861 Unparalleled Fierceness and Migh (1/2)

Qin Mu was filled with excitement as he walked towards the River Tomb Academy. He understood the deeper meaning of the actions of Saint Woodcutter and Heavenly Teacher Zi Xi.

After the Primordial Realm broke through its seal, all kinds of powerful forces emerged. Amongst them, Eternal Peace was just a drop in the bucket. It was looked down upon and was deemed a pushover.

When all the other forces deem you a pushover and all come running to pick on you, you will really be crushed.

In order for Eternal Peace to survive in the danger-filled Primordial Realm, simply relying on the strength of the former subordinates of Founding Emperor wasn't enough—it first needed to make a name for itself.

As for the title of the saint that appears once every five hundred years, the various major heavens of the Primordial Realm wouldn't consider it a big deal. In comparison, the title of the unrivaled Overlord Body of Eternal Peace was more striking, thus selling Qin Mu's reputation was only natural.

What was more crucial was the Pact of Little Earth Count.

Little Earth Count was the Son of Youdu, the other ”self” within Qin Mu's body—his older brother Qin Fengqing.

Saint Woodcutter and the gods of the northern heavens laid down the Pact of Little Earth Count, meaning they were swearing to Qin Fengqing, and thus also to Qin Mu. If the powerful individuals of the northern heavens defeated Qin Mu, even if Eternal Peace Empire didn't surrender, Qin Mu would also not do anything to Woodcutter.

In restraining his brother Qin Fengqing, Qin Mu was still sure he could do it. Qin Fengqing would definitely grumble about it, but Qin Mu had confidence that he could convince him.

On the other hand, should the gods of the northern heavens lose and not intend to honor the Pact of Little Earth Count, the consequence was naturally to be eaten by the high-spirited Qin Fengqing.

The constant source of worry for Qin Mu, which was the issue of his brother's diet, would thus be instantly resolved.

More crucially, Eternal Peace Empire was an ante; Woodcutter and Zi Xi only had a single bargaining chip to gamble with the heavens of the north. The heavens of the north were in the hundreds, and this gamble would most likely get them something valuable in exchange for nothing!Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

This exchange yielded definite profit with no risk, so of course the two crafty and tricky heavenly masters, Woodcutter and Zi Xi, would be able to come up with it.

River Tomb Academy.

This academy was designed by Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, and it wasn't built within River Tomb County. River Tomb County was commerce-based and didn't have much land for academic development. Hence, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor built the River Tomb Academy along the Gold River delta.

At the delta, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor had invited the strong workers of Eternal Peace Empire to move several huge mountains and then built the academy by the mountains.

He also invited the likes of Blind, who were formation experts, to build a few floating palaces. He used a connected rope-way to surround the mountain with the palaces, like the petals of a flower.

Apart from this, there were disciples of the academy who would test the formations, leaving imprints of all kinds of formations on rocks and mountains, causing the academy to be surrounded by giant floating rocks.

Some scholars who were too lazy to walk would then choose to leap across the giant rocks instead—it could also be considered a unique sight of River Tomb Academy.

Qin Mu arrived with Celestial Venerable Yu. Looking from afar, they saw that River Tomb Academy was bustling with activity. There were youths in spells combat on the river surface, fighting unusually intensely. Waves were exploding out of the surface of the river, and divine arts burst out, making the roaring noises of giant beasts. It was stirring up havoc within the river.

Suddenly, the huge waves atop the river's surface transformed into enormous icebergs. The icebergs flew out and spun around, making striking and explosive noises nonstop. Numerous ice swords grew out of the icebergs and flew out in all directions, attacking the surroundings!

More icebergs rose from the river, producing a spectacular sight. The ice swords flew alongside the iceberg, and the sword techniques were so wonderful that they made everyone gasp in amazement.

Qin Mu stopped in his tracks, exclaiming his admiration endlessly.

Although River Tomb Academy was quite accomplished in its attainments of formation spells, it was still most well-known for its sword techniques. This Glacier Sword Technique was considered a rare ultimate skill that integrated eighteen foundational sword techniques.

'Imperial Preceptor has produced many outstanding figures. The one executing the sword techniques is most likely an academician of sword studies from the academy.'

Qin Mu looked to the heart of the formation, only to see it was a woman in her twenties who was executing the sword techniques. However, he didn't recognize her—she was likely a rising star of Eternal Peace.

At this very moment, a furious roar could be heard from the iceberg sword formation. A half-god giant several yards tall in height had held up the sword formation and was dashing towards the sword studies academician.

His corporeal body was monstrous; he had four arms and carried a shield and hammer. He smashed the icebergs and shattered the ice swords. As the hammer made contact with the shield, it exploded with magic power, and circles of formation markings radiated in all directions, shattering all the flying swords in his way.

The four-armed half-god dashed towards the woman, leaping into the air and smashing his big hammer down mercilessly with abnormal courage.

In regard to the exquisiteness of their divine arts, the half-god couldn't rival this academician of sword studies from River Tomb Academy. Yet, as a half-god, he was physically overpowering, and his powers were also much stronger than those of the human race.

In addition, half-gods had the bloodline of ancient gods and had certain special natural gifts of the ancient gods. Compared to the human race, they already had a very huge innate advantage purely due to their bloodline, and in close combat, they could even make use of their large physiques to break through their opponent's divine arts.

This four-armed half-god struck down with his huge hammer, causing the river water to burst apart. The woman bounced outwards into the sky, and although she was losing, she didn't lose her composure. Waving her hand, innumerous droplets of water from the river floated out and transformed into a water mirror that stood upright in the air.

Rays of sword flashes emerged from the mirror and shot at the half-god together. The half-god cried out, shattering the floating water mirror into pieces. He shoved his shield forwards, and a thick and heavy wall of water immediately emerged from the Gold River's surface, stretching upwards to a hundred yards tall and then smashing towards the woman.

The sounds of cheering rang out from all around.

”This divine art of Qiu Xiaoyi is definitely going to make this little maiden not be able to get up!”

”River Tomb Academy has already lost a dozen rounds, where is the Overlord Body of Eternal Peace? Is he still not going to come out and embarrass himself?”

”Get your Imperial Preceptor who appears once every five hundred years to come out and receive his death!”

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Qin Mu looked in the direction of the voices and saw many half-gods standing at the mountain gate of River Tomb Academy. There were apparitions of all kinds floating in the air; it was a bustling sight.

There were also some half-gods who had cultivated to the god realm, and their divine glow pierced the heavens. Although there were gods in River Tomb Academy, their auras were weaker compared to these half-gods.