Chapter 1051 — Three Supremes Appear Together
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Just then a woman's voice came, laughing, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, stay your steps. " The Dragon Qilin reined in the traces and looked toward Shen Mu in the chariot; through the pearl curtain he could not tell whether Shen Mu was pleased or angry. Shen Mu's voice came from within the chariot, mild and cool: "Is that the Western Emperor? " A woman in armor walked out from the White Tiger Heavenly Palace, and behind her rose the head of a white tiger, crouched low with paws braced, poised to pounce, savage beyond measure; the tiger's head alone blotted out half the heavenly palace.
The woman was fully armed, heroic and dashing. She laughed.
"It is. Will the Heavenly Venerable step out for a meeting?
" "No.
" Shen Mu's voice came from behind the pearl curtain, neither warm nor cold: "I am a Heavenly Venerable, come to pay a visit. You would have me go to your Lingxiao Hall to pay homage to you, which is a breach of propriety. Today I will not leave this chariot, lest I bring disgrace upon your Western Pole Heaven.
You come up. " The Western Emperor frowned slightly, glanced at those to either side, suppressed her anger, and said, "Heavenly Venerable, do not press your luck.
" Shen Mu laughed heartily and said unhurriedly, "I have heard that in the Western Pole there are fierce tigers, untamable and proud.
The tiger is cunning and suspicious, yet when it sees its prey it rejoices, and fixes its whole attention upon it, with no thought for what lies around it. Therefore the hunter who would take a tiger sets a sheep before it. The tiger pounces on the sheep, the hunter kills the tiger, and the tiger meets its end. " The Western Emperor flew into a rage, strode forward, climbed onto the treasure chariot, pushed aside the pearl curtain and went in, saying, "If the Heavenly Venerable has something to say, say it plainly!
" Only then did she notice there was someone else in the chariot, and her gaze fell upon the Divine King Langwan. Doubt rose in her heart: "Her Majesty the Empress Consort?
" Her heart went cold, and the metal of her armor clashed and rang. She said coldly, "Heavenly Venerable Mu comes together with the Empress Consort. Do you mean to kill me? " Shen Mu raised a hand.
"Western Emperor, please sit. " The Western Emperor gave a humph and sat down, her gaze still fixed hard upon the Divine King Langwan.
Suddenly she said, "You are not the Empress Consort. You do not have that scent about you.
" The Divine King Langwan's face was indifferent. Faintly she said, "Then who does the Western Emperor think I am?
" The Western Emperor still stared at her, as if scrutinizing her origins.
"Western Emperor, do you know that your hour of death has come? " Shen Mu smiled.
"You raise your army now, and so long as you attack Heaven Rampart City across the way, the moment the two armies join battle will be the moment of your death.
Heavenly Venerable Hong has long schemed for this, waiting for you to enter the trap.
When your great army of Western Pole gods and demons reaches the city walls, Heavenly Venerable Hong's primordial spirit will take possession of the divine artifact Yutianzun, and in a few exchanges you will fall dead on the spot!
" The Western Emperor's gaze shifted from the Divine King Langwan's face. She opened the chariot window and looked far off at the divine artifact Yutianzun behind Heaven Rampart City. "You mean to say Heavenly Venerable Hong has already arrived? That is utterly absurd. My information is that all ten Heavenly Venerables are at the Heavenly Court at this moment, each restraining the others; with mutual threats between them, they cannot possibly extricate themselves from the Heavenly Court!