944 The Heart Devil Celestial Emperor (2/2)
The blade rays avoided the people on the ship, and in the blink of an eye, they cleansed the entire ship, tearing the monsters at the bottom of the ship into a thousand pieces.
Luo Wushuang was, after all, a great expert of the Numinous Sky Realm who had entered the path with his knife and had exceptional abilities. Even though there were many monsters that had leaped onto the ship, he was still able to guarantee the safety of everyone on board.
At this very moment, a giant wheel of light appeared ahead. The incomparably intense bright light was incredibly eye-catching, and following it, a head slowly rose up.
”Celestial Venerable Hong!”
Luo Wushuang sucked in a cold breath. The Celestial Venerable that was gradually rising upwards was Celestial Venerable Hong, one of the ten Celestial Venerables of the celestial heavens.
Although Celestial Venerable Hong was still an apparition, the wheel of light at the back of his head had already been formed completely. He raised his palm and grabbed in the direction of the ship.
”Are you raising your knife to a Celestial Venerable?”
Luo Wushuang's face turned ashen. He didn't know whose heart devil this Celestial Venerable Hong was, but he was also the devil in his heart.
He dared not raise his knife to a Celestial Venerable.
It's a Celestial Venerable.
A sovereign of the celestial heavens!
Even if it was just an apparition, even if it was merely a devil within one's heart that was created by the Great Void, he still dared not attack a Celestial Venerable.
The Celestial Venerable represented the supreme heavenly might, represented the most formidable battle powers of the celestial heavens. Just thinking of raising his knife against a Celestial Venerable was a great sin alone, much less actually doing it!
”However…”
Luo Wushuang raised his knife with his only arm, leaping up into the sky with a decisive look in his eyes as he roared fiercely, ”I dare to beat up even Celestial Venerable Mu! Much less Celestial Venerable Hong! Let me destroy the god within my heart!”
Behind him, his celestial palaces flew out with a buzz, and his primordial spirit stood in the Numinous Sky Hall of the celestial palace. He pulled out his knife at the same time and sliced down at the apparition of Celestial Venerable Hong!
As he sliced down with the knife, Luo Wushuang could only feel a sense of heroism gushing out from within his chest. All along, his knife skills had been skillfully calculated and prim and proper, achieving the Samadhi state of precision. However, despite being exquisite, they had lacked a sense of heroism.
Yet, at this moment, he was actually stepping outside of the boundaries of precision!
The knife flash hit Celestial Venerable Hong's large hand and sliced apart the palm of this apparition. Then, the extremely brilliant ray of knife light landed on Celestial Venerable Hong's face, slicing deeply into his skull.
Piak!
A crisp sound rang out, and the knife in Luo Wushuang's hand exploded. Even though he was merely an apparition, the power of this Celestial Venerable Hong was still incredibly great and beyond comprehension. He had disintegrated the divine knife that had accompanied Luo Wushuang throughout his life!
Luo Wushuang was struck by the blow to the point that he spat out blood and stumbled backward. Behind him, the ship was rushing in his direction, and his body crashed onto the ship and slid a few hundred yards.
The ship passed through the halo at the back of the head of this Celestial Venerable Hong apparition and flew away.
Up ahead was the Land of the Great Void.
The apparition of Celestial Venerable Hong slowly turned around, and behind him, the palm of the apparition of the ancient Celestial Emperor was heading towards the ship.
The ship rushed into the Land of the Great Void with a whoosh, and at this same instant, the palm of the ancient Celestial Emperor had also reached the Land of the Great Void. Everyone's hearts were filled with fear and shock as they looked at the approaching palm of Celestial Emperor in a daze and with helplessness.
They watched as this enormous palm reached the atmosphere of the Land of the Great Void, and immediately, the palm started to burn and was reduced to black ashes that scattered about in an instant.
Evidently, this piece of land in the Great Void was protected by some strange power that stopped it from getting invaded by the monsters outside.
However, the power of this palm still caused a terrifying aftermath. Even though it hadn't reached the ship, the ship still shattered into pieces, and the divine wood burst apart.
The people on the ship seemed to have suffered a huge blow and were all spitting out blood. Those with weaker abilities were crushed into bits directly, their corporeal bodies exploding in midair. Even their primordial spirits turned into dust!
It wasn't clear whose heart devil the ancient Celestial Emperor was. Despite the fact that he had yet to materialize completely or that the palm had been destroyed on its own when it reached the Land of the Great Void, the aftereffects still almost completely wiped them out!
Luo Wushuang went all out to defend against this blow, taking the brunt of the attack. Because of this, countless wounds burst open all over his body, and fresh blood spewed out as he fell from midair.
He wasn't able to protect the disciples of the various Celestial Venerables and big shots of the celestial heavens on the ship. At least half of the gods perished under the aftereffects of the blow.
Luo Wushuang felt his heart turn cold, and an insuppressible sorrow surged into his heart.
Although their mission was led by Qin Mu, the one who was responsible for the safety of the disciples of the Celestial Venerables and big shots was him. Now that so many had died, he wouldn't be able to be absolved from blame.
Even if he was able to leave the Great Void alive, when he returned to the celestial heavens, he would still be unable to escape the punishment of death.
He was completely disheartened and simply allowed his body to drop freely from the sky. As he fell, he saw the grand and magnificent mountains beneath him, which were a lot bigger than the regular mountains and were even more elegant and tall. The river below was also wider, and the waterfall looked as though it fell from the skies as it flowed downwards for over a hundred miles.
White clouds drifted leisurely, and they were as dense as the sea. His figure fell through the skies, and as he streaked past a tall mountain, he saw the flying waterfall that descended from the skies like the milky way.
He saw Qin Mu standing at the highest point of the flying waterfall, raising his head to watch as the more than a hundred figures engulfed in flames and thick smoke came crashing down from the destroyed ship, scattering all across the Land of the Great Void.
Qin Mu retracted his gaze. Seemingly noticing Luo Wushuang, he gave him a small smile.
'This devilish brat!' Luo Wushuang was enraged as he crashed into the deep pool at the bottom of the waterfall with a loud noise.
At the highest point of the waterfall, Qin Mu unrolled a scroll containing a topographic map and inspected it carefully before he looked around his surroundings and compared the area against the map.
After some time, the waterfall suddenly started to flow in reverse and rushed up into the sky. It resembled an extremely large knife made of water, slicing open the sky.
Luo Wushuang stood atop the waterfall that was flowing in reverse and walked towards Qin Mu with murderous intent. He enunciated each word carefully, saying, ”Celestial Venerable Mu, you are a hidden danger to the entire celestial heavens. You are extremely scheming and ruthless!”
Qin Mu rolled up the topographic map and smiled. ”I have saved your life before.”
”I'm not trying to kill you on behalf of the celestial heavens, I merely want to continue that battle from forty-thousand years ago, to kill the devil in my heart.”
Luo Wushuang was like an unsheathed divine knife, and there was a great sense of heroism surging within his heart as he announced solemnly, ”Luo Wushuang of the Spirit Elite Guards hereby challenges the Overlord Body of the High Emperor! Please—”