"Hmm?" Feeling Li Mu’s body like a bottomless pit, Hong San was suddenly dumbfounded. Just as he was about to retrieve his essence, he found that it couldn’t be extracted, as if it was locked in.

"Kid, what did you do?" At this moment, Hong San felt a bit panicked. This crimson qi is the essence of his cultivation technique. If it gets absorbed completely, it could be deadly!

He calculated everything but didn’t anticipate that Li Mu had such a backup plan, and for a moment, Hong San couldn’t hold it together.

Li Mu naturally would not waste any pleasantries with this guy. He fully operated the Spirit Devouring Health Technique, absorbing madly. Since he couldn’t break through the Crimson Realm, he would absorb it all!

As more of the crimson qi was absorbed, blood-patterned lines began to appear on Li Mu’s skin at this moment.

These patterns were quite peculiar, somewhat like spirit patterns but not quite, neither array patterns nor puppet patterns. Li Mu’s brows furrowed, paying great attention to these blood patterns appearing on himself!

"Let go of your hands!" At this moment, Hong San had no intention of playing the generous benefactor, and with a furious roar, a crimson light wheel appeared in his hand, striking towards Li Mu.

Seeing this, Li Mu lifted his hand, summoning Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

Subsequently, a blast echoed, and the surrounding sea surface was directly stirred up into huge waves.

The muffled sound caused the surrounding cultivators in the sea realm to turn their heads, casting their gazes towards the direction of the explosion.

"Strange, could it be someone is fighting? But why can’t we see anyone?"

"Not sure, probably fighting inside an array, but it doesn’t concern us."

"That’s right."

...

Everyone whispered among themselves, then stopped paying attention to the loud noise.

At this moment, Li Mu was in a standoff with Hong San, their auras colliding rapidly, yet showing no signs of separating.

Although Li Mu’s cultivation was only at the mid-stage Nascent Soul, a level lower than Hong San, the power he displayed at this moment was not inferior to the opponent at all.

"To think you could resist the Divinity Transformation Realm with Nascent Soul cultivation, I’ve underestimated you. How about we stop here?" At this moment, Hong San was somewhat afraid of Li Mu. Continuing the fight would yield no benefits, so he directly proposed a negotiation.

Li Mu was already infuriated, with several mysterious blood patterns on his body, so how could he stop here?

His proposal for peace was ignored, this brat truly deserves death!

Furious, just as Hong San was about to make a move again, suddenly, a figure appeared within the area covered by the Crimson Realm.

The newcomer was none other than Hong Shuang, the leader of Cyan Smoke Workshop. Seeing her own brother entangled with a Nascent Soul cultivator and at a disadvantage, having to reveal his trump card!

Hong Shuang’s face became extremely gloomy. She was originally observing Li’s Treasure Tower’s movements and didn’t expect her brother to start a fight with them first.

Until now, her understanding of Li’s Treasure Tower was practically nonexistent. This brat started a fight without even a greeting, wasn’t he causing trouble for Cyan Smoke Workshop!

"Shopkeeper Li, please give this girl some face and release my brother. Cyan Smoke Workshop will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation, okay!" Hong Shuang quickly pleaded.

"What are these blood patterns! Tell me their origin first!" Li Mu glanced at the blood patterns on his arm, looking deeply at Hong Shuang, questioning.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a clan secret. I guarantee to find a way to help you remove them without leaving any hidden dangers. Please don’t probe further, okay!" Hong Shuang looked at Li Mu apologetically, pleading.

Hearing this, Li Mu’s face turned cold, completely ignoring her.

Li Mu directed the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon to besiege Hong San, meanwhile being wary of her intervention.

Seeing Li Mu ignoring her, Hong Shuang gritted her teeth and, looking at her brother caught in a disadvantage and suffering consecutive blows, finally couldn’t hold back anymore.

Hong Shuang gathered spiritual qi in her hand, instantly summoning a black whip, striking towards Li Mu. The black whip danced like a black dragon in the air, carrying a sharp sound of cutting through the wind, and its momentum was astonishing.

However, Li Mu acted as if he didn’t see the whip coming. His figure moved, and the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon charged out directly, unleashing its Lifebound Treasure. A drape of water resembling a waterfall from the Nine Heavens easily blocked the whip.

The water drape was like a huge water curtain, blocking the black whip entirely. The black whip writhed in the water but couldn’t penetrate the drape’s barrier. Li

Subsequently, the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon and Hong Shuang fought.

One person and one dragon stirred the sea, creating monstrous waves. The waves rolled like small mountains, engulfing the surrounding sea realm.

Hong Shuang moved like the wind, the black whip in her hand as agile and changeable as a spiritual snake, sweeping and stabbing at times. Each attack carried a sharp sound of breaking the wind, making one’s heart palpitate.

However, the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon was not at a disadvantage at all. It was agile and powerful with each leap, and the water drapes from its mouth gushed out like waterfalls, blocking all of Hong Shuang’s attacks.

Their battle intensified, and the surrounding ocean turned into chaos. The waves surged, creating giant waves, as if about to swallow the entire world.

"Brat, do you really want to fight to the death?" At this point in the battle between Hong Shuang and the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon, Hong San glared at Li Mu and coldly questioned.

"Otherwise, I won’t let the tiger return to the mountain! Blame yourself for provoking me!" Li Mu replied coldly.

Hearing this, Hong San was infuriated, laughing in anger, his face becoming twisted with rage.

"Brat, you forced me!" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

In the next moment, Hong San’s body began to swell rapidly.

Seeing this, Li Mu’s pupils contracted.

"Damn, this guy is going to self-destruct! Madman!"

Li Mu instantly recognized Hong San’s intention. With a spread of Thunder Wings on his back, he executed the Five Elements Water Escape Technique, retreating dozens of miles at once.

In the next moment, a powerful burst of crimson qi erupted from Hong San’s body, followed by a thunderous explosion that echoed throughout the entire sea realm.

The surrounding red light instantaneously crumbled, waves were lifted hundreds of feet high. Even though Li Mu retreated dozens of miles and used Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to block, he was still affected, with a trickle of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

"Madman! The power of a Divinity Transformation self-destruct! Terrifying!"

Li Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked around for the enemy’s silhouette, only to find no trace of them on the sea surface, only some scattered auras drifting with the wind.

"That woman is gone too, was she blasted to death?" Li Mu slightly frowned. Although there was a possibility, she had a high chance of surviving, and even the self-destructing Divinity Transformation might not be dead. The Crimson Realm was too bizarre, without a visible body to spy on.

"Forget it, I should leave here first." Li Mu retracted Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, then planned to leave with numerous spirit swords.

However, at that moment, a sharp long blade appeared out of thin air and instantly stabbed into Li Mu’s chest.