Chapter 1688 — Founding the Seventh Era
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Suddenly the head noticed him, and at once it came flying over in high excitement. Shen Mu's face showed alarm; he set the plank upright and seized his great saber on the spot.
The monstrous head came howling at him.
Shen Mu held his breath and gathered his spirit, and of a sudden the cold, silent wind blew a wrecked ship forward, and with a boom it crashed into the head charging at Shen Mu!
The broken hull bristled everywhere with sharp wooden splinters, and they actually pierced the monstrous head's flesh and hung it there.
The wrecked ship flew past before Shen Mu, and he saw at once a white skeleton hanging upon it — the Dao bones of a Dao-achiever, not dissolved by the Ultimate Void, but nailed fast to the ship.
The monstrous head let out a soundless roar, struggling to tear itself from the ship. Then Shen Mu saw the skeleton nailed to the ship lift a bony arm.
The arm grew longer and longer, and it seized the monstrous head's face and tore a chunk of flesh from it!
The bony arm withdrew and pressed that flesh to its own body; the flesh clung to its frame, and at once it was as though countless tentacles crawled over the bones, crawling and growing as they went. The skeleton reached out its arm again to rip flesh from the monstrous head's face.
The head, enraged, struggled with all its might and finally broke free of the wrecked ship, then rolled onto the deck and charged at the skeleton nailed to the ship's wall.
Nailed there as it was, unable to escape, the skeleton nonetheless stood like an awe-inspiring emperor whom none might violate, every gesture and motion displaying supreme majesty! But pinned down as he was, he could not bring out much of his strength.
The monstrous head rolled to and fro upon the ship, dodging his attacks, then suddenly slammed hard against the skeleton! The wrecked ship shook without cease.
The head drew back and rammed the skeleton again, and this blow was heavier still! Suddenly the ship's cabin was smashed open by it, and through the opened doorway six or seven white skeletons rushed out and pounced upon the monstrous head!
Shen Mu was dumbstruck. Those skeletons were all the Dao bones of Dao-achievers; they rushed forward and, without a word, tore strip after strip of flesh from the monstrous head's face and stuck them onto their own bodies!
Soon the monstrous head's flesh was torn away entirely! The skeletons, draped all over with flesh, were overjoyed — but then a gust of the cold, silent wind blew in, and the flesh scattered away with the wind.
Quiet fell over the wrecked ship.
Neither the monstrous head nor the skeletons beat one another any longer; instead they stood upon the deck like souls bereft, letting the cold, silent wind blow over them. Shen Mu burst out laughing and shook his head.
"These fools. .
.
"
Suddenly the monstrous head and the skeletons all turned their heads to look at him.
Shen Mu knew things had turned bad, and at once he urged the door plank to speed away. Upon the wrecked ship the skeletons and heads grew excited; the skeletons swiftly crawled up the mast, raised the tattered sail, used the cold, silent wind to quicken their pace, and sailed after him.
They rubbed their hands and clenched their fists in extraordinary excitement, plainly intending to rip off Shen Mu's flesh and blood and paste it onto themselves!
And the skeleton nailed to the ship's wall pounded the wall in excitement, urging them to go faster.
Though the ship looked broken, with its tattered sail raised it grew much faster, and it chased him relentlessly, drawing nearer and nearer to the door plank. One skeleton leaped from the mast and pounced at the plank, its hollow mouth wide open as though laughing in delight — but the next moment Shen Mu's Tribulation Sword pierced into its mouth and, with a thunk, nailed it to the wrecked ship.