荒墟牧神 - 第38章 古佛大乘渡迷途 - 錦書坊

henghuai could blink, Shen Mu stood before him; before Chenghuai could raise a hand, that fist, vast as a mountain range, crashed into his chest. In this single technique nine layers of force lay hidden within one blow. The first layer struck like a dragon of fire bursting from the eye of Shen Mu's fist against Chenghuai's heart, with a great bell-like DONG! The golden light over Chenghuai's body blazed suddenly bright, and faintly there surfaced the image of a great golden bell. The second layer came hard on its heels: Twin Dragons Entwining, two dragon-forces coiling about each other as they bored toward the pit of Chenghuai's heart! DONG— another toll of the bell; the two forces came so fast that the two tolls sounded almost as one, deafening! Then came the third layer of the Nine Dragons Commanding Wind and Thunder, Three Dragons Shattering Stone; after it the fourth, Four Dragons Pouncing to Kill; the fifth, Five Dragons Subduing Demons; the sixth, Six Dragons Turning the Wheel of Samsara; and the seventh, Seven Dragons Overturning the Sea! Seven layers erupted in succession, seven bell-tolls merging into one roar, and at last the golden bell-shroud of light over Chenghuai's body dimmed, forcing the tall, thin young monk back a single step. The eighth layer, the Force of the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons, burst forth, and Chenghuai retreated again, the golden bell over his body flaring back to brilliance—then Shen Mu's ninth layer, Nine Dragons of Wind and Thunder, erupted, and the golden bell-shroud shattered with a crash. Shen Mu was astonished. Even the Dark-Fanged Demon Ape could not withstand all nine full layers of the Nine Dragons Commanding Wind and Thunder; every time he fought it he stopped at six or seven layers, lest he kill or maim the beast—yet this Chenghuai, neither dodging nor evading, had endured the full nine with his body alone! He had heard Granny Zhu's words; this time he had held nothing back, exerting his full strength, even drawing on the divine treasury of his Primal Fetus—yet all he had done was force Chenghuai back a few steps. "You never received the true transmission of the Eight Tingming Techniques." Chenghuai's feet moved; vital energy burst from his soles, and his speed was blinding. His palm rose, thunder pealed forth, and his fist came booming with the cry of a dragon. BOOM— before the blow even landed, his vital energy took the shape of an azure dragon—faint, yet ferocious and savage, domineering beyond measure! The first layer of the Nine Dragons Commanding Wind and Thunder had actually been given visible form by his vital energy, a sign of how deep that energy ran; more crucial still, he possessed a heart-method in perfect accord with the Eight Tingming Techniques, and that was precisely what Shen Mu lacked! Shen Mu took the strike head-on and found the first layer of force astonishingly powerful; and before he had fully absorbed it, the second layer, Twin Dragons Entwining, came hard behind—two dragon-shaped streams of energy churning about each other, wrenching both his arms askew—and then the third layer, Three Dragons Shattering Stone, crashed directly upon his arms! Blood ran from both of Shen Mu's arms; his feet shifted and he fell back again and again, the stones of the platform bursting and flying beneath his tread. Four dragon-forces pounced in for the kill. Shen Mu gave a muffled grunt; vital energy surged into his eyes and the Heaven-Soaring Divine Eye opened at once. The energy in his hand became a long spear, and thrusting it out he passed between the four pouncing dragons and, with a sharp ting, pierced Chenghuai's palm—before the Five Dragons Subduing Demons could even erupt, the thrust had scattered his energy to nothing. The two forces collided, and the spear of energy in Shen Mu's hand likewise burst apart and dispersed. Shen Mu's brows lifted as he looked at Chenghuai's palm: a single drop of blood was running down from the fingertips. The thrust had pierced i