Chapter 556 — The Fat Dragon, the Black Tiger, and the White Fox
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Before long, Shen Mu struck down a demon of the divine-power realm, stripped off his clothes, and changed into the whole getup. Then he swaggered through the city of the demon race.
All around him the demon crowds surged, streaming toward the Chasm Abyss.
The upheaval there had been too violent, too loud; it had roused the entire city. Though the upheaval had ended quickly, the power unleashed in that single instant had been terrifying beyond words.
Whoosh—two demon gods came flying through the air, rushing toward the abyss, and after them countless winged demons beat their wings and took flight, soaring down into the depths.
Shen Mu pushed forward against the tide of bodies, and at last squeezed out of the crowd, heading for the city gate. He did not dare fly.
This was a demon city, after all, and no one knew how many demon gods lurked here, how many great masters of the Divine Bridge and Life-Death realms were hidden within.
Even a deity of Taihuang Heaven would scarce dare run wild in a place like this; so he could only walk on, neither swift nor slow, while anxiety gnawed at him in secret. Those two demon gods had reached the bottom of the Chasm Abyss.
Soon they would discover the unconscious Sun-Binder, and waking him would be no difficult matter. Once the Sun-Binder woke, he would surely order the whole city sealed and hunt for his whereabouts.
If he could not leave this city before that order was given, he feared he would never get out at all! This city had originally been a divine city of Taihuang Heaven. It was vast, impossibly vast, and leaving it would take time.
Shen Mu hurried on as fast as he could, and at last reached the city gate—when suddenly a volley of furious shouts came from the direction of the abyss: "By order of the Venerable King, the whole city is sealed at once!
No demon may leave! " "Activate the formations!
Seal the entire city! " "Earth and sky alike are sealed—not even a mosquito shall fly out!
" Shen Mu's expression shifted slightly.
He looked toward the city gate, where many demon strongmen were straining to push the massive gate shut.
On tower after tower and spire after spire, formation patterns and runes blazed alight, the shining runes flowing down from the rooftops and spires like water, streaming toward the city walls. As the patterns and runes upon the walls lit up, blinding rays of light shot into the sky, pattern linking to pattern, and a vast spatial barrier began to take shape. And at the base of the walls, too, countless runes and formation patterns were flowing down into the earth. Even in the capital of Jingping were there no such formidable defenses.
If the patterns in the sky and the patterns on the ground joined completely, then he would never leave this city! In that instant Shen Mu seemed to melt away, transforming into a black shadow that raced along the ground, skimming through the shadow at the base of the wall, straight for the city gate!
The gate was too vast, too heavy—even dozens of demon strongmen straining together could only push it slowly.
These demon strongmen cultivated the divine powers of the flesh alone; their strength was boundless. They cultivated no spells, no primal weapons, only the flesh and bone of their bodies, refining their strength.
The Heavenly Sage Cult and the armies of Jingping had strongmen of a like kind; several at the peak of their training, joining forces, could even lift the stone statue formed from a god's own flesh. And this divine city's gate required dozens of strongmen to move it—one could see how fearsome its weight must be!
The black shadow that was Shen Mu flitted like a ghost through the shadows of building after building, shifting like a specter, rushing to the foot of the gate.
Before it closed, he had to leave this city—otherwise there would be no road of escape! Under the pushing of the many demon strongmen, the two massive doors were down to a single crack, about to shut.