Chapter 1776 — Death to Trespassers
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Taiyi Fells the Tree! He was like Taiyi at the dawn of the Seventeenth Era universe, transformed into an unmatched giant raising his axe to fell the World Tree.
No matter how Palace Master Chuge changed his powers, he paid no heed and hacked down with his axe! As the axe light fell, blood burst forth in every mirror, and countless Palace Master Chuges were cut down by Shen Mu at once!
Blood flowed from the mirrors.
Shen Mu dispersed his divine axe and stepped out of the mirror, and as he emerged, all the Shen Mus in the mirrors merged back into one. With a crash, the mirrors all shattered into dust.
These mirrors were fragments of the divine swords of Wuyou Village.
Though each broken sword was extraordinary, how could they withstand his divine powers? Amid the dust, Palace Master Chuge lay prone upon the ground, his waist sundered in two, cut clean through by that axe.
The Great Dao within him had been severed by Shen Mu as well!
"You too inherited your arts from the Miluo Palace.
Strange though your Dao arts and divine powers are, they cannot escape the framework of the Miluo Palace.
" Shen Mu stood before him, gazing past him, his face calm, saying: "And before coming here, I already met the Eldest Young Master.
The Taishang Hall of the Eldest Young Master was felled by my axe as well.
After felling his Taishang Hall, I see through your Dao arts and divine powers as clearly as fire.
" Behind Palace Master Chuge, a Dao tree slowly rose, strange and wondrous, every leaf like a bright mirror, as if countless mirrors hung upon the tree, refracting light of different colors.
Palace Master Chuge braced with both hands, his upper body flying up to land upon the tree.
His lower body strode swiftly to stand beneath the tree.
Palace Master Chuge's face was grave, for where Shen Mu's axe had wounded him, upper and lower, a Dao wound remained, ceaselessly ravaging his flesh, so his wounds could neither close nor grow together to heal as before. "Years ago this axe of Taiyi was used to fell the World Tree. Later he was captured by Eldest Young Master Taishang and suppressed within a coffin, and so he refined this axe to break the arts of the Eldest Young Master.
" Shen Mu strode forward, the Dao of Taiyi in his hand turning once more into the divine axe of Taiyi, saying: "If Taiyi were to escape and meet Eldest Young Master Taishang again, he too would likely be felled by this axe. " All former arrogance and ease gone from his face, Palace Master Chuge swiftly drove his Dao fruits, seeking to undo the Dao wounds.
"All Dao trees under heaven are born in imitation of the World Tree.
No matter how many Dao fruits you hold, before this axe of mine the end is the same.
The axe falls, the tree breaks, the body dies, the Dao perishes. " Shen Mu came before the Dao tree of Palace Master Chuge and looked up at him, saying: "Before, hiding in the mirrors, you did not use your full strength. Now you have your Dao tree, but your Dao tree has not fully descended, only two Dao fruits have come, and through overconfidence you are gravely wounded.
You are no longer my match. " Shen Mu's gaze fell upon the two Dao fruits behind him, saying slowly: "After you return to the Miluo Palace, carry a message for me.
" Scarce had the word message fallen when Shen Mu struck with violent force! The legs of Palace Master Chuge's lower body flew out in a linked assault, kicking toward Shen Mu in rapid succession, while behind him his Dao tree unleashed its full might, myriad branches dancing and wielding different powers to assail Shen Mu from all sides!
Every blow was perfect to the extreme!
The leaves upon his Dao tree were like mirrors, every mirror rising at once, the bright mirrors reflecting the figure of Palace Master Chuge. His two Dao fruits floated beside his head, spinning madly about him, Dao patterns, Dao chains, and Dao realms erupting together, two thirty-six heavens Dao realms overlapping!