Chapter 1543 — A Barrage of Hidden Moves

Qiang Tianfei's heart chilled. While parrying the divine-sense attacks of the three Heavenly Venerables, she seized the God-Slaying Mystic Blade, and the great blood-fiend dragon wrapped around Shen Mu's waist with a swish.

"Mu Tianzun," Qiang Tianfei said viciously, "if you don't move faster, you'll be feeding my divine blade!"

She had just spoken when she looked down at her chest and saw that Shen Mu had, at some unknown moment, already drawn his sword. Its tip was pressed between her breasts.

Qiang Tianfei sneered, "This body of mine can be cast aside at any moment, but if you die, you won't come back. My blood-fiend God-Slaying Mystic Blade has devoured the final Way of the Heavenly Dao, the Way of Heavenly Calamity. Just break a little skin, and no matter that you are a Heavenly Venerable, you'll be dead in an instant!"

The three Heavenly Venerables' divine senses hammered her again and again. Qiang Tianfei's delicate frame swayed; she could barely hold on.

Shen Mu laughed loudly. "Great Emperor, do you really think your God-Slaying Mystic Blade can break my Unchanging Divine Art?"

One stood at the bow, the other at the stern, glaring at each other savagely, looking as though they might destroy each other at any moment.

Suddenly, within the chaos mist, the sound of the Heavenly Dao swelled mightily. One supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao after another emitted immensely heavy Dao tones and swept in from all directions.

The muscles on Qiang Tianfei's and Shen Mu's faces twitched. In an instant, Shen Mu withdrew his sword, and Qiang Tianfei put away her divine blade. Both of them suddenly wore pleasant, spring-bright smiles.

Qiang Tianfei raised her twin blades to hold off the assault of the Heavenly Dao treasures, while Shen Mu's Calamity Sword met the treasures hurtling toward him. Together, they barely managed to block Patriarch God King's attack.

"Over here!"

Patriarch God King's voice came from the chaos mist. Then the many supreme Heavenly Dao treasures suddenly converged, merging into a single supreme treasure in the fog. Patriarch God King stamped on his Dao tree and lunged savagely out of the mist!

When he reached the spot, however, he struck only empty air. The little boat had vanished without a trace.

Patriarch God King swept his lightning-like gaze around but found no sign of the boat. At that very moment, a beam of light flashed and traced lightly behind him. The Guixu Abyss opened, and Patriarch God King could not stop himself from falling into it!

Divine light flashed in his eyes. Raising the supreme Heavenly Dao treasure, he smashed down fiercely, broke through the Guixu Abyss, and burst out of it, only to see two ancient Taiji gods charging at him.

Each of the two ancient gods raised one hand. The two hands traced lightly, transforming into a Taiji diagram that pressed toward him.

Patriarch God King's body shook violently. He was blasted straight backward, but the Dao tree under his feet did not follow. His heart seized with panic, and he could not stop himself from plummeting into the chaotic river.

"Damn it!"

Just as he was about to fall into the chaotic river, a palm suddenly grabbed him from behind and lifted him up. Turning his head, Patriarch God King saw Hao Heavenly Venerable arriving on a Dao tree.

At the sight, Yan Tianfei and the two ancient Taiji gods withdrew, vanishing into the chaos mist and concealing their forms.

"No need to worry."

Hao Heavenly Venerable remained unhurried and said idly, "Mu Tianzun wants to muddy the waters, but the Great Emperor is not of one mind with him. Two people in a single boat will capsize sooner or later."

Patriarch God King, still shaken from his fright, bowed his head in agreement. "But what if those two escape?"

"They can't."

Hao Heavenly Venerable smiled slightly. "Palace Heavenly Venerable has already locked onto them. They have no hope of slipping away. Don't you think so, Palace Heavenly Venerable?"

A Dao tree drifted over. Palace Heavenly Venerable, her divine sense seething, locked firmly onto Qiang Tianfei's position. "Rest assured, Hao Heavenly Venerable. The Great Emperor cannot escape my palm."

Meanwhile, Shen Mu and Qiang Tianfei stood on the little boat. Qiang Tianfei was still fending off the divine-sense attacks of the three Heavenly Venerables, silently bemoaning, "These three are relentless. Sooner or later they'll drain my divine sense dry, and when that happens, that little bastard Shen Mu will kill me with tremendous joy!"

She glanced at Shen Mu and saw a leopard staring at its bleeding prey, waiting for her blood to run out before beginning its feast.

"That little wretch..."

Qiang Tianfei drove the two God-Slaying Blades with a beaming smile, plotting when to land a fatal blow on that little bastard.

On this little boat, with its cramped space, she still had her chance.

Shen Mu, likewise beaming, gripped the hilt of the Calamity Sword tightly. The two stared at each other, unmoving.

Whoosh!

The little boat suddenly swept past Void Heavenly Venerable. Only then did she notice it and hastily gave chase. Cold sweat immediately poured from Qiang Tianfei's forehead.

Void Heavenly Venerable was chasing the boat, and she herself was standing at the stern, already having to resist the divine senses of three Heavenly Venerables. Now another one was at her heels, attacking. Was heaven determined to destroy her?

Just when Void Heavenly Venerable was about to catch up, a divine-artifact Heavenly Venerable suddenly struck from the side and blasted toward her.

Void Heavenly Venerable had no choice but to block it, and by then the little boat had already sailed out of her sight.

"Shi Qiluo!"

Void Heavenly Venerable raged. After a few exchanges, she pressed a light seal between the brows of the divine-artifact Heavenly Venerable, sealing away all its senses, then cast it down into the chaotic river.

On the little boat, Qiang Tianfei had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a Dao tree appear behind them. The burly Shi Qiluo, carrying his treasure chest, was chasing after them with great glee!

Qiang Tianfei giggled. "Lady Yuanmu is my ally, Mu Tianzun. Your calculations were wrong."

Shen Mu replied with a bright smile, "What a coincidence. Lady Yuanmu is my ally as well."

Qiang Tianfei's heart tightened. Then came Shi Qiluo's bold, rough laughter. The big man opened his treasure chest, and one divine-artifact Heavenly Venerable after another flew out. He cackled, "I just love beating allies to death!"

Qiang Tianfei and Shen Mu exchanged a smile, their enmity dissolving in an instant. No longer at odds, they joined forces and attacked Shi Qiluo!

For all his divine-artifact Heavenly Venerables, within a few exchanges the two had destroyed two of them. The God-Slaying Mystic Blade drained every last bit of qi and blood from the divine-artifact Heavenly Venerables, while Shi Qiluo himself took several sword wounds. He hurriedly turned around and fled at breakneck speed.

"Mu Tianzun, you bastard, no more tricks!"

Seeing Shi Qiluo retreat, Qiang Tianfei suddenly flew into a rage. Brandishing her twin divine blades, she cried fiercely, "If you dare pull another underhanded trick, I'll drag you down with me even if it costs me my life!"