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How could he be this strong?

Although Xu Ming was only at the Perfect Stage of the Acquired Realm, the 'Severing Mortal Dust' technique he cultivated allowed him to rival ordinary Half-step Core Formation experts.

Moreover, Xu Ming had already used a full thousand Rank Two Power Stones, Agility Stones, and Wisdom Stones, granting him strength comparable to someone just entering the Core Formation Realm!

Besides, Xu Ming also had the added bonus of the 'Saint Beast Body'.

With these foundations, and then activating the Level 3 'Triple Cheat Package', crushing Wu Xiong was as easy as flipping his hand!

Domain? Realm? In the face of absolute power, they were all fleeting clouds!

"Run!"

After a brief exchange, Wu Xiong understood that he was no match for Xu Ming at all.

"Still want to run?"

Xu Ming sneered and quickly approached the fleeing Wu Xiong.

"Ah--" Sensing the danger, Wu Xiong desperately manipulated the power of nature, trying to hinder Xu Ming's advance.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…

The overwhelming power of nature shot towards Xu Ming, but Xu Ming merely snorted in disdain.

"Get out of my way!!"

Boom!

"I'll fight it!" He knew that this was a moment of life or death, a time to fight desperately!

Boom!

A sinister and vast aura suddenly erupted from deep within Wu Xiong's body.

Hidden Kill Sect forbidden technique—Ghostly Grudge Totem!

Faint phantoms of vengeful spirits seemed to be缠绕缠绕 around Wu Xiong's body.

"To dare force me to use a forbidden technique at such a great cost, die!!!" Under the forbidden technique, Wu Xiong's strength also surged significantly.

However…

"Die your sister!"

Bang!

Xu Ming knocked Wu Xiong to the ground with a single spear shaft.

"I…" Wu Xiong was stunned. He had paid a heavy price to use the forbidden technique, and his strength had doubled! How could he still be knocked down with a single spear shaft?

Bang!

Another spear shaft came smashing down.

"Strength doubled?"

Bang!

"Paid a heavy price?"

Bang! Bang! Bang! …

Xu Ming's spear strikes prevented Wu Xiong from standing up at all, and even his weapon fell to the ground. For a martial artist, dropping their weapon was equivalent to giving up resistance.

"Hmph, I just casually activated a bit of the 'Triple Cheat Package', and my strength has increased fourfold! What do you have to struggle with?"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang…

Before long, Wu Xiong was beaten to the point of being on the verge of death.

"You… you dare treat me like this! I am a Hidden Kill Sect special envoy!" At this point, Wu Xiong foolishly tried to intimidate Xu Ming with his identity.

"I know you're a Hidden Kill Sect special envoy!" Xu Ming glanced at the hourglass.

There was still a little time before the hourglass ran out.

"If you treat me like this, aren't you afraid of retaliation?"

"Retaliation? First, you have to leave here alive before you can retaliate against me! But… I will never let you leave alive!" Towards the people of the Hidden Kill Sect, especially those who attempted to harm Gu Hanmo, Xu Ming was filled with killing intent. "Moreover, being trapped in this formation, you can't even send a message out—you tell me, who will know that I killed you?"

"But, if something happens to me while I'm on a mission to the Wild Sect! Our Hidden Kill Sect will definitely go to the Wild Sect to demand an explanation!—If you kill me, aren't you afraid of bringing disaster to the Wild Sect?"

"I really haven't thought about that…" Xu Ming said deliberately, "Then what do you think I should do? Let you go?"

"Hmph! If you know what's good for you, quickly release me, and maybe I'll consider leaving you a way out!"

"But, I have a question!—Will your Hidden Kill Sect really go to war with our Wild Sect for you?" Xu Ming sneered, "Aren't you taking yourself too seriously?"

"You…"

"Alright, time is almost up, I won't continue chatting with you!" Xu Ming smiled strangely.

"What?" Wu Xiong was stunned, and then he suddenly realized that the sand in the hourglass was almost about to reach the bottom.

"No——" Wu Xiong could already see that his life was about to come to an end.

However, Xu Ming would not pay attention to his screams and pleas for mercy.

Pfft!

The long spear was thrust into Wu Xiong's vitals, and Wu Xiong's eyes quickly dimmed.

And the hourglass had just finished emptying at this moment.

Xu Ming said expressionlessly: "Anyone who wants to harm Gu Hanmo… will be killed without mercy!"

When dealing with enemies, Xu Ming would never be soft-hearted if there was a good opportunity to kill them.

As for the consequences of killing Wu Xiong, this Hidden Kill Sect special envoy… that was not something Xu Ming needed to worry about.

Next, it was Gu Kongshan, this "teammate's" business.

……

The Hidden Kill Sect, hundreds of thousands of miles away.

In a small secret room inside the Sutra Depository Pavilion, hundreds of life jade slips were displayed.

The cost of making life jade slips was very high. Even in the Hidden Kill Sect, only Core Formation Realm experts and special envoys possessed corresponding life jade slips. As for others, even Half-step Core Formation Realm martial artists, the Hidden Kill Sect was unwilling to spend a large amount of money to make them.

An elderly man sat cross-legged here, cultivating quietly.

Suddenly…

Crack!

A life jade slip shattered, and the name written on the life jade slip was "Wu Xiong".

"Hmm?"

The elderly man suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp.

He remotely took the life jade slip and carefully sensed it: "The place of death is approximately 1.2 million miles in the southwest direction…"

……

Wild Sect, Tent Hall.

Gu Kongshan, Zhao Xingyun, Shizhi, Murong De, these four Sect Master-level figures, as well as Liang Weihe and Zhang Kuang, the inner sect elders of the Wild Sect, and the guest elders, were all present.

Within the hundreds of thousands of miles under the jurisdiction of the Wild Sect, anyone whose cultivation had entered the Core Formation Realm would become a guest elder of the Wild Sect.

"…Since this is the case, the King of the Martial God Kingdom and the King of the Thousand Islands Kingdom, your two countries' war will cease here. Both sides have no objections, right?" The Great Elder, Liang Weihe, as the second-in-command of the Wild Sect, naturally took charge of presiding over the "Tent Meeting".

"Since the Great Elder has spoken, it will be done according to what the Great Elder said!" The King of the Thousand Islands Kingdom was also one of the guest elders of the Wild Sect.

"Good!" The King of the Martial God Kingdom also said coldly.

"Then let's move on to the next item: The border between our Wild Sect and Heavenly Water Mountain is rampant with bandits due to the lack of high-level experts guarding it. Hundreds of thousands of bandits occupy the mountains as kings, and there is a faint trend of opening up a new kingdom. What do you all think?"

"A new kingdom, how can it be opened up at will? These bandits are too rampant, and they dare to occupy the mountains as kings without even saying hello. In my opinion, let's destroy them!" The first to express his opinion was the Second Elder, Zhang Kuang.

"Destroy them!"

"Destroy them!"

"Why not keep this bandit den and use it as a place for our disciples to train?"

……

One high-level figure after another expressed their opinions.

Gu Kongshan closed his eyes and rested, remaining silent.

Suddenly, a meaningful sneer appeared on the corner of Gu Kongshan's mouth: "The time… is almost up!"