Chapter 108: A Twist of Fate

The white-haired man flicked his hand slightly amidst the burst remains of the demon snake. As his gaze narrowed, he spread his five fingers and grabbed toward something. This object was the size of a fist, with black and white colored Qi flowing incessantly across its surface, emitting a faint glow. This item was precisely the Demon Core of the two-headed snake!

Grabbing the Demon Core in his hand, the white-haired man felt a flash of joy, but then a look of pain appeared on his face. The Demon Core he held was releasing immense heat; 'hissing' sounds and a burnt smell emerged instantly.

After only a moment of hesitation, a mass of Golden Light rose in the white-haired man's hand, isolating the Demon Core from his palm. Even so, the power of the Demon Core could not be underestimated; even the Golden Light was being scorched to an extremely high temperature!

Although the waves of pain were more than the white-haired man could bear, there was no look of agony on his face; instead, he laughed triumphantly.

Zhang Nuo had originally vaguely seen the sphere fused with Black and White Qi appear beside him, but in the blink of an eye, the sphere dissipated rapidly. In just the time it takes for a breath, it vanished into thin air!

Feeling slightly surprised in his heart, why would the demon snake suddenly stop? Such a thing seemed unlikely! He hurriedly turned his head to look toward where the snake demon had been standing.

He saw that on a patch of blood-red ground, the demon snake's body was shattered into several sections. A white-haired man was holding an object in his hand, laughing wildly. Looking at the thing in the man's hand, it was somewhat similar to the black and white sphere that had attacked him!

Han Liang! Once he saw the white-haired man's face clearly, Zhang Nuo exclaimed in his heart. The greatest characteristic of Han Liang from the Wuji Sect was his head of white hair!

He never expected that it would be him who saved him! Zhang Nuo was greatly puzzled. Because of the previous incident where the Wuji Sect members besieged the 'Golden-Haired Sacred Ape', Han Liang had almost hated Zhuge Qing and the other Nanxuan Sect cultivators to death, yet today, at the most dangerous moment, it was he who stepped in to save Zhang Nuo.

In fact, how could Zhang Nuo know that this time, Han Liang had been observing from outside the 'Small Six Paths Sumeru Great Array' for a long time? As for how Zhuge Qing lured out the two-headed snake and how they fought bitterly in the array, he had seen it all.

Han Liang's original intention was to destroy the array, and then, while both sides were fighting to mutual exhaustion, sneak-attack the snake demon to take its inner core. The Wuji Sect focused primarily on Body Refining; the inner cores of high-level demon beasts were items that were sought after but rarely found.

For some Body Refining Cultivators, having a demon beast inner core higher than their own cultivation level allowed them to absorb the innate essence of the demon beast into their own bodies. In this way, the physique of a Body Refining Cultivator would become even stronger; after all, regarding the innate perception of nature, demon beasts were much stronger than humans.

However, what Han Liang did not expect was that Zhang Nuo and the other three had been deadlocked with the demon snake for so long and even had the intention to kill it. After a moment of deliberation, Han Liang first killed the three Nanxuan Sect cultivators who were setting up the array to break it, and then killed the remaining three array-setting cultivators as well.

Finally, taking advantage of the demon snake's full effort to kill Zhang Nuo, he used the Earth Escape Technique and appeared eerily beneath the ground of the demon snake, pouring almost all of his Spirit Power into the Square Heaven Painted Halberd, which was how he succeeded in one strike!

But then again, if the snake demon had not focused all its attention on Zhang Nuo at that time, Han Liang's strike would not have succeeded so easily! In fact, both sides had gained some benefits from each other!

Chu Budong and Yu Lei, who were also fleeing into the distance, saw the process of Han Liang killing the two-headed snake and were somewhat horrified. Using a halberd to blast the demon snake's body to pieces—this momentum was enough to intimidate them. However, seeing that Zhang Nuo was fine, they felt relieved and quickly fled.

The white-haired man's gaze swept over the four people from the Nanxuan Sect fleeing in different directions, a faint cold sneer appearing at the corners of his mouth. Because attacking the demon snake had cost him too much Spirit Power, otherwise, he would have immediately gone to hunt down Zhuge Qing.

This woman was hailed as a genius rarely seen in the Nanxuan Sect in a hundred years. Her high natural talent went without saying; what was most terrifying was her keen insight and leadership ability. If this person were left alive, she would surely be a great threat in the future!

Just as Han Liang was pondering, an unbearable burning sensation came from the palm holding the demon snake's inner core! He took a deep breath! Han Liang no longer had the heart to think about Zhuge Qing; he had to find a quiet place first to deal with the demon beast inner core.

If he let the inner core release its power for too long, after a while, this inner core would become useless! Thinking of this, Han Liang looked again in the direction Zhang Nuo had fled, and turned to leave this place with lingering resentment.

Zhang Nuo, not caring at all whether Chu Budong, Yu Lei, and the others had escaped, frantically drove the remaining Spirit Power in his body and fled in one direction!

After flying for about half a day, his body was completely empty, without a trace of Spirit Power left. With no other choice, he landed his body lightly and returned to the ground. At this time, Zhuge Qing was still in a coma, her pretty face pale and bloodless, and her breathing was as thin as a gossamer thread!

With one reach, Zhang Nuo took Zhuge Qing into his arms. This woman was truly a natural beauty; even in her severely wounded state, she still made Zhang Nuo's heart flutter.

Feeling the soft, boneless, and graceful body in his arms, the blood in Zhang Nuo's body boiled, and his breathing quickened a bit.

"Kid Zhang, with such beauty, if you don't take this opportunity... ah! Hehe, if you possess her, it will be much easier to get by in the Nanxuan Sect in the future!"

Inside the 'Nine Dragon Sword Case', Chunyangzi laughed wickedly and teased.

"Why must Senior make fun of me? With my current strength, even if an existence of the same rank came, I would be no match for them! If I can't even save my own life, who would think of these things?"

Zhang Nuo just gave a wry smile and moved his Divine Sense to transmit his voice back.

"Find a place to heal your wounds first!"

Seeing that although Zhang Nuo had a beauty in his arms, he still understood the current situation, Chunyangzi sighed in secret admiration and then said. Zhang Nuo just nodded slightly, held Zhuge Qing, and ran toward the depths of a large mountain.

The journey was considered safe. Although he encountered a few third-rank demon beasts, Zhang Nuo avoided them all. After traveling for half an hour, a cave suddenly appeared in front of him. This cave was very dilapidated and had clearly been abandoned for a long time!

"This is it!"

The moment he saw the cave, Zhang Nuo had no strength left. He carefully walked into the cave, searched around with his Divine Sense, and found no danger, only then placing Zhuge Qing on the ground.

Zhang Nuo took a small bottle from his Storage Bag, poured out two Pills, and then forcibly pried open the young girl's mouth to feed them to her. After doing all this, he let out a sigh of relief. His gaze swept over the girl's body, and only then did Zhang Nuo gasp in shock!

He saw that on the girl's back, fresh red blood had stained her clothes. Thinking carefully, it must have been a wound left after she was hit by the black and white sphere. He had been too busy fleeing along the way, and only at this moment did Zhang Nuo notice this point!