However, Wang Zhan underestimated Chen Mu's strength. He tried everything he could, but he couldn't break free from Chen Mu's Immobilization Talisman.
His eyes widened in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening.
Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force erupted from Chen Mu's outstretched hand, sending him flying backward and spitting out blood.
"Good, well done! Haha..."
When the crowd saw Chen Mu severely injure Wang Zhan with a single move, they were initially surprised, but then they all clapped and cheered, thoroughly pleased with themselves.
Wang Zhan got up from the ground, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Chen Mu.
"You! You are definitely not at the Third Layer of the Solid Realm! What level have you cultivated your Divine Soul to?"
Runes are more difficult to control the higher their level. Even a rune master at the Solid Realm Fourth Layer would find it difficult to create a high-level Immobilization Talisman that can control Peak of the True Spirit Realm cultivator.
He wouldn't be so afraid if Chen Mu had defeated him with a soul skill.
However, Chen Mu did not use soul skills or even talismans. He simply used his Divine Soul to create talismans in mid-air, and was able to create a high-level Immobilization Talisman that could control him. This ability is something that even ordinary Solid Realm Sixth Layer Talisman Masters may not be able to do.
Chen Mu ignored Wang Zhan and turned to look at Wei Shuang.
Wei Shuang, who had just been shocked by Chen Mu's strength, realized what was happening and quickly ordered her men to arrest Wang Zhan.
Wang Zhan stared intently at Chen Mu. Seeing that Chen Mu ignored him and did not resist, he allowed the guards to lock him up.
After the Wang Zhan incident, Chen Mu's prestige reached its peak, and the people at the banquet were even more enthusiastic about Chen Mu.
However, Chen Mu disliked this kind of occasion, and he had just expended a lot of energy by resonating with the Great Dao. After chatting with everyone for a while, he returned to the inn to rest.
Wei Shuang prepared a carriage for Chen Mu, but did not go back with him; she wanted to stay here to entertain the guests.
After a while, on the shore of West Lake.
Chen Mu sat in the carriage, closing his eyes to rest.
It was late at night, and the coachman drove the carriage toward Mystic Fortune Inn. The road was deserted and silent.
Suddenly, a black mist silently spread through the night, quickly enveloping the carriage.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures rushed out from both sides of the street and entered the carriage from the left and right respectively.
But when they entered the carriage, their expressions changed drastically, because it was completely empty.
"What happened? Where is everyone?"
The Black Jackal said urgently.
The black mist currently shrouding the carriage is a top-tier secret medicine concocted by their organization, called Soul-Locking Smoke.
Soul-Locking Smoke can lock the Divine Soul of a soul cultivator, preventing the Divine Soul from leaving the body to fight. At the same time, it will also greatly interfere with the power of runes. No matter how the rune technique is used, its power will be greatly reduced after being infected by Soul-Locking Smoke.
In this situation, he couldn't understand how Chen Mu had escaped.
"Above!"
Honglian gave a soft shout and thrust her sword towards the top of the carriage.
With a ding,
A baguette blocked the longsword, then the longsword spun, and with a crack, the carriage roof shattered into pieces, revealing Chen Mu standing on a staff above.
The Black Jackal reacted and thrust its short blade at Chen Mu's chest.
"Heh, this black mist of yours is quite interesting."
Chen Mu remained calm, extending two fingers of one hand to grab at the tip of the Black Jackal's blade.
"King Kong!"
Seeing Chen Mu's arrogance in using his own flesh and blood to catch his weapon, the Black Jackal was overjoyed and increased the Spiritual Power input into the short blade in his hand.
With a clang!
Black Jackal thought Chen Mu's hands would be covered in blood, but to his surprise, Chen Mu's hands lit up with a dazzling golden light.
With a loud crash, his broken blade was forcibly snapped off by Chen Mu's two fingers.
"Walk!"
Honglian was the first to react, stomping her foot on the ground and flying backward.
As assassins, a crucial tenet for them is to flee immediately if their first strike fails.
Chen Mu's combat prowess was far from what the intelligence indicated, and she knew the situation was dire.
"Haha, don't rush off, spar with me a few more times."
Chen Mu lightly stomped his foot, and the long staff spun back into his palm. Then, he swung the staff with both hands, generating a violent whirlwind that instantly dispersed the surrounding black mist.
However, in those few short breaths, he realized that the female assassin had disappeared, and only the male assassin was left, who was a beat too slow and was easily caught by him.
"Freeze!"
Since his Spiritual Power was converted into Dharma Power, he no longer needed to make physical contact with others to use his spells. Instead, he could release spells simply by making contact with his Dharma Power.
Dharma Power to cast spells is more effective than using the Divine Soul, because when the Divine Soul casts a spell, it absorbs the surrounding Spiritual Power to activate the spell the instant it condenses into a rune.
When Dharma Power is used to create talismans, Dharma Power can directly become the source of power for the talismans. The stronger the spellcaster's Dharma Power, the stronger the effect of the talisman.
Tell me, which organization do you belong to?
Chen Mu approached the Black Jackal, gently patted it, and completely sealed its Black Jackal.
"Hehe, I'm one of the ' Zodiac '."
Black Jackal showed no fear; in fact, he spoke of his organization with pride.
" Zodiac?"
Chen Mu then remembered that Chen Hongjie had mentioned that there was indeed such an assassin organization that was targeting him.
As his fame grew, many people set their sights on him, but he couldn't be bothered to care who they were.
What kind of black smoke were you using just now?
With his current strength, he was already capable of competing with cultivators in the Mid Core Formation Realm, but the situation just now did pose a certain threat to him.
Fortunately, although the black smoke would affect the effects of the runes, it would not affect the runes inside Chen Mu's body. Many of the runes inside his body could still be used, such as the ' Vajra Talisman ' and the ' Field of Vision Rune ' in his right eye.
This black smoke is clearly extremely effective against talisman masters. If I were just an ordinary talisman master, being besieged by two assassins at the Peak of the True Spirit Realm would be in real danger.
Even if one cultivates a ' Runic Body ', one's combat power will be greatly reduced after losing rune techniques.
Indeed, the world is vast and full of wonders. No matter how strong you are, if others don't fight you head-on but instead use inferior methods to deal with you, you will still be caught off guard.
"You want to know? Hehe, I won't tell you..."
At this moment, blood spilled from the corner of the Black Jackal's mouth, and in less than two breaths, he lost his life and stopped breathing.
"Dead?"
Chen Mu's right eye rune flickered, and he quickly discovered the reason.
"A poison sac hidden in the mouth? Hah, I thought that was just something made up in novels. I didn't expect that people actually use this method."
He couldn't help but sigh, being an assassin isn't easy; you have to be ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to yourself.
He activated the energy exploration mode of his right eye and carefully observed the energy reactions around him, but still couldn't find the female assassin. It seemed she had already gone far away.
"They didn't even come back to see their own companions, tsk tsk, how heartless."
He muttered something and woke up the coachman who had inhaled black smoke.
He then got into the carriage, not caring that it had no roof, and had the coachman take him back to Mystic Fortune Inn.