Chapter 1751 — The Great Army Flees Three Thousand Li
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"A Blasphemer?
" Shen Mu gasped for a moment, trying to heal the wounds on his mortal flesh, yet the Fourth Lord Zixiao's Primordial Finger surpassed his own in its transformations, leaving him unable to break it in so short a time. To unravel the transformations of that divine ability was not, for him, impossible; Shen Mu had studied the Primordial Finger too, only he could not match the Fourth Lord in its variations.
If he could but comprehend the transformations lurking in his wound, he would be able to heal the dao wound. "Third Brother, you call this divine ability of mine the power of the Blasphemers?
" He sealed the wound by force and, with a half-smile, said, "This divine ability of mine is not among the dao arts and divine abilities of Miluo Palace, and so it must be a Blasphemer's art?
With our teacher gone, you few have grown more spineless by the day, petty and small-minded. That you cannot tolerate men is one thing, but that you cannot tolerate even a new dao art, a new divine ability, is truly disappointing. No wonder Miluo Palace today is so foul and murky! " The Third Lord Lingxiao's face darkened, and he said coldly, "Old Seven, you do not know the origins of the Blasphemers of Tiandu, so learning their divine abilities is forgivable.
The war between Miluo Palace and Tiandu has lasted ten cosmic epochs. Tiandu is no upright path, but a blasphemy against the great Dao of heaven and earth; trusting in its own martial might, it wreaks havoc upon the great Dao. And now you too have set foot on that crooked road! " With his hands clasped behind his back, he said mildly, "The strife between you and me is but a quarrel within Miluo Palace.
Even should we batter one another until blood flows, it remains a contest between senior and junior brothers. But the struggle between the Blasphemers of Tiandu and Miluo Palace is another matter: it is a war of orthodox lineage, a war of good against evil! Old Seven, do not ruin yourself!
" Shen Mu laughed heartily. "Third Brother, now it is you and Old Four joining hands to destroy my lineage, and you would forbid me even the use of my strongest divine ability?
A fine bargain indeed! " The Third Lord's face fell. Behind him the phantom of a Dao Tree slowly emerged, and he said in a heavy voice, "Old Four has a flaw in his mind; seize that flaw, and you may bring him down and force him to retreat. But I have no such flaw. I entered Miluo Palace earlier, and attained the Dao earlier.
In the year our teacher did away with Tiandu, I was there as well.
Flaunt a Blasphemer's divine ability before me, and I shall use our teacher's supreme art to slay you, just as our teacher slew the Lord of Tiandu! " His Dao Tree grew ever clearer, and upon it the dao fruits gradually surfaced, each one holding a different dao.
The phantom of that Dao Tree took root in Shen Mu's domain and pierced through the Thirty-Three Heavens, vaster and more inconceivable even than Shen Mu's World Tree!
The mere phantom of this Dao Tree was enough to suppress Shen Mu's dao realm! Their eyes met, and Shen Mu's pupils narrowed.
In the Hall of Chaos the qi of chaos once more spread, forming a mighty river of chaos around the World Tree, like a great kalpa of destruction!
Nor was that all: his aura burst forth wholly, and his dao realm began to collapse with it, turning to chaos!
Since the Third Lord had suppressed his dao realm, he might as well destroy the dao realm along with it!
The dao realm was his divine treasury, and he meant to shatter his own divine treasury in one stroke, to swell the power of the Tiandu World-Opening Chapter! At once the domain of the Thirty-Three Heavens fell into the kalpa of destruction.
Countless celestial gods and demons nearby beheld that dreadful omen of world-annihilation; heaven and earth, all things, collapsed inward toward Shen Mu, turning to chaos, turning to the kalpa of ruin!