Chapter 564 — Wondrous Foresight

" She was nearly frantic. Si Yunxiang tempted her: "Try dual cultivation with the Cult Leader and you'll know. The Cult Leader's primordial spirit is very strong! " Sang Hua's face flushed red, and she said in a low voice: "In Taihuang Heaven, the rules for dual cultivation of the primordial spirit differ from yours in Jingping. Here it is taboo; only husband and wife may dual-cultivate, and even an engagement is not enough.

" Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang exchanged a glance, understanding each other without words: "Taihuang Heaven's rules are too antiquated. Still, it's no wonder.

Every place has its own customs.

In the Western Land, for instance, the women are all little minxes. When the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping opened the roads and brought in a thousand female spirits from the Western Land, it's said he stirred up no small trouble!

" Shen Mu climbed high and gazed into the distance.

Far away, some thousand li off, he saw demonic qi rolling and seething, exceedingly dense, like a long wall stretching ten thousand li. "The demon race's front-line camp! " He observed with the Nine Heavens Sacred Pupil. Within the demonic qi were anomalies of every kind, a dazzling display of strange colors.

These were the anomalies formed by Heaven-Human, Life-Death, and Divine Bridge realm experts in the demon army! "Sister Hua, give me the map!

" Sang Hua brought the map. Shen Mu measured it meticulously, using his vital essence as a scale, then turned to look at the pursuers.

The demonic qi there had also grown denser. His eyes flickered: "Still one thousand one hundred li. Senior Brother Tiger told me to call him at a thousand li, but in these days he seems to have grown a bit fatter. " Shen Mu turned his head and looked at the Black Tiger God on the chest, saying in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Tiger, we are only a thousand li from the front line.

" The little black tiger leaped down from the chest and laughed: "You all stay here and watch my methods! " With that, he raced off toward the pursuers behind. Shen Mu looked toward the Black Tiger God.

The little black tiger ran faster and faster; as he ran, his flesh transformed, and in less than a breath he had gone from a black tiger a chi or so tall to a mountain-range-sized colossus, awe-inspiring, only his belly seemed a little large. As the Black Tiger God ran, he shifted from four feet to two hind legs driving him forward; runes and marks spread across his body like armor covering him entirely.

His two forepaws clenched heavily, and two great hammers appeared in his hands. In the space of a breath, the Black Tiger God had already crashed thunderously into the pursuers. Who knew how many demon experts had their bones broken and sinews snapped, their bodies tumbling through the air, falling limply down. A demon god was indeed hidden there.

A battle halberd shot up into the sky to meet the Black Tiger God's two great hammers.

The Black Tiger God was incomparably valiant, and that demon god was no weakling either; in the instant the two collided, Shen Mu saw a mountain peak suddenly float up, flat and level.

"We must go, quickly! " Shen Mu said swiftly: "Forward a hundred li!

Fat Dragon, get down from the chest! " Sang Hua was puzzled by his meaning, but still followed him, carrying the chest forward.

Long Qilin too hurriedly jumped down from the chest and set off after them. Behind, many demon experts who had not died by the Black Tiger God's hand at once abandoned him and came chasing after them. And in the demon camp ahead, the shockwaves from the battle between the Black Tiger God and the demon god alerted the demon experts there; at once demonic qi separated from the qi above the camp and came rolling toward Shen Mu and the others. Demon experts were coming to meet them, to catch them front and rear.

Shen Mu led the group a hundred li and shouted: "Halt!

" Behind them came a sudden earth-shaking roar: the Black Tiger God had slain that demon god and came howling over. A tiger's roar startled the mountains and forests; grass and trees flew up, and loose stones hurtled into the air. The Black Tiger God came charging in; his two great hammers, one after the other, blasted apart the few experts who had been chasing Shen Mu and the others.

Seeing this, Shen Mu at once said: "Back a hundred li. " Sang Hua, Ling Yuxiu, and the rest were puzzled, but still ran back as told.

The Black Tiger God, having killed the pursuers, leaped over their heads and went to meet the many demon experts charging from the front.

Those demon experts were also led by a demon god. The Black Tiger God broke their battle formation apart; the two deities slaughtered each other, while the other demon experts skirted their battlefield and rushed at Shen Mu and the others. Shen Mu led the group back the hundred li and halted, saying in a deep voice: "Now we should be safe.

" A moment later, ahead of them, the primordial spirits of demon experts came charging in, divine powers striking from afar. The group's faces changed slightly, then suddenly a great hammer came flying out of nowhere and crushed those demon experts' divine powers and primordial spirits to powder! The Black Tiger God appeared, caught the hammer flying toward the group, gave it a mighty shake, and laughed: "I have not failed my charge!

Everyone, onto my back. Follow me into the attack, charge the enemy camp, and I'll carry you back to Li City!

" Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief and thought: "Senior Brother Tiger really has grown a good deal fatter these two days. His weight has increased, and his speed has dropped by a tenth, so I left a margin of a hundred li. It seems I calculated right!

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