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Tusir's eyes widened, and he demanded sharply, "Su Mu, how dare you disobey the Star Palace God King's order?"

Su Mu shrugged slightly, his tone calm yet each word clear: "Jiao Fuci is a Celestial Realm expert. The Star Palace has long had a rule that the Star Envoy has the right to refuse missions that exceed their own strength or endanger their lives."

Tusir's face stiffened.

The Star Palace does indeed have this rule, and what Su Mu said is reasonable and irrefutable.

Seeing Su Mu turn to leave, Tushun panicked. If he returned empty-handed, he would surely be blamed for failing in his duties before the God King.

"Wait!"

He strode forward and immediately changed his tune: "I will handle Hornfurtz! You only need to lead the Tianyuan Star forces to wipe out the remaining Horned Scale Clan forces. The Horned Scale Clan is now severely weakened; apart from Hornfurtz, the rest of their members are no threat to you!"

Su Mu's gaze turned slightly cold, seeing through the other party's thoughts at a glance, but he also readily agreed: "Since that's the case, I'll accept the mission. However, I am the only registered member of the Star Palace on Tianyuan Star. Other human cultivators have no obligation to risk their lives for the Star Palace."

"you!"

Tusir was speechless, his anger burning within him but unable to erupt. Everything Su Mu said was true; as a non-Star Palace member, he was not bound by Star Palace missions.

He suppressed his anger and considered the matter again: It doesn't matter, as long as Su Mu himself comes along. Once he finds Hornfortz, he will secretly sow discord and use Hornfortz to kill Su Mu, thus both fulfilling his oath to the Star Palace and eliminating this potential threat.

As for the rest of the human race on Tianyuan Star, without Su Mu's protection, they are nothing but ants, and can be forcibly conscripted to serve as cannon fodder at that time.

"Alright! Follow me immediately to search for traces of the Horned Scale Clan on the surrounding inhabited planets!" Tusir urged.

"We cannot rush things," Su Mu replied calmly. "Before we set out to fight the enemy, we must first settle things on Tianyuan Star and secure our rear."

Tusser's eyes twitched violently. Having been rejected repeatedly, he could barely contain his anger. Gritting his teeth, he asked in a low, menacing voice, "How long do you need?"

"One day is enough. Tomorrow I will seek you out myself, and we will go to war together."

After Su Mu finished speaking, he turned around and left, completely ignoring Tusir, whose face was ashen, behind him.

Tusir stood high in the sky, his aura surging, his body trembling slightly with extreme anger. Finally, he fiercely flicked his sleeve and fled into the distance. With his divine cultivation, spending a day away from home was naturally harmless.

Night falls.

After coaxing Su Changsheng to sleep, Xiao Yunshang quietly approached Su Mu's side and whispered, "The Heavenly Gods came to our door in broad daylight, looking quite aggressive. What trouble have they gotten into?"

Although she did not witness the whole process, she heard about what happened during the day from Su Changsheng, and she couldn't help but feel worried.

Su Mu reached out and pulled her into his arms, gently comforting her, "Don't worry, my wife. A mere celestial being is nothing to me, nothing to fear."

Xiao Yunshang knew that Su Mu had the trump card to kill a god, so she wasn't worried about his safety. What truly worried her was the potential for future troubles: "The Three-Eyed Clan's intentions towards you are becoming increasingly obvious. If it weren't for the rules of the Star Palace, they would have already taken action themselves. This potential threat must be resolved as soon as possible."

Su Mu nodded slightly, a sharp glint in his eyes: "You're right, it's time to remove this thorn completely."

He was never afraid of trouble and conflict, but he loathed endless entanglements and disturbances. The Three-Eyed Clan, relying on the presence of their God-King, had repeatedly plotted against him in secret. Did they really think he had no trump cards?

It's time to let the Three-Eyed Clan know that the God-King is not synonymous with invincibility.

The next day is dawn.

Su Mu and Tusier left Tianyuan Star together and headed to various inhabited planets in the surrounding area to search for traces of the Horned Scale Clan.

Their first stop was Wulong Star—the place where Jiao Fuci had previously appeared and killed Tuharen.

However, even after searching the entire planet layer by layer and traversing every corner, the two could not find even a trace of a single Horned Scale Clan member.

Although Jiao Fuzi publicly killed Tuharun and destroyed Tusir's energy body yesterday, displaying an arrogant and domineering attitude, he was by no means a reckless person.

The Three-Eyed Clan possessed a God-King and immense resources; he knew that a rash confrontation would be a poor strategy. After making his move, he immediately led the remaining members of his clan to hide in the starry sea, temporarily avoiding their wrath.

He deliberately left traces, observing the situation and testing the Three-Eyed Clan's reaction. If the God-King personally intervened, he would lead his people into hiding for a long time until the other party ran out of patience and gave up the investigation. After all, no matter how long the God-King's lifespan was, he could not endlessly expend energy searching for a group of hidden cultivators.

Having found nothing on Wulong Star, Tusir had no choice but to give up and strolled to the blood-red land where Tuharun had perished that day.

Faint traces of blood still lingered in the soil beneath his feet, and seeing these things brought back memories of the past; Tusser could not hide the sadness in his eyes.

Tuhalun was a junior member of his clan whom he had carefully cultivated. He was exceptionally talented and had great potential. He had devoted countless efforts to supporting him, and it was for this reason that he had given him the Dao-accumulating Divine Talisman for protection.

Standing on this familiar spot, the horrific scene of death witnessed by the energy entity on that day was still vivid in his mind. Tusir bent down and picked up a handful of blood-stained sand, running his fingers over it as if reminiscing about the deceased.

Unbeknownst to him, a hundred meters away, hidden within an inconspicuous grain of sand was a projection bead, clearly projecting his and Su Mu's every move and word into the distance.

The projection bead is an ordinary concealment artifact that can freely transform into anything, conceal one's form, record everything around in real time, and project it onto the associated main bead.

Jiao Fuzi had anticipated that the Three-Eyed Clan would come to Wulong Star to track them down, and the place where Tuharen died was a place they would definitely go. Therefore, he set up projection beads there in advance and waited for his prey to come to him.

In the secret realm of another hidden planet, Cornerfort holds the projection main bead, taking in the entire scene.

Looking at the sorrowful Tusser in the picture, he couldn't help but grin, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. He murmured, "I once heard rumors from the Star Palace that Tusser and Tuhalun, mother and son, had a deep connection, a relationship far more complex than that of ordinary elders and juniors. At first, I thought it was just gossip, but now it seems to be a mixture of truth and falsehood."

After the joke, his gaze was fixed on Su Mu, who stood tall and looked calm in the picture.

"This person is completely unfamiliar. He must be that human cultivator from Tianyuan Star, the one who killed my brother Jiaobutz."

Jiao Fuzi scrutinized him closely, secretly deducing and analyzing: "To be able to act alongside the Celestial God Tusir, his strength must be considerable, and he is most likely also a Celestial God. I know all the Celestial Gods of the Star Palace Human Race, but this person has never shown himself before, so it must be him without a doubt."

The moment he confirmed Su Mu's identity, the murderous intent in Jiao Fuzi's eyes surged suddenly, chilling to the bone.

"It seems the Three-Eyed Clan doesn't take this matter too seriously."

Hornfutz muttered to himself, calmly analyzing the situation, "Since the incident, only Tusir and this human god have come to investigate; no other powerful figures have appeared. Even if both gods are on par with me, the remaining fighting force of my Horned Scale Clan may still be able to put up a fight!"

He had already made up his mind.