Chapter 780 — The Magnetic Earth Mother
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
Grandmother Zhu was all eagerness, and led them outside the city, saying, "These days, as I derived the elemental magnetic runes, I was turning over countless divine arts in my mind, and sorted out no few elemental magnetic divine arts. Just now, when the final rune was derived, I naturally comprehended a great divine art, one that can perfectly fuse these more than one thousand nine hundred runes into one."
Shen Mu knew that she was a being who had long since entered the Dao through divine arts. Now that she had sorted out every foundational rune of elemental magnetism, the great divine art she had comprehended was surely no trifling thing, and he could not help but anticipate it with all his heart.
Shen Mu, Xu Shenghua and the Heavenly Duke followed behind Grandmother Zhu, and other divine ability users of Taihuang Heaven and scholars of the Tiansheng Academy came flying over in swarms.
Pang Yu the True God, Sang Ye the Revered God and the others hurried over at the news, and the sky was filled everywhere with divine ability users and deities, all waiting for Grandmother Zhu to perform.
Grandmother Zhu stood in Taihuang Heaven, and below her, directly beneath her, lay the Desolate Ruins.
"I have not yet named this divine art of mine. Let me first perform it and open your eyes!"
She stirred her divine art, her vital essence vast and billowing. Grandmother Zhu had long been a deity; her magic power was majestic and her divine arts exquisite. Now, as she unleashed the great elemental magnetic divine art she had comprehended, at once everyone in the sky fell like rain, each one crashing to the ground, unable to stir.
Shen Mu too was pressed to the ground, feeling as though a whole heaven were bearing down upon him, and his heart quailed.
Pang Yu the True God clambered up with difficulty, his legs trembling so that he could scarcely stand, terror in his heart, and he said hastily, "Revered Goddess Youyou, easy does it—you will crush us to death!"
Grandmother Zhu turned back, and only then noticed that they were pinned to the ground, and laughed. "My divine art is aimed at the Desolate Ruins, not at you. Once I unleash this divine art, the elemental magnetic divine power will press upon you no longer."
She struck out a palm forward, and elemental magnetic divine light burst forth. Within the divine art one could dimly see billions of stars coiled into a river, the stars joined one to another by elemental magnetic divine light, interwoven and interlaced, crashing down upon the Desolate Ruins with a thunderous roar!
The Desolate Ruins below abruptly sank a hundred zhang, while in the distance mountain after mountain rose up from the ground, surging forth from beneath the earth in an unbroken chain!
Grandmother Zhu praised, "A truly fine divine art. Now you no longer feel the pressure, do you?"
Shen Mu and the others felt the pressure lift, and scrambled to their feet. Sang Ye the Revered God laughed and said, "Revered Goddess Youyou, your magic power is exquisite and your divine arts surpass all others—truly remarkable. But might you now withdraw your divine art?"
The Desolate Ruins shook with quaking earth and mountains, and still more mountains were rising up, spreading outward.
Grandmother Zhu said, perplexed, "I have already withdrawn my divine art... Eh, something is wrong!"
Shen Mu and the others looked down at the Desolate Ruins below, and saw mountain after mountain receding from them at flying speed, the earth endlessly expanding, the nearest peak already several thousand li away, beyond the sight of the naked eye!
At the same time, Shen Mu saw that the Surging River was broadening, broader and broader, its waters fiercer and more urgent!
Earlier this great river had been a hundred zhang wide, and now it seemed to widen by a hundred zhang with every blink of the eye!
"What is happening?"
Everyone was bewildered, staring blankly at the sight.