"And that Spirit Staff! Throw it out together."

Li Mu reached out, collected all the Storage Magical Treasures, and glanced at the Ancient Wood Treasure in Venerable Kumu’s hands, not forgetting to remind him.

"Impossible! This is my Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, my very foundation. This item absolutely cannot be given to you!" Venerable Kumu’s face changed drastically, glaring at Li Mu and refusing flatly.

"Your life or the Magical Treasure, you have ten breaths to consider it!"

Li Mu, resolute in his attitude, said coldly.

"Don’t push me too far!"

Venerable Kumu was filled with despair and frustration, nearly collapsing. He, a powerful Refining Void figure, who made countless Divinity Transformation Cultivators tremble, was now being humiliated by a Nascent Soul kid.

However, faced with Li Mu’s tough stance, trapped inside the Five Elements Grand Array, Venerable Kumu’s Dharma Realm was restricted by the Five Elements Array Power, unable to escape.

Otherwise, he would gladly break out of the array and beat this bastard with his staff.

"Fellow Daoist Kun Ling, speak up!" As the time slowly slipped away, Venerable Kumu gripped the Ancient Wood Staff tightly and looked toward Venerable Kun Ling, helplessly seeking help.

Seeing Venerable Kumu in such a plight, Venerable Kun Ling was immensely pleased, but it was best not to carry things too far.

"Friend Li!" Venerable Kun Ling looked at Li Mu and opened his mouth to persuade.

"Elder Kun, no need to persuade me on this matter. In respect to the Kun Family, I’m giving this old dog a chance to live. If he doesn’t cherish it, I really don’t mind taking action. At that time, if the Ji Family implicates the Kun Family, you can just push everything onto me!" Li Mu interrupted Venerable Kun Ling’s words decisively.

"Why is this necessary, alas!" Venerable Kun Ling sighed bitterly, indicating to Venerable Kumu: "Old ghost, Friend Li’s stance is clear, hand over the Magical Treasure quickly!"

"Kun Ling, you know the significance of this Magical Treasure to me, is this even possible!" Venerable Kumu responded grimly, with a sinister look.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Kun Ling felt a headache. He certainly knew that the Ancient Wood Treasure held great significance for Kumu: it was the key to advancing to Refining Void, integral to his cultivation of the Withering Domain technique, and losing it would halve his combat strength. That Ancient Wood Treasure was his lifeline.

"Friend Li!" Venerable Kun Ling tried to persuade again.

"You have five breaths left! 5, 4," Li Mu ignored Venerable Kun Ling’s words, coldly staring at Venerable Kumu, with killing intent evident.

The Five Elements Grand Array kept running, the surrounding ocean churning, the sound of waves like the tolling of a death bell, ringing for his fate.

"Kun Ling! Help me!" Venerable Kumu, full of reluctance and despair, shouted for help at Venerable Kun Ling.

Time was ticking away, and Venerable Kumu’s heart was full of struggle and contradiction. He was aware of his own predicament and understood Li Mu’s determination, but did he have any other choice? Could he give up his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact and foundation?

Absolutely not! Even at the cost of his life, he couldn’t hand it over.

Venerable Kumu appealed for help from Venerable Kun Ling, hoping he’d lend his aid based on their thousands of years of friendship as members of the Eight Great Clans of Central State.

"Time’s up; you made your own choice!"

With the words spoken, Li Mu waved his hand, and five Tier Six Five Elements Spiritual Swords appeared out of nowhere, radiating a soaring Sword Intent, vanishing instantly.

The five Tier Six Flying Swords swiftly entered the Five Elements Grand Array, Five Elements Unification, transforming into a single Five Elements Spirit Sword aiming straight at Venerable Kumu within the array.

"Friend Li, spare him!" Venerable Kun Ling’s face changed dramatically.

"I’ll give it!" Venerable Kumu, incredulous, watched in despair as the Flying Sword charged at him.

However, the Flying Sword was far faster than his words; before he could finish speaking, the Five Elements Flying Sword pierced through his chest, the sharp Sword Intent directly destroying the Divine Sense of the Refining Void great power.

Venerable Kumu’s eyes widened, unable to believe he would fall here.

Venerable Kun Ling was stunned, looking at Li Mu with complex emotions, completely unable to believe Li Mu would be so reckless, killing Venerable Kumu with a single sword. Was he truly unafraid of the Ji Family?

"Friend Li, you, this, alas!" Venerable Kun Ling looked at Li Mu, momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.

Li Mu reached out again, drawing the Ancient Wood Staff from Venerable Kumu to himself, his gaze chilling as he looked at Venerable Kumu’s corpse.

Such a devious old fox, if not for the Innate Divine Techniques－Recognize Ten Thousand Spirits, he might have been fooled by Venerable Kumu’s false death method.

Venerable Kumu’s Withering Wood and Earth Technique was indeed special; when withering reached the extreme, new Vitality could be born, seeking life from death.

However, Li Mu wouldn’t just watch Venerable Kumu resurrect; the body of a Refining Void great power contained extremely powerful Spiritual Power that couldn’t be wasted.

Through the Spirit Taming Contract Seal, accepting Li Mu’s command, the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon rushed in, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed Venerable Kumu’s remains in one gulp.

"Elder, if the Ji Family seeks trouble with the Kun Family, you can push this matter onto me. I take responsibility for my actions alone and won’t implicate the Kun Family." Li Mu solemnly assured Venerable Kun Ling, who looked complicatedly as though wanting to speak.

"Alas! Friend Li, take care!" Venerable Kun Ling sighed, glancing meaningfully at Li Mu. After speaking, his form turned into a gale and vanished in an instant.

Watching Venerable Kun Ling’s departing figure, Li Mu frowned, pondering something, but did not regret killing Venerable Kumu. Besides the risk of Ji Family’s revenge, eliminating Venerable Kumu could directly or indirectly bring significant benefits.