Chapter 474 — A Fatal Flaw
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
This was the sound of a divine treasure's wall breaking — so violent that it seemed like the wall-breaking of a Heavenly Being's divine treasure!
Hummm, hummm, hummm — light burst forth from all around Shen Mu and became seven stars that wheeled about him: pure yang qi like a blazing sun; pure yin qi like a bright moon; Mars blazing huge as a bushel; Saturn hanging heavy, brimming with the yellow of earth; Venus shining with white radiance; Mercury brimming with surging watery vapor; Jupiter giving off the qi of the Azure Dragon; and thunder rolling on and on.
Upon each of the seven great stars stood a deity, strange in form: an ox head on a human body, a three-legged bird's head, a tiger's head with a leopard's tail — seven Star Lords, each of a different shape.
Shen Mu's body shook violently, and behind him rose a spirit soul five or six zhang tall, both hands cupped as if holding nothing, with the seven stars floating between its palms.
The Old Mother of True Heaven blurted out, "Such a powerful spirit soul!
He is only at the Heavenly Being realm — why has this seven-star anomaly appeared? " "You heard how dreadful the sound of his wall-breaking was. " Imperial Preceptor Jingping exhaled a breath of turbid air, his manner bleak.
"I always reckoned myself a straight line, with no weak point at all. Only now do I know that I am not.
He is the straight line; I am a triangle. Is the Overlord Body truly this strong?
" The Old Mother of True Heaven was shocked and uncertain, stunned by the terrifying spectacle of Shen Mu's seven-star wall-breaking.
For a seven-star wall-breaking, the sound should never be so dreadful, nor the momentum so strong.
Yet what shocked her more was the Overlord Body. Never in her life had she heard that such a constitution existed in this world! "Imperial Preceptor Jingping, what is an Overlord Body? " the Old Mother of True Heaven asked humbly.
"The Overlord Body comes from an ancient legend. " Imperial Preceptor Jingping's interest stirred.
"An elder once told me of it; let me explain it in full. It is said that of the Overlord Body, there can be only one in the world.
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" They pursued for four or five days. Shen Mu steadied his Seven Stars realm and his cultivation grew ever more vigorous; with the Spirit Embryo, Five Luminaries, Six Harmonies, and Seven Stars divine treasures all open at once, his strength closed in on that of the Dragon Qilin, that monstrous beast. The Dragon Qilin fell into a great panic, a keen sense of crisis rising in its heart: "This is bad!
If the Cult Master's cultivation catches up to mine, I'll be useless! Where am I ever going to find another meal-ticket as prime as the Cult Master?
" The Old Mother of True Heaven let out a breath of relief and smiled.
"We are not far from the Great Venerable now.
" Shen Mu raised his eyes and looked ahead: before them lay the Flame Desert.
In surprise he said, "That Ban Gongcuo has actually fled beyond the Western Lands.
Worthy of the Great Venerable — no one can match his talent for saving his own skin. Were it not for Sister Siyu this time, I fear he would have slipped away again.
" The Flame Desert blazed with leaping fire. The moment they drew near, strange patterns surfaced on Shen Mu's body, crawling over his whole frame.
The corner of the Old Mother of True Heaven's eye twitched. "Cult Master Shen, those patterns on your body. .
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" "Some kind of curse, most likely. " Shen Mu was unconcerned. "They appeared the last time I came here.
These patterns grow all the way down to the soles of my feet, and nothing can remove them; only when I leave the Flame Desert do they vanish on their own.
" "Even the soles of your feet?
" The Old Mother of True Heaven was greatly shaken, and nearly cried out in exultation: "Imperial clan!