Mu Qingyun entered the city, seated atop the Fu Dao Ox. He moved at an unhurried pace, carrying Chaos Matter with him, his entrance seeming to possess a certain ritualistic grandeur.
At this moment, absolute silence reigned before the divine city. People had yet to recover from the shock of the delicate-looking youth Li Xu's defeat; it had been far too unexpected.
"Don't!" Li Xu shouted, stopping Mu Qingyun from entering the city. He even used Shrink Ground into Inches, blocking the Fu Dao Ox's path.
"This wanderer is mine to deal with!" he said, fearing that a true Five-time Limit Breaking practitioner would step in and erase Kong Xuan completely.
Although he had been given a thorough beating, he had truly gained benefits from it. Moreover, his aunt had instructed him to obey her, and he did not want Kong Xuan to be ruthlessly eliminated.
Besides, he had a feeling that Kong Xuan was different from the other wanderers. Perhaps Kong Xuan could be purified and restored—or perhaps, Li Xu even suspected that Kong Xuan had never been harmed at all.
"Wouldn't it be better if I killed him? We could capture the divine city sooner and use it to seize the Dao resonance of the outer universe. You could then break through earlier and step into the Forbidden Domain at the True Immortal Level."
From the Fu Dao Ox's back, Mu Qingyun spoke. He was calm and composed, his words firm and filled with powerful confidence.
Li Xu's body looked somewhat slender, and his face was exceedingly delicate. Amid Hell's morning glow, he seemed all the more detached from the mundane world. He shook his head, his tone equally resolute.
"No. My road to Five-time Limit Breaking began with my battle against him. I'll handle this myself. You