Chapter 676 — I See Through You
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
The strange star was accelerating. Clearly it meant to smash through the world barrier between Taihuang Heaven and Jingping and descend directly into the skies above Jingping! In the sky, above the strange star, demon-gods of three heads and six arms flew out from it, more than a thousand of them, flying ahead of the star and hurling divine abilities forward!
The sky of Taihuang Heaven was battered apart by these thousand-odd demon-gods.
The enormous star was slowly entering the space, threading its way toward Jingping!
The sky, crushed to fragments by the star's gravity, suddenly erupted as a thick pillar of incomparably dense light burst up from the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge, surging straight into the heights! The light was dense; striking the vault of heaven, it burst apart, forming cloud-like masses that spread in every direction, while the flowing radiance sank slowly from the dome like white ink diffusing in water. To the eye, the light seemed to sink very slowly, but in truth its speed was tremendous!
That was spirit energy. The function of the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge was to open an energy channel between Taihuang Heaven and Jingping. When the strange star squeezed into the world of Jingping, a portion of Jingping's energy would migrate across through the Transfer Bridge to maintain the balance of energy.
This time the migrating strange star carried several thousand demon-gods of the Void Realm, along with millions of common folk and a star itself; the energy transfer was therefore violently intense, verging on exceeding the Transfer Bridge's limits!
The ground near Licheng was trembling too. These were tremors transmitted from the Transfer Bridge. Shen Mu's expression changed slightly. The Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge had been built by him and the Tiger Venerable together; he knew its energy limits well.
If the demon-gods of the Void Realm all migrated at once, the limit would certainly be exceeded, and if that happened, the Transfer Bridge would explode!
If the Transfer Bridge exploded, the consequence would be the closing of the energy transfer channel!
And if that happened, the strange star would be cut cleanly in two by the sealed world barrier!
Half remaining in Taihuang Heaven, half remaining in Jingping!
And the common folk of Chiming aboard the strange star would likely all perish, with scarcely any surviving!
"These fellows of the Void Realm are far too reckless! " Shen Mu abruptly slapped the Dragon Qilin, and it shot into the air, treading fire as it raced straight for the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge. His voice came down from above: "Lou Qianzhong, we'll fight another day!
" "You think to escape from my hands?
" Lou Qianzhong's eyes lit up. Countless black feathers suddenly surged around him, whirling about his body, and in an instant transformed him into a black-winged Garuda, beak of a bird, face of a man, crowned with a pointed pagoda hat. Its wings spread to cover several li around, and as they beat, a hurricane swept in all directions! Lou Qianzhong soared straight up; at a beat of his wings black wind filled the sky, and he hurtled straight at the Dragon Qilin.
His speed was, incredibly, a shade faster than the Dragon Qilin's!
The two flew off one after the other, and Qi Jiuyi, Zhe Huali, Xu Shenghua, Dao Master Lin Xuan and the rest all gave chase, some fast, some slow.
Fastest of all was Qi Jiuyi: with a shake of his body he became a nine-headed phoenix and flew off on beating wings, even faster than Lou Qianzhong! Next came Xu Shenghua, a lotus blooming at every step, his figure flickering in and out of sight.
His strides were not swift, but when his foot touched a lotus he vanished, and the next instant he appeared far away; where his foot came down, another lotus bloomed. Among them all, it was Zhe Huali who was slowest; every step he took covered exactly the same distance, which in fact capped his utmost speed.