Chapter 654: Absolute Invincibility (Four-Thousand-Character Mega-Chapter!)
Qin Mu changed into the official robes of the Yan Kingdom and walked out of the room, only to see Ling Yuxiu also dressed in an envoy's attire. His eyes lit up.
This audience with the Crimson Bright Divine Son represented the Yan Kingdom, so they had to wear court robes.
The Yan Kingdom had many female officials, and female cultivators were no fewer in number than males. Even among the highest-ranking ministers, several were women. The attire of female officials was also quite particular. The set of official robes Ling Yuxiu wore was typical of a female official: a purple robe, a jade belt around her waist, a wide skirt like a lotus petal hem, but a tight-fitting bodice with narrow sleeves.
Her collar was cut in an inverted heart shape, revealing the two crescent-like curves of her chest. Over this, she wore a thin gauze and several sashes, which, when infused with her primal energy, floated around her waist and behind her head, looking very elegant.
Qin Mu stole a few more glances. There were many styles of official robes for female officials in the court, but few could truly fill them out. The women of Yan Kang were bold in their conduct, though not as much as those in the Western Lands, their clothing still highlighted feminine beauty.
Ling Yuxiu cast him a shy glance and smiled, "Where are you looking?"
Qin Mu quickly averted his gaze but stole another peek. Ling Yuxiu grew annoyed and quietly pulled up her collar.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, walked out and coughed, startling the two of them.
He was still in his usual attire. After all, he was not a court official of the Yan Kingdom and had no need to change into official robes.
"Let's go. Today is the day for the show of force."
The First Ancestor walked out, saying flatly, "We've already spent enough time here. One month here equals seven months in the outside world. This trip has taken much longer than anticipated."
Qin Mu nodded and followed him. "The Crimson Bright Divine Son has trained Banguo Cuo quite well these past days. I went to see him. Though his injuries are severe, his strength has improved significantly. That guy learns fast. He's already mastered the Art of the Incomplete Battle God to perfection and has learned a lot from the cultivators of the Suspended Realm. His severe injuries mean the cultivators of the Suspended Realm are equally strong. Sister Xiu, quite a few cultivators in the Suspended Realm are not weaker than you, and there might even be some much stronger."
Ling Yuxiu stepped forward. Qin Mu sneaked a glance and saw that she had pulled her chest wrap very high. He felt a bit disappointed. "Earlier, she just pulled up her collar, now the chest wrap is pulled up high too..."
His foster mother had taught him since childhood that girls with large chests were the most beautiful, so he always liked to take a few extra glances when he saw one.
This was the aesthetic standard of the Crippled Elder Village, not to be taken lightly. Pharmacist had once said, "Mu'er, looking at chests isn't lechery; it's for the sake of your future offspring. It's a serious matter!"
Qin Mu had always kept this in mind.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, said, "The Suspended Realm has so many young experts; they are not to be underestimated. Mu'er, don't take them lightly."
Qin Mu smiled. "I have never underestimated them. Back on the ship, I was already figuring out how to deal with them."
After a while, a loud voice suddenly rang out from the square: "The Yan Kingdom envoys, Princess Yuxiu and Chief Sacrificial Officer Qin Mu, request an audience with the Crimson Bright Divine Son! His Majesty has prepared modest gifts to present to Your Highness!"
The Crimson Bright Divine Son and the crowd of three-headed, six-armed divine beings and demons looked over. Qin Mu and Ling Yuxiu walked over unhurriedly. The two envoys were both young—the boy graceful and refined, the girl heroic and spirited. Seeing them, one couldn't help but silently praise them.
"Who would have thought that one head and two arms could look so good," a three-headed, six-armed divine being murmured in admiration.
The divine being beside him quickly warned him, "Quiet. Be careful the Divine Son hears!"
The deity felt a chill. The Crimson Bright Divine Son, like Qin Mu, had not transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form. Fortunately, the Divine Son seemed not to have heard his words, putting him slightly at ease.
Qin Mu took out the manual for the three basic sword techniques, while Ling Yuxiu brought out the various treasures given to her by Emperor Yan Feng. A divine being stepped forward, took them, bowed, and walked up the long steps to present them to the Crimson Bright Divine Son.
The Crimson Bright Divine Son ignored the treasures from Emperor Yan Feng, only picking up the sword manual and flipping through it.
He had seen these three basic sword techniques more than once from Banguo Cuo, but he still inexplicably started browsing through them.
Among all the items, the sword manual was the most valuable!
"Even more exquisite than I deduced."
The Crimson Bright Divine Son closed the manual and smiled, "The Emperor of the Yan Kingdom is thoughtful. Please, envoys, take your seats."
Qin Mu and Ling Yuxiu walked forward. Suddenly, a three-headed, six-armed cultivator stepped out from the crowd, blocking their path. He clasped his six hands together and bowed, saying, "Yan Kang, a tiny nation from beyond the borders, wishes to form an alliance with the Crimson Bright Divine Dynasty. It must have some exceptional qualities. I, Hu Kang, dare to ask the envoy for some instruction?"
Qin Mu looked ahead and saw at least ten thousand three-headed, six-armed cultivators in the square. He frowned slightly. He looked up at the Crimson Bright Divine Son, who sat high above, expressionless and silent.
Qin Mu said politely, "How dare I fight in the Divine Son's presence? Wouldn't that be a capital offense?"
The Crimson Bright Divine Son's voice came from above: "Envoys, please come up and take your seats for a detailed discussion."
"Old fox."
Qin Mu raised an eyebrow. The Crimson Bright Divine Son did not say, "I absolve you of guilt," as Qin Mu had expected, clearly not wanting Qin Mu to go on a killing spree. He only invited Qin Mu and the others up, without ordering the thousands of Suspended Realm cultivators in the square to withdraw.
Clearly, if Qin Mu and the others wanted to go up, they would have to fight their way up!
"Brother Hu, you've fought with the Great Venerable, haven't you?"
Qin Mu smiled and said, "The Great Venerable is very strong."
"The Great Venerable?" Hu Kang was puzzled.
Qin Mu laughed. "That's Banguo Cuo. 'Great Venerable' is my affectionate nickname for him. Did you win or lose against him?"
Not far away, Banguo Cuo, standing behind Chi Xi, snorted softly and muttered, "Affectionate? Affectionate my ass..."
Hu Kang said, "I am one of the few who have defeated him. But that was ten days ago. Last time we fought, it took me hundreds of moves to beat him. Now, I can defeat him in twenty or thirty moves!"
Qin Mu nodded slightly. "The Great Venerable has remarkable cultivation. It's quite impressive that you can defeat him."
Hu Kang said solemnly, "I am at the Life and Death Realm. What realm are you? I will seal my divine treasures to fight you on equal terms, so I won't take advantage!"
"I am currently at the Seven Star Realm, but I have cultivated to the point of breaking through to the Transcendent Realm."
Qin Mu thought for a moment and said, "Divine Son, can you have everyone in the square seal their cultivation to the Seven Star Realm?"
The Crimson Bright Divine Son was surprised and nodded. A deity beside him announced loudly, "All disciples, hear my command! Seal your cultivation!"
From the vast square came the sounds of divine treasures closing. Qin Mu thought again and carefully peeled off the golden willow leaf from his brow, storing it away safely. The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, frowned and said, "Mu'er, there's no need for that."
Qin Mu smiled. "I just want to speed things up. We've already wasted too much time here. Sister Xiu, just follow behind me."
Ling Yuxiu nodded.
Qin Mu looked at Hu Kang and smiled, "Brother Hu, I might be a bit offensive later."
Suddenly, a series of crackling explosions came from within his body. His flesh and blood surged wildly, and soon a head grew from his neck, then another from the right side. Then, bones pushed against his skin from under his armpits, and arms burst forth!
Three heads, six arms!
Ling Yuxiu was startled. Only then did she notice that Qin Mu had somehow altered his official robes, making the collar looser and cutting slits under the armpits to accommodate four extra arms, all neatly hemmed.
"That's right. The cowherd is also a good tailor!"
She thought to herself, "But this three-headed, six-armed form is terrifying..."
As Qin Mu manifested his three heads and six arms, a vertical eye appeared on each of his three foreheads, half-open, half-closed.
Hu Kang charged forward with six blades in hand, excitedly shouting, "You've also cultivated the techniques of my Suspended Realm? Then we are evenly matched!"
Although he had sealed his cultivation, his strength was still immense and terrifying. His blade techniques were not just simple swordplay; they contained spells and divine abilities within them. Clearly, Banguo Cuo had used Ling Yuxiu's method of combining combat techniques, which the Crimson Bright Divine Son had learned and then passed on to everyone!
Ling Yuxiu's heart skipped a beat. At that moment, Qin Mu's six hands came together in a stacked palm strike, unleashing the accumulated power of the three stacked strikes of the Yin-Yang Heaven-Overturning Palm. With a thunderous boom, Hu Kang, who hadn't even gotten close, was sent flying back even faster!
He was both shocked and furious. His six blades stabbed into the ground, sparks flying as the blades cut through the earth!
Buzz—
Qin Mu's eyes shot out three beams of light, pinning Hu Kang to the ground with a loud thud. The immense pressure pushed his body backward, crashing into the crowd, knocking over countless people in the square and causing chaos!
Qin Mu laughed heartily. He spread his feet three feet apart, crouched down, and the muscles in his thighs coiled like springs storing immense energy, compressing every tendon to its limit.
A surging battle intent erupted from Qin Mu, so fierce that it formed a visible, swirling vortex of air around him. Ling Yuxiu, standing behind him, felt her clothes lift and her hair bun blown askew!
Boom!
The ground exploded. Where Qin Mu had stood, a massive crater appeared, surrounded by shocking cracks. But Qin Mu was no longer in the pit. Ling Yuxiu looked up and only saw a tiny black dot in the sky.
With another thunderous roar, Qin Mu crashed down like a comet into the crowd ahead. Hu Kang's sliding body had not yet stopped.
Before his laughter faded, Qin Mu's sword orb split into six, and with a whoosh, sword light erupted in all directions. In an instant, it transformed into a vast landscape of mountains and rivers, engulfing countless cultivators.
Qin Mu's six hands flicked, and the six swords flipped like countless scales, reforming into six long blades.
Where did the long blades strike? Like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep!
Once the flock was scattered, they posed no threat to the tiger. He charged into the dense crowd. Only six people could truly attack him at any given moment. Against six cultivators of the same realm, he was absolutely invincible!
In an instant, the blade light formed a massive sphere of light, spinning in all directions, sweeping up the countless cultivators who surged toward him. Then, the blade light vanished. Qin Mu's six arms moved with wide, sweeping motions, his feet flying as he charged into the crowd.
Wherever his charging form passed, a series of thunderous booms erupted. For a time, the air was filled with three-headed, six-armed cultivators tumbling through the sky. The constant thuds of impacts echoed, along with the sounds of breaking bones, screams, cries of pain, wails, and even bleating sheep. Among the bodies thrown into the air were not just people, but also sheep.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, said gloomily, "Creation divine abilities. He learned them from the Creation Divine Wheel, combining them with the creation techniques taught by the Celestial Master. He still hasn't used the Heaven and Earth Seal Technique I taught him..."
Just as he thought this, his eyes lit up. Qin Mu finally used his seal technique. Amidst the countless cultivators, Qin Mu's steps interwove like phantoms, flashing repeatedly. The Heaven and Earth Seal Technique—between heaven and earth, I am supreme. The air there nearly exploded. One by one, the strong were either slammed deep into the ground or sent flying hundreds of feet into the air.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, showed a gratified smile.
Qin Mu's three heads and nine eyes shot out beams of divine light. Buzz, buzz, buzz—the beams blasted away the Suspended Realm cultivators who charged at him, the sound of their ribs breaking echoing from their chests.
His divine eyes perfectly compensated for the shortcomings in his techniques.
Ling Yuxiu's gaze went blank. She stared blankly at the battlefield a few hundred feet away and murmured, "He told me to follow behind him? How am I supposed to keep up when he runs so fast?"
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, took a step forward and said slowly, "Let's just walk over step by step."
Ling Yuxiu followed him, and the two walked straight toward the palace where the Crimson Bright Divine Son was seated.
Thud.
A three-headed, six-armed cultivator fell from the air and landed at Ling Yuxiu's feet.
Ling Yuxiu remained calm, trying not to look up. The thuds came incessantly, like a rain of human forms. Suspended Realm cultivators fell like raindrops from the sky, along with a hundred or so sheep bleating as they plummeted.
All around them, the ground was a mess. Countless cultivators lay sprawled—some rolling and wailing, some staring blankly at the sky with six vacant eyes, others crushed beneath piles of people.
Ling Yuxiu tried to stay composed and made her way to the foot of the steps. At that moment, Qin Mu appeared ahead of them. He dispelled his three-headed, six-armed form, returning to normal. With a respectful expression, he climbed the steps with them.
People continued to fall and crash around them. Every time someone landed, Ling Yuxiu's heart twitched. She thought, "It must hurt a lot to fall on these stone steps."
On the steps, beside Chi Xi, Banguo Cuo saw Qin Mu pass by and quickly shrank his head in deference.
Qin Mu smiled and nodded to him and Chi Xi. Chi Xi's face was ashen.
The other Suspended Realm divine beings and demons had dark expressions and remained silent, their eyes fixed on Qin Mu.
Qin Mu acted as if he didn't notice. He climbed the last step with Ling Yuxiu and the First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign. His gaze fell on the Crimson Bright Divine Son. He stared at the Divine Son for a moment before bowing in greeting, his voice carrying across the square: "The Yan Kingdom envoys pay respects to the Crimson Bright Divine Son!"
Thud.
The last cultivator fell from the air and landed at Qin Mu's feet, right in front of the Crimson Bright Divine Son.
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