The slender gray-white pasture grass swayed in the wind, yet the entire Lingxu Grotto-Heaven was deathly silent.
Yuan Xian collapsed on the ground, the scales falling from his body as he slowly returned to his original appearance. His form also became transparent, gradually vanishing from the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven.
Chen Mu's expression changed. He immediately picked up Yuan Xian's severed right arm and followed the power lingering within it, slipping out of the dead-silent Cave Heaven with it.
In a daze, the scene before him changed. The gray-white world vanished, and Qiluo Mountain beneath the dark night sky came into view again.
Most of the thick fog on the mountain had dispersed, leaving only a thin veil of mist draped over the summit like gauze.
Inside the courtyard of the City God Temple, Chen Mu descended from the sky. Looking at Yuan Xian sprawled on the ground with severed limbs, he finally let out a long breath.
The mastermind, Yuan Xian, had been crippled by him. The City God statue was safe for the time being.
"Who are you?"
Before Chen Mu could speak, Li Buxian suddenly barked the question from nearby.
Chen Mu turned to look at the uncertain Li Buxian. Thinking of his current Heavenly Demon Body appearance, he immediately revealed a meaningful smile.
The one who had signed the Deification Contract was his Heavenly Demon Body, and the one guarding the Cave Heaven was also his Heavenly Demon Body. Thus, the City God statue looked exactly like the Heavenly Demon Body.
Now that the Heavenly Demon Body had appeared, it was practically the City God manifesting himself!
"What? You recite scriptures to the Great Heavenly Demon behind my back every day, and now you don't recognize me?" he teased with a playful expression.
Th-the City God Lord has