals, and the Heavenly Sword Faction certainly wouldn't do such a fishing to exhaustion thing!
"Courting death!"
Thinking of the Blood Essence Crystal almost being completely refined by Mu Jinyu, Zhou Yun's rage swelled massively, then he soared skyward and charged straight towards Mu Jinyu!