Escape?
Ye Ming glanced sideways and saw Liu Mu turn around, with a surge of true qi wrapped around his legs, intending to speed up his escape.
"If you think you can get away, feel free to try!" Ye Ming said with a cold laugh.
Seeing that his intentions were exposed, Liu Shen immediately abandoned the idea of escaping. He turned back and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency! Do you have to be so absolute!"
From Ye Ming's previous displays, Liu Mu realized he had likely stumbled upon a formidable opponent this time.
"Absolute?"
Ye Ming shook his head with a smile and looked at Du Yuemian beside him. "Yuemian! Since your realm broke through, you haven't fought anyone yet, have you?"
After the downfall of the Du family, Du Yuemian had already entered the Observation Realm. Now, she had reached the middle stage of the Observation Realm.
Compared to ancient martial artists, this was equivalent to the late stage of the Martial Sovereign realm.
"Yes! It has indeed been a long time since I last fought!"
Du Yuemian thought about it and realized it was true.
"Very well! If you only cultivate without practical combat, your strength won't improve much!" Ye Ming pointed at Liu Mu and said, "You can spar with him this time!"
Liu Mu's strength was precisely at the late stage of the Martial Sovereign realm, making him a suitable opponent for Du Yuemian.
After all, he had specifically brought Du Yuemian with him this time, not for sightseeing.
"Alright!"
Hearing this, Du Yuemian's beautiful eyes instantly ignited with fighting spirit, even showing a hint of eagerness.
"Do we need to use 'Dual Moons'?"
Ye Ming asked.
"Do you think it's necessary?"
Du Yuemian gave him a confident look and walked directly towards Liu Mu.
"Brother Ye! Will Miss Du be in danger?"
Xu Du, standing beside them, was a little worried. "He's a Martial Sovereign!"
"Relax!"
Ye Ming patted his shoulder and smiled calmly. "Yuemian's strength is such that she can fight even a Martial Emperor, let alone a Martial Sovereign!"
Of course!
If facing the latter, she would have to use her Du family's ancestral blade... Dual Moons.
Seeing Du Yuemian approach him, Liu Mu's face immediately darkened. This was undoubtedly a... disgrace to him.
"Kid! Are you sending her to her death?" Liu Mu roared.
Before Ye Ming could reply, Du Yuemian answered for him. "If you can defeat me, I promise that Ye Ming will spare your lives, master and disciple!"
"What?"
Hearing this, Liu Mu's eyes flickered. "Is that true?"
Although he didn't know Ye Ming's exact strength yet, he sensed an extremely dangerous aura from him.
That was why he had the thought of escaping earlier.
"Yes!"
Ye Ming agreed.
"Good! I hope you keep your word!"
Liu Mu cast his gaze at Du Yuemian, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. "Fists and feet have no eyes. If you are crippled by me, don't blame me!"
"Too much nonsense!"
Du Yuemian's expression grew serious, and with a movement of her body, she turned into a series of afterimages and attacked him.
"So fast!"
In an instant, a fearsome palm strike had already reached his chest.
Bang!
With a dull thud, Liu Mu's figure was violently forced backward, sliding nearly ten meters before he barely managed to stabilize himself. At this moment, a trickle of bright red blood had already seeped from the corner of his mouth.
Du Yuemian's swift palm strike had directly inflicted internal injuries on him.
However, before Liu Mu could react, a dangerous aura emanated from behind him. He had no time to turn around and could only mobilize all his true qi to form a protective barrier.
Boom!
With a deafening burst of air, ripples splashed in the air. The entire ground also became a scene of devastation.
"Damn it!"
Liu Mu was extremely regretful at this moment. He had underestimated Du Yuemian earlier. Otherwise, with his strength, he would never have been in such a passive situation.
"Explode!"
With a roar, the true qi around him suddenly condensed and then erupted with an extremely powerful force, directly repelling Du Yuemian several meters.
This move was entirely a strategy of harming the enemy more than oneself.
Fortunately, Liu Mu finally broke free from his passive situation.
"Little girl! I won't be careless this time!"
Liu Mu extended his withered hands, and as true qi gathered and compressed within his palms, it finally formed two energy spheres.
"Go!"
He swung both hands to the sides, and the energy spheres in his palms shot directly towards Du Yuemian. Their speed was no less than Du Yuemian's previous attacks.
"Too slow!"
As true qi flowed between her feet, Du Yuemian's speed increased by another notch. In the arena, only afterimages could be seen; her figure was completely invisible.
Bang bang!
The two energy spheres missed, hitting the ground directly and causing her no harm whatsoever.
"I don't believe it!"
Liu Mu's expression became somewhat ferocious. Energy spheres continued to gather in his hands, and he launched them madly at Du Yuemian.
But without exception, all of them were dodged by her. The ground, however, was now marked with several deep pits.
Within those pits, residual ripples of true qi still lingered.
Outside the arena, the Xu Du brothers watched the two combatants, exchanging glances, their jaws almost dropping to the ground.
"Ye... Brother Ye! Is Miss Du this strong?"
Xu Du felt it was like a dream.
Based on the current situation, Du Yuemian still held the upper hand.
"With Liu Mu attacking so recklessly, his true qi will eventually be depleted by Miss Du!" Lu Qifeng said calmly, seeing Liu Mu continuously gathering energy spheres.
"It seems he's getting anxious!" Lu Qiming commented. "His opponent's speed is too great, and he's already lost his composure!"
To the Xu Du brothers, Liu Mu's attacks at this moment were undoubtedly the actions of a brute, pointlessly expending his own true qi.
However, none of them noticed that Ye Ming's expression was not relaxed.
He seemed to be worried about something.
In the arena, after launching nearly ten energy spheres, Liu Mu finally stopped. He panted, sweat beading on his forehead.
It was evident that the true qi within his body was almost depleted.
"Since your attacks have stopped, it's my turn!"
Du Yuemian's figure appeared ten meters in front of him. In her hands, she had condensed two crescent moon long blades using the Qi of All Things.
"Little girl! Who told you my attacks have stopped?"
At this moment, Liu Mu suddenly revealed a sinister smile. He looked at Du Yuemian and condensed another energy sphere in his palm. "This time, I hope you can still dodge it!"
"What?"
Hearing this, Du Yuemian felt a chill down her spine and immediately felt that her surroundings were filled with deadly auras.
"Hahaha!"
Liu Mu let out a loud laugh. This time, he didn't throw the energy sphere at Du Yuemian but tossed it into the air.
As the energy sphere hung in the air, it didn't explode immediately but instead emitted streaks of strange auras that spread outward.
From the deep pits created by his previous energy sphere attacks, wisps of true qi also emerged, echoing the energy sphere in the sky and establishing a connection.
"Myriad Spirits Restraint! Rise!"