Chapter 1042 — One Sword Shakes the Eastern Pole
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" Yan'er showed no fear. She went straight to meet him and beat the dragon god half to death. The other dragon sons came forward to challenge her one after another, and without exception they were defeated.
But Yan'er too felt utterly exhausted.
Just then, Shen Mu's voice came: "Yan'er, stand down.
" Yan'er assented and withdrew.
"Pi, you go.
" Shen Mu's voice came: "Worthy nephews and nieces, since you have come to challenge me, I cannot pull rank on the young. I will let Pi duel you. If you can defeat Pi at the same realm, then I will fight you myself.
" As he spoke, an enormous creature with a dragon's head, a qilin's body, and a dragon's tail emerged from the hall.
As it walked, it transformed into a human form, growing into a burly youth.
"I am of the Venerable God realm. Who dares fight me? " The dragon sons and grandsons of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace continued to come down and challenge him, but this youth named Pi had fierce and domineering cultivation arts and divine abilities, and his various arts emerged in endless succession, dazzling the eye.
He defeated twenty or thirty dragon sons and daughters in a row. When Long Pi grew tired from fighting, Yan'er took his place. For three or five days running, they did not suffer a single defeat!
The eldest prince frowned, cleared his throat, and said, "Stand down, all of you. I will go. " He stepped forward.
Long Pi glanced at him, hesitated, then called into the hall, "Sect Master, this dragon has a full forehead and a square jaw. I fear he is a powerhouse who has forged the Emperor Throne.
I am no match for him.
" Shen Mu walked out of the hall and smiled. "Long Pang, stand down. " The eldest prince saluted Shen Mu.
"My younger brothers and sisters have been mischievous and have offended Heavenly Venerable Mu.
Yuanlong has come to apologize. .
. " Shen Mu raised a hand and smiled. "Say no more.
I already know why you have come.
My Dao-entering divine arts number eight moves in all. If you can withstand these eight moves, I will let bygones be bygones. " Crown Prince Yuanlong was delighted inwardly. He said in a low voice, "Heavenly Venerable, please—" Without further ado, Shen Mu unleashed the first move of his Dao-entering divine arts.
At once the heavens changed abruptly: the Heavenly Dao hung high, the Dao of Origin spread flat, heaven round and earth square.
The forty-nine Heavenly Daos merged with the thirty-six Daos of Origin, forming four smooth arcs. Upon those four arcs appeared four different faces of gods and demons: joy, anger, sorrow, and delight.
Crown Prince Yuanlong looked up.
Shen Mu had transformed into this four-faced god, giving him a sense of awe that shook heaven and earth, and dread rose unbidden in his heart. Shen Mu's hand seal fell, and Crown Prince Yuanlong could not help but forcibly raise his cultivation to withstand it! He had originally intended to fight Shen Mu at the same realm, but facing Shen Mu in truth, he found that at the same realm he was no match at all.
So he made a swift decision and raised his cultivation to the level of True God! He took Shen Mu's blow, and the mana within his body fell into chaos, his vital essence surging wildly beyond control, his divine consciousness nearly scattered. Terrified, he hastily unsealed the mana of the Jade Pool realm, and only then did the chaos within him subside. But at that moment, Shen Mu unleashed the second move of his great Dao-entering divine arts: the Mystic Gate of Heaven and Earth, descending from the sky to suppress him.
The Mystic Gate of Heaven and Earth, fusing the forty-nine Daos of Heaven and the sixty-four great Daos of Youdu, had become a terrifying divine art! Crown Prince Yuanlong had no choice but to raise his mana again, lifting his cultivation to the peak of the Jade Pool realm.