Chapter 1573 — The First Clash
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Sung wonderfully — I nearly wept!
" The Heavenly Court's divine generals in the tower laughed awkwardly. One divine general said, "The singer is my daughter. Shall I send her to your chambers tonight, Heavenly Lord?
" Shen Mu turned his head and said, "Your daughter has a fine voice; then her mother must be no less—" The divine general hastily said, "If the Heavenly Lord likes her, I will send her along as well, to the Heavenly Lord's chambers—" Shen Mu roared with laughter, and the divine generals in the tower all laughed along with him. Then suddenly Shen Mu's face turned cold, and the smiles on every officer's face vanished as one; the tower fell utterly silent, and even the strings and pipes stopped.
Shen Mu slowly opened his mouth, and the divine maiden beside him hastily placed a peeled grape into his hand.
Only then did the Heavenly Court generals breathe a sigh of relief, and the strings and pipes resumed their playing.
Suddenly Shen Mu rose to his full height and laughed, "Great Emperor, you have finally come! " The music ceased. Everyone in the tower looked at Shen Mu as one and said with a single voice, "Lord Mu, you are seeking your own death!
" "I warned you long ago not to harbor vain hopes! " "Do not try to rescue Lord Ling!
" Shen Mu laughed and walked out of the tower.
All the Heavenly Court gods and demons in the city turned to look at him — a thousand people, a thousand faces, and yet every one of them was the Great Emperor alone. "And yet you go your own way, courting death at every turn!
" The tens of thousands of gods and demons in the city let out a heaven-shaking roar: "I need not even lift a finger — the other Heavenly Lords will cut you down!
" Shen Mu looked toward the camps of the armies under the other Heavenly Lords in the distance.
In those camps and divine cities, god after god and demon after demon turned their necks to look his way; the scene was exceedingly uncanny. On both banks of the Yong River, the whole Heavenly Court army spoke with one voice: "Once I could tolerate you, but now I cannot!
" Shen Mu raised his hand, and the God-Slaying Platform spun out from his Essence-Fetus Divine Treasury.
Two God-Slaying Mystic Blades coiled upon the platform like two wicked dragons, suffused with a murderous aura that filled the heavens.
"Great Emperor, do you see the God-Slaying Platform and the God-Slaying Mystic Blades? " A smile appeared at the corner of Shen Mu's mouth as he said unhurriedly, "Your Heavenly Consort Qiang's reincarnation — I have already killed her, and the God-Slaying Platform and the God-Slaying Mystic Blades have fallen into my hands.
Seeing this, do you still not understand?
" Around him, countless gods and demons in the camps and divine cities fixed their eyes on the God-Slaying Platform and the God-Slaying Mystic Blades, their faces showing shock and fury. "I sank Heavenly Consort Qiang bit by bit into the Long River of Chaos in the Jade Capital of the Ancestral Court, and watched her gradually annihilate, turning to kalpa ashes.
" Shen Mu said with a smile, "Great Emperor, you are old and no longer of any use.
Even if you lodge your consciousness in the Great Luo Heaven and become undying and indestructible, what of it? You can only cower there, only wait in silence, until someone grows strong enough to surpass you — and then storms the Great Luo Heaven and blots you out entirely!
" Tens of thousands of Heavenly Court officers and soldiers snorted in fury as one. "You are out of date, do you know that?
There are no fewer than four people now capable of storming the Great Luo Heaven and finishing you off!
" Shen Mu smiled faintly. "Abandon the notion of resisting me. Return Lord Yun to me, let me rescue Lord Ling, and I will not make things hard for your primordial spirit, Ming Fangyu.
The Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body — you may take that away with you as well.