Chapter 545 — A Fate Between Us
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
If he could walk out of it and find his own path—just as Shen Mu had created the first form of the Tribulation Sword, Opening Tribulation—then he too would create a saber technique of his own, leap free of Luo Wushuang's saber technique, and come for Shen Mu in vengeance.
"When he turned and walked out through the wall of fire just now, if I had given him a single sword stroke, it would have finished him... If it were Grandpa Cripple, he would surely have done it without the slightest hesitation!" Shen Mu's expression shifted dark and bright by turns.
Outside the sandbox world, the Black Tiger God caught his expression precisely and at once grew excited, saying again and again: "My lord, my lord! Did you see that? This brat either twitches the corner of his eye or his face changes drastically, dark and bright by turns—sometimes he even cries out aloud! Clearly his cultivation of the heart is shallow, a slipshod affair at best!"
The Woodcutter Sage shot him a glare. The Black Tiger God's face changed drastically, and he hastily bowed his head and drooped his ears.
The Woodcutter Sage reached out and gripped the haft of the divine axe. At the same moment, Furiluo reached out and gripped the demon spear. The two raised their weapons as one.
Shen Mu, within the sandbox world, sensed at once that something was wrong. The space of the sandbox world began to collapse; the collapse began where axe and spear crossed, and the space kept caving in, devouring the towering mountains!
"Run!"
Without a word, Shen Mu seized Sang Wan. Gorgeous runes emerged around him, spinning without cease. In haste he called: "Sister Yu He, Brother Shu You, come to my side!"
Yu He and Shu You still stood there dumbly, staring at him blankly, as if their wits had not yet returned.
Behind them, the collapsing space was rushing closer at terrifying speed. Shen Mu gritted his teeth and roused his teleportation divine ability. Light flashed, and he vanished with Sang Wan.
Only then did Yu He and Shu You come to their senses. They looked back, and their faces changed drastically; they hurriedly rose into the air. Yu He called out loudly: "Brother Shu You, let us join forces to break the wall of fire and charge out of this place!"
The two were swift beyond measure, racing straight for the sandbox world's wall of fire. Only when they lifted their feet did they realize the peril: at full sprint they moved faster than sound, faster even than Shen Mu at his utmost—yet the space collapsed faster still!
The wall of fire was plainly right before their eyes, yet no matter how fast they ran toward it, the distance to it never closed by so much as a hair.
Not only did the distance not close—it was widening; while the distance between them and the great collapse grew ever shorter!
Cold sweat broke out on Yu He's and Shu You's brows. The collapsing space held the force of the collision between the Woodcutter Sage's divine axe and Furiluo's demon spear—the same force that had earlier become the sandbox world, turning a plaza fifty zhang long and thirty-one zhang wide into a vast world of towering mountains a thousand li across.
And now that this world was collapsing inward, it would surely release the might generated when the divine axe and demon spear clashed!
Such might was not something cultivators of their Seven Star realm could withstand; they would likely be vaporized outright, their very souls ceasing to exist!
"That blacksmith Shen Mu was calling to us just now—was he trying to take us away with him?"
Only then did they secretly regret it. They had been so stunned by the radiance of Shen Mu's sword that their minds had gone blank, and they had not heard clearly what he said. By the time they came to their senses, it was too late.