Chapter 627: Chapter 498: Rainbow Stone Bridge, Wolves Ahead and Tigers Behind

The time between Chu Mu and these four prisoners wasn’t too long, and each of the four prisoners had considerable strength, so Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi had to use all their power to deal with them.

However, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi were only a little slower than them, and three of the four prisoners were killed!

“Who could possess such terrifying power!” Chu Mu was secretly shocked now.

The contestants must not yet know how to succeed in breaking through the realm, and some of them will surely seek to reduce their competition in the ninth realm. So, some competitors would undoubtedly take action against others during this eighth realm. If there was a powerful contestant ahead, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi would have to be extra careful.

“Indeed, there are quite a few powerful people in the eighth realm. However, I didn’t expect them to appear so soon…” Ye Qingzi thought that with the strength of these four prisoners, they could probably deal with a few batches of contestants, but these prisoners hadn’t even really entered the mountain yet before they encountered an opponent the prisoners dared not provoke.

“They shouldn’t have gone far. We should walk under the plank road on the cliff so as not to be detected by them,” Chu Mu said to Ye Qingzi.

As he spoke, Chu Mu jumped on the Night Thunder Dream Beast, leaped from the plank road to the bottom of the cliff, and let the Night Thunder Dream Beast tread forward into the darkness.

The Purple Robe Dream Beast also had the ability to walk in the sky, although it was not as fast at night as the Night Thunder Dream Beast. Ye Qingzi also boarded the Purple Robe Dream Beast to follow Chu Mu on their journey along the outside of the cliff.

Not long after they advanced, the corpses of the three prisoners and their soul pets were exposed, the smell of blood spread, accompanied by a slight stench of burnt rot.

“Chu Mu, it looks like they were killed by Nightmare Demon Fire.” Ye Qingzi made her observations very carefully and quickly noticed that one of the soul pet corpses had severe burn marks, its eyeballs burst out without any blood, but filled with fear…

This death state indicated that the Nightmare Demon had burned the corpse of the soul pet and obliterated its soul. A contestant with a Nightmare Demon Clan soul pet could almost certainly be a member of the Nightmare Demon Palace.

“There shouldn’t be more than three people in the Nightmare Demon Palace with this kind of strength. Among the three, I only know that Lu Shanli is very strong,” Chu Mu said.

“Yeah, we need to figure out who all the people that pose a threat to you are, so our chances will be greater during the final glory showdown in the ninth realm,” Ye Qingzi said.

…

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi both held a non-combative mindset, as the situation was still in a somewhat chaotic phase. During this chaotic phase, fighting would only deplete their strength excessively, so both of them were watching and waiting.

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi didn’t intend to conflict with the powerful competitor from the Nightmare Demon Palace, so they specially chose another plank road to avoid contact with him.

After following the other plank road for a long time, they didn’t encounter any more enemies along the way.

However, when they went around the cliff plank road to the other side of the mountain, Chu Mu quickly furrowed his brows, focusing on the rock rainbow bridge that led to another mountain peak.

There were countless small hills and small peaks in Tian Shou East Mountain, and there were always many rock rainbow bridges and suspension bridges between these small hills and small peaks. Right now, a long rock rainbow bridge appeared in front of Chu Mu.

These two mountains were about a hundred meters apart, and the towering rock rainbow bridge below was a bottomless gorge, almost covered by a mist.

The mist was getting thicker quickly. Before, Chu Mu could still see the situation of the small hill opposite through the clouded mist, but now the whole rainbow bridge had disappeared into the mist, extending into the clouds and leading to an unknown place.

“This is a good place for an ambush…” Ye Qingzi whispered to Chu Mu.

“Yeah, if I were a prisoner, I would also choose this place to rob contestants.” Chu Mu nodded.

Ye Qingzi and Chu Mu left half a day later than the others, which meant that the unique rainbow bridge must have already been crossed by others, and it was highly likely that traps had been set.

“So, do we detour or…” Ye Qingzi asked.

“There is no way to detour. I just noticed that we actually took a shortcut to this rainbow bridge when we went around the plank road of the Nightmare Demon Palace contestant. If I’m not mistaken, the Nightmare Demon Palace contestant is not far behind us, and he’s heading for this rainbow bridge as well,” Chu Mu said.

The reason Chu Mu frowned when he saw the rainbow bridge was that this mountain road and plank road looked complicated but were, in fact, very singular. They only led to the rainbow bridge and then to another stone peak. Now, either they move forward, or they would face the Nightmare Demon Palace contestant coming up behind them.

Riding the Night Thunder Dream Beast to fly away from here was also an option, but the problem of flying was similar to that of the ban on flying in the Mysterious Realm. There were no obstacles in the sky, and the soul senses of all contestants could cover a vast area of the sky. Flying in the sky was equivalent to exposing oneself to everyone’s sight, being targeted by a large group of people, and being even more dangerous.

“Let’s move forward. The Nightmare Demon Palace contestant might be even harder to deal with.” Chu Mu didn’t hesitate for too long, as they would soon face a situation of wolves in front and tigers behind if they delayed for a moment longer.

“Okay.” Ye Qingzi nodded, began to recite a spell, and summoned the Pan Wood Spirit.

Ye Qingzi’s Pan Wood Spirit was at the Eighth Rank, Ninth Stage – Intermediate Monarch. Before the Eighth Rank, the Pan Wood Spirit’s form wasn’t much different from that of the demon wood clan’s soul pets. However, after reaching the Eighth Rank, it transformed into a true Wood Spirit with a petite figure, covered in green leaves, agile, and light, somewhat similar to the Wind-binding Spirit.

After the Eighth Rank, the Pan Wood Spirit truly displayed its superior race’s combat advantages. Although it’s still an Eighth Rank Ninth Stage – Intermediate Monarch, this metamorphosis made the Pan Wood Spirit’s strength go up a notch, comparable to a Ninth Rank – Intermediate Monarch.

Ye Qingzi herself was a Spirit Master, and she could prepare most of the spiritual items needed to strengthen her Soul Pets, so there was no need for her to spend large amounts of money like Chu Mu to constantly improve the strength of her Soul Pets.

The purpose of summoning the Pan Wood Spirit was to assist. The Pan Wood Spirit had strong auxiliary combat capabilities. With its presence, the strength of Chu Mu’s Mo Ye and Zhan Ye could be raised by one or two notches.

Summoning too many Soul Pets at the beginning wasn’t very wise. Firstly, it consumed Soul Power, and secondly, if the enemy saw all the Soul Pets, they could summon their own Soul Pets with attributes that countered them, thus weakening their strength.

“Wind-binding Spirit!” Chu Mu chanted the spell and summoned the more agile Wind-binding Spirit.

With the mysterious silver quality, the high-level Chaos Wind slowly rolled up and gently circled around Chu Mu. After a short while, the petite and exquisite Wind-binding Spirit appeared from the Chaos Wind.

Without wings, the Wind-binding Spirit could fly at will by manipulating air currents. After being summoned, it flew around for a few circles and then landed gracefully on Chu Mu’s shoulder. Its bright big eyes stared ahead, speaking a string of wind-related terms…

“Your Wind-binding Spirit… seems to be close to mastering the Destruction Wind,” Ye Qingzi said with some surprise.

Ye Qingzi made this judgment because the Wind-binding Spirit’s Chaos Wind was carrying a mysterious silver luster. Such an anomaly was a sign that it was about to transform into another type of Power Crystal.

“Yeah, after this realm breakthrough, I’ll try to upgrade the Wind-binding Spirit to High-Level Monarch,” Chu Mu said.

“That would cost you tens of billions…” Ye Qingzi said.

The success of the White Nightmare Demon in upgrading from Intermediate to High-Level Monarch was to a certain extent due to Chu Mu’s half-demon nature, along with the baptism of Jade Spring Holy Blood. If the Intermediate Monarch White Nightmare Demon were to be truly upgraded to a High-Level Monarch, it would need no less than 5 billion as a breakthrough, and to ensure that the White Nightmare Demon’s battle experience had reached the level of promotion.

Chu Mu initially planned to allocate the 1.5 billion funds to strengthen the binding Wind-binding Spirit. However, after consulting Teacher De, the probability of strengthening success wasn’t high. Hence, Chu Mu eventually decided to strengthen the White Nightmare Demon. Unexpectedly, the White Nightmare Demon seemed to be already in a state of potential accumulation. After a 1.5 billion spiritual object strengthening, its strength surged, surprising even Chu Mu. More importantly, the White Nightmare Demon had begun to control its soul-devouring desires autonomously, and its increased strength didn’t pose a threat to Chu Mu’s soul.

…

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi stepped onto the Rainbow Bridge. However, they stopped midway.

Since they were sure there was an ambush, why wait for the enemy to appear? It’s better to strike first!

“Qin, Chaos Wind Scythe!” Chu Mu issued an order to the Wind-binding Spirit.

The Wind-binding Spirit’s body slowly floated up from Chu Mu’s shoulder and flew to a position ten meters above Chu Mu’s head.

With a special silver luster, the Chaos Wind in the hands of the Wind-binding Spirit quickly turned into several death wind scythes more than thirty meters long under its control!

As the death wind scythes whipped through the fog, they targeted the other side of the Rainbow Bridge at a high frequency. Instantly, all the rocks lurking behind the Rainbow Bridge were cut into several pieces and then quickly pulverized under the powerful force of the Chaos Wind!

The Wind-binding Spirit’s Chaos Wind Scythe easily reached Ninth Level. If not for the fact that the rocks on Tian Shou Mountain were tens of times harder than those in the outside world, this single skill would have leveled the entire small mountain peak!

“Whoosh!!! Whoosh!!! Whoosh!!!”

A series of wind scythes swept by, attacking fiercely on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge.

Chu Mu didn’t specify an attack location. However, the Wind Element skills could cover a wide area by default. So, whether locked on to an enemy or not, as long as the wind swept through, it was bound to cause massive injury!

“Ahh!!!”

Suddenly, a scream echoed from behind a mountain rock, followed by the angry roar of a demon beast.

Upon hearing the sound, more Soul Pets let out howls. There were also shouts of anger and orders from some Soul Pet Masters.

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi had guessed right. There was indeed a group of prisoners ambushed behind the Rainbow Bridge!