Those who returned to the city of Unfallen were not people, but ghosts.
Supernatural beings of the fifth stage or higher.
What was his purpose in spreading false news to lure people into the West Mountain?
Xu Mu's right eyelid twitched uncontrollably. He couldn't figure it out, but he knew this was not the time for solving puzzles. Liu He was already close to the altar, and he had to stop him!
"Bang bang bang!"
With three gunshots, Xu Mu pulled the trigger of his pistol, and the bullets shot out instantly. He aimed at the youth's thigh.
But Liu He, who had lost his consciousness and had become a walking corpse, sensed the danger. He turned and unleashed black and purple flames from his hands. The flames were intense and terrifying, illuminating the entire space. Their power was countless times greater than before. The bullets were melted before they could reach their target!
Xu Mu gritted his teeth and fired several more shots, but they were all melted by the flames. When his magazine clicked with empty shots, he put down his pistol with a grim expression.
He couldn't reach them from this hundred-meter distance. He could only watch if the three of them could stop Liu He.
The phantom images of fierce beasts kept appearing on Changsun Weiying's body. He transformed into a fearless jackal and pounced directly into the flames, his hands clawing. He stubbornly latched onto the youth's leg.
"Lion's Roar!"
"Roar!!!"
The youth roared madly in front of him. The phantom image of a huge lion roared at Liu He. Instantly, a hint of pain flashed in his wooden eyes, and he briefly broke free from that strange state.
But then, he kicked the youth in the stomach, trying to shake him off. Unexpectedly, the latter immediately used his ability.
"Stone Ape, Indestructible Body!"
His body seemed to turn into hard rock. Liu He's extremely powerful kick, imbued with terrifying force, did not move him an inch. Instead, his own leg bone suffered severe trauma.
"Meatball Impact!"
The two fat brothers also reacted. They transformed into a giant meatball and suddenly crushed Liu He, slamming him hard into the nearby stairs. Then, they fainted.
"Fortunately."
Changsun Weiying breathed a sigh of relief. But just as he thought everything was fine, the two rogue cultivators from the Hunters' Alliance, the chubby brothers, suddenly stood up straight, their eyes vacant and wooden.
"It seems this can only affect one person at a time. You're next, retreat quickly!"
Xu Mu's voice came from his ear. Changsun Weiying didn't think twice. He grabbed the fainted Liu He and immediately flew backward, intending to retreat from the tomb.
But then, with a thud, a heavy stone door suddenly descended, blocking their path!
"Fall unconscious!"
Xu Mu jumped onto the altar before the two chubby brothers, then swept their legs with a roundhouse kick, breaking their ribs. They flew out dozens of meters before landing.
"Such a strong physique!"
Changsun Weiying was secretly shocked. In the current situation, he could only rely on this mysterious wild man senior. He seemed confident that he wouldn't be affected by the altar!
"Turn your back, close your eyes, and hold onto your true heart no matter what happens, or I'll have to kill you!"
Xu Mu jumped off the altar and struck each of them on the neck with a palm, knocking them unconscious. Then, he picked them up and threw them far away.
After doing all this, Xu Mu twisted his wrists and looked at the altar with a solemn expression.
The mysterious sarcophagus seemed to be emitting a mysterious magic, trying to control his soul and urge him to open it.
"What should I do? Should I open this thing or not?"
Xu Mu walked onto the altar, very close to the coffin. He could sense that it was exuding dark energy overwhelmingly.
If an ordinary person were subjected to this, their body and soul would have long since fallen and become puppets, but Xu Mu was different. According to Charles's speculation, Xu Mu had likely been baptized by the Apocalypse event, which was why his physique was so special.
Let alone this bit of dark energy, even if Xu Mu were immersed in that dark celestial nectar, he should be fine.
"My advice is, do nothing, and just wait quietly for another ten minutes. When he comes out, we'll break through this stone door and escape outside."
"Once we adjust our equipment, the secrets here will be no match for us."
Charles said logically.
"I think, why don't you transfer control of your body to me now?"
As he spoke, Xu Mu sensed a soul that seemed to be vying for control of his body.
"Are you annoying!"
Xu Mu was somewhat irritable and slapped the coffin under his hand fiercely.
Bang!
The iron chains collided. Something inside seemed to have been awakened and was struggling and jumping, but it couldn't escape the seal.
"Don't move wildly!" Charles was startled and quickly called out to comfort him, "No rush, no rush, don't joke with your own life."
"Humble servant, open the seal for this god!"
"Humble servant, open the seal for this god!!"
"Humble servant, open the seal for this god!!!"
It seemed to be aware that it couldn't break free from its shackles with its own abilities. Thus, a clearer will emanated from the box again, asking Xu Mu to help it break the seal.
"Servant..." Xu Mu's expression was strange. In this day and age, even a dead person had a sense of superiority.
So, he looked arrogant:
"Who do you think you are, daring to call me a servant?"
"Call me master, and I'll let you go!"
Xu Mu's malicious humor kicked in. He exerted slight force with his legs and sat on the coffin. His buttocks rubbed back and forth on it, his heels dangling in the air, and he kicked the coffin a few more times.
"Ah!!!"
"Damn you, lowly slave. How dare you disrespect this Demon God!"
"When this god escapes, I will tear you to shreds and cast you into the eighteen levels of hell in the six paths of reincarnation, to be tormented for eternity!!!"
The voice, which called itself a demon god, seemed to resound directly in Xu Mu's sea of consciousness, ancient and violent, as if it had traversed dozens of epochs.
Xu Mu raised an eyebrow slightly at this:
"Oh, oh, oh, so powerful. Are you the legendary King Yama?"
"Did you come to the wrong place? The East doesn't belong to gods; this is the territory of the Heavenly Court."
...
"You know the Heavenly Court?!"
Upon hearing those two words, the voice in the coffin stopped being violent and was replaced by an undisguised shock.
"So what if I know?" Xu Mu's mind moved, recalling the stories Charles had told him. "I not only know the Heavenly Court, but I also know the Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Venerates, the Three Pure Ones and Six Emperors, the Five Kings and Five Elders, Marshal Tianpeng, the Barefoot Immortal, Chang'e Fairy, Emperor Jun of the East..."
Xu Mu spoke eloquently, listing a string of names.
The demon god in the coffin then fell completely silent.
But silence was often the precursor to an explosion.
"Dozens of epochs have passed since the Era of Gods and Demons. I have been sealed for over a hundred million years."
The demon god's voice was ancient and hoary. As he spoke, the underground palace grew brighter and brighter, as if it were daytime.
Xu Mu's eyes were forced shut by the glare, and when he finally adapted, he saw a sight that would shock him for a lifetime.
It turned out that the main hall of the underground palace was so vast because the murals of the ancient war between gods and demons were carved on its ceiling.
That war was so vast that it had shattered the entire world. It had happened billions of years ago!
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