Chapter 1779 — A Body Full of Holes
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Shen Mu had long since discovered that if one forcibly pulled out the Dao-Slaying Divine Nails, one was certain to stir the power of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin, which would gravely wound not only the one who tried to open the coffin, but also Taiyi suppressed within it.
To touch the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin was to wound both others and oneself; unless brought to a critical juncture, he would not resort to so desperate a measure. His wounds from the battle with Palace Lord Chuge were not yet healed, and against Changfeng he had no certainty of victory.
The might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin erupted.
With a hum, light swelled outward in every direction, and wherever it passed, the roots that filled Shen Mu's divine treasury and body were blasted full of holes, riddled with countless perforations!
Shen Mu gave a muffled grunt.
His primordial spirit, his celestial palace, and the many heavens of his divine treasury seemed pierced by countless nails; in an instant, wind leaked from every side! At the same time, the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin pierced through his flesh and shot outward from within his body.
Hiss, hiss, hiss - blood spattered in every direction, and his body in an instant became a broken sieve, letting light through everywhere!
The might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin was truly terrifying in its magnitude!
When the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin subsided, blood spurted from every part of Shen Mu's body, yet he reached out and caught hold, one after another, of the roots that were about to shrink back into the River of Chaos. "If I let you take a message back, would that not let the Third and Fourth Young Masters see through my true state and know that I am strong without but hollow within? " Shen Mu strained to heft those roots onto his back, turned himself around, and dragged with all his might.
The River of Chaos shook with violent tremors, the gushing chaos qi withdrew at flying speed, and Palace Lord Changfeng's incomparably towering roots were actually torn out of it by brute force!
Those roots at once shrank into a clump, then burst outward in all directions; countless roots spread through the surrounding starry sky, seeking to take root in the stars of the distant heavens.
Shen Mu flicked his wrist and hurled the coffin of Taiyi, smashing it into the center of the clump of roots. Then, curling his fingers, he flicked them again and again, striking in succession the fifty divine nails of the coffin of Taiyi.
On that clump of roots, one eye after another suddenly appeared.
The pupils of those eyes contracted sharply, and all the eyes turned to gaze upon the coffin of Taiyi that had flown before them. Light burst from within the divine coffin!