Soul Hall Members, Heh Heh Heh

With a casual squeeze of his hand, surging azure Chaos Flame gradually gathered in Lin Mu's palm, forming a green lotus.

Chaos Qi radiated from the green lotus, profound and unfathomable. It nurtured the great Dao of heaven and earth and possessed limitless might.

"I just hope no blind fool mistakes it for the Green Lotus Core Flame. Otherwise, I'll smash a Kun Peng Method right into his face."

Lin Mu clapped his hands and took out a set of clothes from his Na Ring, putting them on. He felt utterly refreshed. Not only had his strength broken through to the peak of the four-star Dou Emperor realm, but his Sacred Body had also grown even stronger.

The Chaos Green Lotus Flame had invisibly tempered Lin Mu's body as well!

"If I hadn't deliberately suppressed my cultivation, I probably would have reached the six-star Dou Emperor realm already."

Lin Mu merely shook his head indifferently. If there had been a way, he would have wanted to return to the realms he had skipped before and cultivate them again to their limits.

"You succeeded?"

At that moment, Yun Yun's voice came from the sky.

"Mm, though the process wasn't very pleasant."

Lin Mu smiled. "But didn't you successfully break the Purple Crystal Seal too? And it seems you even obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal?"

He could already sense the aura of the Purple Spirit Crystal on Yun Yun.

"Mm. The black-robed man who attacked you earlier took advantage of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's absence to seize the Purple Spirit Crystal. I stopped him and obtained it only then."

Yun Yun nodded lightly. "Lin Mu, are you really not considering joining the Misty Cloud Sect? The Misty Cloud Sect will do its best to meet any conditions you have."

"Conditions? Didn't I already tell you?"

Lin Mu said with a smile.

Yun Yun froze, then suddenly recalled the excessive condition Lin Mu had mentioned earlier. Her pretty face immediately flushed red. "You're never serious. I can't agree to that for now. When you..."

"Still have to wait until later?"

Lin Mu teased.

"Uh..."

Yun Yun was momentarily speechless.

Lin Mu waved his hand. "All right, I'm not interested in joining any sect. But perhaps someday, I'll establish my own faction."

"You want to establish your own faction? That will be quite difficult. In this Jia Ma Empire, the Misty Cloud Sect is undoubtedly the most suitable place for you."

Yun Yun still wanted to persuade Lin Mu, but he interrupted her. "If you want to invite me to visit the Misty Cloud Sect, I'd be quite willing. But as for joining the Misty Cloud Sect, don't bring it up again."

"I don't like being restrained."

Yun Yun sighed softly. "Since that is the case, I won't force the matter. Lin Mu, if you encounter any trouble, you can come to the Misty Cloud Sect and find me."

"Consider it my thanks for saving me."

Yun Yun said with a gentle smile.

Afterward, Yun Yun left. Lin Mu soon departed from the Monster Beast Mountain Range as well; there was no longer any reason for him to remain. As he left, Lin Mu even heard the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's furious roar.

It was likely venting its rage because the Purple Spirit Crystal had been stolen.

"Perhaps it's time to try engraving spirit arrays. I wonder when Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body will erupt. It would be better to master Poison Arrays as soon as possible."

Lin Mu landed on a mountaintop. From there, he could vaguely see Qingshan Town in the distance. After lingering for a while, Lin Mu spread his black-and-white wings and left.

Boom!

Not long after Lin Mu departed, an eerie black shadow appeared. Amid streams of black Dou Qi, strange chains shot forth, piercing through space and locking onto Lin Mu in midair!

Lin Mu abruptly turned around and swept his palm out, stirring up fierce winds that shattered the chains.

"Heh heh heh, I sensed an extremely powerful energy within the Monster Beast Mountain Range earlier. It should be on you..."

A hoarse voice rang out.

Looking at the black-robed man who had appeared, killing intent rose in Lin Mu's eyes. "Heh heh heh? You're from the Soul Hall?"

"Hm?"

The black-robed man was clearly stunned.

How had this guy identified his origin at a glance?

"Heh heh, it seems your identity is far from simple. Your Soul Power also appears extremely strong. Hand over your soul obediently."

Eerie black Dou Qi filled the black-robed man's surroundings. The black chains were concealed within it, impossible to track.

"I didn't go looking for you people, yet you came looking for me?"

Lin Mu sneered. Lightning flickered beneath his feet, and his figure crossed a thousand meters in an instant, carrying a sky full of lightning as he slammed toward the black-robed man!

"Hm?!"

The black-robed man was startled. He was clearly only a Dou Emperor—how could he possess such terrifying speed?

The black-robed man's body shook, and powerful Dou Qi erupted from within him. Strange black chains tore through the air, striking toward Lin Mu from different directions and wrapping around him layer by layer, leaving him no path of retreat.

Boom!

Black light soared into the sky. Azure flames burned on Lin Mu's palm. With a fierce pull, the black chains snapped apart, crumbling into ashes and vanishing.

"You're only an eight-star Dou Emperor, and you dare attack me?"

Lin Mu sneered. His figure eerily appeared before the black-robed man, and his palm, burning with Chaos Green Lotus Flame, abruptly slapped across the man's face. That single slap made even the black-robed man's soul tremble...

The immense force blasted him into the ground, shattering the earth.

Meanwhile, the Chaos Green Lotus Flame seemed impossible to extinguish, continuously burning his soul and causing him unbearable agony.

"What kind of flame is this? Damn it?!"

The black-robed man sprang up from the ground. With a sweep of his arm, a massive black claw descended from the sky, radiating an eerie black-purple aura.

"Heh heh, you're only a four-star Dou Emperor. You cannot possibly be my match!"

Demonic Soul Claw!

Lin Mu curled his lip. "What kind of chicken claw is that? I'll kill you today!"

Lin Mu stepped forward, and brilliant light burst from behind him. As he activated the Six Paths Samsara Method, his punch unleashed a skyful of azure chaotic light, as though it had emerged from the depths of space itself. Azure light filled the heavens, shattering the massive black claw and breaking through the black-robed man's Dou Qi defense with absolute suppression!

The black-robed man's expression changed drastically. Before he could react, a figure eerily appeared before him. An arm pierced through his Dou Qi defense and directly seized his head.

"Say that again for me?" Lin Mu said coldly.

The black-robed man felt as though his head were about to be crushed, and he struggled without pause.

"I... am from the Soul Hall. If you kill me, you..."

Listening to that nonsense made Lin Mu's head ache. Azure flames immediately gathered in his hand, and within moments, the black-robed man was burned into a pile of ashes...

"Too much nonsense."

Lin Mu clapped his hands, then noticed streams of souls suddenly flying out, circling around him with no way to disperse.

"These should be the soul bodies that guy collected, right?"