Chapter 1728 — The Solitary King Speaks

Heavenly Venerable Yun said, "The Lingguan Hall Master's body is too ancient. Every part of his flesh has already been cultivated into an Ancient God. If a man like this, at the moment your battlefront is locked in stalemate, suddenly turns into thirty of the most supreme Ancient Gods and slays your commanding generals, how will you deal with it?

" As he spoke, he picked up white stones one by one, placing them down ceaselessly, sending thirty white stones into Shen Mu's game. "Thirty such beings, with power nearly that of Duke Tian and Earl Tu, appearing suddenly on the various battlefields, would be enough to overturn the entire war. Among the commanders of the various armies, who can withstand them? " Shen Mu frowned slightly, looking at the game.

The Lingguan Hall Master's cultivation style was extremely strange, and Shen Mu had long since noticed this.

When he and Lord Shang had slain the Lingguan Hall Master, every part of that hall master's body had been like a living Ancient God; even after Lord Shang hewed him into dozens of pieces, each piece could still move independently on its own. Lord Shang, joining hands with him, had in the end only managed to destroy his Dao Tree, preventing him from attaining the Dao in this universe. In the end, it was Shen Mu who laid a scheme, using supreme sword-ways and Dao arts, to break one of his Dao Fruits and ruin his head. In the days since, Shen Mu did not know whether the Lingguan Hall Master had managed to undo the Dao wound left by his sword-ways and restore his head.

He thought that even if the man could undo the Dao wound, he would still be unable to refine a new head to the same ferocious degree as before.

"The Lingguan Hall Master still has two Dao Fruits and one Dao Flower, equivalent to three Dao-Achievers. The strength of three Dao-Achievers can measure up to thirty of the most supreme Ancient Gods.

" Shen Mu stared at Heavenly Venerable Yun's board. The game they were playing had no crisscrossing lines; instead, stones were placed directly in the air. What was even stranger was that the game seemed to have no rules; one could place as many stones as one wished.

For example, when Heavenly Venerable Yun said that the Lingguan Hall Master could turn into thirty Heavenly Venerables, he set down thirty stones, spreading them on both sides of the heads of each of the great dragons on Shen Mu's board, preparing to cut off the dragon heads. "Among the Four Ancient God Emperors, not one will escape unscathed!

The four Celestial Masters of the Carefree Land and the four Heavenly Kings will all have their heads taken! The new master of the Beast Realm, Long Pi; Jiang Baigui, the Imperial Tutor of Jingping; Wei Suifeng, the old founder of the Heavenly Sage Sect; Emperor Yanfeng; Gongsun Yan; the First Patriarch, the Human Sovereign; the two Chiming Emperors; Lady Tianyin; Shen Fengqing; Duke Tian and Achou—all these forces will shatter one by one with the Lingguan Hall Master entering the fray! " Heavenly Venerable Yun placed another stone.

"And on Heavenly Emperor Hao's side there is still strength to spare. He can even spare a single stone to set down beside the World Tree of the Ancestral Court and slay the Void-Born Flower!

Once the Void-Born Flower is broken, the prehistoric powerhouses will invade, endless and without limit. " Shen Mu shook his head. "Heavenly Emperor Hao would not do such a thing. " "But the Lingguan Hall Master would," said Heavenly Venerable Yun. "The Lingguan Hall Master is the master of the Jade Capital in the Ancestral Court.

In helping Heavenly Emperor Hao, he is thinking of the Jade Capital in the Ancestral Court, so as to make it convenient for the Dao-Achievers of the Jade Capital to descend. In a situation where the Dao-Achievers cannot descend, opening the passage of the World Tree at the Great Dark Mountain and letting the prehistoric stowaways come down will help him accomplish his aims. " Shen Mu said, "Those who stow away through the roots of the World Tree are not of the same faction as those in the Jade Capital of the Ancestral Court.

There may even be grudges between the two.

" Heavenly Venerable Yun said, "But to the Jade Capital of the Ancestral Court, these stowaways can still be used.

The appearance of these people can hasten the descent of the Dao-Achievers from the Jade Capital of the Ancestral Court. And Heavenly Emperor Hao is waiting for you to spread out the battlefield, letting all his enemies reveal themselves, and then sweeping up the powerhouses on your side in one net! Therefore this move of the Lingguan Hall Master's, he will definitely use! If he uses it, it will surely be a thunderbolt blow that catches you off guard!

" Shen Mu looked at the board. In the section of the Carefree Land that he had laid out—the Southern Sea, the Western Lands, the Northern Frontier, the Beast Realm, and Jingping—the heads of the great dragons were all locked down so tightly that no path of escape could be found.

Lord Shang, though powerful, could hardly turn into thirty Heavenly Venerable-level existences to protect the generals of each army. Shen Mu likewise had no such means. If Heavenly Emperor Hao truly arranged the board as Heavenly Venerable Yun had said, then Jingping would in the end have only Shen Mu, Heavenly Venerable Yun, Heavenly Venerable You, Heavenly Venerable Yue, Lang Wan, and a few others left, with no strength to wage a decisive battle against the Heavenly Court! How to break the situation had become his greatest difficulty at the moment. "My battle lines are spread too far—the Western Lands, the Northern Frontier, the Southern Sea, the Southern Heaven, the Carefree Land, and even the World Tree of the Ancestral Court. These lines are too long.

If these lines were pulled in, after destroying the enemies there, they could contract and concentrate solely on the single point of the Carefree Land. " Shen Mu shifted the stones on the board. "If the Lingguan Hall Master transforms into one Ancient God after another to strike at the leaders of the various armies, we can provide support at any time, and we might even set an ambush to slay the Lingguan Hall Master.

In this way, can this situation be resolved?

" Heavenly Venerable Yun shook his head.

"At present, the Four Ancient God Emperors have already come out: the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird, the Northern Emperor Black Tortoise, the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon, and the Western Emperor White Tiger have all appeared together. And Long Xiao of the Beast Realm has been killed by the Younger Earl Tu; Long Pi has taken his place. For Heavenly Emperor Hao, all his enemies have already surfaced.

This is precisely the best moment for him to draw in his net.

" Cold sweat broke out on Shen Mu's forehead, and his nape was also covered in cold sweat. He suddenly laughed. "Heavenly Emperor Hao could not possibly have such wisdom, could he? " "For an enemy, make the widest allowances.

" Heavenly Venerable Yun's face was calm. "In those years, I also thought Heavenly Emperor Hao did not have such wisdom. Later, I was defeated.

Those who underestimated his crown prince Xie Wuqi died miserably; those who underestimated his Ancient God Heavenly Emperor died miserably; and I, who underestimated him, died miserably as well. " Shen Mu laughed heartily, but his sweat only became more profuse. "I have a plan that can break this game of Heavenly Emperor Hao's. " Heavenly Venerable Yun looked at him.

"I can help you block the Second Young Master; Heavenly Venerable You can block Heavenly Venerable Xu; Heavenly Venerable Yue can go hold off the Ancestral God King; Taishi can block the Taiji Ancient God; Lang Wan can go hold off Taichu; and Lord Shang can go kill Lady Yuanmu. In this way, there will be no Dao-Achievers left around Heavenly Emperor Hao, no obstacles.

You go and kill Heavenly Emperor Hao, and the great situation will be settled!