Chapter 653: Chapter 523: On the Verge, Li Hen to the Rescue

Xia Guanghan, riding on the Sunset Peng, slowly approached, his face already wrapped in a golden helmet.

Just now, someone had opened a medicine bottle, and Xia Guanghan happened to take this opportunity to approach Chu Mu and the others, intending to launch a surprise attack when Chu Mu was unguarded and capture him in one swoop.

However, Xia Guanghan didn’t expect that Chu Mu’s Mo Ye had firmly remembered his scent since the battle in the Demon Spirit House. Now, as he approached Chu Mu, he was directly exposing himself.

Chu Mu’s gaze was tightly fixed on the man clad in golden armor from head to toe. Once upon a time, Chu Mu was as insignificant as an ant in front of this man and could be crushed to death with just a lift of his foot.

At that time, Chu Mu was only fifteen years old, and Xia Guanghan’s strength made Chu Mu feel fearful and unreachable.

So many years had passed, and Xia Guanghan reappeared in front of Chu Mu again. Chu Mu’s strength was no longer so far apart from his. In fact, Chu Mu, who had always regarded him as a great enemy, felt not only the arrival of crisis but also the desire to brutally trample this once insurmountable man underfoot when he saw him appear!

“Ooooooo~~~~~~~~~”

Mo Ye’s hatred for Xia Guanghan had obviously reached a certain degree. Even though Chu Mu told it to remain calm, its eyes still revealed an uncontrollable hostility!

Mo Ye had the longest time and the deepest feelings with Chu Mu. At that time, Xia Guanghan’s persecution almost led to a complete rupture between Mo Ye and Chu Mu. The pain of soul contract breakage was mutual; Chu Mu would feel convulsions all over his body, while Mo Ye’s soul would tremble due to the dissolution of the soul contract.

At that time, Mo Ye was weak and could only be slaughtered at the will of this executioner. Now, Mo Ye’s strength had increased significantly, reaching the Ninth Stage. It was infuriated and couldn’t wait to rush over, tear the Sunset Peng apart, and then tear off Xia Guanghan’s flesh piece by piece!

“Did you kill this man?” Xia Guanghan deliberately deepened his voice and then pointed to the severed head of Duan Xinze beneath his feet.

Xia Guanghan recognized the severed head as that of the Ninth Level Prisoner-Duan Xinze, set as the highest honor reward by the contest organizers. Duan Xinze’s strength, even if severely restricted, was still difficult for most contestants to contend with. Xia Guanghan was surprised that these four people could kill him!

“Yeah, he was killed by our Soul Hall Chu Chen. In fact, we didn’t have to do much.” Shang Heng had a specific intention to praise Chu Mu.

“Oh? That’s amazing!” Xia Guanghan’s face showed a hint of astonishment.

Xia Guanghan didn’t expect that Chu Mu would have the ability to take care of the Ninth Level Prisoner Duan Xinze, which meant that he must have hidden some strength.

However, while Xia Guanghan felt surprised, he wasn’t worried. Duan Xinze with severely limited strength was nowhere near the same level as Xia Guanghan’s current strength. As long as Xia Guanghan had the opportunity to take action, countless Chu Mus would have to die!

Chu Mu didn’t speak, but stood beside Ye Qingzi, calmly thinking of countermeasures.

To provoke a direct battle would not work. With Xia Guanghan’s strength, even if Chu Mu could defeat him, his Soul Pets would inevitably be injured, and as long as one Soul Pet was injured, Chu Mu would struggle to continue breaking through the realms.

Ye Qingzi on the side seemed to notice the subtle change in Chu Mu’s emotions.

She deliberately looked at the competition guard in golden armor, and then at Chu Mu. She found that Chu Mu was always maintaining a certain distance from this guy, which was precisely the distance required for battle!

Ye Qingzi didn’t understand why Chu Mu was so vigilant towards a contest organizer’s guard. These contest guards were selected from the major powers by the world’s contest organizers. These people must strictly abide by the rules of the contest organizers. The contest guards’ duty was to protect the contestants and prevent prisoners from harassing the contestants. There should be no need to be so cautious about them.

“Chu Mu, what’s wrong?” Ye Qingzi asked with her soul sense.

“He’s the enemy I told you about.” Chu Mu replied with his soul sense.

Ye Qingzi’s face immediately showed surprise. She hadn’t expected that Chu Mu’s great enemy would appear as a contest guard. In that case, Chu Mu’s enemy wasn’t a member of the younger generation at all!

Ye Qingzi wasn’t a foolish woman. She quickly concealed her reactions so as not to alert Xia Guanghan.

Since the battle had not ignited, it meant that the other party was still cautious and hesitant to attack for the time being.

However, to be on the safe side, Ye Qingzi secretly commanded her Soul Pets to lock onto Xia Guanghan’s Sunset Peng, ready to launch an attack if there were any abnormalities.

“What should we do now? Fight?” Ye Qingzi asked Chu Mu with her soul sense.

“Not for now. Ting Lan and Shang Heng are here, so he might not dare to make a move yet.” Chu Mu answered with his soul sense.

As a contest guard, Xia Guanghan would have to face the sanctions of the world’s contest organizers afterwards unless he could kill all four of Chu Mu’s group in one go.

Now, both Chu Mu and Ting Lan held very high positions in the Soul Hall, so Xia Guanghan would not take any action easily without high chances of success.

“Guard, please escort us down the mountain. We want to withdraw from the competition.” Ting Lan said.

Xia Guanghan nodded and said to Ting Lan and Shang Heng, “Put away your soul pets and get on my Sunset Peng.”

Ting Lan and Shang Heng had no intention of continuing to fight. Reaching the eighth realm was almost their limit, and if they forced themselves to go on, they might be persecuted by the prisoners.

“Don’t put away your soul pets!” However, just as the two were about to put away their soul pets, Chu Mu quickly communicated with them through soul sense.

If Ting Lan and Shang Heng put away their soul pets and sat on Xia Guanghan’s Sunset Peng, Xia Guanghan would definitely be able to kill them both in an instant. Xia Guanghan was a ruthless man, and if he could kill them both at once, he would surely take the chance.

Ting Lan was startled and quickly used her soul sense to ask Chu Mu, “Why? The competition guard has appeared, we are safe.”

“You two listen, don’t show panic on your faces.” Chu Mu pretended to whisper with Ye Qingzi, but he actually used his soul sense to tell Ting Lan and Shang Heng, “This competition guard is my enemy. He is ruthless and vicious, always wanting to kill me. If you put away your soul pets, he will immediately attack you both, killing you, and then summoning other soul pets to deal with me!”

Although Chu Mu had told Ting Lan and Shang Heng not to show panic on their faces, their eyes changed slightly when they found out that the competition guard intended to kill them…

Xia Guanghan was very observant and had been watching Chu Mu and the others’ expressions. Eventually, he began to notice that something was off.

“Could he have detected me? Impossible, my aura is completely hidden, and he cannot see my face.” Xia Guanghan thought to himself.

If Chu Mu noticed him, Xia Guanghan would have to take action, even if he would be punished. He couldn’t miss this chance to obtain a consecutive mutated soul pet!

As Xia Guanghan observed the others, Chu Mu was also watching him closely. He quickly noticed that Xia Guanghan’s eyes hinted at an impending eruption!

“Whoooshhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”

Suddenly, a chaotic whirlwind swept down from the sky, creating gusts of wind that messed up everyone’s hair and clothes.

The shadow in the sky gradually enlarged, and just as Xia Guanghan and Chu Mu sensed killing intent from each other, a winged-type soul pet swiftly dove from the high altitude and landed steadily in front of them.

Atop the winged-type soul pet was a man wearing golden armor, who jumped off the soul pet.

This competition guard didn’t cover his face with a helmet like Xia Guanghan, and instead just lifted up his visor to reveal his carefree and somewhat rebellious face.

“I finally found you guys here. One of the team members told me that you ran into a large group of prisoners nearby, so I rushed over as a competition guard.” The man said with a smile to the four of them.

After finishing, the man also purposefully glanced at his colleague next to him, giving a slight smile as a greeting.

“Big Brother Li Hen!” Ting Lan was overjoyed to see the man appear.

Chu Mu also let out a slight sigh of relief when he saw Li Hen.

Although Chu Mu really wanted to fight Xia Guanghan at this moment, he still hoped to find an opportunity to kill Xia Guanghan after the World Decree. The Mo Ye Mutant was getting close, and once it completed its mutation, Xia Guanghan would surely die!

“Chu Chen, Ye Qingzi, you saved my brother’s life. From now on, no matter what happens, you can count on me, Li Hen, to go through fire and water for you!” Li Hen walked up to Chu Mu and spoke earnestly.

Xia Guanghan’s face darkened as he quietly moved to the side when Li Hen appeared since he had to consider that if Chu Mu knew his identity, he would definitely order Li Hen to attack.

If it weren’t for the severe injuries suffered at the Demon Spirit House years ago, Xia Guanghan would not be afraid of Li Hen. However, now he was no match for Li Hen.

Chu Mu saw Xia Guanghan smartly back off and knew that it would be difficult for Li Hen to kill him.

Chu Mu quickly used his soul sense to say to Li Hen, “Big Brother Li Hen, I have a favor to ask. The man in golden armor like you is Xia Guanghan from the Nightmare Demon Palace, and he has a deep grudge against me. He was planning to attack me just now, but fortunately, you arrived in time.”

“Oh? That’s the case, I’ll help you kill him!” Li Hen smiled coldly, his back turned to Xia Guanghan.

“He deliberately ran away, and you might have a hard time catching him if you make a move. When you take Ting Lan and Shang Heng down the mountain later, make him leave too, and try to keep an eye on him. Don’t let him interfere with me now.” Chu Mu said.

Chu Mu had to continue progressing realms as he would not be able to obtain the will for Ye Qingzi, find the puppet girl defector, nor acquire more clues about the defector girl if he were eliminated in the eighth realm.

(Just two chapters for today, I’ll make up for the missing updates tomorrow with four chapters~~~

Xia Guanghan won’t just stand by in the upcoming plot either. Upcoming events will make things clear.) (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets! Your support is my greatest motivation.)