Chapter 971 — Supreme One, Please Perish Here
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The Tai Emperor's phantom split off a portion of its divine consciousness to block them. The phantom shrank a few more degrees and continued walking toward Shen Mu. Just then, an altar appeared in the sky, barring his path. Upon the altar, a massive head opened its eyes, its hollow, empty mouth opening and closing as it laughed: "Tai Emperor, long time no see!"
The swooping Tai Emperor's phantom halted at once, its gaze falling upon that incomplete head. In surprise, it said: "Shu Jun, one of the Three Kings of the Primordial Era? You're actually still alive?"
"That's right, this old man is alive!"
From Shu Jun's massive head, divine consciousness surged skyward, transforming into a colossal Creator with his own head tucked under his arm. He chuckled: "Didn't expect that, did you? This old man actually survived that battle! Tai Emperor, this old man is here—get lost!"
The Tai Emperor's phantom snorted coldly and said indifferently: "You are nothing but my defeated foe. Are you worthy of speaking of bravery?"
"Bah!"
Shu Jun sneered: "Tai Emperor, back then, if you hadn't gathered all the clans of the world to visualize you together, could you have defeated the Three Kings and proclaimed yourself emperor? Don't leave today—I'll fight you three hundred rounds!"
The Tai Emperor's phantom chuckled softly: "Your body is broken now, your divine consciousness unrecovered. To fight you, why would I need three hundred rounds?"
His body flickered, splitting into two. One Tai Emperor phantom went to meet Shu Jun, while the other walked toward Shen Mu.
Shu Jun was furious: "You underestimate me? This old man will show you my Three Enclosures Higher Consciousness!"
His divine consciousness erupted. The many star gods and demons of the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, the Supreme Palace Enclosure, and the Heavenly Market Enclosure all emerged together. Starlight surged, transforming into a void storm. From the storm's center, countless towering gods and demons charged out madly, their forms almost identical to ancient gods, brandishing sabers, spears, swords, and halberds as they rushed at the Tai Emperor's phantom.
"The Three Enclosures Higher Consciousness is nothing more than this. Can it compare to my Daluo Supreme Divine Consciousness?"
That Tai Emperor phantom laughed heartily and also visualized various divine beings. The two sides slaughtered each other.
Shu Jun roared like thunder. His massive head flew up and charged at that Tai Emperor phantom. The Tai Emperor showed no fear, engaging him in close combat, fighting until Shen Mu's Primal Embryo Divine Treasury cracked and crumbled!
The other Tai Emperor phantom lightly paused and landed before Shen Mu's spirit fetus, gazing at him curiously.
Shen Mu likewise studied this legendary being with curiosity. The "Tai" in Tai Emperor meant ancient, beginning, primordial. The Tai Emperor was the most ancient and primordial Heaven Emperor.
Such a being could not help but arouse his curiosity.
"Longhan Tyrant Body, you and I finally meet," the Tai Emperor's phantom said with a smile.
Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly. He said: "The Tai Emperor knows of me?"
"In the early years of Longhan, you were enfeoffed as Mu Tianzun at the Jade Pool Grand Gathering. I was there too—only I was at the Heavenly Court Grand Gathering, attending the grand feast of His Majesty the Heaven Emperor."
The Tai Emperor's phantom said with a smile: "By the time I heard the name Mu Tianzun, Mu Tianzun had already left the Longhan Heavenly Court. How regrettable that I could not meet you."
Shen Mu said with a smile: "I traveled back to the early years of Longhan and met many beings who later became renowned throughout the world, but there were also many I never met. So then, the Tai Emperor intends to seize my body?"
The Tai Emperor's phantom shook its head: "Not seizure, but life-borrowing."