The commoners all held their breath and watched.
The divine sword named the Taixu Demon-Suppressing Sword hung quietly in the air beside the Divine Lady. The radiance flowing from its blade dyed the sky over Xindu City in a brilliant amber hue.
Before long, the divine sword slowly descended.
The moment the Divine Lady reached out and grasped the hilt, her moon-white daoist robe billowed even without wind. Thousands of seal characters surged from her sleeves, surrounding her like a reversed galaxy.
“Slay.”
She uttered but a single, calm word.
Then.
Heaven and earth fell silent.
A beam of sword light silently swept across the seven-hundred-zhang body of the black dragon coiled upon the mountain ridge.
The black dragon froze.
Immediately following that.
Its body disintegrated inch by inch under the sword light.
There was no spray of blood, much less any fragments; it turned into pure white light, scattering between heaven and earth.
It couldn't even let out a final roar.
After the evil dragon completely vanished, everyone realized that the Divine Lady's strike had not only slain the dragon but also leveled the hills beneath it.
The entire mountain range sank by several degrees.
Boulders tumbled down, and dust billowed a thousand zhang high.
From Xindu City, it looked as if a massive grayish-yellow wall had suddenly risen between heaven and earth.
Everyone stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded.
This wasn't even the Divine Lady's ultimate move, yet it possessed such terrifying power. They couldn't even imagine how horrifying the force would be if she used an ultimate technique to slay the dragon.
No wonder the Divine Lady had said before that whether she struck or not, it would cause a catastrophe for all living beings!
The power of a deity was truly terrifying!
“Look, quickly! So many golden spheres.”
“Yeah, what are those?”
“It’s too far; I can’t see clearly...”
“I’ve seen this golden light! When I was inside the dragon, I nearly died several times, but this golden light saved me!”
“This is the Divine Lady’s divine power!”
Amidst the dust filling the sky, points of golden light appeared.
More accurately, they were golden spheres.
Countless golden spheres of varying sizes floated out from the dust, looking like dandelion seeds scattered by the wind.
They hung quietly in the air, remaining motionless even as boulders rolled over them and waves of dust lashed against them.
The walls of light were thin as a cicada's wing yet indestructible.
As the dust settled, the scenes within the spheres became clear.
A gray rabbit was curled up inside a sphere, its long ears pressed against its back and its round eyes wide with shock.
Slightly further away, a sika deer was half-kneeling in a sphere, gazing in terror at the split world outside.
Even further.
Flocks of birds were huddled together in the same sphere, their feathers fluffed up as they chirped incessantly.
Squirrels, badgers, hedgehogs, snakes, insects, and ants...
Every living creature in the mountains, regardless of size, was protected by those golden spheres without exception.
“Mother, so much meat...” A child stared greedily at the large gray rabbit in the sphere, swallowing hard.
“You brat! Even the Divine Lady can't bear to let these mountain creatures suffer, yet you’re thinking about eating them? Just wait until we get home, I’ll give you a serving of ‘bamboo shoots fried with meat’!”
The child’s mother grabbed him by the ear. He wanted to wail in pain, but she covered his mouth.
Others present couldn't help but feel their eyes well up with tears upon hearing the woman’s words.
They say heaven and earth are heartless and treat all things like straw dogs.
Yet, the Divine Lady treated all living beings under heaven like her own children. How could there be a deity as kind-hearted as her in this world?
Sometimes, they couldn't help but wonder if all of this was just a beautiful dream, like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water.
But the increasingly prosperous Xindu City and the full rice jars at home told them that they weren't in a dream they refused to wake from.
Rather.
They had truly encountered a deity who saved them from suffering.
Mortals were powerless to repay a deity; they could only offer a heart full of devotion and love.
【Shen Yu Shock Value +100】
【Pei Du Shock Value +100】
【Lu Sui Shock Value +100】
【...】
【Current Shock Value: 255,800】
Yun Shu saw the increase in Shock Value slowing down, but she wasn't surprised. Desensitization was normal after seeing too many miracles.
She waved her hand, sending the animals in the golden spheres into a nearby, undamaged forest.
Then, she looked toward the two hundred volunteers. “I was able to save these mountain creatures thanks to your contribution as well; it was the Noble Spirit on your bodies that protected them.”
Of course, this was pure nonsense.
Given the power of the Taixu Demon-Suppressing Sword, even an ant would have been split in two by that strike.
The reason the mountain animals hadn't suffered any casualties was purely because she had the system calculate the angle and timing of the strike when she designed this scene.
While ensuring the skills of the Mountains and Rivers Map could protect those animals, she also carved out a level path.
Furthermore, this path led directly to Xindu City's neighbor.
Yecheng.
This would be her next target.
She couldn't guarantee that every decision she made was correct or foolproof.
However, provided she achieved her goal, she would do everything in her power to minimize the damage.
Luo Daoqing's appearance was like a mirror, reminding her at all times of the path she had come from.
The two hundred volunteers gazed up at the Divine Lady, whose robes fluttered in the sky, their eyes filled with admiration and fervor. “Divine Lady, you swung your sword to slay the evil dragon and protect all living beings. Your merit is boundless; we do not dare take any credit!”
The Divine Lady suddenly let out a soft sigh. “I have severed the Dragon Vein. Far from being a meritorious deed, this act has burdened me with karmic hindrances.”
“The Dragon Vein and the dynasty are of the same breath. Now that the vein is severed, the Yong Dynasty is finished. I have just perceived that in three days at the latest, the world will fall into pieces, and the people will be displaced.”
She closed her eyes and then opened them again, sighing. “This bitter fruit is the result of the cause I sowed by slaying the Dragon Vein today. Perhaps I should not have interfered in the affairs of this mortal world.”
The people of Xindu looked at each other upon hearing this. Then, some of the bolder ones spoke up in a flurry to comfort her.
They didn't know how to comfort a deity; they could only use the most sincere tones to speak the most simple words.
“Divine Lady, how could this be your fault? You did it to save us. We might not be well-educated, but we know right from wrong.”
“This isn't your fault, Divine Lady!”
“If not for Emperor Ling's incompetence and his persecution of the people, which allowed foul energy to pollute the Dragon Vein, the world wouldn't have suffered this disaster. The true culprit is Emperor Ling! It's the Yong Dynasty!”
“Exactly!”
“Emperor Ling doesn't even deserve to be emperor. He’s the one who harmed us; he’s the one who deserves to die most!”
The more the crowd spoke, the more indignant they became.
No one felt that the kind-hearted Divine Lady would harm them.
Shen Jue took a decisive step forward and knelt on one knee, solemnly clasping his hands in a salute. “Divine Lady, you are a natural deity; these mortal mountains and rivers naturally belong to you. The Xi Clan has shamelessly occupied your lands for five hundred years, leaving them devastated. I, Shen Jue, embolden myself to beg the Divine Lady to lead us in reclaiming our lands and unifying the world!”
Hearing Shen Jue's treasonous words, Yun Shu almost couldn't hold back a laugh. Fortunately, her acting skills remained sharp.
Honestly, this protagonist was quite a piece of work.
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