Chapter 700 — The Netherworld's Supreme Presses the Frontier
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
The Kaihuang Divine Man could not help but grow anxious. He hastily tugged at Shen Mu, wanting to drag him out of the Tianyin Realm as quickly as possible, lest they be caught in an undeserved calamity, yet he could not budge him.
Shen Mu turned back. Dimly he could see the black sand of the Tianyin Realm suddenly turn dense and violent; everywhere in the air, wildly surging black sand formed arcs of black current, thick as dragons, rampaging at will through heaven and earth. But such things were everywhere in the Tianyin Realm, so that his eyes could not see very far.
"Lady, take care of yourself!
" Shen Mu knew well that he was not even qualified to watch the battle.
At once he gathered up the two Taotie Bags, cradled the Heavenly Fire Prism in his arms, and walked with the Kaihuang Divine Man out of the Tianyin Realm, into that long crevice in the mountain wall. The Kaihuang Divine Man tottered, drowsy and half asleep. Shen Mu frowned.
His primordial spirit emerged behind him; he handed the Taotie Bags and the Heavenly Fire Prism to it, and then roused the Heaven-Demon Art of Creation from the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Scripture, using his vital essence as needles to tap again and again upon the Kaihuang Divine Man's body, saying in a low voice, "The seal Teacher Woodcutter left on you is a little too heavy, and presses far too hard upon your soul.
He never foresaw that you would be this weak. Let me first loosen a thread of it for you! " His casting was swift, and the Kaihuang Divine Man felt somewhat better. Just then a very gentle voice came from the Tianyin Realm: "Lady, it has been a long time. " At the sound of that voice, Shen Mu's mind suddenly swam and went dim and muddled, and he roused himself in alarm: "The Yin Son of Heaven's voice carries some divine art that beguiles the soul!
" He hurriedly pulled the Kaihuang Divine Man along the crevice in the mountain, outward, borrowing the effort to keep himself clear-headed, while his primordial spirit followed close at their heels. "That the Lady has returned from the dead is a matter for rejoicing.
Might I ask, Lady, where is that fellow cultivator who restored you to life? " The Yin Son of Heaven's voice continued, gentle and fine, carrying not only the soul-beguiling divine art but also a feeling that he was the most intimate, most devoted of lovers, though it was of no use against men.
"This fellow cultivator is truly remarkable, to have created a divine art that can gather a shattered soul back together. A figure of such unmatched gifts, one fit to call me fellow cultivator, I ought to visit and seek instruction from in person.
Why does the Lady not make the introduction?
" Lady Tianyin's voice came: "That master has already gone, Yin Son of Heaven. You need not waste your thoughts on him. You and I have not met in a long while, and we ought to have a good talk.
" Her voice snapped Shen Mu abruptly awake. He looked around and could not help but shiver with dread, cold sweat springing over his whole body. Before him, the Tianyin Realm Stele stood quietly erect!
He had thought he was walking outward along the crevice; he had never imagined that he had come back to the Tianyin Realm Stele! Clearly he had been caught without ever noticing, bewitched by the Yin Son of Heaven's voice.
He believed he was leaving, yet the divine art hidden in the Yin Son of Heaven's voice had stripped him of all sense of his surroundings, so that he did not even know when he had turned back.
Had Lady Tianyin not broken the Yin Son of Heaven's divine art with her voice, he would surely have already returned to the Tianyin Realm.
"This man's attainments in the soul surpass Lou Qianzhong's by a hundred thousand li!
" Seizing the moment of clarity, Shen Mu at once hauled the Kaihuang Divine Man forward in a mad sprint.