Chapter 755 — Waves and Sword-Shadows Like a Coiling Dragon

The demigod with tiger whiskers and dragon scales roared in fury, the divine blood in his body boiling, his divine power climbing rung by rung as though about to explode, his aura turning dreadful, savage beyond measure!

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 into a bizarre posture to evade the blow from behind, his palm closing to seize another demigod's hand.

That demigod's arm was covered in scales; the scales flew up one by one, spinning as they sliced toward Shen Mu.

The sword in Shen Mu's hand suddenly became a blade of light; the blade light split in two, the two strokes crossing as they passed.

The demigod clutched his throat—but the head upon that throat had already been driven into the air by the surging vigor of his own blood.

The other demigods ringed Shen Mu, all roaring in fury.

Columns of seawater pierced the sky, and one enormous figure after another launched attacks at Shen Mu within the encirclement! "Peak Beyond the Heavens! " Around Shen Mu's body countless afterimages formed, then suddenly converged.

"Thousand Palms Return!

" Rumble! His consummate art—entering the Dao through martial power—erupted. One huge body after another flew in all directions, smashing the sea's surface into surging waves.

Shen Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and strode toward Heavenly Lord Hao, who lay smashed upon the sea. The sea suddenly split with a great splash, and a demigod beast lurking beneath the waves opened a devouring maw to bite down on him. Runes whirled around Shen Mu's body; his teleportation divine ability activated, and that demigod's head was suddenly teleported away as well, leaving only a headless body crashing into the sea, its divine blood dyeing a stretch of ocean red.

In the next instant Shen Mu's form appeared, his fist punching through that demigod's skull. There was not a trace of blood on him; he walked on. Ahead, Heavenly Lord Hao, his face unrecognizable, forcibly suppressed his injuries, turned, and fled, crying out: "Stop him!

" A whistling sound came from overhead.

A demigod beat his wings and swooped down from the sky, incredibly fast, like a falling meteor.

Demigods possessed the bloodline of the ancient gods, each with his own consummate art and his own strengths, their fighting power immense—and the closer to adulthood, the stronger.

Some demigods were not even inferior to the ancient gods.

The demigods who followed Heavenly Lord Hao were all of the younger generation, yet their strength was by no means small. But 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 throat, and then he saw his own headless body plunge into the sea.

"What divine ability is this? I have never seen it.

. . " Shen Mu walked on, his gaze locked on Heavenly Lord Hao's staggering, fleeing figure.

Ahead the sea's surface exploded, and a divine elephant, white as snow, came striding over the waves, charging at him. Two great waves were thrown up on either side, each a hundred zhang tall.

The divine elephant roared, its voice deafening, and hurtled at Shen Mu with terrifying speed. Shen Mu raised both hands high; a blade of light fell, and the divine elephant split in two—yet still it ran, rushing past on either side of his body.

Heavenly Lord Hao looked back and saw this, and his terror knew no bounds. The sea surged; a great fish leaped into the air, controlling the seawater to rise up to the heavens and press down upon Shen Mu!

The sea shook with a boom, covering Shen Mu beneath it. "Dead!

Dead!

" the fish demigod cried in delight. The other demigods flew over one after another, alighting on the sea's surface, 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, heavy doorway suddenly appeared on the sea's surface. The doorway spun with a shriek, sweeping across one demigod after another.

The crowd cried out in alarm and tried to flee, but their souls plunged into the Dark Capital, and their bodies became corpses sinking into the sea.

Heavenly Lord Hao's pupils shrank. Beneath the sea's surface Shen Mu's head emerged; his body rose slowly. Even in the water he was still walking toward him, unhurried. Shen Mu's form rose higher and higher, appearing once more on the sea's surface.

"You are not Heavenly Lord Yu.

Heavenly Lord Yu had no such horrifying divine ability. .

.

" Heavenly Lord Hao retreated, staring at Shen Mu.

The other demigods came killing one after another—some spewing great fire from their mouths, some shooting divine light from their eyes, some using their own feathers as blades and swords—but to Shen Mu these primal divine abilities were far too crude.

Before those abilities could reach him, their masters had already been cut down by his blade, slain by his sword.

In this age, there was no divine ability worthy of his notice!

Even if they possessed the strength of gods, their divine abilities, in his eyes, were riddled with flaws; the moment they made their move, they were certain to die!

He walked on. Heavenly Lord Hao ground his teeth and fled, crying shrilly: "I know who you are now! Heavenly Lord Mu.

. . " He fled onto a divine mountain and cried out: "Heavenly Lord Mu means to kill me!

" The sea turtle bearing the divine mountain turned its body and looked at Shen Mu, who came step by step, and said in a deep voice: "Heavenly Lord Yu, however vast your divine abilities, this is the Jade Pool.

Do you know who Heavenly Lord Hao's birth mother is?

If you knew. . .

" Shen Mu raised his hand. Beneath the sea countless streaks of sword light raced at high speed.

The old turtle flew into a rage and sneered: "A grain of rice dares to shine before the sun.

. .

" "Kalpa Unsealed—" A sword light, brilliant as a pillar, more than ten li long, shot out from behind the island and pierced the brow of the old turtle at the prow. The divine mountain sank.

Shen Mu sheathed his sword; the sword light became a sphere, rolling swiftly over the sea's surface.

The moment the divine mountain sank, Heavenly Lord Hao leaped up and fled. Runes whirled around Shen Mu's body; his form flickered and vanished, closing the distance between them. Suddenly an obscure, murky aura came forth, setting the surrounding space trembling without cease.

Heavenly Lord Hao was overjoyed and cried out: "Mother! " Shen Mu's pupils shrank.

He pointed a finger, and the sword core's speed increased more than tenfold; all his magic power, all his essence, spirit, and vitality, poured into that one sword!

He would slay Heavenly Lord Hao before that incomparably powerful existence descended!