Heavily Wounded Sword Spirit Clan Expert

Mu Qing reached out his hand. The emerald-green pillar of light was right beside him; since things had already come to this, he had no reason not to claim it.

More importantly, he sensed that the energy contained within that jade-like fruit might allow him to break through to the peak of the Divine Emperor Realm!

At his current late Divine Emperor Realm cultivation, he had some confidence in dealing with ordinary peak Divine Emperors. But against particularly powerful peak Divine Emperors, he did not have that ability.

After all, Mu Qing's demonic nature, demonic qi, and Devil Race bloodline had all been converted away. It would already be quite good if he could bring out seventy percent of his strength.

If he could unleash his true power, he would be able to handle even the Blade Demon with ease.

Now, his late Divine Emperor Realm cultivation was still insufficient. If he could reach the peak of the Divine Emperor Realm, then while he might not be able to fight ten alone, there should be no one in this Mirror Buddha City capable of defeating him.

"Let go!"

Just as Mu Qing was about to touch the jadeite fruit, a sharp rebuke rang out, followed by a streak of sword light tearing toward him.

A black hole swept Mu Qing away.

Mu Qing appeared elsewhere. Peering through the black mist, he spotted a translucent figure—it was the Sword Spirit Clan expert he had encountered before!

"Hm?"

The Sword Spirit Clan member was quite surprised. Looking closer, he recognized Mu Qing as well.

He could not help but laugh. "Looks like that bitch abandoned you. What a pity—I'd originally wanted to kill that woman along with you!"

The Sword Spirit Clan expert's aura was even stronger than before.

He sneered at