Chapter 1142 — Sword Like a Long Rainbow, Spirit Like a Winding Dragon
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Within his own Dao, he was an invincible king! Yet he saw Shen Mu's sword radiance, and Shen Mu's sword was aimed precisely at the weakness of his Great Dao.
No Great Dao could be called perfect, least of all the Great Daos of the ancient gods, because every ancient god had once been summoned by the Heavenly Emperor and made to have the Dao Ancestor map out the runes of their Great Daos. Even Heaven Duke and Earth Mother had had the runes of their Great Daos mapped out by the Dao Ancestor. The White Earth Ancient God was naturally no exception.
The moment he saw Shen Mu's sword radiance, he knew that Shen Mu's sword technique and divine ability had come specifically for his weakness.
He had no time to ponder.
He raised a hand and met the blow head-on. Dao radiance burst from his palm, his Great Dao boomed, and he was convinced that in terms of magical power he could crush his opponent and shatter Shen Mu's sword technique and divine ability.
His other three arms rose as well, each hand forming a different seal. One seal would annihilate the physical body, one would suppress the soul, and one would destroy everything Shen Mu possessed! These three seals were his supreme achievements, ultimate arts born from a million years of painstakingly comprehending his own Great Dao.
His first hand had already met Shen Mu's sword radiance. So long as he blocked Shen Mu's sword and shattered the divine weapon in his grasp, his second, third, and fourth attacks could descend upon Shen Mu in one overwhelming rush and reduce him to dust!
Then he saw Shen Mu's sword pass between the five fingers of his palm as though it had encountered no resistance whatsoever. He watched his thumb fly into the air, while half the palm, together with the other four fingers, parted from his hand.
Accompanying the dazzling sword radiance was Shen Mu himself. He saw Shen Mu's face clearly, and that face filled him with dread.
"Celestial Worthy Mu. . .
" The muscles of the White Earth Ancient God's face began to tremble violently. That terrifying existence who had slaughtered the Five Luminaries Ancient Gods in the immemorial age had returned! The White Earth Ancient God had known little of Celestial Worthy Mu, but after Shen Mu slew the Five Luminaries Ancient Gods, the name had reached his ears and burned itself into the depths of his mind, surfacing from time to time like a nightmare to fill him with terror.
He had heard of Celestial Worthy Mu long ago, but the man had then vanished for six hundred thousand years.
It was only ten years ago that the name appeared again.
Only then did he learn that Celestial Worthy Mu was merely a young man who had crossed into the Dragon Han Age by a stroke of luck, using Mu Qing's face, and that his strength was nothing remarkable. More importantly, Celestial Worthy Mu no longer possessed his former reputation for ferocity.
Among the ancient gods, he had instead come to be known as the Master of Imperishable Tribulations. The rumor claimed that so long as the ancient gods protected Celestial Worthy Mu, they could survive every tribulation and remain imperishable through ten thousand calamities. The title Master of Imperishable Tribulations meant a master of divine arts capable of making ancient gods imperishable through ten thousand calamities; it did not mean that Shen Mu himself was imperishable.
The ancient gods had rejoiced, believing that they could return to the Dragon Han Age, or even to the Primordial Age when the ancient gods had ruled the world. The White Earth Ancient God had heard the rumor as well, and he had rejoiced for a long while.