In Wood Space-Time, far from Mu Ke, a figure furrowed his brow and kept weighing his options.
"This direction won't work. Neither will the other one. What a hassle. Why did Mu Ke move? What's he doing at the border?"
This was Mu Ji. Back in the Third Eryu, Lu Yin had inexplicably kicked him into a spatial rift and sent him to a Parallel Space-Time. Lu Yin had even taken his Void Ring, leaving Mu Ji unable to return directly to the Eryu. He could only go back to Wood Space-Time.
To reach the Eryu, he had to enter the Boundless Battlefield through Wood Space-Time's border, cross the battlefield, and then enter the Eryu lands. Only then could he reach the First Eryu.
He could return to Wood Space-Time, since he had been born there. But getting across the border was a problem.
The Eternal Clan had withdrawn and refused to come out. Not only were there no battles at the border, but the wars in the Boundless Battlefield had stopped, too. With no fighting at the Wood Space-Time border, his only option was to force his way through—and if he tried, Mu Ke would catch him.
He didn't want to face Mu Ke again.
That bastard Ye Bo was definitely Lu Yin. Otherwise, why would he have attacked Mu Ji? But what had been the point of attacking him then?
He had struck in an instant and even taken Mu Ji's Void Ring. It was obvious he hadn't wanted Mu Ji to return to the Eternal Clan.
The worst possibility Mu Ji could think of was that he had been set up.
Ye Bo was a spy, but he had made Mu Ji take the fall. That was the worst-case scenario Mu Ji could imagine.
He was in