Chapter 369: Finally Leaving Tai Ah
The divine lights of the laws began to slowly fade in the vast sky. The arm of the galaxy once again began to shimmer in the sky, and now, the entire Chu Prefecture City was in complete ruins. With the Chu royal residence as the core, it seemed to have been attacked by a terrible storm. All the nearby buildings had completely collapsed, while the Chu royal residence had been reduced to dust, not even leaving behind any wreckage.
The Shepherd Boy stood under the bright moon, holding the Illusionary Bone sword in one hand and the bamboo flute in the other.
A breeze blew, fluttering his green clothes. His elegance and talent seemed peerless.
His pair of eyes stared at the Shen Tu family clan Elders. That deep stare seemed to resemble the endless starry sky above his head.
“He’s injured, and should be very seriously injured at that. He should be on the verge of his limits!”
“Ignoring the Death Heavenly Revolution left in his body, even the wound on his chest has been infected by toxins. He is bleeding black blood!”
The Shepherd Boy’s condition was clear to everyone, but even then, no one dared to go forward.
The Shepherd Boy had previously killed 6 of the Shen Tu family clan Elders, and then the Ten Thousand Empyreal King. This was too great a shock for them. Furthermore, every time they thought they could kill him, they were killed by him instead!
Hence, even if they knew that he had damaged his life force, none of the Shen Tu family clan Elders dared to make a move.
Even Elder Su and Elder Mo did not go forth. The pressure was too great.
Maybe if they all piled on, maybe then they would be able to prevent the heavily injured Shepherd Boy from leaving. However, there was no doubt that they would only be left with a few people in the end. They might even all die together with the Shepherd Boy.
No one was willing to make such a sacrifice.
At this moment, people saw that a black mist was emerging from the 10 claw wounds on the Shepherd Boy’s chest.
“Chi! Chi! Chi!”
After the black mist left the wounds, it burned in the air, quickly being reduced to ash.
When people saw this, their hearts tightened, “He is using the Power of Desolates to force the toxins out of his body!”
“This is not good, we cannot let him force the poison out. If he completely recovers, we will be even less of a match for him. We might even all die here today!”
The Shepherd Boy was unexpectedly healing himself in the air, completely ignoring them. This made many of the Shen Tu Elders aggrieved. It was as if they did not exist.
They knew that if they did not attack the Shepherd Boy now, they would lose their greatest advantage in battle.
However, no one dared to make a move against him. Everyone knew that the first few who went forward would definitely end up dead.
While they looked on, the black mist being emitted out of the Shepherd Boy increased, with a “Chi Chi Chi” sound, a pure white flame started to burn on the Shepherd Boy’s chest.
If this went on, they would not stand a chance if they only remained motionless!
“Si!”
The Illusionary Bone sword flashed a cold beam. Under the moonlight, the white bone sword the Shepherd Boy held looked like an elephant’s white tusk.
“What do we do?”
A Shen Tu family clan Elder asked Elder Su and Elder Mo.
Elder Su and Elder Mo’s expressions were ugly as they felt irrevocably committed.
“What else can we do? We cannot really wait for him to recover and let him kill all of us? Let’s protect the young master and leave.”
Hearing Elder Mo’s words, the Shen Tu family clan’s other Elders felt aggrieved. Although they, in name, were leaving to protect Shen Tu Nantian, they were in fact, escaping.
They had the numbers advantage, and had even set up the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array. Even with the addition of the Ten Thousand Empyreal King, they had still been sent scurrying away by the Shepherd Boy. This had turned into a huge joke.
However, now, if they did not take the opportunity to escape while the Shepherd Boy was still recovering from the poisoning, they had no other methods.
“Evacuate the Chu Prefecture City!”
When Elder Su said this, the Elders looked at each other and reluctantly accepted reality. They kept their guard up and retreated in the air bit by bit, to the point of them being several miles away. Only then did they take Shen Tu Nantian along with them to rapidly evacuate.
From the beginning to the end, the Shepherd Boy looked on indifferently. He did not attack again.
He was indeed on the verge of his limits. It was not because of the toxins from the Ten Thousand Empyreal King, but because of the Death Heavenly Revolution left within his body by the Shen Tu Patriarch a decade ago!
Just now, he had used the blood of the Desolate race to kill the Ten Thousand Empyreal King, but that had caused the Death Heavenly Revolution in his body to begin mov