Chapter 1116 — Reunion with an Old Friend
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
The Void Beast howled without cease, its body riddled with holes, drenched in blood.
"Holy Infant, you are no Creator, yet you have mastered the Creators' methods completely."
Langwo the Divine King waved a hand, and the spikes within the Void Beast vanished. "Spirit-sense visualization is the way to fight Void Beasts. You can deal with a Void Beast; a Creator, too, can deal with one with ease. These ancient beasts are no threat to us whatsoever; on the contrary, they will become our race's weapon. Even if the Grand Emperor holds the Mother Beast, he cannot threaten us."
The Void Beast closed its mouth, its great eyes fixed on Shen Mu; it tucked its tail between its legs, wearing a timid look, and hid behind Langwo the Divine King.
Shen Mu was about to speak again, but Langwo the Divine King had already slipped into the void together with the Void Beast, and her spirit sense came through: "Holy Infant, this was only a trial. I will summon more Void Beasts; but rest assured, I do not mean to use them against you. I mean to lead these Void Beasts to the Great Void, and there do battle with the Heavenly Court!"
She and the Void Beast disappeared, and her spirit sense gradually faded: "That way, I can buy you time to grow; is that not the best of both worlds?"
"It is you I am worried about."
Facing the cold wind high in the sky, Shen Mu said in a low voice, "The Grand Emperor has always wanted to open the Ancestral Court. Once the evil within it is released, it will be a catastrophe beyond all remedy for this age. And before that day comes, you will be disposed of by him..."
He led the Dragon Qilin and the others toward Jingping. Before he returned to the Heavenly Court to see Bai Yuqiong, he needed to repair the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot first; the chariot had been damaged twice, once as far back as the Western Pole Heaven, and it must be repaired once more before it could carry them swiftly to the Heavenly Court.
Yan'er was still somewhat plump, and her flying speed could not match the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot.
And before returning to the Heavenly Court, he also needed to go to Jingping to take care of certain matters.
"As for the Heavenly Master Bai Yuqiong, if she refuses to die, then I will have no choice but to break Yin Tianzi's divine art at its source."
Shen Mu pondered. To break Yin Tianzi's divine art at the source, he would need to understand the intricate structure of the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate.
"Di Yiyue has a Nether Capital Heavenly Gate there. I need only find sister Di Yiyue, and the secret of Yin Tianzi's divine art will be no secret any longer!"
His eyes flickered. Since the Jingping Calamity erupted, Di Yiyue and the others had vanished without a trace, never appearing on the soil of the Yuan Realm. Di Yiyue, Tian Shu, Emperor Shitian Wang Buddha and the rest had not gone to the Land of No Sorrow either, and the Woodcutter Sage's whereabouts were unknown as well.
"Could they be hiding in Fengdu? And where is Fengdu now? Perhaps Jingping will know where Fengdu has gone."
He was deep in thought when suddenly the earth heaved and surged like waves. Shen Mu halted. All around, soil flew up; tree after tree grew with mad frenzy, vines writhing like dragons, their growth unbelievably swift.
In the span of a few breaths, the grass and trees here had grown as though a thousand years had passed, turning into a dense primeval jungle.
If one looked from outside, one would see that the stretch of lovely mountains and clear waters where Shen Mu and the others had stood had become a green dome over a hundred li across, perfectly round, overturned there, sealing that place in, not a breath of air escaping!
"Ten years, ten years..."
An eerie voice came from the dense thicket; among the great trees vines glided with a rustle like the bodies of giant pythons, and the voice was like weeping and like lamenting, chilling to the bone.