荒墟牧神 - 第745章 波濤劍影似虯 - 雲海書庫

o explode, his aura becoming utterly terrifying, utterly savage. But before his attack could fall, a streak of sword-light had already pierced through his skull. Shen Mu drew his sword, his body twisting in uncanny postures to evade the strikes from behind; his palm closed and seized the hand of another demigod. That demigod's arm was all scales, and one after another the scales flew up, spinning, slicing toward Shen Mu. The sword in Shen Mu's hand abruptly became blade-light; the blade-light split in two, the two blades crossing in their courses, and as the two strokes passed each other the demigod clutched at his throat — but his head had already been flung skyward by the surging rush of his own qi and blood. The other demigods ringed Shen Mu about and shouted in fury as one; columns of seawater towered to the heavens, and one vast figure after another launched attacks upon Shen Mu within the encirclement. "A Marvelous Peak Beyond the Heavens!" Countless afterimages of Shen Mu formed around him, and in an instant the countless afterimages gathered into one. "A Thousand Palms Return!" Rumble! His supreme art, the Way entered through martial skill, erupted; vast bodies flew off in every direction, smashing the sea into a churn of waves. Shen Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and strode toward Heavenly Lord Hao, who had been smashed onto the surface of the sea. The sea suddenly split apart with a great splash; a colossal demigod beast lurking on the seabed opened a heaven-devouring maw and bit down at him. Runes flurried around Shen Mu's body, his teleportation art activated, and the demigod's head too was abruptly teleported away, leaving only the headless body to crash into the sea, divine blood dyeing a stretch of ocean red. In the next instant Shen Mu's figure appeared; he drove a punch through the demigod's skull and, without a speck of blood upon him, walked on. Ahead, Heavenly Lord Hao, his features all but destroyed, forcibly suppressed his wounds, turned, and fled, crying out, "Stop him!" A whistling came from above Shen Mu's head: a demigod came on beating wings, swooping down from the heavens, swift beyond measure, like a falling meteor. The demigods carried the blood of the ancient gods; each had his own supreme art, each his own strength, and their fighting power was formidable — the nearer they came to maturity, the greater it grew. Some demigods were not even inferior to the ancient gods. Though the demigods who followed Heavenly Lord Hao were all of the younger generation, their strength was by no means small; yet no sooner had this bird-winged, human-bodied demigod swooped down than Shen Mu vanished from before his eyes. He felt a sudden chill at his neck, and then he saw his own headless body plunge into the sea. "What art is this? I have never seen..." Shen Mu walked on, his gaze locked fast upon Heavenly Lord Hao's staggering, fleeing figure. Ahead the sea burst open, and a divine elephant, snow-white from trunk to tail, came striding over the water, charging at him at speed; two great waves were thrown up from the sea and parted left and right, each wave a hundred zhang tall. The divine elephant trumpeted, a sound to split the ears, and charged at Shen Mu with terrifying speed. Shen Mu raised both hands high, and a stroke of blade-light chopped down. The divine elephant split in two, and the two halves ran on, rushing past either side of him. Heavenly Lord Hao looked back and saw it; his terror knew no bounds. The sea surged; a great fish leaped into the air and, commanding the waters, lifted the ocean up to the heavens and pressed it down upon Shen Mu. The sea shook with a boom and covered Shen Mu beneath it. "Dead! Dead!" the fish demigod cried in wild delight. The other demigods flew over one after another, alighting on the sea, divine light shooting from their eyes as they searched everywhere for Shen Mu. Heavenly Lord Hao halted and spat out the foul blood in his mouth. Just then a dark,