Senior Brother Qu finally panicked: "He intends to beat me to death with this small wooden stick, keep hitting me until I die!"

He truly wished the other party had a knife in hand, even a blunt one would be better.

The power of the small wooden stick wasn't that strong, but after being hit for so long, the swelling on his head and face had turned into blood - filled blisters. The swelling left only two slits for his eyes, and his vision was getting blurrier and blurrier.

His skin was also bruised from the beatings, and several muscles had been pummeled into a pulp. Qin Mu had especially targeted his joints.

Qin Mu didn't attack the bones of the joints but the ligaments and fascia. The ligaments and fascia of Senior Brother Qu's various joints were broken by the small wooden stick. Even the slightest movement caused excruciating, tearing pain.

Being beaten to death bit by bit with a small wooden stick was the most terrifying thing. The intense pain and fear were prolonged countless times, yet he couldn't die immediately.

At this moment, the herd of beasts running above their heads disappeared. They had fought their way out of the ruin's gate, and the herd scattered in all directions.

Qin Mu's strength was also gradually waning. After "wielding the knife" countless times, he could no longer hold on. Running and fighting under the bellies of the huge beasts, he not only had to dodge the opponent's sword but also the beasts' hooves or claws. The continuous changes in footwork made his legs extremely sore.

When he trained with the Butcher, although the Butcher was often crazy, he still knew how to train moderately and wouldn't make him overly tired.

Now, he had no strength left to continue "wielding the knife" and was only persevering through sheer willpower.

He knew that if he stopped, as long as Senior Brother Qu still had a trace of True Yuan and could move even slightly, he would be killed.

He could only keep hitting until he beat Senior Brother Qu to death!

Thud.

Senior Brother Qu finally couldn't hold on and collapsed to the ground, his sword clattering down beside him.

Qin Mu dropped the wooden stick and grabbed the sword, but he couldn't lift it. His arms had lost their last bit of strength.

Qin Mu raised his foot and slowly kicked the hilt, pointing the tip of the sword at Senior Brother Qu. Senior Brother Qu could barely see this scene and struggled feebly, trying to avoid the 剑尖. But his bones and fascia were almost completely destroyed, and he couldn't move his muscles at all.

Unable to move, he could only watch as Qin Mu laboriously adjusted the direction of the 剑尖 bit by bit and then kicked the sword slowly, making the blade pierce his throat inch by inch.

Finally, the sword pierced through his throat. Gurgling sounds came from his throat, and bubbles rose in the blood - filled liquid. Soon, he stopped breathing.

Qin Mu finally relaxed and collapsed to the ground. It was too exhausting; he had never been this exhausted before.

Lying beside him was a corpse. This feeling was truly unpleasant. Qin Mu tried to move his body but found it impossible and had to give up the idea.

This wasn't the first time he had seen a corpse. The woman who crawled out of the cowhide by the river and Senior Brother Qu's two junior brothers had all become corpses.

Once, Granny Si took him to a neighboring village to help a woman give birth. Granny Si was not only a tailor but also a midwife, helping women in nearby villages with childbirth.

When they got there, all the villagers in that village were dead, men, women, old and young, including the pregnant woman.

At that time, Qin Mu's mind went blank. He felt as if he was floating in the air, weightless, looking down at the tragic scene from above the village. Later, Granny Si woke him up. She said he was so scared that his soul had left his body, and she had to pull his soul back and stuff it back into his body.

Granny didn't say who had killed the villagers in the village. She just told him that such things were very common in the Great Wilderness, so...

"Never leave any chance for your enemy," Granny Si said to him seriously.

The corpse of Senior Brother Qu made him uncomfortable, but the Great Wilderness was such a place, where the strong preyed on the weak and only the fittest survived. Qin Mu had grown up here and was used to seeing the battles between strange beasts. Senior Brother Qu's corpse was no different from those of other strange beasts.

Just as he was regulating his breath, suddenly, the sound of footsteps came. Qin Mu barely turned his head to look in the direction of the sound and was shocked to see Senior Sister Qing limping towards him, holding a sword in her hand. Her face was swollen like a pig's head, unrecognizable.

Qin Mu struggled to get up. Every part of his body, from his bones and muscles, was in severe pain and swelling. He had to stop and gasp for breath, silently activating the "Overlord Body Three Pill Technique."

His True Yuan slowly became more active, welling up and flowing towards his sore muscles and torn tendons and bones. Wherever the True Yuan flowed, the swelling subsided slightly, but his senses became more acute, and searing pain shot through him.

Senior Sister Qing was still limping closer. When this woman fought Qin Mu with her leg techniques, he had severely injured her legs and kicked her face countless times. The most powerful kick was the last one, which Qin Mu had delivered with all his strength.

That kick was like a poisonous dragon wagging its tail, flattening her beautiful face. Now it was swollen, puffing up like dough left overnight.

I'm afraid all her teeth were knocked out. Saliva mixed with blood kept dripping from the corners of her mouth.

But her hand was steady, and the sword in her hand still glinted coldly. Clearly, her hatred for Qin Mu was overwhelming, and she wanted to tear him to pieces.

Qin Mu accelerated the activation of the "Overlord Body Three Pill Technique," hoping to regain some strength. But his body was extremely exhausted from the intense battle just now.

Only those who had broken through the Spirit Embryo Wall and absorbed the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure could be considered true martial artists. He wasn't a martial artist yet, but being able to beat a martial artist like Senior Brother Qu to death was already an amazing achievement.

But that was all.

He no longer had the strength to fight against Senior Sister Qing.

Senior Sister Qing finally reached Qin Mu. She wanted to speak, but her swollen mouth and throat wouldn't let her make a sound. So, she raised her sword and stabbed at Qin Mu viciously!

"What a cute little girl. Granny just loves you so much."

Senior Sister Qing's body suddenly froze. The sword encountered an invisible barrier and couldn't stab down.

Fear filled her eyes as she saw a little old woman walking over, carrying a basket and tiptoeing.

Senior Sister Qing trembled and slowly stepped back. Then a loud voice came from behind her: "Mu'er, you actually used my Pig - Killing Knife Technique with a small wooden stick. It took you 5,476 strikes to bring that kid down, and in the end, it was a sword that killed the little bastard!"

With great difficulty, Senior Sister Qing turned around and saw several strange - looking people approaching. There was a blind man holding a guiding stick, a lame man missing a leg, a strange person without arms and legs, and a burly man with only the upper half of his body left, his face covered in thick flesh.

The burly man with only the upper half of his body was carried in a bamboo basket, and the armless and legless strange person was carried on a stretcher.

These people all looked extremely pitiful. The only one who looked somewhat normal was the middle - aged man carrying the bamboo basket, but his face was completely destroyed. His skin had been scraped off, and his face was terrifyingly hideous!

The one who had just spoken was the burly man with only the upper half of his body. Sitting in the bamboo basket, his face full of anger, he scolded Qin Mu from a distance: "It seems you haven't trained enough! Don't talk about not having a knife or using a small wooden stick. As long as your knife technique is exquisite, you can kill him with just your bare hands!"

Qin Mu let out a sigh of relief and said hoarsely, "Granny Si, Grandpa Butcher, Grandpa Apothecary, you're all here?"

Granny Si giggled: "We've raised you with great difficulty. This is the first time you've stayed out overnight with a strange woman. Of course, we were worried and had to come and take a look."

Qin Mu blinked and asked, "How long have you been here?"

The Butcher snorted: "We arrived when you were fighting that kid under the bellies of the beasts. Otherwise, how would I know you made a total of 5,476 strikes?"

Qin Mu's face darkened. These old folks had clearly been here for a long time but still let him fight for his life, almost getting himself killed.

Only then did he realize why the herd of beasts hadn't attacked him and Senior Brother Qu. They had been scared away by the Butcher and the others.

"People from other villages say that Granny and Grandpa Village Chief are bad people. Could it be true? But I think Granny and the others are good people. They must have thought I could defeat that Senior Brother Qu, so they just watched from the sidelines..." he comforted himself.

"As an Overlord Body who surpasses Spirit Bodies, we're very disappointed that you got beaten up like this," the blind man said with a smile, facing the air.

Qin Mu coughed and said, "Grandpa Blind, I'm here."

"I know you're here."

The blind man turned around and smiled: "You won with a stick, which shows that my teaching is good. But don't be proud. After all, you're an Overlord Body, so it's only natural that you're stronger than him! Your training will be doubled from now on, so don't look so glum..."

The Butcher said coldly: "Blind man, he clearly used my knife technique. What are you so proud of? And what are you babbling on about to a corpse?"