Chapter 481: The Small Child

Watching this bizarre scene in the arena, Zhang Nuo could not help but be horrified! Such a massive amount of Demonic Qi being injected directly into the bodies of these cultivators—those with high cultivation might be able to endure it, but those with low cultivation would likely explode and die instantly!

However, things did not go as Zhang Nuo had imagined. Under the illumination of the soft silver light, cultivators of every level remained standing on the ground, safe and sound! It was just that their skin had been eroded by the Demonic Qi and turned black! In no time, each one of them looked as if they had been dug out of a coal mine!

Having finished all this, Baji Laomo also stopped, no longer pouring Demonic Qi into their bodies. The pair of pitch-black eye sockets on the black Kuluotou looked toward the Nascent Soul floating before it!

At this moment, the Nascent Soul's small hands and feet were curled together. With eyes tightly shut, there was no expression on its face! The black Kuluotou slowly flew to the top of the Nascent Soul's head! A bitter and incomprehensible incantation sounded from its mouth!

Gradually, the Kuluotou's form began to blur, becoming as transparent as water. Strands of Golden Rune emerged from within the Kuluotou, wrapping the Nascent Soul below within them!

The silver eye above the cave ceiling released an even more intense light, shifting from soft to somewhat blinding!

Swish! With a soft sound, the black Kuluotou, which had become somewhat illusory, suddenly merged into the Nascent Soul below! At the same time, the Nascent Soul's limbs kicked wildly in mid-air, as if it were subconsciously trying to drive Baji Laomo out!

However, just as the Nascent Soul's body twisted, the Golden Rune binding it surged with Demonic Qi, locking it down firmly like a shackle!

A shrill screeching sound erupted from the Nascent Soul's small mouth; the sharp noise shook quite a few loose stones from the walls of the Cave Abode!

The several Array Masters nearby had their minds affected by the Nascent Soul's cry, and several large arrays suddenly began to fluctuate! Seeing this, Zhang Nuo struck out several Dharma techniques in succession, which merged into their bodies! Instantly, these people returned to normal and turned back to cast grateful looks at Zhang Nuo!

At such a critical moment, if an accident occurred, not only would the old demon's condensation of a physical body fail, but they would also suffer the consequences! Zhang Nuo merely nodded slightly at them, saying nothing more.

At this time, the Nascent Soul's movements in mid-air became even more violent! One could see the illusory shadow of a black Kuluotou appearing and disappearing above its head!

"Could it be that Baji cannot subdue the Nascent Soul?"

Hiding within Zhang Nuo's body, Chunyangzi also saw everything happening outside clearly.

"That shouldn't be! He has been nourished within the Divine Tree for many years and is no longer what he once was. A mere imprisoned Nascent Soul is simply no match for him!"

Zhang Nuo replied with full confidence via voice transmission. Chunyangzi gave a soft hum and then said nothing more!

Just as Zhang Nuo expected, the moment the Nascent Soul was about to push Baji Laomo's Kuluotou out, the surrounding Golden Rune frantically absorbed the Demonic Qi in the Cave Abode, and the original Golden Light instantly turned black! Once these runes were sufficiently powered, they surged into the Nascent Soul's body one after another! In the blink of an eye, they vanished!

Following a long howl from Baji Laomo! The black Kuluotou shadow returned to the Nascent Soul's body once more! It seemed that in this battle of primordial spirits against Duanmu Xiaofeng, Baji had won in the end!

After the black runes entered its body, the Nascent Soul became extremely quiet, its hands and feet hanging straight down, though its eyes remained tightly shut! The surrounding Demonic Qi gathered into ribbons visible to the naked eye, surging toward the Nascent Soul's body! Before long, the Nascent Soul was wrapped in countless strands of Demonic Qi; viewed from afar, it looked like a black cocoon!

Zhang Nuo let out a long breath. Reaching this step meant that Baji Laomo had basically taken over the Nascent Soul! As long as he assimilated the Nascent Soul's body, he could proceed to condense a physical form!

Time passed bit by bit. Three days later, there was finally movement within the cocoon formed by Demonic Qi! The Demonic Qi dispersed outward, and with a soft swish, the black Nascent Soul flashed out from within!

Suddenly, the Nascent Soul opened its pair of small eyes. Within its pitch-black eyes, demonic light flickered; just looking at its appearance was somewhat frightening!

"Hehe! Finally, it's a success! This brat's primordial spirit isn't bad! It fought with me for such a long time!"

The Nascent Soul floated in mid-air and looked down at Duanmu Xiaofeng's body as it spoke!

"Zhang kid, I have to trouble you one more time! Lend me some of the life origin power from the Divine Tree!"

Having attached his primordial spirit to the Nascent Soul, Baji Laomo clearly had a bit more spirit. He let out a cold, chuckling laugh and said to Zhang Nuo.

"Congratulations, Senior!"

After Zhang Nuo said this softly, he spread his right palm! A miniature tree grew out from it, and a few tender green leaves sprouted from it!

"What must I do?"

"Transmit the life origin power into the bodies of the nine people below! Remember, no matter what happens, you must never stop halfway!"

The old demon spoke with extreme seriousness. Zhang Nuo nodded slightly, and the tender green leaves in his hand stretched out toward the nine people in the Dharma Array! With a few coils, a continuous stream of life origin power was transmitted into their bodies!

The next moment, Baji Laomo beckoned to the silver eye above the cave ceiling. With a swish, that eye fell into the Nascent Soul's small hand!

Looking at the eyeball in his palm, Baji took a deep breath. Demonic Qi surged in his palm, and he fiercely pressed the eyeball onto the Nascent Soul's forehead! A shrill scream rang out; the old demon had embedded the silver eye into the Nascent Soul's head alive! Blood flowed continuously down the Nascent Soul's body.

Ripples of Demonic Qi spread out from around the silver eye, and before long, it had completely merged with the Nascent Soul's body! He formed hand seals with both hands, striking out nine Dharma techniques in succession, which merged into the nine people below!

The bodies of these people became a blur, and without any movement from them, they actually moved bit by bit toward Duanmu Xiaofeng's body! As the distance between the nine people grew closer, their bodies almost overlapped!

The Nascent Soul's small hands, which were constantly forming seals, would occasionally strike out a technique, and the incantation in its mouth grew louder and louder! The silver eye embedded in its forehead spun around, and a white mist flew out from it, instantly merging into Duanmu Xiaofeng's body!

As it merged, a bizarre scene occurred! The bodies of the nine people instantly fused together. At the same time, Zhang Nuo felt the life origin power in the 'Pure Meditation Divine Tree' being ruthlessly and frantically drained! When the nine people had completely fused into one, the Nascent Soul above let out an excited howl!

Its form flashed and it merged directly into the human body below! Slowly, the body that had fused from nine into one began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old child!

Only at this moment! Baji Laomo's condensation of a physical body could be considered initially complete! Zhang Nuo retracted the Divine Tree's branches and stood quietly to the side, watching the 'child' in the array!

After another moment, the child's eyes suddenly opened, scanning everything around, and a faint smile appeared on his face!

"Everything went very smoothly! It's just a pity about the Nascent Soul!"

Looking at this child who was only seven or eight years old, Zhang Nuo felt horrified. To obtain this physical body, Baji Laomo had not hesitated to dissolve the Nascent Soul so that his primordial spirit could completely fuse with these bodies!

As for his cultivation, he would have to start practicing from scratch step by step! But all of this was worth it! As long as he had a real physical body! Baji would be a cultivator once again!

"Since Senior Baji has succeeded! Then this junior will not stay any longer! In a few days, this junior will come to see you again!"

"That is fine! This old man still needs time to adapt to this new body!"

Looking at his youthful face while he referred to himself as 'this old man', Zhang Nuo found it quite amusing, but he dared not laugh out loud in front of the old demon!

Turning around, Zhang Nuo left the Cave Abode. Looking at the bright sun outside, he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart! Now that he had finally helped the old demon achieve his wish, the Heart Demon Oath he had previously sworn no longer existed!

As soon as he thought of this connection, Zhang Nuo immediately felt much more relaxed! After returning to his own Cave Abode, he carefully savored the scene of the old demon condensing his physical body; it was truly incredible! It seemed that the techniques of the Human Realm were simply not worth mentioning compared to those of the Upper Realm!

"Senior, if you find a Pure Yang Body, will you act just like him?"

Zhang Nuo asked Chunyangzi curiously! "I will not! This old man and Baji are two completely different types of existences! He at least retained a Kuluotou, while this old man is left with only this strand of Remnant Soul!"

There seemed to be a hint of jealousy in Chunyangzi's voice! Zhang Nuo had clearly understood that the person he had chosen had ended up serving as a stepping stone for someone else!

Hearing the subtext in his words, Zhang Nuo smiled faintly and comforted him:

"Rest assured, Senior! Since Baji Laomo could succeed, your Pure Yang Body will also appear soon!"

Just as the two were talking, a figure flashed out on the wall of Zhang Nuo's Cave Abode. Looking up, it was Xuan Jin!

This guy had been gone for decades; he hadn't expected him to finally return today!

"Master!"

Upon seeing Zhang Nuo, Xuan Jin bowed slightly!

"You have finally returned! You had me worried sick all these years!"

Looking at Xuan Jin, he discovered that the metallic luster in his eyes had grown a bit thicker, and a non-weak Spirit Power fluctuation was being emitted. Suddenly, Zhang Nuo cried out:

"Xuan Jin, have you advanced to the Seventh Rank realm again?"

With a gentle nod, a flash of brilliant light flickered in Xuan Jin's eyes!

Zhang Nuo felt an overwhelming sense of joy; back at the Nine Nether Cold Pool, in order to guide the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder onto the Four Spirits Square Cauldron, Xuan Jin had fallen by an entire cultivation realm, yet unexpectedly, he had regained it all in the decades since they left!