Chapter 552: Escaping the Human Emperor Realm

Facing the raging winds all around, Niu Xiukong held the small white streaming-light shield above his head, and against the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi rushing down from the mouth of the gourd, he cast the small shield out!

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi landed on the shield, and immediately the small shield split into eight, simultaneously growing to over a zhang in size, wrapping the old man within them from eight different directions!

Several gusts of wild wind struck the small shields, emitting a series of booming sounds, but the Wind Blades were fundamentally unable to break through the defense of the small shields! At the same time, the pair of giant palms of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image also attacked these small shields!

With a loud explosion, several dents appeared on the surface of the small shields; despite this, the small shields did not lose their spirituality and kept Niu Xiukong well-protected inside.

Only then did Zhang Nuo notice that the Green Gourd high in the sky actually had no attack power at all; it was entirely a diversionary tactic used by the old man, and its greatest use was to provide the old man with a continuous supply of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi! If this type of Magic Treasure were used in a group battle, it would be enough to allow a cultivator to ignore the output of Spirit Power, letting them use endless killing moves all at once!

After understanding this point, Zhang Nuo suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth toward the Green Gourd high in the sky; with a swish, a pale blue light shot out from his mouth, and in a flash, it arrived above the Green Gourd! As the brilliance faded, it was revealed to be a pale-colored small tripod!

As soon as the Four Spirits Square Cauldron appeared, the tripod body flipped over, and a mass of purple electric arcs surged out from within, transforming into a purple giant hand at least a hundred zhang in size, which reached down and scooped hard! In an instant, the Green Gourd was grabbed by the purple giant hand! Then, with a light chime from the small tripod, this Green Gourd Magic Treasure was taken inside by Zhang Nuo's Four Spirits Square Cauldron!

Niu Xiukong, who was resisting the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image with all his might, suddenly felt that he had lost his mental connection with the Green Gourd high in the sky; after a sweep of his Divine Sense, his expression changed drastically!

In that very moment of distraction, the Gourd Magic Treasure had actually been taken away by Zhang Nuo! Anger rose from the old man's heart, and malice grew in his mind! This Magic Treasure was too important to him; once lost, it was equivalent to stifling most of the divine abilities on his person!

"Return my Green Wood Gourd!"

After a roar, the eight-sided white small shield shrank in front of the old man, flying about continuously to protect Niu Xiukong's body; at the same time, the green armor on the old man's body also flashed with green light, and then he charged toward Zhang Nuo!

While flying, the old man folded his hands into seals, and a Flying Sword was spat out from his mouth; the Flying Sword was only half a foot in size, and its surface emitted a yellow light! With a shake of the sword body, it actually split into four, and as the old man pointed out four Dharma incantations, they merged into the four yellow Flying Swords!

The four swords turned into four golden streams of light, leaving long tails in mid-air as they slashed toward Zhang Nuo! Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly; it seemed that this 'Green Wood Gourd' was extremely important to the old man, as he would rather risk his life to take it back!

Rolling his body in mid-air, Zhang Nuo directly transformed into a black butterfly at least a zhang in size; with a light chime from his mouth, his Butterfly Wings flapped hard in unison, and with a swish, he turned into a black light, passing through the strangling attack of the four yellow Flying Swords and appearing right in front of the old man in a flash!

At this moment, the Hell Butterfly that Zhang Nuo had transformed into was only about two zhang away from Niu Xiukong; at such a close distance, if Niu Xiukong were a Dharma Cultivator, he might have already fallen, but he had the green armor on his body and the protection of the eight small shields by his side.

Relying on these powers! The old man suddenly let out a long howl, his escape light erupted, and he actually closed the distance with Zhang Nuo even more! He wanted to use the powerful divine abilities on his body to forcibly strike Zhang Nuo, who had transformed into a giant butterfly, and cause him heavy injury!

But Zhang Nuo was well-prepared; his butterfly mouth opened slightly, a light chime rang out, and circles of invisible sound waves rushed toward the old man's body!

At the same time, three white lights flashed out one after another from the head of the Hell Butterfly, striking toward Niu Xiukong's skull like shooting stars chasing the moon!

Ever since he had cultivated the 'Inner Scene Art' to the sixth level, the power of Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense spikes had greatly increased; with three Divine Sense spikes fired in succession, there was almost no interval between them!

As soon as Niu Xiukong heard the sound waves emitted from the butterfly's mouth, his whole body shook; although the sound was not very loud, to his ears, it was as shocking as a great bell or drum! Just as his figure stalled slightly, the three Divine Sense spikes submerged into his mind!

With a scream of "Ah!", the old man clutched his head with both hands, his fingers almost tearing his scalp open! Having succeeded in one strike, Zhang Nuo did not hesitate; the Hell Butterfly he had transformed into flapped its wings, and two black mists as thick as fingers quickly drilled out from the base of the wings, directly wrapping around Niu Xiukong's body!

This time, one could see a milky-white transparent object being pulled out from the old man's body by the two black mists!

Chen Shuang'er, who had been watching the battle from below, could not help but show a look of horror on her face as she witnessed this scene! The thing being pulled out of the old man's body by the black mist was clearly his soul! Because she possessed the True Spirit Bloodline in her body, her sensitivity to souls was far beyond that of others!

As the attack force of the Divine Sense spikes just dissipated, Niu Xiukong felt his soul being drawn out of his body bit by bit; in terror, he looked up and saw that the two black mists extending from beneath the black butterfly's wings were like things specifically designed to lock onto and pull out souls! Under the restraint of these two black mists, his soul had already been pulled out of his body by nearly half!

With a strange howl, Niu Xiukong acted as if his tail had been stepped on; the spirit light on his body flickered as he tried his best to guide his soul back into his body!

His stalemate with Zhang Nuo gave the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image an opportunity; as Zhang Nuo urged it with his Divine Sense, golden light flowed over the surface of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image, and it moved to charge at the old man, while simultaneously raising one arm, wrapping him in a light that fused black and gold!

Boom!

The Dharma Image swung a punch, but it was blocked by the eight small shields in front of the old man! However, the force of this strike was truly not small; the white streaming-light small shields became blurry, and the seven clones that had been manifested previously shattered into countless tiny fragments with a boom!

As for the main body of the small shields, a deep fist mark appeared in the center of the shield face! Niu Xiukong, who was struggling with Zhang Nuo for his soul, although he had blocked this strike with his Magic Treasure, the impact of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image's punch still made his figure sway, and the soul within his body was pulled out even more!

However, the Dharma Image's attack was only just beginning, and the second punch followed immediately! This time, Niu Xiukong had no Magic Treasure to use; in his desperation, the old man hardened his heart, opened the crown of his head, and a green light flashed out quickly!

With a loud rumbling sound, the second strike of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image hit Niu Xiukong's physical body heavily, directly beating the body of an Integration Stage cultivator into powder!

Zhang Nuo turned his figure and changed back to his original appearance, looking up toward the high sky, where he saw a green little person half a foot tall looking at him with a face full of anger!

This green little person was precisely Niu Xiukong's Nascent Soul; just as the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image's second strike was launched, he had abandoned his physical body to escape!

"Hehe! A dignified Integration Stage existence, yet you couldn't even protect your own physical body!"

A cold sneer appeared on the corner of Zhang Nuo's mouth as he mocked the old man with sharp words!

"Brat, I will definitely repay you for everything you have done to me today! Do you dare tell me your name?"

The green Nascent Soul's face was exactly the same as Niu Xiukong's, but now, because of anger, the muscles on his face were twisted, looking very eerie!

"There is no need for this junior's name! If we are fated, we will meet again next time!"

He reached out and pointed at the Nascent Soul high in the sky. At this moment, Niu Xiukong was so angry he was about to pass out; his physical body had been destroyed by someone, and he didn't even know the other party's name!

The group of Human Emperor Palace cultivators below were already dumbfounded by this point! If even Niu Xiukong was not the opponent of the young man opposite, let alone them!

At this time, several cultivators with cultivation at the late stage of Spirit Severing raised their escape lights and flew to the side of the old man's Nascent Soul to protect him!

"You have forged a feud with the Human Emperor Palace! Brat, there will definitely be a day when you regret this!"

"As for whether I will regret it, that is a matter for the future; I cannot control that, but for now... hehe, Senior Niu, I think it would be better if your Nascent Soul stayed behind too!"

As he spoke, a murderous aura erupted in Zhang Nuo's eyes, and he raised his hand, wanting to launch another attack at the old man's Nascent Soul!

"Run!"

Niu Xiukong was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow; the moment he saw Zhang Nuo wanting to make a move, he immediately ordered his subordinates to flee! Dozens of people protected his Nascent Soul and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye!

Seeing the old man flee, Zhang Nuo also let out a long breath; don't let his words about destroying the old man's Nascent Soul fool you, those were just bluffs. At this moment, the time limit for the White Tiger True Spirit Bloodline in his body had already been reached, and he feared that if he delayed for even a moment longer, his secret would be revealed!

At this time, Chen Shuang'er flew to Zhang Nuo's side, her beautiful eyes constantly sizing him up, as if she wanted to get to know him all over again!

"Fairy Shuang'er! Let us leave this place quickly!"

Without minding Chen Shuang'er's admiring gaze, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense to retract all his divine abilities and then spoke quickly!

The two turned into two streaks of escape light and flew toward the territory of the Wuliang Dao Sect!

More than a month later, Zhang Nuo and Chen Shuang'er stopped on a small hilltop; looking back at the road they had traveled, both of them felt a long sigh of relief in their hearts!

Now they had entered the sphere of influence of the Wuliang Dao Sect and had traveled hundreds of thousands of miles deep; he believed that no matter how unscrupulous the Human Emperor was, he would not dare to cause too much of a stir on someone else's turf!