Chapter 401: The Divine Might of Buddha and Demon

However, just as the hand of Ba Wang Gui was halfway extended, a flash of fear suddenly appeared in his eyes, because a faint layer of Silver Flame had risen on the surface of the Measuring Heaven Ruler that was embedded in his body; the ruler itself was silver, so it was very difficult to see it clearly when covered by the silver Red Glow Fire!

Zhang Nuo had thought this strike would surely destroy Ba Wang Gui, but he did not expect this fellow's insight to exceed that of an ordinary cultivator; such a secretive attack method had actually been discovered by him!

With a tremor of his heart and mind, Ba Wang Gui endured the immense pain and instantly detached his body from the Measuring Heaven Ruler.

"Pfft!" A sword of blood gushed wildly from the wound, and without even caring to stop the bleeding, he turned around and used both hands to slap the Black Jar behind him!

Zhang Nuo felt anxious; he had no idea how many more Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons were contained inside that jar. He had managed to trap two with great difficulty, and if a few more were to come out, he would be powerless to stop them!

In his desperation, Zhang Nuo gritted his teeth and flew toward Ba Wang Gui. At the same time, the Second Demon Infant within his body suddenly opened its eyes, and its two small hands formed a Dharma seal!

With a soft "Swish," a figure emerged from Zhang Nuo's body and, without the slightest hesitation, rushed toward Ba Wang Gui in front! This figure was precisely one of the two Buddha-Demons!

The speed of this figure was several times faster than Zhang Nuo's; in almost the blink of an eye, it arrived behind Ba Wang Gui. At this moment, Ba Wang Gui's hands were about to strike the Black Jar, but at this critical juncture, the figure released by Zhang Nuo suddenly reached out a palm and grabbed Ba Wang Gui as if picking up a chick, simultaneously charging toward the high sky!

Seeing the strike succeed, Zhang Nuo let out a long breath; as long as no third Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon was released, he was absolutely certain he could slaughter them both.

With a few flashes of his figure, Zhang Nuo also rushed into the high sky. The Sword Qi in his hand flickered, and after a soft "Swish," several streaks of Sword Qi directly pierced through Ba Wang Gui's body. Poor second-in-command of the Tiangui Sect, he had died miserably before he even understood what was happening!

Seeing this from afar, Gui Yibu's face instantly turned ugly. In the current Tiangui Sect, only he and Ba Wang Gui were Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. With Ba Wang Gui dead, the strength of the entire sect had plummeted! Even more terrifying was that if he had to face Zhang Nuo alone, let alone occupying Yulong Immortal Mountain, whether he could leave this place alive had become a problem!

A smile had just appeared on the corner of Zhang Nuo's mouth; now that Ba Wang Gui was dead, the remaining matters would be much easier to handle. Thinking of this, he raised one hand and directly retracted the Nine Dragon Chant Sword Formation!

If this formation were to continue, he feared he would be unable to bear it. However, just as Zhang Nuo retracted the sword formation, a black light flashed out from within the corpse of Ba Wang Gui, which was being held by the Buddha-Demon, and it rushed directly toward the Black Jar below!

"Stop him!"

Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense and issued an order to the Buddha-Demon. No sooner said than done, what flew out from Ba Wang Gui's body was his Nascent Soul. The black Nascent Soul's movement technique was extremely fast, like a black bolt of lightning, and it drilled directly into the jar!

Although the Buddha-Demon's movement technique was fast, it was still a step behind! Seeing this, Zhang Nuo let out a long roar! He understood deeply the principle that letting a tiger return to the mountain would surely lead to harm. In the current situation, perhaps only by destroying that Black Jar could he thoroughly finish off Ba Wang Gui!

"Destroy it!"

Zhang Nuo's figure drifted, intending to rush to the vicinity of the jar, but in the distant sky, Gui Yibu, upon seeing Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul escape, immediately felt hope rise in his heart again. He moved his Divine Sense several times, and that small black knife flashed with brilliance and slashed toward Zhang Nuo once more!

The figure that was about to rush toward the jar came to an abrupt halt. Forced into a corner, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to dodge to the side, and Gui Yibu's small black knife swept past him with a "Swish!" The next moment, the knife did not stop in the slightest; the blade turned, and it once again released a streak of blade light several feet long toward Zhang Nuo!

The massive blade light tore through the sky, carrying a biting wind and immense pressure, slashing directly toward Zhang Nuo's head! Although he was anxious, facing the attack of Gui Yibu's Magic Treasure, Zhang Nuo was unable to divide his attention for a moment! Especially since, in the distance, the two-demon Lotus Fall Sword Formation was still trapping two Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons! This made him even less daring to be distracted!

At the same time Zhang Nuo was being attacked, the Buddha-Demon standing in front of the Black Jar had black Qi flash in its eyes, and after a roll of its throat, it let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth!

"Ah!"

Following this sound, one could see that the Buddha-Demon's pair of arms were completely shrouded in black Qi, and immediately after, it swung both fists simultaneously, striking fiercely at the jar in front of it!

With a loud "Boom," the Buddha-Demon had actually forcibly broken the black jar with its body! Demonic Qi flashed on the surface of the black jar, and it immediately burst apart. It seemed this treasure was at most just a container and had no strong defensive power; plus, with Ba Wang Gui's physical body destroyed, it was even more vulnerable!

Once the Black Jar was broken, two black lights immediately drilled out from within. One of them was Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul, while the other was an Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon!

The Nascent Soul blinked its pair of small eyes, its face full of disbelief. At this moment, what it feared most did not seem to be Zhang Nuo, but the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon that had escaped the shackles of the black jar!

Sure enough, before Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul could make any move, the newly emerged Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon suddenly raised a hand, and that black arm instantly elongated and grabbed Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul in its hand!

When the arm retracted, the Nascent Soul was already face-to-face with the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon!

"Hehe! I didn't expect I would have a day to come out!"

The voice of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon had a feeling that made one's heart creep. Even though Zhang Nuo was still some distance away from them, his heart sank. One could imagine the state of mind of the Nascent Soul, which was closest to the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon at this moment!

"You..."

The Nascent Soul said "you" for a long time, but because of terror, it could not utter a single word of what followed. The Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon glanced into the distance and saw that its two companions were still trapped in the sword formation; its gaze flashed and landed on Zhang Nuo!

"Did you break the Demon Sealing Altar?"

At this moment, Zhang Nuo was also somewhat dumbfounded. What was all this? How did the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon become the protagonist in an instant?

"That's right!"

Although there was some coldness in the gaze the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon directed at him, there was no killing intent, so Zhang Nuo answered with peace of mind!

"Release my two companions first!"

The voice of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon carried a kind of irresistible demonic power. Zhang Nuo took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and then retracted the two-demon Lotus Fall Sword Formation! Freed from the constraints of the sword formation, the two Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons flashed and rushed to the side of Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul!

Four eyes, filled with biting hatred, stared fixedly at the Nascent Soul! At this moment, the Nascent Soul's body was ice-cold. He had been driving these three Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons for some time and had never expected them to escape. The reason he had fought Zhang Nuo for so long and refused to release the third Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon was because this demon was the leader of the three and the most difficult to control!

Now that the Demon Sealing Altar was broken, the three of them were no longer bound; it was like opening the shackles on a wild beast!

The two Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons that escaped from the sword formation, although they had been trapped by Zhang Nuo's sword formation for quite a while, felt no hatred at all; instead, they looked at him with gratitude!

Because the black jar was broken, the foul stench that had previously emanated from the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons had also vanished!

"You've driven us for so many years! Today, pay it back with interest!"

The leading Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon grabbed the Nascent Soul with one hand and said hatefully. At the same time, all three Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons' palms grabbed onto the Nascent Soul. With a shrill scream, Ba Wang Gui's Nascent Soul was torn into three parts by the three of them, and then the three demons opened their mouths wide and swallowed the remains of the Nascent Soul in their hands into their bellies!

Zhang Nuo grimaced; this was a bit too bloody! Eating a Nascent Soul alive—it seemed the fierce reputation of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons was far beyond his imagination!

Wiping the blood from the corner of its mouth, the leading Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon first glanced at Zhang Nuo, then looked at the Buddha-Demon not far away, and with a flicker of its figure, it arrived before Zhang Nuo like a ghost!

"Nascent Soul Stage! I didn't expect the three of us would be saved by a small Nascent Soul Stage cultivator! Very well, if you can cultivate to a higher realm, when the time comes for you to undergo the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, we will help you!"

Zhang Nuo was left completely confused. What was the "Heavenly Demon Tribulation"? Why had he never heard anyone mention it? Before Zhang Nuo could ask a couple more questions, the three Heavenly Demons suddenly vanished from the spot as if they had evaporated into thin air!

Seeing this from afar, the heart that had been in Gui Yibu's throat finally settled. It was a misfortune among fortunes that the three Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons had not come to trouble him! However, when his gaze fell upon the Buddha-Demon released by Zhang Nuo, his just-relaxed mood instantly became tense again!

He saw that the Buddha-Demon was almost identical to Zhang Nuo, only its body radiated powerful Demonic Qi and a Zen intent that was diametrically opposed to the Demonic Qi! Could this be Zhang Nuo's External Incarnation? Various doubts made Gui Yibu even more certain that the young cultivator before him was not to be trifled with!

Zhang Nuo stared blankly at the place where the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons had disappeared, unable to recover for a long time. Suddenly, his Divine Sense moved, and he realized with a start: although he had only released one Buddha-Demon, its speed of devouring Divine Sense was not slow! During this period, Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense had been devoured by a full thirty percent!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense, and the Buddha-Demon turned into a black light and merged into his body! Turning his head, he looked coldly at Gui Yibu! At this moment, the Tiangui Sect had only this one Nascent Soul Stage cultivator left; if he were to be wiped out as well, the entire Tiangui Sect would be erased from the Xianhuan Continent!