Chapter 1322 — A Man's Iron Bones
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
The white cat Little Seven's voice still drifted to and fro, as though chattering endlessly at his ear: "You look so very curious, like a silly roe deer foolishly walking to its death — yet every time, you come back alive.
It is not that your luck is good; it is that you measure every venture with care. Even when your life is at stake, you have some means of escape. " Shen Mu surveyed his surroundings, trying to find the primordial stone, and laughed: "What means of escape could I have? If I am assimilated by this mineral vein, will I not die all the same?
" "Wrong! This time your confidence is greater still, because you know you will meet no danger at all!
" In the mist, a silver spear, silent and soundless, thrust at Shen Mu's back, straight for his heart.
The white cat Little Seven was like an assassin, and like a great venomous serpent hidden in the dark — impossible to guard against!
Shen Mu turned and swung his sword, sweeping aside the tip of the silver spear, and in that instant the might bursting from the spear tip numbed his arm with the shock.
At the very instant he swept the spear tip aside, a white cat primordial spirit of enormous bulk suddenly appeared behind him, unsheathed claws of incomparable sharpness, and slashed down at him!
When the primordial spirit of one who cultivates divine abilities reaches the Spirit Bridge realm, it has already begun to transform into something nearly substantial. At the True God realm, the primordial spirit is already equal to substance, and it is exceedingly swift, possessing tremendous might — surpassing even divine weapons!
At the God-Slaying Platform, having undergone its baptism, the primordial spirit is essentially the equal of a sacrificed ancient god; though it falls short of such gods in the laws of the Great Dao, its might is extraordinarily formidable.
And at a realm such as Lingxiao, the primordial spirit's power is strong enough to slay with ease beings of the Yujing realm, annihilating both body and spirit! At the very instant the white cat's primordial spirit brought down its claws, Shen Mu said with a sneer: "Little Seven, do you not know that I was once the Divine Son of Youdu?
Before me, no one has ever dared attack me directly with his primordial spirit. You are the first.
" Within his Divine Treasury domain, Tu Bo Shen Mu rose slowly, standing athwart behind Shen Mu.
The white cat primordial spirit's claws fell upon Tu Bo Shen Mu. The force of that blow was truly immense — yet the recoil was mightier still!
The white cat primordial spirit gave a shrill, piteous meow, as though a cat had had its tail trodden on; the three souls and seven spirits within it were shaken clean out of the body, torn away from its spirit embryo!
"You have dwelt in the Heavenly Emperor's rear palace for far too long.
" Tu Bo Shen Mu's vast form stood towering between heaven and earth; he reached out and pinched the three souls and seven spirits that sought to flee, and even the spirit embryo fell into Tu Bo Shen Mu's palm. "Many are the Lingxiao realm experts who have fought me, but they all know that to wield one's primordial spirit before the Divine Son of Youdu is certain death, so they rely instead on the might of divine weapons and the power of divine abilities to do battle with me.
" Tu Bo Shen Mu opened his palm.
The white cat's souls and spirit embryo trembled; facing this colossal being he felt an inborn dread, like a mouse before a cat. In a single instant his primordial spirit had been peeled away from his spirit embryo and his souls, and even the souls had been split into three hun and seven po, each soul and each spirit parted from the rest.
Tu Bo Shen Mu pressed his three souls and seven spirits back together, stuffed them into his spirit embryo, restoring the whole primordial spirit, and set him down. "Little Seven, you may go.
I promised to spare your life. " Shen Mu withdrew his domain and laughed: "But only one life.