荒墟牧神 - 第751章 凶煞面譜 - 錦書坊

"Brother, someone's come to visit the prison and brought you food!"

Shen Mu lifted the willow leaf from between his brows and said to the giant infant suppressed within the Shen-zi Continent, "It's a girl, very pretty, but she has a snake's tail, and a man's voice besides."

"I'm never picky about food!"

The infant looked up, overjoyed, then suddenly grew suspicious. "You're not lying to me, are you? If you're lying, I'll beat you to death and then eat you. If you're not lying, I'll eat you while you're still alive."

Before Shen Mu could answer, Lu Li in the Nai River laughed in a coarse, throaty voice, "Shen Fengqing, I didn't come looking for you this time. I'll spare your life for now. There's plenty of time ahead; sooner or later you'll fall into my hands."

She clearly had a woman's body, yet spoke in a thick, coarse man's voice — most uncanny.

Lu Li's tail undulated, and she swam forward along the Nai River.

The infant in the Shen-zi Continent flew into a rage. "Wicked little brother, you really were lying to me! Come in here, and see if I don't beat you to death, tear off your head and legs, and eat you!"

Nearby, the Lord of Heaven's incarnation and the Crimson Emperor's consciousness had long since hidden themselves in the Shen-zi Mountains, fearing his wrath.

Shen Mu pressed the willow leaf back in place and laughed. "What's made Lu Li so sensible this time?"

Even as he spoke, huge bodies stirred beneath the surface of the Nai River, darting swiftly past beneath the Naihe Bridge.

Shen Mu's expression went blank. Countless Youdu monsters and Youdu demon-gods!

Led by Lu Li, the Youdu demon-gods were threading through the Nai River with untold numbers of monsters in tow.

Those slick, pitch-black bodies beneath the water were colossal, yet in the river where water and fire mingled they moved as nimbly as fish; their sheer numbers made the scalp go numb.

"The four Military Commissioners the Heavenly Court stationed in Youdu have arrived!"

Old Ox looked down from the bridge. "This opening up of Fengdu is meant to make it into another Mingdu. Once it's done, Fengdu will be as vast as Mingdu. I reckon this time not only the four commissioners — Lu Li, Xuanming, Hanlei, and Juehuang — will make their move; even the Yin Son of Heaven may not be able to sit still."

He drove a fist at the Nai River, but it only sent water and fire spurting up; he could not harm the demon-gods and monsters beneath the surface in the slightest.

This was because the Nai River was the boundary line linking Fengdu and Youdu; the monsters seemed to be swimming beneath the water, but in truth they swam in Youdu.

Though Niu Sanduo's fist arts were fierce and domineering, and he was a grandmaster of the martial way at the Lingxiao realm, he still could not break through the boundary to strike those monsters and demon-gods.

He knew only martial divine arts, and was not well versed in the divine arts of Youdu.

"The Yin Son of Heaven will make his move too?"

Shen Mu asked, puzzled, "Sister Di Yiyue is right here. Would he dare show his face?"

Shen Mu had heard something of the grudges and passions between Di Yiyue and the Yin Son of Heaven; the Founding Patriarch, the Human Emperor, had quietly told him of the matter between them.

Back then it was the Yin Son of Heaven who had courted Di Yiyue, yet on their wedding night he had struck a fatal blow, murdering her and suppressing her corpse at the very bottom of the Nether Prison.

Now that Di Yiyue was opening up Fengdu, did the Yin Son of Heaven still dare to appear?

"If he dares show himself, I'll have to admire his thick skin."

Shen Mu had barely thought this when the space of Fengdu began to quake without cease; the sky split open, and the face of the Yin Son of Heaven emerged from the rift, two enormous eyes rolling and swiveling as they scanned all around.

Shen Mu was dumbstruck.