Chapter 180: Reinforcements from the Sky

Zhang Nuo was flying rapidly when suddenly, waves of unstable Spirit Power fluctuated from ahead; those fluctuations seemed to be emitted by many people at once, and among them were not a few cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Frowning tightly, Zhang Nuo felt a bit startled in his heart; the place where those Spirit Power fluctuations appeared was exactly where Zhuge Qing was, and it seemed she was being besieged by many cultivators.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo's speed increased by a few notches. When his Divine Sense could sense the front, he gasped; he saw dozens of demonic cultivators fiercely attacking a fortress. On the fortress ramparts, several Nanxuan Sect cultivators were frequently driving their Magic Treasures, continuously repelling the demonic cultivators rushing up.

However, it looked like those few Nanxuan Sect cultivators were almost unable to hold on. Searching with his Divine Sense again, Zhang Nuo discovered Zhuge Qing's location. With his Three Spirit Seas simultaneously activated, his flight speed reached its peak in an instant, and Zhang Nuo charged toward the rear of the demonic cultivators.

Pinching two Dharma seals with his hands and letting out a cold shout, two dragon roars suddenly emerged from the Nine Dragon Sword Case behind his back. With a flash of white light, two silver dragons, each a zhang long, flew out and killed the few demonic cultivators standing at the very back!

These demonic cultivators had just sensed someone flying in from behind. As they turned their heads, they discovered two giant dragons attacking them head-on. Before they could make any reaction, the giant dragons had already passed through their bodies.

Without even having time to let out a scream, the remains of several cultivators fell to the ground. However, the silver dragons did not dissipate; after shooting forward for several zhang, they exhausted their power and transformed back into the appearance of Flying Swords.

"Silver Dragons! It's Junior Brother Zhang! It's Junior Brother Zhang who has come to save us!"

As soon as Chu Budong saw powerful Spirit Power fluctuations erupting behind the demonic cultivators, he looked up and saw two silver dragons consecutively killing several demonic cultivators in the back. He recognized at once that those were Zhang Nuo's spirit-refined Flying Swords. He immediately shouted loudly.

Hearing these words, Zhuge Qing also looked over and saw Zhang Nuo charging toward the rear of the demonic cultivators with incredible speed, killing two more people with a few Fast Sword strikes!

Back when they were attacking the Five Great Demon Mountains, she hadn't disturbed Zhang Nuo because he was in seclusion. Seeing Zhang Nuo like reinforcements fallen from the sky, the young girl felt an indescribable sensation in her heart. However, when she discovered that it was only Zhang Nuo who had come, the hope that had just risen in her heart dimmed once again!

There was no time to think too much. The young girl moved her Divine Sense, and the five-colored light of the Moonlight Wheel grew even more intense, slashing wildly toward the demonic cultivators below. After Zhang Nuo killed a few people, a thought moved him and all the Flying Swords returned to his side. Only then did he notice that there were no fewer than forty demonic cultivators besieging this fortress; excluding the few he had just killed, there were still over thirty remaining.

Even though he had entered the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, it was impossible to deal with so many cultivators at once. His heart tightened immediately. At this critical moment, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he shouted loudly toward the direction of Zhuge Qing:

"Cultivators of the Nanxuan Sect, do not be afraid! Our reinforcements have arrived! There are over fifty more cultivators behind, and they are rushing here!"

His voice traveled far; not only did Zhuge Qing and the others in the fortress hear it, but even those demonic cultivators heard it too. Immediately, some of the demonic cultivators began to feel afraid; fifty-some cultivators were a full twenty more than them.

At this moment, the yellow-faced cultivator who had previously trapped Zhuge Qing's Sound Transmission Talisman with a black net sank his face and looked toward Zhang Nuo's rear. But there was nothing behind him; it didn't look like reinforcements were coming at all.

"Do not..."

He had originally wanted to tell his subordinate demonic cultivators not to be fooled by the other party's words, that he was bluffing. But the moment the two words "Do not" left his mouth, Zhang Nuo's gaze locked onto him. At the same time, the two Flying Swords beside him erupted with dazzling white light and slashed toward the yellow-faced demonic cultivator.

Seeing two incredibly fast Flying Swords slashing toward him, the yellow-faced demonic cultivator immediately swallowed the rest of his words and moved his body to quickly dodge the attack.

Zhang Nuo swept his gaze and knew he was the leader of this group of demonic cultivators. As the saying goes, to capture the bandits, first capture the king. As long as the yellow-faced demonic cultivator was killed first, the remaining demonic cultivators would be a scattered mess and not worth fearing at all!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo did not give the yellow-faced demonic cultivator any chance to catch his breath. The white light in his Three Spirit Seas shone, and with a forward dash, he arrived near him. He pointed a finger at him from afar, and immediately the three Flying Swords before him transformed into three White Threads, shooting out like lightning!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Three sounds of metal clashing rang out. Seeing the opponent's attack was too fast, the yellow-faced demonic cultivator had no time to think and instantly summoned an Ancient Shield to block in front of him. All three of Zhang Nuo's Flying Swords struck the Ancient Shield.

But not knowing what material this Ancient Shield was made of, it was indestructible; it only left three white dots on the shield's surface, and the Flying Swords were bounced back.

Zhang Nuo was stunned. With his current Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, the attack power of his Fast Sword had increased significantly, enough to pierce through ordinary shields. He hadn't expected this yellow-faced demonic cultivator's Ancient Shield to be such a treasure!

Sweeping his Divine Sense lightly over him, Zhang Nuo discovered that the opponent's cultivation had also reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and in terms of pure cultivation, he was not inferior to him at all!

At this moment, a demonic cultivator secretly launched an attack from behind Zhang Nuo. However, just as his Magic Treasure was summoned, a flash of white light passed by, and the Flying Sword shot out from the Nine Dragon Sword Case took his life!

"Overestimating your own strength!"

Zhang Nuo looked back at the demonic cultivator who had ambushed him and said with disdain.

"Junior Brother! I have come to lend you a hand!"

In mid-air, Chu Budong's voice came over, and at the same time, a Golden Great Hammer, fully several zhang in size, descended from the sky and smashed into the middle of the demonic cultivators besieging Zhang Nuo with a 'Boom—'!

Immediately, the wind whistled wherever the great hammer passed, and the mixed-in force of the wind forcibly swept away several demonic cultivators with low cultivation. Without any worries behind him, Zhang Nuo let out a long whistle, flipped his palm, and a ball of red flame appeared in his palm. He waved it toward the several Flying Swords in front of him, and immediately, Red Glow Fire ignited on the blades of the Flying Swords.

"Swish! Swish!"

After several sounds of breaking through the air, the Flying Swords wrapped in Red Glow Fire shot toward the surroundings like meteors from beyond the heavens. Immediately, several demonic cultivators were unable to dodge in time and had their bodies slashed by the Flying Swords. However, after discovering it was only a superficial wound, they didn't pay it any attention. Just as they were about to charge toward Zhang Nuo, a strange change occurred!

The wounds slashed by the Flying Swords suddenly became scorching hot, as if a raging fire were burning the wounds. In the blink of an eye, the Red Glow Fire on the wounds burrowed into the demonic cultivators' bodies. The red fire, meeting blood, was like a fish meeting water, circulating several times along with the blood in their bodies.

The Red Glow Fire burned all the blood in the demonic cultivators' bodies dry. With a 'thud', the few demonic cultivators struck by the Flying Swords fell down one by one, and then their bodies ignited with a great fire. In the blink of an eye, a living cultivator had turned into fly ash.

The yellow-faced demonic cultivator was shocked and terrified. This young cultivator, whose cultivation was similar to his own, actually had such methods. It seemed the fire wrapping the Flying Swords must be an extremely tyrannical thing.

Ever since entering the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Zhang Nuo had been thinking of ways to make good use of the Red Glow Fire. Finally, with Chunyangzi's help, he attached the Red Glow Fire to the Flying Swords. In this way, as long as the enemy's skin was scratched even a little, the Red Glow Fire would have an opportunity to enter.

Seeing the attack was effective, Zhang Nuo was overjoyed. With a move of his Divine Sense, all nine Flying Swords adjusted their blades and charged toward the yellow-faced demonic cultivator.

At this time, Chu Budong stood below Zhang Nuo, and with the Golden Great Hammer wheeling about, he kept dozens of demonic cultivators from daring to get near him!

Having seen the scene just now, the yellow-faced demonic cultivator would not let Zhang Nuo's Flying Swords break his skin for anything. With a flash of his figure, he hid under the black Ancient Shield again.

Several collision sounds came, and the nine Flying Swords were bounced away. However, this time, when the Flying Swords were bounced away, they flew toward the surroundings in an orderly fashion, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a circle around the yellow-faced cultivator!

Seeing this, a cold sneer appeared on the corner of Zhang Nuo's mouth. He formed Dharma seals with his hands and cast nine consecutive Dharma techniques, which instantly merged into the nine Flying Swords.

Immediately, the Flying Swords flashed with light, and with a soft 'swish', one Flying Sword slashed onto the Ancient Shield blocking in front of the yellow-faced cultivator. Then, the nine Flying Swords took turns attacking. For a time, the afterimages of the Flying Swords left in mid-air slowly outlined the shape of a lotus flower about to bloom.

"It's Lotus Fall!"

Zhuge Qing, standing on the fortress ramparts, recognized Zhang Nuo's Sword Formation at a glance. She had seen Zhang Nuo use this move at the Tianjiang Trade Fair; at that time, a single Sword Formation had destroyed Gu Yu's Blood Corpse.

The yellow-faced demonic cultivator, who was inside the Sword Formation, also felt that something was wrong. Sweeping his Divine Sense outward, he only felt that all around him were shadows of Flying Swords. These Flying Swords were shockingly fast, with almost no gaps that would allow him to escape.

And the Ancient Shield in front of him was suffering attacks like raindrops. Seeing the black light on the Ancient Shield growing weaker and weaker, the yellow-faced cultivator was terrified and hurriedly spat out a mouthful of essence blood, sprinkling it onto the Ancient Shield. In an instant, the Ancient Shield erupted with dazzling black light again, but it didn't last long; very quickly, the power of the Ancient Shield was consumed by the 'Lotus Fall' Sword Formation.

The white lotus was gradually blooming, and the power of the Sword Formation was also increasing. The yellow-faced demonic cultivator was almost going crazy at this moment, spitting out mouthful after mouthful of essence blood. However, everything he did was in vain, and the power of the Ancient Shield was being consumed faster and faster.

With a crisp 'crack', the yellow-faced cultivator's heart shattered along with the sound. He saw a crack appear on the front of the Ancient Shield, followed immediately by another crack. In the blink of an eye, the Ancient Shield was shattered into several pieces by the Sword Formation. Without the protection of the Ancient Shield, the yellow-faced demonic cultivator was completely exposed to the Sword Formation.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by a scream, the white lotus bloomed. The yellow-faced demonic cultivator only felt as if he were being pierced by ten thousand swords, and his body instantly turned into a pile of flesh and blood at the center of the flower.

Seeing that the yellow-faced demonic cultivator had been killed, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense and, without waiting for the Sword Formation to finish, forcibly retracted the Flying Swords. He glanced at the many demonic cultivators below and saw that those demonic cultivators were also looking at him in fear! Just one move had wiped out the yellow-faced demonic cultivator, who existed at the same rank; this young cultivator in mid-air was simply too terrifying!