Chapter 1272 — Calamity Approaches
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He looked down, and saw that the collapsing void had already annihilated more than half of itself, and that the vast armies of the Heavenly Court's gods and men were fleeing madly toward the Great Void. Tower ships flew at utmost speed; war chariots hurtled frantically onward, crushing underfoot on the way countless of their own.
Beyond these, god-and-devil commanders drove the North Emperor's artifact and the West Emperor's artifact along the void passage, charging forward, and soldiers who could not dodge in time were trampled and smashed to pieces outright by the two great artifacts. "When calamity is at hand, the high and mighty gods and devils are in truth much the same as ordinary folk.
" A certain irony rose unbidden in Shen Mu's heart.
"How laughable, that you still think yourselves high above, overweening and unassailable.
" Suddenly the string of light snapped shut and fell into Bai Yuqiong's hand, becoming a lantern; holding it aloft, its glow upon the three of them, she hurried them along at speed, and they drew ever nearer to the Great Void.
By the time the fluctuations reached here they were no longer so strong, but what was truly dreadful was the collapsing, annihilating void itself.
The void's annihilation released energy of the most terrifying kind; without the lantern, even Bai Yuqiong could not have held out for long. At last Bai Yuqiong brought them charging into the Great Void, flying down from high in the sky.
"The Great Void may very well collapse as well.
We go first to the Void Bridge!
" Shen Mu said in a low voice. At that moment they saw corpse-walkers leaping straight down from beyond the heavens, one after another, turning in midair into trails of blazing fire that plunged into the Great Void.
"These corpse-walkers carry within them a great deal of divine consciousness from the collapsing void," Shen Mu said, startled.
Boom!
The sky shook violently, and into the sky above the Great Void a thing the size of a planet came falling with a howl.
Shen Mu's eyes were sharp, and he could not help being startled.
"The head of the artifact Imperial Heaven Venerable! Wait, that person is Hao Heaven Venerable!
" There, upon the very tip of the nose of the artifact Imperial Heaven Venerable's head, Hao Heaven Venerable lay sprawled out at full length.
Boom, boom, boom!
More great reports came; Fire Heaven Venerable and Sovereign Kai had fought to the shedding of blood, each departing wounded, while Void Heaven Venerable and Langwan, the Divine King, had each suffered as grievously as the other and gone their separate ways.
Only the Grand Emperor and Heaven Consort Qiang were nowhere to be seen.
Shen Mu was dumbstruck a moment, then suddenly grew feverish with excitement.
"Celestial Master Bai, I have a bold idea!
" "Don't you even think about it! " Bai Yuqiong rejected it flatly.
Shen Mu might not have heard her at all.
"Let us hunt down Hao Heaven Venerable!
While he is sick, take his life! "