Chapter 463: Fallen Puppet

"Jin Buhuan! Haha! Today, Zhang can finally fulfill his wish! You actually delivered yourself to my doorstep!"

Upon seeing the old man opposite him, Zhang Nuo suddenly burst into loud laughter, his laughter filled with an indescribable excitement! The thrill of revenge surged once more! He even forgot to help Hai Wuqing, who was currently battling Qin Xiaofeng!

The person standing behind the two Bronze Puppets was none other than Jin Buhuan. At this moment, his cultivation had just recovered to the Golden Core Late Stage, and his aged face was filled with killing intent! If it hadn't been for his need to escape Zhang Nuo's restraints back then, his cultivation would not have regressed! Now, both Qin Xiaofeng and Chi Bilie had reached the Nascent Soul Stage! Yet he, having exhausted all his schemes, had only just advanced to the Golden Core Late Stage!

"I delivered myself to your doorstep? Hmph! I think it's the other way around!"

With a cold snort, Jin Buhuan was so angry that his hands trembled slightly.

"It doesn't matter; you won't be leaving here alive today anyway! That's fine, I'll just send you off to join Chi Bilie on his journey!"

Zhang Nuo gave a cold smile, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an aura of slaughter erupted! A look of fear suddenly appeared on Jin Buhuan's angry face! Could it be that Chi Bilie had already fallen? But looking at Zhang Nuo, it didn't look like a great battle had taken place at all! Had the opponent already become this terrifyingly powerful?

Jin Buhuan knew Chi Bilie's abilities and methods better than anyone. Even though Zhang Nuo could slay the Demon Emperor and Shi Liang, Chi Bilie was completely different from those two! His mastery of Underworld cultivation methods was profound, and even compared to Qin Xiaofeng, he was on par!

The look of fear in Jin Buhuan's eyes flashed and vanished, yet it still did not escape Zhang Nuo's keen Divine Sense.

"Old thing! Go to your death!"

Taking advantage of the moment the opponent lost focus, Zhang Nuo flicked his robe sleeve, and several Flying Swords shot out. However, Jin Buhuan was no ordinary character! After steadying his mind, he used his Divine Sense to urge the two Bronze Puppets in front of him to charge straight at the Flying Swords!

The sound of clanging rang out incessantly. As the puppets swung their arms, all the Flying Swords were knocked away! And on the bodies of the puppets, not even a single mark was left!

Zhang Nuo gasped. Although these two puppets were terrifyingly strong, their defensive capabilities were even more frightening! The Flying Swords in the Nine Dragon Sword Case had already been seven or eight-tenths repaired! Yet even this level of attack could not injure these two puppets!

"Hehe! Zhang Nuo! Although my cultivation is not as good as yours! These two puppets left behind by the Master are not something a brat from the Human Realm like you can withstand!"

Listening to Jin Buhuan's laughter, Zhang Nuo's expression was uncertain! Puppets left behind by the Master—could it be that these two Bronze Puppets were not objects of the Human Realm?

"So what if they are from the Master? They are merely two puppets; Zhang does not take them seriously! Even if the Master of the Great Underworld Mansion came in person, I'm afraid he couldn't protect you!"

"Zhang Nuo! You are arrogant! But these are Fallen Puppets that came to the Human Realm with the Master; even if your cultivation reached the Spirit Severing Stage, you would not be their match!"

Looking full of confidence, Jin Buhuan gently patted the massive body of one of the puppets, his eyes filled with affection! If his cultivation hadn't dropped significantly, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to use these two puppets!

"Fallen Puppet!"

When he heard this term, Zhang Nuo didn't react much, but Chunyangzi within his body let out an exclamation! He was no stranger to this type of puppet; the word "fallen" meant to die! Fallen Puppets could only be refined by cultivators of the Underworld, and the most important requirement was the soul of a powerful cultivator!

The more powerful the cultivator was while alive, the more formidable the puppet refined using their soul as the foundation would be! Looking at the cultivation of these two puppets, although they were only at the Nascent Soul Stage, the souls used to refine them were likely at the Spirit Severing Stage or even higher!

"Kid Zhang! It's not that I want to dampen your spirits! You might really not be a match for these two guys!"

This time, Chunyangzi was not joking; he said it very solemnly.

"Even if they are gods descended from heaven! I must still try!"

Facing his enemy! How could Zhang Nuo fear these two puppets? He knew in his heart that what Chunyangzi said was true, but if he were to give up on Jin Buhuan because of this, that was something he could never do!

Shifting his body slightly, Zhang Nuo raised his hand and summoned the Four Spirits Square Cauldron. A purple light flashed within the Small Tripod, and a pillar of lightning shot into the sky! At the same time, the surging lightning transformed into a giant hand about a zhang in size, grabbing toward the Fallen Puppet in front!

To Zhang Nuo's surprise, the puppet didn't even dodge, simply taking the strike of the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder with its own body!

With a loud boom, the moment the purple lightning hand struck the puppet, it only caused its body to shake a few times. At the same time, a layer of gray light emerged on the surface of its body, stripping the remaining lightning away from its core!

This layer of gray light was actually somewhat similar to the one produced by Zhang Nuo's 'Immovable Underworld King'! After a moment of shock, Zhang Nuo's brows furrowed!

On the other side, Jin Buhuan gave a sinister laugh and raised both hands to pat the puppet beside him gently! A humming sound came from inside the puppet, and immediately after, the puppet surged forward with a speed that was astonishing!

With a flash of yellow light, the giant puppet appeared right in front of Zhang Nuo, swinging its arms to deliver two heavy punches! This time, Zhang Nuo did not dare to meet the brute force head-on; instead, he retreated, opened his mouth, and spat out the Autumn Water Fan. As the folding fan appeared, several gusts of wild wind swept out, greeting the puppet's massive body!

When the formless and imageless wild wind struck the puppet, a piercing screech suddenly rang out! Taking advantage of the moment the puppet was slightly obstructed, Zhang Nuo retreated over a hundred zhang!

"Master! Let me deal with this guy! The metal on their bodies is so tempting!"

In his mind, the mental connection with Xuanjin suddenly came. Zhang Nuo's heart stirred; the two puppets in front were both refined from metal, and given Xuanjin's characteristics, it should be able to handle them! However, Xuanjin's cultivation was only at the level of a Sixth Rank Spirit Beast, and releasing it like this was truly worrying!

Just as Zhang Nuo hesitated for a moment, the two Fallen Puppets charged up together, flashing to trap Zhang Nuo in the middle! The next moment, the puppets each opened their large mouths! Streams of cyan smoke surged out from within! In just the blink of an eye, this cyan light had covered the area around Zhang Nuo!

With a shift of his Divine Sense, Zhang Nuo immediately felt that there was something wrong with the cyan smoke. His shoulders shrugged, and Butterfly Wings sprouted from his back, wrapping him within them!

At the same time, the two puppets let out a long howl! With a deafening boom, the cyan smoke they had previously spewed exploded! Within a radius of several dozen miles, everything was enveloped by the power of this explosion!

Jin Buhuan stood in the distance and gave a cold smile! With both Fallen Puppets attacking at once, even if Zhang Nuo's abilities were great, he likely wouldn't be able to escape unscathed!

But just as the smile had not yet faded from his face, in the void several zhang above the head of one of the Fallen Puppets, space fluctuated, and Zhang Nuo appeared, wrapped in black wings! As the Butterfly Wings spread, Zhang Nuo let out a shout! With his five fingers spread wide, nine Flying Swords surrounded the puppet like meteors! As sword Qi surged, a snow-white lotus flower slowly began to take shape.

The 'Lotus Fall' Sword Formation formed rapidly, and in just a single breath's time, it temporarily trapped one of the puppets inside! Countless sword Qi slashed at the puppet's body, yet it could not cause it any harm!

The puppet looked up toward the top, its cold eyes staring right at Zhang Nuo! It suddenly opened its mouth, and a cyan pillar of light shot into the sky, firing directly at Zhang Nuo!

As soon as this arm-thick pillar of light rose, Zhang Nuo dodged it directly. At the same time, he flicked his right sleeve, and a golden light flew out stealthily, joining the 'Lotus Fall' Sword Formation after a few flashes!

Missing its target, the Fallen Puppet erupted with gray light all over its body and roared again! It actually used brute force to forcibly shatter the sword formation!

Zhang Nuo's expression could not have been uglier! Ever since he learned the 'Lotus Fall' Sword Formation, he had never failed! Yet now, a puppet with the strength of the Nascent Soul Late Stage could shatter the sword formation so easily! This showed how powerful its might was! Just as the sword formation dissipated, a faint golden light fell onto the puppet's body! And then it vanished!

After sensing this, Zhang Nuo felt a surge of joy, and then all sorts of attacks were directed at that puppet! It was as if the shattering of the sword formation just now had completely enraged him!

Watching Zhang Nuo's expression, which looked as if he had gone mad, Jin Buhuan could no longer hold back and burst into loud laughter!

"Zhang Nuo! No matter how powerful you are! Today you will still die under this pair of puppets!"

As soon as the words fell, Jin Buhuan urged his Divine Sense, and the two puppets ignored all of Zhang Nuo's attacks, pouncing toward him! With his Butterfly Wings flapping, Zhang Nuo kept a certain distance from these two big guys at all times!

Slowly, the distance between the puppets and Jin Buhuan grew larger and larger! When Jin Buhuan, who had been feeling smug, noticed this problem, his heart stirred, and he let out a cold snort!

So this brat wants to lure the puppets away and then launch a sneak attack on me! What a beautiful thought! Thinking this to himself, believing he was clever, Jin Buhuan moved his body and followed closely behind the two puppets!

Zhang Nuo glanced at Jin Buhuan, his face showing nothing, but in his heart, he cursed secretly:

"Old thing! Once we are out of Qin Xiaofeng's sight, let's see how arrogant you can be!"

The reason he had to lure Jin Buhuan out of Qin Xiaofeng's range was entirely because Zhang Nuo understood that the most difficult person to deal with in the Great Underworld Mansion was Qin Xiaofeng. If he were to strike Jin Buhuan down and Qin Xiaofeng happened to come to the rescue, he would be unable to handle it!