Chapter 1339 — Sending You West
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
"Why has the Sea of Chaos suddenly stirred with waves at a time like this?"
A chill of dread ran through Shen Mu; he cursed inwardly that all was lost, and at once soared into the air. Without a moment's hesitation he unleashed his most practiced great divine art, the Other Shore Divine Ark Crossing, seeking to slip into the void and evade the assault of the four Heavenly Venerables.
In the very instant his form moved, the auras of the four Heavenly Venerables were suddenly drawn one to another, and clashed together!
Within those auras were the four Heavenly Venerables' distinct magic powers, their distinct divine consciousnesses, vast and surging; in the instant of collision, Shen Mu felt his vital qi and divine consciousness turn sluggish in their circulation.
His Other Shore Divine Ark art could not take form at all, could not carry him across into the void!
"I'm finished..."
Shen Mu's heart sank. At once he prepared two courses. With a hum, his Divine Treasury Domain opened; one hand seized Heavenly Venerable Ling's peachwood hairpin, the other reached for the chaos ore vein within the Divine Treasury Domain.
From the chaos ore vein in his Divine Treasury Domain, the two halves of Tai Yi's eggshell rose up — this was his second preparation. If even the Unchanging divine art could not hold them off, he meant to seal himself away, entomb himself within Tai Yi's eggshell!
As to whether Tai Yi's egg could withstand the four Heavenly Venerables' siege, whether it could protect him — that he did not know.
Within the Tai Shi ore vein, the Tai Shi Egg too woke from refining the Tai Shi primal stone; the heaven above round as an egg, its two shells, one above and one below, enclosed Shen Mu's Divine Treasury Domain!
"Heavenly Venerable Mu, do you need help?" he asked in alarm.
Shen Mu gave no answer. At a moment like this, even Tai Shi was utterly useless; Tai Shi's strength had not yet grown so formidable as to contend with four Heavenly Venerables.
He had scarcely finished his preparations when he saw a staff rise slowly from the Sea of Chaos, sweeping the chaos qi aside.
The four Heavenly Venerables had not shown themselves, yet their divine arts had already arrived!
Heavenly Venerable Xiao, Heavenly Consort Yan, the Ancestral God King, and Divine Emperor Langxuan — though each had suffered grievous wounds, even so their divine arts were incomparably fierce and dreadful!
In this strike the four Heavenly Venerables brought forth their full strength, forcing their foe to retreat rather than face them. Had they appeared in person, the effect would have been quite the opposite!
Just as their divine arts were about to reach Shen Mu's side, that inconspicuous staff stamped down heavily!
Shen Mu heard a tremendous boom; the whole Sea of Chaos was flung up by that single stamp of the staff!
The divine arts of the four Heavenly Venerables, like so much paper pasted together, shattered amid the terrifying impact; the towering waves raised by the Sea of Chaos rolled crushing outward in every direction, squeezing the void until it collapsed.
Suddenly the forms of the four Heavenly Venerables surfaced, flung up by the waves of the Sea of Chaos, hurtling backward against their will.
Each of the four Heavenly Venerables gave a stifled grunt, straining to steady himself, but before such a force none could steady himself at all. Astonishment filled their hearts beyond measure: this force surpassed even the fleshly body of the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor, surpassed the Great Emperor in his complete form; they even felt that the realm this force represented transcended the very limits of the Heavenly Court realm!
Whoosh —
The four Heavenly Venerables, flailing wildly, were borne far away from this place.
The four landed, spoke not a word, turned, and walked off, soon vanishing in four directions across the Ancestral Court.