Chapter 926 — The Third Eye's Mutation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
She could only drive the ship with all her strength, dodging the assaults of one giant spirit body after another by the narrowest of margins, doing all she could to keep those aboard safe and flee this place. The Phoenix Ship wove up and down; when it truly could not dodge, it shrank its hull and charged straight at the ancient god spirit bodies, plunging through their very forms, valiant beyond measure.
Yet every collision was a strain Qi Xiayu could scarce sustain—she had not come in person, after all, and steering the Phoenix Ship from the Yuan World left her slow to react, her power somewhat wanting, so that the phantom of the nine-headed phoenix grew dimmer and dimmer.
At last, when her power was nearly spent, the Phoenix Ship flew clear of that dreadful Blood-Rust Belt, and everyone aboard breathed out.
The phantom of the nine-headed phoenix all but vanished; plainly Qi Xiayu had been drained enormously—saving them all had left her utterly spent. "Take him to the Heavenly Court and dump him in front of the Southern Heavenly Gate, then sail the ship back to me at once.
Don't let me see him again! " With that, the nine phoenixes dispersed.
Shen Mu said nothing, sullen. Qi Jiuyi shot him a glance: "Cult Master Shen, I told you the Blood-Rust Belt was extremely dangerous, and you wouldn't believe me.
This is a forbidden zone; even beings of the Imperial Throne realm hardly dare set foot here lightly, let alone the rest of us.
Guards!
Help Cult Master Shen to his cabin to rest! " Several gods came forward; two took Shen Mu by the arms, left and right, and several more followed behind as they escorted him into the cabin.
Still uneasy, worried that he might break out, Qi Jiuyi ordered layer upon layer of seals laid down, saying, "Cult Master Shen, there are several more perilous ruins along the way.
Bear with it a few days; we'll let you out when we reach the Heavenly Court. " Yan'er asked curiously, "There are more dangerous places on the way? How do they compare with the Blood-Rust Belt?
" Qi Jiuyi said, "No less terrible.
Two days further on lies the place where the Ming Emperor fell; the Ming Emperor died in battle there, and it is more dangerous by far than this place. " Yan'er said gravely, "Then the gods under your command cannot hold the young master.
He is a master of every art of breaking seals; your gods may be his superiors in cultivation, but he can undo your seals with ease.
I must be the one to lay the seals, or he will break through. " With that, she laid layer upon layer of seals on the cabin door, so that Shen Mu might not escape and make more trouble.
From within came Shen Mu's furious voice: "Sister Yan'er, you've turned traitor! " Long Qilin said hastily, "Cult Master, Sister Yan'er means well—she doesn't want you to get into trouble again. If the Red Emperor hadn't come to the rescue next time, you'd truly be dead!
" Shen Mu raged, "Fat Long, you've turned traitor too—when the New Year comes, I'll slaughter you and serve you up on the table!
" The Phoenix Ship sped up and pressed on.
In the cabin, Shen Mu took out that red Creation Godstone; he had not yet examined this treasure closely since he came by it.
The Godstone was not large; it was most likely a fragment of a whole one, and Wei Suifeng had probably found it while searching the ruins of the Blood-Rust Belt.
Wei Suifeng knew many secrets, and this eldest senior brother would go to any lengths to earn merit; he must have had deep reasons for leaving this Creation Godstone to Shen Mu.
Shen Mu placed the Godstone at the center of his brow, emptied his mind, and let his divine consciousness flow into it—and that was when the anomaly struck!