Chapter 532 — The Braided Girl and the Shadow Boy
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"You're... the long-braided girl!"
Shen Mu studied the girl with the two long braids, and could not help recalling the dark girl he had met in the darkness of the Wasteland. Delighted, he blurted, "Is it really you?"
The dark girl had worn two long braids as well. Because they had dwelled in two different worlds, they could not speak to each other, could not make out each other's features—only silhouettes.
Together they had endured a long night, fleeing the pursuit of the demon host, until at last the sun rose and the darkness receded, and the dark girl vanished along with the dark realm.
And the girl before him now, standing on the shoulder of a deity, also wore long braids that hung down past her chest to her waist.
Hearing him say the words "long-braided girl," she was startled and overjoyed at once. She leaped down from the deity's shoulder and in a few strides stood before Shen Mu, two small dimples appearing on her cheeks. "You're that shadow boy! Father, he's the shadow boy—the one who suddenly disappeared!"
The deity lowered his head and looked at Shen Mu, doubtful. "You were a shadow before—why do you now have a true body? Just now, behind the formation, we watched you fight battle after battle. Truly no small thing. We were wondering where such an expert had come from! You're of the Seven Stars realm, aren't you? In all the Taihuang Heaven, those of the Seven Stars realm who have achieved what you have can be counted on one hand. Formidable, for one so young!"
Shen Mu's heart gave a small jolt. "There are Seven Stars realm divine ability users here stronger than me? Are they Overlord Bodies?"
"Overlord Body?"
The deity led them forward, at a loss. "What is an Overlord Body? I've never heard of such a thing. They are all young people with the makings of true gods, kings among spirit bodies, extraordinary from birth—not Overlord Bodies."
"Kings among spirit bodies?"
Shen Mu blinked. He had never heard of kings among spirit bodies, and his mind went blank—yet excitement rose in him too. Kings among spirit bodies, young people with the makings of true gods. He had come to the right world!
He had sent himself to this world as a sacrifice. On the battlefield he had already witnessed how extraordinary the demon host was; the demons here were immensely powerful—set down in Jingping, nearly every one of them would be a match for Ban Gongcuo. Of course, when it came to fleeing for one's life, Ban Gongcuo still had no equal.
"The Taihuang Heaven has been tempered by ten or twenty thousand years of war. The arts and divine abilities here must have advanced by leaps and bounds. Here, perhaps, I can find a way to defeat the First Ancestor Human Emperor!"
He clenched his fist. Defeating the First Ancestor Human Emperor was now his greatest goal. Since no hope of defeating him could be found in Jingping, then perhaps it could be found in the Taihuang Heaven!
And even if he could not find it, witnessing more arts and divine abilities would help him improve himself.
Suddenly the deity moved, charging toward the battlefield, his voice carrying back from afar: "Stay here for now!"
In the distance, a rift had been torn in space. Six great dark hands thrust through the crack, straining to rip open a hole in space itself.
The deity rushed forward, drew his sword, and slashed at the black hands. He had just severed two arms when a great hammer came howling in and blasted him away—another demon god had arrived.
The long-braided girl looked toward the battlefield, saw that her father was unharmed and had turned back to attack the demon god who had struck him, and only then breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Mu asked, "Braided girl, you weren't here originally—how did you come to be in this place?"
He was somewhat puzzled. He had met the dark girl deep in the heart of the Wasteland, while this place was on its edge, twenty or thirty thousand li apart. By rights, she could not possibly be here.