Chapter 378: The Culprit

A few days later, in mid-air at a certain location, a young man in green robes hovered silently. He looked back at the path he had come from, and the heavy stone in his heart was finally set down!

This person was none other than Zhang Nuo! At the time, he had been deeply trapped in the heavy encirclement of Taixu Palace disciples, and there were even three Nascent Soul Stage cultivators pursuing him from behind; the degree of danger went without saying! However, relying on his exceptionally fast escape speed, he had finally managed to escape!

Seeing that those high-level cultivators from Taixu Palace had not pursued him out, Zhang Nuo let out a long breath. Although there had not been much of a fight, the peril within it was still beyond words!

"Kid Zhang! Don't be so impulsive next time! It's too dangerous!"

Chunyangzi advised Zhang Nuo, still feeling a lingering fear!

"I know! But I always feel something is wrong. Why is the flaw in my state of mind so large?"

Lowering his head in contemplation, Zhang Nuo began to feel suspicious in his heart. Take the matter of charging into the territory of Taixu Palace, for instance; if it were in the past, he absolutely would not have done it!

After a moment, still having no clue, Zhang Nuo simply flew toward the direction of Zhugu Peak. Once he thought of Nanxuan Laozu, that faint impulse in his heart became violent once again!

On this day, Nanxuan Laozu was sitting cross-legged in his Cave Abode cultivating. Suddenly, he felt a sense of unease. He hurriedly opened his eyes and gave his sleeve a light flick, and immediately a pure white, jade-like magic disc flashed out.

Slashing his middle finger, a drop of fresh blood flew directly onto the magic disc! The next moment, he struck out several hand seals in succession, all of which submerged into the magic disc!

"Hum!"

After a buzzing sound, fine lines like water ripples began to appear on the surface of the magic disc. As they spread, even the surrounding air trembled along with them!

Before long, a thumb-sized red Fowen emerged from the surface of the magic disc. When Nanxuan Laozu saw this Fowen, his expression changed drastically, and he almost cried out!

"How is this possible?"

Staring at the blood-red Fowen with his aged eyes, Nanxuan Laozu stood up and paced back and forth in the Cave Abode, as if thinking about some important problem!

After pondering for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he abruptly retracted the magic disc, flashed out of the Cave Abode, and without greeting anyone, transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the distant sky in a certain direction!

Zhang Nuo was eager for revenge and had been flying at full speed during this time. On this day, when his gaze could vaguely see the distant Zhugu Peak, his heart became even more anxious!

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Nuo raised his escape speed to the limit and lunged toward Niu Gu Feng! But just at this moment, from the ground below, white Fowen the size of palms gathered into a long snake and struck directly at Zhang Nuo!

His heart gave a great start; who would ambush him in such a place? There was no time to think, as the snake formed by the Fowen was almost upon him in a flash!

With a 'Chi-chi!' sound of tearing through the air, Zhang Nuo flicked several Sword Qi from between his ten fingers, which struck the Fowen one after another. After a loud 'Boom—', the Fowen turned into shards of spirit light and vanished!

"Rat! Come out!"

Zhang Nuo let out a furious roar, then suddenly flipped one hand, and a small silver ruler appeared. He quickly unleashed the small ruler, which transformed into ten thousand silver shadows and struck toward the ground below!

The power of these ruler shadows was not weak. As soon as they smashed into the ground below, a series of explosions erupted immediately. Within a radius of over ten miles, smoke and dust rose everywhere! Deep pits were everywhere!

Just as the numerous ruler shadows were smashing into the ground, a streak of light rushed rapidly from a certain spot on the ground into the high sky. The escape light faded, revealing an old man! He looked at Zhang Nuo with a grim gaze, a cold sneer hanging on the corners of his mouth!

"Nanxuan old dog!"

Zhang Nuo only took one glance and recognized the old man in front; who else could it be but Nanxuan Laozu! The anger he had accumulated for decades finally could no longer be held back at this moment! It erupted like a volcano and a flood!

Being called a Nanxuan old dog by Zhang Nuo, it actually stunned Nanxuan Laozu at first, and it took a while for him to react!

"Hehe! Zhang Nuo, I didn't expect us to end up in this state today!"

Looking at this young kid who used to be so respectful to him in the past, Nanxuan Laozu also had not expected that things would reach this point!

"Old dog! I've finally seen you! Say your last words quickly! Once that's done, I'll send you on your way!"

Zhang Nuo forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart and said with a solemn expression.

"Oh! After advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, even your tone of voice has become so arrogant! Fortunately, I have already calculated that you would come looking for me, so I specifically waited for you here! It is time for us to settle things between us!"

After all, Zhang Nuo had only recently advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, so Nanxuan Laozu was not afraid of him; on the contrary, he had an urge to kill him to silence him!

"Old dog! After I cut you down in a moment, I will take your head to find that bunch of people from the Nanxuan Sect! I want to make them see your true face clearly!"

The reason Nanxuan Laozu appeared here was because he was afraid of Zhang Nuo meeting Zhuge An and the others. Zhang Nuo knew this clearly, but he did not care! His target was only Nanxuan Laozu; it was the same no matter where they met!

"Hmph! Let's see how long you can keep talking tough!"

Angered by Zhang Nuo's insults, Nanxuan Laozu flicked his sleeves several times, and dozens of pure white, jade-like magic discs floated out. At the same time, as he pointed his hands repeatedly, Fowen began to rapidly condense on the surfaces of these magic discs!

Seeing the opponent make a move, Zhang Nuo did not want to waste any more words with him. He opened his mouth slightly, and dozens of Flying Swords filed out, lining up in a row to block in front of him!

The dozens of Flying Swords flashed with spirit light and emitted a constant buzzing sound. Following Zhang Nuo's soft command of 'Slash', all the Flying Swords transformed at the same time, and dozens of Silver Dragons bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they lunged at Nanxuan Laozu!

"So many years have passed, and there hasn't been the slightest change!"

Except for the increase in the number of Spirit-Transforming Flying Swords, almost nothing else had changed. Nanxuan Laozu just glanced at them and said disdainfully.

The next moment, the Fowen condensed on the surface of the magic discs he was driving rushed to meet the numerous Silver Dragons! A rumbling sound echoed continuously in mid-air, and patches of spirit light scattered like the sun! What made Nanxuan Laozu slightly surprised was that Zhang Nuo, having advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, was even more adept at the spirit transformation of Flying Swords!

Struck by the numerous Fowen, the power of these Silver Dragons was not diminished much at all; instead, each one let out a high-pitched dragon roar and lunged at Nanxuan Laozu again!

Seeing this, Nanxuan Laozu let out a cold snort. He raised his hands several times, and several more magic discs flashed out from his sleeves, all of which slashed toward the Silver Dragons in a flash!

After another round of explosions, the power of the Silver Dragons was finally exhausted, and they returned to the appearance of Flying Swords. Just as Nanxuan Laozu wanted to disparage Zhang Nuo a few times, he saw Zhang Nuo's figure retreat slightly, and then he flipped his hand again to unleash a folding fan!

'Snap!' As he used two fingers to open the folding fan with a slight force, he moved his Divine Sense and recalled all the Flying Swords. Then he held his head high, looking down on Nanxuan Laozu in the distance!

The next moment, he did not give Nanxuan Laozu any time to think, and the Spirit Power in his Divine Sea poured into the 'Autumn Water Home' like a tidal wave!

The surface of the fan instantly erupted with dazzling white light. As Zhang Nuo's palm moved, several violent winds rushed toward Nanxuan Laozu like a rampage!

Nanxuan Laozu had never heard of Zhang Nuo having a fan Magic Treasure before. Just as he was wondering, he saw several violent winds sweeping toward him. Wherever the biting winds passed, even the void was torn apart! A series of hair-raising sounds seemed to come from hell!

"What a terrifying Magic Treasure!"

Just from the power of the attack, Nanxuan Laozu knew that the fan-shaped Magic Treasure in Zhang Nuo's hand was no small matter. Seeing the attack coming, he naturally did not dare to be negligent!

He moved his body and retreated nearly a hundred feet in an instant. Pointing slightly at a magic disc in front of him, the magic disc immediately grew more than ten times larger. The pure white, jade-like disc, several feet in size and smooth as a mirror, blocked directly in front of Nanxuan Laozu!

'Swish swish!'

One after another, the violent winds struck the Magic Treasure like knives. The huge magic disc flashed with spirit light, and five-colored halos appeared on its surface!

When all the violent winds had struck the magic disc, Nanxuan Laozu let out a cold sneer. The seemingly powerful wind-type Magic Treasure attack was actually completely blocked by his magic disc. Just as he reached out to retract the magic disc, he heard a 'Clatter' of shattering. The magic disc, which had not had a single crack before, shattered instantly!

"This..."

Nanxuan Laozu was stunned, and the disdain on his face vanished at once! The magic disc he carried was not only an object for deduction and divination, but also a Magic Treasure with extreme lethality and defensive power!

He had not expected that one would be destroyed by Zhang Nuo in a single strike!

"Old dog! Use whatever tricks you have left! Otherwise, you won't have the chance!"

Zhang Nuo gently shook the folding fan in his hand and said with a cold smile on his face! There was not a shred of emotion in this smile; there was only endless killing intent and the pleasure brought by revenge!

"Hmph! A mere Magic Treasure is nothing in my eyes! Zhang Nuo! Today, one of us will surely fall, but I don't think it will be me!"

Provoked by Zhang Nuo's arrogant and overbearing aura, Nanxuan Laozu suddenly opened his mouth and spat a stream of essence blood onto the several magic disks in front of him; at the same time, the several magic disks erupted with blinding red light and rapidly rose above Nanxuan Laozu's head!

Spinning around, the magic disks formed a circle above his head, and the next moment, endless red light radiated from within the magic disks, surrounding Nanxuan Laozu completely!

"That is all the tricks you have!"

Looking coldly at Nanxuan Laozu, Zhang Nuo said noncommittally, raising the folding fan in his hand to launch the second wave of attacks!