Chapter 942 — The Old Senior Descends
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The dragon turtle shook its body, and plate after plate of its shell rose into the air, joining together with bang after bang into a thick and weighty cubical seal that trapped Shen Mu within, leaving him no escape, only to be refined to death by the five great cloud thunders and the Heavenly River's flying serpent!
"If Yun Chuxiu truly is the Empress or Lady Yuanmu, then she has indeed broken free of the shackles of the ancient gods!"
Qi Jiuyi's expression shifted slightly, and he turned to Yun Jianli. "Sickly Young Master, how did you come to know her, to swear brotherhood with her?"
Yun Jianli's face was somewhat pale. He smiled bitterly and said, "How was I to know her strength was so great? In a battle of the same realm, even Heavenly Venerable Mu cannot defeat her..."
Just then, Chang Xiting, the eldest disciple of Heavenly Venerable Lang, came flying through the air, and from afar he pounced at Shen Mu and Yun Chuxiu. He had been gravely wounded by the Core of the Origin Wood, and the Langxuan Divine Palace had been smashed to pieces, a tremendous loss. Rage consumed him; no other thought remained in his mind but to finish Shen Mu!
Yan'er spread her wings and rose, becoming a dragon sparrow, her primordial spirit flying out to forcibly block his blow.
Chang Xiting was beside himself with fury, and was about to fight Yan'er to the death, when suddenly Yun Jianli said in a loud voice, "Senior Brother Chang, calm yourself! It was not Heavenly Venerable Mu who destroyed your Langxuan Divine Palace, but the Empress herself!"
"Go screw your mother—"
Chang Xiting was about to curse aloud when suddenly it was as though a basin of cold water had been poured over him, chilling him to the bone. He said in a trembling voice, "Sickly Young Master, what did you say?"
Yun Jianli, unperturbed, said, "Her Majesty the Empress borrowed Heavenly Venerable Mu's divine weapon and destroyed your Langxuan Divine Palace."
Chang Xiting's face changed drastically. He looked at the girl and Shen Mu slaughtering each other amid the chaotic ruins and said, trembling, "Her Majesty the Empress?"
Long Qilin glanced at him and said slowly, "Whether it is still in time for you to flee now, I cannot say. The Langxuan Divine Palace has been destroyed, and your master, Heavenly Venerable Lang, will not forgive you. And now you know that it was Her Majesty the Empress working mischief behind the scenes, so the Empress will not forgive you either..."
Chang Xiting's hands and feet turned to ice, and in the next moment he flew off, howling away.
He knew well enough: the Langxuan Divine Sovereign would not spare him, but would make him wish for death and be unable to die, and he did not know how many years he would be sealed away before he was let out. After all, with the Langxuan Divine Palace destroyed, this Heavenly Venerable had lost enormous face, and he must be punished.
But to learn that Her Majesty the Empress had made the move, that was another matter altogether.
The Empress would certainly not let him go, would not let him tell the Langxuan Divine Sovereign the truth of what had happened!
So he made his decision on the spot, and straightaway abandoned the Langxuan Divine Palace to flee for his life alone.
On the other side, the Black Tortoise Seal suddenly burst apart. Shen Mu, gripping a blade in both hands, cleaved straight through Yun Chuxiu's great divine ability and slashed at the girl, his mana grown wild and violent beyond measure.
"You, Shen, know not when to stop!"
Yun Chuxiu had nearly been struck on her fair head by his blade and could not help but grow angry. Lowering her voice, she said, "I have already yielded to you; otherwise, do you think your mana could contend with mine? This chamber pot is a gift I bestow on you. Carry it well!"