Chapter 774 — The Ugly-Faced Youth

Shen Mu called out several times, but Shen Fengqing gave no answer at all; the big-headed baby had actually fallen asleep at this critical juncture, with a thumb still stuffed in his mouth. Shen Mu pulled the thumb out of his mouth and wiped it on his clothes; the thumb Shen Fengqing had been sucking was his own finger.

He had three heads and six arms; of these, one head and its two arms were under Shen Fengqing's control, while the other two heads and four arms were his own to command, and in battle Shen Mu could also wield all six arms.

Earlier, when Shen Fengqing slept, he would drag Shen Mu's hand over and stuff the thumb into his mouth. With nothing in his mouth, Shen Fengqing slept less soundly; he smacked his lips and mumbled a few words.

Shen Mu lifted Shen Fengqing's left hand and put the thumb into his mouth, and only then did he settle down.

"Is he the elder brother, or am I?

" Shen Mu shook his head and roamed through the darkness of the Life-Slaying Cauldron, searching for a way out; yet though he flew on and on, he could never find its edge.

The Life-Slaying Cauldron looked small enough, but the space within it seemed boundless, without end.

Shen Mu unleashed his teleportation divine ability, yet even that could not carry him out of the great cauldron. After a long while, he finally gave up searching for the cauldron's rim and turned to fly upward.

The Life-Slaying Cauldron had been forged by Tubo, and Tubo's powers were vast beyond measure; mighty as Shen Fengqing was, he was still immeasurably far from Tubo's level.

Thus the Heaven-Blending Net was in fact the best route of escape.

He came to the firmament, and before he had even drawn near, he saw countless starlights wheeling through the heavens, the star-river shifting and coiling like dragons as it surged toward him. Shen Mu raised a hand to block it, his mana forming a rampart, and the star-river crashed against that rampart at once. Boom— A violent tremor swept through him; his rampart of mana collapsed with a thunderous crash, and the star-river struck his very flesh, hurling him shrieking down from the heights!

In but a moment, countless stars had smashed into his body, and searing pain followed.

Shen Mu forced himself to withstand the blows, then bellowed, and from his mouth rolled the vast and mighty demon tongue of Youdu: "Where my body stands, there is Youdu!

" Below, the demonic qi within the Life-Slaying Cauldron swarmed upward, gathering beneath his feet into a dark continent; then the demonic qi of Youdu soared to the heavens and surged against the star-river above!

Shen Mu discovered that he could actually command the power of the Life-Slaying Cauldron, and was both startled and delighted. The star-river that came crashing at him was scattered by the demonic qi of Youdu; treading the continent of Youdu, he rose higher and higher, straight into the star-river itself.

The star-river churned, growing ever more violent, and suddenly the starlight of countless stars hummed and linked together, becoming a densely woven net of starlight, crisscrossing in all directions, descending from the sky, slicing through the demonic qi of Youdu as it fell. Startled, Shen Mu summoned the demonic qi of Youdu; the raging qi gathered in his hand into a long saber, and he hacked at the falling net of starlight! Crosswise and lengthwise, a vast single line of sky!

The blade-light swept one way and the other, tearing the net of starlight open. Shen Mu drew a long breath, his body swelling joint by joint into a giant ten thousand zhang tall, and his four arms hammered madly at the sky; in an instant countless fists had shattered the star-river!

Outside the cauldron, Yan Qianzhong, Gao Tianwang and the other ancient beings were still locked in their standoff, none willing to yield the opportunity; then suddenly the Life-Slaying Cauldron shook violently, its lid clanging again and again, the great cauldron rocking to and fro as though some colossal thing were imprisoned within, ready at any moment to burst out! Alarmed, the crowd looked on as Lu Li hastily shouted: "You are all our elders; this is no time for temper.

Refine the Divine Son of Youdu to death first, and then we shall decide what to do! " She and Xuanming, Yuhuang and Hanlei stepped forward at once, laying four palms upon the four corners of the Heaven-Blending Net and rousing its power.

"Good! " Yan Qianzhong came forward, wheels of flame spinning madly behind him, and the mana of his primordial spirit shot out like a streak of fire, striking the Life-Slaying Cauldron as he shouted: "Refine the Divine Son of Youdu to death first!

" Seeing this, Gao Tianwang raised a finger and lightly drew it across his brow; his brow split open, revealing a jade-green eye, and a beam of light shot from it, striking the Life-Slaying Cauldron as well.

He laughed: "Very well. As for who takes the Divine Son of Youdu's flesh, that can be settled after he is refined to death.

" The other ancient beings each employed their own arts: some stretched out their palms, some opened their mouths and spat forth mana, some manifested vast heavenly palaces behind them, pouring their mana into the Life-Slaying Cauldron and the Heaven-Blending Net to rouse the might of those two great treasures! "Knock him down out of the Heaven-Blending Net first! " Lu Li cried: "Let the Life-Slaying Cauldron refine him to death!

" Shen Mu had already fought his way into the star-river at the very top of the heavens, treading the continent of Youdu, sweeping all before him, and it seemed he would break free at any moment—when suddenly the star-river spun madly, its power surging. At the same time, four heads of Tubo emerged around the star-river, their vast bloody mouths gaping wide, and those four heads of Tubo crunched their jaws down upon his continent of Youdu.

Above, the star-river became a net of heaven and earth, starlight like chains, and the net of starlight sliced downward with more than ten times its former power!

"Do not meet it head-on!

" With the continent of Youdu pinned down by the four heads of Tubo, Shen Mu was just about to evade using a teleportation formation when he suddenly felt endless power surging toward him from the Life-Slaying Cauldron, flooding his whole body in an instant. He was startled and delighted: "Before, I could barely command any of the cauldron's power—how is it that suddenly I can command so much?

" He did not know that it was Gao Tianwang, Yan Qianzhong and the others who were rousing the Life-Slaying Cauldron; and Gao Tianwang, Yan Qianzhong and the rest did not know that by rousing it they only let Shen Mu command more of the power of Youdu. Shen Mu's aura surged violently; with a great roar he tore apart the chains of starlight and broke through the net of starlight, charging upward—only to see the star-river howling and rolling as it bore down upon him. Shen Mu struck with fists and feet, battering the star-river until it quaked without cease; the four heads of Tubo around him could no longer hold down the continent of Youdu, and bearing Shen Mu upon it, the continent rose higher and higher.

Outside the cauldron, Lu Li and the others were shaken until their arms went numb, their hearts filled with shock and dread. The Shen Mu within the cauldron was utterly overbearing; even the Life-Slaying Cauldron and the Heaven-Blending Net could not suppress him.

If this went on, he might well send the Heaven-Blending Net flying, break free, and slaughter all in every direction!

"Is the Life-Slaying Cauldron not the foremost treasure of slaughter in Youdu?

Why can it not refine him to death? " The crowd fell into panic, pouring out mana madly to rouse the Life-Slaying Cauldron and the Heaven-Blending Net, and Lu Li hastily cried out: "Fully rouse the power of the Heaven-Blending Net first, and drive him down to the bottom of the cauldron!