Chapter 889 — A Beauty Among the Flowers, Fair as Jade
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The dark celestial river's falling torrents struck downward, ever faster, and those two great flowers were sinking slowly as well; the dread gravitational pull issuing from the great abyss grew stronger and stronger! Under the doubled weight of the dark celestial river and that gravity, Shen Mu and Dragon Qilin's bodies turned in an instant unimaginably heavy; they could no longer keep their balance and, powerless over themselves, plunged down into the abyss.
"Dragon Sparrow Holds the Heavens! " The azure sparrow on Shen Mu's shoulder gave a sudden shriek, and her primal spirit surfaced, transforming behind her into a dragon-sparrow whose head and tail were joined as one: half Vermilion Bird, half Azure Dragon, with the body and tail plumes of a Vermilion Bird, yet out of those tail plumes there extended the tail of an Azure Dragon.
The dragon-sparrow spread its wings as though in flight, lifted its head and shrieked, and from its mouth came the call of a sparrow and the roar of a dragon together, spewing forth blazing sacred fire.
Her dragon tail was unbelievably long, almost joined to her head, forming a ring that gathered them all inside it. The Vermilion Bird's sacred fire that poured from her mouth ignited her Azure Dragon tail with a hiss, and in no time the holy flame had run through her whole body, forming a ring of fire that held back Guixu's dreadful power.
The dragon-sparrow held the heavens, its mouth holding its tail, its body a ring, and at its center lay an independent world, a small heaven, safe and steady.
This was the first time Shen Mu had seen Yan'er unleash her own crowning art, and it proved so mighty that it blocked the backflow of the dark celestial river and the gravity of Guixu.
This girl ordinarily caught gods and devils of the Primal World to flesh out her meals, yet Shen Mu had on the whole never seen her make a move; in daily life she was especially fond of waiting on others, and besides feeding him she liked to help Shen Mu set his clothes to rights and smooth out their creases. But now that Yan'er's strength had erupted, Shen Mu understood how mighty and terrifying she was, stronger even than the Founding Patriarch, the Human Sovereign, and fiercer still!
Bear in mind that the Founding Patriarch, the Human Sovereign, was already an existence at the Jade Capital realm!
"I wonder how Sister Yan'er's strength compares with that of the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha?
" Shen Mu quickened his pace at once and ran toward those two great flowers. What he was more curious about was the identity of Yan'er, whom the South Emperor Vermilion Bird had given to the Moon Heavenly Venerable as a maidservant. He thought to himself, "She carries both Vermilion Bird bloodline and Azure Dragon bloodline, so what relationship does Sister Yan'er bear to the South Emperor Vermilion Bird and the East Emperor Azure Dragon?
" He blinked.
This girl who loved to wait upon others could not possibly be the daughter of the South Emperor Vermilion Bird and the East Emperor Azure Dragon, could she?
As the daughter of two emperors, honored as a princess, how had she ever come to develop such an odd habit of liking to serve others?
At last, before the two great flowers closed completely, they rushed in through the gap between the petals!
Behind them the petals sealed shut entirely, cutting off the dreadful gravity from the great abyss and the pressure of the dark celestial river. Yet with gravity and pressure gone, Yan'er could not govern her posture for a moment, and she slammed hard into the earth.
The small heaven enclosed by her primal spirit shattered on the instant, and Shen Mu and Dragon Qilin were flung down as well, tumbling and rolling, crashing into a thick flower stamen, bouncing away, striking another stamen, and rebounding again.
The stamens were very soft.