Chapter 899 — The Dharma Lord Eternal Through Ten Thousand Kalpas
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" His body shrank rapidly, but even shrunk to the utmost, it was still a hundred zhang tall.
The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth dared not be negligent and hastily shrank her body.
Against beings weaker than oneself, a majestic body inspired incomparable terror; but against an existence on one's own level, the larger the body, the more weaknesses it exposed.
Yet even shrunk to the utmost, she was still eight hundred zhang tall — still enormously large compared to the Celestial Venerable Yu, greatly to her disadvantage. The primal tree shrank as well; its countless roots contracted sharply, becoming a colossal thing like a ball of thread. As the trunk shrank, Shen Mu, on the primal tree's trunk, was squeezed until his body creaked and groaned.
Just then, streams of Youdu power poured into his brow — Shen Fengqing was lending him her own strength.
Shen Mu immediately climbed along the trunk up into the primal tree's crown.
In the crown was a phoenix nest, brilliantly golden; terrifying divine light surrounded it on all sides, but within the nest alone was great serenity. Shen Mu dashed into the nest and was at last secure.
"Mother Earth, you are no match for the Celestial Venerable Hao.
You have only one chance.
" Shen Mu's undying divine consciousness flowed from the nest into the ear of the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth, and he said in a low voice, "I have crossed hands with him before. I know where his weakness lies.
" At that moment, the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth, holding the primal tree, faced the Celestial Venerable Yu. The two great powers collided in the starry sky, and their surging might pushed aside the countless heavens that dwelt upon the Yuan Realm's surface.
The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth gave a muffled grunt; in the very first exchange she tasted how terrifying a powerhouse of the Heaven Court realm was.
That was a powerhouse who could command the power of the myriad heavens and ten thousand daos.
Though the Heaven Court of the Celestial Venerable Hao, who wielded this weapon, was still imperfect, having not yet built the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces and Seventy-Two Treasure Halls, in terms of sheer dharma power alone, the Celestial Venerable Hao's strength was in no way inferior to hers. What was more terrifying still was the completeness of the Celestial Venerable Hao's divine abilities and great dao — something she, an ancient god, could never attain.
The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth collided with the Celestial Venerable Yu once more; her divine ability was broken, and she could not help but vomit blood. The Celestial Venerable Yu's attacks came like a violent storm; though she held the terrifying weapon that was the primal tree, she could not wound him in the slightest — instead, she herself was wounded again and again.
Mighty as she was, her own great dao runes had long since been studied thoroughly by the Heaven Court; the primordial magnetic divine ability the Celestial Venerable Yu displayed was even more exquisite and more terrifying than her own.
And every one of her moves seemed riddled with flaws, with no possibility of ever striking him. That was the most terrifying thing of all. She had no secrets left whatsoever.
Her thoughts fluctuated, connecting with Shen Mu's undying divine consciousness.
"Where is his flaw?
" One undying divine consciousness and one vast, profound mind, in the instant of their collision, left the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth dazed, as though she had returned to the Heaven Court of the early Longhan years. She stood upon the Jade Pool, and opposite her was the Celestial Venerable Hao.
And she seemed to become a youth burning with wrath, seeking justice for the true Celestial Venerable Yu. She seemed to have become another Celestial Venerable who had vanished into history — the Celestial Venerable Mu.
"Watch my divine ability!
" Shen Mu's divine consciousness rippled.
"Remember, you have only one chance!