Chapter 240: Great Battle from the Heavens (Part 5)

Discovering that it was the Four Great Sects who also realized Gui Xiao was using the "Eight Ghost Clones," Zhuge An witnessed this scene, and the veins on his forehead bulged high! His heart sank to the bottom in an instant! Do not underestimate Zhang Nuo's supernatural powers, but when encountering Gui Xiao using this move, the chance of survival was almost zero!

At this moment, Zhuge An could only pin his hopes on Nanxuan Laozu; perhaps only he could save Zhang Nuo! When his gaze fell upon the ancestor, he saw that the Demon Emperor had already kept him locked down tight. Though he had the intention to save Zhang Nuo, he was unable to spare the effort.

Because he focused on the cultivation of his true body, Nanxuan Laozu had not cultivated an External Incarnation at all, and it was impossible for him to be like the Demon Emperor, who could split off an External Incarnation to save Fu Ling!

Being beaten into a fluster by the Demon Emperor, Nanxuan Laozu also saw Zhang Nuo's predicament and felt equally anxious, but facing the powerful Demon Emperor, he had no way to act!

"Hurry and save Zhang Nuo!"

The color drained from Zhuge Qing's pretty face. She shouted at the people of the Four Great Sects, wanting to attract everyone's attention, but some disciples with low cultivation did not dare to get close at all and could only watch helplessly as Zhang Nuo was surrounded by Gui Xiao!

Fu Ling also heard Zhuge Qing's shout. Her expression changed slightly, and with a flip of her jade hand, a small Array Disk appeared in her palm.

After pointing out a few incantations, the Array Disk emitted a buzzing sound and, with a 'whoosh', was offered up above Zhang Nuo. The next moment, the Array Disk rumbled, and countless black lights surged out from within. In the blink of an eye, a black spherical light shield with a diameter of several hundred feet trapped all eight of Gui Xiao's clones and Zhang Nuo inside!

"Fellow Daoist Gui! Feel free to cast your spell! This array of mine can trap that brat for a while!"

A clear, ethereal voice rang out, and Fu Ling was speaking to the space behind her!

Discovering that he was trapped in Fu Ling's array, Zhang Nuo's heart went completely cold! The other party had come to catch a turtle in a jar; they were shutting the door to beat him!

Even if he had the Butterfly Wings to help him and his speed could soar to the extreme in an instant, being trapped in the great array meant that no matter how fast his speed was, it would be of no avail.

"Brat, go to your death!"

Gui Xiao let out a long howl, and pure Demonic Qi erupted from all eight bodies. The blazing black light stung Zhang Nuo's eyes so much that he could barely open them. As the Demonic Qi rolled, a roar like thunder erupted!

Feeling the threat of death, Zhang Nuo's heart suddenly calmed down. Red bloodshot lines appeared in his eyes one by one, and a violent aura surged out from his body.

"Since it has come to this! I shall see what means the Sect Leader of Kunhua Demon Mountain has!"

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Nuo revealed the Evil Qi within his heart. With a movement of his Divine Sense, the Nine Dragon Sword Case rushed out from his body. Ever since he entered the Golden Core stage, he had rarely shown the sword case, but today's situation was truly dangerous!

The Nine Dragon Sword Case turned gently in front of him, emitting waves of Spiritual Qi. At the same time, thirty Flying Swords filed out, each one circling around Zhang Nuo incessantly.

A low hum like 'buzz' seemed to come from the mouths of the eight Gui Xiaos. Following this sound, the eight people moved their hands in unison to form hand seals, and bitter, incomprehensible incantations sounded from their mouths.

Zhang Nuo raised an eyebrow; how could he let the other party cast their spell? With a thought, the eight Flying Swords beside him instantly became spiritual, turning into eight Silver Dragons, and with a charge, they struck directly at Gui Xiao's eight clones!

However, the strange thing that happened next made Zhang Nuo's scalp tingle! He saw the eight giant dragons pass directly through Gui Xiao's figures without harming them in the slightest. These eight people looked very substantial, but after being attacked, they were like phantom shadows; apart from a few ripples appearing on their bodies, everything remained the same.

Even the hand seals in their hands and the incantations in their mouths had not stopped! At this moment, Zhang Nuo had a feeling of calling to heaven and getting no response, calling to earth and getting no answer! If his attacks could not hurt the other party, was he only left to stand there and be beaten?

The eight giant dragons flew back and forth within the array, and high-pitched dragon roars rose and fell. However, no matter how the Silver Dragons charged, Gui Xiao's eight figures remained unaffected.

His figure shot high up, and Zhang Nuo stood above the eight Gui Xiaos. Raising his palm, he offered up the Heaven-Turning Seal. As soon as the seal appeared, it grew in size, and countless Golden Light flowed across its surface.

With a soft 'buzz', ten thousand rays of Golden Light poured down from the bottom of the seal, covering one of Gui Xiao's clones! But the result was the same as with the spiritualized swords; no matter how heavily the Golden Light pressed down, Gui Xiao's figure did not change at all!

This time, Zhang Nuo was somewhat desperate! The pressure released by the Golden Light of the Heaven-Turning Seal was like a mountain or a peak; even a cultivator at the Golden Core Late Stage could not forcibly withstand it. Yet, even this powerful attack could not hurt the other party!

Cold sweat poured down his forehead. Zhang Nuo had used almost every technique he could, but it still had no effect on Gui Xiao's eight clones.

Likewise, the techniques displayed by the "Eight Ghost Clones" also looked very complex. Just as Zhang Nuo was attacking them, the hand seals in these eight people's hands changed several times! Yet they still had not finished!

He felt somewhat surprised. If it weren't for the help of Fu Ling's array, Zhang Nuo would have escaped long ago. With such a slow spell-casting speed, how could they kill a cultivator?

However, very quickly, what happened answered Zhang Nuo's doubts. He saw that within a radius of a hundred miles, wisps of Demonic Qi as thin as silk were all drifting toward Gui Xiao's eight figures, and at the same time, black ice crystals began to form in the air around them!

These ice crystals were very small at first, but in the blink of an eye, they became huge. Seeing this scene, Wang Ji suddenly shouted loudly to the demonic cultivators in the battle!

"Hurry and leave this place!"

After saying this, he was the first to abandon his opponent. His escape light surged, and he flew toward the distant sky as if his life depended on it. When the other cultivators saw this, they also drove their Flying Magic Tools and flew away!

Seeing the other party act like this and knowing that this place had become extremely dangerous, Zhuge An also ordered the cultivators of the Four Great Sects to flee as well!

For a time, the battle, which had just been in chaos, collapsed in the blink of an eye. Nanxuan Laozu and the Demon Emperor, relying on their powerful cultivation, did not fly out of these areas. However, they also did not dare to easily touch the black ice crystals in the sky!

"Ah!"

Several screams came; some cultivators were accidentally hit by the black ice crystals. A mass of black gas immediately rose on their bodies, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a pile of flesh and blood, falling from their Flying Magic Tools!

Everyone who saw this scene was shocked! The seemingly plain black ice crystals actually had such powerful might; as long as one was touched by even a little bit, there would be no corpse left.

Zhuge An and the others who had flown out of this area all broke into a cold sweat for Zhang Nuo. Such a massive attack was something even they could not withstand! Let alone being in the center of the "Eight Ghost Clones."

Apart from Nanxuan Laozu and the Demon Emperor, there was one other person who had not left the area covered by Gui Xiao's technique, and that was Fu Ling. However, the black ice crystals filling the sky seemed to avoid her intentionally; not a single one hit her.

"Fellow Daoist Fu, rest assured! These ice crystals will not harm you in the slightest! Just guard this place!"

Behind Fu Ling, in a void of emptiness, came Gui Xiao's voice. Hearing this, the woman just nodded slightly, and then her cold gaze looked again at Zhang Nuo, who was trapped in the array.

Only until this moment did Zhang Nuo truly understand that the "Eight Ghost Clones," which appeared to cast spells slowly, actually relied on the vast range of their attacks to kill their opponents. If someone who did not know the truth was only focused on fleeing and was accidentally touched by the black ice crystals, where would there be any chance of survival?

'Chi'

A soft sound came from Nanxuan Laozu's body. Although he had been very careful, a piece of ice crystal still landed on him. As soon as he felt something was wrong, a large amount of Spirit Power erupted from within the ancestor's body, forcibly dissolving the black ice crystal.

This was the gap in cultivation! These ice crystals might still have lethality for cultivators below the Golden Core stage, but facing an existence as powerful as Nanxuan Laozu, they would not harm him in the slightest!

Just at this moment, a cold snort came from the mouths of the eight Gui Xiaos simultaneously. In an instant, countless black ice crystals swirled in mid-air and gathered together! They formed a black ice mass dozens of feet in size!

With a 'whoosh' of air-piercing sound, this ice mass rushed into the array and smashed fiercely toward Zhang Nuo!

Having witnessed the power of the ice crystals before, Zhang Nuo dared not take it head-on no matter what. He flapped the wings on his back, leaving an afterimage in mid-air as he dodged to the side.

'Boom!' Just as Zhang Nuo dodged the mass of ice, the ice crystal that missed its target suddenly exploded, falling rapidly inside the array like black snowflakes!

Zhang Nuo was scared out of his wits. With such a wide-range attack, even if his speed was faster, he would be unable to dodge it! In his desperation, he slapped the Nine Dragon Sword Case in front of him, and immediately several Flying Swords surged out, turning into several Silver Dragons under the effect of spiritualization!

These giant dragons flew around, blocking all the black ice crystals attacking Zhang Nuo. However, what happened in the next moment made Zhang Nuo groan repeatedly.

He saw that as soon as the Silver Dragons came into contact with the black ice crystals, a ray of spiritual light would erupt on the dragon's body. After one round, the Flying Swords' Spirit Power was exhausted, and they returned to their original state. Although the Flying Swords would not end up like the cultivators with no corpse left, they were firmly trapped inside the ice crystals.

No matter how Zhang Nuo tried to recall them with his Divine Sense, the Flying Swords had no reaction at all, as if they had lost their mental connection with him!

This shock was no small matter. If things continued like this, even if he had many Magic Treasures in his hands, they would be frozen one by one!

The fear of death had never appeared so clearly in his heart before. At this time, several more black ice crystals flew toward Zhang Nuo.

In his urgency, he flipped one hand, and a crimson flame appeared, rushing toward the ice crystals! But the power of the Red Glow Fire was limited; when it was still several feet away from the ice crystals, it was shaken away by the powerful pressure coming from them!

"Brat Zhang, have you run out of tricks?"

At this most tense moment, Chunyangzi's voice came into his mind! Zhang Nuo's heart was immediately filled with joy. This old fellow had been silent all along, but now he was finally willing to speak.