Chapter 466 — Sword Arts and Sword Scars
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
At a single command from Fu Yunxi, the Fu family's divine ability users summoned dark clouds. The dense, black clouds linked into a sea of cloud that shrouded a thousand li, with lightning flashing and thunder rolling. One after another, incomparably thick tornadoes descended from the cloud layer. The tornadoes twisted and writhed, yet did not advance—they were held in check by the Fu family's divine ability users.
Mu Yingxue, meanwhile, led the divine ability users of the Mu family from Thunder Mountain City forward, casting the various virulent poisons she had refined into the wind. The tornadoes drew the poisons up into the dark clouds, and soon the clouds changed hue, turning a monstrous green.
Even the ceaselessly flashing thunderbolts gave off a green glow.
The entire cloud layer was saturated with the Mu family's virulent poisons.
Gust after gust of wild wind surged up from behind Shen Mu, setting the young man's robes atop the city tower streaming forward, flapping and rustling.
The wind was cool, carrying away the excess heat from his body.
His blood ran too hot.
The Western Lands' female divine ability users displayed before him a bearing in battle wholly different from Jingping's, yet no less stirring to the blood!
Women yield nothing to men. Though these women might appear charming and alluring in men's eyes, upon the battlefield they were the mightiest of warriors!
A killing stillness.
Before the True Heaven Palace at this moment hung a deep, murderous pall. Black clouds pressed upon the city as though to crush it; there was only the sound of wind, and no other sound at all. The oppression was enough to drive one mad.
Just then, a figure flew out from the cluster of palaces within the sea of clouds, passing straight by one mountain giant after another—and those mountain giants paid the figure no heed at all.
"Bago!"
He Yiyi, Mu Yingxue, Fu Yunxi, and the others' expressions shifted slightly. Even facing the mountain giants that guarded the True Heaven Palace, they had shown no trace of fear—yet facing that figure flying toward them, their expressions could not help but change.
He Yiyi gave a soft cry, and the whole of Yun City underwent a sudden transformation. The city split apart, countless stones floating into the air and swiftly assembling into a great defensive formation, shielding the He family's juniors behind them.
Her own figure was borne up by a great stone, drifting toward the front of the formation.
Suddenly, a person appeared at her side. He Yiyi turned her head and saw that it was Shen Mu; warmth welled up in her heart.
"Sword Spirits, Array the Heavenly Soldiers!"
Luo Yinyu cried out, and the tens of thousands of Luo family female divine ability users all rode their flying swords upon qi. Countless flying swords chimed and rang, floating in the air and transforming into a vast sword formation. The countless swords wove and flew through the air, and though numerous, they were not the least bit disordered.
Luo Yinyu floated amid the sword formation, gripping her sword hilt backhanded, her gaze incomparably sharp as she looked at the newcomer.
"Eight Pillars of Heaven!"
Fang Caidie cried out fiercely, and behind her the mountain giants abruptly collided, transforming into massive pillars that propped up the heavens and stood upon the earth, round and rolling. Eight mountain giants stepped forward, pulled up the pillars, and shouldered them, their killing intent seething.
The other families likewise brought forth their own means, watching the newcomer in great alarm. Even the Liu family's mother and daughter, Liu Ruyin and Liu Zhenqing, were deeply anxious, coming before the golden divine coffin and ready at any moment to break the seal and release the divine corpse.
Shen Mu's heart was shaken. This Bago had come alone, yet had nearly forced the great clans of the Western Lands to bring out their hidden trump cards. It had to be said—this Bago was magnificent in his majesty!