Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

First, he killed two Mulan masters, and then he made a big splash by controlling the Mulan Sacred Bird summoned by the Mulan Saintess.

They then took away the Yuanming Lantern and interrupted the summoning of the Mulan Sacred Bird.

Such arrogant behavior would not be easily forgiven even if Mu Yu herself were to consider things from the other party's perspective.

In fact, Mu Yu was already surprised that the fourth divine master of the Mulan people was able to wait until now to make his move.

Of the twenty-five Nascent Soul stage puppets, only five newly crafted puppets possess ranged attack capabilities; the rest are mostly melee-type.

This is probably because if these puppets in the Void Palace had ranged attack capabilities, they would cause too much damage to the surrounding environment.

Therefore, the puppets that Mu Yu brought out from the Void Heaven Palace did not have strong ranged attack capabilities; they were mostly melee-type.

For ancient cultivators, these puppets were very suitable for serving as guards of the Void Heaven Palace.

However, for Mu Yu, these puppets, which are not good at ranged attacks, are somewhat inconvenient to use.

As expected, given the speed of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, these puppets had virtually no chance of catching up and could only defend themselves in front of him for the time being.

If this Master Mulan wanted to ambush him, he could use the Lightning Escape Technique to escape, leaving these puppets to surround and attack the opponent.

The puppets of the Void Heaven Palace are of little use now, but the other five newly crafted Nascent Soul stage puppets are going all out, with five beams of light of different colors attacking the Divine Master Mulan without stopping.

With this person's speed, if he wanted to dodge, he could easily avoid the puppets' attacks.

However, the direction Mu Yu aimed at was very interesting. If he dodged, other Nascent Soul stage cultivators would be hit by the Nascent Soul stage puppet's attack.

The puppets that Mu Yu created were designed with enhanced offensive capabilities. While they posed little threat to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would be severely injured if hit by them, even if they survived.

Therefore, if he didn't want his own people to be worn down, this person had no choice but to use his spiritual magic to withstand Mu Yu's attack.

The Mulan masters were well aware of Mu Yu's scheme and didn't need any reminders to immediately evacuate the area.

With the Mulan people's masters gone, the Nascent Soul cultivators from Tiannan naturally also chose to leave.

Soon, a clearing appeared in the battlefield as both sides tacitly moved away from the area.

This phenomenon is naturally a good thing for Master Mulan, but it is somewhat troublesome for Mu Yu.

Without the target behind him, the five newly crafted Nascent Soul stage puppets alone could not restrain this Divine Master Mulan.

Fortunately, the Yin-Yang Twin Demons of the Hehuan Sect finally arrived. These Yin-Yang Twin Demons were probably only at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, but when the two demons joined forces, they were actually able to contend with this Divine Master Mulan.

Moreover, the speed of these Yin-Yang Twin Demons is much stronger than Mu Yu's Nascent Soul stage puppets. With these two demons restraining them, Mu Yu's Nascent Soul stage puppets can finally be put to use.

Mu Yu controlled all twenty-odd Nascent Soul stage puppets around him to rush forward, while the other five newly crafted Nascent Soul stage puppets stayed by his side to restrain the opponent.

Twenty Nascent Soul stage puppets, plus the Yin-Yang Twin Demons, are enough to restrain the opponent.

Because he had just used the Five Extremes Locking Spirit Mountain and consumed a lot of spiritual power, Mu Yu did not use any other supernatural abilities at the moment. Apart from controlling the puppet, he watched the battle from a distance.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator has only recently broken through, Mu Yu is not someone he can kill in his current state. Since he can't kill him, why waste his energy? He just needs to hold him off.

In any case, at the Nascent Soul stage, the Tiannan cultivators held a significant advantage.

It's probably because Master Mulan had only recently broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, or perhaps Mu Yu overestimated the threat posed by late Nascent Soul cultivators.

In short, just twenty-five Nascent Soul stage puppets plus the Yin-Yang Twin Demons were enough to leave the opponent in a rather sorry state.

Mu Yu wasn't sure if the other party was putting on an act, but even if they were, it didn't matter. He certainly wasn't going to personally engage in a life-or-death struggle with a Mulan Divine Master.

It would be better if the Nascent Soul stage puppet and the Yin-Yang Twin Demons could restrain the opponent now. If not, Mu Yu would immediately use the Thunder Escape Technique to leave.

He has done enough in this battle.

After watching for a while, Mu Yu still felt that the reason why the battle was in such a state was because that Master Mu Lan did not have many magical treasures.

Although the opponent had released two Heavenly Tiger Beasts and even a powerful external avatar, these things were precisely countered by Mu Yu's Nascent Soul stage puppet.

The other two magical treasures were also restrained by the Yin-Yang Twin Demons, and could not exert enough power to break the deadlock.

If it were a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from Tiannan, the situation would definitely be very different.

They wielded various powerful magical artifacts, making it impossible for these puppets to restrain them so easily.

The master who made the move, Mu Lan, has been restrained, and Mu Yu is temporarily out of danger, finally able to focus on other things.

After taking out a few spirit-restoring pills from his storage bag and swallowing them, Mu Yu began to observe other parts of the battlefield.

The Mulan people also have some good stuff; we should take this opportunity to search for it.

While Mu Yu was observing the battlefield, Han Li successfully rescued the nine trapped Nascent Soul stage experts.

At this moment, Han Li was engaged in a heated exchange with the Holy Maiden of Mulan.

Han Li already had the upper hand, and with Nangong Wan arriving at some unknown time, the couple launched a joint attack on Saintess Mulan.

For a time, Saintess Mulan was beaten into a very sorry state.

Meanwhile, the other nine Nascent Soul cultivators who had escaped their predicament joined the battlefield and also played a significant role.

For a time, the entire Muran mage faction was put on the defensive.

Apart from Han Li, those who could participate in the duel were basically all mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, and among them, they were all quite powerful.

Now that these people have escaped and joined the battle, and the Muran mages have lost the Muran Sacred Bird as their main force, the outcome of the battle seems to be about to become clear.

It can be said that without any special means, the defeat of the Mulan people was a foregone conclusion.

The Mulan people were aware of this, so at that moment, they unleashed their prepared tactics.

Suddenly, a group of black-robed figures appeared on the side of the Muran mage, lined up in a row, each carrying at least seven or eight bags.

Immediately afterwards, the bag was summoned, from which thick black mist emerged, accompanied by gusts of eerie wind. Countless shriveled, fleshless, bronze-clad corpses stepped out of the black mist and charged towards the Tiannan cultivators.

The sheer number of these reanimated corpses was terrifying; their combined power was comparable to a real zombie horde.

At this moment, many people on the battlefield had almost exhausted their spiritual energy. With the appearance of this zombie horde, even Nascent Soul stage cultivators were reluctant to move forward.

For a group of Core Formation stage cultivators, facing such a tide of corpse refiners would practically be suicide.

Just as Long Han was preparing to personally lead some Nascent Soul stage cultivators who were still in good condition to take action, Mu Yu made a new move.

This was the moment he had been waiting for; these hordes of refining corpses were a feast for Ti Hun.

Mu Yu took out a spirit beast pouch from behind her and summoned a silvery little monkey.

"Soul Weeping, the feast is here! Go and eat!"

The thrown-out weeping spirit was still somewhat bewildered, but then it sniffed the air and immediately showed an expression of extreme excitement.

The next moment, a giant ape over twenty feet tall appeared on the battlefield and charged towards the group of corpses.

"Fellow Daoist Long Han, instruct your men to protect my spirit pet. Leave those corpse-refining creatures to it."

After sending a telepathic message to Long Han, who was in charge of the battle, Mu Yu turned to deal with a female cultivator wielding a Ghost Banner who had rushed towards him.

Several Nascent Soul stage cultivators had come to interfere earlier, but Mu Yu had driven them away.

It must be said that if a Nascent Soul cultivator is prepared, they are not so easy to kill.

It seems the Mulan people were truly out of options, which is why they sent this person out; she even planned to ambush them.

This person should be Madam Lu, the Daoist partner of the Yinluo Sect Master who is currently fighting the Hehuan Old Demon above.

If it were the partner of another late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Mu Yu would probably give them face.

But as for the Yinluo Sect...

Sorry, but your sect has the treasure I want.

Since we're bound to become enemies anyway, we don't care if it happens sooner or later.

With a thunderous roar, Mu Yu appeared beside Madam Lu in the next instant, followed by a golden arc of lightning striking down.

As expected of the Daoist partner of the Yinluo Sect Master, even in this state, Madam Lu still managed to react. With a quick hand gesture, she transformed into seven or eight identical figures, who then fled in all directions.

If Mu Yu didn't have the Clear Vision, he would probably also think that Madam Lu's true form was among these figures.

But in reality, Madam Lu had already secretly hidden somewhere, holding the Ghost Banner, preparing to launch a sneak attack on Mu Yu.

"Not bad escape techniques, you almost fooled me too, and you have quite the guts."

"It's just a pity that their judgment was a little poor."

"They already know my abilities, yet they still dare to try and take advantage of me."

The next moment, a barely perceptible green dot shot out from Mu Yu's hand at lightning speed, transforming into a green thread that pierced directly through Madam Lu's body.

Immediately afterwards, the green dot returned to Mu Yu's hand, revealing the true form of the sword pellet.

Immediately afterwards, the green dot returned to Mu Yu's hand, revealing the true form of the sword pellet.

Meanwhile, a series of golden arcs of electricity erupted from Madam Lu's body.

First, the sword pellet pierced her heart, then a large amount of evil-repelling divine lightning erupted within her body. Let alone Madam Lu's cultivation of demonic arts, even if she didn't, she would definitely not survive such an attack.

Mu Yu played with the sword pellet in his hand with great satisfaction. Although he hadn't used it for a while, he was still very pleased with the power of the sword pellet to instantly kill Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level.

He released the demonic nascent soul and retrieved Madam Fang's storage bag, as well as the Ghost Banner in her hand.

"Hmm, not bad! I'll use the living souls inside to forge my own Myriad Soul Banner."

Mu Yu glanced at the Ghost Banner in the hands of the Nascent Soul cultivator, then put it away. After attaching a restriction talisman to Madam Lu's storage bag, he hung it on his waist.

On the other side, Master Mulan, who had watched helplessly as Mu Yu killed Madam Lu, was now starting to panic.

If the sect leader of the Yinluo Sect were to find out that his Daoist partner had died, Mulan's side would definitely not escape any good.

This time, Mulan's side will definitely suffer a huge loss.

"Hmm, the time should be about right."

Mu Yu estimated the time and saw that Ti Hun had almost finished absorbing the corpse energy of those refining corpses, so he had the idea of ​​retreating.

The battle is nearing its end, and staying here won't bring much benefit.

Having just killed the Yinluo Sect Master's partner, if he were to relentlessly pursue and kill him, the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of Tiannan might not necessarily do their utmost to stop him.

It's time to leave. Given Mu Yu's contributions to the battlefield, no one would dare say anything even if he left now.

He sent a telepathic message to Long Han, asking him to send reinforcements. Then, Mu Yu first retrieved the Crying Soul Beast, and then retrieved his magical treasures, such as Nascent Soul stage puppets, one by one.

The five mid-Nascent Soul cultivators sent by Long Han took over the work of the Nascent Soul stage puppets.

These five people were all previously sent to participate in the gambling competition, and their strength was among the top in the Nascent Soul stage.

Now, with the five of them joining forces, plus the two Yin-Yang Demons, Master Mulan's situation has become even more difficult.

If Mu Yu were to make a move now, he could easily destroy the opponent's physical body, if not kill them outright.

But there's not much benefit in doing that. Mu Yu has already assessed that this newly advanced Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Mu Lan, is... quite poor.

Moreover, the Mulan people also need to resist the invasion of the Tuwu people, and they cannot allow the Mulan to suffer too great losses.

If the Mulan people cannot withstand the attack, then the cultivators from the southern region will have to resist the Tuwu people.

Therefore, after a brief assessment, Mu Yu used Wind Release to leave.

This time, Mu Yu flew directly away from the battlefield and returned to Tianyi City.

Shortly after Mu Yu returned to Tianyi City, someone from Mu Lan's side brought news of the Tuwu invasion.

In this way, the war could not continue.

After all, if the Mulan people really take away all their territory, then Tiannan will have to fight against both the Mulan people who need their territory and the invading Tuwu people at the same time.

In this situation, it's better to let the Mulan and Tuwu people fight like dogs.

Thus, the war... came to a complete end, and was replaced by an exceptionally intense negotiation.

Now that the Mulan people's escape route has been cut off, their only way to survive is to use part of the territory in the south of the sky to settle their people.

The Mulan people have no other choice.

This is probably what is meant by "poor and arrogant": even if the Mulan people lose the war, they still have to divide some of the southern lands to settle their people.

Otherwise, it would be a lose-lose situation, and no one would benefit.

The cultivators of Tiannan, faced with this situation, also had no other choice.

After all, if the Mulan people aren't allocated a piece of land, they will really fight to the death.

After all, whether you fight or not, you'll die anyway.

Ultimately, Tiannan still divided two of the nine kingdoms in the alliance and gave them to the Mulan people to live in.

The other three major powers allocated a portion of their territory to compensate the Nine Kingdoms Alliance for its losses.

The Mulan people, of course, had no reason to gain territory for nothing after losing a battle.

For these two territories, the Mulan people paid a considerable price, including rare materials used by Nascent Soul stage cultivators and the inheritance of some spiritual techniques.

At the same time, the Mulan people also need to be responsible for resisting the invasion of the Tuwu people. Unless the Mulan people really can't hold on, the southern part of the country will not have to face the invasion of the Tuwu people.

In short, the Nascent Soul stage monsters in the south didn't lose out in this war, and the Tuwu people also didn't lose out by gaining a large amount of territory that belonged to the Mulan people.

As for the Mulan people... although they obtained some land in Tiannan, they were all extremely poor, whether they were at the Nascent Soul stage or below.

But there's nothing we can do; that's just how the world is. So-called hatred is nothing in the face of interests and the so-called bigger picture.

Although the beginning and the result were somewhat unexpected, the outcome was ultimately one that everyone could barely accept.

With the territory issue settled, the next step was for the Mulan people to exchange materials for the Yuanming Lamp.

Taking this opportunity, Mu Yu offered to use spirit stones to purchase some materials, which also helped to clear out some space in the sect's warehouse.

The Nascent Soul stage of the Mulan people were already very poor, and now that Mu Yu has plundered them again, they are truly out of food.

But not changing them is really not an option. Normally, Nascent Soul cultivators can ignore those low-ranking mages, but if they don't care now, Mu Lan probably won't exist for hundreds of years.

After temporarily settling into their territory, the Mulan people hurriedly returned to fight the Tuwu people for land.

Although it's a bit late now, we'll try to salvage as much as we can; we can't really settle down in Tiannan.

Finally, there's the matter of the Yinluo Sect Master.

Because his Daoist partner died at Mu Yu's hands, the Yinluo Sect Master was furious and challenged Mu Yu to a duel.

It's absurd that a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would challenge an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator to a duel.

No one took this challenge seriously. In fact, the three great cultivators of Tiannan all came to support Mu Yu, telling him not to worry.

But after thinking it over, Mu Yu agreed.

But the condition is that he must choose the location, and Mu Yu will only wait one day; he can come or not, it's up to him.

Anyone would know that such a request was definitely a trap, but after some consideration, the Yinluo Sect Master actually agreed.

However, it was stipulated that on the day of the duel, the remaining late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators must remain in Tianyi City, and could only leave after that day.

Clearly, this is because the Yinluo Sect Master is only worried about other late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators joining Mu Yu in targeting him, and not about other issues.

Mu Yu naturally had no objection to these conditions, but he had no right to make other late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators comply.

In the end, no one knows what the Yinluo Sect Master paid for it, but all seven late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators present agreed.

Since that was the case, Mu Yu agreed to start the war seven days later.

During these seven days, Mu Yu needs to choose a place to set up the formation.

If it were an encounter battle, Mu Yu would only be able to protect himself against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if he fought with all his might, he could probably only seriously injure the opponent, and would be completely unable to kill him.

However, if one is trapped within a formation, the situation is quite different.

Formations are the only thing in this world that definitively allows one to defeat enemies of a higher level.

With proper execution, even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators can kill late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators using the power of formations.

Now... there's only one question left.

How can we lure the Yinluo Sect Master into the pre-arranged formation?