Chapter 716 — The Youth's Demonic Fall
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The Crimson Emperor paced to and fro, turning it over in his mind: "He cultivated my undying divine consciousness, and borrowed the strength of us both—only thus could he suppress his brother's seizure of the Nether Capital Divine Child's identity and power. Now we have given him too much; his brother has been pinned fast by Yin Sovereign's Dark Capital Jade Mirror, and the only thing left to us is to seal the breach, so that he cannot keep plundering his brother's strength. . .
" He had scarcely spoken when Tian Shu had already sealed it, halting the drain upon the giant-headed infant's power.
"And then?
" Tian Shu urged.
The Crimson Emperor said, "Then we break open Yin Sovereign's Dark Capital Jade Mirror seal, and let Shen Fengqing contend with him for the Nether Capital's demonic nature, and wrest back the identity of the Nether Capital Divine Child. " Tian Shu stepped forward to examine the giant-headed infant, and saw that the butterfly-wing-shaped radiance in its three eyes was pinched beneath a strange force; within the pupils there seemed to be an uncanny vortex, sinking ever inward, sealing the giant infant's consciousness.
Tian Shu tried to break it; but Yin Sovereign's path diverged from his own, and some of the runes he could not decipher, leaving only brute force. Yet he was no more than a single incarnation, his strength limited, and in so brief a moment he could not wear Yin Sovereign's seal away at all.
"This road is barred.
Is there another?
" Tian Shu had no choice but to give up, and asked.
The Crimson Emperor lifted his head toward the sky.
"Awaken the Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha.
Together we break Yin Sovereign's seal, awaken Shen Fengshen, and together we suppress Shen Mu! " Tian Shu shook his head.
"The old Buddha has entered his slumber—can he be roused so easily?
That plan will not serve either. " The Crimson Emperor sighed.
"Then we can only leave it to fate.
Let us hope Shen Mu still has his own consciousness, and will not wreak some great calamity.
" "Let us hope so.
" In the outside world, Shen Mu manifested three heads and six arms; his six arms flew, his three heads all gave short, frenzied cries, and at once he dealt murderous blows to Lou Yunqu and Fu Yanqi!
"Yah-yah-yah-yah-yah!
" Countless divine arts drowned Fu Yanqi and Lou Yunqu in a single instant; in that instant they felt as though numberless Shen Mus were attacking them in frenzy, and their scalps went numb. Fu Yanqi had only time to block two divine arts before his own defensive art was smashed through by main force.
"One Finger Splits the Seven Souls!
" he roared, right hand thrust forward, the sole remaining thumb of that hand raised, pressing down upon Shen Mu.
Behind him a dark world surfaced—a phantom of the Dark Capital—and seven god-demons of differing forms stood ranged behind him, each with its own dharma-form.
These were the deities of the seven earthly souls: the Corpse Hound, the Hidden Arrow, the Sparrow Shade, the Thief Swallower, the Non-Poison, the Filth Remover, and the Stinking Lung.
Reinforced by those seven deities, his strike carried the power to rend the seven souls asunder. Shen Mu clenched four fingers into a fist and raised his thumb, meeting him thumb to thumb.
Fu Yanqi heard the sound of the only finger left to his right hand shattering; the thumb bone broke, and with a bang it burst apart. Then the force traveled along his wrist bones into his arm bones; the elbow joint sprang from its socket, and he heard his own forearm bone pierce through his skin.
His forearm bone shot out from the elbow and tore free of his body. Agony surged through him; he cared nothing for his fleshly body, yet the suffering of flesh was beyond measure.