Chapter 713 — City of Doom
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"If this demon-god statue has revived, I fear the other statues will revive as well! This one was unlucky: it turned its fleshly body to stone and teleported here, and its head struck the Imperial Gate Divine Blade. But most of the other statues in Jingping are perfectly intact!
" A chill gripped Shen Mu's heart. Apart from this statue's ill fortune, there was also the statue beneath Mount Sumeru at the Great Tingming Temple, which was likewise unlucky.
That statue had risen from underground, only to plunge headfirst into Mount Sumeru. Mount Sumeru of the Great Tingming Temple and Mount Sumeru of the Buddhist Realm were in essence the same mountain; to crash into the Great Tingming Temple's Mount Sumeru was no different from crashing headlong into the Buddhist Realm, and the consequences could well be imagined. But the other statues had met no such fate; they had emerged perfectly intact from every corner of the world. These statues were unimaginably solid, all but impossible to move, and so Emperor Yanfeng had decreed that every one of them be ringed about with heavy troops.
Yet having lived through this statue's revival, Shen Mu knew all too well how terrifying these statues were. If they revived, even without any tribulation-descending divine weapon, it would still be a catastrophe of utter annihilation for Jingping! "If Tian Shu does not come soon, I shall have to go alone.
. . " He had scarcely formed the thought when divine light abruptly filled the heavens and poured down from the sky.
Within that radiance a towering deity reached out a hand, grasping for the Imperial Gate Divine Blade in the depths below!
"The Heavenly King of the Dark Capital has arrived! " Shen Mu was overjoyed and looked up.
He saw Tian Shu grasping the Imperial Gate Divine Blade, murmuring incantations; the blade shrank smaller and smaller, until in no time it had become a great saber several dozen zhang long.
Tian Shu put the divine saber away, taking care not to touch its edge, and said, "You stay here. I am going to have a word with the disciples of the Dark Capital! " With that he soared into the air; rosy clouds filled the sky, and he and the blade vanished from sight.
Shen Mu was about to call him back, but he was already far away. Shen Mu frowned, rose into the air, and flew out of that subterranean space. Gazing into the distance, he saw a single streak of rosy light speeding straight toward the east.
Suddenly his Taotie Pouch trembled, and peals of thunder rolled from within it.
Startled, Shen Mu hastily emptied the pouch, and saw lightning crackling and writhing around the Five Thunders Pot. This celestial-phenomenon divine weapon was on the verge of running out of control!
"The Five Great Cloud Thunders are about to be triggered. " Qi Jiuyi's expression was grave. He sighed and said, "Brother Shen, Jingping is no longer a place where one can put down roots. When the Five Thunders rise into the air, Jingping will become a sea of thunder, with the Fire Bell divine weapon darting wild through it.
And besides the Five Thunders Pot, there are also the Zhen Cauldron, the Xun Wind Gourd, and other celestial-phenomenon divine weapons.
When their might erupts all at once, Jingping will be more terrible than hell! I intend to take refuge in the Heavens Above. Second Brother, will you come with me? I can carry you out of this world to the Heavens Above. No tribulation will fall there. " Long Qilin hesitated, glanced at Shen Mu, and shook his head. "Wherever the Cult Leader goes, I go.
I have followed the Cult Leader for so many years and scrounged so many meals off him; when the time comes that he needs me, I cannot simply walk away. " Qi Jiuyi's expression turned complicated. He heaved a sigh, and flames scattered from his whole body, transforming into a nine-headed phoenix that rose on beating wings and headed west.