Chapter 445: Death

Before the leading cultivator could even deploy his Magic Treasure, several green branches and leaves bound him tightly! Immediately, a layer of spiritual light rippled across the surface of the Divine Tree's branches, and in the blink of an eye, it drained all the Spirit Power within his body!

With a soft "Clatter!", the Magic Treasure in his hand fell to the ground, and the leading cultivator was left dangling in mid-air like a pile of mud! Zhang Nuo's sudden strike had instantly subdued over two hundred people, while the remaining cultivators scattered in a roar, fleeing in different directions!

With a flash of his figure, Zhang Nuo stepped out from the Divine Tree. He swept his gaze over the fleeing cultivators, then flicked his sleeves repeatedly, sending several streaks of white light flashing out. In the dark night, these scattered points of white light were even brighter than the starlight in the sky! As a series of whistling sounds pierced the air, those white lights slashed toward the escaping cultivators!

Screams rang out incessantly, and waves of Blood Mist drifted down from the sky. As long as the fleeing cultivators were struck by the white light, their bodies would instantly explode!

In the blink of an eye, of the five hundred people, apart from the few still alive and trapped on the Divine Tree, there was not a single one left breathing! Within a radius of several dozen miles, the smell of blood was enough to make one retch! A rain of blood was still pattering down in mid-air!

The leading man trapped on the Divine Tree was so scared he nearly wet his pants! Five hundred people! No matter how you looked at it, it wasn't a small number, yet this mysterious person on the opposite side had wiped them all out with just one move! He was simply a demon!

With a movement of his Divine Sense, Zhang Nuo retrieved the Flying Swords he had deployed and then walked slowly to the front of the leading cultivator. He saw that the man was over fifty years old, wearing a gray robe that had long since been soaked through with cold sweat, and a dripping sound could be heard continuously from his toes! Looking closely, Zhang Nuo reached out and covered his nose! It turned out the dripping sound was actually the man's urine!

"Sen... Senior! Which... expert are you?"

Although the Spiritual Qi in his body had been drained, the gray-robed man's consciousness was still relatively clear!

"Me? Hehe! Am I not Zhang Nuo, the one your Great Underworld Mansion wants to kill?"

His gaze turned leisurely cold, and two inch-long rays of light flashed from Zhang Nuo's eyes. In the dark night, these two rays were like lethal swords, making the gray-robed man's heart tremble violently! Especially after hearing the name Zhang Nuo, his heart turned completely cold!

"You led this team to linger near Yulong Immortal Mountain; what exactly are you trying to do?"

"This... sigh! We received orders from the Demon Emperor to launch a full-scale attack on the Giant Spirit Pavilion tomorrow morning!"

The gray-robed man hesitated for a moment; he hadn't wanted to speak, but the current situation was already very clear. Even if he didn't say it, Zhang Nuo would use the 'Soul Searching Technique' to obtain everything he wanted to know! Since death was inevitable either way, it was better to die more comfortably, wasn't it?

"A full-scale attack!"

Zhang Nuo's expression immediately became contemplative! The Great Underworld Mansion hadn't made a single move before, and he hadn't expected them to launch a full-scale attack on Yulong Immortal Mountain tomorrow! These guys were cunning to the extreme!

"How many people do you have in total?"

"There are about twenty or so teams like this one!"

This sentence from the gray-robed man was what truly made Zhang Nuo feel the terror; twenty or so teams! This meant that the cultivators coming to attack the mountain this time numbered over ten thousand!

"Is this all the Great Underworld Mansion has dispatched this time?"

"No! There are follow-up cultivators who will arrive soon!"

After hearing this last sentence from the gray-robed man, Zhang Nuo's brows tightened, and his thoughts raced. Immediately, he moved his Divine Sense, and the 'Purifying Underworld Divine Tree' let out a 'swish' sound, wrapping up all the trapped cultivators and finally returning to the palm of Zhang Nuo's right hand!

After finishing all this, Zhang Nuo did not linger at all; his body turned into a streak of light, flying directly toward Yulong Immortal Mountain! The news he had obtained from the gray-robed man was truly a bit too terrifying!

If the Great Underworld Mansion's first wave of the offensive was this fierce, one could imagine that the next wave would not be weak either! Because of this, the pressure the Giant Spirit Pavilion would have to bear would be even greater!

When Zhang Nuo returned to Yulong Immortal Mountain, the sky was just beginning to brighten. He arrived at the main hall and quickly summoned Yang Huzi and the others, telling them about what he had encountered last night!

The main hall was silent, and after a long while, Liu Qingshan spoke slowly.

"Sect Master! If the Great Underworld Mansion has really dispatched so many cultivators, I fear we will find it difficult to hold them off!"

Liu Qingshan knew the Giant Spirit Pavilion's foundation very well; counting those at the Foundation Establishment Stage and above, they totaled only a little over seven thousand people! Compared to the strength of the Great Underworld Mansion, it was simply a drop in the bucket!

"We absolutely cannot rely on numbers alone! Therefore, we must find a way through our high-level cultivators! The one leading the team this time is the Demon Emperor, so I will deal with him personally! In addition, Elder Liu, the investigation into the traitors in the pavilion must not be relaxed; we must root them out!"

Liu Qingshan nodded slightly in agreement!

"Brother Yang, your task is to be responsible for standing by in the main hall. If the Great Underworld Mansion adopts a multi-pronged attack, I will trouble you to patrol within Yulong Immortal Mountain! Wherever the defense is weak, your figure must appear there! You must not let the people of the Great Underworld Mansion break into the interior of the Immortal Mountain!"

"Understood!"

Listening to Zhang Nuo's instructions, Yang Huzi clapped his hands together, his face filled with murderous intent! For this period, he had been building fortifications on the Immortal Mountain, and he had long wanted to have a good fight!

Just as Zhang Nuo was about to assign more tasks, a disciple suddenly ran into the main hall in a panic!

"Reporting to the Pavilion Master! A large group of cultivators has arrived at the mountain gate, and the leader is none other than the Demon Emperor of the Great Underworld Mansion, who keeps saying that he wants the Pavilion Master..."

The reporting disciple stopped there, swallowing the rest of his words!

"Continue!"

Zhang Nuo's expression sank as he looked at the disciple and said.

"He said to have the Pavilion Master wash his neck clean and come out to die!"

The voice was so low it was almost inaudible, but Zhang Nuo still understood clearly! Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on his face; he did not show any signs of anger!

"They have finally come! I leave the affairs of the pavilion to you all! As long as I can successfully slay the Demon Emperor, it will surely crush the Great Underworld Mansion's arrogance, which will be of great benefit to our future defense!"

Zhang Nuo's figure had already rushed out of Yulong Hall before his voice reached the ears of Yang Huzi and Liu Qingshan! The two looked at each other in surprise! Zhang Nuo's movement technique just now could be said to be fast to the extreme; with their cultivation, they hadn't even noticed when Zhang Nuo had rushed out of the hall!

Several hundred feet away from the gate of Yulong Immortal Mountain, nearly ten thousand cultivators were hovering in the sky, riding their Flying Magic Tools. At the very front of these people stood a man with his hands behind his back, his expression shifting between light and shadow! It was the Demon Emperor!

His narrowed eyes were fixed straight on the position of the mountain gate when suddenly a streak of light flashed out from within, circled once, and landed a hundred feet away from the Demon Emperor! As the light faded, it revealed Zhang Nuo's appearance!

"Haha! Zhang Nuo, you've finally come out! I thought you were going to be a coward hiding in his shell?"

The Demon Emperor let out a wild laugh. Although Zhang Nuo's cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, in his eyes, this didn't count for much!

"A dignified Demon Emperor, actually becoming a running dog for the Great Underworld Mansion!"

Looking at the Demon Emperor with disdain, Zhang Nuo brushed the dust off his cuffs and said calmly. Zhang Nuo also didn't take the Demon Emperor seriously! Upon hearing the words 'running dog', the Demon Emperor was so angry he nearly exploded; in all his years in the Great Underworld Mansion, this was the one term he hated hearing the most!

"You are courting death!"

His angry eyes were almost popping out of their sockets. The Demon Emperor let out a long howl that shook the surrounding void! With a flick of his sleeve, a golden brick about a foot in size was deployed by him!

"I am courting death? I think it is you who are courting death! Those who offend my Yulong! Must be punished even if they are far away! None of you people from the Great Underworld Mansion will live! You must all die!"

Seeing that the Demon Emperor had used a Magic Treasure, Zhang Nuo did not show any weakness. He opened his mouth slightly, and the Nine Dragon Sword Case flashed out. With a spin, the surface of the sword case released ten thousand rays of spiritual light, and at the same time, all eighty-one Flying Swords swarmed out; the scene was truly spectacular!

Each of the cold-glinting Flying Swords seemed to have a life of its own, their sword hums rising one wave after another! The Great Underworld Mansion disciples standing behind the Demon Emperor hadn't even started fighting yet, but they were forced to retreat several steps involuntarily by the sharp aura of these Flying Swords!

Sensing the disturbance behind him, the Demon Emperor looked back, gritted his teeth, and cursed in a low voice!

"Useless things!"

The few cultivators closer to the Demon Emperor felt their faces flush, and they stepped forward again one after another!

"Demon Emperor! Come! The grudge between the two of us should also come to an end!"

Pointing a finger at the Demon Emperor, Zhang Nuo channeled his Mysterious Technique and deliberately said loudly! He did this merely to make the Demon Emperor fight him one-on-one! As long as he could defeat the Demon Emperor, the remaining Great Underworld Mansion cultivators would collapse without a fight!

"Good! I want to see just how strong you brat have become to be able to challenge this Demon Emperor!"

Because he had fought Zhang Nuo once before, the Demon Emperor knew something of his supernatural powers, especially the fact that Zhang Nuo had no way to deal with his Heavenly Demon Cauldron, which had become his greatest reliance!

With a movement of his Divine Sense, the Golden Brick before him flashed with pitch-black Demonic Qi and smashed toward Zhang Nuo like a black meteor! A slight joy rose in his heart! As long as the Demon Emperor was willing to fight him one-on-one, Zhang Nuo was confident he could slay him right here!

At this moment, what was stored inside his Four Spirits Square Cauldron was not ordinary lightning, but the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder, which was specifically designed to restrain all demonic creatures in the world; as long as he forced the Demon Emperor to bring out the Heavenly Demon Cauldron, he could succeed with a single surprise attack!

Thinking this in his heart, seeing the opponent's Golden Brick Magic Treasure attack, Zhang Nuo lightly pointed a single finger at a Flying Sword beside him!

With a dragon's roar of "Ao!", the Flying Sword transformed into a giant dragon over a zhang long and lunged toward the Golden Brick!

"Boom!"

After a loud crash, both Magic Treasures retreated; in this first exchange, the two could be said to be evenly matched! Neither had gained any advantage!