荒墟牧神 - 第376章 拼死一搏 - 雲海書庫

To those who could not win in a fair fight, resorting to poison was a contemptible act—this was the main reason the Jade-Faced Poison King had incurred public wrath back in the day. But Shen Mu felt no such psychological burden about the matter. If you cannot win, then poison them—this was only natural. To kill one's opponent with poison was itself a form of strength. I cannot beat you, and you still insist on coming after me—then poisoning you to death is hardly a problem. Take the scene before his eyes: this had never been a battle between equals to begin with. Lord Dragon Keeper was a high and mighty god of the heavens above, and the avatar formed from his blood possessed extraordinary strength. Never mind fighting Shen Mu and his three companions—even a powerhouse at the Heaven-Human realm might not be a match for this blood-born body. The opponent was a god, so slipping him some poison was perfectly reasonable. The poison Shen Mu used was the Three Shatters Powder he had refined back in the Desolate Ruins during a poison duel with the western poison master Mu Yingxue. The name "Three Shatters Powder" had been given by Mu Yingxue herself. He had a good habit: every time he successfully refined a poison or a spirit medicine, he would make extra—use half, save half, in case it might come in handy someday. The poison Shen Mu smeared on the Heavenly Emperor's Jade Tablet was precisely the Three Shatters Powder. Three Shatters Powder reversed the five elements and disrupted yin and yang; it shattered the body, shattered the spirit, and scattered the soul—hence "Three Shatters." It used great tonics to nourish a great poison, making it extraordinarily toxic. This poison had been specifically designed to counter the divine blood and demon blood of the Root Demon of Withered Ridge, and it had succeeded in poisoning the Root Demon to death. Therefore, using it against Lord Dragon Keeper's blood-born body could well be called the perfect remedy for the ailment. Back then, the Root Demon of Withered Ridge had been immobilized by the Blue Mystic Water Dragon Pearl and could not move, allowing him to poison it at leisure. Lord Dragon Keeper, however, moved freely. So Shen Mu smeared Three Shatters Powder on the Heavenly Emperor's Jade Tablet—as long as Lord Dragon Keeper touched the tablet, he would be poisoned. On the ground, many tiny, dainty blood wyrms scurried in all directions, avoiding the Heavenly Emperor's Jade Tablet and the corrupted blood, trying to regroup. Shen Mu immediately came charging at flying speed and bellowed, "If we don't grind these divine blood drops to nothing, none of us will survive!" His eight thousand flying swords were stuck all over the great hall. With his cultivation level, he could not recall these flying swords. Shen Mu turned his vital essence into threads, coiled them around the Sorrowless Sword nailed to a pillar, and gave a mighty yank, pulling the Sorrowless Sword free. The Sorrowless Sword was a divine sword, incomparably sharp. Though it had been driven deep into the pillar, it could still be pulled out—but the other flying swords could not be extracted. Shen Mu marshaled his remaining vital essence and unleashed various basic sword techniques—Cloud Sword Form, Cleaving Sword Form, Coiling Sword Form, and the rest—slashing at the blood wyrms darting across the ground. On the ground, Long Yu let out a muffled groan. He too could not pull out the flying sword lodged in his chest. Mimicking Shen Mu, he slammed the ground hard, and the flying sword pierced straight through his chest. Long Yu let out a world-shaking scream of agony, gritting his teeth—but just then, two jade bottles came flying toward him. Shen Mu had thrown him two bottles of dragon saliva. Long Yu caught them in a fluster. Not bothering to unstop them, he crushed both jade bottles with brute force. The dragon saliva flowed out, and he immediately swept it up with his vital essence and channeled it into his wound. The dragon sali