Chapter 377 A Desperate Struggle
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
va took effect. Flesh and blood grew and knit together at his chest, itching and aching at once. Ignoring the searing pain in his chest, Long Yu immediately lunged forward, charging at the tiny blood wyrms scurrying in all directions on the ground. At the same time, Wang Muran and Mu Qingdai did the same. Each of them forcibly tore free from the walls and pillars, the flying swords that had pinned them tearing out chunks of flesh. Shen Mu tossed each of them two bottles of dragon saliva as well, and the two hastily poured it into their wounds. Ordinarily, to avoid leaving hidden ailments, they would have needed to circulate their vital essence to expel the congested blood from their bodies. At this moment, there was no time for such niceties. They each activated their elemental weapons and charged at the tiny blood wyrms. "Don't step on the corrupted blood or the Heavenly Emperor's Jade Tablet!" Shen Mu shouted. "The poison I refined is too potent—even I can't cure it!" The three of them were alarmed and immediately grew far more cautious, avoiding the corrupted blood on the ground. The four of them moved with the swiftness of a hare and the ferocity of a diving falcon, shattering one small blood wyrm after another. But these blood wyrms were, after all, composed of divine blood, and their strength was still insufficient to obliterate divine blood. The blood wyrms, once shattered, would immediately reform. Only Shen Mu's Sorrowless Sword could grind away a portion of the divine blood. "Lend me your dharma power—let us all channel it into this sword together!" Wang Muran and the other two hastily marshaled their dharma power. Vital essence turned to threads and surged toward the Sorrowless Sword. Infused with their dharma power, the Sorrowless Sword's might instantly surged. Shen Mu controlled the Sorrowless Sword, and its sword techniques erupted. One after another, the wyrms darting wildly across the ground were decapitated. Then the sword light abruptly shifted into the Drilling Sword Form, skimming along the ground like a silver dragon swimming, pulverizing each headless blood wyrm! Suddenly, several small blood wyrms huddled together, rolling along the ground to dodge the sword light. When these few blood wyrms came to a stop, the dainty wyrms had vanished, and in their place stood a Lord Dragon Keeper about a foot tall. "Lord Dragon Keeper, even you have come to this?" The four of them were startled and delighted, unable to resist laughing aloud. Suddenly, the tiny Lord Dragon Keeper's foot moved, and his form vanished in an instant. Long Yu's left shin bone snapped with a crack—the tiny Lord Dragon Keeper had kicked his shin bone in two! "Open your eyes!" Wang Muran bellowed, activating his Sacred Pupil. But even so, he could only see the tiny Lord Dragon Keeper moving at incredible speed, flickering through afterimages—almost impossible to catch his figure. Shen Mu thrust the Sorrowless Sword again and again, each strike narrowly stabbing behind the little dot, utterly unable to hit him. "Senior Sister, watch out!" No sooner had Wang Muran's cry rung out than Lord Dragon Keeper appeared beside Mu Qingdai like a ghost, punching toward her. Mu Qingdai let out a fierce shout. Her flowing ribbons coiled around and entangled the tiny Lord Dragon Keeper's arm, and she struck with a palm. Shen Mu flew over, activating the Mystic Body Three Elixirs Art and circulating the Nine Revolutions Three Verifications Mystic Art. His body rapidly shrank until he became a figure a foot tall. The Sorrowless Sword, too, shrank to just three inches. He sent the sword hurtling at Lord Dragon Keeper and shouted, "Don't clash with him head-on—his strength is immense!" Bang! Blood burst from Mu Qingdai's palm, her hand a mangled mess of flesh and blood. Shen Mu darted through the air at flying speed, his qi commanding the flying sword to attack Lord Dragon Keeper relentlessly. Lord Dragon Keeper evaded the Sorrowless Sword with ghost-like speed.