BOOM!

Batu Mu’s head was smashed and bleeding. His body was half-buried in the ground, his mouth gaped wide open. The light in his eyes gradually faded, his aura dissipated, and his heartbeat and all other signs of life vanished.

As an expert who had one foot in the True Martial Realm, Batu Mu had never imagined he would die at the hands of a junior at the Qi Sea Great Success stage. What’s more, this person was from the Great Yuan, and he didn’t even know Chu Lingguang’s identity.

He died an incredibly frustrating death.

Had he not been mutually wounded in his earlier fight with Mo Shan, and then further injured by Chu Lingguang’s Archery, things would have been different. He hadn’t anticipated Chu Lingguang’s Flesh and Blood Divine Abilities, which could ignore defenses and strike his internal organs, instantly compounding his wounds. If not for all that, what could Chu Lingguang’s three-fold Potential Energy Superposition have possibly accomplished?

When he was first wounded by Chu Lingguang’s Archery, even if he couldn’t kill Chu Lingguang, he could have retreated fully intact. It was the power of the Flesh and Blood Divine Abilities that caught him completely off guard, causing all his internal injuries to erupt at once. His strength plummeted, which was why Chu Lingguang was able to throw him into disarray. Under the three-fold Potential Energy Superposition, his defenses completely crumbled.

He could only watch helplessly as he was thrown into a panic by a junior at the Qi Sea Great Success stage, forced to flee in disarray. In the end, a spear smashed into the crown of his head, and his Divine Image Small Vortex and Qi Phase Scale Armor shattered in an instant, killing him on the spot.

In that final moment, he would have rather been eaten alive by Mo Shan and his three companions than die at the hands of an unknown junior like Chu Lingguang.

Unfortunately, there was no turning back.

After smashing Batu Mu to death with his spear, Chu Lingguang scanned his surroundings. Once he confirmed there were no more enemies, he finally lost control and collapsed backward, lying on the ground and gasping for breath.

He hadn’t fainted or run out of strength.

He was simply savoring the taste of surviving a disaster.

While facing Batu Mu, he had been ready to retreat at any moment. But as he saw Batu Mu’s decline become more and more obvious under the assault of his Spear Technique, he gritted his teeth and pressed the attack relentlessly.

Throughout the process, he was constantly on guard against any other trump cards Batu Mu might have.

A being with one foot in the True Martial Realm surely possessed numerous Divine Abilities.

Fortunately, Batu Mu’s injuries had flared up, and he was already in disarray under the barrage of the Spear Technique, so Chu Lingguang never saw him use any Divine Power.

Finally.

He had smashed him to death with a single spear strike.

’It feels surreal. I actually killed an expert at the Qi Sea Perfection realm. Batu Mu had a six-layered Dharma Aspect and had even awakened Primitive Power. Even if he hadn’t awakened any power in his Dantian and was just a pure Qi Sea Perfection expert, he still wasn’t someone I could have provoked.’

’I only managed to kill him because Batu Mu was already severely wounded and his injuries had flared up. It was a case of a newborn calf not fearing a tiger. I relied on sheer courage and got incredibly lucky.’

Even though he had killed Batu Mu, Chu Lingguang didn’t think he could be compared to experts at the Qi Sea Perfection realm, especially one like Batu Mu.

"Chu Lingguang."

Mo Shan called out. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Although they could still sense Chu Lingguang’s aura, he had just been through a major battle. They worried he might have suffered a heavy blow, so seeing him lying on the ground made all four of them anxious.

"Seniors, are you all okay?"

Chu Lingguang got up and ran toward the four men. He saw them leaning on each other for support, all of them wounded in several places. Their clothes were soaked in blood, both their own and their enemy’s.

It was a tragic sight.

Fortunately, they were all experts at the Qi Sea Perfection realm and could use their Inner Strength to stop the bleeding. They were all still hanging on, but even so, he had to get them back for treatment immediately, or their lives would be in danger.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Chu Lingguang alive and well, the four men couldn’t help but laugh out loud. They had been afraid that Chu Lingguang might have met with disaster because of them.

"Seniors, we shouldn’t stay here any longer. Let’s go, quickly!"

Chu Lingguang said.

The four did not object.

Chu Lingguang helped the more seriously injured Mo Zheng onto Little Red Horse’s back, while he and the other three, including Mo Shan, followed behind.

Just in case, Chu Lingguang pulled a few arrows from the corpses of the Turkic people. The three Iron Wolf Eagles were still circling above the dense forest.

It seemed their Beast Tamer had died in the chaotic battle, so no one was controlling them. Alternatively, perhaps they had suffered at the hands of Mo Shan’s group. In any case, they hadn’t dived down to attack, and they kept their distance from Chu Lingguang, especially after Batu Mu’s death.

They just kept circling above the forest, almost as if they were guiding the way for other Turkic people.

That was why Chu Lingguang and the others dared not linger.

"Shan!"

As they were about to reach the summit, Zhuoyi arrived with a group of men. These men all had the air of Jianghu vagabonds and held no official positions. They were, however, retainers of Mr. Du who usually lived in Du’s Mansion and helped handle thorny issues that Mr. Du couldn’t personally deal with.

Their arrival allowed Chu Lingguang and his four companions to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yah!"

Just then, another group of riders appeared at the foot of the mountain. They were from the Batum Tribe. Batu Mu was their tribal leader, and his men had been hunting in this area.

South Mountain was a borderland, so regular troops did not dare to enter.

"Chief!"

They found Batu Mu’s body just outside the forest. Their leader cried out in grief, and his men drew their blades in unison, all of them glaring up at the group on the summit.

"Go!"

Zhuoyi didn’t meet their gaze, instead hastily pulling Chu Lingguang and the others to retreat behind the mountain.

"AHHHH!"

"Avenge the Chief!"

"Kill the people of Great Yuan!"

The men’s eyes were bloodshot with rage, and they looked ready to charge up the mountain on their horses.

"Come back!"

But their leader stopped them.

"Tulu! Don’t you want to avenge the Chief? He was your brother!"