Chapter 392: Demon Infant

The importance of Zhang Nuo to Chunyangzi was something nothing could compensate for; once something happened to Zhang Nuo, all of Chunyangzi's painstaking efforts over these years would be in vain. Baji Laomo understood exactly what Chunyangzi would do in a fit of rage, even if he thought about it with his big toe!

Therefore, he was also sweating nervously in his heart. However, based on his experience in condensing a second Nascent Infant, Zhang Nuo fainting was entirely because he could not withstand the pain of his soul being split. If the soul splitting succeeded, then the subsequent matters would fall into place naturally!

Sure enough, as Baji Laomo expected, the wisp of soul that entered the Demon Infant was completely merging with the black round pill inside its body! Finally, following a slight popping sound, the round pill turned into a stream of pure black Qi, circulating endlessly within the Demon Infant's body!

Gradually, the Demon Infant's small hand moved, and then it slowly opened its eyes. At this moment, Zhang Nuo also woke up from the immense pain, but that immense pain originating from the depths of his soul still showed no signs of lessening. He gritted his teeth and looked inward at the Second Demon Infant within his body, finally revealing a smile on his face.

It was just that the smile at this moment looked no better than crying! He slapped his crown with one hand, and a black light flew out from it, hovering above his head. After the radiance faded, a black Nascent Infant was revealed!

"It's done! Haha! This kid succeeded!"

Upon seeing the Demon Infant, Baji Laomo let out a long howl. The pitch-black Nascent Infant looked extremely eye-catching. The little guy blinked its eyes and looked toward Zhang Nuo below. After a moment, the Demon Infant pointed a finger at Zhang Nuo's right palm, and a bloodstain split open on the palm.

A green sapling about a foot tall grew out. At the same time the 'Pure Underworld Divine Tree' appeared, a massive force of life origin surged out from the tree crown and injected into the Demon Infant's body.

At the same time, the Demon Infant opened its mouth wide and inhaled the surrounding Demonic Qi!

"Chunyangzi, now is the time, immediately lift all restrictions! Let the Demon Infant drink its fill!"

Hearing Baji Laomo's words, the Sword Box where Chunyangzi resided spun rapidly, and the Spirit Power barrier defending the outermost layer vanished in the blink of an eye. At the same time, Baji's silver eyes moved, and a stream of Demonic Qi flew out from each of the eight pillars of the 'Demon Sealing Array'. Afterward, the eight pillars burst apart with a loud boom!

The Demonic Qi, now without any obstacles, surged into Zhang Nuo's body like a tidal wave. However, the Second Demon Infant kept forming hand seals with its two small hands, and as the suction force from its mouth rose, it inhaled all of this Demonic Qi into its body!

The Demon Infant's body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before long, the Demon Infant, which was originally only about a foot tall, became about the same size as Zhang Nuo's main body!

"Old Demon, won't something go wrong?"

Chunyangzi watched this astonishing scene and asked with concern!

"Rest assured! This is Demonic Qi infusion! Only after passing this hurdle can the Demon Infant stabilize!"

Baji Laomo said with a smile.

After another period of time, the 'Resting Meridians' in Zhang Nuo's body seemed to have reached their limit and closed on their own. The wildly surging Demonic Qi all around suddenly quieted down, and at this moment, the Demon Infant suddenly opened its eyes, as if it were still unsatisfied!

After lowering its head to ponder for a moment, the Demon Infant seemed to understand something. With hand seals formed by both hands, its body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a moment, it returned to its original size!

Blinking a pair of small eyes, it turned into a streak of black light and submerged into Zhang Nuo's crown. Zhang Nuo subsequently let out a long roar, as if he had experienced tens of thousands of years!

Panting heavily, he felt as if he had lived two lifetimes. Having experienced the immense pain from the depths of his soul and the joy of obtaining the Second Demon Infant, he did not know what kind of feeling he had in his heart.

"Kid Zhang, how do you feel? Has your cultivation level improved?"

People are often like this; before obtaining something, they won't hope for another. Now that he saw Zhang Nuo had condensed the Second Demon Infant, Chunyangzi asked even more greedily whether Zhang Nuo's cultivation had advanced to the Middle Stage!

"I don't know yet! There isn't a shred of Spiritual Qi in my body. I'll only know the result after I raise my cultivation to the peak in a few days!"

Zhang Nuo kept rubbing his head with his hand; it seemed the pain from the depths of his soul had not yet disappeared!

"Based on this old man's experience, there is an eighty percent chance you have advanced, kid!"

Just by scanning Zhang Nuo with his silver eyes, Baji Laomo said with full confidence.

"I hope your words come true, Senior!"

Zhang Nuo had no intention of paying attention to these two old monsters right now; his head was aching so much it was about to explode. Looking inward, he discovered that both the first Nascent Infant and the Demon Infant existed in his body in a drowsy state, as if they had not yet formally awakened!

Raising his right hand, the 'Pure Underworld Divine Tree' extended two tender green branches and directly wrapped Baji Laomo into the Divine Tree. On the other hand, with a movement of his Divine Sense, the Nine Dragon Sword Case also submerged into his body!

After finishing all this, Zhang Nuo immediately sat cross-legged and began to meditate and rest! This sitting lasted for more than two months. When he opened his eyes again, the headache had finally improved a lot, but he still felt somewhat uncomfortable. Regardless, that was the aftereffect of splitting his soul; even with enough life origin power to nourish it, it was impossible to recover this quickly!

Looking toward his dantian, he saw that within the six Divine Seas, streams of Spirit Power were surging violently, just like a monstrous wave. With a slight lift of his eyebrows, a long-lost smile appeared on Zhang Nuo's face!

Nascent Soul Middle Stage! Relying on condensing the Second Demon Infant, Zhang Nuo had broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage in just a few short years. This terrifying cultivation speed was enough to make those cultivators who called themselves geniuses feel ashamed! Perhaps from ancient times until now, Zhang Nuo was the first cultivator to enter the Nascent Soul Middle Stage in such a short time!

"Kid Zhang! Quickly try those two things in your Divine Seas!"

Chunyangzi also sensed that Zhang Nuo's cultivation had greatly advanced, but he was more concerned about the two Buddha-Demons in the Divine Seas! Zhang Nuo was also extremely curious. He had used all his strength to condense the Second Nascent Infant just to activate the Buddha-Demons in his Divine Seas; if he still couldn't activate them, then this suffering would have been in vain!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense, and the Demon Infant within his body suddenly opened its eyes. At the same time, its pair of small hands kept forming hand seals; the technique it was operating was precisely the secret art of Taixu Palace!

Streams of black Demonic Qi radiated from the Nascent Infant's fingers. Following a low shout from the Demon Infant, the two Divine Seas in Zhang Nuo's dantian erupted with blinding black light. Immediately following two soft sounds of 'swish', they broke through the shackles of the Divine Seas and drilled directly out of Zhang Nuo's body surface!

The next moment, two Buddha-Demons the size of normal people appeared before Zhang Nuo's eyes! These two Buddha-Demons emitted a faint Demonic Qi from their bodies, and a violent aura caused the surrounding air to fluctuate. Yet, in the eyes of the Buddha-Demons, there was a Buddha-like composure. The two seemingly incompatible artistic conceptions were perfectly combined together!

Looking at the pressure emitted from their bodies, they possessed the strength of at least the Nascent Soul Late Stage!

"Success!"

Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up. That joyful feeling was truly indescribable. It seemed the previous suffering had not been in vain. With a movement of his Divine Sense, the two Buddha-Demons flew around incessantly within the Cave Abode. Bursts of wind sounds came, and their speed almost exceeded Zhang Nuo's limit without using his Butterfly Wings!

"Kid Zhang, this time you have gained another trump card!"

Chunyangzi was likewise happy for Zhang Nuo; it seemed Baji Laomo's method was quite effective. After the two Buddha-Demons flew around the Cave Abode for a while, a trace of solemnity suddenly appeared on Zhang Nuo's joyful face, and immediately after, his expression changed instantly. With a movement of his Divine Sense, he directly retracted the two Buddha-Demons into his body!

His face, shifting between light and shadow, was full of confusion!

"What happened?"

Sensing Zhang Nuo's strangeness, Chunyangzi asked in a deep voice.

"Senior, it seems things are not as we thought! Just now, when I was driving the Buddha-Demons, I discovered they were devouring my Divine Sense!"

Once these words were spoken, Chunyangzi was stunned! Devouring Divine Sense! This was not a small matter. A cultivator's Divine Sense was not something that could be consumed without limit; if the Divine Sense were devoured until empty, the cultivator's main body would also suffer heavy damage!

"How could such a strange thing happen?"

Chunyangzi said in shock, his mind turning incessantly. He wanted to know where the problem lay. If the Buddha-Demons could devour Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense, no matter how powerful his Divine Sense was, there would be a time when it was devoured clean. If that really happened, Zhang Nuo would be defeated without a fight!

Originally, the Buddha-Demons were a sharp sword for attacking enemies, but in the blink of an eye, it had turned into a double-edged sword! Not only could it hurt the enemy, but it could even hurt oneself!

Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense, after practicing the 'Inner Scene Art', was more than twice that of cultivators of the same rank, but even with such a powerful Divine Sense, it could not withstand the gnawing of the two Buddha-Demons!

For a time, both of them were silent! Especially Zhang Nuo, who was even more puzzled. He combed through the entire process but did not find any loopholes!

Could it be that Taixu Palace's Clone Secret Technique also had the possibility of devouring Divine Sense? But thinking about it again, Zhang Nuo thought it impossible! With Wei Juren's strength at the time, his Divine Sense could not have been strong to that degree!

Since the technique itself did not have this defect, the problem must lie with those two Buddha-Demons! It seemed the thing inside the Skull Monk's prayer beads was an extremely terrifying demonic entity. Having been trapped inside for so long, it was actually still able to devour a cultivator's Divine Sense!

With no other choice, Zhang Nuo had to summon Baji Laomo out again. After explaining the problem that had occurred, the old demon was likewise unable to understand it. In the end, the unified conclusion the three gave was that there was a problem with the Buddha-Demons!

But as for what exactly the problem was, no one could say clearly! In the end, Chunyangzi and Baji Laomo both gave Zhang Nuo a piece of advice: use the Buddha-Demons as little as possible. Before knowing their true origins, he must be extra careful!

Zhang Nuo was speechless! He had gone to such great lengths, only to end up burying a hidden danger within his body!