Chapter 840 — Setting Out to Take a Life
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
. Soon the Daoist academy was nearly deserted, leaving only a few oddly shaped demigods, who looked their way. Shen Mu turned and had the Dragon Qilin and Water Qilin remain outside the academy to keep watch. He closed the academy's main gate and smiled at the demigods. "Gentlemen, I am Shen Mu, one of the Three Heroes of Jingping's Reform, known as the Jingping Overlord Body, Heavenly Sage Sect Master. This one beside me is Lin Xuan, Dao Master of the Jingping Daoist sect.
Gentlemen, have you heard our names? " These demigods bore the manifestations of various ancient star deities. The disciples of the Star Lord of Zhen were human-headed and serpent-bodied; the disciples of the Star Lord of Yinghuo were ox-headed and human-bodied; the disciples of the Star Lord of the Great Sun were bird-headed and three-footed. Each was different, and few had a fully human form.
These demigods' gazes swept over Shen Mu and Dao Master Lin Xuan. A demigod with a wolf's head and a human body, presumably a disciple of the Star Lord of Kuimu Lang, said carelessly, "Shen the Overlord Body of Jingping? Never heard of him.
" From the one remaining Taotie Pouch at Shen Mu's waist, the sword pellet slowly rose. He lightly grasped it, and it transformed into a whisk in his hand. With a face full of smiles, he said, "You gentlemen will soon hear of it. But it will also be the last time you hear of it.
" Dao Master Lin Xuan tossed aside his whisk, drew his sword, and sword light spilled forth. He began at once with the Fourteenth Chapter of the Daoist Sword!
The Dao nourishes all heavens and the great earth; it sustains the ten thousand laws, and all under heaven returns to oneness!
At the same time, the whisk transformed from the sword pellet in Shen Mu's hand suddenly swelled in the wind. Strand after strand of the whisk's filaments extended madly, slender swords like thin roaming dragons, in an instant reaching tens of li in length, winding through the corridors and palaces of the academy! The whisk filaments were swords, and each filament executed a different sword technique! Daoist Cha, having lost his steel fork, could only hold the rear for them.
Within the academy, roars of fury rang out without cease.
Above the academy, the manifestation of the stars and constellations of the whole heaven rose up.
Just as it soared and transformed into a river of stars, geomagnetic force suddenly erupted, dragging the river of stars down from the sky and smashing it viciously to the ground. Not a single one was able to escape the academy! After a moment, all fell silent. Shen Mu opened the academy's gate and stepped out, Lin Xuan following behind him.
Daoist Cha, bringing up the rear, turned and closed the gate.
Blood welled and flowed out from the crack of the door.