Chapter 852 — From This Day, Forever Parted from You
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The sword marks left upon the Daoist sect's walls were yours after all. You killed the Heavenly Court's envoy, killed the disciple of the Heavenly Court's Zhou Tian Star Constellation Orthodox God; truly your audacity is heaven-high.
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. " Shen Mu held the sword in his right hand, cutting away the tendrils around the Blind Old Man, and with his left hand struck forward; teleportation patterns burst and drowned the Blind Old Man.
"You are the Divine Son of Youdu, are you not?
" Qu He sighed and said, "The power you drive is the power of Youdu.
No wonder the name Shen Mu struck me as somewhat familiar. There is a file on you in the Heavenly Court's Divine Constabulary; I read it by chance, though I remembered only Shen Fengqing, and the name Shen Mu left little impression.
Qingyun Tian has indeed turned traitor, as I expected, has he not?
" "Lord Qu, you do not betray the name of a divine constable.
" Shen Mu reversed the Carefree Sword and bowed to him in salute, saying, "It is only a pity that I cannot save you. A long farewell to you.
" Behind him the Dragon Qilin came charging at full strength, and just as the dense tendrils were about to coil around Shen Mu it arrived beneath his feet and bore him up.
Countless teleportation patterns whirled with a clatter, light burst forth, and with a swish Shen Mu vanished together with the Dragon Qilin.
Qu He, rolled up in the tendrils and delivered into the darkness of the earth dragon's belly, said faintly, "It is not you and that blind old man whom I admire; what I admire is that young Daoist named Yuchenzi, who brought me here. He is the one ruthless of hand and airtight in his dealings; I die by his scheme, and I am utterly convinced. " His body vanished into the darkness, leaving only a faint sigh: "After I die, when the Heavenly Court sends men again, they will conclude that the Earth Mother struck the blow.
Qingyun Tian will become a canker within the Heavenly Court; a truly formidable figure.
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" Outside the body of the immensely vast earth dragon, light flashed and the Blind Old Man appeared, drenched in blood, with some tendrils still growing madly from his wounds, boring outward, striving to link themselves with the earth dragon's flesh.
Yet at that moment a light flashed, and Shen Mu and the Dragon Qilin abruptly appeared; before they had even steadied themselves Shen Mu was already casting, and once more countless teleportation patterns surfaced and formed a formation in the air. An instant later the three of them had come a hundred li away. In the air, the Water Qilin trod a great river, carrying Yutianzun on its back and racing onward, while Yuchenzi raced at flying speed above them.
Shen Mu pointed, and numberless runes, coiling around the great river, howled and spun forward, and soon swallowed the Water Qilin and Yutianzun. He struck out with a palm, and teleportation runes, like yellow talismans dancing across the sky, drowned the fleeing Yuchenzi.
The earth dragon lifted its sharp claws and reached for them. Light flashed, and the company vanished.
A hundred li away, before the company's forms had even appeared, countless teleportation runes were already dancing across the sky, and a teleportation formation was taking shape. The formation had just taken shape when the forms of Shen Mu and the others appeared, entering exactly into the formation; light burst forth, and the company vanished once more.
The earth dragon roared and gave chase, but saw one blot of light after another burst and fly swiftly into the distance, until soon it could find Shen Mu and the rest no more.
The earth dragon suddenly plunged into the earth and vanished, but the ground could be seen rising swiftly, a mountain ridge arching up from below: this earth dragon was traveling underground,