Qiu Bai, who was rushing over, though intent solely on rescuing his master, still spared a sliver of his consciousness to be aware of Ye Wushuang. He naturally saw him destroy Long Yan with a palm and then launch an attack on himself.
"Alas..."
Seeing this, Qiu Bai sighed inwardly, admitting that it was indeed too much of a stretch. Well, my life was saved by my master, and all my skills were taught by him. Since there's no hope of rescuing my master today, then I shall die with him, without any regrets.
"Sssshh!"
The fierce sound of slicing air rang out, with the peerless sword light only ten feet away from Qiu Bai.
With Qiu Bai's strength, there was no way he could dodge, let alone block it.
Even Qiu Bai himself believed that in the next moment, he would surely die under this sword of Ye Wushuang's.
Just then, a cyan-colored fist strength fiercely struck from one side.
"BOOM!!"
The powerful fist strength caused the air to ripple intensely, as if it was about to tear apart the very next second!
Following that, sword light clashed with fist strength, accompanied by an earth-shattering boom. The ground trembled, and the snow within a hundred meters instantly evaporated and melted away.
Qiu Bai, shaken by the tremor, staggered and nearly tripped and fell.
Then he realized he was not dead. When he looked back, he saw Mu Jinyu behind him.
"Dragon Master..." His dull, desperate eyes suddenly brightened with a light of hope.
He had not anticipated that Mu Jinyu would risk his life to come over and fight with Ye Wushuang, giving him a chance to rescue his master.
Mu Jinyu's expression was slightly grave. He didn't say much, only commanding, "Go and move your master back to the foot of Dragon Hidden Mountain first."
"Yes!" Qiu Bai's heart was filled with both gratitude and shame. Knowing that Mu Jinyu had come over, he couldn't let his effort be in vain. He responded, bit his teeth, scooped up Yu Shenfeng and ran toward the foot of Yinlong Mountain!
"Hmph! You think I'll let you go?!"
Ye Wushuang, although surprised that Mu Jinyu could block his casual sword, saw Qiu Bai picking up Yu Shenfeng to escape and could not help but let out a cold snort.
Then, with a clench of his hand, the Leopard Gall Sword Pill that had been thrown to the ground earlier immediately flew back to him. As True Yuan poured in, it instantly coiled into a sword, the cold light flickering as it cleaved down!
"Ssssh!"
In an instant, a sword mastery even more dazzling and terrifying than the previous sword light appeared. Following the cleave of the sword's tip, even the void in front was distorted and unstable, as if it would be split open the very next moment!
Qiu Bai, fleeing with his master in his arms, felt the terrifying sword qi behind him and fear clung to his heart. The fierce determination that had brought him to the top ten of the Divine Rankings seemed as if it were about to shatter under Ye Wushuang's horror!
However, he did not stop for an instant, nor did he think of turning back to defend, for at that moment, he had no choice but to trust that Mu Jinyu might somehow provide a chance for his master to escape.
Qiu Bai's decision was the right one.
As he fled without looking back with his master in his embrace, the terrifying sword mastery that was chasing after him shifted behind Mu Jinyu as he made an agile maneuver. Launching a full-strength punch with a burst of cyan light, he bravely met the oncoming force in collision!
"BOOM!!"
"CRACK!!"
The fierce collision was accompanied by several sounds like bones breaking.
Ye Wushuang, holding the Leopard Gall Sword, listened to the crisp sounds of breaking bones and a disdainful cold smile appeared on his lips.
This guy, with merely the strength of the Sixth Layer of the Divine Realm, actually dares to clash with my unmatched Sword Light barehanded.
This time, I only broke his bones, didn't sever his entire arm, that must mean his wretched bones are tough enough.
But, with his ability, how many more times can he withstand my Sword Mastery?!
"Hmph!"
Ye Wushuang snorted disdainfully, raising the Leopard Gall Sword with True Yuan flowing into it, ready to launch an even more ferocious attack on Mu Jinyu!
Let's see how many attacks he can take from me!
"Jinyu!"
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Su Zijin and the other women, now also possessing Divine Realm strengths, had greatly enhanced hearing and naturally heard the bone-cracking sound when Mu Jinyu clashed with the Sword Mastery earlier, causing unrest and fear to surge uncontrollably on their faces.
Lin Qiaoxia and Yu Linglong, in particular, couldn't help but want to rush over to aid Mu Jinyu.
But they were stopped by Su Zijin, Xu Qingya, and Mu Hongchen, "Don't go over and make things worse, let's wait and see! Jinyu wouldn't act rashly!"
Although they also had little confidence, they could only persuade Lin Qiaoxia and the other woman not to move forward.
After all, with their strength at the First Layer of the Divine Realm, helping Mu Jinyu was like a fool's dream, utterly impossible to present any numerical advantage or pose a threat to Ye Wushuang!
They would likely make it even harder for Mu Jinyu to care for them, adding undue danger!
Su Zijin, Mu Hongchen, and the others stared intently at Mu Jinyu's silhouette, inwardly hating their weak strengths, unable to aid Mu Jinyu every time.
They swore to themselves that they must cultivate diligently, hoping to be able to help Mu Jinyu when he is in danger one day, instead of being a burden!
As Ye Wushuang accumulated Sword Mastery, readying to launch a more vicious attack on Mu Jinyu.
The green light on Mu Jinyu's fist had also dissipated by now.
"Hmm?!"
Ye Wushuang caught a glimpse and saw to his surprise that there wasn't even a scratch on Mu Jinyu's fist, and hearing the rotation of his palm, there was no sign of broken bones. What was going on with that clear bone-cracking sound just now?!
Ye Wushuang was utterly puzzled and confused!
Little did he know that Mu Jinyu, in his rush to block for Qiu Bai, did indeed suffer considerable injury under his Sword Mastery, but Mu Jinyu's True Yuan had already transformed into the Life Source Energy of the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art, swiftly healing his injured palm.
This was the terrifying aspect of the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art from the Five Emperors' Divine Skills.
Unless the enemy could annihilate the cultivator with absolute strength, turning them into mush, dead beyond any hope of resurrection, then no matter how severe the injury sustained by the cultivator, the Life Source Energy would quickly restore them to their original state.
And with the Mystical Little Tree rooted inside Mu Jinyu, continuously drawing nature's spiritual energy, it was constantly aiding his cultivation and recovery of True Yuan.
If the opponent was only a few levels above him, with the Mystical Little Tree and the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art, Mu Jinyu was almost like an indestructible cockroach!
"Not bad at all, Ye Wushuang, indeed a fine whetstone!"
Mu Jinyu's Divine Sense observed the rear, seeing Qiu Bai retreating safely to the foothills of Dragon Hidden Mountain with Yu Shenfeng, which eased many of his concerns. He then lightly shook his right hand and focused intently on Ye Wushuang!
His eyes, at this moment, began to blaze with flames—the flames of raging intent to battle!
Since reaching the Divine Realm, Mu Jinyu had been worried about the potential threat of Ye Wushuang, relentlessly cultivating to ensure that when Ye Wushuang came knocking, he would be capable of putting up a fight!
Today, he believed in his strength to face Ye Wushuang, and he was also curious just how potent his strength was. Facing the Advanced Divine Realm Ye Wushuang, could he overpower him!