Da Xuan Martial Saint

"If it's an Earth Fiend, killing it becomes a bit more troublesome, but..."

Chen Mu delved deeper into the whirlwind, a flicker of light passing through his eyes as he detected a different aura, one he was very familiar with, having felt it countless times at Yunlu Pass.

Earthly Elemental Stone!

This Earth Fiend had an Earthly Elemental Stone, and judging by its aura, it was not small!
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"Very good."

The Earthly Elemental Stone was also a valuable object, similar to the Earthly Primordial Essence.

Chen Mu immediately took a step forward, and after a few strides, he approached the vicinity of the Earth Fiend.

But.

Almost when he was about to come within thirty feet.

Chen Mu's eyes suddenly narrowed, his figure abruptly stopped, and he propelled backwards in a sudden retreat.

Bang!

The sand behind him exploded suddenly, lifting a wave of sand dozens of feet high, a figure covered in scale armor swinging a palm from behind him, accompanied by a burst of fierce Demon Qi.

Chen Mu counter-struck with a palm of his own, the palms of the two were ten feet apart, but the central whirlwind was already distorting under the tremendous power of the two, and the sand below was blown up in pieces, creating a wave of sand around them as the center.

Once the sand wave settled.

Chen Mu landed in the sandy soil, his gaze coldly fixed on the figure in front of him, which looked human but had a body covered in fine, eerie scale armor: "Sky Demon Sect?"

Although it was his first time seeing this kind of half-human, half-demon eerie aura, he was not unfamiliar with it.

Sky Demon Sect!

Like the Heavenly Corpse Sect, it was an evil sect that had been surrounded and suppressed hundreds of years ago by the Da Xuan Dynasty Court and the various sects, attempting to transform a human body into a Demon Corpse to prolong life.

However, unlike the Heavenly Corpse Sect, which was obliterated to the point of disappearance, leaving many to believe it had been destroyed, a small part of the Sky Demon Sect escaped out of the Da Xuan borders, blending in with the Foreign Races outside the confines, never completely wiped out since hundreds of years ago, and in recent years, they have been resurfacing in Yu State, leaving behind traces of their presence.

"Sky Demon Sect, Kun Jie."

Kun Jie looked at Chen Mu, saying indifferently, "In this generation of the Sky Demon Sect, I am among the most talented, you being a renowned young prodigy among Martial Artists, but dying at my hands, you wouldn't be wronged."

Chen Mu didn't respond, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the 'Earth Fiend' within the whirlwind, which was now gradually disintegrating into sand, revealing another figure inside, similarly covered in scale armor, and possessing a snake tail.

However.

The nearby Earthly Elemental Stone was indeed genuine.

"So it turns out, it's a simple formation using the Earthly Elemental Stone, I truly am not familiar with formations, I realized a bit too late... The Sky Demon Sect and Heavenly Corpse Sect, have they truly joined forces?"

Chen Mu's gaze swept coldly across the surroundings.

As his words fell.

A chilling, hoarse voice came from not far away, and the sand burst open in pieces. One after another, corpses wrapped in evil qi drilled out from beneath the sand, a total of eight bodies blocking all directions.

Each of the corpses emitted an aura far superior to the evil corpses Chen Mu had encountered before, their evil qi even more solidified and also faintly possessed a mystical 'Earth Fiend,' which was a Mysterious Corpse, a level above the evil corpses. Not only did they have their own evil qi, but they could also mobilize some of the mystical Earth Fiend, akin to the Artistic Conception mastered by martial artists!

"There are more."

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged as he looked in another direction.

Outside the sands, a figure walked slowly with a body possessing four arms, its aura as concentrated and robust as the one controlling the Earthly Elemental Stone Formation.

Almost at the same time, the whirling sands gradually settled, and the flying yellow sand quickly fell to the ground, causing the entire area's sand to slightly indent downward, forming a location amidst several sand dunes.

The Earth Fiend's aura was vigorous, while the Strength of Qian Heaven became extremely obscure.

"You walked a bit too slowly. If you had come a bit faster, arriving here at midnight, then the Earth Fiend would have been at its most concentrated. Now, you should still be able to harness some of the Strength of Qian Heaven."

A female voice came from above.

Chen Mu looked up and saw, about twenty yards above him, a female figure with exposed skin but growing a pair of black wings, hovering in the sky, demon qi surging, holding a stone engulfed in evil qi in her hand, making the entire region's daylight much darker, further blocking the flow of Strength of Qian Heaven.

"Eight Mysterious Corpses, four Sixth-Rank Demon Men, and a specifically arranged Earth Fiend Formation, all to kill me, a mere Five Viscera Realm. You really went through a lot of trouble."

Chen Mu stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping around.

Wu Li said indifferently, "Your movement technique, if not sealed, none of us are confident in catching up to you, and we fear you might use the sandstorm to escape through the air. Being cautious is warranted, and besides, you aren't the only target this time. Your several brothers and sisters will soon join you."

"Heh, killing those few wouldn't require as much fuss compared to dealing with you. None of them has a movement technique like yours; it won't take long. Unfortunately, your corpse has been reserved by the Sky Demon Sect, so we can only choose two from the others to refine into corpses."

Liao Chou let out a very hoarse and unpleasant laugh, "Alright, enough talk. Let's get started. If the sun gets stronger, our Mysterious Corpses will not perform well."

However, just at that moment.

Chen Mu spoke, his tone icy.

"It seems, the abnormal demon disaster before, is also related to you? Clowns causing chaos at the border, you deserve to die!"

As his words fell.

Chen Mu's figure flickered, suddenly disappearing from his spot, and then appearing in front of a Mysterious Corpse, his right hand swinging a fist through the air.

That Mysterious Corpse swung its arms, the violent Earth Fiend qi surging, meeting Chen Mu's fist.

However.

Almost in the next moment, accompanied by eight different auras flashing past Chen Mu's fist, they quickly merged into a Cycle Mark. Wherever the fist wind passed, the Earth Fiend qi was almost instantly crushed to pieces.

Finally, the Fist Seal fell, and from nearly a yard away, it directly blasted the upper half of that Mysterious Corpse into countless fragments!

One strike!

Killed a Sixth-Rank Mysterious Corpse!