Chapter 611: The Great Battle of the Holy City (Part 3)

With several loud, booming sounds, the fire giant enveloped by the web of electric arcs instantly shattered, and a sea of flames danced across the sky! Zhang Nuo had just breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly, Fang Leihuo flipped one hand, and a three-foot-long sword with yellow electric arcs blooming on its blade appeared in his hand!

"Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder!"

Upon seeing the yellow electric arcs flickering on the sword blade, Zhang Nuo immediately recognized those bolts of lightning. The 'Forbidden Five Thunders Canon' contained a detailed record of them; this yellow lightning was called 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder', and its speed was so incredibly fast that it could even surpass the technique of Instant Movement! Even if a cultivator's movement technique were fast, it would be very difficult to dodge the pursuit of this lightning!

Fang Leihuo looked at Zhang Nuo, and seeing that he recognized this lightning, not only was there no look of fear, but he was actually quite pleased!

"What are you laughing at?"

"I am happy, because I will soon be able to collect another type of divine lightning!"

As he spoke, Zhang Nuo stretched out both hands, and on his palms flickered two types of lightning, one blue and one purple!

"Even if you possess Purple Lightning Wild Thunder and Blue Flame True Thunder, there is no way they can compare to my Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder!"

With a casual swing of his sword, yellow lightning slashed across the sky in an instant!

*Swish! *

In just a flash, countless yellow lightning bolts arrived at Zhang Nuo's side; even his Divine Sense had not captured how the Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder had arrived!

"What terrifying speed!"

He muttered to himself in his heart. Zhang Nuo did not dare to use his physical body to resist these yellow lightning bolts. With all four wings flapping in unison, his figure disappeared from where he stood! But just as his body manifested a hundred zhang away, those yellow lightning bolts caught up once again!

Suddenly alarmed, Zhang Nuo could hardly believe that the speed of this lightning had reached such a degree. He flapped his four wings again, and his body disappeared. At the same time, the lightning in his two palms rapidly condensed into two thunder balls, one purple and one blue!

As soon as his body appeared, he immediately launched them toward Fang Leihuo!

Several rumbling thunderclaps sounded, and the two-colored lightning descended instantly from the sky. However, something even more shocking to Zhang Nuo occurred! He saw Fang Leihuo remain motionless, holding his long sword above his head, and several yellow lightning bolts struck out from the blade—the speed was so fast that almost no afterimages were left behind!

These yellow lightning bolts blocked the descending two-colored lightning with extreme speed, and not even a single electric arc fell through! Zhang Nuo frowned at such formidable speed!

Just as he paused for a moment, two giant palms suddenly reached out from the sea of fire below, grabbing toward Zhang Nuo! Upon seeing that Zhang Nuo was in danger, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image moved, its eight magic meridians flashing simultaneously, and it struck out two punches with both hands in succession!

Two golden-black fist winds flashed and turned the two giant flame hands into ashes! The appearance of the 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder' had instantly neutralized Zhang Nuo's speed advantage! After a slight moment of contemplation, he gathered all eighty-one Flying Swords to his side!

"I want to see whether your lightning is faster, or my Flying Swords are faster!"

After muttering to himself, Zhang Nuo pointed his hands in a series of incantation gestures, which merged into the sword blades one after another. Immediately, these Flying Swords hummed, and at a speed invisible to the naked eye, they vanished from before him in an instant!

Following that, a brilliant light erupted from Zhang Nuo's body, and a terrifying wave of Spirit Power followed! The next moment, high above Wushuang Saint Emperor City, the eighty-one Flying Swords formed a circle several miles wide!

Fang Leihuo swept his Divine Sense and discovered this strange phenomenon! By launching the Flying Swords so far away, what exactly was Zhang Nuo trying to do?

At the same time, the hand seal in Zhang Nuo's hands changed, and he suddenly let out a cold snort! In an instant, all the Flying Swords became blurred, countless sword intents soared into the sky, and a white flower that seemed capable of enveloping the world manifested!

This flower was dozens of times more beautiful than the flower formed by 'Lotus Fall'! High above the Holy City, with the flames below setting off the white flower above, the scene was extremely eerie!

This move was the sword formation he had cultivated after comprehending the eleventh layer of the Three Immortals Sword Art! It was named: 'Epiphyllum'!

Although the Epiphyllum is beautiful, it is fleeting, and this Epiphyllum Sword Formation utilized the very meaning of the flower's name! Beautiful, yet withering in an instant!

At this moment, the Epiphyllum Sword Formation was continuously drawing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi from the outside world, and in just a moment, this beautiful flower bloomed!

While sensing the change in the flower, Fang Leihuo also felt a disturbing vibration of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi!

Boom!

Just as he was about to react, the 'Epiphyllum' burst, and the Flying Swords, transformed from countless sword intents, slashed toward Fang Leihuo at a speed invisible to the naked eye!

Although neither his eyes nor his Divine Sense could see these sword-intent-transformed Flying Swords, Fang Leihuo relied on his instinctual sense of danger to shake the long sword in his hand, shielding himself with countless 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder' bolts!

But the scene that followed left him horrified! He saw that the yellow lightning was actually severed right in the middle; the sword-intent Flying Swords triggered by Zhang Nuo's Epiphyllum Sword Formation were actually fast enough to cut through lightning! And it was the 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder', which was famous for its speed!

*Swish, swish...! *

A faint sound rang out from Fang Leihuo's body! Following these sounds, the clothes on this Human Emperor were strangely shredded into countless rags! On some of his flesh, gashes appeared, and blood flowed incessantly!

Speed is supreme! Nothing can break it! The eight-character mantra of the Three Immortals Sword Art was displayed to the fullest in this Epiphyllum Sword Formation! Even Zhang Nuo marveled at the speed of the sword formation! However, what puzzled him was that under such a dense attack of sword-intent Flying Swords, Fang Leihuo had only suffered minor injuries!

"The only sword art in the world famous for its speed is likely the Three Immortals Sword Art! It is truly surprising to me that you have managed to learn this sword art!"

Fang Leihuo recognized the sword art Zhang Nuo was cultivating, which greatly surprised Zhang Nuo! Back then, he had spent a great deal of effort, with Moke's help, to obtain the cultivation method for the last three layers of the sword art; he had not expected Fang Leihuo to know of its existence as well!

"If it weren't for the protection of this Fire Coat, I would never have been able to dodge that strike just now!"

Zhang Nuo had remained silent; to be able to survive under the attack of the powerful Epiphyllum Sword Formation, Fang Leihuo must still possess unknown secrets!

Just at this moment, Fang Leihuo's outer skin began to detach, turning into flakes of firelight, and finally, a layer of brand-new skin was revealed underneath. Yet, even so, there were some places on the new skin that had suffered minor injuries!

It turned out that close to his body, Fang Leihuo had cultivated a supernatural ability using fire as armor, and it was precisely this layer of Fire Coat that had allowed him to escape a catastrophe!

This Fire Coat required a thousand years to cultivate, and it had to be tempered with Infant Fire every day; he had not even been willing to use it when undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation! Today, to save his life, he had been forced to activate it! It was just a pity that once this Fire Coat was used, it could never be used a second time!

Fang Leihuo hardened his heart and decided he could not let Zhang Nuo launch a second 'Epiphyllum Sword Formation' attack! Thinking of this, he shook the long sword in his hand, and ten thousand yellow lightning bolts struck out instantly, pouncing toward Zhang Nuo like giant pythons with no visible tracks!

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Zhang Nuo took a deep breath! It seemed that even after using the eleventh layer of the Three Immortals Sword Art, he still could not kill Fang Leihuo! Facing the incredibly fast 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder', Zhang Nuo let out a cold snort, and the Five-Colored Divine Sea within his body shone brilliantly!

He flipped one hand over his crown! The space behind Zhang Nuo distorted and deformed, and then countless amounts of Spirit Power surged out from his body. In an instant, a giant pattern dozens of zhang in size appeared in the distorted space!

These patterns were formed from the void, with the phantom images of the four great true spirits in the center. Inside the pattern was a vast, boundless ocean, and a bright moon hung above Zhang Nuo's head!

At the same time, the 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder' launched by Fang Leihuo also reached Zhang Nuo's proximity. However, these lightning bolts stopped less than half a zhang away from Zhang Nuo, as if space and time had completely halted at this moment! There was no breathing, no heartbeat; the world had simply stood still!

"Divine Sea Phenomenon! You have actually fused nine Divine Seas!"

Fang Leihuo had just been full of confidence, wanting to slay Zhang Nuo, but the moment the giant image appeared behind Zhang Nuo, his heart turned cold! All his fantasies had turned into bubbles! Perhaps only a Divine Sea Phenomenon could truly stop the 'Mysterious Yellow Galloping Thunder'!

The so-called Divine Sea Phenomenon was based on the Five-Colored Divine Sea, manifesting the cultivator's various supernatural abilities through the phenomenon! At the same time, the phenomenon could draw upon the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, causing it to grow continuously! Thus, the cultivator's own strength would greatly increase, and their existing supernatural abilities would also become several times more powerful!

Zhang Nuo stood beneath the Divine Sea Phenomenon and looked up behind him; he was equally shocked in his heart. This was the first time he had unleashed the Divine Sea Phenomenon since cultivating the Five-Colored Divine Sea! He was very satisfied with the effect!

"Fang Leihuo, use whatever other techniques you have! Otherwise, you won't have another chance!"

Zhang Nuo waved his hand at the 'Mysterious Yellow True Thunder' suspended before him, and immediately, those motionless electric arcs vanished like withered wood being crushed!

"So what if you have a Divine Sea Phenomenon? I, the Emperor, do not believe that a mere phenomenon can defeat me!"

Screaming hysterically, Fang Leihuo's long hair stood on end, and his appearance was terrifying. Now, where was there any trace of the demeanor of a Human Emperor!

Zhang Nuo ignored him and just watched quietly. A dignified generation of Human Emperors had actually become somewhat insane; if this were told to others, perhaps no one would believe it at all!