Chapter 505 — Thrashing the Grandmaster
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
In an instant the droplets in the air were stretched straight, becoming slender swords—eight thousand slender swords. Thrust, lift, cloud, chop, cleave, point, burst, hang, flick, wipe, sweep, block, intercept, flower, coil, swim, drill—seventeen sword forms, endlessly changing, all attacking Human Emperor Qikang at once.
Human Emperor Qikang's expression changed drastically. He leaped back into the air, his body swaying backward like a wild goose skimming the river's surface, tapping the water three times in succession, rising and falling, his movement technique exceedingly strange as he dodged the eight thousand swords' changes and attacks again and again!
Shen Mu stepped forward with inconceivable speed, both hands raised high. With a swish, countless droplets fell into his hands and became a long sword, which he raised and slashed down.
Swish!
Countless streaks of sword light burst from that single strike, the sword force swift as a violent storm, drowning Human Emperor Qikang.
Human Emperor Qikang roared, his body leaping into the air, his great hand shaking out a sky full of palm shadows to meet the blow. Suddenly countless sounds of air being split rang out: the eight thousand sword lights from Shen Mu's strike spun and sliced through his palms, and at once both hands were like broken sieves.
"Ha!"
Shen Mu stamped his foot heavily on the river's surface, and a column of water surged up like an angry dragon. He reached out and seized it, using the water dragon as a spear, man following spear, and with a whistle-whistle-whistle countless spear shadows stabbed at Human Emperor Qikang in midair.
Human Emperor Qikang was hung upon the spear, then Shen Mu swung him up and smashed him down hard onto the river. The river's surface exploded with a roar.
The water-dragon spear in Shen Mu's hands also burst apart. He raised both hands toward the sky; in midair thunder clashed and became a thunder dragon, which shook its head and lashed its tail and came crashing down upon the place where Human Emperor Qikang had fallen!
"Great Luo Heaven Star Palm Force!"
Shen Mu raised a hand and struck out a seal. Behind him the Great Luo Heaven Star spread out, forming a terrifying Great Luo divine-power field, and within that field appeared the phantom images of three hundred and sixty deities, all striking out with their palms.
This strike made no sound.
Yet the next moment, the great river quaked violently, and the long river twisted in the air—the warped force field formed by the eruption of more than three hundred and sixty different palm forces.
Shen Mu withdrew his hand. After a moment, Human Emperor Qikang floated straight up from the bottom of the water, drifted downstream, and floated past the long bridge of Between Life and Death.
On the bridge, the Human Emperors craned their necks to look, exchanging glances. After a moment, the Fourth Ancestor said quietly, "About this Overlord Body business—could that little Su have been lying to us? Can there really be such a thing as an Overlord Body in this world?"