Chapter 1289 — Erase His Name, Ruin His Form
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Shen Mu lashed the whip, and as he raised it for another stroke his huge head thrust forward; the vertical eye of Tubo in his brow opened, and countless gorgeous butterfly-wing-shaped Dao patterns spilled out in every direction.
Hummm —
A pillar-thick shaft of demonic light shot straight out, pierced Heavenly Venerable Hao's body, nailed him to the ground, and bore him sliding forward several hundred li, smashing through one great mountain after another.
The mountains touched by that demonic light were sliced clean in two!
Suddenly Heavenly Venerable Hao's figure vanished once more; he had mustered his primordial qi to flee from the Taixu Youdu into the land of Taixu.
"Run? Do you think you can run out of the palm of my hand?"
The Tubo that Shen Mu had become raced forward, and in a few strides charged from the Taixu Youdu into the land of Taixu, his body shifting from Tubo into Tiangong. Both hands raised high, the stars in the heavens abruptly emerged!
The stars grew larger and larger, seeming to draw nearer and nearer to the land of Taixu; stars as big as bushels ranged themselves across the sky, combining into the forms of Dipper, Umbrella, Seal, Crystal, Fan, Ladle, Canopy, Drive, and other celestial treasures of the Dao, and thundered down upon Heavenly Venerable Hao, who had not yet brought his body to a halt!
Forty-nine kinds of celestial treasures of the Dao bombarded down without cease; the earth quaked, and mushroom cloud after mushroom cloud rose, each hundreds of li from the next — a sight of tremendous grandeur.
In the great camp of the Heavenly Court, gods of the Heavenly Eye race peered about one after another, and their faces changed dramatically. They hurried to report to the city lords of every city, crying: "Disaster! Mu Tianzun is hunting down Heavenly Venerable Hao! He has chased him from Youdu all the way to the land of Taixu, fighting across several thousand li!"
Those who guarded the divine cities were all top experts of the Heavenly Court — Heavenly Masters, Heavenly Kings, and the Four Emperors among them — and hearing this they laughed. "Talking nonsense again! Mu Tianzun is a child; he only trades on his status to swindle and boast. What strength has he to kill Heavenly Venerable Hao? One sneeze from Heavenly Venerable Hao would kill him dead!"
"It is true!"
The generals of the Heavenly Court camp climbed the city towers or floated aloft to watch, and seeing from afar how Shen Mu hunted Heavenly Venerable Hao, they could only stare at one another, their faces the color of earth.
That scene was indeed Shen Mu hunting down Heavenly Venerable Hao!
The gulf in cultivation between Shen Mu and Heavenly Venerable Hao was more than a thousand li wide — and yet now Heavenly Venerable Hao, hunted by Shen Mu, had not the slightest strength to resist, nothing left but to flee for his life; and even flight could not save him!
The Heavenly Court's generals were aghast, at a loss what to do.
To have seen Heavenly Venerable Hao beaten bloody by Shen Mu was a matter of life and death; for Heavenly Venerable Hao had lost face before the whole camp of the Heavenly Court — a thing more unbearable to him, surely, than death itself. One could well imagine what fate awaited those who knew this secret!
"Seal off the news!"
The same thought rose in the hearts of all the Heavenly Court generals at once: the news must be sealed off; it must not spread through the whole army.
Heavenly Venerable Hao was the face of the Heavenly Court. That the man's Dao heart had been humiliated by the beating was a small matter; the morale of the Heavenly Court was a great one!
If the armies began to dread Shen Mu, or if Heavenly Venerable Hao, for the sake of his face, conceived the intent to wipe out those armies, either would be a terrible blow to the Heavenly Court!
"This must be reported to Heavenly Venerable Fire and Heavenly Venerable Void!"