Chapter 1597 — The Elder Is My Brother
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
She was about to carry the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel and rush at full speed to the place where the Ming River fell, when she saw the wheel suddenly sprout two legs — Shen Mu's legs had thrust out from beneath the wheel. The two legs strode forward with extreme speed, like two swiftly spinning wheels, howling toward Guixu!
Heavenly Venerable Gong was stunned for a moment, then hurried after him and reached out to seize the wheel. Shen Mu's face was frantic with alarm, and he cried out loudly, "Run! Run quickly!"
"This fellow Heavenly Venerable Mu seems even more panicked than I am. Is Tu Bo not his elder brother?"
Doubts rose in Heavenly Venerable Gong's heart, but by now the vertical eye at Tu Bo's brow had been activated, and a bolt of incomparably dark demonic fire descended from the heavens, crashing toward Yusuo Pass!
Heavenly Venerable Gong braced herself and charged forward. The Way-might stirred up by that demonic fire was terrifying beyond measure; before it even reached Yusuo Pass, countless Heavenly Court soldiers within the pass burst into flame!
This burning was not of the flesh but of the primordial spirit. The demonic fire born of their burning primordial spirits spurted from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses; in an instant, the primordial spirits of untold numbers of demon-gods were burned to ashes!
They raised their heads and spread their arms; wisps of black smoke spurted from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses; their bodies shook violently, then quickly fell still, standing motionless where they were.
Their flesh remained, but their primordial spirits were dead; the bodies were hollow!
The whole of Yusuo Pass, in an instant, became an empty city strewn with corpses!
Chill after chill rushed up in Heavenly Venerable Gong's heart; her scalp went numb. Tu Bo was not like the Heavenly Duke — the Heavenly Duke was the Way of Heaven, and even when he attacked Xuandu, the Heavenly Duke had not wrought much slaughter.
But Youdu was the origin of the demonic Way, and Tu Bo was a demonic Way ancient god born of nature; the sixty-four Great Ways of Youdu were sixty-four innate demonic Ways!
Once this demonic Way ancient god's killing intent was roused, there was no one he dared not kill!
In years past, he had stormed the Heavenly Court!
"Faster! Faster!"
Shen Mu seemed even more anxious than she was, urging her on: "Gong Yun, can you do it? If you cannot, undo the seals and let me out, and I will carry you into Guixu!"
Heavenly Venerable Gong clenched her teeth and charged forward, her doubts growing: "Heavenly Venerable Mu seems even more afraid of Tu Bo than I am..."
Her speed was extreme, a fleeting gleam and shadow. She rushed into one stele forest after another — forests of steles where countless demon-gods who had committed grave sins suffered torment, burning ceaselessly in karmic fire, enduring agony beyond measure.
Passing a karmic-fire stele forest, Heavenly Venerable Gong cast a careless glance and was slightly startled.
"Ugly Tu Bo!"
She saw Ugly Tu Bo seated amid an incomparably thick and dreadful karmic fire, a fire so terrible that even she felt her heart quail.
That dreadful karmic fire was full of sin — the deepest sins of the mortal world and of demon-gods, the most evil of negative emotions. Even one such as her, a Heavenly Venerable, if touched by it, would likely fall into the demonic Way, breeding all manner of evil thoughts and inner demons, and have her cultivation destroyed!
"Though Ugly Tu Bo has committed great sins, they should not warrant burning in such a fierce karmic fire, nor for so long..."
Scarcely had this thought crossed her mind when she saw, in the karmic-fire stele forest, an old man with white brows, white beard, and white eyes, also enduring torment in the fire, in utter agony.
"This old man looks like the Heavenly Duke..."