Chapter 772 — The Kalpa Fire Descends to Burn the Eight Wastes
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Yan Jiuxi roared in fury as his primal spirit burned, giving off wisps of green smoke. Suddenly a screech came from within the heavenly fire, and the Great Sun Star Lord passed through the flames, three sharp claws reaching for Shen Mu.
Shen Mu's body shrank rapidly, returning to its ordinary size. The Great Sun Star Lord grasped at empty air, and hastily shook his wings, transforming into a god with a bird's head and a human body, with three bird legs.
His wings flapped like divine blades; tumbling and rolling, with wings, claws, and beak, he attacked Shen Mu madly by every means! He had witnessed the might of the heavenly fire and knew well that in the arts of flame he could hardly surpass Shen Mu now, so he simply refrained from divine abilities and fought at close quarters instead. Though his body was dead, his primal spirit was exceedingly powerful—after all, he was a famed ancient god of the Longhan era, and in close combat he seldom feared anyone!
Feathers like swords, divine wings like blades, talons like hooks, beak like a lance—every part of him was a weapon, enough to put Shen Mu to death!
"Divine Son of Youdu, in close combat I have never lost! " The Great Sun Star Lord, his momentum like a rainbow, cried: "Great Sun, a Thousand Feathers Slash the Mystery!
" Countless feathers flew from his wings; the divine feathers were like swords, a thousand feathers weaving through, and with a hiss-hiss-hiss-hiss, Shen Mu's body at once gained one bloody hole after another. The Great Sun Star Lord shook his wings; the thousand feathers returned and became two wings again, slashing at Shen Mu in succession like two divine blades spinning and cutting at furious speed. The wounds on Shen Mu's body healed swiftly. His arms flew, blocking the attacks, and he laughed: "You're full of bull.
" The Great Sun Star Lord was startled; at the word "bull," his mind involuntarily conjured the figure of an ox-headed god-devil towering between heaven and earth. He too had once been defeated, though that was long, long ago—at the Jade Pool in the early years of Longhan, where he had been beaten bare-handed by the Golden Guard General Niu Ben.
That was a monstrous humiliation! Later his mastery of the sun's divine fire grew ever higher, and he was confident he had long surpassed Niu Ben.
He wished to avenge that shame, yet could never find Niu Ben again. Shen Mu freed a hand to deal with him, yet the sword between Yan Jiuxi's brows remained.
Heavenly fire blazed all around Yan Jiuxi; he retreated madly, yet Shen Mu clung to him like a shadow.
The Great Sun Star Lord's attacks grew faster and fiercer, yet he could never break into Shen Mu's defensive circle.
Just then, Yan Qianzhong, braving the heavenly fire, charged in and joined the battle. "Dance of the Myriad Dragons of the Great Evolution!
" Countless fire dragons bared claws and fangs around Yan Qianzhong, weaving in and out. He was like a god-devil with countless divine dragons growing from his body; in both divine strength and divine ability, he was utterly terrifying!
The Great Sun Star Lord breathed a sigh of relief. Yan Qianzhong had, after all, been a being of the Imperial Throne realm in life, and his mastery of flame divine abilities was fearsome; he was a hegemon of Youdu, unafraid of the heavenly fire's burning.
The Great Sun Star Lord and Yan Qianzhong joined forces against Shen Mu. Yan Qianzhong's body shook; his flesh shrank to match Shen Mu's size, and the two attacked madly from left and right.
Yet Shen Mu still held them both off, and that sword still pressed against Yan Jiuxi's forehead, its light already piercing into his skull. The four of them moved their feet madly, and their various attacks boomed with earth-shaking din.
Suddenly a flute's note came from beyond the heavens.