Chapter 1553 — The Entanglement Between Father and Son
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Consort Qiang's flight caught everyone off guard. Zu, Xu, Gong, Shi and the rest turned ashen. Among the Ten Heavenly Venerables, she alone knew the way across the river; with her gone, were the others to be trapped here until they died?
Merely aging a day at a time was already unbearable!
They would never make it out; they would die of old age along the way.
"She can't get away.
" Xiao Tianzun spoke indifferently.
"Here, no one can get away. Deal with Mu Tianzun first.
" Hao Tianzun shot him a glance, his eyes flickering. So he knows some of the secrets of the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City, and that is why he is sure the Great Emperor cannot escape. Where did he learn them?
Though Shen Mu had revealed a stunning, peerless strength in this moment, he still paid it no mind.
To him, Shen Mu was not his match; his match was Xiao Tianzun, who had not stirred from first to last!
He alone knew how powerful Xiao Tianzun was! The gap between Shen Mu and himself was still vast, but Xiao Tianzun struck him as unfathomably deep.
"Apart from Mu Tianzun's strange tree, there is another way to withstand the onslaught of the Calamity of Destruction. Father, have you reached that step as well? " Hao Tianzun said silently in his heart, "In the long river of history, I have defeated not only you, but Yun Tianzun, Yue Tianzun and Ling Tianzun, and the Great Emperor as well. I can defeat you not just once, but a second time, a third time—I can even kill you!
" The two stood silently on the Dao Tree. Hao Tianzun's gaze shifted from Xiao Tianzun's back, while Xiao Tianzun watched the fierce battle as the Heavenly Venerables besieged Shen Mu.
His face was aged, but his gaze was deep and terrible. When Hao Tianzun's eyes left his back, the light in his own leaped. "Worthy of my son—he too has thought of a way to withstand the Calamity of Destruction. Or rather, he thought of it long ago, and so he has nothing to fear.
The Heavenly Court. . . " A mist of Taichu qi swirled in his eyes.
"Only by reaching the Heavenly Court realm of thirty-six heavenly palaces can one become as powerful as a Dao-achiever.
Once we reach that step, we shall be Dao-achievers who attained the Dao through force.
So long as we do not fall into the river, the Calamity of Destruction upon its surface is utterly harmless to those who attain the Dao by force!
" To unify the thirty-six heavenly palaces in a short time—he could already do it. And judging by Hao Tianzun's reaction, Hao Tianzun should be able to reach that step as well!
"This final duel among the Heavenly Venerables can only be between us, father and son!
" Below, the Ancestor God King, Fire Tianzun, Gong Tianzun, Shi Qiluo, Consort Yan, Xu Tianzun and the Langxuan Divine Emperor were locked in a fierce, tangled battle with Shen Mu.
The Ancestor God King's white hair streamed as he unfurled his Heavenly Dao domain, majestic and awe-inspiring. Fire Tianzun's twenty-eight layers of Dao-fire heavens bloomed, roaring and revolving. Xu Tianzun unfurled the demonic Dao domain of Youdu.
The Langxuan Divine Emperor was the strongest in combat, his Taichu divine abilities reaching perfection, and he posed the greatest threat to Shen Mu.
Shi Qiluo joined forces with Consort Yan, the two of them unleashing the Guixu divine ability in perfect harmony!
Gong Tianzun blew her horn, swelling the blood and qi of the others and doubling the fighting strength of the aged ones! Even so, facing Shen Mu's thirty-layered sword Dao, they all found it hard going!
No matter from what angle they attacked Shen Mu, they were contending with him head-on. Though Shen Mu had drawn his divine treasury domain back into his body, its effects remained. Every attack of theirs was blocked by Shen Mu outright.
He seemed to have countless arms, and the sword in his hand seemed to become countless swords.