862 Awe-Inspiring Evil (2/2)
He had copied Deaf's painting of the Sword God; however, the person drawn within wasn't Village Chief in his youth, it was Qin Mu himself.
”This is my letter of challenge.”
Qin Mu gripped Carefree Sword. Gently shaking his hand, he cut out the image from the air. He pressed on it, and the image was now half a foot long.
Duke Wei ordered someone to bring an invitation card over; Qin Mu placed the sword picture inside the card and said, ”When you return, select young experts, and then open my letter of challenge. Also, those of low levels of cultivation must not look at the letter of challenge. When I sense that the sword picture within the letter of challenge has been destroyed, I will personally head to the northern heavens and pay each and every one a visit.”
He hesitated for a moment, then continued with great sincerity, ”For the sake of your lives, you must not open this letter of challenge. Only when you have selected the strongest divine arts practitioners of each realm can you open it. In addition, outsiders must not see the contents of the letter of challenge, as it is very dangerous! Bear this in mind, bear this in mind! Everyone, you may go now.”
The devil god with the bull head had a grave expression; taking the letter of challenge, he shouted, ”Let's go!”
The gods and devils, along with the divine arts practitioners of the northern heavens, quickly took their leave.
When they were far away from the River Tomb Academy, one of the divine arts practitioners asked, ”Teacher, is this letter of challenge really so powerful? Could you open it to let us take a look?”
The devil god with the bull head shook his head. ”It must not be opened so lightly. The sword picture within the letter of challenge contains his divine arts. Once it's opened, it will trigger his divine arts.”
Another devil god laughed. ”You're overstating it. The sword picture he drew, although it hides his divine arts within, if the divine arts burst out when it's merely opened once, won't the letter of challenge be destroyed? In my opinion, as long as we don't utilize our vital qi, then we won't trigger his divine arts. Opening it up to take a look wouldn't be much of an issue.”
The other gods and devils laughed in reply. ”Know yourself and know your enemy so that you will be victorious in every battle!”
The devil god with the bull head hesitated for a while. Taking out the letter of challenge, he said, ”You can take a look at it then. But there must not be any fluctuation of the vital qi so as to not trigger his divine arts. I still need to take this letter of challenge to see Mahakala. Amongst our heavens, we don't have such a terrifying expert, only under Mahakala are there powerful individuals who can be his match.”
He opened the letter of challenge carefully, and indeed, Qin Mu's divine arts didn't burst out. With a sigh of relief, he said, ”You can come forward to look at it now.”
Everyone came forward, looking at the sword picture within the letter of challenge.
Qin Mu had used Carefree Sword as a brush, drawing in the air and imprinting his sword techniques on it.
To achieve this step, one would be required to have the abilities of a god. Only a god could imprint divine arts into space, letting it stay there for a very long time.
Everyone came to view the sword picture. The Qin Mu within the picture looked exactly like a real person, it was three-dimensional and looked realistic and vivid.
”This Overlord Body of Eternal Peace is really a man of many talents. If he went to the streets to sell his paintings, he would definitely be very successful!” Everyone laughed.
The devil god with the bull head hurriedly exclaimed, ”I didn't show you this to let you judge his drawing skills, it's to let you all look at the path of his sword techniques, so as to see his true skill level! Who knows, we might even be able to find his divine arts from this painting so that we can find something to deal with him.”
Everyone was solemn now, looking to the picture carefully.
Suddenly, a half-god cried out loudly. His aura exploded, and the sound of divine treasures opening rang out from his body. Both of his arms were outstretched as though trying to shield himself, and he cried out, ”He's coming at me with his sword!”
The expression of the devil god with the bull head changed drastically. Just as he was about to block him to stop his vital qi's fluctuation from striking the letter of challenge, suddenly the heart of the brows of the half-god split open—his primordial spirit was slaughtered by a formless power, instantly his soul dispersed and he died from this unnatural event.
The bull head devil god was taken aback by this. He went forward to inspect, only to see a wound the shape of a sword stab between the brows of the half-god. However, this force hadn't come from an external source, it came from inside of him.
”What kind of divine art is this?”
The moment he thought about it, another few half-god divine arts practitioners went into a frenzy, utilizing their spirit weapons to attack their surroundings as they cried out, ”He's attacking me!”
Before they could finish what they wanted to say, there were sharp noises that rang out from the bodies of these half-gods—there were numerous blood arrows shooting out from all over their bodies. Their bodies shook violently, and following that, their primordial spirits were destroyed, and they all collapsed!
”Don't look at the letter of challenge!”
The devil god with the bull head had a sudden realization, and he hurriedly closed the letter of challenge and put it away.
However, it was too late.
The divine arts practitioners that had followed them to Eternal Peace to challenge the Overlord Body had, one by one, as though falling into a state of insanity, started to attack their surroundings with divine arts and spirit weapons. It was like they were engaging in a deathmatch with an invisible enemy!
The other gods and devils quickly came forward and tried to control them, yet despite being suppressed, these half-gods were still filled with thousands of holes. All of them had their primordial spirit destroyed, and they were all dying one by one.
The devil god with the bull head, along with the rest of the gods and devils, all felt a chill in their spine. They looked around their surroundings in a daze, and at their feet was a ground covered with corpses.
”Sinister!”
A devil god cried out in a shrill voice, ”This is goddamn sinister!”
The other gods and devils were pale. Qin Mu hadn't fought these challengers from the start till the end. He merely demonstrated his powers before River Tomb Academy, intimidating the divine arts practitioners from the other heavens.
Yet, although Qin Mu hadn't done anything, his letter of challenge had killed all of these divine arts practitioners!
”What's the reason for this? What divine art is this?” One of the devil gods asked with a trembling voice.
”Sword skill.”
The devil god with the bull head replied in a hoarse voice, ”The sword skill to enter the path! When you see the sword skill, you will imprint his sword skills in your heart. This kind of sword skill is too sinister, it attacks your spirit and will. When your spirit and will crumble, it will steal your powers, and using your own powers, it will unleash the powers of the sword skills within your body. The spirit and the will of these practitioners couldn't defeat the will of the sword path hidden within the picture, and that is why they died. We are beings of the god realm, so the will of the sword path within the picture didn't have any effect on us.”
A chill went down the spines of the many gods and devils.
The bull head devil god shouted out sternly, ”Go! Let's go see Mahakala!”
The others followed after him hurriedly. One of the gods couldn't help himself, and he asked, ”How could his sword picture hide such a terrifying will of the sword path? Could such a powerful will exist in this world?”
”This isn't willpower, it's undying god consciousness.”
At the Mahakala celestial palace, darkness seeped out of this legendary palace, enshrouding its surroundings. However, inside, it was brightly lit. The back of Mahakala's head had a black sun, and he sat upon the throne and opened up Qin Mu's letter of challenge. Looking at it closely, he said in a leisurely manner, ”This type of undying god consciousness came from the Crimson Light Era. It's the technique of the first fake emperor Crimson Emperor of the Crimson Light Era. If you all don't recognize it, it's only natural. Even the celestial heavens didn't have the skills of Crimson Emperor. This sword picture isn't sinister at all. On the contrary, it's upright and magnificent.”