At this, Kuafu leaped out of the huge pit and fixed his gaze directly on Qin Mu.
"Good! That was satisfying!"
"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, you won!"
Kuafu sighed and voluntarily conceded defeat.
He knew very well that if it had been a fight to the death, he would likely have already perished.
Qin Mu's strength far exceeded his imagination.
Moreover, during the battle just now, Qin Mu had merely revealed his true form and had not used any Numinous Treasures or divine abilities.
The Wu Clan was warlike and held strength in the highest regard.
Seeing Qin Mu's immense strength, Kuafu accepted his defeat wholeheartedly.
The many beings watching were all in an uproar.
Who could have imagined that Qin Mu could defeat the Great Witch Kuafu, renowned for his physical body, head-on?
"He won?"
"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu actually defeated Great Witch Kuafu?"
"Isn't that far too powerful?"
"What Primordial Spiritual Object is his true form?"
"That is truly terrifying!"
"..."
Qin Mu paid no heed to everyone's astonishment. After smiling at Kuafu in acknowledgment, he returned to Duobao and Yu Ding.
At this moment, both Duobao and Yu Ding were tongue-tied, their faces filled with disbelief.
"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, you... aren't you absurdly powerful?"
Yu Ding exclaimed in awe, his eyes brimming with shock as he looked at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu merely smiled faintly and did not answer Yu Ding. Instead, he looked toward Duobao.
"Fellow Daoist Duobao."
"I will likely remain within Buzhou Mountain for a very long time this time."
"If you cannot wait, you may make a trip to Kunlun Mountain."
At this point, Qin Mu paused briefly before adding meaningfully,
"There may be a Great Opportunity there that belongs to you."
Then, without waiting for Duobao to react, Qin Mu turned and walked into Buzhou Mountain.
Kuafu did not attempt to stop him.
After all, the Wu Clan's rules were clear: anyone who could defeat him was free to enter and leave Buzhou Mountain.
Watching Qin Mu's receding figure, Duobao murmured doubtfully,
"Kunlun Mountain?"
"A Great Opportunity?"
Although he was deeply puzzled, after spending so many years with Qin Mu, Duobao knew that Qin Mu would not speak without reason.
Since Qin Mu had told him to go to Kunlun Mountain, there had to be a reason behind it.
After thinking for a moment, resolve flashed through Duobao's eyes, and he decided to go to Kunlun Mountain to investigate.
Seeing Duobao about to leave, Yu Ding hurriedly called out,
"Fellow Daoist Duobao, wait!"
"Hm?"
Duobao turned back to look at Yu Ding, his face full of confusion.
"Does Fellow Daoist Yu Ding have some other matter?"
Yu Ding did not answer immediately, instead assuming a thoughtful expression.
When he had heard Qin Mu mention Kunlun Mountain earlier, he had faintly sensed a pull deep within his heart.
It was as though something was waiting for him there.
"Could it be that there is also some Great Opportunity awaiting me at Kunlun Mountain?"
Such a thought suddenly flashed through Yu Ding's mind.
If he could become a Three Pure Ones' Disciple, it would truly be an immense stroke of fortune for him.
With that thought, Yu Ding quickly came back to himself and smiled at Duobao.
"Fellow Daoist Duobao, I am no match for Great Witch Kuafu. There is no point in remaining here."
"How about I accompany you to Kunlun Mountain?"
Hearing Yu Ding's words, Duobao was briefly stunned. Without thinking much of it, he nodded.
"Alright!"
Then Duobao and Yu Ding did not linger, leaving together.
After the two departed, quite a few of the other beings present also chose to leave.
Having witnessed Great Witch Kuafu's strength, they all knew their own limits.
With their own strength alone, they could not possibly defeat Kuafu.
Kuafu did not care about this.
He was only responsible for guarding the entrance. Whoever could defeat him as Qin Mu had done would naturally be allowed through.
Just then, a figure arrived at the entrance to Buzhou Mountain.
This person was enormous, carrying a giant axe on his shoulder while holding a shield in his other hand.
The newcomer possessed a formidable aura. Every step he took seemed to make the earth shake and the mountains tremble.
He was another Great Witch of the Wu Clan, Xing Tian!
Very quickly, Xing Tian arrived before Kuafu and stared at him with blazing eyes.
"Kuafu, I heard you were defeated?"
"Where is that person?"
Hearing this, Kuafu gave a bitter smile. Somewhat helplessly, he glanced into Buzhou Mountain.
"He has already entered Buzhou Mountain."
"Oh?"
Xing Tian exclaimed in surprise, a trace of disappointment flashing through his eyes.
Earlier, upon hearing his clansmen report that Great Witch Kuafu had been defeated, Xing Tian had rushed over immediately.
He had also wanted to see just what sort of person could defeat Kuafu.
After all, within his tribe, Kuafu was the strongest aside from himself.
"Interesting."
"I would like to meet someone capable of defeating Kuafu."
Xing Tian narrowed his eyes slightly, anticipation in his gaze.
Hearing this, Kuafu simply smiled faintly and said no more.
Boom!
Elsewhere, Qin Mu had already entered the interior of Buzhou Mountain.
The instant he stepped inside, an incomparably terrifying oppressive aura descended upon him.
"What... what a terrifying aura!"
Qin Mu secretly marveled. Even with his cultivation as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he was nearly unable to breathe beneath this oppressive aura.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
After pausing briefly, Qin Mu took a deep breath.
"This Buzhou Mountain truly lives up to being formed from Great God Pangu's spine."
"Simply remaining inside it brings such crushing pressure!"
"This is an excellent place to temper the physical body!"
After considering this, resolve flashed through Qin Mu's eyes. He naturally intended to use the pressure within Buzhou Mountain to temper his flesh.
He then tensed every muscle in his body and dispersed all his mana.
Relying solely on the power of his physical body, he began climbing Buzhou Mountain.
What shocked Qin Mu was that
without the support of mana, he could barely take a single step. It felt as though he carried a massive mountain on his back.
"Creak, creak..."
"Persist!"
Qin Mu clenched his teeth tightly, his expression filled with determination.
Unknowingly, a thousand years passed.
Throughout those thousand years, Qin Mu had constantly climbed Buzhou Mountain with only his physical body.
At the beginning, he could take only one step each day.
In truth, every step forward increased the pressure he endured by another degree.
Later, as Qin Mu gradually adapted to that pressure, he was able to take ten steps in a single day.
Furthermore, Qin Mu discovered something else.
As he tempered his flesh in this manner, his physical body was undergoing a qualitative transformation. Every inch of flesh and blood seemed to contain terrifying power.
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique passed down to him by the Three Pure Ones had also reached the realm of the Third Revolution.
At the same time, what delighted Qin Mu even more was that
his true form, the Innate Green Lotus Sword Grass, was becoming increasingly solid under the tempering of this pressure.
The thirty-six Sword Leaves grew even sharper, while the green lotus at the center bloomed with even more currents of Chaos.
Meanwhile,
at Kunlun Mountain.
Three vast auras surged into the sky, stirring the winds and clouds of the Nine Heavens.
The next moment, three figures emerged from seclusion.
Laozi had the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda above his head, his eyes as deep as an abyss. Yuanshi held the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, Dao Resonance circulating around him. Tongtian carried the Qingping Sword on his back, its sword qi stretching for thousands of miles.
After emerging from seclusion, the three exchanged glances and could see that each had made progress during their cultivation.
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