Chapter 718: 588: The Competition Comes to an End, Chu Mu Reaps Great Benefits
Chapter 718: Chapter 588: The Competition Comes to an End, Chu Mu Reaps Great Benefits
The defector girl didn’t evade this time when Mo Ye attacked again.
Apparently, she knew that her six-year plan had been ruined because of a moment’s negligence. The person who ruined everything for her turned out to be the Soul Pet Master who she had signed a soul pact with, someone she never took seriously.
In the end, the defector girl did not evade. Instead, she looked at Chu Mu with those cold eyes, seemingly committed to etching Chu Mu’s face in her memory, showing that she was thoroughly incensed by Chu Mu’s actions this time!
“Swoosh!”
This claw of Mo Ye’s was aimed directly at the defector girl’s heart!
She just stood there, even though her chest was torn to pieces, she didn’t reveal any pain or agony. She kept staring at Chu Mu like a vengeful spirit.
Confronted with the gaze of the defector girl before her death, Chu Mu was completely undisturbed.
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“God…This Chu Mu is too cruel!”
Afar from Black Cloud Slope, Li Huang watched the fight before the castle with a stunned expression.
Li Huang had once glanced at the defector girl marionette and was shocked by her stunning beauty. Such a woman should be worshiped on a shrine. But this murderous star Chu Mu, without batting an eye, had his soul pet tore such a perfect body to shreds. His ruthlessness was godlike!
After losing his Qingzhe Dragon, Li Huang didn’t just give up. He initially hid in the distanceʼs intending to wait until both sides were exhausted. As he expected, even the mysterious woman could not possibly be a match for the emperor-level soul pet.
In such a case, Li Huang didn’t dare to stay here for long. He was certain if Chu Mu found him, he would undoubtedly kill him. Li Huang would definitely not provoke Chu Mu until he had regained enough power.
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Fresh blood streamed profusely, but after flowing a certain distance, it would automatically be absorbed into the ground and slowly disappear.
The defector girl’s body appeared to be made of flesh and blood, but she was not entirely human. After Mo Ye tore her body apart, she gradually turned into a huge, withered blue flower.
The blue flower was the real body of the Di Sheng Flower. The defector girl’s marionette’s eyes were open, still fixated on Chu Mu, even in death.
Chu Mu walked slowly toward her remains. As her body gradually transformed into withered blue petals, her head remained. Chu Mu lifted her veil as he approached.
Just as Chu Mu saw in his memory, she looked almost identical to the defector girl.
Of course, in comparison to the real defector girl, this marionette lacked quite a lot. At the very least, it did not possess the charm to make Chu Mu lose his senses. In the face of such a walking corpse, aside from its refined and gorgeous features, it had nothing else.
The real defector girl had a sacred aura about her perfect appearance, completely opposite of the lifelessness of a marionette. Chu Mu also knew that if he went to settle the score with the defector girl now, she could probably make him forget all his hatred with just a bewitching glance.
Soon after Chu Mu lifted the marionette’s veil, the face also gradually blurred, and eventually turned into withered petals, slowly disappearing into the soil.
After the defector girl’s marionette disappeared, Chu Mu also spitefully stomped on the ground a few times where it had been.
Very few people could make Chu Mu angry, but this woman had managed to completely infuriate him, even in death Chu Mu would not let her body rest in peace!
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At last, there was a clue about his first soul. Chu Mu now had a relief in his heart. Simultaneously, his desire to become stronger became even more ferocious!
If the strength of a marionette could reach emperor level, the defector girl herself must be incredibly powerful. In order to subdue her, Chu Mu needed to be stronger than her, not only in soul sense, but also in the strength of his soul pets!
At present, Chu Mu had made 12 soul pacts. If he could recover the defector girl, Chu Mu wouldn’t mind her occupying two soul pact slots. Once he had subdued her, he could confine her completely in his soul pet space and avoid summoning her. That way, he could imprison the defector girl and recover his first soul.
“Mo Ye, do you have an internal organ crystal?” Chu Mu asked.
Chu Mu was worried that if the marionette were part of the petals of the Di Sheng Flower, it would not have an internal organ crystal and would just be a dead object.
Luckily, although this marionette was artificial, it was a real Di Sheng Flower. Mo Ye’s claws had a complete internal organ crystal of the Di Sheng Flower.
Chu Mu was delighted. He hurriedly cleaned it and put the Di Sheng Flower’s internal organ crystal into his soul pet space.
With this, Ye Qingzi could be saved, and Chu Mu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“But, if the marionette is a real Di Sheng Flower, what is the defector girl by herself?” Chu Mu soon wondered this.
Chu Mu remembered that when he made a soul contract with the defector girl, she did indeed emerge from the holy blue flower of the Di Sheng Flower. However, later, the teacher De proved through the decayed petals that it seemed to not be a Di Sheng Flower, but an unknown life form…
“The Di Sheng Flower species ranking is low-level emperor. Either the defector girl is a strengthened Di Sheng Flower, or she’s a lifeform superior to Di Sheng Flower, but she definitely hasn’t reached beyond emperor rank.” Chu Mu began to estimate the strength of the defector girl.
If the defector girl had reached beyond the emperor rank, she wouldn’t need such a grand scheme. So Chu Mu thought it was more likely for her to have reached high-level emperor or peak emperor rank.
“Forget it, stop thinking. It’s never wrong to strive to improve my strength.” Chu Mu no longer kept guessing.
Mo Ye has already reached the emperor rank, and the little hiding dragon could also reach the emperor rank within two years. Plus, with the final glory young pet of the tenth realm being another emperor, this is all good news!
Thinking of the little hiding dragon, Chu Mu immediately realized that the defector girl still had Eternal Spring Water on her!
At that moment, Chu Mu hurriedly looked around for her space ring next to the defector girl’s corpse.
As expected, the space ring had fallen to the ground, still covered with the defector girl’s blood. Chu Mu quickly picked it up.
There weren’t many items in the defector girl’s space ring. Among them, the vast majority were small particles that Chu Mu had never seen, but they were filled with soul energy, something that looked like a soul crystal but wasn’t.
Chu Mu didn’t know what their uses were, so he collected them all and put them into his own space ring, secretly guessing that since the defector girl had kept them, they must be of great value.
“Haha, this must be the Eternal Spring Water!” Chu Mu suddenly started laughing. Indeed, he found a bottle containing a deep blue liquid in the defector girl’s space ring.
Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi had spent some time together, they knew that the grade of a medicine bottle could roughly determine the value of the medicine inside. This bottle was definitely a level-ten medicine bottle, and Ye Qingzi herself only had a few.
If this expensive medicine bottle didn’t contain Eternal Spring Water, Chu Mu would have to step on the defector girl’s withered flower stem a few more times!
“Princess, this is the Eternal Spring Water…” Chu Mu was about to ask princess Jinrou to verify.
However, when Chu Mu turned around, he found that apart from the Collapsing Wind Dragon ravaging the peak monarch-rank abyss beasts and other oath beasts, there was no sign of the princess at all.
A wave of unease rose in Chu Mu’s heart. He had always been very curious about why Princess Jinrou had entered this Immortal City, and now that she had suddenly disappeared, it was almost certain that she had entered the castle.
“White demon, you stay here and deal with these oath beasts with the Collapsing Wind Dragon, I’ll go in and take a look.” Without taking the time to carefully check for the defector girl’s belongings, Chu Mu left the white demon behind and went straight towards the castle.
After Mo Ye casually killed 4 high-level monarchs and 1 peak monarch, he also quickly followed Chu Mu towards the castle.
As soon as he stepped into the castle, Chu Mu felt a chilly vibe. This felt similar to the aura emitted by some ghost lineage soul pets that he had encountered before.
Ghost lineage soul pets have always been quite rare. Chu Mu hadn’t encountered many creatures that belonged to the Netherworld either. It could be assumed that this castle was once a dwelling place for ghost lineage soul pets, but it had been cleared out now.
“Chu Mu?” A gentle voice suddenly came from within the castle.
“Princess, what are you doing here?” Chu Mu saw Princess Jinrou in her water-blue dress very quickly.
Princess Jinrou didn’t answer, just kept observing the floor of the castle hall, and occasionally sniffing and pondering.
“Princess?” Chu Mu asked again deliberately. Princess Jinrou was acting strange.
At this time, Princess Jinrou looked up at Chu Mu, her moving eyes focused on Chu Mu. Chu Mu saw a touch of disappointment and frustration in her eyes, which made him more puzzled.
“Don’t worry, this matter will not harm you, I just want something for myself.” Princess Jinrou said softly.
Chu Mu looked at Princess Jinrou, saw her feeling low, and became even more puzzled.
“Are you looking for the same thing as that woman?” Chu Mu asked.
The defector girl had intentionally come to this strange castle, and Princess Jinrou had also deliberately come here when Chu Mu was in a standoff with the defector girl. Undoubtedly, there must be something in this castle worth wanting for both of them, and it would certainly not be an ordinary item.
“I wasn’t sure before, but I can confirm it now. But our starting points are different, please forgive me for not being able to be honest with you. Because this matter is very important to me and it doesn’t directly involve you…” Princess Jinrou said with some sincerity.
“Are you planning to stay here or to leave?” Chu Mu asked.
Chu Mu was eager to get to Ye Qingzi. After getting what he needed, Chu Mu would leave immediately. As for what Princess Jinrou and the defector girl both wanted, Chu Mu was curious, but he had no way of knowing if Princess Jinrou wouldn’t tell him.
“Let’s go, I’ve done what I needed to do.” Princess Jinrou said, sounding somewhat melancholy.
Chu Mu nodded his head, without trying to guess her thoughts. He left the castle with Princess Jinrou.
After leaving the castle, the Collapsing Wind Dragon was still enthusiastic about fighting with the Guardian Beasts of the Tenth Realm, obviously while the previous battle was still not enough to satisfy it.
Chu Mu had Mo Ye kill the Abyss Beast, and took its internal organ crystal. A smile couldn’t help but appear on his face.
He had claimed the final glory of the Tenth Realm, and he had another Emperor-level young pet!
“Woo woo woo~~~~~”
Mo Ye had also transformed into Chu Lian state, and jumped onto Chu Mu’s shoulder.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Obviously, after such a long battle, Mo Ye was also tired, lying on Chu Mu’s body with exhaustion.
Chu Mu stroked its fur. For safety reasons, Chu Mu didn’t rush to take Mo Ye back into the Soul Pet Space right away. He just let it lie on his shoulder and fall asleep.
Chu Mu still had a Soul Capture Ring, he did not need to worry about being unable to bring the Collapsing Wind Dragon out. Of course, the journey back was still somewhat long, and he would need the help of the Collapsing Wind Dragon.
“Let’s go back.” Chu Mu was also worried that something might happen to Ye Qingzi, he dared not delay here. He took the internal crystal of the Di Sheng Flower, the internal organ crystal of the Abyss Beast, Eternal Spring Water, and the Space Ring of the Puppet girl defector.
Thinking of the Eternal Spring Water that could elevate Little Hiding Dragon to the Tenth Rank within two years, Chu Mu was once again extremely excited. He was somewhat impatient to see Little Hiding Dragon grow rapidly!
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Wanxiang City, Lan Ming Tower
A beautiful woman floated slowly over the corridor, immediately attracting the direct stares of the gardeners below. Their souls seemed to be floating out.
The servants here all knew that Lan Ming Tower was inhabited by two women of high status, one a young woman in her prime and the other a girl of good age. The girl usually didn’t leave the house and was rarely seen, while this attractive young woman would often walk around, her charming demeanor often making these servants itch.
At this point, seeing this beautiful woman pass by, the gardeners all forgot about their work, and were lost in their thoughts until the beautiful woman turned the corner and went into the second floor’s private chamber. Then, the gardeners slowly came back to consciousness.
“Aye, a glance during the day means no good sleep for the night…” a young gardener says.
“That’s right, even my wife says that I have been out of sorts recently.” The gardener in his thirties said.
“I think you can forget about it. Not long ago, I saw her go into the Wanxiang Altar. You don’t need me to elaborate, those who can enter there are said to be at least Soul Emperor level. We, who can only raise grass and flower type soul pets from the Plant World and are just Soul Disciples and Soul Warriors, don’t even qualify to say hello to her!” The oldest gardener said.
The other gardeners were all stunned. Soul Emperor level, that was truly out of reach.
This Wanxiang City is filled with experts. If it wasn’t for their special skills and their meager livelihood, it would be very difficult for them to survive in this city.
Second Floor Private Room
The Soul Emperor-level beautiful woman gently pushed open the room, but she soon saw a shocking scene.
The room was large and luxurious, almost filled with all kinds of priceless antique decorations. Many of them were made directly from extremely expensive Soul Crystals, and they weren’t just decorations. They were full expressions of wealth!
However, at this moment all these expensive things had been smashed to pieces. The whole room was a mess, with hardly any intact items.
The Tenth Level Soul Crystal, the rainbow-colored Element Agate, the Incandescent Soul Pearl which could directly grant a soul pet with a fourth Power Crystal, and there are even many decoration carved from Emperor-level soul pet internal organ crystals…
Now they were all smashed, unable to worth a penny!
“My Lord, what are you doing?” The beautiful woman slowly walked to the lady sitting on the bed. She asked hesitantly.
The beautiful woman knew that nothing could really affect her mood. It was this point that had always made it impossible for her to figure out the woman in front of her, with her serene and otherworldly appearance.
But today’s actions made her seem like an ordinary girl, smashing everything in the room to pieces. The beautiful woman was secretly surprised. What could it be that made such a calm, mysterious woman lose control?
“The mission in World City failed.” The woman slowly turned around, although she had calmed down a bit after venting, a hint of residual rage was still visible in her eyes. It was hard to conceal.
“No wonder…” The beautiful woman nodded her head.
The woman snorted coldly. If it had been anything else that failed, she wouldn’t have been so angry. But the appearance of Chu Mu, including his words, made her completely lose control of her emotions!
“Send some people to the World Realm and inform me of everything about a person named Chu Chen or Chu Mu.” The woman said.
“Is it this person who upset you, Lord? Would you like me to get rid of him?” the beautiful woman asked tentatively.
“No need, go gather information about him and then report back to me.” the woman responded.
She knew that after this incident, Chu Mu would definitely keep a low profile. Finding him would not be an easy task, especially when Chu Mu had the protection of the Soul Hall. Even sending someone after him would be futile.
“I’ll take care of this matter. But speaking of… shouldn’t you change your outfit? Though you are naturally beautiful, if you appear before the two heroes like this, they may have some doubts,” the beautiful woman said.
“Hmm, wait for me outside for a moment.” The woman tried to adjust her mood, but the thought of Chu Mu’s words and her six-year-long plan falling apart made her grit her teeth in anger. In her heart, she silently said, “Chu Mu, I’ll wait for you in Wanxiang City! That’s when I’ll show you true power!”
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World Plaza
The news of Chu Mu’s return was quickly delivered to the people through the Messenger Soul Pet.
Although they didn’t actually see how Chu Mu claimed the final honor of the Tenth Realm, it didn’t take a guess to know that Chu Mu definitely returned triumphantly!
With the existence of an Emperor-level Soul Pet, who else could stop Chu Mu’s pace!
“The final glory of the second tier and the final glory of the first tier both belong to Chu Chen of the Soul Hall. This must be the first competitor to win both in hundreds of years?”
“Indeed, after winning the final glory of the Tenth Realm, the Ninth Realm’s reward isn’t a big deal anymore. You must know that the final glory of the Ninth Realm is just a high-level Monarch-level Soul Pet and some Spirit Items. But the final glory of the Tenth Realm is directly an Emperor-level young pet!”
“I really didn’t expect, the final result of the World Decree would be like this. I guess the Palace Masters and elders of the Soul Hall must be grinning from ear to ear. They’ve got another potential powerhouse who, I presume, won’t take many years to suppress the Nightmare Demon.”
Everyone knew that the number of people possessing Emperor-level Soul Pets was very limited. Although many young people emerge with peak Monarchs, and many of the experts recruited by the major powers also possess peak Monarchs, excluding the young generation.
However, the biggest obstacle lied between the peak Monarch and the Emperor, which many people find difficult to surpass.
There are three main factors. The first is that their own Soul Sense cannot reach the Soul Emperor level. The second is that Emperor-level young pets are treasured. Once one appears somewhere, strong people of Soul Emperor level from all sides will emerge. Those Soul Lords who don’t possess Emperor-level Soul Pets would hardly have the chance to obtain one.
Thirdly, the potential of their own soul pets is limited. For some soul pet masters, it’s already a great achievement to be able to raise their soul pets to the tenth rank. As for strengthening them to Emperor level, it’s even more difficult. Not everyone is like Chu Mu, who can freely spend tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even tens of billions to enhance their soul pets!
Moreover, a conservative estimate is that an Emperor-level young pet would cost a trillion. In a situation where soul pets need constant feeding, training, the purchase of various spirit items for enhancement, and considering possible casualties, how many soul lords could truly save up to a trillion to purchase an Emperor-level young pet?
The most important question is whether a trillion can actually buy an Emperor-level young pet. These young pets are almost entirely controlled by major forces, and there’s no chance one will slip through the cracks.
So don’t even mention soul lords trying to capture Emperor-level young pets; even Soul Emperors won’t dare to do so!!
It’s also very challenging to follow the strengthening route, as a real spirit item that can enable a peak Monarch to strengthen to an Emperor-level soul pet is impossible to be sold openly in the hall like previous spirit items. These spirit items are as scarce as Emperor-level young pets and are sufficiently rare to drive people mad!
Given the acute shortage of Emperor-level soul pets, Chu Chen would have two Emperor-level soul pets, which would surely make anyone envious to the point of turning purple with jealousy!
Naturally, if people knew that Chu Mu had a third Emperor-level young pet – the Little Hiding Dragon, no one knows how much more blood the people stuck at the peak Monarch-level would vomit then!
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As the person in question, Chu Mu was also in high spirits, because the Organ Crystal from the Di Sheng Flower that he brought back successfully managed to suppress the poison. The only regret was that the toxins on Ye Qingzi’s face had not disappeared. Ye Qingzi herself claimed she could gradually adjust to it, so Chu Mu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The following days Chu Mu spent by Ye Qingzi’s side, with no frantic cultivation for once. This poisoning incident had clearly made Chu Mu realize how important Ye Qingzi was to him.
Ye Qingzi was a bit shy around Chu Mu because the rash on her face hadn’t faded yet. She was afraid that Chu Mu would see her in such an ugly state.
“The honour distribution is in a few days.” Chu Mu had no intention of ostentatiously claiming both honours.
Therefore, he decided to grant the Final Glory of the Second Tier to Ye Wansheng since his fellow soul pet trainer was also in need of a Second Tier Glory as decreed in a will.
As for the reward of the young high-level Monarch pet, Chu Mu had absolutely no interest in it. He would just wait for the Fox Contest Organizers to deliver the Emperor-level young pet!
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