Chapter 449: Transformation God Stele

This old Daoist, with white robes, white eyebrows, white whiskers, and white hair, looked to be of an indeterminate age, and his deep gaze revealed a hint of astonishment!

He looked at a stone stele dozens of zhang away, his brows furrowing slightly as he revealed a look of confusion!

"Fellow Daoist Kusheng, have you ever seen such a bizarre occurrence?"

Turning his head back, the white-robed old Daoist asked the monk opposite him. Upon hearing this, the monk called Kusheng slowly opened his eyes! The top of this monk's head was as shiny as if it had been greased, and the aged skin piled up on his face like that of a shar-pei!

He also glanced toward the stone stele not far away, and saw that on the surface of the stele, a cluster of spiritual light had appeared, and within the light, two characters were faintly visible: 'Zhang Nuo'! The old monk pondered for a moment and said:

"What dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi! If one didn't look closely, one would truly think that another cultivator in the Human Realm had advanced to the Spirit Severing Stage."

"Is that what Fellow Daoist Kusheng thinks as well?"

The white-robed old Daoist let out a long breath! Looking at the two characters on the stele, he still felt somewhat uncertain in his heart!

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Tianyi! Look at the name appearing on this 'Transformation God Stele'; it is clearly because too much Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was stirred up, causing this stele to mistakenly believe that someone has advanced to the Spirit Severing Stage! In reality, once that gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Qi dissipates, this name will completely vanish! A thousand years ago, this old monk also witnessed such phenomena!"

After receiving this further confirmation from the monk, the white-robed Daoist named Tianyi finally set his mind at ease! However, he still did not understand why a cultivation technique capable of stirring up such Heaven and Earth Origin Qi would appear in the Human Realm! Judging by the monk's words, the cultivation base of the cultivator who unleashed this technique had not even entered the Spirit Severing Stage!

"As far as I know, among the techniques in the Human Realm, there are few that can stir up such a wide range of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi! It seems this kid named Zhang Nuo is not simple!"

"Indeed! Looking at the state of this 'Transformation God Stele', this junior Zhang Nuo will certainly be able to advance to the Spirit Severing Stage within a hundred years! It seems that it will be you and I who shall guide him into the Immortal World! If we can have him join our faction and nurture him slightly, he will surely achieve great things in the future!"

The monk Kusheng nodded and reached out to stroke his shiny, oily bald head, yet a cunning look flashed through his eyes!

"Hehe! That goes without saying! But that will still depend on whether he is willing!"

Likewise, the old Daoist's expression was one of joy, but he immediately narrowed his eyes!

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At this moment, at the mountain gate of Yulong Immortal Mountain, the sky was filled with the shadows of Flying Swords, and the sword Qi whistled with 'chi-chi' sounds; within a radius of a hundred miles, no one dared to approach!

After the full power of the 'Ten Thousand Swords Flow Grand Array' was unleashed, its terrifying momentum made the Demon Emperor, hiding within the Yin and Yang Qi Dharma Image, tremble with fear! He did not even have the courage to poke his head out, and with his Divine Sense fully expanded, he focused all his attention on defending against every Flying Sword that streaked past him!

Zhang Nuo formed hand seals with both hands, his face deathly pale. Previously, because the grand array could stir up Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, he had unreservedly drawn all the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into the array. However, while this increased the power of the array, it also became extremely difficult to control!

'Boom!'

Thousands of Flying Swords converged into a torrent in mid-air and charged fiercely toward the Yin and Yang Qi Dharma Image! Following a thunderous roar that shook the heavens, the Dharma Image was knocked dozens of zhang away sideways, and before it could steady itself, the second wave of attacks arrived!

After several consecutive strikes, the Demon Emperor's heart tightened abruptly, for he discovered that each time the Yin and Yang Qi Dharma Image endured an attack, its power diminished by a fraction. At this rate, in no time at all, the Dharma Image would shatter!

Once the Dharma Image was broken, he would undoubtedly die! Gritting his teeth fiercely, the Demon Emperor let out a long howl, flipped one hand, and a small black tripod appeared in his palm!

Forced into a corner, the Demon Emperor finally unleashed the Heavenly Demon Cauldron. In the current situation, to save his life, he would no longer spare anything else! Opening his mouth wide, he sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron'. Instantly, the Small Tripod seemed to gain life, and after spinning rapidly, its size expanded dozens of times.

The moment the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron' appeared, countless Flying Swords struck the body of the cauldron, but as a series of metallic clanging sounds rang out, the places where those Flying Swords had struck did not even leave a mark!

Zhang Nuo stood in the distance, a smile finally appearing on his face that was hard to detect! He had been waiting for the Demon Emperor to unleash the Heavenly Demon Cauldron! Now that his goal had been achieved, it seemed the Demon Emperor's time of death had arrived! However, watching the Small Tripod being attacked by ten thousand swords without suffering the slightest damage, Zhang Nuo still sighed deeply! The defensive power of this Heavenly Demon Cauldron was likely the strongest thing in the world!

Just as the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron' grew larger, the Demon Emperor's figure flickered, and he charged directly into the cauldron. Immediately after, the Yin and Yang Qi Dharma Image also rapidly shrank back into the interior of the black and white twin halberds, turning into two rays of light that also submerged into the cauldron!

Zhang Nuo formed a hand seal with his right hand and pointed into the void. Several Flying Swords converged into a torrent a zhang thick and struck the Heavenly Demon Cauldron! But the result was the same as before; the Heavenly Demon Cauldron shook slightly, a flash of Demonic Qi appeared on its surface, and it easily neutralized the attack!

At the same time, from the mouth of the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron', endless black threads surged out. These black threads were even thinner than hair, yet they were exceptionally tough! Following a roar from the Demon Emperor inside the cauldron, the black threads danced about, and with a few soft 'swish' sounds, they entangled several Flying Swords that were streaking past the Heavenly Demon Cauldron!

Boom! Boom! After a few explosive sounds, the Flying Swords were directly blasted into smithereens by the force of the black threads, turning into fragments of spiritual light and disappearing!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Nuo's pupils suddenly constricted. The few Flying Swords that had just been entangled by the black threads were merely sword shadows manifested from illusions, yet their power was definitely not to be underestimated! To be so easily dispersed by the black threads, it seemed these black threads were likely the greatest secret of the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron'!

On the other hand, Zhang Nuo was also astonished to discover that even when the true forms of the Flying Swords struck these black threads, they had no effect at all! This made him even more certain that besides possessing super-strong defensive power, the offensive power of these black threads was not weak either!

If he had not obtained the 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder', perhaps Zhang Nuo would truly have had no way to deal with these black threads. But now, times had changed. Thinking of this, he saw him flip one hand, and a pale blue Small Tripod appeared in his hand. With a slight movement of his Divine Sense, a large expanse of purple electric arcs surged out from the mouth of the tripod!

Zhang Nuo held the tripod in one hand and formed seals with the other! Very quickly, the purple electric arcs surging from the mouth of the tripod condensed into a purple ball of light the size of a soybean in his palm!

The next moment, the four wings on Zhang Nuo's back moved in unison, and his figure disappeared from where he stood! Within the span of a single breath, Zhang Nuo appeared beside the Heavenly Demon Cauldron! At this moment, the Demon Emperor inside the cauldron clearly sensed Zhang Nuo's arrival with his Divine Sense!

"Hehe! I was just worrying that I couldn't hit you, yet you've delivered yourself to my doorstep!"

With a cold laugh, while unleashing the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron', the Demon Emperor had wanted to rush out of this area shrouded by Flying Swords, but suddenly discovering that Zhang Nuo had charged over himself, he was overjoyed! Inside the cauldron, he formed hand seals with both hands, and the black threads spraying from the mouth of the cauldron instantly exploded in length, rolling toward Zhang Nuo like a mass of tangled hair!

Seeing this, Zhang Nuo did not dodge or evade; he raised his hand and unleashed the 'Four Spirits Square Cauldron'. Aiming the mouth of the cauldron at the direction from which the black threads were attacking, with a soft hum, a massive amount of purple electric arcs surged out crazily!

"That is..."

When the Demon Emperor sensed the difference in the electric arcs, he cried out in alarm, but before his words were finished, the black threads emitted by the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron' collided with the electric arcs from the 'Four Spirits Square Cauldron'!

'Zhi-zhi!' A piercing, shrill sound erupted from the point of contact between the two. At the same time, those indestructible black threads were like hair being ignited, rapidly burning away. The 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder', having succeeded in its first strike, pressed the attack, and with a single envelopment of the monstrous electric arcs, it pounced toward the Heavenly Demon Cauldron!

"It really is 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder'! This is impossible! This is impossible!"

The Demon Emperor screamed hysterically inside the cauldron. In every battle, whenever he unleashed the Heavenly Demon Cauldron, he had never failed, yet now, he had encountered this 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder' that specifically countered all demonic objects in the world!

In the blink of an eye, the black threads emerging from the mouth of the Heavenly Demon Cauldron were all burned away! With a single envelopment of the purple electric arcs, the Heavenly Demon Cauldron was trapped within!

At this time, waves of Demonic Qi surged from the Demon Emperor's body, using his own magic power to maintain the defensive power of the Heavenly Demon Cauldron, preventing the 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder' from attacking the interior of the Small Tripod!

Watching the 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder's' unstoppable momentum, Zhang Nuo let out a long howl!

"Demon Emperor! Today is your day of death!"

As he spoke, Zhang Nuo's figure flashed, and he charged toward the Heavenly Demon Cauldron!

"With just this little bit of Purple Lightning Wild Thunder, you want to break my Heavenly Demon Cauldron! Keep dreaming!"

The Demon Emperor's voice, filled with grief and indignation, came from the cauldron. When he discovered that the amount of Purple Lightning Wild Thunder Zhang Nuo possessed was not very large, the Demon Emperor felt slightly relieved! With his current cultivation, he could fully withstand these purple electric arcs wrapping around the Heavenly Demon Cauldron outside!

However, when Zhang Nuo charged to the side of the Heavenly Demon Cauldron, he quickly opened his palm, revealing a purple electric sphere the size of a soybean! Without a second thought, he pressed it onto the surface of the Heavenly Demon Cauldron!

With a thunderous roar, centered on Zhang Nuo's palm, a pillar of purple electric arc light erupted violently! The powerful force knocked the 'Heavenly Demon Cauldron' hundreds of zhang away!

A massive pillar of light, intertwined with Demonic Qi and Purple Lightning Wild Thunder, remained in the sky! This pillar of light was fully two zhang thick and hundreds of zhang long! However, after the blink of an eye, the Demonic Qi was completely swallowed up by the electric arcs! And from within the cauldron came a heart-wrenching roar from the Demon Emperor!