Chapter 751 — The Fall of Sovereign Yu
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" They walked into the Winding Corridor Pavilion. It was built on the lake of an island, standing at the water's edge, with the waves of the lake beneath it; the place was very serene and elegant.
Because it was the dwelling of the Empress, the Winding Corridor Pavilion was also far larger than ordinary buildings, and very spacious within. The three of them walked into the pavilion and saw the bloodstains on the ground.
The window ledge there had burst apart, and marks left by divine arts still clung to the walls. Sovereign Yu's corpse sat beneath the window, leaning against it, head hanging down, limbs slack. Sovereign Hao, Sovereign Yun, Sovereign Yue and Sovereign You were all present.
Sovereign Hao led a divine hound, which was sniffing about in every direction. Sovereign You raised his palm, vital essence surging out, lifting Sovereign Yu's corpse into the air, three feet above the ground.
The ghost-face mask behind the youth's head began to weep, while Sovereign You's own expression remained exactly as it always was.
Shen Mu looked at Sovereign Yu floating in the air.
His bones were essentially all broken, not one left intact; someone had struck with heavy hands and smashed his skeleton to pieces, leaving him hovering in the air in a strange, strengthless aspect. "Judging by the external wounds, more than one person attacked him. " Shen Mu walked around Sovereign Yu, examining the wounds closely.
He did not draw very near, yet he saw the injuries on Sovereign Yu's body perfectly clearly.
"But the fatal wound was not the injuries caused by the broken bones. The fatal wound came from behind his heart.
Someone struck suddenly from his back and dealt him a devastating blow. " Shen Mu circled slowly, and a picture had already taken shape in his mind.
The man struck suddenly from behind Sovereign Yu; fearing to leave traces, he did not use the divine art he excelled in, but pure physical strength. With the first blow he shattered Sovereign Yu's heart with his own terrifying strength, then dodged Sovereign Yu's counterattack and, with incredible swiftness, ran circles around him! A string of physical blows, like a great hammer smashing down on every part of Sovereign Yu's body, breaking bone after bone!
"The divine-art marks on the walls of the Winding Corridor Pavilion are Sovereign Yu's own. " Shen Mu looked at the wall. Sovereign Yu must have trusted that man deeply, and so the other had gained the chance to ambush him.
And the two were not far apart in cultivation. Sovereign Yu's cultivation was the stronger, but the other's body was far stronger than his; he counterattacked after losing the initiative with his heart shattered, but the other had already closed the distance.
What a terrifying thing it is to be closed in on by a master of the combat arts?
Shen Mu himself practiced the combat arts, and knew this well. "Yet what truly took Sovereign Yu's life was not the wounds to his body.
" Shen Mu's mind stirred slightly. A drop of fresh blood drifted over. His pupils spun layer upon layer, and he opened the Eighth Heaven directly.
Within Sovereign Yu's divine blood were several faint divine-art runes, which swiftly dissolved.
These were traces left by the other man's divine art.
"Sovereign Yu's body bears no trace of spells or divine arts, yet his blood holds divine-art runes.
That means the other man did use divine arts, but the divine art was not aimed at his body. What, then, was it aimed at? " Suddenly, obscure words in the Youdu tongue came through.
Shen Mu's heart stirred, and he looked toward Sovereign You.