"The strength of Wei Ming and the others is indeed a large step up from before, but these four are still a notch below the Left and Right Protectors from that night, and they cannot compare to Zhou Qing and Shangguan Ke. However, they have each developed unique insights into the Five Elements Technique, which must have been passed down to them by Wang Xuantian... For now, there’s no rush; we can spar a bit more."

Su Mu’s mind whirled rapidly, multitasking as he both dealt with the siege from the four Black Mountain Celestial Generals and kept his attention on the other two intense battle zones.

Particularly on the fierce battle involving Zhou Qing, Shangguan Ke, and Wang Xuantian.

"Damn bastard, where on earth did this Li Feiyu come from, and this martial art is indeed bizarre!"

The newly appointed Profound Celestial General and Golden Celestial General continued their siege on Su Mu, but despite their repeated assaults, all they could hear were metallic clangs as they were unable to break Su Mu’s defense, let alone injure him.

To know they were Black Mountain Celestial Generals, while the other was just a lad not even in the Sixth Grade, made the confidence in the two’s hearts gradually and completely shatter, giving birth to a creeping sense of despair, which led them to curse angrily.

"Pitting four against one, you four ’Middle Third Grade’ Martial Artists bully one Body Tempering Realm Lower Third Grade Martial Artist like me and still have the face to shout?"

Su Mu snorted lightly, tauntingly spoke.

Hearing this, the four were even more incensed, like cats having their tails stepped on, glaring furiously. They had, just before, proudly identified as Middle Third Grade Martial Artists, mocking Su Mu as foolishly naive, and now getting such a retort from Su Mu only fueled their rage.

At this point, the onslaught from the four became even more fierce, but that only made Su Mu’s heart more delighted.

With each clash, Su Mu’s understanding of the Five Elements Technique deepened; the Earth Element Divine Skill’s power to diffuse force had subtly increased from two parts to three, with the pure mastery rising like the tide, and it’s continually pushing towards an even higher level of diffusion. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

This meant that after every clash, Su Mu’s strength was increasing, and the muscles and bones throughout his body were continuously stretching and expanding, with the blood in his body growing increasingly fervent.

"What a pity, missing wood from the Five Elements; it would be great to have five Celestial Generals."

From the center combat vehicle, Tao Xingzheng’s gaze fell on Su Mu, who was being besieged by the four Celestial Generals. His eyes sparkled with brilliance. A mere half-step Sixth Grade youth is handling the assault of four Sixth Grade experts with ease, even if those four Celestial Generals were forcefully elevated by some secret technique of Wang Xuantian’s, this was still astonishing.

"However, if he can’t be used by me... then let him be broken."

Tao Xingzheng moved his gaze from Su Mu back to Wang Xuantian, where the battle among the three was growing fiercer.

"Damn it, not only is Wang Xuantian’s body tremendously powerful, but his mastery of force diffusion techniques is also extremely sophisticated; most of the lethality of the strikes I land with my saber is dispersed by him through his feet into the ground, rendering them unable to inflict effective harm on him!"

Zhou Qing grew more and more astonished and more apprehensive, the man shrouded in black mist before him, seemingly harmless, evoked a strong sense of crisis in Zhou Qing’s heart.

"Damn it, continuing like this is meaningless, I must no longer conceal it, and I must press on to obliterate him in one fell swoop!"

Recalling the bold words spoken upon departure, and his naturally fiery temper and high self-regard, Zhou Qing, who had previously encountered obstacles at Zen Heart, could not endure repeated setbacks at this remote place of Cyan Cloud.

"Zhou Qing!"

Shangguan Ke seemed to see through Zhou Qing’s intentions and exclaimed, but Zhou Qing ignored it as he fiercely bit the tip of his tongue.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Zhou Qing immediately swallowed a blood-colored pill, and instantly, the heart beneath his chest throbbed violently, so much so that even the clamorous battlefield could scarcely muffle the sound, its rhythm like the pounding of a war drum. His jet-black hair wildly danced, as the energy and blood in his body surged to the extreme.

Strands and tendrils of energy and blood emerged from his body, transforming into a blood mist that quickly spread, covering several dozen feet, even the warriors engaged in battle further away were alarmed, feeling an intense heat and realizing that the air seemed poised to ignite.

Turning their heads to look.

A blood-colored mist faintly rose above Zhou Qing’s head on the battlefield, like a smoke signal in the frontier.

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