Taking the Millennium Willow Heart

He took out a syringe.

The syringe contained a pale yellow liquid.

He had obtained all of these two years ago through special means: Mutant Cure.

Back when he had been an ordinary person, he had naturally needed some trump cards to deal with Mutants.

Combined with his Psychic Force, this thing was practically the natural nemesis of Mutants.

He put all the thousands of syringes in the case into his Storage Ring.

He had already tested it with his watch. Time inside the Storage Ring was completely frozen, so he did not need to worry about them going bad.

With this in hand, he feared no Mutant.

Just as he finished putting everything away, he heard the sound of a door opening and closing outside.

"Darling, what are you doing?"

Hearing that familiar voice, Xu Mo's expression shifted.

That did not sound like Wanda. Although their relationship had improved considerably, she had never addressed him like that.

He walked out of the room where the weapons were stored and immediately saw a tall figure standing before the desk, smiling at him.

"Wait, why are you here?"

After seeing her face clearly, Xu Mo rubbed his eyes, a shocked expression appearing on his face.

The person before him was none other than his former girlfriend, Anne Hathaway.

Seeing the look on Xu Mo's face, Anne chuckled and walked over.

She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Why can't I be here?"

"It's not that..."

Before he could finish, Anne leaned in directly.

"Don't do this. My wife is downstairs!"

"Wouldn't that make it even more exciting?"

By the time the two of them came downstairs, half an hour had passed.

The three sat at the dining table.

"Someone from the FBI seemed to be looking for you earlier. Did something happen?"

Wanda took a sip of soup and asked casually.

"Oh, it was nothing. They were just conducting a routine inquiry because of Pietro."

Xu Mo gave a casual reply.

He had no intention of telling her about S.H.I.E.L.D.

She was just an ordinary person now. It was better not to drag her into such matters.

After a pause, Xu Mo glanced at the two of them and asked as if he did not care.

"You two..."

"You don't recognize an employee from your own company?"

Wanda asked strangely.

"Of course I recognize her. I mean, how did the two of you get together? And... it seems like you have a pretty good relationship!"

Upstairs, Anne had led him astray before he could ask.

Only now did he finally voice the doubt in his heart.

"Oh, Anne and I met at the company!"

Wanda looked up and shot him a glance.

"Is that so?"

Xu Mo nodded.

Some time ago, Wanda had gotten bored from staying in the villa all day, so she had asked Xu Mo to arrange a position for her at the film company.

He had not expected the two of them to become close friends.

If Anne had not deliberately engineered this, he would not believe it one bit.

But since things had already come to this, it was too late to say anything now.

At that moment, a smooth sensation brushed against Xu Mo's leg beneath the table.

He looked up.

Anne winked at him.

This little vixen is unbelievable!

After a tense and thrilling lunch.

Wanda saw Anne out.

Throughout the entire afternoon, Anne had been teasing him, intentionally or otherwise.

Could it be that she had awakened some strange trait?

He forcefully drove the thought from his mind.

A moment later, Xu Mo looked at Wanda as she returned.

"I'm afraid you'll need to go into hiding for a while!"

Although the Brotherhood's target was his assets and it was highly unlikely that they would make a move against Wanda and the others, Xu Mo still had to prepare for that possibility.

Seeing Wanda's puzzled expression, he explained the matter with the Brotherhood to her.

"I'm sorry. This trouble was caused because of the two of us!"

A trace of apology appeared on Wanda's face.

"It's nothing. Haven't you already compensated me?"

A teasing look flashed across Xu Mo's smiling face.

Although Xu Mo had gotten her body before winning her heart, the facts proved that after winning her heart, he really could unlock some special ways to play.

At those words, Wanda's face instantly turned red.

"I... I'm going upstairs to pack!"

Xu Mo watched the red car disappear from view and let out a sigh of relief.

Afterward, he headed alone to the gym on the top floor.

He had already had all the equipment in the gym cleared out. It had now become his training room.

To completely resolve the trouble with the Brotherhood, he still needed to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

After exchanging for the Storage Ring, he still had more than twenty thousand points remaining.

He opened the shop list, entered treasures that could enhance strength, and began examining them one by one after searching through the results.

[Heart-Shaped Herb: After consumption, slowly improves a person's physical attributes. Exchange cost: 300 points per plant]

[Dragon Blood: Made from the heart's blood of a King Level dragon beast. Can increase physical attributes by 2–4 times after use! Effective for Apprentice Level. Exchange cost: 5,000 points]

[Millennium Willow Heart: A Spirit of Plants and Trees containing immense life energy. After consumption, greatly enhances one's physical attributes and cell vitality. Increases the body's recovery ability. Exchange cost: 18,000 points!]

[Azurewave Marrow: Greatly increases Psychic Force after consumption. Exchange cost: 100,000 points per drop]

[Crimson Flame Fruit: Greatly increases physical attributes after consumption. Exchange cost: 100,000 points per fruit]

There were simply too many treasures to choose from.

Xu Mo was dazzled by them.

But after looking at his points, he realized there was not much room for choice.

A moment later, Xu Mo sat cross-legged on the floor, with a green, elongated crystal over a meter long floating before him.

"So this is the Millennium Willow Heart?"

He carefully examined the crystal.

Its outer shell was extremely hard, while green liquid seemed to flow inside it.

Xu Mo checked its instructions for use.

The method was to break its hard outer shell and consume the liquid within.

He took out an Adamantium Throwing Knife and controlled it to lightly slash across the crystal's shell, opening a tiny crack.

Seeing the liquid inside well up from the crack, Xu Mo did not hesitate. He brought the crystal directly to his mouth and let the thick, jelly-like green liquid flow into it.

A fragrant scent of plants and trees filled his mouth.

The moment the liquid entered his body through his throat, he felt a cool sensation spread throughout him.

As that cool feeling flowed through his body, his physical attributes gradually improved.

At the same time, the dark golden sphere in his mind began spinning faster again, releasing streams of pure mental energy that were continuously absorbed by his brain, increasing his Psychic Force.

The two energies did not interfere with each other inside him, rapidly increasing his strength.

As his strength rose, Xu Mo also sensed a special energy gradually permeating his body.

Feeling the endless vitality coursing through him after absorbing this energy.

"So this is the so-called life energy?"

As the energy seeped into him, a warm sensation spread throughout his entire body.

Amid that soothing feeling, his strength soared at Super Speed. It felt unbelievably good.