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Especially Mu Qi; he felt that all his previous choices had been wrong.

He had originally thought that once he arrived here, he would be safe, but he hadn't expected that it was merely the beginning of danger, or perhaps his graveyard.

"No, I know I was wrong!"

Now that Mu Qi wanted to beg for mercy, there was no longer any opportunity; at least, Chen Tianming would not give such a threatening person another chance to have any room for a counterattack.

"You bitch, I knew it, I knew you weren't truly here to surrender!"

"You're crazy! Your boss can't even win; are we still any match for the opponent?"

Mu Qi was also quite enraged; now, they were facing nothing but a dead end.

"Hmph, do you think what you're saying now is of any use? You all must die!"

Chen Tianming's eyes were sharp. With a wave of his palm, the Earth Vein Qi flew toward Mu Qi.

"No!"

Mu Qi was terrified.

And this became his last words.

Shamate did not know until his death what the purpose of all his hard work was.

After killing Shamate, Chen Tianming flew towards Mu Qi.

Mu Qi wanted to run, but Chen Tianming's speed was faster; in the blink of an eye, he caught up to Mu Qi.

"Bang."

As Mu Qi fell heavily to the ground, the earth shook along with it.

"Ah."

Mu Qi couldn't help but scream; he felt as if his internal organs had been displaced.

Chen Tianming walked over with a cold smile and asked, "Do you think you can still escape now?"

"..."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden stared at all of this, the expression in her eyes showing not a shred of change.

There was nothing to say about all this; after all, Mu Qi was their enemy to begin with, and it was only natural that he was killed by Chen Tianming now.

"Let's go, the person has been dealt with."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden really didn't want to stay in this place; the air here made her feel uncomfortable and uneasy.

"Mm."

While he agreed verbally, Chen Tianming did not intend to just leave like that.

After all, having finally won, leaving without reaping any benefits was not in line with Chen Tianming's consistent character.

"You go ahead and leave with the Azure Jade Divine Beast; I'll sweep the battlefield—it is, after all, a microcosm."

Regarding Chen Tianming's calculating thoughts, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden did not show any expression of disdain; instead, she felt it was customary.

After all, these mortal beings were just like this; they would chase after even the smallest achievements or gains.

"Alright then, I'll leave first."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden nodded and flew off into the distance with the Azure Jade Divine Beast.

Meanwhile, Chen Tianming continued walking towards where Shamate was.

Shamate had been killed by Chen Tianming, and his corpse was still emitting a strong evil aura.

After Chen Tianming absorbed this evil aura, he became even more powerful and seemed to show signs of breaking through his bottleneck.

However, Chen Tianming did not stop cultivating; he continued to absorb the evil aura and continued to assault his bottleneck.

Chen Tianming didn't know how much time had passed, but his bottleneck finally loosened; he figured he would be able to break through in a while.

"This time it really was a good harvest!"

Chen Tianming was truly happy; he hadn't expected that coming here to deal with Shamate would yield such a good harvest.

If he now had specific heavenly treasures, he could elevate his martial path level.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianming quickly looted the other party's belongings.

Shamate's net worth was very substantial, with many precious items, and Chen Tianming secretly rejoiced.

After Shamate died, Mu Qi's bracelet was also seized, and Chen Tianming swallowed that crystal stone as well.

Although Chen Tianming did not refine the crystal stone, he could still see some text appearing on it.

"This is a special map." Chen Tianming was secretly surprised.

He had never seen such a map before, but the things recorded on it were very detailed.

And most importantly, this map was different from the one outside; it was not a simple map like those outside.

The map here had various annotations and descriptions, and even the terrain was written out clearly.

"Not bad, as expected of Mu Qi's net worth; these things are all very valuable, I can't bear to throw them away after seeing them." Chen Tianming thought happily to himself.

Chen Tianming was not in a hurry to refine the crystal stone; he first checked Mu Qi's storage bag, which contained tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones, as well as some medicinal herbs and pills.

Chen Tianming couldn't care about so much; he just took these things and left.

He now needed to find a hidden place to properly refine these things.

Now that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had left, his safety was not guaranteed in any way, so he naturally dared not act recklessly anymore.

...

Not long after the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden left, she felt someone watching her.

"Who is it! Come out!" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden shouted sharply.

"Hehehe, Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, why are you so angry?" A man descended from the sky to the ground.

"Who are you?" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden asked vigilantly.

She was extremely wary of this kind of mysterious martial artist.

"Me? Hehehe, who I am is not important." The man smiled and continued to ask, "What's important is, do you know what to do now?"

"What I do has nothing to do with you; it's not your place to lecture me!"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was quite displeased with this person who had suddenly appeared, especially since the other party was lecturing her in a preachy tone!

If not for the fact that the other party's background was strange and their strength seemed quite formidable, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden would not have bothered with idle talk and would have just attacked.

"If you don't want to listen, then forget it." The man shrugged his shoulders.

His pretentious attitude did not make the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden want to pursue the matter.

"I can tell you, you can get lost now." The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said angrily.

After hearing this, the man smiled, "Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, I advise you to be obedient now, otherwise, I'm afraid you won't live long; do you believe me?"

"..."

Listening to the other party's arrogant words, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden did not know how to describe her current mood; she knew that the recent trend of events had indeed encountered problems.

However, what she didn't understand most was this stranger before her; how did the other party know about their internal affairs?

"You know about our internal affairs?"

"Why wouldn't I know? It's not a secret! It's you yourself who doesn't know anything, how pitiful!"

The pitying tone once again made the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden furious; at the same time, she channeled her spiritual energy into her arm, and an arc of air-tearing force slashed across the other party's face.

"If you speak in that tone again, I don't care who sent you! I will definitely make you know what it means to wish for death!"

"..."

The man subconsciously touched his cheek; warm liquid slid down his cheek, dripped onto his lapel, and stained a large area.

"Hahahaha..."

The man couldn't help but burst into laughter.

After laughing for a good while, the man restrained his smile and said, "Good strength, it's just a pity that you're being kept in the dark; truly pitiful!"