Chapter 493 — Human Life Weighs More Than Heaven
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
We go! " They hurried into the darkness. The chest also gave off a faint, ghostly light—something that would ordinarily have astonished others, but now no one had the heart to ask about it. Behind them, the outer-realm demons came on like sharks scenting blood, attacking again and again. Bai Qingfu and the others guarded the rear, fighting as they retreated.
"We're too slow, dragging all this baggage!
" Ban Gongcuo gnashed his teeth, glaring savagely at the common folk of Bailong City around them, and grinned. "These low-born wretches are a waste of life anyway.
Better to kill them all—then we might have a chance to escape! Sect Master Shen, you agree with me, don't you? " Shen Mu looked at Bai Qu'er and said gravely, "Qu'er, give the Dragon God Pearl to these people.
The rest of you follow my chest—I'll lead you out, and there may still be a chance to live.
Otherwise, we really will be dragged down by these common folk! " Bai Qu'er shook her head.
"How could I forsake the common people for my own life? There is no one like that in the Bai family! Brother Mu, the Supreme Emperor's Heavenly Court was founded for the common people; the gods exist for the common people.
The Supreme Emperor has said, human life outweighs heaven!
" Her voice was soft, yet it struck the ear like a bell.
"If we cannot protect the common people, what use are the gods? The Supreme Emperor said that before human life, even the gods must stand aside. " Shen Mu was deeply shaken.
"Human life outweighs heaven? " Ban Gongcuo laughed in fury.
"He who does not serve himself is condemned by heaven and earth!
Human life outweighs heaven? I say even the Supreme Emperor, faced with this, would run for his own life first! " Bai Qu'er shook her head. "The Supreme Emperor would never do such a thing.
" More and more outer-realm demons came surging from behind. Shen Mu went to the rear of the column himself, fighting off the outer-realm demons to cover the group's retreat eastward. Shen Mu at last saw the "outer-realm demons" clearly—they were human, no different from themselves. He could not help but wonder, "They are human too?
" Neither side hesitated or held back. The moment they met, they struck with the most vicious killing moves, fighting to the death. Shen Mu's vital essence erupted; he drove his sword core at the onrushing "outer-realm demons. " Flying swords flew out from the sword core one after another, sword forms shifting unpredictably, cutting down one enemy after another.
"Kill these traitors! " The "outer-realm demons" shouted back, "Win merit and establish our place—return to the Heavenly Court soon! " Both sides fought in blood.
Bai Qingfu and the others could not kill them fast enough, and more outer-realm demons kept pouring in.
Everyone was wounded, more or less. Suddenly someone was struck into the darkness and devoured by monsters in the dark, turning to white bone in an instant. A pang of grief rose abruptly in Shen Mu—it was the girl he had fought in the Bai residence.
They fought as they retreated, until at last the final outer-realm demon fell beneath their swords.
All at once the world grew still, with only the monsters of the darkness whispering. Shen Mu healed the others. Bai Qingfu grinned.
"Brother Shen knows medicine too? A man of many talents. " His left arm had been cut off, and still he could smile—it commanded admiration.
"No need to heal me. " Shen Mu came to the side of the youth who had challenged him—the one with Shen's Overlord Body. The youth's chest was torn open in a great hole; his breath was a thread. He raised his head and smiled. "I can't be saved.
I feel my soul is shattered.
I was greedy for merit and tried to kill my opponent, and took his blow instead. Don't carry my corpse—just leave me here.
Don't let me drag you down. .