Chapter 507 — The Legend of the Tempered Body
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The other Human Emperors wore strange expressions and said nothing.
Tuo Yu had always been the most dependable of the Human Emperors of every age; his mastery of the calculation arts was unmatched under heaven. Yet now, faced with Shen the Overlord Body, his calculations had gone wrong.
Against an "Overlord Body" like Shen Mu, a single slip would cost them all face!
To be safe, they would rather not trust Human Emperor Tuo Yu's skill in the calculation arts at all.
Human Emperor Tuo Yu, choking with fury, leaped down from the bridge and shouted, "You don't trust me? How could I be wrong? I'll go down right now and cripple the boy, and you'll see!"
"Daluo Heaven Star Palm Force!"
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On the bridge, the Second Ancestral Master said unhurriedly, "You see? I told you his calculations were wrong. Now he's floating. If we had trusted him, we would be the ones floating now."
The Third Ancestral Master and the other Human Emperors felt the same. Human Emperor Qingning poked his head out and said with gloating relish, "Master, where exactly did you miscalculate?"
Human Emperor Tuo Yu, with no will left to live, said woodenly, "His primal spirit. I miscalculated the strength of his primal spirit. It is stronger than I estimated... And I think—I have seen through him!"
He leaped up out of the water, landed dripping wet on the bridge, and beamed with delight. "This time I definitely won't miscalculate. I can definitely work out where his flaw lies! Just trust me once!"
The Human Emperors of every age all hemmed and hawed. Human Emperor Qingning's eyes flickered. "Since Master has seen through his flaw, then Master should go down once more and defeat the brat. We'll cheer you on!"
Human Emperor Tuo Yu took out his abacus primal weapon and brought it down on his head. "As a disciple, instead of adding to your master's dignity, you gloat over his misfortune! What did I teach you? I taught you the way of calculation, and what did you go and learn? Music! Get down there and beat him up for me!"
Qingning turned his head to Human Emperor Kongxian, who was beside himself with glee, and kicked him off the bridge. "I taught you music, and what did you go and cultivate? Words Become Law! Get down there and beat him up for me!"
Seeing Shen Mu charging at him, Human Emperor Kongxian waved his hands hastily, shook his head, and said with a solemn face, "Human Emperor Shen really is an Overlord Body. There is no need to fight."
Shen Mu hastily drew back his hand and laughed. "I am not one for fighting either. I only felt that the Dao arts and divine abilities of you Ancestral Masters and Grand Ancestral Masters still have room to advance. That said, your Dao arts and divine abilities are truly formidable; if you could develop their power further, they would surely far surpass what they were. Human Emperor Kongxian's Words Become Law in particular is extraordinary—the most marvelous divine ability I have ever seen!"
Human Emperor Kongxian could not help but swell with joy. Beside himself with delight, he said, "You think my divine ability is extraordinary too?"
Shen Mu nodded, crossed his hands, walked across the river surface with a set of steps, and sketched out a sealing stance. "When I saw you ambush Ancestral Master Qingning, you used this move and sealed him outright. What divine ability is that?"
"That is the Seal Character Formula!"
Whenever Human Emperor Kongxian spoke of his own divine abilities, he could not hide his excitement. He personally instructed Shen Mu, teaching him how to drive his vital essence for this Seal Character Formula, how to voice it. "In Words Become Law, the key lies in sound-wave divine abilities and rune divine abilities. Movement arts, footwork, cultivation methods, and sound-wave divine abilities must fuse into one, and only with the addition of a vital-essence rune array can it be activated! Watch!"