Chapter 1495 — The Weak One's Fury Rises High
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Shen Mu was slightly taken aback.
He glanced at Lan Yutian but said nothing. Since Lan Yutian had already stolen Pixiang Hall, whether he would merge with the remnant soul of Celestial Venerable Yu and whether he would choose to become Celestial Venerable Yu was his own affair. Shen Mu would not make that decision for him.
Shen Mu was gratified. Lan Yutian had grown up; he was no longer the green boy who always clung to his side.
He now had both the standing and the strength of mind to handle certain matters. As for God King Langwan, Shen Mu had invited her. Langwan had not returned to Carefree Township with Kaihuang, Celestial Venerable Yue, and the others. The reason Shen Mu had asked her to stay was to let himself see Celestial Venerable Huo clearly, to let himself give up all hope, and to let Lan Yutian take precautions in advance.
Langwan's divine consciousness was vast. Had it been Shen Mu who, at the moment Celestial Venerable Huo's mind wavered, used his divine consciousness to lay down an illusion to replace Lan Yutian, he might not have been able to deceive Celestial Venerable Huo. Only Langwan or Celestial Venerable Gong could have managed it.
After all, Celestial Venerable Huo was a Celestial Venerable, and his attainments in the realm of the Dao were extraordinary.
Celestial Venerable Huo stood upon the Heavenly River, staring at them woodenly.
"Let us go," Shen Mu said softly, without looking at him.
The three of them started to walk away, when suddenly Celestial Venerable Huo burst into loud laughter, laughter that shook the mountains and rivers. "Celestial Venerable Mu! You petty scoundrel! This sort of cheap trick is all you are fit for, all you dare use to toy with me! You have no power, no ability—at most you can play these little games!
You want to humiliate me, is that it? " His voice rolled like thunder, making the Heavenly River itself leap and surge. "Your little tricks are not even worth my notice!
Everything you do is nothing but laughable in my eyes!
" God King Langwan looked at Shen Mu, a question in her expression. Shen Mu shook his head.
"It is only the rage of the powerless. Pay it no mind.
We need only guard against him lashing out in shame and fury. " Celestial Venerable Huo watched their backs, his face contorted.
The blazing flame wheel behind his head scorched the sky until it twisted as his face did! His body grew larger and larger.
He sneered, "How much have I done for the human race? My merits and achievements cannot be erased by one of your cheap tricks!
" He strode forward, following Shen Mu and the others. His body grew hotter still, blazing flames rising all around him, yet his voice grew colder and colder. "The early years of Longhan—what a desperate age that was! Yes, Celestial Venerable Yu was my brother.
His death grieved me deeply. But I saw higher and farther! I saw the strength and terror of the ancient gods of that era, and the strength and terror of the demigods. To root out the ancient gods and protect the human race, we could rely only on the demigods!
Do you think that in that age, the five Celestial Venerables remaining in Longhan could have accomplished anything? Impossible!
Back then, Ling, Yue, You, and Yun were nobodies. Over five or six hundred thousand years, the strongest of the human race reached only the Imperial Throne realm. Never mind the Heavenly Emperor acting himself—any single ancient god emperor could have wiped out the human race and Ling, Yue, You, and Yun dozens or hundreds of times over! " His steps were heavy and sure.
Wherever his feet fell, the Heavenly River evaporated, and the vaporized water was ignited by his Dao fire. "So for the sake of the human race, I had no choice but to kill Celestial Venerable Yun! Killing him grieved me too! But he understood me—only he understood what I did.