Chapter 748 — Shaking the Heavenly Court
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
Niu Sanduo laid about him with all his might, venting the grievances he had suffered these past two days.
These two days he had lived in fear and trembling, forever on tenterhooks: afraid Shen Mu would stir up some heaven-overturning disaster, afraid Shen Mu and Kaihuang would come to blows, afraid Kaihuang would recognize him, afraid Kaihuang would do away with Shen Mu, and afraid Shen Mu would do away with Kaihuang.
How could such grievances be borne by a blunt, straight-through fellow who had never learned to bend?
Yet bear them he must — and now that the discontent in his heart had burst out, there was no reining it in!
Such is the way of a martial Dao powerhouse.
If they do not erupt, well and good; but when they erupt it shatters stone and startles the heavens, and not even an ox could hold them back — and he was an ox to begin with!
Niu Sanduo fought himself into a frenzy; the ancient gods and demigods pouring in from all sides grew more and more numerous, and he could not help but low in high excitement as he struck down the assembled gods of the Heavenly Court.
Suddenly a sun in the sky blazed with dazzling light, and a pillar of radiance shot forth with a hum, blasting into him and sending the old ox flying!
On the sun, the Great Sun Star Lord wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth, and his magic power erupted; commanding the fire of the sun, he loosed another pillar of light that blasted Niu Sanduo flying again before he could steady himself!
Elsewhere, the moon in the sky burst into radiance as well; two pillars of light struck home, and Niu Sanduo's enormous body was smashed down out of the sky to land beside the Heavenly River.
In the sky the stars of the Five Luminaries also blazed forth, plainly the Five Luminary Star Lords each working their arts, commanding the five luminaries and preparing to join forces in a siege.
"Think Old Ox is afraid of you?"
Niu Sanduo roared, reached out a hand to seize — and the Heavenly River heaved violently. He actually meant to lift the Heavenly River and use it as a weapon to sweep away the assembled stars!
The countless divine-power wielders in the Jade Pool shuddered with cold dread. Shen Mu crawled out of the print of Niu Sanduo's palm, patted the dust from his clothes, and with a dark face said to Kaihuang, who was climbing up on the other side, "He dared to hit you. Rest easy — one day I will surely help you hit him back! This ox has gone mad, truly mad!"
Beside him Kaihuang stretched his limbs, and at these words was slightly taken aback. "Is he not my opponent? Then why speak of helping me hit him back? This man is truly strange. He plainly regards me as an enemy, yet when Niu Ben struck me down, he turned around and shielded me."
Ling Tianzun hurried over on the wing. "That old fellow just now has kicked up a tremendous commotion! He has already alarmed the powers of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces! This will not be easy to settle now."
Shen Mu gave a cold snort and said mildly, "He can resolve this crisis. He need only take out that yellow memorial paper and tear it to shreds, and no one will be able to recognize him. But this stupid ox has most likely fought himself into a temper; for a while yet he will not think of how to get through this pass. When he tires himself out, he will remember."
Ling Tianzun studied them curiously, thinking, "The relations among these three are truly strange..."
The Heavenly River heaved; Niu Sanduo had nearly shouldered it up to use as a primal weapon, when from deep within the Heavenly Court a muffled voice came. "I was born of the Heavenly River. If you take the Heavenly River for a weapon, will you not destroy my home? The Heavenly River — you must not touch it."
Niu Sanduo immediately felt the Heavenly River become immeasurably heavy, heavier and heavier, pressing his sinewy body down until it bent and bent.