Chapter 26: Fighting for One's Life

  Tu Mu's face turned ugly, gazing at Jin Mo's virtual shadow in shock, his heart felt a chill.

  Kinma isn't a real entity, it's like a legendary ghost. This kind of abnormal thing made Tu Mu, this brave and skilled mercenary, feel a bit apprehensive, so he retreated a step, wanting to observe the situation before acting.

  He took a step back, Shi Yan immediately saw his weakness and grasped the opportunity accurately. He rushed out with a dagger like a cheetah and called on Diya Lan to join hands.

  Diya Lan was also a bit afraid, but knowing that the ghostly shadow was released by Shiyan, she plucked up her courage and launched a surprise attack on Tu Mu from behind.

  All sorts of negative forces condensed into a pale white mist, coiling around like a venomous snake, with the golden Molei ghost-like shadow following closely behind, and in an instant, it arrived in front of Tu Mu.

  Tu Mu's heart sank, and he no longer dared to hesitate in the slightest. The thick and pure essence of the First Heaven's Triple Peak realm was stirred up by a secret method, and it surged violently into his left palm, bursting forth with a brilliant red light.

  It was just an instant, and in the left palm of Tu Mu's hand, a pure red shield condensed from essence appeared. The shield emitted dazzling red light, only as big as a face basin, but released scorching energy with extremely high temperature.

  This pure shield condensed from essence is obviously Tu Bo's ultimate martial skill, and it consumes a tremendous amount of energy when used.

  As soon as the shield condensed, he felt a faint sweat on his forehead, and it seemed that he had consumed quite a bit of spiritual energy.

  The shield stuck to Tú Mù's left hand, and seeing the negative energy released by Shí Yán approaching, he didn't think twice and immediately raised his shield, blocking the negative energy released by Shí Yán and the ghostly shadow of Jīn Mó.

  "Hahaha!"

  That white mist imbued with all sorts of negative auras, and Jinmo's ghostly shadow, collided with Tupu's shield and suddenly burst into sparks.

  In the sparks, the white smoke dissipated, and the ghostly figure seemed to have melted away, scattering bit by bit into the void.

  Tu Mu looked at the nursing shield and could dispel these two strange things, secretly letting out a sigh of relief. He sneered coldly: "Little boy, I see you still have some tricks up your sleeve!"

  A thread of cold, evil aura emanated from the object that had just disappeared with a "hiss", and seeped into his body through the pores all over his skin without Tu Mu's awareness.

  Tu Mu's smile faded away, and his expression suddenly changed, revealing a look of confusion and panic in his eyes.

  A sudden flash of light flickered in Shi Yan's eyes!

  From the changes in Pastor's expression, although he cleared the energy attached to various negative auras, he couldn't wash away those negative auras, and those negative emotions still invaded his mind.

  "Get moving!"

  With a loud whoop, Shi Yan accelerated to his top speed, his body leaving behind a faint afterimage in the air as he suddenly appeared right before Tu Mu.

  A dagger emitting blue light, like a flash of lightning, stabbed violently towards Tupu's neck!

  The shield in Tú Mù's hand was filled with scorching energy, which had been increasing all along. The high temperature of the scorching heat seemed to wake Tú Mù from his daze.

  Tu Mu suddenly opened his eyes!

  "Ahh!"

  With a loud roar, Tu Mu suppressed the various negative emotions that flooded his mind and swung the battle axe in his right hand in an arc.

  "Clang!"

  Shi Yan's dagger stabbed into the war-axe, and a torrent of terrifying force burst out from the axe, shooting towards Shi Yan's arm along the dagger.

  His arm went numb as soon as he touched the rock, and he immediately realized that the spiritual energy of the map was extremely dense. He quickly moved his dagger away from the battle axe.

  Tu Mu didn't bother with Shi Yan, spinning around like a whirlwind, holding up his battle-axe to block Di Ya Lan's short sword that was attacking from behind. He let out a cold snort and said in an icy tone: "Later I'll thoroughly take care of you!"

  Shi Yan's face sank, and the violent killing intent in his heart surged up uncontrollably.

  With a flash of his dagger, the muscles in his legs, hidden beneath his pant legs, slowly contracted. The various negative energies within his acupoints surged out from the pores on his legs, shrouding them in a faint, eerie white mist.

  Both hands and feet changed at the same time, and Shi Yan's violent killing intent could no longer be restrained.

  His whole body was shrouded in a malevolent aura, and his eyes had even begun to take on a faint reddish hue. His expression was twisted and terrifying, like a demon from the depths of hell. Mu Yu Die, who was standing beside him, looked at him with a face full of horror, her hand covering her mouth.

  "Hoo-hoo!"

  Shi Yan panted heavily, stomping his foot with force, and suddenly felt as if his legs contained boundless power. His lean body shot forward ten meters in an instant!

  Like an arrow shot out, swift and fierce!

  Tu Mu's war axe danced in the air, amidst the "ding-dong" sound of clashing steel, forcing Diya Lan to retreat step by step. Diya Lan's hands, holding a short sword, gradually became numb and weak, as he was battered by Tu Mu's fierce and intense energy.

  A fierce and unparalleled killing intent suddenly came from behind, Tu Mu's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and the war axe struck again with great force, chopping Di Ya Lan into a stumbling retreat.

  "Boom!"

  Tu Mu kicked out with one foot, heavily striking Di Ya Lan's smooth abdomen, this kick directly sent her flying seven or eight meters away.

  Diya Lan fell to the ground with her head thrown back, a thread of fresh blood at the corner of her mouth, her entire body's energy in disarray, and she couldn't muster up any strength for a short time.

  This kick from Tú Mù contained his surging explosive power, and with the essence of the moment bursting forth, he wanted to thoroughly strip Di Ya Lan of her combat strength, so that he could collect Shi Yan without any worries.

  Turning around, Tu Mu's battle axe was raised high, his expression ferocious as he shouted: "You little brat, I'll chop you into a hundred pieces!"

  The stone rock shot out like an arrow, borrowing the momentum of its fierce impact, and all its essence poured into the dagger in his hand.

  As he waved it, the phantasmal rain of daggers fell from the sky, a dark and evil power overflowing from the dagger, enveloping Tu Mu in its entirety.

  "Hmmph!"

  Tu Mu took a deep breath, his left hand shield dancing, waves of scorching warm air flew out from the shield, dispersing those gloomy and evil auras, then his battle axe swung, accurately striking the dagger on the stone wall.

  "Then!"

  Under the fierce and violent blow, Shi Yan's wrist hurt, and the dagger suddenly flew out, falling to the ground several dozen meters behind him.

  The power that surged out of the stone rock dagger was just as ferocious. He blocked it once, but his body also stumbled and shook back.

  At the same time, a chill, evil and terrifying aura flowed through his arm like a small snake, quickly flooding into his mind and pulling him into some kind of bloody secret realm.

  Shi Yan stepped firmly on the ground and happened to see Tu Mu's eyes looking dazed, stumbling backwards in the direction of Di Ya Lan.

  At this time, his dagger was still tens of meters behind him. If he flew over to pick up the dagger and then rushed towards Tu Mu, he might miss the best opportunity, and it's possible that Tu Mu had already regained consciousness.

  An idea flashed through his mind like lightning, a cold light flashed in his eyes, Shi Yan's heart was ruthless, and he suddenly rushed towards Tu Mu, his two hands clasped around Tu Mu's waist like iron chains, his feet exerted force, desperately pushing Tu Mu towards Di Ya Lan, and loudly shouted: "Raise your sword! Stab!"

  Diya Lan's body went limp on the ground, and after hearing Shi Yan's loud roar, she saw a huge shadow rushing towards her.

  Without hesitation, Diya Lan gathered all her strength and raised the short sword in her hand high up.

  "Pffft!"

  A short sword pierced into Tupu's back, under the severe pain, Tupu suddenly woke up, while crazily roaring, he struggled to control his center of gravity.

  He was stabbed in the back with a short sword and his body tilted halfway into the air, but he didn't immediately fall onto Diyarlan's body.

  With the support of that short sword, Tu Mu amazingly maintained his tilted and falling posture, and did not immediately fall down, as if his two feet had grown roots.

  Tu Mu struggled with all his might, but found both hands tightly clasped by the rocky cliff.

  At this time, Shi Yan's face was cold and cruel, and he sneered: "Wild dog, you're done for!"

  Maintaining this posture, Tu Mu shouted wildly: "You little brat, let me go! Even if the short sword pierces me, it will also pierce your body! Let go quickly, you don't want to die with me, do you?"

  Tu Mu was indeed fierce and powerful. In this situation, he could still lift his legs like lightning, and his knees heavily collided with the small abdomen of the stone rock.

  The essence of Shiyan poured wildly into his two arms, temporarily unable to use the Wuguang shield, so he had to resort to using "Petrification Martial Soul".

  Tu Mu's knees kept crashing, and under the continuous bombardment of that terrifying explosive force, his body's "petrification" seemed to be concentrated in his lower abdomen. Other places quickly recovered normally, but only his lower abdomen turned grayish white, hard as iron stone.

  Under the full-force strike of Tianmu at the peak of Innate Triple Heaven, Shi Yan's "Stone Soul" was able to withstand it, although his abdomen hurt unbearably, but he didn't even spit out a mouthful of blood, his physical defense was extremely abnormal.

  Diya Lan's face changed, and she suddenly realized that Shi Yan and Tu Mu were facing each other tightly embracing. If she stabbed the short sword in her hand with force, or if Tu Mu slammed down violently, the short sword would pierce through Tu Mu's body and then penetrate Shi Yan's body as well, nailing the two together.

  As soon as he thought of Shi Yan and Tu Mu being pierced through the body, Di Ya Lan didn't dare to make a move, and shouted: "Young man, let go!"

  "Street dog, I'm younger than you! You'll die, and even if I'm the most unlucky, I'll only lose one hand!"

  Shi Yan's expression was cold and cruel, a sly smile spreading across his face as he suddenly used all his strength to press himself and Tu Mu down onto Di Ya Lan's body, amidst Tu Mu's terrified gaze.

  "Pffft! Pffft!"

  Two sharp objects pierced through flesh and bone, the sounds of which came one after another. Diya Lan lay on her back with Tu Muo pressed against her, his back facing hers, while Shi Yan was face down on top of Tu Muo's body.

  The short sword in her hand, as expected, pierced through the bodies of two people. The short sword pierced Tu Mu's heart from behind, and then, without losing any strength, stabbed into Shi Yan's right shoulder, also piercing through his shoulder.

  Tu Mu's heart was pierced, his body shook twice, a look of terror on his face, and he slowly lost his breath.

  The stone rock with a hole in his shoulder, looked ferocious, both hands still tightly grasping the picture of Mu, without any intention of letting go.

  Until the vital energy in Tu Mu's body dissipated and flowed into his own, he was certain that Tu Mu was indeed dead. Only then did he slowly relax his grip, his entire body weak and limp, collapsing to the ground.

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