Chapter 362: Two Merged into One

Without waiting for the two stone statues to make any other attacks, Zhang Nuo flapped the butterfly wings on his back, and his entire person charged directly toward the direction where Ji Gui was located!

Zhang Nuo had thoroughly experienced the power of these two stone statues; if the battle continued like this, it would be difficult to determine a result. As the saying goes, to capture the bandits, first capture the king; perhaps if he cut down Ji Gui, those two stone statues would collapse on their own!

Thinking this in his heart, Zhang Nuo's figure arrived at a place several dozen zhang away from Ji Gui! At this moment, the black Nascent Soul above Ji Gui's head swept its gaze and discerned Zhang Nuo's intentions! He did not panic in the slightest, extending a small hand to point at an iron spear in front of him!

A whistling sound of breaking through the air rang out; the iron spear transformed into a black streak of light and thrust straight toward Zhang Nuo. At the same time, the two giant stone statues also blurred in form and vanished from where they stood!

The next moment, the two stone statues appeared simultaneously by Ji Gui's side, while Zhang Nuo was slightly obstructed by that black streak of light; his figure slowed down just a little, and he lost the initiative!

"It seems I didn't guess wrong! Ji Gui's true body is the weakness of the two stone statues!"

Thinking secretly in his heart, Zhang Nuo beckoned with one hand, and the Four Spirits Square Cauldron transformed back to its original size, landing in his palm!

"I really didn't expect! A mere Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator is this troublesome! Forget it! I will use some more life origin power to send you on your way early!"

Ji Gui had not expected that Zhang Nuo could display so many methods. He had originally thought that relying on the might of the Tiangui Dual Saint Statues, he could kill him in a few strikes, but after several rounds, he had actually not succeeded!

Raising his head to glance at the battle high in the sky, he suddenly said in a deep voice. Hearing this, Zhang Nuo was greatly shocked. He had originally thought that these two stone statues would have no more changes, but listening to the meaning in Ji Gui's words, they still had another lethal move.

The stone statues alone were already very difficult to deal with; if the opponent displayed any other cultivation arts, the consequences would be unimaginable! Just as he was pondering, he saw the black Nascent Soul form hand seals with both hands, and at the same time, a mouthful of essence blood sprayed from its mouth. After several transformations in front of it, it condensed into a blood-colored bead the size of a fist!

This bead was much larger in size than the two beads the Nascent Soul had taken out before, but the power transmitted from within was far inferior to the previous ones! It seemed the previous two beads must have been condensed by the Nascent Soul over a long period of time, while this one was likely a last-minute effort, created out of emergency!

Even so, Zhang Nuo still did not dare to be careless in the slightest. After pulling his Flying Sword closer to his side, his figure slowly retreated several zhang!

He saw that fist-sized blood bead flash and fly to the side of one of the stone statues' mouths! The stone statue didn't even look at it, directly opening its mouth wide to swallow it!

The next moment, a blood-red light rose on the surface of the stone statue's body, and its entire body seemed as if it were placed in a blood mist. Immediately after, something that made Zhang Nuo's heart turn cold occurred!

He saw the other stone statue that had not swallowed the blood bead take large strides and charge toward the stone statue currently in the blood mist; the two collided with a loud boom! If this were an ordinary collision, both stone statues would likely have suffered heavy injuries, but because they were in the blood mist, they did not suffer any damage at all. Instead, their figures blurred simultaneously and actually merged into one!

The blood light retracted into the stone statue's body and vanished! At the same time, a powerful Spiritual Pressure surged wildly in all directions. Although Zhang Nuo was nearly a hundred zhang away from the stone statue, he still felt its terrifying power!

He did not expect that after the two stone statues merged into one, their power would actually skyrocket several times over! When his Divine Sense swept over the stone statue, he actually felt that the opponent's cultivation was unfathomable!

Suddenly gasping a cold breath, an ominous premonition appeared in Zhang Nuo's mind! With the strength of his Divine Sense, if he could not sense the opponent's cultivation, it was very likely that the opponent had already stepped into the Spirit Severing Stage!

Cold sweat flowed continuously down his forehead. Zhang Nuo cast his gaze onto Ji Gui's Nascent Soul, only to see that the black Nascent Soul at this moment had a dejected expression, its eyes dim and lusterless, looking half-dead, no longer possessing the arrogant and overbearing expression from before!

"To actually be able to force Ji Gui to this extent! Who exactly is the brat below?"

The Tiangui Sect elder who was in a great battle with Zhou Huizheng pondered with a slightly sunken expression and couldn't help but size up Zhang Nuo a few times! This person was none other than the Sect Leader of the Tiangui Sect, Gui Yibu!

Hearing his name, one would know the swiftness of his movement techniques. At this moment, facing Zhou Huizheng's various divine abilities, he was also at his wit's end. Previously, with Ji Gui's help, the two fighting one still held a slight upper hand, but with Ji Gui going to deal with Zhang Nuo, leaving only himself, he was clearly feeling inadequate!

Fortunately, Gui Yibu's movement technique was dreamlike and illusory, appearing behind and then in front, to the left and then to the right; for a time, Zhou Huizheng also had no way to deal with him!

"Old Third? Are you alright?"

Taking advantage of a gap in the attacks, Gui Yibu sent a voice transmission to Ji Gui below!

"I'm fine! Just expended some life origin power! If we obtain the Yulong Immortal Mountain, Big Brother must let me make good use of it!"

In the current situation, Ji Gui still did not forget to ask for some benefits. Seeing that he was fine, Gui Yibu felt much more at ease! He casually promised:

"Rest assured! As long as we take the Immortal Mountain, the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave here will be ours. When that time comes, why worry about our cultivation not skyrocketing?"

"Good! Then I will first finish off the brat in front of me, and then go help you eliminate Zhou Huizheng!"

A sharp light flashed fiercely in the black Nascent Soul's eyes. Turning its head slightly, it stared viciously at Zhang Nuo!

"Brat! Go to your death!"

Just as the Nascent Soul finished speaking, the giant stone statue beside it suddenly took a step forward. This step appeared extremely ordinary, but for some reason, it crossed a distance of a hundred zhang in one go, arriving directly in front of Zhang Nuo!

"Brat Zhang! Dodge quickly!"

Chunyangzi's voice rang out in Zhang Nuo's mind at the same time the stone statue took its step. In fact, even without him saying it, Zhang Nuo would have done so, but the speed of the stone statue's step just now was too fast, not even giving him time to flap the butterfly wings on his back!

'Whoosh!'

The stone statue looked at Zhang Nuo with a ferocious smile and suddenly raised its hand to throw a punch! The fist, like a small mountain, was wrapped in a layer of faint black light and, mixed with immense force, slammed toward Zhang Nuo!

Before the fist even arrived, a terrifying pressure already made Zhang Nuo unable to breathe! The incredibly fast fist arrived above Zhang Nuo's head as if by Instant Movement, leaving him almost no time to activate his Magic Treasure to resist!

In his desperation, a sheet of silver flames surged from Zhang Nuo's body, condensing into a small silver shield above his head, and then a mass of gray light mist surged out, forming a hazy light screen beneath the silver flames!

Bang!

After a muffled sound, the stone statue's giant fist first broke through the small shield formed by the 'Red Glow Fire'. The surface of the silver flames trembled slightly a few times before collapsing like a tide. Immediately after, the giant fist struck the light screen condensed by the 'Immovable Underworld King' technique!

Likewise, the seemingly indestructible gray light mist, under the effect of the stone statue's immense power, shattered like dry wood being snapped. The next moment, the fist slammed directly onto Zhang Nuo's body!

Whoosh!

Zhang Nuo's body was like a kite with a broken string! It plummeted straight toward the ground, while a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his mouth, leaving a long line of blood in the sky!

Boom! After a muffled sound, Zhang Nuo was smashed deep into the ground. At the bottom of a large pit with a diameter of three or four zhang, Zhang Nuo lay straight inside!

If not for the two Body Refining methods resisting for him earlier, plus the fact that he was wearing the 'Earth Yellow Armor' close to his body, the strike just now would likely have taken his life!

Even so, Zhang Nuo still grimaced in pain! Even though his body had been tempered by the dual refinement of 'Red Glow Fire' and 'Immovable Underworld King', facing a strike from a Spirit Severing Stage-like stone statue, his body still suffered severe damage!

"What kind of monster is that?"

Squeezing a few words through his teeth, Zhang Nuo's body did not move!

"That might be a type of high-level Demonic Arts! Why don't you ask Baji Laomo?"

Chunyangzi clicked his tongue; he did not know much about Demonic Arts, so he had to let Zhang Nuo ask Baji Laomo!

Zhang Nuo remained calm and composed, like a dead person. A bloodstain split open in the palm of his right hand, and then a mass of tender green branches and leaves, wrapping a black Kuluotou, appeared!

"Senior Baji! What do you think the stone statue in the sky is?"

Baji Laomo had always been sealed by Zhang Nuo within the Divine Tree, relying on the life origin power within the Divine Tree to be continuously nourished! Appearing now, his spirit was clearly much better than before!

A silver eye first swept over Zhang Nuo, and then looked toward the sky!

"Hmph! I didn't expect someone in the Human Realm to be practicing this kind of Demonic Art! This is the Tiangui Dual Saint Dharma Statue! When it is successfully cultivated, although its power greatly increases, it has a drawback! This Dharma Statue will continuously absorb the life origin power of the true body, causing the cultivator's lifespan to be greatly damaged. Unless the cultivator is exceptionally gifted and their cultivation speed is extremely fast, able to not fear the Dharma Statue devouring their life origin power, otherwise, as time goes on, they will die from exhausted lifespan!"

Listening to Baji Laomo's meaning, although this Tiangui Dual Saint Statue was incredibly powerful, the price paid was not small! Zhang Nuo pondered slightly for a moment, then closed his right hand, putting the Divine Tree away!

At this very moment, Zhou Huizheng, who was fighting fiercely in the sky, felt a chill in his heart upon seeing the Tiangui Dual Saint Statues merge into one and wipe out Zhang Nuo, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, in a single strike!

At this time, Ji Gui's Nascent Soul glanced downward, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of its mouth! Immediately, its gaze looked toward the high sky, a cold, sharp light flashing in its eyes. With a movement of its Divine Sense, the giant stone statue took a step, and in a few flashes, it rushed in front of Zhou Huizheng!

Greatly alarmed in his heart, Zhou Huizheng was well-prepared. His figure swayed, transforming into a streak of light, and he dodged several hundred zhang away! With a grave expression, he secretly said to himself: Not good!