Chapter 381: Killing a Thousand Enemies, Losing Eight Hundred of One's Own

Just as Nanxuan Laozu was laughing wildly, the nine Flying Swords that Zhang Nuo had previously revealed suddenly flashed and vanished into thin air! Immediately following this, a ferocious smile appeared on Zhang Nuo's face!

Within this smile lay a kind of irresistible terror, and even Chunyangzi, who was residing within the Nine Dragon Sword Case, felt that something was wrong!

"Kid Zhang! What are you doing?"

Ignoring Chunyangzi's words, Zhang Nuo seemed to have made a decision; he immediately pinched a Dharma seal in his hand! Two words were spoken faintly from his mouth!

"Go all out!"

These were words from the bottom of his heart; facing Nanxuan Laozu's Array, he had no room for choice—either be trapped to death in the array, or spare no cost to slaughter the one who set it up!

Given Zhang Nuo's personality, he would naturally choose the latter! Even if he were to die, he would leave a deep scar on the opponent!

"Rest Meridian! Open!"

After making up his mind, Zhang Nuo unhesitatingly opened the Rest Meridian within the Eight Extremes Demon Veins. For a moment, a meridian running through his body from head to toe erupted with blinding light, clearly visible even through his clothes! The Demonic Qi within a radius of several dozen miles gathered into visible streams of air, which then swirled and merged into Zhang Nuo's body!

Standing in the distance, Nanxuan Laozu only swept his Divine Sense over Zhang Nuo, and his expression changed drastically. At this moment, Zhang Nuo was like a massive container, constantly absorbing the Demonic Qi drawn in from the outside world!

"You actually practiced Demonic Arts?"

His aged eyes revealed a hint of disbelief. Possessing techniques from both the righteous and demonic paths, what kind of fortuitous encounters had Zhang Nuo had during this time!

Before long, thick Demonic Qi began to permeate Zhang Nuo's skin. This Demonic Qi was almost tangible, like boiling water, twisting and changing back and forth on his body!

"Old dog Nanxuan! Today, either you die or I do! In any case, only one of us will be able to walk out alive!"

With his body filled with a massive amount of Demonic Qi, Zhang Nuo's mind instead became much calmer. His eyes looked turbid from the outside, but deep within his pupils, scorching silver light was bursting forth!

"Whoosh!"

Without any warning, the Silver Flame on the Black Butterfly Wings behind Zhang Nuo suddenly surged to over several zhang in height, making the already large wings appear even more massive! As they flapped gently, even the surrounding air became restless!

But this was only the beginning! Following another cold snort from Zhang Nuo, a layer of black mist was triggered from the surface of the Silver Flame, as if the fire were burning the butterfly wings, and layers of black Qi spiraled downward.

At this moment, the Demonic Qi in Zhang Nuo's body had reached a peak. The skin on his body bulged angrily, and even the blood vessels beneath his skin were clearly visible!

"Kid Zhang, stop quickly, if you go on like this, you will explode!"

Others might not understand Zhang Nuo's current state, but Chunyangzi knew clearly that pouring such a massive amount of Demonic Qi into the body would lead to an accident if one were not careful. By that time, let alone killing Nanxuan Laozu, he would likely lose his own life first!

Watching everything, Nanxuan also grew suspicious. Judging from Zhang Nuo's current situation, the power gathered within his body would be more than enough to destroy a mountain with ease!

If you hesitate, you will invite disaster! As soon as this thought arose in Nanxuan Laozu's mind, he immediately launched an attack. Within his great array, everything was under his control; he would not be stupid enough to wait for the opponent to prepare everything and then strike him!

He stomped both feet on the massive Dharma disk almost simultaneously! Only the sound of "Boom—" could be heard incessantly. From the Dharma disk beneath Zhang Nuo, several giant hands were successively condensed from Fowen. These giant hands stretched upward simultaneously, whistling as they grabbed toward Zhang Nuo!

At the same time, Zhang Nuo seemed to have completed the activation of the "Rest Meridian." With a muffled grunt, without even seeing how he moved, the void beneath his feet cracked, and several pitch-black giant hands condensed from Demonic Qi blocked the Fowen giant hands unleashed by Nanxuan Laozu!

Just as the two were locked in this stalemate, a flash of Demonic Qi flickered through Zhang Nuo's eyes, and he said to Nanxuan Laozu:

"Old dog! I am going to attack your chest now!"

Once these words were spoken, Nanxuan Laozu was stunned for a moment, then let out a cold, disdainful laugh. At this moment, Zhang Nuo's cultivation had long since exceeded the level of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and could even be compared to a late-stage cultivator!

However, even so, being inside the great array, Nanxuan Laozu did not believe he could hit him! Zhang Nuo pulled one foot slightly backward, his body poised like an arrow on a bowstring!

Streams of Demonic Qi were still gathering into Zhang Nuo's body, and his eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets!

"Go to hell!"

The foot that had just retreated suddenly stepped forward. In an instant, the void where that foot stepped collapsed, and a loud explosion erupted in the surroundings! At the same time, Nanxuan Laozu's mind instantly sensed the spot where Zhang Nuo was attacking him! It was exactly the chest position he had mentioned earlier!

Frowning slightly, Nanxuan Laozu really could not understand why Zhang Nuo would state the correct location of his attack. Could it be that he wanted to confuse his senses? After figuring this out, a subtle smile suddenly appeared on Nanxuan's face!

But what happened the next moment made him gasp in cold air. Zhang Nuo's butterfly wings behind him suddenly flapped, and a wave of Demonic Qi rippled out from them. At the same time, one hand was raised rapidly, and the entire arm was instantly shrouded in a layer of gray light!

"Swish!"

As if silent and soundless, Demonic Qi sprayed wildly from the surface of the butterfly wings, and Zhang Nuo's figure transformed into a bolt of lightning as he charged forward. Zhang Nuo's figure grew larger and larger in Nanxuan Laozu's eyes!

He had intended to dodge immediately, but Nanxuan unexpectedly discovered that his movement speed had slowed down!

"This is wrong!"

Looking at Zhang Nuo, Nanxuan Laozu suddenly realized a problem: it was not that his movement speed had slowed down, but that Zhang Nuo's speed was too fast. Compared to each other, one was like an elderly man, while the other was an adult striding along like flying!

No wonder the opponent told him which part he was going to attack before striking; it was because Zhang Nuo knew clearly that even if he told him, he still couldn't dodge it! That was a speed pushed to the limit! The only thing the naked eye could see was a streak of light, while what the Divine Sense felt was an endlessly vast power! A power capable of splitting mountains and shattering stones!

The fist wrapped in gray light gradually enlarged in Nanxuan Laozu's eyes, and in the end, he could only watch helplessly as he was struck!

"Boom!"

After a muffled sound, Nanxuan Laozu was sent flying. Even at the moment he was struck, his mind was still thinking about Zhang Nuo's incredible speed!

No matter what, Zhang Nuo was only a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator; no matter how fast his speed was, it shouldn't have been to such an extent! From the moment the move was made to the moment he was hit, the interval was almost less than the time it takes to blink!

"Thump!"

Nanxuan Laozu's body fell directly onto the massive Dharma disk. He looked at Zhang Nuo in astonishment. At this time, Zhang Nuo had also landed on the Dharma disk. Although countless Fowen surged toward him, under the strangling force of the vast Demonic Qi, those Fowen were all shattered to pieces!

Just as he was about to say something, Nanxuan Laozu felt a pain in his chest. Looking down, he let out a desolate, bitter laugh; at his chest, a blood hole as thick as an arm had appeared, and not even blood had had time to gush out!

"Old dog Nanxuan!"

Zhang Nuo's body, landing on the Dharma disk, seemed to be enduring immense pain. He gathered all the Demonic Qi onto the butterfly wings in an instant, allowing them to exert their most extreme power, but because this power was too great, the butterfly wings also suffered damage.

The phantom of a black butterfly between his brows wailed incessantly, its body twisting as if it were about to dissipate at any moment! Zhang Nuo seemed not to notice any of this. He stood up with difficulty, and the hand that had attacked Nanxuan Laozu slowly lifted; in its palm, it was clutching a beating heart!

Upon seeing this, Nanxuan Laozu realized that Zhang Nuo's strike just now had not only left a blood hole in his body, but had even snatched away his heart!

After opening his mouth for a long time, Nanxuan did not utter a single word, looking at Zhang Nuo with pleading eyes, as if saying, give it back to me!

With a ferocious smile, a thread of silver flame as thin as a gossamer suddenly emerged from Zhang Nuo's palm, which was shrouded in gray light! The flame flashed and drilled directly into the heart! The next moment, something that left Nanxuan Laozu unable to cry or laugh happened!

His heart began to burn from the inside out, and in just a few breaths, it was completely reduced to ashes! As Zhang Nuo closed his five fingers, flakes of fly ash scattered within the great array!

Nanxuan Laozu's eyes were almost popping out, but he was powerless to do anything about it. His body seemed to no longer be his own; he felt nothing, and even the blood hole in his chest felt no pain at all!

Just as their eyes met, with a loud "Boom—", the great array set up by Nanxuan Laozu suddenly burst apart. Everything around them returned to its original appearance, while Nanxuan's body fell directly toward the ground! Zhang Nuo was slightly better off than him, his body still suspended in mid-air with the help of his escape light.

Staring fixedly at the falling Nanxuan Laozu, a streak of green light suddenly flew out from his body and fled toward the distant sky without a moment's hesitation!

"I've been waiting for this moment!"

As if he had long anticipated that the opponent would have such a trick, a cold glint flashed in Zhang Nuo's eyes, and at the same time, his Divine Sense moved urgently. The nine Flying Swords that had disappeared earlier flashed out around the fleeing green light!

The green light stopped abruptly, and as the radiance faded, a Nascent Soul was revealed—it was none other than Nanxuan Laozu's Nascent Soul! Its small eyes blinked repeatedly, and a look of terror appeared on its small face!