Chapter 319 — Sorcery of Soul Sacrifice
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
"Naikui, do not flee! " (Naikui, in the Miao tongue, means "the mother of the princess. ") Primal power surged within the carriage, and in an instant countless grasses and trees shot up in mad growth, swelling beyond all measure, and more than ten mu of woodland seemed to come alive.
The ancient trees of the Wasteland tore themselves from the earth, becoming tree giants; they strode on thick root-legs that stamped the very ground to trembling, their trunks turning into enormous fists that sent pursuers flying with boom, boom, boom!
The trees of the Wasteland were huge to begin with — many stood dozens of zhang tall, and not a few were as tall as mountain peaks — and, driven by the woman's wondrous divine power, they grew still more towering, their strength without limit!
The vines of the forest turned into veritable demons; thick green creepers coiled like serpents about adept after adept and strangled the life out of them!
Shen Mu's eyelids jumped. This divine power was rarely seen; it was somewhat similar to the Creation Earth Origin Skill but was far more overbearing!
For a time the earth shook and the mountains reeled as the tree giants ran rampant. Yet the remaining alien adepts reacted with extreme swiftness, each urging his own divine power; shrill cries rose from great tree and green vine alike, and white lights, half spirit and half soul, flew out of trunks and creepers, whereupon the tree giants toppled and the vines withered.
One adept waved his hand; a mountain peak rumbled, and countless boulders clattered this way and that across the ground, transforming in the blink of an eye into a mountain giant that swung a vast fist at the carriage! The doe before the carriage raised a hoof, and more than ten rings of gold and silver flew from it, looping around the onrushing fist and crushing the giant's stone fist to pieces; when the giant's other fist hammered down, the doe let out a muffled groan.
The stag stamped; countless blades of grass shot madly up from the earth, cutting like swords as they thrust into the crevices between the giant's stones, taking root and sprouting, and the mountain giant at once split apart and collapsed.
The two deer then pulled the carriage forward in a headlong dash.
"What divine power is this?
" Shen Mu was astonished. These people all seemed to borrow the might of heaven and earth, magnifying natural force, and turn it into divine power — a method completely different from those of Jingping State and the states around it. "It is the divine power of the True Heaven Palace of the Western Lands," the Dragon Qilin said in his rumbling voice.
"I once went to the Western Lands with the Patriarch. The True Heaven Palace is the holy land there.
Its divine powers differ a little from those of the Central Plains. They believe that all things have spirits, that all things have gods — that even grass, wood, and stone have spirits, with gods hidden within. So their divine powers follow the path of 'all things have spirits, all things have gods.
' The Patriarch said, 'Not bad at all. '" "All things have spirits, all things have gods?
" Shen Mu marveled.
This divine power of the Western Lands had walked a road unlike any other, and it was well worth learning from.
For the young Patriarch to praise it as "not bad at all" showed that the True Heaven Palace truly lived up to the name of holy land. The mountain giant in particular was truly stunning — a whole mountain came alive and became a giant to do battle, shaking heaven and earth; in sheer destructive power it achieved an inconceivable feat and opened one's eyes!
"It's just that the destructive power is too great!
" Cult Master Shen grew excited. "I wonder if the Western Lands still have any houses left standing? I'm afraid even a single mountain may not remain, eh? If I could learn this trick, I'd make a fine hand at demolishing mountains to build roads!
" "Strike!