Chapter 715 — Heaven Sets the Fire
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
. " He held grudges; he still remembered how Shen Mu had seized his power and nearly devoured him. Only, Shen Mu had just fed him a blood-red blade-light from the God-Slaying Mystic Blade, a blade-light forged of blood fiend, and he had eaten his fill. His ill feeling toward Shen Mu had lessened a little, but only a very little.
As for helping Shen Mu, he was still most unwilling. The Crimson Emperor and Lord Heaven exchanged a glance and conferred. "What do we do now?
If he obtains the power of the Divine Son of the Dark Capital, he will turn evil.
If we do not lend it, the younger brother dies and the elder brother becomes master of the house. Once he starts eating, he will not need the Nether Capital's disciples to lift a finger; Jingping will soon be eaten into another Dark Capital. " "Being eaten into a Dark Capital would be a fine thing.
My fear is that he will eat it into a blank waste, with not even a ghost left.
The only plan now is to lend the younger brother power, but not to give him all the power of the Divine Son of the Dark Capital. " Lord Heaven said, "If we give him all of it, I fear only a powerhouse of the Imperial Throne descending in person could subdue him. But give him a little, and he will not yet be controlled by the demonic nature; that leaves us room to maneuver. " The Crimson Emperor hesitated. "Are you not playing with fire?
" Lord Heaven chuckled, full of confidence. "Rest easy, I never play with fire. You work with me: we open the seal a crack, but we do not let it open fully, lest the elder brother escape.
The elder brother is not as cunning as the younger, but he is devilish enough. And we must not let the younger brother obtain too much of the Dark Capital's power, so you and I must cooperate closely and make no mistake. The only problem now is how to persuade the elder brother to lend out a portion of his strength.
" The two of them looked together at the giant infant.
The Crimson Emperor said in a low voice, "That will be somewhat difficult. " The giant infant clambered clumsily to his feet and sneered, "White-bearded old man, three-headed one, you are scheming against me? Are you not courting death? " Shen Mu was working his spell on the Heaven-Watching Terrace when a beam of light suddenly fell from the sky and shattered the Heaven-Bearing Gate behind him. Lou Yunqu, Kui Qingpei, and Fu Yanqi descended from the heavens and halted in the air above the terrace. "There is no time left! " Shen Mu roused the Undying Consciousness of the Three Primal Spirits, yet he could still feel no power coming from the center of his brow, and anxiety gnawed at him in secret.
"Shen Fengqing, even if you summon their souls, you cannot turn this around.
" Lou Yunqu walked down out of the air and smiled. "Because they are not in the Dark Capital.
I sent them to the Nether Capital. With the Soul-Beckoning Charm you can draw the souls of common folk from the Dark Capital, but if you cannot summon their souls, it is of no use at all. " Shen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"No wonder I could not sense their souls just now.
So they have fallen into the Nether Capital. The arts of the Nether Capital must have been born from the Dark Capital; by rights my arts should be able to snatch men from the Nether Capital as well.
I have snatched from the Dark Capital and from Fengdu, but the Nether Capital would be a first.
" Kui Qingpei dropped down from the air and came to Shen Mu's right side. "Snatching people from the Nether Capital is harder than snatching them from the Dark Capital. The Nether Capital was indeed born of the Dark Capital, but under the Black Emperor's hand those arts have developed far beyond anything the Dark Capital can match. " Shen Mu smiled.