Chapter 265: Full Power Activation

When the magic lion was less than a zhang away from Ye Yuemiao, a flash of yin energy appeared in Zhang Nuo's brow, and two black butterfly wings a zhang in size sprouted from his back; with a gentle flap, he left an afterimage in place and arrived at the young woman's side.

He reached out one hand to forcibly scoop up the young woman, and then, with another movement of the black butterfly wings, the two of them appeared several tens of zhang away! The magic lion pounced on empty air and turned its head back to glare at Zhang Nuo.

The speed at which Zhang Nuo had just launched himself was incredibly fast, arriving first despite starting later, and he had rescued the young woman in one breath; at this moment, the young woman was still sobbing in a low voice, and she slowly raised her beautiful face, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Zhang for the rescue!"

Discovering she was being held around the waist by a man, Ye Yuemiao felt slightly improper, and with a movement of her delicate body, she broke free from Zhang Nuo's arm, her lips parting slightly as she spoke words of gratitude.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, there is no need for this; the situation is critical right now! It is better to prioritize the big picture!"

Watching the young woman's sorrowful appearance, Zhang Nuo knew that the white-haired Elder Zhu must have had an extraordinary relationship with her! Otherwise, Ye Yuemiao would not have been so heartbroken that she failed to notice the attack from behind.

"Interesting!"

Demonic Qi flickered repeatedly in the white bone's eye sockets as he gazed at the black butterfly wings on Zhang Nuo's back, his tone carrying a hint of surprise.

*Whoosh! *

Just as the white bone skeleton was pondering, a black shadow flashed to his front; it was that Corpse Refining of Leng Xinghun's! The Corpse Refining opened its mouth wide and spat out two crescent moon blades an inch in size, which circled in the air before slashing directly toward the white bone!

Leng Xinghun had no friendship with the white-haired elder, so the other's death had no psychological impact on him; on the contrary, it gave him a great opportunity to attack!

As soon as the white bone saw the attack coming, he let out two low sneers, then charged forward, rushing head-on to meet the two crescent moon blades.

*Clang! Clang! *

The crescent blades struck the white bone as if hitting iron or stone; the white bone suffered no damage at all, while the crescent moon blades, conversely, were covered in cracks and sent flying far away.

Leng Xinghun's Corpse Refining, regardless of anything else, possessed the strength of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, yet in just one encounter, two Magic Treasures were destroyed! Taken aback, Leng Xinghun moved his Divine Sense, wanting to make the Corpse Refining launch another Magic Treasure attack, but just as the Corpse Refining's two hands were raised, the white bone passed directly through its body.

The white bone seemed intangible and formless; after drifting out from the Corpse Refining's back, he suddenly turned his head and uttered the word "Explode!"

With a loud *Boom! *, the seemingly undamaged Corpse Refining instantly burst apart; if one had not seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that the Corpse Refining of the dignified Sect Leader of the Corpse Refining Sect, possessing the Nascent Soul Early Stage realm, had been destroyed by a white bone just like that!

A look of heartache appeared on Leng Xinghun's face; he did not know how much effort he had spent on this Corpse Refining, yet today it had been easily blown up by someone, and the scattered remains fell to the ground, impossible to repair any longer!

"The art of Corpse Refining is not much different from the Puppet Technique; now that your Corpse Refining is destroyed, you are just a display piece!"

The white bone moved as if in an empty land, turning his body toward Leng Xinghun! As he spoke, spirit light flickered beneath his feet, and he lunged directly at Leng Xinghun.

"Dead monster! Don't underestimate..."

As Leng Xinghun spoke, he quickly flicked his sleeves, and immediately two more Corpse Refinings emerged from them, but before they could launch an attack, the white bone had already arrived before them, his two bone hands reaching forward to smash the two newly summoned Corpse Refinings to pieces.

The next moment, the cyan flames emitted from the Fo Sheli formed a large cyan flame hand in mid-air, which caught Leng Xinghun firmly without a moment's hesitation.

Before Leng Xinghun could finish his words, his body was grabbed by the large cyan hand and held high in mid-air.

"Ah!"

The burning of the cyan flames caused Leng Xinghun unbearable pain; the clothes on his body instantly turned to ash, and then his skin and flesh emitted a *sizzle* sound of roasting; in less than a moment, the dignified Sect Leader of the Corpse Refining Sect was reduced to nothing but a withered skeleton and the Golden Core within his body!

"This old monk said it before: without your Corpse Refinings, you are just trash!"

The five fingers of the large cyan flame hand in mid-air tightened, and with a *crack* sound, Leng Xinghun's skeleton shattered; the Golden Core was gripped by the hand, and as the flames retracted into his body, Leng Xinghun's Golden Core was also brought into the interior of the Relic!

"Hehe! The refining of two Golden Cores—this feeling is much more powerful than a Demon Core!"

A crisp sound emitted from the white bone's skeleton, and his head turned slightly to land on Nanxuan Laozu.

"I wonder if the taste of a Nascent Soul would be even better?"

Being stared at by the other's two black hollows, even an existence like Nanxuan Laozu couldn't help but shiver! In the blink of an eye, two Golden Core Cultivators had fallen! And looking at the white bone, he had basically not expended any effort at all! What a terrifying power this was!

Just at this moment, a figure flashed toward the white bone like a gentle breeze, holding an object in their palm; when they were three zhang away from the white bone, the figure stopped abruptly and launched the item in their hand.

In an instant, ten thousand rays of Golden Light illuminated the entire hall as if it were broad daylight! Within the Golden Light, countless Fowen swirled, covering the white bone from above!

"Another one here to die!"

The white bone felt no anger; instead, he chuckled, his bone hand lifting slightly to grab at the descending object; after a few *crack* sounds, the bone hand enlarged dozens of times and grabbed the incoming object in its grip.

But the moment he touched this item, a massive pressure like a small mountain was transmitted through the bone hand to the white bone's body! This caused the white bone's entire body to tremble, and he let out a soft sound of surprise!

The attacking object was none other than Zhang Nuo's Heaven-Turning Seal! Seeing that the seal's attack was effective against the white bone, Zhang Nuo was instantly filled with wild joy; as he urged his Divine Sense, the Four Spirit Seas within his body shone with white light, and as they all activated together, the massive Spirit Power was poured entirely into the Heaven-Turning Seal.

*Awoo! *

This roar did not come from the magic lion, but from the Chaos Beast stone carving atop the Heaven-Turning Seal; due to the massive injection of Spirit Power, the seal's own True Spirit Bloodline had been activated!

The Chaos Beast's four limbs flew, stomping continuously onto the seal; though its movements were not large, the pressure of the seal increased exponentially! The giant bone hand gripping the seal emitted *crack, crack* sounds, and it looked as if just a little more effort would snap the bone hand in two.

The white bone's feet had by now sunk more than half a foot into the ground, and Demonic Qi seemed ready to erupt from his pitch-black eye sockets.

"The opportunity is here! Everyone, attack together!"

Seeing this scene, Nanxuan Laozu was overjoyed; he had not expected that one of Zhang Nuo's Magic Treasures would actually trap the white bone like this. He pointed his hands repeatedly to cast several Dharma spells, which sank into the White Disc one after another; for a time, the White Disc erupted with a vibrating sound, and the white Fowen on the surface of the disc twisted and changed, finally taking shape!

*Whoosh! Whoosh! *

A dozen sounds of breaking through the air rang out as Nanxuan Laozu's White Disc slashed entirely toward the white bone; at the same time, others wanted to attack and kill the white bone, but they were surrounded by dozens of magic lions and had no chance to break free.

The white bone also understood that if it were a one-on-one fight, none of these cultivators were his match, but if they attacked in a group, he would have no chance of winning! So, in his urgency, he moved his Divine Sense slightly, using the magic lions to trap the remaining people!

*Boom! *

Nanxuan Laozu's white Fowen struck the white bone solidly; a flash of light passed, but the white bone only swayed and did not suffer any major damage!

Even so, the white bone did not want to be hit again; the Relic within his body rotated rapidly, and a large mass of cyan flames surged out, instantly wrapping the entire white bone within them.

*Boom! Boom! *

Several more loud bangs followed in succession; Nanxuan Laozu's attacks all struck the white bone, but because the other had been prepared beforehand, the white bone suffered almost no damage under the protection of the cyan flames.

Feeling a slight shock in his heart, Nanxuan Laozu had used almost his full strength for those few attacks, but he had not expected the white bone's cyan fire to be so formidable, blocking them all.

Seeing this, Zhang Nuo's heart instantly turned cold! If even Nanxuan Laozu could not move this character, who else in the hall would have a way?

*Awoo! Awoo! *

With several wild roars, seven or eight magic lions lunged toward Zhang Nuo; relying on the butterfly wings on his back, his figure flashed rapidly, and the magic lions could not even catch the edge of Zhang Nuo; using this time, the Four Spirit Seas within his body erupted with dazzling white light once more, and immediately the Chaos Beast atop the Heaven-Turning Seal became even more violent.

*Boom! Boom! * It stomped its four limbs continuously onto the seal, and immediately the pressure of the Heaven-Turning Seal increased twofold; one of the fingers of the bone hand gripping the seal shattered bit by bit like paper.

This caused the white bone to be suddenly shocked! It seemed that an Ancient Treasure refined from the essence blood of an ancient Spirit Beast was not a simple thing; after a moment of thought, the white bone began to chant incantations.

Just as Zhang Nuo wanted to exert more force, several strands of cyan flame spread from the Relic and, in one sweep, wrapped around the bone hand that was gripping the seal. Subsequently, the four fingers of the bone hand tightened, and various *crackle* sounds issued continuously from between the seal and the bone hand.

The Golden Light was pushed almost to its limit, with Fowen continuously surging out from the bottom of the seal and binding onto the bone hand, yet despite this, the power of the bone hand was still increasing exponentially.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Nuo was immediately startled; the Heaven-Turning Seal had not been completely repaired, and under his frantic urging, it had already reached its limit! If the power of the bone hand grew any greater, he feared this treasure would shatter.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound rang out, and with this sound, Zhang Nuo's heart was also on the verge of breaking, for he saw a crack a full zhang wide appear on one side of the Heaven-Turning Seal.