Chapter 1069 — The Five Stars Fall in Succession
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Six heavenly dragons coiled about his body, and he reached out his claws to meet the Tai Bai Star Lord. The six heavenly dragons were like six arms, and under his command they performed divine arts and dao methods he had never learned before, pressing the Tai Bai Star Lord into the inferior place; his defeat and death were only a matter of time. On the other side, the Ying Huo Star Lord and the Sui Star Lord came charging in.
The Ying Huo Star Lord held twin hammers, ox-headed and man-bodied, his fighting power terrifying; the Sui Star Lord was bird-headed and man-bodied, his two claws gripping two azure dragons, and of a sudden the azure dragons transformed, becoming a bow and an arrow. The Sui Star Lord beat his wings and rose, caught the bow and arrow the azure dragons had become, and loosed an arrow that struck the Tai Bai Star Lord square in the back of the heart.
The Dragon Qilin rejoiced — then saw that though the Tai Bai Star Lord was struck, the wounds on his flesh healed with flying speed, and even in his hollow eye sockets two eyes were swiftly growing!
"The Sui Star Lord is an ancient god who rules life and the way of sacrifice.
He did not shoot the Tai Bai Star Lord to kill him, but to heal him! " The Tai Bai Star Lord's strength was restored to what it had been, his fighting power growing ever greater, and with the Ying Huo Star Lord and the Sui Star Lord charging in as well, the Dragon Qilin could not possibly hold.
Even as the two Star Lords came at him, a plump, fat dragon sparrow flew up on beating wings, its two sharp claws seizing the Sui Star Lord. The Sui Star Lord rolled over, and the two great birds fought wildly in the air, their cries shrill and clear.
The Sui Star Lord had seen Yan'er slay the Chen Star Lord, and he feared her greatly; but Yan'er, having swallowed the Chen Star Lord, had grown round as a ball, like a sphere with two vermilion-bird wings stuck into it, and flew with difficulty, which at once gave him courage.
"So long as I hold out until my ancestral star descends, killing this stupid bird will be easy!
" The Sui Star Lord's heart steadied.
The Ying Huo Star Lord rushed to the Dragon Qilin's side, his two great hammers closing in from either flank, and just then Shen Mu, who had plainly died a moment before, suddenly charged in from the side as though reborn in fire.
The Ying Huo Star Lord's heart leaped, and he saw Shen Mu's palms shift through a thousand transformations, as though in a single blink countless figures were performing countless different combat arts. All at once those ten thousand combat arts merged into one stream and became a single fist, which passed between his two hammers and smashed into his chest.
The Ying Huo Star Lord heard the sound of his own bones breaking and was sent flying backward. Shen Mu pursued without pause.
His two hands split into four, four into eight, becoming eight arms; runes leaped, and all manner of divine arts blasted at him.
The Ying Huo Star Lord's body suddenly felt immeasurably heavy, as though one heaven after another were pressing upon him; then teleportation arts burst out all over his body, tearing each part of his flesh in every direction. Luckily his body was immensely strong, and he withstood the rending force of space by main force.
Shen Mu's eight arms flew, and the vertical eye at his brow blazed; a vault of heaven hung high above the Ying Huo Star Lord.
Though the Ying Huo Star Lord felt the geomagnetic power crushing him madly, his body did not fall toward the Heavenly River but instead floated upward, flying toward that vault of heaven.
His limbs spread wide, his body growing ever larger.
At his ear he heard the voice of the heavenly dao, the dao sound given forth by the Heavenly Duke's Great Way, mysterious and profound.