Chapter 339: The Woman in Red

This sudden turn of events took everyone present by surprise. No one expected Taixu Palace to have a backup plan, having actually sent someone to hide below beforehand, waiting for the perfect moment to launch a sneak attack on Zhang Nuo!

When Liu Qingshan looked at the person who had ambushed Zhang Nuo, his expression changed instantly, and his heart sank! It seemed Zhang Nuo's chances of survival were slim, for the one who had ambushed him was none other than a Nascent Soul Early-stage existence from Taixu Palace: Hong Yu Niang!

This woman was dressed in a pale red palace gown, her appearance that of a twenty-year-old. Her rounded cheeks were slightly flushed, and beneath her snow-white neck, the better part of her ample bosom was half-hidden, a truly boundless sight!

For a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to strike at a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator was already shameless enough, yet this woman had even resorted to a sneak attack! Immediately, curses erupted among the cultivators of Giant Linger Pavilion!

"Hmph! What is there to be so surprised about!"

Hong Yu Niang let out a sharp, coquettish cry, her almond eyes rolling as she swept a glance at those cursing her! Yang Huzi, who was in the midst of a great battle with Zhou Zhangbai, felt the rage in his heart surge to his very crown the moment he saw Zhang Nuo being ambushed! His figure flickered, and he abandoned Zhou Zhangbai, charging directly toward Hong Yu Niang!

"Vixen! I never thought you would be so insidious!"

Facing Yang Huzi's accusation, Hong Yu Niang swayed her waist, shook her head lightly, and said:

"Fellow Daoist Yang, is it worth it for a mere junior? Taixu and Giant Linger have always kept to their own waters; I think we should just let this matter go!"

Watching the bewitching demeanor of the woman in red, Yang Huzi was so angry his lungs felt like they were about to explode; it was obvious the other party was profiting and then acting innocent! Just as he was about to strike, a flash of light appeared in the sky, and Zhou Zhangbai stood beside Hong Yu Niang. With two Nascent Soul stage cultivators joining forces, no matter how much rage Yang Huzi felt, he had to consider the disparity in their strength!

"Come! Take Zhang Nuo's corpse! We are leaving!"

Seeing that Yang Huzi did not dare to act rashly, Zhou Zhangbai revealed a faint, cold sneer before speaking to the disciples of his palace in the distance.

"No..."

Upon hearing that they intended to take away Zhang Nuo's corpse, Ye Linger immediately shouted and tried to rush forward to stop them, but Liu Qingshan grabbed her and held her back! Even Yang Potian did not dare to confront those two cultivators head-on; if Ye Linger went, she would only be seeking her own death!

Her eyes filled with tears, she had finally seen her junior martial brother, only for him to fall here on Tianqi Immortal Mountain because of her! Liu Qingshan also felt a wave of regret, his gaze shifting toward the ground below, where he saw Zhang Nuo lying on his back.

Earlier, due to Hong Yu Niang's strike, his chest was covered in blood. With his eyes tightly shut, he was still spitting out bloody foam from his mouth. When he swept his Divine Sense over him, he could barely feel any signs of breathing! His heart felt sour; how could anyone possibly survive a successful sneak attack from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?

Yang Huzi's face turned deathly pale with rage, his clenched fists making a 'clucking' sound. His gaze slanted, and he saw two Taixu Palace disciples steering a Flying Magic Tool, slowly descending to the ground, and then walking toward Zhang Nuo's corpse!

These two disciples were only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Their Divine Sense merely swept over Zhang Nuo, and seeing his life signs were low, they didn't think much of it and walked straight over!

Just as the two bent down to lift Zhang Nuo, his tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open, and a terrifying, sharp light shot out from them!

The two Taixu Palace disciples were startled and wanted to pull away, but Zhang Nuo did not give them the chance. He grabbed them by the wrists with both hands, and at the same time, Sword Qi flashed between his ten fingers, easily slicing through their skin. The next moment, two wisps of silver flame burrowed into their bodies through the wounds!

"Ah~~!"

Two shrill, miserable screams rang out, and these two Taixu Palace disciples were instantly reduced to ashes! After finishing this, Zhang Nuo stood up straight, reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked up in fury at the woman in red in mid-air!

It was the first time he had suffered such a great loss. If not for the 'Immovable Underworld King' technique and the Earth Yellow Armor protecting him, Hong Yu Niang's strike just now would have pierced straight through his body. Even so, Zhang Nuo still felt as if his body were being dismantled; at least four or five of his ribs were broken!

When everyone saw Zhang Nuo kill the two Taixu Palace disciples, they couldn't help but gasp! To be ambushed by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and still be alive was simply inconceivable! Even Yang Huzi watched with his mouth hanging open, unable to speak for a long time!

Zhou Zhangbai's expression turned slightly cold, and his gaze immediately shifted to Hong Yu Niang!

"I intended to keep a live captive, so I did not use my full strength! I did not expect this brat..."

Looking at Zhang Nuo below in astonishment, Hong Yu Niang only got halfway through her sentence when she suddenly saw Zhang Nuo flip his hand and take out something that looked like an Array Disk. At the same time, as he pointed his hand in a series of incantations, the Array Disk in his hand actually began to hum!

Seeing this, although Hong Yu Niang did not know what Zhang Nuo intended to do, it certainly wouldn't be anything good. She moved her body, transforming into a streak of red light as she charged toward Zhang Nuo below!

As she dove downward, the woman in red swept her Divine Sense toward Zhang Nuo. Only then did she discover that faint yellow light was seeping out from his blood-stained chest! It was exactly the light emitted by the Earth Yellow Armor! She cursed inwardly; no wonder this brat hadn't died—he had put on the precious armor that originally belonged to Wei Juren!

"Fellow Daoist Hong! Why the rush?"

The moment Yang Huzi saw that Zhang Nuo was not dead, his fighting spirit reignited. He curled his five fingers slightly and made a light grabbing motion toward the flying Hong Yu Niang. Immediately, the void around her body tightened, causing her figure to stall and her speed to drop significantly!

"Yang Huzi! You go too far!"

Seeing Yang Potian strike again, Zhou Zhangbai let out a loud shout, unleashing all his Magic Treasures to slash at his opponent! Being forced to defend against the attack, Yang Potian had no choice but to drift his figure and flash to the distant sky!

It was precisely because of his attack that the woman in red was delayed for a moment, and the Array Disk in Zhang Nuo's hand had already been activated! A beam of spirit light shot into the sky, forming a Dharma Array at least two zhang wide above his head! Various Fowen flowed within the array, and a series of humming sounds grew loud!

Looking up at the Dharma Array, Zhang Nuo did not hesitate; he pushed off the ground with both feet and jumped directly into the array. At the same time, Hong Yu Niang reached the top of the array, and as she waved her sleeves, several Magic Treasures activated in unison, all slashing toward Zhang Nuo!

Boom, boom, boom!

A series of explosions rang out, and the ground where Zhang Nuo had been standing was blasted into a pit dozens of zhang deep, with dust and smoke billowing everywhere!

Probing the smoke with her Divine Sense, Hong Yu Niang's expression sank, for she found nothing inside! At this time, the people in the sky also cast their gazes downward. After the dust finally settled, only a deep pit remained on the ground; not even a shadow of Zhang Nuo could be found!

Hong Yu Niang landed on the ground, walked forward a few steps, and looked down blankly at the giant pit. She would not be naive enough to think that Zhang Nuo had been blasted into smithereens by her attack! The moment she activated her Magic Treasures, she seemed to see the Dharma Array Zhang Nuo had triggered flicker a few times before disappearing!

"Is it an Array from the Su Family?"

Hong Yu Niang's expression sank slightly as she realized something! At this moment, Yang Huzi in the sky had also seen everything; he was equally astonished by Zhang Nuo's methods! It was clear that Zhang Nuo had used some kind of array to escape!

Just as the woman in red stood there in a daze, Zhou Zhangbai's angry voice came from the sky:

"Taixu Palace disciples, search everywhere for Zhang Nuo immediately! Although he escaped using a Dharma Array, he definitely cannot have gone far!"

Zhou Zhangbai's words also reminded the people of Giant Linger Pavilion, and immediately, several streaks of light were seen flying from there in all directions! Yang Huzi opened his Divine Sense to the fullest, his eyes narrowed as he probed everything within a radius of several dozen miles!

But to his surprise, he found no trace of Zhang Nuo!

"Could the teleportation array just now have exceeded the range of my Divine Sense?"

Muttering to himself, Yang Huzi flickered and flew toward the distant sky! The woman in red furrowed her delicate brows, reached out with her five slender fingers, and grabbed toward the pit in front of her. Immediately, the Magic Treasures she had unleashed were retrieved, and then her escape light rose, and she flew off in a certain direction!

At this moment, in a certain place on Tianqi Immortal Mountain, in the void more than three zhang above the ground, a tremor suddenly occurred. Then, streaks of pure white Linger Power began to emerge rapidly, and finally, these streaks of Linger Power formed a Dharma Array! In the center of the array, there was a small black hole no more than a foot wide.

As the light of the Dharma Array intensified, a figure flew out from the black hole and landed on the ground. At the same time the figure landed, the Dharma Array in the void collapsed, turning into faint spirit light and disappearing!

There was a figure on the ground, covered in bloodstains, emitting muffled groans from their throat, their body quickly curling into a ball! After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the figure slowly stood up, their facial expression twisted in pain!

This blood-covered person was none other than Zhang Nuo! Due to the strike he had received from Hong Yu Niang earlier, combined with the impact of the spatial turbulence during the array teleportation, his current state was as bad as it could possibly be!

If not for the fact that he had used a fake-death method to deceive the two Nascent Soul stage existences of Taixu Palace, he likely would have been finished off! Lifting his head with great effort, Zhang Nuo scanned his surroundings! Based on his estimation, this teleportation Array Disk that Su Mucheng had given him back then had teleported him at least ten thousand miles away!

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Nuo decided to find a place to heal his wounds first! After walking around the vicinity for a while, he found no suitable place for concealment, so he had no choice but to release the Divine Tree, using its tall trunk as cover while he hid inside to heal.