Chapter 783 — The Giant Palm Condensed by Magnetic Force
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
The great river below rose into the air together with the demigod, and settled beneath his feet.
The water qilin demigod stood upon the river in the sky, ripples of water moving across the surface of his body. The next moment he stood upright and became a demigod with the head of a qilin and the body of a man; the mane on his body turned into blue garments, and his aura was wild.
"The Earth Mother summons us — go, quickly!"
The water qilin demigod's furry ears twitched. He was about to leave when he suddenly caught sight of Shen Mu and the other two, and laughed: "Silent until now, and I have not eaten a mouthful for so long; my belly is growling with hunger. These three are a bit small, but they will do to fill the stomach!"
The river water beneath his feet surged, and came down from the sky, rolling toward the three. To command great waters was his innate instinct.
Yet from his ability to take the form of half man, half god, it was clear he was also a demigod who wielded divine powers, and had already cultivated the Divine Treasury system.
The flood surged with colossal force; in the arts of water, this demigod's attainments were hard on the heels of the Blind Elder of those years!
Shen Mu glanced at Deva King Buddha, who paid the demigod no mind, and went on teaching Yu Tianzun.
Shen Mu had no choice but to point a finger; his sword core shot into the air and met that great river!
The sword core plunged into the river water, and suddenly sword light bloomed, cleaving the water apart. The great river split in two and roared past on either side of the three.
"Oh? A divine power wielder."
The water qilin demigod laughed. "Your skill is not bad. A pity — that is all it is!"
The river, divided in two, revolved and closed in from both sides, and hidden within the howling water were water swords, one after another, hard for the naked eye to catch.
The river water was incomparably dense; the weight of a whole great river was far heavier than the sword core Shen Mu had refined from divine metals such as buddha-essence and crimson chromite. For this water qilin demigod to command so dense a river, in dharma power he must surely surpass human divine power wielders by a great deal.
Shen Mu's face turned grave. His fist snapped open, and the sword core clanged apart into countless flying swords that whirled around him, wheeling and thrusting, cutting apart one hidden water sword after another in the river.
The water qilin demigod's dharma power shook Shen Mu's vital essence into some disorder; the strength of his cultivation put Shen Mu on his guard.
He had crossed hands with demigods of the early Longhan years; at the battle of the Jade Pool he had killed many demigods under Hao Tianzun's command, but at that time demigods had not yet begun to cultivate the Divine Treasury system, and Hao Tianzun had only just solved the problem of demigods taking human form.
This water qilin demigod, however, was a divine beast of the Supreme Emperor era; the demigod cultivation system was already complete, and in both dharma power and fleshly body he far surpassed humankind. He was a most terrifying opponent!
Seeing Shen Mu twice block his attacks, the water qilin demigod was startled. Suddenly he reached out, seized that great river, and shook it with all his strength; the waters of the sky fused into one and became a long whip, and he swung it down at Shen Mu, laughing: "Your strength is not bad, not much inferior to my own. Rare, rare! Silent for so many years, and no sooner do I wake than I meet a master who can give me a proper workout!"
Shen Mu's foot moved, his body shot into the air, and he charged straight at the demigod to meet the whip.
The sword core spun madly before him, and countless sword lights hummed out; the spinning sword light cut the whip apart, and the water whip became a flood spreading in all directions, waves surging toward the mountain forests on either side.