Chapter 755 — Waves and Sword-Shadows Like a Coiling Dragon
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
The demigod with tiger whiskers and dragon scales roared in fury, the divine blood in his body boiling, his divine power climbing rung by rung as though about to explode, his aura turning dreadful, savage beyond measure!
But before his attack could fall, a streak of sword light had already pierced through his skull! Shen Mu drew his sword, his body twisting into a bizarre posture to evade the blow from behind, his palm closing to seize another demigod's hand.
That demigod's arm was covered in scales; the scales flew up one by one, spinning as they sliced toward Shen Mu.
The sword in Shen Mu's hand suddenly became a blade of light; the blade light split in two, the two strokes crossing as they passed.
The demigod clutched his throat—but the head upon that throat had already been driven into the air by the surging vigor of his own blood.
The other demigods ringed Shen Mu, all roaring in fury.
Columns of seawater pierced the sky, and one enormous figure after another launched attacks at Shen Mu within the encirclement! "Peak Beyond the Heavens! " Around Shen Mu's body countless afterimages formed, then suddenly converged.
"Thousand Palms Return!
" Rumble! His consummate art—entering the Dao through martial power—erupted. One huge body after another flew in all directions, smashing the sea's surface into surging waves.
Shen Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and strode toward Heavenly Lord Hao, who lay smashed upon the sea. The sea suddenly split with a great splash, and a demigod beast lurking beneath the waves opened a devouring maw to bite down on him. Runes whirled around Shen Mu's body; his teleportation divine ability activated, and that demigod's head was suddenly teleported away as well, leaving only a headless body crashing into the sea, its divine blood dyeing a stretch of ocean red.
In the next instant Shen Mu's form appeared, his fist punching through that demigod's skull. There was not a trace of blood on him; he walked on. Ahead, Heavenly Lord Hao, his face unrecognizable, forcibly suppressed his injuries, turned, and fled, crying out: "Stop him!
" A whistling sound came from overhead.
A demigod beat his wings and swooped down from the sky, incredibly fast, like a falling meteor.
Demigods possessed the bloodline of the ancient gods, each with his own consummate art and his own strengths, their fighting power immense—and the closer to adulthood, the stronger.
Some demigods were not even inferior to the ancient gods.
The demigods who followed Heavenly Lord Hao were all of the younger generation, yet their strength was by no means small. But no sooner had this bird-winged, human-bodied demigod swooped down than Shen Mu vanished from before his eyes.
He felt a sudden chill at his throat, and then he saw his own headless body plunge into the sea.
"What divine ability is this? I have never seen it.
. . " Shen Mu walked on, his gaze locked on Heavenly Lord Hao's staggering, fleeing figure.
Ahead the sea's surface exploded, and a divine elephant, white as snow, came striding over the waves, charging at him. Two great waves were thrown up on either side, each a hundred zhang tall.
The divine elephant roared, its voice deafening, and hurtled at Shen Mu with terrifying speed. Shen Mu raised both hands high; a blade of light fell, and the divine elephant split in two—yet still it ran, rushing past on either side of his body.
Heavenly Lord Hao looked back and saw this, and his terror knew no bounds. The sea surged; a great fish leaped into the air, controlling the seawater to rise up to the heavens and press down upon Shen Mu!
The sea shook with a boom, covering Shen Mu beneath it. "Dead!
Dead!
" the fish demigod cried in delight. The other demigods flew over one after another, alighting on the sea's surface, divine light shooting from their eyes as they searched everywhere for Shen Mu. Heavenly Lord Hao halted and spat out the foul blood in his mouth.