Chapter 974 — The Supreme Beyond the Clouds
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
"It's over—the Fire Heavenly Venerable has broken free!
"
Shen Mu clenched his teeth and charged madly forward.
Yue Tingge whooshed past him, soaring away, crying, "I won't accompany you to your deaths—I'll go on ahead!
Mu Heavenly Venerable, hold off the Fire Heavenly Venerable for me, and next year I'll burn paper money for you!
"
"Burn paper for your grandpa! "
Shen Mu was furious, but saw Yue Tingge transform into a heap of blocks that went rolling forward with a gibbering clatter, exceedingly fast, and soon vanished without a trace. Shen Mu struggled forward with all his strength, but saw that Luo Wushuang's steps were swift—he too had actually run ahead of him, clearly having recovered well these past days, already able to employ the magic power of the Jade Pool or Jade Capital realm.
"Luo Wushuang, you chattered endlessly about saving the Fire Heavenly Venerable—why are you fleeing too?
" Shen Mu demanded angrily.
Luo Wushuang hesitated, slowed his steps, and, overcome with shame, said, "I only thought that the Mu Heavenly Venerable's fame spreads far and wide, and that if the Fire Heavenly Venerable killed you, he would surely kill me to silence me, lest word get out and he bear the name of one who slew a Heavenly Venerable. I forgot the word 'loyalty'…
"
Just then, that divine dragon actually overtook him as well, shaking its head and wagging its tail, riding the wind, its speed even greater than Shen Mu's by much!
Shen Mu was suspicious: "This divine dragon is one I visualized—it cannot possibly surpass me in strength… This is bad, it's the Tai Emperor's borrowed life! The Tai Emperor has borrowed life into the divine dragon I visualized!
" He had just realized this when suddenly behind him a fierce firelight blazed over him, scorching his body till it seemed about to burst into flame. Shen Mu's body went rigid; he halted, turned around, and forced a smile: "Fire Heavenly Venerable, long time no see.
"
Luo Wushuang too had no choice but to halt and turn around, blade-qi ten thousand zhang, standing ready. The Fire Heavenly Venerable whooshed into the air, vaulted over them, and landed before that divine dragon, reaching out and seizing it in his hand.
The divine dragon struggled but could not break free, and opening its mouth, sneered, "Fire Heavenly Venerable, you want to kill me? You cannot kill me.
The whole Supreme Divine Consciousness domain is filled everywhere with my divine consciousness—I am undying…
" It whooshed into flame, and soon was reduced to ashes.
The Fire Heavenly Venerable looked toward Shen Mu, and Shen Mu's body went stiff.
"Mu Heavenly Venerable, we meet again. " The Fire Heavenly Venerable's face was expressionless.
Behind him that flame-wheel that burned all things to nothing turned slowly, and upon the flame-wheel, tongues of fire leaped without cease, now blazing fiercely, brilliantly bright, as though within the fire suns were bursting forth one after another—clearly, seeing Shen Mu, his heart was far from calm.
"Every time I see you, I recall the scene of you beating me soundly upon the Jade Pool," said the Fire Heavenly Venerable.
Shen Mu said with a solemn face, "As the saying goes, blows breed acquaintance—many lifelong bonds of life and death are forged through fighting…
"
"The Yun Heavenly Venerable's body falling into your hands is better than falling into mine. Thank you. " Leaving these words, the Fire Heavenly Venerable turned and walked away, his figure receding into the distance.
Shen Mu was stunned for a moment, then called out loudly, "Thank me for what?
"
"Thank you for reviving the Yu Heavenly Venerable.
"
The Fire Heavenly Venerable's voice came from afar: "Back then at the Jade Pool I once said that if you could find out who harmed the Yu Heavenly Venerable, I would no longer bear a grudge against you. Not only did you do so, you revived him as well.
"
Shen Mu waved high: "Fire Heavenly Venerable, stay and talk a while before you go!
"