Chapter 682 — The Sword God Smiles
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Shen Mu laughed. "I never thought we would meet again here. Is this the Land of Ill Omen?"
"It is indeed the Land of Ill Omen. But this place too has become a sea of magma; the Land of Ill Omen no longer exists. We had meant to hold the Land of Ill Omen and sink into the magma beneath the sea floor. Just now the Book of Life and Death startled us awake, and only then did we learn that our benefactor was in peril, so we came to lend our aid."
Wei Liao's gaze passed over them to the battlefield, and he laughed. "A pack of filthy, worthless knaves — they cannot stand against the army of my South Dipper Star Division! Rest easy, benefactor; in a moment the foe will be broken!"
Shen Mu said to the Village Head, "This is the Star Lord of Seven Killings from the Kaihuang era, Military Commissioner of Taihuang Heaven. He fell in battle here when the demon tribes invaded."
The Village Head nodded slightly, somewhat numbly. "Military Commissioner of Taihuang Heaven, and the Star Lord of Seven Killings besides... How did you two come to know each other?"
Shen Mu scratched his head. "I was captured by Vajra. When I escaped the Demon Capital and passed through here, I woke him, and that was how we met."
"That was all?" The Village Head's eyes went wide with disbelief.
A Military Commissioner who had died in battle for Taihuang Heaven was still a Military Commissioner — and that was how they met? And he even called Shen Mu benefactor, and the moment he saw Shen Mu and the others in danger he rose up to rescue them though he was dead — all from a single casual meeting? Could such a deep bond come from so simple a thing?
The Village Head did not believe it.
Shen Mu answered honestly, "That was all."
"Then this army of divine and demonic bones..."
"I woke them along with him."
The Village Head was dumbfounded. "That was all?"
Shen Mu said lightly, as if it were nothing, "That was all. Though the underworld constables of Youdu nearly hauled me off to Youdu to be punished — luckily Star Lord Wei Liao blocked them."
The Village Head sighed, a little bleakly. "I should not have lingered so long in Fengdu. I have missed so many interesting things. Next time something like this happens, you must call on me."
Shen Mu nodded. "Next time I am captured, I will be sure to bring you along, Grandpa Village Head!"
Wei Liao's army of bones soon smashed all their opponents to pieces. A crowd of skeletons came charging over in high excitement; Wei Liao gave a shout, and the skeletons dared not run wild, hastily falling into neat ranks.
The Butcher, the true god Pang Yu, and the other deities came over in a daze, sizing up these white-boned gods and demons, their hearts full of doubt and alarm.
Lou Yunqu had used the Book of Life and Death to wake the gods and demons who had died in Taihuang Heaven and make them fight for him — who would have thought Shen Mu would also have an army of white-boned gods and demons to aid him!
Had the army of the South Dipper Star Division under Wei Liao not arrived in time, they would surely have suffered casualties by now.
Still, standing together with these white-boned gods and demons could not help but leave a man uneasy at heart.
Wei Liao laughed heartily. "This doomsday world is somewhat perilous for you, but for us dead it is no peril at all. Benefactor, let us escort you out."
Shen Mu said hastily, "My enemy holds the Book of Life and Death, which can bring the dead back to life — it is a formidable thing. And if the Book can raise the dead, it can also strike the living dead. You had best stay hidden in the Land of Ill Omen..."
He had barely spoken when the Book of Life and Death appeared again, hanging high in the sky. Its pages, like bright mirrors, blazed with light, and beam after beam shone down.