Chapter 362 — The Might of the Test Cannon

At last, all fifty-six furnaces roared at full power. Instantly every rune on the base of the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon lit up, every array activated, and the massive gun carriage slowly rose into the air. Wave after wave of terrifying power burst forth, making space itself tremble.

The energy from the fifty-six furnaces surged madly toward the light-gathering forks. Through the two forks, it transformed into four thick beams of light that bored into the massive Sacred Pupil at the center.

From within the Sacred Pupil came the sound of turning gears, spinning faster and faster, until suddenly the sound vanished. The Sacred Pupil, eighty zhang across, seemed to turn ethereal. Every array pattern within it activated, and the dark gold, dark iron, divine gold, and divine materials that composed it all vanished, replaced by a Sacred Pupil bathed in cleansing divine light.

A closed eye.

Gurgle.

The massive eye turned upon the carriage, the wind it stirred up frightening to hear, and the throbbing that came from within it even more terrifying. Even the sect-master-level powerhouses present could not help but feel their hearts palpitate.

"Sect Master Shen!"

Shan Youxin stood on the carriage and bowed to Shen Mu: "The Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon is ready!"

Shen Mu rose to his full height and said to Emperor Yanfeng, "Your Majesty, please!"

Emperor Yanfeng drew a long breath, then led the civil and military officials up into the air onto the carriage, and said in a deep voice, "Director Shen, after more than two months of toil, you should be the one to fire this shot!"

Shen Mu assented. Shan Youxin brought over a jade plate. Shen Mu channeled his vital essence, and the jade plate burst forth with dazzling light. The light spread and became a screen of light, three chi across, displaying the surrounding scene.

Shen Mu gently manipulated the light screen projected by the jade plate, and the Sacred Pupil of the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon slowly turned with it. Shen Mu adjusted the Sacred Pupil's aim toward the sky.

He tapped the jade plate once. Suddenly the eye snapped open, and a pillar of light tore through the sky. The heavens shook violently, then were abruptly ripped apart. Everyone saw a black trace appear in the sky, slicing it open, while the pillar of light had already vanished without a trace!

After a moment, a sudden roar came from beyond the heavens, like ten thousand thunders shaking, earth-shaking!

A massive rift appeared in the sky. Within the rift there was nothing. After an unknown length of time, the rift began slowly to heal.

Xu Shenghua's heart sank deeper and deeper. In Shangcang, no one could withstand this shot. Not even his master, Lord Yu, nor the other three Lords, could withstand the light of the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon.

This weapon was no longer a weapon of the mortal world!

It was a god-slaying weapon!

"My money was not spent in vain..."

Emperor Yanfeng gazed up at the slowly healing sky and murmured, "Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, it's a pity you aren't here to see this sight."

On the grasslands, the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping was leading the great army back to Jingping when he suddenly looked up and saw a rift in the sky. His heart shook violently: "Sect Master Shen, you've finally forged a god-slaying weapon..."

On the carriage, Shen Mu dispersed his vital essence. The light screen projected by the jade plate vanished, the furnaces began to go out one by one, the various arrays slowly ceased to operate, and the massive Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon began slowly to descend from the air.

Shen Mu looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Since it's called the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon, should I fire a shot at the sun?"

Everyone around shuddered. Emperor Yanfeng hurriedly snatched the jade plate back from his hand and shouted, "Director Shen, if you shoot out the sun with one blast, how will the common people live? Your ideas are too dangerous. I'll have your head!"

Among the civil and military officials, an official of the pure stream hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the sovereign's words are no jest!"

Emperor Yanfeng turned to look at him, waved his hand, and said, "I was jesting. If you can't tell, what use are you to me? Retire and go home. Dear Shen, how is this jade plate used?"