Chapter 1111 — Oh, So This Is the Mortal Realm
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 3
The Heavenly River was falling out of the sky, about to crash down upon the earth — and the Heavenly River that flowed upon the earth would be the Surging River of later ages!
But if the Heavenly River came crashing down, it would surely bring a calamity of annihilation upon all who lived here!
A flood sweeping across heaven and earth would wash away everything!
Without a moment's thought, Shen Mu let out an explosive roar. His body swelled larger and larger until, in an instant, he had transformed into a sinewy colossus of ten thousand zhang with three heads and six arms, leaping into the sky to meet the falling Heavenly River!
Boom!
The Heavenly River crashed down upon his body, boundless weight pressing on his shoulders.
Shen Mu's primal energy blazed forth, enveloping several thousand li of the Heavenly River as he strained with all his might to keep that stretch from falling.
But the Heavenly River, once confined between heaven and earth, had now lost its confinement; the whole of its weight came down, crushing his bones and sinews until they cracked and snapped, bending his spine, driving his body down and down toward the ground.
Shen Mu roared in fury; beneath his skin the muscles swelled, the great sinews drew taut, and his six arms strained to hold up the Heavenly River.
He was like a giant bearing the blue vault of heaven on his back, his skin bursting open bit by bit.
Then, all at once, over the lands of the human race, one divine being after another soared into the sky, each holding up a stretch of the Heavenly River, their ascending figures like trails of flowing light.
The pressure on Shen Mu eased at once, but even with the human deities lending their strength, the weight of the Heavenly River was more than they could bear; the great river still pressed them down, down toward the earth of the Primal World.
At last Shen Mu's feet struck the ground and sank deep into the soil, and he bellowed at the people who stood staring in stunned disbelief: "Run!
Get out of here——"