Chapter 1578 — Crushing a Mighty Foe in One Blow
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Apart from Lord Gong, the Great Emperor had scarcely a single weakness! Shen Mu had studied the Great Emperor's Supreme Daluo Divine Consciousness, and his own Divine Consciousness Heavenly Palace was founded upon it; once, that Divine Consciousness Heavenly Palace had been his mightiest heavenly palace.
After who knew how long, Shen Mu suddenly woke from the dream, and his heart stirred: someone had touched the phantom images he had left behind!
Only, he did not know whether that person was Lord Hao or Lord Xiao, or Kaihuang Shen Ye!
Still, Kaihuang, whose Dao Realm had been cultivated to the thirty-sixth heaven, was surely a true Dao-attainer; his Dao heart was keen enough to discern the divine ability hidden within those phantom images. And once he saw it, he would not touch them.
Lord Hao's and Lord Xiao's attainments in the Dao Realm were no match for Kaihuang's; only those two would have set off his phantom images.
"That was fast!
" Shen Mu's heart quivered; the newcomer had passed through his phantom images at tremendous speed, and at such a pace he would arrive here before long. To his surprise, just as the man was about to arrive, he abruptly vanished from Shen Mu's senses!
Shen Mu frowned and looked back along the way he had come, but saw no shadow of anyone.
"Old foxes, every one of them!
" Shen Mu steadied himself.
The one who had come in was either Lord Hao or Lord Xiao.
He thought: "Since he did not show himself outright, Lord Hao is the likelier.
Lord Hao is in no hurry; he is not among those with the greatest stake.
Those with the greatest stake are myself, the Great Emperor, and Lord Xiao.
So Lord Hao can sit back and reap the fisherman's profit. " He waited quietly, and after two or three days he sensed someone touching the phantom images he had left. This man was exceedingly cautious: no sooner had he touched the first phantom image than he did not touch the second.
Shen Mu waited a long while, and the man touched no other phantom images.
"This one is Lord Xiao.
" Shen Mu frowned slightly; Lord Xiao had come several days later than he had expected, and it left him uneasy.
"With Kaihuang gone from the Land of No Sorrow, might Lord Xiao not seize the opening?
" He mused a moment and said silently in his heart: "If I were Lord Xiao, the moment Kaihuang left I would slip into the Void of the Far Shore, take the Taichu primal stones, destroy the Creators there, and absorb all their divine consciousness to swell my own strength.
And if that boy Lord Mu means to plot against me and use the Great Emperor's hand to be rid of me, then he will surely be waiting for me, making certain that I enter Lord Ling's divine ability.
" Here Shen Mu raised his head and let out a foul breath: "Lord Xiao was delayed a few days, which means the Void of the Far Shore is in dire straits! And Lord Xiao's strength has likely risen greatly! " He steadied himself; to scheme against a being like Lord Xiao was indeed exceedingly difficult. "And who knows whether Lord Xiao has already entered the Ultimate Void and forcibly imprinted his power upon it.
If he could manage that, his strength would rise to yet more terrifying heights! Whether Kaihuang could best him would be an even bet.
" Shen Mu closed his eyes.
After a moment he opened them, and his Divine Treasury domain spread out. Wider and wider his Divine Treasury domain grew, until it shrouded the whole mist of the Heavenly River; Shen Mu touched his right index finger lightly to the point between his brows, and the vertical eye there slowly opened. In the instant that eye opened, his domain and his body were at once separated from the mist of the Heavenly River!
Before him there remained only a stretch of the Heavenly River!
That was the stretch of the Heavenly River Lord Ling had severed, the stretch that had become the matter of the Unchanging!