During this time, Mingye and Chen Duo had recovered considerably. Seeing that the protective barrier outside was gone, they quickly rushed out.
That bastard!
Chen Duo hated Ge Yu to the core; if it weren't for him, she and Mingye wouldn't have suffered so much.
She immediately took out her Rune Gun and fired a shot at Ge Yu from a distance.
"No!"
Ge Yu's strength was not high to begin with, and now that he was injured, he had no way to dodge.
With a snap, the bullet pierced his chest. His eyes widened, and his body slumped to the ground, life extinguished.
" Chen Duo, you're insane! How dare you kill someone here!"
Yi Qiao'er saw Ge Yu's death, a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.
She grew up in the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and rarely participated in the battles outside. She couldn't believe that anyone would dare to kill someone here.
"If you don't surrender, you'll end up like him!"
Chen Duo pointed the Rune Gun at Yi Qiao'er.
"You..."
Yi Qiao'er was about to rebuke him angrily, but when she saw the undisguised murderous intent in Chen Duo's eyes, she trembled and immediately shut her mouth.
Born into a noble family and a disciple of the sect leader, she was used to being bossy and domineering. But in this life-or-death situation, these titles were of no help to her.
She believed that if she continued talking, Chen Duo would definitely dare to shoot.
"I surrender!"
She lowered her weapon.
" Chen Mu, stop hitting me! I have a bad feeling!"
Zheng Fengdao's martial arts technique naturally gave him a keen intuition for danger, and upon hearing his words, everyone became more vigilant.
Hearing the call, Chen Mu knew he couldn't delay any longer.
" Little Blue!"
He used the same trick again, and with Little Blue's help, blue flames shone from his body.
"Fire element, Burst Talisman!"
With a loud bang.
Under the violent explosion, Ye Gudan and Lin Siyu, already at their limit, were powerless to resist and were thrown into the air.
Chen Mu didn't have time to finish him off; he quickly caught up with Zheng Fengdao.
"Everyone, follow me!"
Having lived in the cabinet for more than half a year, Zheng Fengdao was very familiar with the area and led everyone to escape towards the edge of the land.
They had only run a few hundred meters when a powerful surge of Spiritual Power emanated from the exit of the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven behind them.
"It's a cabinet elder! Let's go!"
The intensity of that Spiritual Power was definitely not that of an ordinary Core Formation Realm, so everyone quickly quickened their pace.
"Wood element, Windwalking Talisman."
Chen Mu waved and patted everyone's shoulders, adding speed-enhancing runes to Yin Zhan, Zheng Fengdao, Chen Duo, and Mingye Ye.
The group struggled to escape for two or three kilometers, but the elders behind them continued to close in.
"You guys go first, I'll hold him off, and then we'll meet up."
After the battle, everyone knows that Chen Mu's strength far surpasses that of the others, especially since Mingye and Chen Duo are now injured and only have 30-40% of their strength left, so they can't help if they stay.
"Okay, Chen Mu, you must come with me. We'll meet up again after we leave the cabinet!"
Without delay, the group glanced back at Chen Mu and continued their escape.
Chen Mu stopped, tossed the Jianmu branch from his storage ring into the air, and then a small purple figure flew out from above and swallowed the Jianmu whole.
" Chen Mu, how dare you be so presumptuous in the cabinet!"
Considering that you are highly regarded by the Pavilion Master, if you surrender now, I will not make things difficult for you. Otherwise, don't blame me for accidentally injuring you.
Shen Rufeng was in charge of guarding the entrance and exit of Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven. He knew that Ye Gudan had just captured the Nether Clan Ye Gudan, but he did not expect that Ye Gudan would encounter trouble outside the passage as soon as he left.
Other elders had already informed him about Chen Mu's ascent to the Wentian Stairway. Chen Mu's future was still uncertain, so he didn't want to offend Chen Mu too much, otherwise, if Chen Mu gained power one day, his life in the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion would be difficult.
"Elder, I was eager to save lives and had no intention of clashing with you. If you could grant me this favor, I will surely repay you handsomely in the future!"
Chen Mu bowed respectfully, but secretly he was absorbing the wood elemental power within the branches of the Jianmu tree.
"Hahaha, you think you can escape?"
The inner cabinet is protected by a mountain-guarding array. If you hadn't been discovered by the cabinet master, you might have been able to escape unnoticed. But now that the cabinet master has personally ordered me to capture you, there's no way you can escape."
Shen Rufeng laughed heartily, not in a hurry to make a move against Chen Mu.
Chen Mu frowned, already believing about 80% of Shen Rufeng's words. As an ancient academy that had stood for tens of thousands of years, it seemed indeed unlikely that he could escape so easily.
However, he could not leave Mingye in the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion under any circumstances.
A powerful surge of Soul Power emanated from Chen Mu, his aura rising steadily, with a faint but powerful force poised to break free.
"You actually intend to break through to the Divine Soul Realm at this time?"
Shen Rufeng looked surprised.
However, he could sense that Chen Mu's Divine Soul power was not very strong, only at the Solid Realm Third Layer. Even if he broke through again, he would only reach the Solid Realm Fourth Layer, which was still far behind his own Mid Core Formation Realm.
However, he had no patience to wait any longer. Although Solid Realm Fourth Layer couldn't possibly defeat him, it would still take more effort.
He took a step forward, exhaled loudly, and from a distance of 100 meters, threw a punch at Chen Mu in mid-air.
A silver fist shot out from the body like a shooting star, appearing in front of Chen Mu almost as soon as it took shape.
The silver fist emitted a sharp whistling sound, created by the friction of the fist against the air. The powerful force caused the surrounding stone mountains to tremble, and fragments of rock kept falling down.
The power of the Core Formation Realm is truly formidable.
Faced with this earth-shattering punch, Chen Mu moved with lightning speed. As soon as the punch was formed, he fired three shots with his Rune Gun, each shot striking the silver fist light.
All three shots used pure Spiritual Power bullets. In terms of pure attack power, there is not much difference between Spiritual Power bullets and physical rune bullets. However, if a rune bullet hits a target, the runes attached to it can cause greater damage.
However, he still underestimated the power of the punch. Despite the guidance of the ' Eye of the Seer ', he did not miss any of the three shots and all of them hit the fist's energy. However, the energy of the fist only faded slightly, and more than half of the power of the punch remained.
"Wood element, the All Things Meet Spring Talisman!"
He slapped the ground, and a sapling sprang up and quickly grew into a towering tree.
With a loud bang, the tree was struck by the fist's energy, and its surface cracked. However, it possessed a tenacious vitality, and although it looked like it might fall at any moment, it never did.
"Hey... ah!!"
Chen Mu roared with all his might, his Divine Soul energy reaching its peak, and with a final thud, the tree trunk actually grew taller once more.
" Mass-Energy Conversion, absorption!"
Chen Mu changed the combination of runes within his body and applied it to the tree. The tree actually began to absorb the power of the fist's energy, and eventually absorbed it all.