Chapter 1746 — The Selfish Squire
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Heavenly Venerable Xu drove the Nether River whip burrowing into his skull and said in a harsh voice, "What became of us was to be fugitives at your side, fleeing to the ends of the earth! All because of that grand wish of yours to become human! " The Nether River whip was seared away by the blazing karma fire, and A Chou rose to his feet once more.
Heavenly Venerable Xu roared in fury. Her horn thrust out through A Chou's broad back and plunged into the back of his skull, driving him flying toward her.
Heavenly Venerable Xu worked her divine arts and attacked A Chou in a frenzy, striking to kill. "My mother, the woman of the strongest Ancient God in the world, did she enjoy a single day of glory and wealth? No! She lived in fear at your side, homeless and wandering, and in the end she died of exhaustion, of sickness, of terror!
" Her divine arts grew stronger and stronger as she gave free vent to the monstrous hatred in her heart, beating A Chou until he was covered in wounds, laughing and laughing, like one possessed.
"And my brothers and sisters? They were like me, bearing the bloodline of the strongest demigod.
Had they lived, not one of them would have achieved less than I! How did they die? Because of that great dream of yours to become human, it dragged them down to their deaths!
" Bang!
A Chou was trampled beneath her foot. Heavenly Venerable Xu looked down at her father's ugly face and said through gritted teeth, "Your bloodline is too strong.
My soul awakened while I was still in the womb, and I had memories; after I was born I watched everything you did with my own eyes! Did you always think it was the Heaven Emperor who planted the thought of hating you in me? It was not! When you took the form of A Chou Tubo and slaughtered your way into the Heavenly Court, my eyes were already full of hatred when I looked at you!
" Her foot ground down on A Chou's head, twisting without cease. "It was because the Ancient God, the Heaven Emperor, saw the hatred in my eyes that he took me in! But you never noticed. You were still taking your revenge on the Heavenly Court! I hate you for not erupting sooner! I hate you for wanting to become human!
I hate that we, the strongest race of all, could not stand high above and savor the awe and the worship of all living things!
" She lifted her foot. A Chou struggled to rise, but she stamped down again, driving his head into the earth! "Father? You are nothing but a selfish wretch. Whether you are Tubo or A Chou, you are just as selfish! There was never any room in your heart for us, only for yourself, only for your own wretched, lowly dream of becoming human.
Tubo the utterly selfless? You? As if you deserved the name! " Heavenly Venerable Xu stamped down once more and said with vicious relish, "You want to become human, but I do not! I will stand high above, I will become the one before whom countless people tremble and bow!
I will wipe out every last human and shatter your dream completely! " She seized the calf of the A Chou who had been stamped into the ground and dragged him out, then strode away toward Jingping, laughing.
"Father God, watch. I am going to destroy everything you hold dear. "