Chapter 293: Escape from Heaven (Part II)

The situation at hand did not allow Zhang Nuo much time to think. A wisp of Yin Qi flickered between his brows, and a black radiance flew out from within. At a distance of over ten zhang from Zhang Nuo, a fierce silver flame erupted from inside the black radiance.

"Swish!" When the black radiance completely faded, a black butterfly at least a zhang in size appeared before everyone. Enveloped in a strange layer of silver flame, the "Hell Butterfly" tilted its head and let out a soft cry!

Its butterfly wings flapped slowly as it gazed toward the vengeful spirits rushing out from the grand array. Suddenly, the "Hell Butterfly" grew wildly in size again. Amidst the swirling Yin Qi, the silver "Red Glow Fire" became restless.

As the two merged, a phantom of a black butterfly appeared in mid-air in the blink of an eye. This phantom was over ten zhang large, and the true form of the "Hell Butterfly" was at the center of the phantom.

The moment the people present saw the black butterfly, their hearts tightened, as if the depths of their souls had been touched. Especially those cultivators with lower cultivation levels; they found it hard to control their minds, their teeth chattered, and their bodies trembled like chaff!

Zhang Nuo sent a command to the "Hell Butterfly" through his mind. The butterfly immediately let out a long, mournful cry, turned its body, and dragged a trail of silver flames as it charged toward those vengeful spirits!

Wherever the "Hell Butterfly" passed, countless vengeful spirits were sucked into its mouth. After flying a circle around the massive water column, few vengeful spirits remained! When it returned to Zhang Nuo's side, the butterfly's body gradually shrank until it finally submerged completely into his brow!

Su Haizhen stared blankly at Zhang Nuo. Although she had known before that the black butterfly had an excellent effect on exterminating things like souls, she had never imagined it would be such a result!

"Does Fellow Daoist Zhang's butterfly have a name?"

While manipulating the array disk, she did not forget to learn about Zhang Nuo's Spirit Beast. Hearing this, Zhang Nuo pretended not to hear. With his eyes slightly closed, he pointed out several incantations that submerged into the array disk above his head.

Seeing that the other party did not want to speak, the young girl dismissed the thought. The truly important matter had not yet been completed; she could not neglect one thing for another! At this moment, the "Tianyi Water" array vibrated again, and pieces of white spirit light, the size of snowflakes, scattered out like stars.

"Everyone, be careful! This is icy cold energy! Just guard your minds and do not let the evil intent enter your bodies!"

Su Haizhen was indeed a genius of arrays. Just by glancing at the changes in the grand array, she immediately provided a concrete strategy to deal with it!

As soon as her words left her mouth, those snowflake-like spirit lights fell around the water column. For a time, the biting cold from the sky and earth assaulted them, and the air exhaled from everyone's mouths turned into streaks of white mist! Whether it was the sky or the ground, it all turned into a vast, white world.

"Crack!" A stone beside Zhang Nuo was instantly shattered by this cold energy. The hundred people around the water column were covered in silver-white, as if a hundred snowmen were piled there.

However, these cultivators all activated their Mysterious Technique, building a thin light shield between their bodies and the cold energy to prevent it from entering their bodies! Even so, the chill rising from the depths of everyone's hearts could not be resolved by Spiritual Qi. They had to rely on the resilient willpower they had cultivated over many years to drive it away!

This chill lasted for about an hour before it slowly faded and finally disappeared completely. Zhang Nuo let out a long breath. His Divine Sense swept over the people setting up the array, only to discover that in the battle just now, three cultivators had already fallen! He shook his head helplessly; they hadn't even gotten out yet, and they had already died here! One could only blame them for not cultivating enough to withstand the chill entering their bodies.

Just as Zhang Nuo's thoughts shifted, a whistling sound came from the "Tianyi Water" array again. Crimson flames surged out. It was cold just a moment ago, and now it had turned into scorching heat! It was truly unimaginable who had created such a perverted array.

After the raging fire, several more cultivators fell. In the subsequent changes of the array, all sorts of unacceptable things emerged. The cultivators forming the "Hundred-Man Array-Breaking Formation" fell one after another, until in the end, there were less than half left.

The cultivators standing in the back watching the battle were terrified. Fear had dulled much of their previous impulsiveness. When Su Haizhen had told them about the "Tianyi Water" array before, she had said it was very dangerous, but the result before their eyes was far more severe than what the young girl had said.

After countless attacks, Zhang Nuo felt a faint sense of unease in his heart. If things continued like this, once too many cultivators fell, their plan to break the array would end in failure!

"Fairy Su!"

He sent a voice transmission to Su Haizhen. He wanted to ask how many more attack methods this array had, so he could be prepared.

"We are preparing to rush out!"

The young girl's answer made Zhang Nuo's heart leap with joy. Could it be that the array was successfully broken? But upon second thought, that wasn't right. Looking at the power of the array, seven or eight out of ten parts had yet to be released; it couldn't possibly be over just like that!

He wanted to ask further, but at this moment, Su Haizhen had already taken action. She stood up abruptly and pointed at the array disk in front of her. The array disks shrouded in divine light above the heads of the surviving cultivators around the water column instantly gathered together, and the next moment, they struck the top of the water column with a fierce blow.

A loud "Boom—" echoed in their ears. Countless brilliant rays of light flashed, and the surface of the "Tianyi Water" array in mid-air was blasted open by these array disks, creating a gap several tens of zhang wide. Dozens of array disks forcibly held this gap open.

"Everyone, take this opportunity to rush into the water column quickly!"

Seeing this, Zhang Nuo understood. Not daring to hesitate for even a moment, he grabbed Su Haizhen's hand, his escape light surged, and he flew into the gap of the array. When the others saw this, how could they let go of this chance to escape? They instantly ignited the last of the Spirit Power in their Divine Seas and surged in together, riding their escape lights.

The array disks supporting the large gap flickered unsteadily, clearly unable to hold on for much longer. The remaining dozens of cultivators setting up the array, seeing that they had finally succeeded, flew toward the exit one after another.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The sound of escape lights piercing the air rang out continuously. Streaks of multicolored rainbows surged into the gap like meteors from beyond the heavens. Just as the last few cultivators had entered the rift of the "Tianyi Water" array, the array disks supporting the surroundings suddenly crumbled one by one.

A dozen or so cultivators, not having fully passed through, were crushed within the array. Without even a scream, their physical bodies turned into shreds of blood light, fading rapidly along with the swirling water column!

Zhang Nuo and Su Haizhen were the first to rush into the water column. As soon as they entered, their bodies began to spin along with the rapidly rotating water. At this time, no Magic Treasure could protect them; they could only rely on the Yin Qi within their bodies to form a barrier on their skin to protect themselves!

Inside the water column, various energies were intertwined. Even if a stone were thrown in, it would immediately be ground into powder! Struck by streaks of unknown power, Zhang Nuo only felt pain deep into his marrow! Su Haizhen beside him kept screaming, her beautiful little face full of pain.

However, the two held each other's hands tightly, neither willing to let go. Seeing that the situation was dire, if things continued like this, neither of them would be able to hold on for much longer!

Zhang Nuo gritted his teeth, pulled the young girl into his arms, and then the black butterfly wings on his back flashed, wrapping the two of them inside. In this way, they could suffer fewer attacks from the chaotic external energy!

Even so, the pain of the two had not lessened much, and the Yin Qi in Zhang Nuo's body was pouring into the butterfly wings like a tide!

"Lend me some Yin Qi!"

Too much Yin Qi was being outputted, and Zhang Nuo was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on, so he quickly sent a voice transmission to the young girl in his arms! Su Haizhen was already battered and exhausted at this time, her consciousness becoming faint, but she heard Zhang Nuo's words clearly. She immediately reached out her slender, jade-like hand and pressed it against Zhang Nuo's chest.

Wisps of Yin Qi were transmitted from her body into Zhang Nuo's! With the two of them working together, they could barely hold on in the water column for a while. The young girl was like a weak little kitten, grabbing Zhang Nuo's body with all her might, her beautiful eyes tightly closed, with no ability to resist.

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Above the calm Mist Sea, an occasional strange bird flew past. In a certain sea area, a Mi Hai Vortex, some tens of miles in size, continuously sucked in the surrounding seawater.

Suddenly, at the center of this Mi Hai Vortex, a water column hundreds of zhang thick shot into the sky, and many small black dots were mixed within the water column.

The water column shot up to a hundred zhang high before falling downward. At this time, some of those small black dots glowed with a faint halo and broke away from the water column, shooting off into the distance, while others fell back onto the sea surface and were sucked back in by the Mi Hai Vortex.

A moment later, everything became calm again. The seawater was still the same seawater, and the vortex continued to spin tirelessly. Occasionally, a small spirit beast would be swept into it.

On the lonely sea surface, something resembling a large tree floated, carrying two people, drifting slowly with the current of the sea. At the center of the tree, a man and a woman were tightly embraced. The man looked to be in his twenties, with an honest and sincere appearance, while the woman was breathtakingly beautiful. Although her hair was a bit messy, it still could not hide her unparalleled beauty!

These two were none other than Zhang Nuo and Su Haizhen, who had escaped from the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex! The moment they rushed out of the vortex, Zhang Nuo activated his escape light and shot off into the distance. However, having stayed in the water column for too long, both the Yin Qi and Spiritual Qi in his body were completely exhausted.

He had intended to find a safe place to land, but by the end of the flight, he truly had no strength left. His vision blurred, and he fell directly from the sky. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Zhang Nuo forcibly activated the "Pure Underworld Divine Tree" in his right hand, forming a small tree boat before falling into the sea, thus escaping a disaster!