Chapter 735 — Strange Peaks at Heaven's Edge, a Hundred Palms Revolving
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Still, from what they said, it seemed that beyond, in the Jingping Kingdom, there was a remarkable man with a way to solve this problem; that they wished to run off and seek this remarkable man called Xu Shenghua was, after all, forgivable.
But the road to success lay right before their eyes — did they truly not wish to try it?
If only they could defeat Old Ox, break into the Lingxiao Hall and challenge the Martial Combat Heavenly Master, and beat him at the same realm — perhaps they could right now cross the Divine Bridge and ascend straight to the Heavenly Palace!
Old Ox cleared his throat and said, "Hu Bugui, Shen Mu, are you not coming up?"
Hu Bugui hesitated, wavering over whether to continue the challenge.
Shen Mu said in a low voice, "This Ox of the Martial Combat Heavenly Master — how strong is he?"
Hu Bugui whispered, "I have never seen him strike, but I have heard people say the Martial Combat Heavenly Master is a Throne-tier expert, and that it was always this Ox who carried him on his back and charged into battle. To carry a Throne-tier expert on his back and charge into battle — his ability must surely have reached the Lingxiao realm. I have also heard that if this Senior Niu did not so utterly disdain power, he could almost have commanded a Heavenly Palace of the Kaihuang era."
Shen Mu reckoned a moment, then shook his head. "I am most likely no match for Senior Niu Sanduo. I have seen a Lingxiao realm expert — Indra, the Heavenly King Buddha. At the same realm, I cannot beat him."
Hu Bugui's eyes flickered. "How about this: we first go and meet Xu Shenghua, and study how to unify the divine treasures. Once the divine treasures are one, we come back and finish the challenge of the Dou Niu Palace?"
Shen Mu said with a smile, "Once the divine treasures are unified, you can fly straight across to the Heavenly Palace; challenging the Dou Niu Palace would then be meaningless."
Hu Bugui scratched his head and said sheepishly, "That is indeed so. Right now our accumulated depth is lacking, and we cannot beat Senior Niu; better to leave the Dou Niu Realm and go seek this Senior Brother Xu!"
"Agreed!"
Old Ox glared furiously at the two. "Are you going to fight or not? Come up and fight — at the very most I will go easy on you and let you slip through! Come here this instant!"
Hu Bugui said apologetically, "Senior Niu..."
"Call me Niu Sanduo!"
Old Ox said, fuming, "I already said I would go easy — what more do you want? Come up and fight to your heart's content! Shen Mu, do you not want to rescue your teacher? Your teacher is still floating in the stinking ditch; if you do not fish him out soon, he will rot!"