Chapter 37: Condemnation
The heart of Stormsea was riddled with visible cracks that ran from the depth and shot upwards, causing the sky to shatter.
Mu Shen's bones however were broken. The vile thing attacking underneath the ground was definitely powerful, which should explain why his bones was not faring any better.
Mu Shen got up disregarding the pain. And then he simply dodged the sudden descent of that magnanimous hammer.
"Hold on, why does it look like Thor's hammer?"
Mu Shen's eyes widened slightly, but his body shifted and a powerful titanic blow rolled downward causing the fabric of reality to fracture.
Mu Shen could see visible crack-like nets appear in the sky and the sky itself was reality. Reality was actually cracking.
Activating the Heavenly Dao of seven rivers technique, only a miniscule amount of strength entered his body.
'Crap—'
His techniques were truly restricted here.
Mu Shen immediately exploited his ability to fly and he dashed into the sky with fervent need as wind rushed at him.
Then, he punched down at the vile thing as its hammer pummeled upwards and met Mu Shen's punch. The sky rippled in protest, the air blasting backward, forward and all the way to the side. Net of cracks appeared and vanished.
Mu Shen's expression was solemn. "Those damn bastard. If they had just handed over one map, they should have still been alive and I would not have been in this state."
And all of a sudden, the ground seem to open as a massive figure emerged from the ground — the very source of the terrifying destruction and devastation. When it was out, it roared that the void was pushed all the way to the back, causing net cracks to run through the void like spiderwebs.
"ROOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRHHHHH!!"
Space suddenly stretched and Mu Shen immediately lost control over his body. One moment, he was standing in the sky and the next minute, the massive claw of this vile thing reached out to grab and crush him.
His heart suddenly ran cold with dread and he tried to retreat, however he was already a step too late.
The sky suddenly bent and dissolved into a maelstrom that caused Mu Shen's bones to chill.
And then, Four shadows incarnation activated allowing himself to become four. Immediately, he switched the position of his original body that it was the shadow that was crushed and dissolved into particles of white light.
At first, there was a satisfied smile on the face of the gargantuan titan, but its smile froze as it saw Mu Shen standing and breathing.
An ear-piercing howl escaped its lips that caused ripples to spread dramatically, opening up something dreadful, something black and consuming — the hollow. The hollow is a layer of existence. It is a natural form of disaster because once it opens up, it comes with a powerful annihilating and destructive consuming force that erases everything around it.
At this moment, the hollow itself opened, plunging everything around in complete chaos. Mu Shen struggled to escape its annihilating and consuming force only to be met with a brutal blow.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
His body was kicked into the air and he stumbled into the ground, riling up a shockwave.
The massive vile creature did not relent, it moved at terrifying speed, its hammer held up and then slamming down, severing the natural laws of the universe.
Then, Mu Shen used the Skywheel Technique.
A mote of light travelled up to the sky and in several breaths, they were hundreds and thousands of motes up in the sky and shockingly, it created a powerful blade which shielded Mu Shen from the descending hammer.
The hammer slammed upon the sword shattering it in an instant due to how much the Stormsea had restricted his techniques.
But at least, there was a moment or two of respite and the chance to make a move.
He turned and left the gaze of the already crumbling Skywheel. The Skywheel took the form of a sword because it was forged from a sword, but Skywheel could actually use any shape and any form.
But once again, Mu Shen's body froze.
"You want to run away? I am Condemnation and none of my prey have successfully escaped from me. You will not be an exception."
Mu Shen had expected that it was capable of speech, but from the line of its statement, Mu Shen knew that it could not be lying which means — his life is at risk.
Mu Shen disregarded the primal fear that he felt and spat out:
"You must be excited to want to slay an innocent soul, however let's get something straight — I don't die easily. And maybe no one have been able to escape from you, but I will do that. I am known for always breaking all records."
Then five abyss manifested.
He forced all of his will into the abysses to ensure that he was able to exert the full power of this ability, however something more lethal, chilling and deep kept him restricted. He couldn't dominate, he couldn't will his capability. It was useless.
All of his five abysses suddenly turned into black ashes and simply vanished.
Mu Shen's eyes widened, but he did not admit defeat yet.
Four Shadows Incarnation manifested, his four bodies completely appearing to view.
Then —
A crushing hammer pummeled down, destroying one of Mu Shen's shadow incarnation but— that was not Mu Shen's real body.
His body had travelled farther and the other two incarnations were lulled over by a strange magnetic force. It would be dumb to actually describe it as a magnetic force.
The vile thing — a cursed titan roared in protest, shattering the very frame of reality, a maelstrom of sword qi suddenly descending.
It could not locate Mu Shen's body so, destroying everything was its best bet. Probably, it should be able to deliver a fatal blow. A blow that should end everything.
And then;
Boom!
The heavens moaned while Mu Shen's eyes widened.