Chapter 300: Su Mucheng

"Who are you?"

Without answering Zhang Nuo's question immediately, the old man asked one in return.

"How could a senior have heard of my name? But if I mention one person, you will certainly recognize her! Su Haizhen!"

Upon hearing the old man ask this, Zhang Nuo knew in his heart that he had guessed correctly; the three people opposite him must be cultivators from the Su Family, so he immediately brought up Su Haizhen's name!

Unexpectedly, the moment the young woman's name left his lips, the old man's expression changed drastically, and the other two young cultivators also cried out in surprise.

"Where did you see Zhen'er?"

He threw several array disks in succession, and for a time, rolling thunder rumbled incessantly in the sky; bolts of lightning tore through the firmament, all striking toward the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast'. Although this beast was fierce, it was quite wary of the descending lightning, and its figure was forced back several yards.

Taking advantage of this time, the old man flashed right in front of Zhang Nuo, his speed so fast that he didn't even leave a residual image behind. Zhang Nuo was greatly shocked; he had originally thought that the speed he displayed with his Butterfly Wings could fully compete with the escape speed of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, but the facts before his eyes proved that his thinking was wrong!

The old man's instantaneous speed was absolutely above his own; if this kind of speed were unleashed a few times in a row, Zhang Nuo would have no possibility of escaping from the other's grasp!

"Speak quickly! Where did you see Zhen'er?"

Seeing that the old man looked very anxious, his aged gaze stared fixedly at Zhang Nuo's mouth!

"At the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex!"

Calming his emotions, Zhang Nuo slowly spat out these few words! After hearing this, the old man's face suddenly turned ugly, and the sense of despair in his eyes grew increasingly thick.

Suddenly, as if the old man had thought of something, he grabbed Zhang Nuo by the collar. In front of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, Zhang Nuo did not move to resist, because he knew that even if he resisted, it would be of no use; furthermore, he was still of great use to the old man right now, so it was impossible for him to kill him.

Zhang Nuo's composure surprised the old man as well, but his heart was currently filled only with news of Su Haizhen, and he would not pay attention to such things! His expression becoming grave, the old man asked earnestly:

"Judging by the meaning of your words, you seem to have been to the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex. That place is a place where one can only enter and not exit; how did you get out?"

"I broke out together with Su Haizhen!"

Zhang Nuo's reply was extremely calm, as if he were chatting with an old friend! Upon hearing this, a look of disbelief appeared on the old man's face!

"Fairy Su has a Flying Shuttle Magic Treasure, engraved with many Fowen, and besides that..."

Fearing that the old man would not believe him, Zhang Nuo said many things related to Su Haizhen in one breath. Only after listening to it all did the old man slowly loosen his grip on Zhang Nuo's collar; the expression that had been dejected just a moment ago suddenly turned into one of wild joy!

"Zhen'er is worthy of being my, Su Mucheng's, daughter! She really did come out of that ghostly place! Haha!"

The immense joy almost made the old man forget the existence of the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast'; he laughed incessantly, and tears were almost flowing from his eyes!

Zhang Nuo was secretly shocked; it turned out that the old man before him was Su Haizhen's father!

"So it is Senior Su, this junior was rude just now!"

After figuring out the other party's identity, Zhang Nuo bowed deeply to the old man!

"Since you are a friend of Zhen'er, little friend, there is no need for such formalities! You..."

Su Mucheng still wanted to say something, but a beast roar from behind suddenly woke him from the joy of his daughter's escape. Only then did he realize the purpose of this trip!

"Little friend, wait a moment. Let this old man finish off this demonic beast, then we shall chat in detail!"

The two Su Family disciples were clearly unable to hold on much longer. A cold glint flashed in Su Mucheng's eyes, and his figure drifted back into the battle.

"This junior will also come to assist Senior!"

Having figured out what was going on, Zhang Nuo also felt relieved; at least the other party no longer had any intention of harming him! At this time, the power of the several array disks in the sky had been exhausted, and they floated in mid-air, dim and lusterless.

Su Mucheng beckoned with one hand, gathering all these array disks into his hand. At this moment, the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast' had long been enraged by the lightning from just before. Seeing that the array disks in the sky had disappeared, it leaped high into the air and pounced toward one of the young Su Family cultivators.

That person was preparing an array disk in his hand. Feeling a shadow fall from above his head, he was so scared that cold sweat broke out after a scan with his Divine Sense! He stopped the array disk in his hand and retreated rapidly.

The 'Ferocious Spirit Beast' pounced into empty air. As soon as its feet touched the ground, its figure surged forward again, pouncing straight at the cultivator in front. Between the pounce and the landing, the demonic beast's speed was extremely fast. Just as it looked like the young Su Family cultivator was about to be struck, suddenly, spatial fluctuations arose around the beast, and over a dozen Flying Swords appeared simultaneously.

'Swish, swish!' With a few soft sounds, these Flying Swords were unleashed in unison, all slashing toward the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast'! Seeing the Flying Swords attacking, the beast dared not be careless; its figure paused and stopped, then it waved its palms. Only the sound of metal clashing rang out incessantly, and the dozen or so Flying Swords were all knocked away.

Taking advantage of this time, the young Su Family cultivator finally escaped to a safe place. His fearful expression eased slightly, and he looked up at the person who had released the Flying Swords, immediately feeling a bit more goodwill toward Zhang Nuo!

"Many thanks for your help, fellow Daoist!"

Zhang Nuo nodded slightly and smiled lightly, not saying anything more, because that 'Ferocious Spirit Beast' had now set its sights on him.

"Humble human cultivator! Give me your life!"

It had almost succeeded just now, but it didn't expect Zhang Nuo to ruin its good deed. The beast let out a long howl toward the sky, and its figure shook as it charged toward Zhang Nuo! Gritting his teeth, Zhang Nuo still braced himself and spiritualized two Flying Swords. A silver giant dragon surged upward, but these spiritualized Flying Swords were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the demonic beast.

'Boom, boom!'

After two muffled sounds in succession, the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast's' pair of palms smashed the two spiritualized Flying Swords directly into the ground! With a flash of spiritual light, the Flying Swords returned to their original appearance!

'Whoosh!'

While knocking down the two Flying Swords, the beast rushed right in front of Zhang Nuo, swung its hand, which was as large as a small mountain, and slapped it down toward Zhang Nuo.

Just as the beast approached Zhang Nuo, an immense pressure made it almost impossible for him to breathe. His figure flashed to one side, and he flipped his hand inside his robe sleeve, revealing the 'Measuring Heaven Ruler', and pointed it straight at the head of the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast'.

'Zoom!'

The small ruler elongated rapidly, its speed like light and electricity. The beast, which had no defense at all, was struck on the face by Zhang Nuo's ruler!

'Awoo!'

Although this beast was covered in fur all over its body, its face was very clean. This strike hit exactly on a fleshy bump on its face. The pain made the beast let out a loud cry, shaking quite a few leaves off the surrounding trees!

Upon seeing this, the three people from the Su Family could not help but be greatly shocked. The scene just now happened in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to snap one's fingers, Zhang Nuo had landed a hit on it!

Su Mucheng was even more astonished. For a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator to be able to hit a Seventh Rank demonic beast seemed impossible, yet everything was seen with his own eyes, without the slightest bit of falsification!

However, thinking about it again, Zhang Nuo was able to escape from the Mi Hai Vortex, so he certainly could not be a mediocre person! Just as the three were pondering, the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast' launched a fierce attack on Zhang Nuo, which made Zhang Nuo complain bitterly in his heart. With no other choice, he had to use his Butterfly Wings. Utilizing the advantage of speed, he dodged several times, and the beast failed to land a hit, which only made the beast more violent!

Seizing the time while the 'Ferocious Spirit Beast' was attacking Zhang Nuo, Su Mucheng quickly flipped his palm, and a thick pile of array disks appeared in his hand.

"Little friend Zhang, hold on for a moment longer! This old man will capture this demonic beast immediately!"

After sending a voice transmission to Zhang Nuo, Su Mucheng activated all the array disks in his hand while speaking! For a time, countless rays of light surrounded him.

Listening to Su Mucheng's words, Zhang Nuo was cursing incessantly in his heart!

'This old thing! He's actually using me as bait!'

However, he only dared to think these words in his heart and dared not say them out loud. If the good image he had worked so hard to build in Su Mucheng's mind were ruined, all his efforts would be wasted! The Su Family was a massive power in the Central Province; who knew when he might need them!

Holding this thought, Zhang Nuo joined the battle; otherwise, even if they tempted him with ten thousand Spirit Stones, he would not have made a move!

"Xiao Er! Xiao San! Help me activate the 'Kunlong Array'!"

Seeing that Zhang Nuo, although constantly in a passive position of taking hits, should not be in any immediate danger to his life, the old man immediately sent a voice transmission to the two Su Family disciples!

Upon hearing this, the two of them quickly rushed to Su Mucheng's side, and then, with their hands, activated the same dharma seals as the old man! The enraged Spirit Beast was only focused on killing Zhang Nuo and did not notice the actions of the three people not far away.

At this moment, Zhang Nuo was only praying that Su Mucheng could cast some kind of Array quickly; if it were any later, his life would not be guaranteed!

"Hah!"

Following a low shout, the dozens of Array Disks surrounding the old man suddenly began to tremble, and at the same time, ten thousand rays of rosy light surged out from these Array Disks; with a flash of brilliance, all these Array Disks charged toward the Spirit Beast!

While it was chasing Zhang Nuo like a madman, it suddenly felt an abnormal fluctuation of Spirit Power behind it; as the monster's thoughts shifted, it knew something major was about to happen, so it stopped its figure, and just as it was about to turn its head to look, the Array Disks launched by Su Mucheng struck the back of the Spirit Beast!

The beast moved its tail and lashed it several times, directly knocking away the Array Disks that had attacked first, but everything seemed to be within the old man's expectations.

With a slight change of the dharma seals in his hands, the speed of the subsequent Array Disks increased immediately, and they all swarmed to the side of the monster!

"Activate!"

With a long shout of "Activate," the dozens of Array Disks surrounding the monster all erupted with brilliant light, as if they had exploded, and the massive spiritual light enveloped an area of more than two miles in radius!

At this time, Zhang Nuo had not yet escaped the coverage of the Array Disks' spiritual light, and feeling the chaotic Spirit Power around him, he grew anxious and quickly flashed toward the outer perimeter! At the very last moment, he stumbled and escaped from the spiritual light, and when he turned his head to look back, his heart was immediately shocked!