Chapter 1264 — The Hair on His Calf
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
" She was just about to rush into Stone City with Lan Yutian when light suddenly burst from the far side of the city, dazzling divine radiance spreading in every direction like the patterns on a butterfly's wings! A terrifying wave of power rolled out from behind Stone City, shattering the already ruined void to pieces! At the same time, an enormous lotus swelled violently, growing larger and larger, crushing the Stone City before Bai Yuqiong and Lan Yutian until it warped and collapsed; the tens of thousands of divine and demon soldiers within warped with it, their bodies caving in, all but breaking into pools of rotten flesh in the blink of an eye!
Bai Yuqiong was aghast, seized by a terror such as she had never known.
She saw a towering figure rise slowly before her, and then she could see only the legs and feet of that towering figure—it grew at such a frightful rate that it soon rose beyond measure, and still it grew madly on!
She saw the man's leg hair, like a forest of steel; the dark hairs swept across the void, and the void split open! The hairs were thick, thicker than towering trees, yet smooth, their tips sharp as keen lances. She even saw the skin beneath the hairs, like parched land, its texture carved into a thousand ravines and gullies, with rivers flowing across it; and the giant's pores were like great volcanoes, spewing heat and steam!
Fear clutched at her heart: out of the muscles of that towering giant, enormous roots pierced through, tearing his skin to shreds, rotting the flesh around the wounds and exposing raw, bloody meat. These thick roots wound like giant dragons, taking root in the lotus continent.
The lotus continent was growing rapidly too, larger and larger, covered in magnificent runes of incomparable splendor, as though they were restraining the giant's movements.
Each rune was as large as a bushel, some spanning dozens or even hundreds of acres, yet with every movement of the giant's body, countless runes shattered. What was more, a huge metal sphere the size of a planet howled as it spun around the giant, its countless runes shifting and casting reflections that shone upon the giant and the lotus continent!
"Hao Heavenly Venerable—" The giant spoke, and the sound waves turned solid; though they swept overhead, Bai Yuqiong and Lan Yutian, at his feet, were shaken into dry heaves. Whoosh— The lotus continent bore the giant up into the air and hurtled along the void passage straight for the Heavenly Venerable's treasure chariot at tremendous speed; in the instant the giant and the continent leapt over Bai Yuqiong and Lan Yutian's heads, their minds went utterly blank.
Their consciousness seemed to freeze; every thought congealed, and not a single notion remained in their minds. Only after the lotus continent had flown past them could their thoughts begin to move again, and all that remained was the chill of belated dread.
Just then, a beam of lamplight fell from above and shone upon the two of them.
Bai Yuqiong had meant to resist, but something stirred in her heart: "Master Yue's divine ability. .
.
" She resisted no more; the beam of light swept the two of them up and, with a whoosh, drew them into the lantern. Inside the lantern was a blazing sun, folded by a spatial divine ability until it seemed very small; standing within the lantern, they felt as though they were in a chamber a hundred zhang across, wonderfully warm. The round little room had a door as well.
Lan Yutian pushed it open and stood in the doorway peering out, and there he saw Shen Mu's enormous face. "Brother!
" Overjoyed, Lan Yutian turned hurriedly to Bai Yuqiong. "Sister Celestial Master, you really are something—you truly found my brother!
" Bai Yuqiong's heart gave a jolt.
She followed him to the doorway and looked up at the giant holding the lantern—it was indeed Shen Mu—and her expression shifted. "So Lan Yutian is Mu Heavenly Venerable's younger brother.