Chapter 493 — Human Life Weighs More Than Heaven
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
The guests at the banquet were knocked utterly off balance. The blast struck so violently that houses collapsed and roofs caved in; the palace eaves behind them were torn clean off and sent spinning backward through the air. Together with the eaves went the whole banquet—plates, bowls, wine, jade tables, all of it swept up into the sky by that terrifying surge of air.
Whoosh—a great tree snapped in two at the waist and whirled up into the air, and then several people beyond the residence walls were torn off the ground by the gale, flailing wildly, clutching at the tree in their panic, only to be flung away into nothingness by another, even more dreadful wave of force. Shen Mu and his companions were cultivators of no small attainment, after all, and each of them steadied themselves.
Bai Qingfu raised a hand, and one Mystic Water Dragon Pearl after another floated into the air.
"Freeze! " he barked. Above the Bai residence, the people and objects flung into the sky were all pinned in place—but beyond the walls, house after house and tree after tree were torn up by the roots and came surging toward them, until the pressure crushed down on Bai Qingfu beyond bearing. His face flushed red.
He stamped his foot, and the True Dragon Spirit manifested behind him, making the many Mystic Water Dragon Pearls blaze with light—and still it was not enough to hold back the weight.
"Qingfu! " A woman came hurrying over with a child in her arms, leading a crowd of Bai family experts.
Each of them stirred their Mystic Water Dragon Pearls, and the pressure on Bai Qingfu eased at once. He said hastily, "Mother, uncles, aunts—and Granduncle—why have you all come? " "I received word—Beiluo Shimen has already been breached!
" The woman spoke rapidly. "What's coming is the vanguard of the demon lords from beyond the realm.
Bailong City cannot hold.
You must leave the city at once and go to the Heavenly Court! We of the older generation will hold this place. You go on ahead with the common folk of the city; we will catch up soon after! " The other youths were stunned, then cried in alarm, "Beiluo Shimen is broken?
What are we to do?
Let's hurry back to our residences and warn the elders! " "There's no need! " The woman shouted, quelling the panic. She thrust the little boy in her arms into Bai Qu'er's embrace and pressed a Mystic Water Dragon Pearl into her hand as well, saying sternly, "Your elders already know—there's no need for you to warn them! Leave the city at once and go to the Heavenly Court!
Don't bother packing anything, just go! The Dragon God Pearl in Qu'er's hand will help you drive back the darkness! " Bai Qingfu knew how grave the situation was, and looked urgently at Shen Mu.
"Brother Shen, you come with us!
" Shen Mu's heart stirred. The chest rattled and rose to its feet. Ban Gongcuo hastily leaped up onto the chest, and the Dragon Qilin, spirited and alert, leaped up onto it too. They made straight for the rear gate. When they reached it, a heaven-shaking boom suddenly sounded. Shen Mu turned to look, and saw the vast body of one of Bailong City's deities—the one guarding the south gate—flung high into the air and come crashing down toward them. At the same moment the deity was sent flying, an ox-headed giant wrapped in chains appeared outside the city gate.
Its enormous body towered even above the gate tower. It hauled on the chains, and at their end a black iron ball as vast as a mountain crashed down upon the deity!
Shen Mu felt a chill of dread. If the black iron ball smashed down on that deity, it would surely land here—what chance would they have to live?