Chapter 376: A Desperate Gamble

The atmosphere in the great hall instantly became uneasy. As the master of a pavilion, Zhou Huizheng considered the overall situation, while what Zhang Nuo thought about was his own affairs!

The two seemed extremely contradictory, but upon closer thought, they also had an inevitable connection! Zhang Nuo was a rare talent; this point was unquestionable to anyone within the Giant Spirit Pavilion! If this heaven-sent talent were to meet with an accident, it would be no small loss for the Giant Spirit Pavilion!

A cultivator's state of mind is the foundation of their cultivation! If the state of mind cannot be clear, cultivation will inevitably stagnate! Everything Zhang Nuo was currently displaying clearly showed his state of mind was in great chaos; even if he were forcibly kept in the pavilion, it was feared it would be of no help at all.

"Sigh! Fourth, I am afraid that if you go, what will happen if you encounter an ambush by people from the Taixu Palace halfway? The Yulong Immortal Mountain is currently surrounded by eyes and ears of the Taixu Palace everywhere. Once you go out, you will be targeted very quickly!"

Letting out a long sigh, Zhou Huizheng said earnestly.

"Rest assured, Pavilion Master! With my speed, even existences of the same rank cannot hope to catch up to me! As long as I do not get entangled in battle, they naturally have no way to deal with me!"

Seeing Zhou Huizheng loosen his stance, Zhang Nuo felt a burst of wild joy in his heart, but he did not show the slightest bit of it on his face! Listening to Zhang Nuo's words, Zhou Huizheng thoroughly understood that there was no room for further negotiation between them. He had no choice but to nod slightly and say:

"Since you insist on this! Then go! Remember to be careful in your actions!"

Zhang Nuo's idea of a desperate gamble finally made Zhou Huizheng compromise! Upon hearing this, Zhang Nuo's expression changed slightly, and he finally revealed a look of joy!

"Many thanks, Pavilion Master! I will not delay too long on the road; once I destroy that fellow Nanxuan, I will immediately return to Yulong Immortal Mountain! By the way, I previously found a hidden place of Heaven Sword Sect disciples while out, which is only three or five days' journey from us! It seems the Taixu Palace has already made preparations!"

While happy, Zhang Nuo also spoke of what he had done while out these past few days. Especially when he mentioned that he had wiped out dozens of cultivators alone, Yang Huzi's expression shifted, and a faint chill rose in his heart!

Normally speaking, high-rank cultivators slaughtering low-rank cultivators is the most common thing, but Zhang Nuo killing dozens of people in one move was truly bloody! Especially since he left one survivor to go back and report! This kind of behavior was also sinister enough! More or less, an indelible haze would be left in the hearts of the Heaven Sword Sect disciples!

"Those were just small groups of cultivators scouting the enemy situation; they shouldn't be the main force! You can go with peace of mind! I believe the Taixu Palace will not be able to assemble too much power for the time being!"

Zhou Huizheng frowned and said with deep meaning.

"Since that is the case! Then I will go back and prepare! I will strive to go early and return early!"

After speaking, Zhang Nuo turned and left the great hall; his impatient mood was visible to anyone! Only when Zhang Nuo disappeared from the sight of the three did Zhou Huizheng narrow his eyes slightly! A faint smile appeared on his face quite unnaturally!

"Do you think Zhang Nuo will come back?"

His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of Yang Huzi and Liu Qingshan. The two turned their bodies and cast their gazes onto Zhou Huizheng!

"He will! Zhang Nuo is not the type of person to be ungrateful! If it weren't for Nanxuan Laozu treating him like that, he might not have joined our Giant Spirit Pavilion!"

Yang Huzi was the first to say firmly; he had a quite good impression of Zhang Nuo! He never believed that Zhang Nuo would run away alone when Yulong Immortal Mountain needed him most!

"The Third Leader is right! I also don't think Zhang Nuo is a treacherous person!"

Liu Qingshan pondered for a moment before speaking slowly! He was the one who originally proposed letting Zhang Nuo join the Giant Spirit Pavilion; although he was a bit uncertain in his heart, he would definitely not slap his own face!

Seeing these two full of confidence, Zhou Huizheng only sighed secretly to himself and muttered:

"I hope so!"

At the same time, Zhang Nuo's figure had already flown out of Yulong Immortal Mountain. He had said he was going back to prepare, but in fact, he had done nothing; all his Magic Treasures were carried on his person—these were his entire possessions!

The escape light on his body surged like a blazing long rainbow, disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye. After flying for a day, Zhang Nuo's mood became increasingly manic!

'Zhugu Peak!' This name was deeply imprinted in Zhang Nuo's mind; he could not wait a moment longer. He really wanted to arrive there immediately and drag Nanxuan Laozu out to tear him to pieces!

Just as Zhang Nuo was traveling impatiently, three streaks of escape light suddenly flew toward him from one side, looking quite urgent!

His Divine Sense moved slightly, and Zhang Nuo quickly locked onto the three. After a slight turn of thought, he deliberately slowed his escape speed. When the three arrived before him, he still wrapped himself in thick escape light and did not reveal his true face.

"Senior, please stop!"

The three streaks of escape light appeared to be around the Golden Core Initial Stage, but facing Zhang Nuo's Nascent Soul Stage escape light, they had not the slightest fear, but were instead arrogant! One of the middle-aged male cultivators retracted the escape light on his body, stood in mid-air, and said unceremoniously.

"Why?"

Because he was shrouded in layers of escape light, the three could not see Zhang Nuo's face at all, and even their Divine Sense could not probe in! When Zhang Nuo's cold voice came out, strange smiles appeared on the faces of all three!

"Because the area ahead is a restricted zone of the Taixu Palace! It has been declared a no-fly zone! So please take a detour, Senior!"

An old man standing to the left of the middle-aged male cultivator said in a low voice, devoid of any emotion.

"Taixu Palace! Hmph! What is the Taixu Palace!"

Zhang Nuo let out a sudden cold snort, and then the escape light on his body was completely retracted! When the three saw Zhang Nuo's appearance, the middle-aged male cultivator immediately shouted out!

"He is Zhang Nuo! Run! Go back and report to the Palace Master!"

Zhang Nuo's name was like an evil spirit that made people's hearts beat faster when they heard it, especially since a few days ago, his act of brutally killing many Heaven Sword Sect cultivators had been veiled as a murderous demon! One must know that there were fully over twenty Golden Core cultivators hiding in the underground Cave Abode at that time!

Although these people were temporarily drawn from other forces, their combined strength was definitely not to be underestimated! That Zhang Nuo could kill them all in one move was enough to show his ruthlessness!

These three cultivators naturally would not use their own lives to test Zhang Nuo's methods. Furthermore, even if the cultivator in front of them were not Zhang Nuo, a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator would be enough to wipe them out!

"All of you, leave your lives behind!"

If these three were not people from the Taixu Palace, Zhang Nuo might have spared their lives! But upon hearing the three words "Taixu Palace," he was like a pile of ignited dry wood! The raging fire in his heart burned fiercely!

He saw his figure flicker, and he rushed behind one of them like lightning. His right hand raised quickly, a bloodstain split open in his palm, and a green tree hand several zhang large directly wrapped that person inside, then quickly retracted!

The next moment, Zhang Nuo did not stop; his figure flashed again and appeared directly in front of the middle-aged male cultivator. That person was startled at first and was about to make an attacking move, but Zhang Nuo was a step ahead of him. A gray luster flashed in his hand as he activated the 'Immovable Underworld King' technique and struck the middle-aged male cultivator fiercely!

A muffled boom was heard in the ears; a cloud of Blood Mist exploded in front of Zhang Nuo. The middle-aged male cultivator did not even have a chance to scream before his body was directly blasted to pieces!

The old man who was fleeing in the lead saw this and shrank his neck in fear, wishing his parents had given him fewer legs! The name of this little evil spirit Zhang Nuo was truly not for nothing; in the blink of an eye, two Golden Core Stage cultivators had both perished! The strikes were clean and neat, without the slightest hesitation!

Glancing at the old man sideways, a dangerous curve appeared at the corner of Zhang Nuo's mouth. His shoulders moved slightly, and a pair of black Butterfly Wings appeared behind his back! With a light flap, he left a trail of afterimages in mid-air and quickly rushed to the old man's back!

"Taixu Palace! Today I will let you know! Joining the Taixu Palace is the biggest mistake you have ever made!"

Zhang Nuo's roar was like a thunderclap! The old man's ears were buzzed, and his body almost couldn't even control his escape light. It was just this slight delay! Zhang Nuo lifted his five fingers slightly, and dozens of Sword Qi flashed past!

A 'chi-chi' sound of breaking through the air rang out, and dozens of blood holes appeared on the old man's body! Blood sprayed wildly from his body as he fell directly toward the ground!

From Zhang Nuo's strike to the fall of the three, it was only a few breaths of time. After finishing all this, Zhang Nuo did not dare to stop for a moment; with the Butterfly Wings trembling behind his back, he rushed forward fiercely!

At the same time, streaks of escape light rose in the high sky ahead, numbering in the dozens! Zhang Nuo sneered! After scanning forward with his Divine Sense, he did not find any Nascent Soul Stage cultivators! He felt confident in his heart!

"A bunch of motley crew from the Taixu Palace! Zhang is here!"

Using his Mysterious Technique, Zhang Nuo's long roar could be heard clearly within a radius of several hundred miles! The three he had just killed had also said that the area ahead was the territory of the Taixu Palace, and they did not allow cultivators to fly over it!

Zhang Nuo simply did not believe in this evil! Today he would cross this area to see what this bunch of people from the Taixu Palace could actually do to him!

If it were the previous Zhang Nuo, even if his cultivation had advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, he would definitely not have done such an arrogant thing! But after getting the whereabouts of Nanxuan Laozu, he was almost driven mad!

"Kid Zhang! What are you doing? Calm down!"

Seeing that things were not looking good, Chunyangzi hurriedly shouted to stop Zhang Nuo!

But at this moment, Zhang Nuo turned a deaf ear! He could not listen to anyone's persuasion at all! The Evil Qi on his body had almost soared to the peak! This was the first time he had been able to instantly expose so much Evil Qi without extracting it from the 'Seven Kill Ring'!

"Are you crazy?"

Chunyangzi roared loudly! But Zhang Nuo remained unmoved!