Fifteen days later, on a vast plain.
A shirtless, well-proportioned man with disheveled hair walked to a stream in the plain, scooped up water from the stream, and drank it freely.
Just then, a ferocious crocodile-like beast, over two zhang long, suddenly attacked, opening its blood-red maw and lunging at the man.
"So annoying!"
The man seemed to have noticed the beast's presence long ago. He pulled a stone from the stream and threw it forcefully into the crocodile-like creature's mouth.
With a loud thud, the ferocious beast let out a painful cry, flipped over, and plunged into the water, escaping with incredible speed along the current.
In this primitive world, all creatures have developed a strong survival instinct; defeating them is easy, but killing them is very difficult.
Chen Mu wasn't a very good swimmer, and too lazy to chase after the ferocious beast, he sat down on a large rock and rested for a while.
Over the course of two weeks, he was like an ascetic, crossing dozens of mountains, swimming across seven or eight lakes, and traversing a vast desert before finally arriving at this place.
"Judging from my senses, my doppelganger is in the canyon ahead. It seems our positions when we entered this cave were randomized, otherwise we wouldn't be so far apart."
The connection between Divine Soul is mutual. Chen Mu Mu's physical body can roughly sense the location of Talisman-Robed Chen Mu, and Talisman-Robed Chen Mu can also sense the location of the physical body. Talisman-Robed Chen Mu will definitely try to move closer to the location of the physical body.
In this situation, it took them half a month to get close to each other, which shows how far apart they were.
Chen Mu knew that two divine sons had also entered the True Body Grotto-Heaven and were very likely hunting down his substitute, so he dared not be negligent. He sat on the rock and adjusted his condition to its peak before heading towards the canyon.
Chen Mu's mastery of his physical body has improved significantly compared to half a month ago. Although his shoes were damaged during his hikes over the past few days, his bare feet still exuded power as he stood on the ground.
When he ran, he was like a cannonball, incredibly fast, yet the ground beneath his feet made no sound.
This is because he arranged the muscle cells in his feet into a multi-layered, reusable spring structure, which can generate great power with minimal pressure.
Not long after, Chen Mu arrived near a huge mountain range. In the middle of the mountain range was a long canyon, and the surrounding mountain walls were very steep.
Instead of entering the canyon directly, he climbed up the outer wall of the canyon, all the way to the halfway point, and then, relying on the vines and bushes on the mountainside for cover, slowly approached the depths of the canyon.
After a while, Chen Mu looked down from his vantage point and saw a group of ferocious ape-like beasts gathered together, howling and looking extremely angry.
These ferocious ape-like beasts all had golden fur and incredibly strong hands that made a loud rumbling sound when they slammed into the ground; they were clearly not to be trifled with.
"My double is in that cave; it seems he's trapped by these ferocious beasts and can't leave."
Chen Mu quickly noticed that there was a cave in front of the herd of ferocious apes. The cave entrance was very small, only allowing one ape to pass through at a time. He guessed that this was why his substitute had not been torn apart.
Although he had found a substitute, he did not rush down to drive away the ferocious ape, but instead observed the area carefully for a while longer.
"As expected! The people of Heavenly Court won't let me off easily."
He noticed that the leaves of a large tree in the distance had an abnormal distribution pattern. After analysis by Chen Mu's Biological Intelligent Brain, he concluded that there must be a creature hiding inside.
During these ten days or so, he discovered that all the creatures here, no matter how powerful, only possessed animal instincts and were incapable of developing intelligence. Therefore, the two divine children who had come to the True Body Grotto-Heaven were most likely hiding in the tree canopy.
Since ten thousand years ago, the Heavenly Court has always been a top power in the universe. The divine sons they have painstakingly nurtured are bound to be incredibly powerful among those of the same realm.
But Chen Mu showed no fear. He adjusted his breathing and slowly crept towards the unusual tree.
Although Chen Mu had tried his best to conceal himself, the vegetation on the cliff was too sparse, and in some places there was absolutely nothing to cover him.
Knowing he had likely been discovered, he stopped trying to hide and, when he was only two or three hundred meters away from his opponent, leaped up and punched the treetop.
Bang!
Chen Mu's fist was incredibly powerful; the force of his punch blew away the tree canopy, revealing a man clad in golden armor inside.
The man in golden armor crossed his arms to block Chen Mu's fist, then shouted and forcefully pushed Chen Mu back.
"Are you Chen Mu?"
Ximen Zhanpeng stared at Chen Mu's suddenly appearing true form, utterly perplexed.
Among the five divine sons, he had the deepest relationship with Divine Lord Xuanji. He also knew about Chen Mu's background, which is why he entered the True Body Grotto-Heaven to hunt down Chen Mu.
Since altering one's appearance requires mental effort to maintain, Chen Mu reverted to his true form after entering the True Body Grotto-Heaven. Now that the other party has seen him, they will naturally be puzzled.
But Chen Mu had no obligation to explain to the other party. After being knocked back, he grabbed the cliff wall next to him, used the momentum to leap, and once again attacked Ximen Zhanpeng.
"Hmph! You overestimate yourself! You really think I'm afraid of you?"
Seeing Chen Mu attack again, Ximen Zhanpeng was also enraged. He roared, and his fist suddenly swelled up, colliding fiercely with Chen Mu's fist.
Boom! Crack! Boom!
Ximen Zhanpeng possesses the Celestial Person Race's Overlord Bloodline talent. Besides his formidable physical strength, explosive power is his forte.
Generally speaking, when fighting him, you should first try to deplete his stamina, as the weakest point of the Celestial Person Tyrant Blood is its endurance in combat.
However, Chen Mu ran right into the other party's line of fire. After the two exchanged blows several times, Chen Mu even had to retreat slightly, without gaining the slightest advantage.
"So strong!"
Chen Mu's expression immediately turned serious. Although he had thought that the Heavenly Court's Divine Son was very strong, he did not expect him to be this strong.
He remembered that when the five divine sons and the divine lord were communicating, this golden-armored divine son was standing at the back, which clearly indicated that his status was relatively low.
If even this divine son possesses such strength, then just how powerful must Ye Beihen, who is known as the number one divine son, be?
However, he remembered that Ye Beihen had gone to the First Grotto-Heaven in the image recording rune. In that case, he wouldn't encounter Ye Beihen in the True Body Grotto-Heaven for at least a short time, which was a good thing.