Battle Xing Tian! Gan Qi Axe, Grass Sword!

Just now, seeing Qin Mu hesitate,

Xing Tian had thought his sincerity was not enough.

How could he have known

that Qin Mu had been deeply shaken by the items Xing Tian had brought out?

Setting aside the Fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation, even a single drop of Xing Tian's own essence blood was enough to move Qin Mu.

Of course, even if Xing Tian had offered no stakes and merely proposed a spar, Qin Mu would not have refused.

This climb up Buzhou Mountain had yielded Qin Mu abundant rewards.

Not only had his cultivation broken through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, but he had also obtained the Lin Zi Secret, one of the Nine Secrets. His Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique had even reached the fourth revolution.

Compared to before, Qin Mu's strength had risen by a tremendous margin.

Since Xing Tian had proposed a spar,

Qin Mu also wished to test himself and see just how strong he had become.

Kuafu watched with an expectant look as well.

Among the Great Witches of the Wu Clan, Xing Tian was far stronger than him.

When Qin Mu had fought him earlier, he had defeated him through sheer physical strength alone.

Kuafu wanted to see it too.

Between Qin Mu and Xing Tian, who would come out on top?

Just then, Xing Tian swept his hand casually, his face brimming with excitement.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a painting scroll appeared in the void not far away.

An ancient, weathered aura emanated from the scroll.

The moment it unfurled, even the laws of heaven and earth trembled faintly. Then, a ripple of spacetime actually bloomed within it.

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, please!"

Xing Tian smiled at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu nodded. He naturally saw that the scroll contained a Small World.

Then, without further delay, the three of them leaped into the scroll.

The instant they entered the world within the scroll, the scene before them abruptly changed.

This world was not an ordinary grotto-heaven. It was more like a vast, boundless battlefield.

Looking around, they saw a sky red as blood and an endless, desolate earth.

Beyond that, dense Chaos Fiendish Qi permeated the air.

As Qin Mu surveyed the surroundings, Xing Tian explained from beside him,

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu."

"This is a Small World, a place of cultivation forged by the Ancestral Witches of our Wu Clan."

"Here, you may fight and slaughter to your heart's content without worrying about heaven and earth collapsing!"

Qin Mu nodded lightly, deeply moved within.

Worthy indeed of the Ancestral Witches' methods. They can open up such a stable Small World. It seems their command over the laws of spacetime has reached perfection.

Among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Di Jiang was the Ancestral Witch of space and speed, while Zhu Jiuyin was the Ancestral Witch of time.

Creating such a Small World truly would not be difficult for them.

After his brief reflection, Qin Mu came back to himself.

At that moment, Xing Tian looked at him with blazing eyes. "Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, are you ready?"

Hearing this, Qin Mu nodded. He could naturally see that Xing Tian was already impatient to fight him.

"You two may act as you please."

"But... since this is a spar, stop when appropriate. Do not harm the goodwill between us!"

Kuafu said this before retreating.

Once Kuafu had withdrawn, Qin Mu and Xing Tian faced each other. Both their gazes were sharp, and their fighting intent blazed fiercely!

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu!"

"Watch out!"

As they locked eyes, Xing Tian was the first to shout.

"Boom!"

In the next instant, he charged at Qin Mu like a savage dragon. With one punch, the void twisted.

Wherever his fist wind passed, space shattered inch by inch.

"Good!"

Qin Mu neither dodged nor evaded, meeting him with a punch of his own.

"Bang!"

In less than a moment, their fists collided heavily.

As their fists struck, a terrifying shockwave swept in all directions.

Within this Small World, the earth cracked and the sky trembled.

After their brief exchange of fists, Xing Tian's pupils contracted as he muttered inwardly,

What a powerful body! He can actually clash head-on with me?

At the same time, Kuafu, watching from the sidelines, was utterly aghast.

"Xing Tian's body is second only to the Ancestral Witches within our Wu Clan, yet Fellow Daoist Qin Mu can actually match him?"

"After entering Buzhou Mountain, his strength seems to have grown by far more than a little."

When Kuafu had fought Qin Mu earlier, he had already seen that Qin Mu possessed an exceptionally powerful body.

But it had not yet reached such a terrifying level.

After thinking it over briefly, Kuafu understood that Qin Mu must have encountered some opportunity for growth after entering Buzhou Mountain.

After all, the Wu Clan had been formed from Pangu's Essence Blood and were born with peerless physical bodies.

Yet Qin Mu could rival a Great Witch with his own fleshly body. It was simply inconceivable!

Just as Kuafu was reeling in shock, Xing Tian suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"Good! What a thrill!"

After his earlier carelessness, his gaze sharpened as he stared straight at Qin Mu, the fighting intent in his eyes growing even stronger.

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, now I am going to get serious!"

Having said that, Xing Tian let out an angry roar and tore apart the void with both hands.

In the next instant, a blood-red battle axe and an enormous bronze shield tore through the air.

The moment the two objects appeared, boundless baleful qi surged forth.

"Gan Qi Axe? Xing Tian Shield?"

Kuafu cried out in alarm.

He naturally knew that the weapons Xing Tian had brought forth were his natal divine armaments: the Gan Qi Axe and the Xing Tian Shield!

The Gan Qi Axe had once drunk the blood of countless living beings, while the Xing Tian Shield could withstand a direct blow from an Innate Spiritual Treasure!

Qin Mu's gaze narrowed.

At that moment, Xing Tian roared,

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, take an axe strike from me!"

The moment his words fell, Xing Tian raised his battle axe high and brought it crashing down upon Qin Mu.

In an instant, it seemed as though heaven and earth held nothing but the brilliance of that single axe!

"Rumble!"

The axe light descended, as though splitting heaven and earth apart, sundering chaos!

"Hmm?"

Facing Xing Tian's terrifying axe strike, Qin Mu naturally did not dare be careless. His hands formed seals at lightning speed as he shouted,

"Lin Zi Secret! Open!"

"Boom!"

As the Lin Zi Secret activated, Qin Mu's aura surged abruptly.

His mana was as deep and vast as an abyssal sea, while a divine halo appeared behind him, containing boundless Dao Resonance.

Beyond that, the Divine Prohibition Domain silently spread out, enveloping this stretch of heaven and earth.

With the empowerment of the Lin Zi Secret, Qin Mu's strength was enhanced in every aspect.

The next moment, Qin Mu waved his hand, and a completely jade-green Immortal Sword appeared in his grasp.

The sword was shaped like a blade of grass, slender and light, yet it carried an edge capable of cutting down all things!

It was forged from Treasure Distribution Cliff, which Qin Mu had refined with his own essence blood and fused with his origin qi.

Though it had not yet reached the rank of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, it was not far from it.

Qin Mu had named it—the Grass Sword!

Seeing Xing Tian's axe descend with overwhelming might, shrouding heaven and earth, Qin Mu raised his sword.

"Fellow Daoist Xing Tian, take a sword strike from me as well!"

The moment his words fell, Qin Mu had already charged forward with sword in hand, the Grass Sword slashing out abruptly!

"Grass Character Sword Art!"

"Slash!"

"Whoosh!"

With one sword strike, sword light arced like a rainbow. The phantom of a Heaven-Reaching Sword Grass emerged, swaying as it severed all laws and shattered the void.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

In less than a moment, the axe light and sword radiance collided.

"Bang!"

Deafening thunderous roars rang out without end. At that instant, the entire Small World shook violently, as though it were about to return to chaos.