Chapter 1730 — Ten Steps to Slay a God
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
The blood-colored ancient god smiled. "The gap between us is too great. You will die quickly, and without pain. Emperor Hao asked me to act—not only to kill you, but also to destroy your soul, so that the Seventh Young Master cannot revive you. For me, this is a trifling matter."
Suddenly another voice rang out, laughing heartily. "Is the Human Sovereign Shen Wu here?"
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign endured his pain and looked toward the voice. A green-faced ancient god with protruding fangs walked over, like a ghost king of Youdu. The green-faced ancient god's gaze fell upon his face, and he smiled. "You are the Human Sovereign Shen Wu. Wonderful. I searched all along the way, and never expected to meet you here, fellow Daoist. Emperor Hao asked me to kill you."
The Village Chief and the others rose silently, standing before the First Ancestor, whose wounds were the most severe.
"There is no need for that, gentlemen."
The five ancient gods exchanged glances and said in unison, "Killing you is but a lift of the hand for us. It is only that Emperor Hao is cautious and asked the five of us avatars to come, each dealing with one. In truth, a single avatar would suffice. Even if the Southern Emperor wished to flee, she could not escape."
Despair deepened in the Southern Emperor's heart. Dao fire blazed fiercely around her as she cried out sternly, "Yan'er, from this day forth, Bai Yuqiong is your mother! Go—"
She soared into the air, the Vermilion Bird soul manifesting. Dao fire twisted space itself. With magnificent valor, she lunged at the five ancient gods!
The five strangely featured ancient gods exchanged smiles and shook their heads one after another. "Pitiful. A moth to the flame, courting its own destruction. The Dao arts and divine powers of the Miluo Palace—how could the likes of you ever resist them?"
One of the ancient gods, great paths burning like fire around his body, raised his hand to meet the Southern Emperor. An indescribably terrifying pressure descended. The space twisted by the Vermilion Bird soul was sealed, and the Southern Emperor's mana was sealed as well. She was frozen in midair!
The Dao resonance of the Dao fire emanating from that ancient god was stronger than hers, deeper, suppressing her utterly and leaving her no power to resist.
The Southern Emperor's heart grew calm, with only one last concern remaining. "Silly girl, run..."
The ancient god smiled faintly and struck to kill.
At the same time, the other four ancient gods each stepped forward, advancing toward the Two Emperors of Chi and Ming, the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu, and the First Ancestor Human Sovereign!
A suffocating despair spread through Jade Cliff Pass. Yan'er suddenly screamed and rushed forward.
Boom!
Space exploded. A fist punched through the back of the ancient god who had frozen the Southern Emperor and was about to slay her, bursting out through the front of his skull!
The fist's five fingers splayed open, and the five primordial great paths—Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji—erupted from the fingertips, blasting the ancient god into pieces!
Shen Mu's body crashed out of space, smashing the ancient god's shattered flesh into fine powder. The powder dispersed, transforming into streams of primordial chaos qi that drifted away.
Frozen in midair, the Southern Emperor's bright red robes flapped violently in the wild wind, her Dao fire streaming behind her. She stared in disbelief at the scene!
Shen Mu said not a word. The vertical eye at the center of his brow opened, and a primordial light shot from it, piercing through the skull of another ancient god. His right hand became a sword, and he made a level slash—one sword to open the heavens!
The Heaven-Opening Chapter of the Heavenly Capital!
With that slash, the third ancient god's body exploded, and as though heaven and earth were being sundered, a myriad-world cosmos rose slowly within Jade Cliff Pass!