402: I really miss you

Li Mu watched Forgetting Life's body become illusory, and at the spot where Forgetting Life's body was fading, the phantom of a pitch-black suit of armor was slowly appearing.

As Forgetting Life's body turned illusory, the phantom of the armor gradually solidified. The moment the armor completely manifested, Li Mu's vision suddenly went dark, and he lost all perception of the outside world.

A figure appeared beside Forgetting Life. The figure looked somewhat old and hunched, but the aura on his body was immensely powerful.

The person sighed, "You have finally let go of your obsession. Come with me!"

As the voice fell, Li Mu regained his perception. Forgetting Life's presence was long gone, leaving only a suit of armor floating in mid-air.

The Starry Sky Power in the surroundings had also vanished; Li Mu could not even sense a trace of blood qi energy.

However, looking at the holy lord set he had wanted, Li Mu could not feel happy at all. An inexplicable sadness filled his heart.

A trail of hot tears flowed down Li Mu's cheeks and slowly dripped into the Void Realm. After a long while, the armor seemed to possess a consciousness of its own as it slowly approached Li Mu.

Seeing this, Li Mu hurriedly reached out to take it. The moment his hands touched the armor, his mind instantly became clear and empty.

The long-dormant System suddenly woke up at this moment, its mechanical voice ringing incessantly.

“Ding... Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the complete version of the holy lord set!”

“Ding... Friendly reminder: Once bound, the holy lord set cannot change its Host. It can increase the Host's combat power by fifty percent and provide an all-around boost to the Host's combat capabilities!”

“Ding... The path of the holy master mission has been fully completed. Distributing mission rewards now!”

“Since the Host has obtained the complete version of the holy lord set, rewarding the Host with a Cultivation Base Empowerment and clues to obtain the Power of Time!”

“System rewards have been successfully distributed. Please claim them promptly, Host!”

“Host, please prepare for the Cultivation Base Empowerment. Starting to raise the Host's Cultivation Base now!”

Just as the System's voice fell, the newly acquired holy lord set was instantly worn by Li Mu. Li Mu felt his body being enhanced in every aspect, but he didn't have time to feel the changes.

The System's massive Cultivation Base reward began immediately. A surge of Starry Sky Power erupted within Li Mu's body. He hurriedly sat cross-legged and began to refine this pure Starry Sky Power.

The holy lord set worn by Li Mu also began to devour the Starry Sky Power leaking from him. The originally pitch-black armor began to emit a mysterious luster upon contact with the Starry Sky Power. That luster made one feel dizzy just looking at it, making them want to sink into it involuntarily.

On Cherry Blossom Mountain, Fire Spirit suddenly felt that the mountain, which had existed for hundreds of years, was beginning to sink. The surrounding ground started to collapse, the cherry blossom trees withered rapidly, and the originally dense fire-attribute energy began to thin out.

“It seems that little guy really succeeded. That's for the best!”

Fire Spirit looked up at where the cherry blossoms had formed the human figure and murmured to herself, “Did you see that? Perhaps this person really can fulfill your unfulfilled wish. I just wonder if you'll be willing to see me then?”

“I really miss you so much...”

Fire Spirit's body also began to turn illusory, but it wasn't a disappearance of her presence; it was more like a form of concealment within heaven and earth.

After Fire Spirit's figure vanished, unusual changes were occurring at the location of the spatial passage between Jianshan Prefecture and Leshan Prefecture.

The original mountain walls were collapsing, and the magic formation Li Mu had hidden was now exposed. The cliff area had turned into flat ground.

Not only that, but the entire magic formation was shaking violently, as if it would be activated at any moment.

Dog Twenty-Six, who was previously responsible for guarding this location, had luckily survived the attack on Falling Leaf City. The Hong Clan suffered heavy losses, and now Dog Twenty-Six had been promoted to Dog Eleven.

However, his job was still to guard this magic formation. Upon discovering the abnormality in the magic formation, Dog Eleven immediately arranged for everyone to stand guard around it.

“Stay sharp! If anyone enters through the magic formation, kill them immediately. If anything goes wrong, it's your heads on the line!”

“Did you hear me???”

After Dog Eleven's status rose, he became increasingly arrogant. Although there were still ten people above him, compared to before, he had moved up more than just one level.

Sadly, Dog Eleven didn't realize his promotion was due to the Hong Clan's sharp decline in strength; he was still proudly showing off his authority.

After arranging the guards, Dog Eleven found a spot with no other Hong Clan members and carefully took out a Sound-Transmitting Stone to report everything that was happening, without any exaggeration.

On the other side, the newly appointed Dog One received the news and didn't dare to delay, hurriedly reporting it to Ji Beichen.

At this time, Ji Beichen was still healing. Having been heavily injured by Xiao Xiao and toyed with by Li Mu, Ji Beichen's state was very unstable.

After such a long recovery, he was only barely able to exert the strength of the Mahayana Early Stage.

Hearing the news from Dog One, Ji Beichen was somewhat excited but also worried. He was excited because if the passage between the two Prefectures opened, they could reunite with the Hong Clan in Leshan Prefecture.

He was worried because if the strength in Leshan Prefecture was too great, they might not be able to protect themselves.

“Go and pass down the order: if the first one to come out is a Human Race Cultivator, don't kill them immediately. Capture them and bring them to me!”

Ji Beichen pondered for a long time before frowning and giving the order. Dog One was about to transmit the message to Dog Eleven but was stopped by Ji Beichen.

“Go there yourself. Given Dog Eleven's strength, I'm not at ease!”

Dog Eleven only had a Nascent Soul Peak Cultivation Base. Although he was only one step away from the Soul Transformation Stage, he was now obsessed with power every day and was not Cultivating seriously.

The newly appointed Dog One was only at the Tribulation Transcendence Early Stage. Compared to the previous Dog One at the Peak Tribulation Crossing Stage, the gap was still huge.

However, for guarding a gate, the strength of the Tribulation Transcendence Early Stage was sufficient!

Hearing Ji Beichen's words, Dog One said nothing more and headed directly toward the magic formation.

Meanwhile, at the magic formation in Leshan Prefecture, changes were also occurring. The concealment formation Zhuang Luo had set up had completely failed, and the magic formation was also exposed and shaking violently, virtually identical to the situation in Jianshan Prefecture...