Chapter 1076 — Ancient Gods and the Sarcophagus
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"How could there be such a terrifying creature?
" Shen Mu could not help but shudder, and only then did he notice that between the four forelegs of the Void Beast there actually grew membranes of flesh, so that this colossus could also fly!
When those membranes spread, it could surely soar through the sky like a bat!
A primeval brute that could fly, that could cross the void, that would eat anything, and yet the Creators had not been eaten clean by such monsters, which was itself a marvel!
"Could it be that the prehistoric Creators could control such powerful life with their divine consciousness?
" A doubt rose in Shen Mu's heart. Luo Xiao was beside himself with excitement, darting forward to stroke the incomparably rough hide of the Void Beast, unable to hide his agitation, babbling, "A Void Beast, this is the Void Beast our forebears spoke of, the beast that legend says only the mightiest warriors of every race could subdue, and I never thought I too could subdue one. .
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" Shen Mu studied the Void Beast closely and saw many whirlpool-like markings upon its skin, which must be void patterns. His heart stirred: "If I could study the void patterns on a Void Beast thoroughly, I might be able to sort out a set of void runes and establish another system of void arts.
I might even found an entirely new Great Dao.
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" His eyes shone as he took out a mirror, leapt up, and flew round and round the beast, shining the light upon it.
Suddenly Yan Er's cry of alarm came: "My lord, look around!
" Shen Mu looked about and his heart jolted, for he saw the earth of the Ancestral Court split open, and upon the ground there were several huge eyeballs!
These eyes were large and small, and some seemed to grow right out of the mountains! Even the smallest eye measured dozens of zhang across!
More great eyeballs surged up from the earth, springing forth like bamboo shoots after rain, each blinking and staring toward them in excitement. Nor was that all, for he saw in the sky also one huge eyeball after another popping into growth, and soon the eyes in the sky grew more and more numerous, until at a glance they threatened to blot out the firmament of the Ancestral Court! A chill ran down Shen Mu's spine, and with no time to finish imaging the void patterns on the Void Beast Luo Xiao had captured, he hastened back down upon the altar and said urgently, "There are most likely no other living things left in the Ancestral Court, all eaten clean by the Void Beasts, and this is no place to linger, so let us return at once!
" Luo Xiao said in panic, "I still must commune with the ancestors of the Ancestral Court, wait a little longer!
" Da Hong smiled faintly and said, "Brother Mu, are you not curious about that Taichu divine stone lode in the Ancestral Court? I would like to go and see it, for I have heard the Heavenly Emperor was born from an egg quarried from that lode.
Brother Gu Xiao, are you not curious?
" Shen Mu glanced at him. Gu Xiao said coolly, "I have heard the Tai Emperor's Taichu primal stone also came from that lode, so naturally I am most curious.
Only by walking there ourselves would this trip not be in vain.
" The two stood on either side of the altar, their gazes locked.
Cold sweat broke out on Shen Mu's brow as he stepped back, sending his divine consciousness in transmission: "Yan Er, be ready to snuff the lamp at any moment! " Yan Er hastily took down the lantern hanging from the precious carriage and alighted upon Shen Mu's shoulder, whispering in his ear, "My lord, the sky is bright, and even if we snuff the lamp I fear we cannot return to the ghost ship.
" Shen Mu's divine consciousness rippled: "I was once the divine son of Youdu, Little Tu Bo, and I have plenty of ways to darken the sky.
The moment they move, you snuff the lamp!