Chapter 552 — The Youth's Nightmare
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
At the Seven Stars realm, a cultivated Primordial Spirit could already leave the body—only, the practitioners of Taihuang Heaven had not undergone Jingping Kingdom's Primordial Spirit Transformation, so their spirits were not yet strong enough to fly very far. Still, they sufficed for scouting.
The group continued on.
After a moment, Ding Yun's Primordial Spirit flew back. "Two hundred li to the southwest, there is a town.
Around two thousand people are being enslaved by the demon race, building something—I do not know what. Nearby there are also villages, inhabited by the old, the young, women, and children—quite a number of them. But on the road there, there are six demon race watchtowers. The towers are very tall; I did not dare look closely, for fear the demon race practitioners inside would sense my Primordial Spirit.
" Yu He asked, "How many li apart are the watchtowers? " Ding Yun's face reddened slightly, and he mumbled, "My arithmetic is poor—I did not calculate. . . " Yu He furrowed her brows and said with worry, "The demon race in those watchtowers are all Six Harmonies realm or Seven Stars realm practitioners—extremely alert. If we alert them and they send word out, what awaits us will not be a mere handful of stragglers, but demon race powerhouses of the Heaven-Man realm, or even Life-Death realm and Spirit Bridge realm! " Ding Yun shook his head.
"There are watchtowers elsewhere too—quite a few.
" Shu You pondered for a moment.
"Then we can only slip over quietly and eliminate the demon race in the watchtowers at the first opportunity. But if any one of them senses us in advance, we must retreat. . . " Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly.
"Among you, whose vital essence is the most tenacious?
The strongest? " Everyone looked at him, opening their mouths one by one, but saying nothing. Yu He and Shu You hesitated, then also fell silent.
Shen Mu explained, "If one's vital essence is sufficiently tenacious, one can activate a sword pellet from a hundred li away.
The sword pellet is rather small; it can reach a hundred li directly and obliterate the demon race in the watchtowers without giving them any chance to react! " Everyone still opened their mouths, but said nothing.
Shen Mu was puzzled and about to speak again, but Sang Hua, being blunt and outspoken by nature, said, "Grain-threshing Brother Sect Leader, among the practitioners present, apart from Tiger Venerable, isn't your vital essence the most tenacious and strongest? " Everyone hurriedly nodded. Shu You said helplessly, "At the battle of Li City, Sect Leader slew four demon race powerhouses in succession—we are all convinced.
Any further humility would be hypocrisy.
" Shen Mu scratched his head, only then recalling that among the few things in which he surpassed Yu He, Shu You, and the others—aside from his sword techniques, divine abilities, and Primordial Spirit—was his vital essence cultivation. "Very well, I will clear out the watchtowers. Stay close behind me!
" Shen Mu rose, touched his fingertip to the point between his brows.
"Primordial Spirit, leave the body! " His Primordial Spirit flickered and vanished.
"What a powerful Primordial Spirit! " Everyone, including Yu He, was startled. Shen Mu's Primordial Spirit was nearly forged to the point of substantiality—scarcely inferior to the Primordial Spirit of a Heaven-Man realm practitioner.
Truly formidable!
"Although I am first in Taihuang Heaven at the Seven Stars realm, and consider myself to have reached the standard of a youthful true god in every aspect, my Primordial Spirit is still far inferior to his.
" Yu He was downcast.
Sang Hua stepped forward, about to pick Shen Mu up and carry him on the journey, when she suddenly saw Shen Mu's body—bereft of its Primordial Spirit—run forward, its speed gradually increasing.
She could not help but be startled. The Black Tiger God strode after Shen Mu.