Chapter 502: Decisive Battle (Part 7)

The temperature at the bottom of the giant pit was very high, and the ground below had been scorched until it was exceptionally hard! Yet the bottom of the pit was completely empty; not even a shadow of the Master could be seen.

Could the Master have been blasted into dust by that final strike? Zhang Nuo quickly dismissed this thought. Even if the Master's physical body could not withstand the power of the Golden Light, that Samsara Dharma Disk was a supreme treasure; it could not be destroyed so easily.

Just as Zhang Nuo was looking toward the bottom of the pit, his Divine Sense suddenly sensed a not-insignificant force surging straight up from somewhere at the bottom! Moreover, its speed was so fast that even his Divine Sense could not keep up with its trajectory.

His figure flew backward violently, quickly escaping the edge of the pit. At the same time, a Dharma disk measuring half a zhang in size spiraled out from the bottom of the pit. If Zhang Nuo had been even a moment slower, his head would have been severed directly by the disk!

The moment the Dharma disk appeared, a beast roar erupted from the bottom of the pit! Immediately following, a booming sound came from the pit, as if something were scraping against the pit walls while charging upward.

Zhang Nuo stared fixedly at the deep pit, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, yet he had no clue at all.

Boom! A figure several zhang tall charged out of the massive pit and landed heavily on the ground. The immense force generated by its feet landing caused the entire earth to tremble incessantly.

Zhang Nuo gathered his focus and looked carefully; it was the ferocious little beast from the Samsara Dharma Disk! However, its body had grown much larger at this moment, and black Qi was emerging from many places on its body; it looked like it had not been lightly injured.

The beast's mouth slowly opened, and a blast of scorching white steam sprayed out. After the white steam dissipated, the Master was seen standing inside the beast's mouth with tattered clothes! It turned out that at the critical moment, the Master had hidden inside the beast's mouth. Although he had avoided the fatal blow, he did not look much better off.

Zhang Nuo curled his lip, looking at the Master with disdain! Now, both of them were almost at the point of exhaustion; it would be extremely difficult for either to unleash any major techniques.

"Zhang Nuo!"

Squeezing two words through his teeth, the Master's eyes were like two sharp swords, his gaze piercing as he looked at the Human Realm cultivator before him. Just one day ago, he would never have believed that he would end up in such a state.

Was this still a cultivator of the Human Realm? He was simply a nemesis specifically designed to oppose him!

"Master! Still want to fight? Zhang will keep you company!"

As he spoke, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense, and all the Magic Treasures around him returned to his body. His Seven Spirit Seas were now completely empty! Even if he could drive the Magic Treasures, their power would be greatly reduced.

"Hehe! Good!"

The Master let out a cold laugh, his figure drifting as he landed on the ground, his body tilting slightly as he nearly failed to stand steady! Yet, on his angry face, there hung a victor's smile.

"Boom!"

A loud noise came, and the ferocious beast body on the Samsara Dharma Disk moved forward a step. At the same time, its large mouth opened, the Dharma disk returned to its mouth, and its lower jaw clamped down hard to bite it once again!

"Boom!"

Taking another step forward, the earth trembled along with it! Zhang Nuo's heart also began to beat wildly! Suddenly, from within Zhang Nuo's robes, a streak of Golden Light and a streak of red light flashed out simultaneously! After landing, they transformed into the forms of Xuan Jin and the Qiongqi beast!

The two Spirit Beasts sensed that Zhang Nuo was in danger and had jumped out on their own. At this time, Xuan Jin was at the Seventh Rank of cultivation, and the Qiongqi beast had also advanced to the Seventh Rank level during the period when Zhang Nuo was breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage!

The two Spirit Beasts, comparable to a human at the Nascent Soul Early-stage, looked at the Master opposite them! Both let out a soft whistle.

"Mysterious Heaven Spirit Insect! Qiongqi beast! Zhang Nuo! You have quite a few good things on you! It's just a pity that their cultivation is too low! They are simply insufficient to contend with it!"

With the Master's knowledge, he naturally recognized the Qiongqi beast, but he was still very surprised at where Zhang Nuo had obtained so many strange beasts! First the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Insect, then the divine beast Phoenix Spirit Vein, and finally a Qiongqi beast had popped out!

"You two go deal with the Master! He is at the end of his rope now; don't hold back, try to kill him in one strike! As for this big guy, leave it to me!"

Zhang Nuo instructed Xuan Jin and the others, a look of determination appearing on his face!

"Master! That guy is not simple, and you are also severely injured! I think I should handle it!"

Glancing at the enlarged ferocious little beast, Xuan Jin said with a metallic luster flashing in his eyes.

"Even if the two of you join forces, you are absolutely no match for it!"

Although Zhang Nuo's body was wounded, his Divine Sense remained sharp. With just one scan, he discovered that the ferocious little beast's current strength was super powerful; let alone two Seventh Rank Spirit Beasts, even if more came, it would be of no use! Therefore, he made up his mind to hold off the ferocious little beast himself and let Xuan Jin and Qiongqi go kill the Master!

Compared to the ferocious little beast, the Master was a soft persimmon now! Very easy to squeeze!

"Zhang Nuo! Who do you think you are? You want to block the ferocious beast that guards the Samsara Dharma Disk?"

The Master looked at Zhang Nuo's actions and scoffed! Anyone could see that Zhang Nuo was no better off than himself right now!

"Is that so?"

A cold sneer hung on the corner of Zhang Nuo's mouth, and he suddenly added a sentence!

"Rest Meridian! Open!"

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding Demonic Qi suddenly became restless. At the same time, inside Zhang Nuo's body, a meridian running from head to toe manifested, glowing faintly through his clothes!

Streams of Demonic Qi instantly surged into Zhang Nuo's body, filling his empty body to the brim! The Master opened his mouth in shock, his eyeballs nearly falling out! But what shocked him even more was yet to come, as he heard Zhang Nuo roar once again:

"Life Meridian! Open!"

The second meridian of the Eight Extremes Demon Veins opened, and another meridian manifested from within Zhang Nuo's body. If, when the Rest Meridian was first opened, Zhang Nuo's body was constantly absorbing Demonic Qi, then when the Life Meridian opened, his body was releasing Demonic Qi outward bit by bit!

The two sounded contradictory at first—one absorbing and one releasing—but that was not the case. The Demonic Qi released by the Life Meridian was impure, leaving the essence within Zhang Nuo's body! And the released Demonic Qi did not disappear immediately; it circled around Zhang Nuo's body, waiting to be utilized again!

In this way, the Demonic Qi stored within Zhang Nuo's body reached an equilibrium value, which would not cause massive damage to his body while simultaneously providing pure and sufficient Demonic Qi!

Zhang Nuo stood within a space enveloped by a mass of Demonic Qi, a cold sneer constantly appearing on his face, while biting Evil Qi erupted from his eyes!

"Do it!"

Opportunity knocks but once! If he did not take advantage of the Master's current weakness to eliminate him, it would be extremely difficult to have another chance in the future!

Zhang Nuo's body, like a mass of black light, leaped up violently. At this moment, the four wings on his back moved in unison, and with a 'swish', he blocked directly in front of the ferocious beast. His hands swung out incessantly, and black fist imprints, each 3.3 meters in size, greeted the ferocious beast's body! On the other side, the two beasts, Xuan Jin and Qiongqi, flickered; one dived into the ground and disappeared, while the other flashed with red light and pounced toward the Master with its bloody maw wide open!

The coordination between the man and the two beasts was extremely tight! The Master was greatly alarmed; he had not expected that even in the current situation, Zhang Nuo would have new techniques to reveal!

The Qiongqi beast was very fast, pouncing in front of the Master in the blink of an eye! A lean camel is still bigger than a horse; regardless, the Master was a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator, and with a movement of his body, he dodged the Qiongqi beast's attack. However, just as his figure stood steady, a streak of Golden Light drilled out from the open ground behind him!

Xuan Jin gripped his five fingers tightly, and a faint Golden Light lingered on his arm! Whoosh! With a gust of wind, he punched toward the Master's back!

Sensing the malicious wind behind him, a chill rose in the Master's heart! The attacks from the Qiongqi beast and Xuan Jin had almost no interval! It caught him off guard!

In desperation, he hurriedly moved his Divine Sense, and the ferocious beast turned its body, smashing a heavy punch toward Xuan Jin! Behind it, Zhang Nuo launched attacks continuously, but the ferocious beast did not even turn its head, letting these attacks land on its back!

Xuan Jin's fist had not yet touched the Master when suddenly, immense power pressed down from above his head. It looked like the ferocious beast's fist would hit him before he could strike the Master!

This guy was huge, yet its speed was unexpectedly fast! With just one turn, its fist had arrived!

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, the ferocious beast's fist smashed directly into the ground, blasting a deep pit into the ground a zhang in size!

When it lifted its fist, it found no trace of Xuan Jin at all! At this moment, Golden Light rose from the ground in the distance, and Xuan Jin appeared!

His eyes, flashing with a metallic luster, revealed a look of lingering fear. If his Earth Escape Technique had been even a moment slower, he would have been hit!

Zhang Nuo took advantage of this opportunity to launch several heavy blows in succession, all of which landed on the ferocious beast's back, causing the guy to feel a burst of pain and howl incessantly!

The Master looked at the situation, which was extremely unfavorable to him, and felt as if his heart were burning! He dodged the Qiongqi beast's pounce again and hid his figure under the feet of the ferocious beast.

This was Qiongqi's first time out in battle, and it had missed twice! A raging fire rose in its heart, its beastly nature flared, and with a wide-open maw, it spat out a red beam of light as thick as a bowl, shooting straight toward the Master!

Flipping its body, the Master managed to dodge the strike, but the red beam of light slammed entirely into one of the Guardian Beast's legs!

A puff of black Qi emerged from the spot that was hit, though it only injured a bit of its hide! Even so, it still caused the beast to feel a burst of immense pain!

With an angry roar, the Guardian Beast locked its target onto the Qiongqi beast!

"Run, Qiongqi!"

Zhang Nuo threw two punches, drawing the Guardian Beast's attention to buy time for Qiongqi to escape! After all, the Qiongqi was only Seventh Rank, its strength was far too different from the Guardian Beast's, and it lacked the Five Elements Evasion Art of Xuanjin; if it were taken seriously by the opponent, there would be no possibility of survival at all!

Just as the Guardian Beast was about to strike at Qiongqi, a sound of shattering void suddenly came from above the sky, and at the same time, ten thousand rays of spiritual light poured down!