Slaying Tu Qing

"Fang Mu! What do you think you're doing?"

Seeing Fang Mu approaching slowly, his killing intent completely undisguised, Tu Qing couldn't help but feel uneasy. He raised his long saber and slowly retreated, shouting a question.

"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious enough?"

"I've been unhappy with you for a long time! If it weren't for your old man, I would have crushed you ages ago. You wouldn't get to jump around in front of me all day."

Fang Mu said with a dark expression, slowly raising the long sword in his hand. As his voice fell, he flashed forward and slashed at Tu Qing.

With a loud bang, Tu Qing screamed and was sent flying backward. One of his arms was directly shattered and exploded by Fang Mu's punch.

"Ah!" Tu Qing, who had fallen not far away, clutched his arm and cried out miserably.

"You son of a bitch, you hid your cultivation! You're not a Fifth Rank Realm martial artist?"

Listening to Tu Qing's angry roars and his sinister, resentful gaze, Fang Mu calmly replied, "I am a Fifth Rank Realm martial artist!"

As his voice fell, Fang Mu flashed past like an afterimage, instantly closing in on Tu Qing.

"Bang!" A deafening roar sounded.

Fang Mu spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward, smashing through several trees at the waist.

"I'll kill you!" Tu Qing roared furiously and sinisterly, directly throwing a talisman paper in his hand.

The talisman paper ignited, transforming into several fist-sized fireballs that shot towards Fang Mu.

Seeing the fireballs speeding towards him, Fang Mu also took out a talisman paper.

This was given to him by Huihai before he left. He said it was called the Golden Bell Shield and could be used three times to block a full-power strike from a First Rank Realm martial artist.

Fang Mu also knew that Huihai, that old schemer, wouldn't be so kind.

He clearly feared that Fang Mu would be killed by the ill-intentioned Tu Qing on his mission, or that something unexpected would happen, which was why he gave Fang Mu the protective talisman.

As Fang Mu activated the talisman paper, a golden light shield enveloped him.

Amidst a series of roaring explosions, Fang Mu walked out of the fiery blast zone completely unharmed.

"You… you have talismans too?"

Watching Fang Mu approach and the golden light shield enveloping him, Tu Qing asked in panic.

"Clang clang!" A sound like striking a large bell rang out. Tu Qing, who had attacked with all his might, had his tiger's mouth numbed by the Golden Bell Shield.

"Pfft!"

Fang Mu's swift sword directly pierced Tu Qing's heart.

"You! You dare to kill me… My father won't let you go…"

"In this era of relying on one's father, I don't have a good background or backing."

"But at least I died fighting you. Your father is strong, but you won't see that day. That is his achievement, his strength, not yours…"

Watching Tu Qing fall to the ground, Fang Mu muttered to himself.

"Cough cough! Brother! Are you alright?"

At this moment, Fang Jing, coughing a few times, walked over and asked with concern.

"Little Jing! How are you?"

Seeing Fang Jing with blood at the corner of her mouth and a pale complexion, Fang Mu, who had snapped back to reality, asked with concern.

"I'm fine! Thanks to the Snake Scale Armor you gave me, I wasn't seriously injured, just a bit sore."

"Take these two Essence Blood Pills first and rest here to refine them."

"Okay!"

Watching Fang Jing close her eyes to recover, Fang Mu glared angrily at Xixi.

This guy was too timid. Letting it protect Fang Jing was really not a good choice.

It seemed he would have to find a way to temper its courage in the future.

After checking that no one was around, Fang Mu refined all the corpses on the ground into blood, effectively destroying the evidence.

The fragmented memories of the others held no valuable information.

However, Tu Qing's fragmented memories contained quite a bit of useful information.

The talisman paper Tu Qing had used earlier was a fire-element talisman called the Fireball Talisman.

This type of talisman was extremely rare and priceless. Even Tu Qing's Fireball Talisman was something his father, Tu Shan, had painstakingly acquired for him as a protective charm.

Another piece of information was that the person who had been secretly watching him two nights ago was none other than Tu Qing and his father, Tu Shan.

Tu Shan had noticed him, which was not good news for Fang Mu.

From Tu Qing's memories, it was learned that Tu Shan seemed to be plotting something, as if he was looking for Qingzhu City's Sacrificial God and also coveting the position of Chief Envoy.

It seemed Tu Shan harbored ill intentions towards Chief Envoy Ye Tian, wanting to replace him.

"I hope Tu Shan doesn't court death. He should have already mastered the Demonic Scripture."

"But he doesn't know it's a dead end. If he really pushes me, I'll make sure he dies a terrible death."

Fang Mu let out a cold sneer inwardly. He dared to kill Tu Qing, so naturally, he had some confidence in dealing with Tu Shan.

Recalling his thoughts, he continued deeper into the forest with Fang Jing on his back.

Even though he had killed Tu Qing and the others, he still needed to find Wen Xuan and Qi Zhu. Otherwise, returning alone wouldn't be easy to explain.

The deeper they went into the dense forest, the quieter it became, to the point where not even the sounds of birds or insects could be heard.

After entering the depths of the dense forest, a dark shadow silently followed Fang Mu. The creature moved with extreme speed, flitting between the grass and trees like an illusion.

The dark shadow approached silently, but Fang Mu seemed completely unaware, continuing to walk with Fang Jing on his back.

"Hiss!"

A hissing sound rang out, and a dark shadow, like a sharp sword, suddenly launched a surprise attack, lunging to bite Fang Jing.

"You're courting death!"

Fang Mu's divine sense was incredibly sharp; he had already sensed something amiss behind him. As the dark shadow attacked, he swiftly dodged the strike with Fang Jing on his back and slashed his sword at the attacker.

The dark shadow's speed was incredible. Missing its target, it fled far away, vanishing without a trace.

Its speed was too great; when Fang Mu swung his sword, it missed and the creature escaped.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a roar echoed, and a black panther, appearing from nowhere in the dense forest, lunged to attack Fang Mu and Fang Jing.

"Brother! Be careful!" Fang Jing exclaimed, warning him.

"It's fine! Just a leopard, it can't hurt me."

Fang Mu was very confident in his strength. After reassuring her, he didn't retreat but advanced, charging towards the black panther and engaging it in a fight.

The black panther was incredibly fast, but Fang Mu's Extreme Wind Speed was no mere decoration. In terms of speed, the two were evenly matched.

However, Fang Mu's physical strength was immense. Each sword strike landed on the black panther, leaving deep, bone-revealing wounds.

Just as he was suppressing the black panther and completely gaining the upper hand, a strong sense of danger suddenly washed over him.

Without a second thought, Fang Mu quickly dodged to the side, simultaneously unleashing a swift sword slash.

With a loud clang, a dark shadow was sent flying by his sword.

It was a green snake with thick scales. If Fang Mu hadn't dodged quickly, he would have likely been injured by it.

The green snake, struck by Fang Mu's full-power sword, was not injured. Its scales were extremely tough, only a faint white mark left behind.

Fang Mu activated his Demon Vine, shooting it towards the green snake, intending to entangle it.

But the green snake was extremely cunning, seemingly possessing considerable intelligence. After its attack missed, it instantly fled far away.

"Roar!!"

The enraged black panther roared. Instead of escaping, it chose to press its attack, lunging at Fang Mu once more.

But this wasn't a situation where the brave win by confronting danger head-on. For the foolish black panther, Fang Mu no longer held back.

When the Demon Vine missed its chance to capture the green snake, Fang Mu directed it towards the black panther.

As Fang Mu dodged the black panther's lunge, the beast missed its attack and was swiftly entangled by the Demon Vine.