Chapter 396: An Expert Shows Their Hand and You Know If It's Real

Zhang Nuo's wind-type attack made Zhang Chao gasp; such a powerful Wind Blade, even a slight touch would result in a serious injury!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chao did not dare to use a Magic Treasure to block it head-on. Instead, his escape light surged, and he shot toward the high sky, wanting to use the altitude to dodge this strike!

However, this wishful thinking of his was already within Zhang Nuo's expectations. As soon as he saw the opponent shoot into the sky, a cold sneer appeared on Zhang Nuo's face. With a light movement of his shoulders, two black Butterfly Wings appeared in an instant!

After several months of recuperation, the Hell Butterfly had recovered eighty percent of its strength. Without going all out, increasing Zhang Nuo's speed was no problem at all! Two Butterfly Wings wrapped around Zhang Nuo, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished from where he stood! The next moment, right above Zhang Chao's head, space fluctuated, and Zhang Nuo appeared silently!

Opening his mouth slightly, a dozen Flying Swords flashed out, and after a burst of spirit light, they transformed into a dozen ferocious-looking Silver Dragons!

With a "roar" of dragon cries, these giant dragons launched an attack in unison, pouncing toward Zhang Chao below! Just as Zhang Nuo flashed into view, Zhang Chao felt something was wrong. Looking up, he was scared out of his wits; he had no idea when the opponent had arrived above him!

Facing the attack of the dozen Silver Dragons, Zhang Chao first raised both hands, casting out the two hook-shaped Magic Treasures in his hands, and then his figure made a sharp turn in mid-air, fleeing toward the side!

After a loud "Boom—" sound, Zhang Chao's two hook-shaped Magic Treasures were hit by the dozen giant dragons almost instantly, losing all Spirit Power and falling toward the ground!

At the same time, the Butterfly Wings behind Zhang Nuo flapped, leaving an afterimage in mid-air as he slanted toward Zhang Chao. In the moment of flight, he raised his right palm, a bloodstain split open in the center of his palm, and a large tree grew out at high speed!

As the "Pure Underworld Divine Tree" expanded, it reached several dozen zhang in size, immediately forming a green world in the sky! Zhang Chao, who was fleeing, had not expected Zhang Nuo to pull such a move! Suddenly feeling the sky above his head change color, he looked up and secretly cursed, "Not good!"

But it was too late. With the speed of Zhang Nuo's Butterfly Wings combined with the growth speed of the Divine Tree, it took only a single breath to trap Zhang Chao within the attack range of the large tree! As the huge canopy transformed into a giant hand, it scooped up and wrapped Zhang Chao inside!

Poor this Nascent Soul Stage cultivator of Taixu Palace, before he even understood what was happening, the Spirit Power in his body was drained by the Divine Tree, leaving him with no strength to resist! The next moment, Zhang Nuo flicked his palm, and the Divine Tree quickly shrank back into his palm!

From the start of the clash with Zhang Nuo to Zhang Chao's destruction, it took only a moment. Even when Wei Shang wanted to rush over to fight Zhou Huizheng, when he looked up, Zhang Chao had already been slain by Zhang Nuo!

The shocked Wei Shang's pupils dilated, and in the end, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, unable to speak for a long time! That was a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator; how could he have fallen in the blink of an eye? Was Zhang Nuo even human?

Equally shocked was Wu Jian! He rubbed his slightly cold chin and thought to himself: It seems that when I fought Zhang Nuo, using the "Heavenly Dao Spirit Sword" right from the start was the right choice. If we had tangled for a while longer, perhaps today's Zhang Chao would have been my fate!

"Brother Yang! I have slain a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator!"

Zhang Nuo retracted his Magic Treasure, stood in mid-air, and shouted toward where Yang Huzi was!

At this moment, Yang Huzi was locked in a fierce battle with Ma Hu. Hearing this, he looked toward Zhang Nuo's direction, and sure enough, only he was in the air; Zhang Chao's figure was nowhere to be found!

Gasping, Yang Huzi couldn't help but curse with a smile, "Monster!" Being able to slay a cultivator of the same rank in an instant meant he had the full strength to fight a cultivator one rank higher. It seemed Zhang Nuo's true strength was already no less than Zhou Huizheng's!

Zhou Huizheng, standing at the very back, had not made a move yet. When he saw Zhang Chao and Ma Hu both rush toward Yang Huzi and Zhang Nuo, he thought these two would definitely be entangled and unable to escape. Just as he was about to act, he discovered the battle on Zhang Nuo's side had already ended! The unexpected attack and calculating the opponent's landing point were the keys to Zhang Nuo's victory. Perhaps if Zhang Chao had been more familiar with Zhang Nuo, he wouldn't have fallen so quickly!

"It seems that letting Zhang Nuo join the Giant Spirit Pavilion was a very correct decision!"

Zhou Huizheng thought to himself, and his gaze involuntarily fell onto the War Boat, at Wei Shang's trembling body! At this moment, Wei Shang's heart was filled with nothing but rage! Zhang Nuo, with his own strength, had not only slain numerous Taixu Palace disciples, but even Zhang Chao had died at his hands! What a huge loss!

Is my Taixu lineage going to be destroyed at the hands of this little evil star? A chill ran through his heart, and Wei Shang even resented his own son at this moment! Who couldn't you have provoked back then, why did you have to provoke Zhang Nuo? Now it has become a situation where one is riding a tiger and cannot get off!

Due to Zhang Chao's fall, the morale of Taixu Palace became sluggish once again! Even though their numbers were more than double that of the Giant Spirit Pavilion, their combat effectiveness was dropping in a straight line. Unknowingly, the Taixu Palace cultivators had already retreated to below the War Boat!

"Old Ghost Wei! If you hadn't pressured my Giant Spirit Pavilion so hard back at Tianqi Immortal Mountain, how could there be today's outcome!"

High in the sky, Zhou Huizheng looked down at Wei Shang with the posture of a victor. Although this battle was not over, Taixu Palace's defeat had almost become a foregone conclusion!

"Zhou Huizheng! Even if I have to sacrifice everyone today, I will blood-wash Yulong Immortal Mountain!"

Furious to the extreme, Wei Shang was now reckless, his eyes filled with the aura of slaughter! His figure flickered, and two figures immediately flashed out from his body, looking exactly like him. These two figures joined the battle directly!

In the blink of an eye, the losing trend of Taixu Palace was stabilized! Two sharp glints flashed in Zhang Nuo's eyes; those two clones of Wei Shang were secret techniques of Taixu Palace. Seeing others use them without reservation, a sense of sorrow rose in his heart! He clearly had two clones himself, yet he dared not use them easily! How frustrating!

Seeing Wei Shang make a move, Zhou Huizheng did not dare to be the least bit negligent. His figure turned into a streak of light and pounced directly at Wei Shang. At the same time, Wei Shang was not to be outdone; while controlling his two major clones to fight with his Divine Sense, he fought with Zhou Huizheng on the other hand!

Such a way of multitasking caused Wei Shang's combat effectiveness to be greatly discounted! However, he would not be defeated for the time being! Zhang Nuo glanced at Zhou Huizheng; both were at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, so there shouldn't be any problems! Scanning the War Boat, he instantly spotted Wu Jian!

"Wu Jian! Today we should finally decide the winner!"

As soon as Zhang Nuo's low words left his mouth, Wu Jian shivered! The opponent had been able to wipe out Zhang Chao in an instant; he had no confidence in defeating Zhang Nuo, especially since the "Heavenly Dao Spirit Sword" could not be used now!

"I don't have that kind of leisure time!"

Although Wu Jian was afraid in his heart, his mouth did not hold back. As he spoke, his figure flew toward the other side of the War Boat! Zhang Nuo looked at him coldly but did not pursue, because he thought of a problem: on the Giant Spirit Pavilion's side, there were only three Nascent Soul Stage cultivators—Zhou Huizheng, Yang Huzi, and himself—while on the Taixu Palace side, there were Wei Shang, Ma Hu, Wu Jian, and Gui Yibu. From the start of the great battle until now, he had never seen a shadow of Gui Yibu!

Could the Tiangui Sect have broken away from Taixu Palace? Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Nuo thought this possibility was extremely slim. If the current Tiangui Sect existed independently, it could not be considered a major sect, especially since the Tiangui Sect had another Nascent Soul Stage cultivator besides Gui Yibu!

That was the second-in-command after Gui Yibu! Ba Wang Gui! Neither of these two had appeared; could there be some conspiracy involved? Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo did not act easily again.

Just at this moment, from inside Yulong Immortal Mountain, the firelight of a Sound Transmission Talisman rushed out of the Restriction light screen, flashing wildly, and then streaked directly above Zhou Huizheng's head!

Zhou Huizheng, who was fighting Wei Shang, frowned slightly at the sight of this firelight and grabbed it during a gap in the battle! After hearing the words in the Sound Transmission Talisman, for some reason, his expression changed drastically, and he let out a long howl!

"Fourth brother! Hurry back to Yulong Immortal Mountain! Gui Yibu and the others have already broken into the Immortal Mountain from the other side!"

Zhou Huizheng used the Sound Transmission technique to say this directly to Zhang Nuo; no one else knew! Hearing this, Zhang Nuo gritted his teeth! It seemed his previous guess was correct; Wei Shang and the others really had another plan! The main force of cultivators was here to attract the Giant Spirit Pavilion's attention, and then they sent the Tiangui Sect to sneak attack the Immortal Mountain from the other side!

"Pavilion Master, rest assured! I will return to the Immortal Mountain immediately; leave Gui Yibu and the others to me!"

Without lingering, Zhang Nuo turned into an escape light and returned to the Immortal Mountain while sending a sound transmission to Zhou Huizheng! Zhou Huizheng was also very helpless; he had calculated everything, yet he had still missed one step! The interior of Yulong Immortal Mountain was the foundation of the Giant Spirit Pavilion. If it were destroyed, the Mountain Protection Restriction would be the first to be lost. Without the Mountain Protection Restriction, the Taixu Palace crowd could drive straight in! The consequences were simply unimaginable!

Seeing Zhang Nuo flying back to the Immortal Mountain, a cold sneer finally appeared on Wei Shang's face! It seemed Gui Yibu and the others must have succeeded; otherwise, Zhang Nuo wouldn't be returning so urgently!

"Zhou Huizheng! Do you think that relying on that kid Zhang Nuo alone can stop Gui Yibu and the others?"

The seemingly calm words rang in Zhou Huizheng's ears. He glanced at Wei Shang and saw his confident look! He knew that Gui Yibu and the others must have come prepared this time, but at this moment, besides trusting Zhang Nuo, he had no other choice!