Da Xuan Martial Saint

But.

Delayed by the attack of the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear, Chen Mu's figure had already caught up behind him!

Although in the depths of the Earth's Veins, his abilities were restricted by the Wu Gu Marquis, even movement was inconvenient, but having achieved a Martial Body, even if it was a head-on collision, it was not easily blocked. With the brief restraint of a breath by the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear, he had caught up, his left hand lightly lifted, right hand lightly dropped, Qiankun light flowing, flickering on and off.

Wind Wheel,

Thunder Wheel,

Fire Wheel,

Water Wheel,

...

Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal!

The magnificent Yuan Gang of the Qiankun Martial Body was fully mobilized by Chen Mu, his gaze indifferent, the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal he struck seemed to encompass the whole universe, collapsing the sky and earth, encasing the Wu Gu Marquis with no retreat, no escape, only to withstand it directly!
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In this life-and-death crisis, the Wu Gu Marquis became unprecedentedly calm. After all, he was a top-tier Grandmaster, not an ordinary mortal. In an instant, all distractions were cast aside by him, the Houtu Domain was expanded, his entire being connected with the ground, as if he became a part of Earth's Veins, merged with the whole land.

"When Houtu descends, all things thrive."

The Wu Gu Marquis's hands tore at the base of his thumbs, dripping blood, but at this moment he tightly grasped the Spirit Weapon spear, borrowing the power of the terrain, and suddenly swung upward.

This swing, as if the entire world fell silent, he seemed to step into another realm, touching a nearly imperceptible barrier. In a flash, the nearby soil and rock layers halted, an intense vitality wildly burst forth, surprisingly sprouting verdant seedlings from the dry yellow earth and rock walls.

Confronting Chen Mu, he had achieved top-tier Grandmaster, facing a life-and-death crisis for the first time since reaching the pinnacle of Grandmasters, the notion of death nearly encircled his heart, and precisely his practiced Houtu aligned with the birth of all things, swinging in desperation for life amidst the realm of death, faintly seemed to break the shackles of life and death!

Live! Live! Live!!

The Wu Gu Marquis's eyes shone with an unprecedented brilliance.

Any top-tier Grandmaster, is a peak existence of their era, once a matchless prodigy, the Wu Gu Marquis was no different, now even feeling that he had truly touched a certain limit. If he could survive this instance, then he must be able to cross that final barrier of Martial Arts, undergo Blood Exchange, and ascend to the absolute summit of Martial Arts, becoming another 'Bone Ancestor' among the Four Departments!

However.

His hopes ultimately shattered!

Mindset and will, perception and spirituality, even though he crossed that barrier, he had not truly reached that realm, nor was it a qualitative change, but merely a very small step forward.

The spear in his hand collided with Chen Mu's Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, eventually bending bit by bit, finally, all Yuan Gang and vitality inch by inch dispersed and withered away.

Bang!

The spear finally flew from his hand, originally tilted upward, pointing towards Chen Mu, now turned downward, plunging into the rock layers below, while he staggered several steps backwards, halting in place.

Chen Mu's figure fell down, landing right in front of him, his hands that struck the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal trembling slightly, but the next moment, they steadied, and he looked directly at the Wu Gu Marquis, with a slight sigh, he said:

"As expected, you can't underestimate the heroes of the world."

Top-tier Grandmaster.

Indeed, not something that covetous and cowardly demons from Sky Demon Sect could compare to.

Although in terms of strength, if they fought on the ground, the Wu Gu Marquis and Mo Yu Demon Venerable wouldn't differ much, but in terms of Martial Arts will, that kind of determination, the two were wildly different.

Though the Wu Gu Marquis was a Grandmaster of the Foreign Race, indeed, he was the most remarkable person Chen Mu had encountered so far, apart from Qin Mengjun, maintaining absolute calm in life and death, even nearly undergoing a transformation!

He knew what that transformation was.

If he made it through this ordeal, the Wu Gu Marquis had at least an eighty percent chance of stepping into the Blood Exchange Realm, climbing to the ultimate peak of Martial Arts.

If the Wu Gu Marquis had shown this level from the beginning, perhaps he might not have been able to hold him, but the other party was overconfident and engaged in close combat with him, being stricken with a single move. Even if his mindset and will had almost transformed, it was still not enough to bridge the gap between him and the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal!

"..."

The Wu Gu Marquis stood opposite Chen Mu, hands hanging down, fresh blood continuously dripping from his split palms, yet he remained silent, just staring at Chen Mu, his eyes showing a complex expression.

But eventually, the brilliance in his eyes gradually faded, his entire body starting from the head, like porcelain, began to crack, and then inch by inch, his body shattered, like a clay and stone figure, eventually scattering among the mud and rocks.

"What a pity."

Chen Mu, observing the completely shattered remains of the Wu Gu Marquis, finally shook his head.

Those qualified to step into the Blood Exchange Realm are actually very few, in fact, most of the Blood Exchange Realm are breakthroughs by top-tier Grandmasters, only a few are like Feng Hongsheng, Shi Zhenyong, that class of Grandmasters crossing realms.

That is also why there's such a vast difference between the Blood Exchange Realm and Grandmasters, because most of them were once top-tier Grandmasters themselves.

The Wu Gu Marquis was qualified to make the leap to Blood Exchange, but dying by his hand, the future world is doomed to lack one more Martial Arts ultimate, a Blood Exchange existence, but the other party being a Grandmaster of the Foreign Race, dead is dead, Chen Mu simply sighed for the Martial Arts, that there would be one less 'Houtu Spear Saint' for him to verify his own Martial Arts.