Chapter 507: Establishing Authority

Yan Baiyu and Jiang Jingda simultaneously felt a murderous aura emanating from Zhang Nuo! Both felt a jolt in their hearts, but they steadied themselves in an instant!

Yan Baiyu was slightly better off, but Jiang Jingda broke out in a cold sweat, with a chill running straight up his spine! His gaze darted about, not daring to look directly at Zhang Nuo anymore!

He had seen no small number of Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators, but he had never encountered anyone like Zhang Nuo, who could make him feel such immense fear in just an instant!

"Since Brother Yan has said so, if I, Zhang, were to refuse, it would appear I don't know what's good for me!"

Zhang Nuo sat imposingly on the chair and said indifferently.

"Just as Brother Zhang said, if we were to truly fight, it would inevitably harm our harmony! How about this, let us focus on Divine Sense and have a contest, how about that?"

Upon hearing Yan Baiyu propose a contest of Divine Sense, Zhang Nuo felt quite disdainful. He had been practicing the "Inner Landscape Art" for some time now; if he were to exert his full power on the fourth layer, his Divine Sense could compare to that of a Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator!

"Fine! Then let us compete in Divine Sense!"

Agreeing in one breath, Zhang Nuo appeared quite bold! At this moment, Yan Baiyu was also secretly rejoicing! He likewise practiced a divine ability that strengthened Divine Sense.

The two hit it off immediately. Right there in the room, both released their Divine Sense simultaneously. Zhang Nuo focused on defense and did not strike easily, merely using his Divine Sense to form an invisible barrier in front of himself, waiting for Yan Baiyu to attack.

Yan Baiyu, however, was not polite at all. As soon as his Divine Sense was released, it immediately transformed into an invisible sharp sword and charged toward Zhang Nuo's body!

"Bang!"

A soft sound suddenly echoed in the void of the room! Although Jiang Jingda could not see the two's Divine Sense, he knew from the sound that they had already begun to clash!

In the first attack, Yan Baiyu gained almost no advantage. The moment it touched Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense barrier, his Divine Sense immediately scattered, feeling as if it had struck a steel plate!

His heart gave a violent jolt; he had not expected Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense to be so overbearing! Could it be that he also possessed some secret technique specifically for cultivating Divine Sense?

"Bang!"

A soft sound echoed in the room once again. Yan Baiyu had used almost all his strength for this strike, yet he still failed to pierce through Zhang Nuo's defense!

After two attacks, Zhang Nuo finally felt confident. Although the opponent's Divine Sense was not weak, it was definitely not as strong as his own! It seemed he must establish his authority today! Otherwise, who knows how many people like Yan Baiyu would come in the future!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo let out a cold snort! A thin white light flashed from between his brows and, *whoosh*, it shot toward Yan Baiyu's head!

At first glance, the white light Zhang Nuo emitted looked like a Magic Treasure, but Yan Baiyu and Jiang Jingda clearly felt that it was a physical manifestation condensed from Divine Sense! Exclaiming in their hearts, Yan Baiyu instantly understood that the gap between his Divine Sense and Zhang Nuo's was not just a little bit!

He hurriedly set up a barrier in front of himself with his Divine Sense, wanting to block this strike, but Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense spike was extremely fast; before Yan Baiyu's defense could be completed, the white light had already plunged directly into his mind!

A scream of "Ah!" came from Yan Baiyu's mouth; he felt as if ten thousand steel needles were stabbing into his brain at once! That agonizing feeling was truly unbearable! Fortunately, Zhang Nuo had not exerted his full power, just wanting to make him suffer a little!

"Brother Yan, are you alright?"

With a flash of his figure, Zhang Nuo arrived right in front of Yan Baiyu and reached out to support him! His complexion having turned deathly pale, Yan Baiyu looked up at Zhang Nuo with a trace of faint anger on his face! But in an instant, he put on a smiling face again and said:

"Brother Zhang's cultivation is truly unfathomable; Baiyu has lost!"

Although Yan Baiyu was proud and arrogant, the facts were right there! He had lost, and lost without any suspense! If this had been a real fight, being hit by such an attack would have already given his opponent a massive opening!

Jiang Jingda, watching from the side, saw it clearly and was stunned! Yan Baiyu's strength was already top-tier within the Guard Domain Third Team; even those Spirit Transformation Mid-Stage cultivators would definitely not dare to provoke him easily, yet he had hit a snag with Zhang Nuo!

"Brother Yan, why say such things! You and I were merely sparring! It was not to determine a winner!"

Giving Yan Baiyu a way out, Zhang Nuo kept his words as tactful as possible!

After Yan Baiyu had completely recovered to normal, he exchanged a few more polite words with Zhang Nuo before slinking away in defeat! Zhang Nuo saw the two out the door before turning back. Returning to the room, he flicked his sleeve, and a Golden Light flashed out!

"Xuanjin, use Earth Escape to follow them; you must report all their movements to me!"

"Understood! Master!"

Xuanjin acknowledged, and his figure flashed and disappeared into the ground! Zhang Nuo would not be naive enough to think that Yan Baiyu would swallow this insult after suffering a loss at his hands! To know a person's heart, one must listen to what they say behind their back! Xuanjin's Earth Escape was mysterious, and he believed Yan Baiyu would not be able to discover him for a while, which was why he had come up with this method!

Yan Baiyu and Jiang Jingda left Zhang Nuo's residence and walked straight toward the southeast of Gongyue City! Along the way, the two spoke almost nothing; Yan Baiyu's face was gloomy, and his heart was full of anger!

Arriving at the gate of a residence, the two walked inside; this was Yan Baiyu's dwelling!

"Senior Yan, what do you think of this Zhang Nuo's overall strength?"

Jiang Jingda sat on a chair, hesitating, and asked tentatively.

"Hmph! This fellow Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense is definitely not inferior to a Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator, especially that divine ability of Divine Sense manifestation; it is even more unfathomable. I was careless and fell for his trick! It seems what Ling Hua said was not a lie; that Ninth-Rank Demonic Beast was truly killed by him alone!"

Yan Baiyu's expression was somewhat unnatural; the pain of being hit by the Divine Sense spike was still fresh in his memory!

"What does Senior plan to do next? Is it to win him over or..."

Jiang Jingda left his sentence half-finished, glanced toward the door, and did not continue!

"Win him over? This person didn't even join the 'Tianliang Dao Sect' when his master came forward; with my mere meager skills, it is naturally impossible! However, looking at his appearance, he doesn't seem to have much interest in the Guard Domain Third Team either! He just wants to muddle through for a hundred years or so and then leave! In that case, it is no great loss to us! As long as I accelerate my cultivation and advance to the Integration Stage soon, the position of Third Team Captain will not fall into someone else's hands!"

Jiang Jingda nodded slightly; since Yan Baiyu had no other intentions, there was no need to provoke Zhang Nuo! The conversation between the two ended there! Neither of them noticed that deep in the ground beneath their feet, a Golden Light disappeared in the blink of an eye!

Inside the room, Zhang Nuo listened quietly to Xuanjin's account, his expression shifting between light and shadow! So this Yan Baiyu was actually a disciple of Old Daoist Tianyi, both belonging to the "Boundless Dao Sect!" And judging by the meaning of their conversation, they seemed to have ambitions for the captain's throne of the Guard Domain Third Team!

Having not been in the Immortal World for long, Zhang Nuo did not know what the role of the Guard Domain Third Team captain was like! On the surface, it appeared unremarkable! With a flick of his sleeve, Xuanjin returned to it!

Now that he knew Yan Baiyu and the others would not trouble him again, his mood improved a little. As for what the Wuliang Dao Sect and the Human Emperor Realm were planning, he could not be bothered; as long as it did not threaten his life, everything was just passing smoke!

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Zhang Nuo began to meditate again! Since entering the Immortal World, he did not dare to stop his cultivation for even a moment; cultivation is like rowing a boat against the current—if you do not advance, you retreat! To survive in this Immortal World filled with high-level cultivators, he had to seize every moment to improve his strength!

When he went out earlier, Zhang Nuo had bought some Pills in the market! These Pills were very helpful for his cultivation. As for techniques, the Immovable Underworld King (fifth layer), Inner Landscape Art (fourth layer), Shangqing Sword Art (tenth layer), and Eight Extremes Demon Veins (fourth layer)—these were all the techniques he primarily cultivated, but they were all restricted in some way and could not be practiced further!

If he wanted to improve his cultivation, he had to add new techniques! But Zhang Nuo only had some auxiliary techniques on hand, such as the Flame Control Technique and Thunder Art!

Suddenly thinking of the Thunder Art, Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up. This technique, which evolved from Chunyangzi's Pure Yang Divine Art, might be worth studying in detail!

The unique property of "Purple Lightning Wild Thunder" to restrain all demonic creatures made Zhang Nuo deeply convinced. As long as he could properly utilize it, there would certainly be new progress. On the other hand, Chunyangzi had also said that after a cultivator enters the Spirit Transformation Stage, if they advance again, they will inevitably be harassed by Heavenly Demons from outside the realm. Possessing the powerful method of Purple Lightning Wild Thunder would be of great benefit and no harm for his own Heavenly Demon Tribulation!

Thinking of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, Zhang Nuo thought of another major event! That was the Heavenly Tribulation!

The so-called Heavenly Tribulation is something that every cultivator will experience once their cultivation reaches a certain level. In terms of Zhang Nuo's Spirit Transformation Stage cultivation, in a hundred years or so, he should experience the One-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation!

Regarding the Heavenly Tribulation, Zhang Nuo only had a vague concept and had never seen one, let alone experienced it personally, but both Chunyangzi and Baji Laomo had told him!

The danger of the Heavenly Tribulation is more terrifying than facing a dozen existences of the same rank! Moreover, everyone's Heavenly Tribulation is completely different; it is determined based on the cultivator's own strength! If one survives the Heavenly Tribulation, one can continue to cultivate; if one cannot survive, one can only perish!

Calculating the time, in another hundred years, Zhang Nuo might experience the ordeal of the Heavenly Tribulation! During this time, if he did not seize the time to improve his strength, he was afraid he would not even survive the One-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation!

At the thought of this, Zhang Nuo felt his scalp go numb! Cultivators in the Human Realm were all thinking of ascending to the Immortal World, but once they truly arrived, one thing after another came up, and every single one was a matter of life and death!

Just a month and a half after Zhang Nuo arrived in Gongyue City, Kong Mu suddenly sent someone to find him that day! He was somewhat suspicious in his heart; what could this captain of the Guard Domain Third Team want with him?