Chapter 618: Wolf Transformation
After resting for a while, Zhang Nuo's thoughts finally became a bit clearer. He kept reviewing the fusion process, trying to find out exactly where the problem had occurred! But in the end, he gained nothing.
Every step had followed the "Beast-Taming Return to One Immortal Art," and for this fusion, Zhang Nuo had put in a great deal of hard work, taking as many unfavorable factors into account as possible. Yet, the result before him was truly disappointing to the extreme!
Two months later, the soul of the Two-Headed Wolf King, which had been suppressed by the Hell Butterfly, awakened once again. This eruption was even more violent than the last. Zhang Nuo was almost entirely wolf-transformed, having become the appearance of the Wolf King, and his sharp claws were constantly scratching at the walls of the karst cave!
The sound of ear-piercing friction made one's heart and soul feel as if they were being torn apart, and the wolf howls came one after another. Wave after wave of destruction left the cave unrecognizable!
"How is it? My power is not weak, is it? Hmm, human boy!"
After expending a great deal of effort to suppress the soul of the Two-Headed Wolf King, Zhang Nuo returned to his original appearance. He leaned against the cave wall with one hand, panting heavily!
Sweat soaked his clothes, and Zhang Nuo's eyes were a sea of blood-red color!
"Although I don't know what tricks you played during the fusion, this body is mine after all! Only I know how to control it! You had better give up on that idea!"
As he spoke, Zhang Nuo walked toward the outside.
"Human boy, I almost forgot to tell you one thing! I haven't left this Cave Abode for over ten thousand years. You should know that once cultivation enters the Integration Stage, lifespan has no limits. As long as one can survive wave after wave of Heavenly Tribulation, one can live on forever!"
"I know that without you telling me!"
Zhang Nuo said unpleasantly, his body still moving toward the outside of the cave.
"Since you know this, then you should also think of a problem: that is, I have not experienced a Heavenly Tribulation in this cave for over ten thousand years. Once I go out, a Heavenly Tribulation will definitely appear! With your current body, can you withstand it?"
His footsteps came to an abrupt halt! Zhang Nuo stopped his figure suddenly, his expression becoming exceptionally ugly! The Two-Headed Wolf King was not wrong; the two bodies had fused together, which meant that if the Wolf King suffered a Heavenly Tribulation, then both of them would be attacked! What was even more terrifying was that Zhang Nuo's own Heavenly Tribulation was also about to descend.
Once the two people's Heavenly Tribulations were added together and descended, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Hehe, boy, why aren't you walking anymore?"
After standing in place and calming down for a long time, Zhang Nuo let out a long breath! His figure flickered, and a gray light flashed out from within. Upon landing, it transformed into a middle-aged man! This person wore a gray robe, looked high-spirited and vigorous, and possessed a demeanor unique to a king! This was the appearance of the Two-Headed Wolf King after taking human form!
"If I can't go out, doesn't that mean you can't go out either? What does it matter if you have gained control of the body?"
Zhang Nuo looked at the Wolf King with disdain and said.
"The outside world is truly wonderful! It has been so long since I stood outside so comfortably!"
Stretching, the Two-Headed Wolf King seemed not to have heard Zhang Nuo's words at all. His eyes scanned the surroundings, as if everything was so novel to him!
Zhang Nuo could no longer endure it. His figure flickered, Golden Light flowed over his body, and the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image condensed and emerged, grabbing toward the Two-Headed Wolf King's body!
Caught off guard, the Wolf King was grabbed squarely by the Dharma Image!
"What are you doing? Want to kill me?"
Looking at Zhang Nuo with cold, gloomy eyes, the Wolf King was now an existence fused with Zhang Nuo. If he killed the Wolf King, his own cultivation would also drop significantly, perhaps even falling back to the Integration Stage!
"Hmph! I am not that stupid. Besides letting you die, I have many other methods! I have played with Spirit Beasts my whole life; I won't be intimidated by this wolf!"
Although Zhang Nuo was angry to the extreme in his heart, he still said calmly on the surface.
"Human boy, you seem to have forgotten one thing. My mind is now connected to yours. Even if you pretend to be fearless, you cannot hide the fear in your heart at all!"
"Boom!"
Before the Wolf King could finish speaking, the fist of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image slammed heavily onto his body! After a scream, a trail of blood flowed from the corner of the Wolf King's mouth!
"It is best that you can know what I am thinking! Now you should understand, right?"
Having been struck, the Two-Headed Wolf King did not show the slightest sign of fear, and cold laughter kept coming from his mouth.
"Even if you don't hesitate to damage your own cultivation to kill me, so what? Otherwise, I am just trapped here waiting to die; it wouldn't be bad to drag someone down with me!"
With the attitude of a dead pig not fearing boiling water, the Two-Headed Wolf King acted like a rogue! It was truly unimaginable that the Two-Headed Wolf King, who had once stirred up the winds and clouds in the Demon Realm and was the dignified Leader of the Wolf Clan, would actually do such a thing!
"You..."
Zhang Nuo felt speechless and wished he could tear the Wolf King into eight pieces! Suddenly, a Dharma Array disk in his hand flashed, and then several rays of light lit up. Zhang Nuo imprisoned the Wolf King within a Dharma Array! And he himself sat quietly on the ground!
"I say, human boy, this technique you know is quite special, isn't it? You can actually fuse with a demon beast and then increase your own cultivation. What is the name of this technique? I have never heard of it before!"
Seeing that Zhang Nuo had no way to deal with him, the Two-Headed Wolf King became even more arrogant! Zhang Nuo had no time to pay attention to him, letting him chatter incessantly in his ear, while his heart was thinking about how to seal the Wolf King's soul!
Time passed bit by bit. After sitting in place and thinking for several months, Zhang Nuo was still at his wit's end! At this time, Xuan Jin and Qiong Qi also emerged from his body, and they also looked at the Two-Headed Wolf King trapped in the Dharma Array with surprised eyes.
"Are these all the Spirit Beasts you have fused into your body? There are quite a few. By the way, there is also that black butterfly; why hasn't it come out? That is a good thing; it should be a Hell Butterfly, which is rare even in the Underworld, right?"
The Two-Headed Wolf King said very seriously.
"That is none of your business! Wolf King, don't let me find a way to seal your soul, or I guarantee you will suffer ten times more than when you were sealed by Xiangtai!"
Seeing the Wolf King's fearless appearance, Zhang Nuo's anger flared up!
"Hehe, human boy, is it that simple? Now at least one-fifth of my soul is fused with yours. If I suffer, you will definitely not have it any better!"
"Is that so? Then let's wait and see!"
Zhang Nuo glanced at him coldly, his mind moved suddenly, and he cut off the mental connection with the Wolf King! This time, a look of terror flashed in the Wolf King's eyes, though it vanished in an instant! Even so, Zhang Nuo still noticed it!
"Can't sense what I'm thinking anymore, can you?"
"What did you do?"
The Wolf King asked in a deep voice.
"The benefit of this technique is that although I have fused with you, we are still two independent individuals. So I plan to throw you outside to see if you can survive the Heavenly Tribulation!"
Zhang Nuo said unhurriedly, then lifted the Dharma Array imprisoning the Wolf King with one hand and walked toward the outside!
This time the Wolf King was somewhat panicked, his body constantly slamming into the Dharma Array, but he had no way to escape. Even though he had fused with Zhang Nuo, most of his cultivation remained within Zhang Nuo's body, and facing a Dharma Array, he still had no way to break it!
In fact, Zhang Nuo was not acting rashly by doing this. For one, he really had no way to seal the Wolf King's soul, and for another, it was impossible for him to give up such a powerful body and cause his own cultivation to drop significantly!
So after thinking it over, Zhang Nuo decided to take a risk: let the Two-Headed Wolf King face the Heavenly Tribulation alone, and when he was about to die, save him, then use the Hell Butterfly to split the Wolf King's soul in two, completely sealing the part that had not fused with him. As for the remaining part, it was not to be feared!
This was the best solution he could think of. Of course, when the Wolf King was absolutely clear-headed, it would be impossible to do this, so he could only rely on the power of the Heavenly Tribulation!
By doing this, Zhang Nuo also had to take a certain risk. Once the power of the Heavenly Tribulation was too great and he could not withstand it, his main body would also be damaged. So when walking out of the Cave Abode, Zhang Nuo had entrusted these matters to Xuan Jin and the Hell Butterfly!
Now that the mental connection with the Wolf King had been cut off, he did not know about this plan!
As soon as they left the underground karst cave, the wind and clouds in the sky immediately changed color. What Zhang Nuo had not expected was that the Two-Headed Wolf King had not suffered a Heavenly Tribulation for over ten thousand years; as soon as he came out, the Heavenly Tribulation descended directly!
Looking at the power of this Heavenly Tribulation, it was at least the power of a Five-Nine Middle Heavenly Tribulation!
"Human boy, do you really not hesitate to damage your own body?"
Watching the Heavenly Tribulation phenomena continuously forming high in the sky, the Two-Headed Wolf King also broke out in a cold sweat! If he were truly left to face the Five-Nine Middle Heavenly Tribulation alone, there would only be one outcome: death!
Zhang Nuo still ignored him, tossing the Dharma Array along with the Wolf King into a valley, then hiding far away to watch! Generally speaking, cultivators at the Refining Void Stage would make many preparations in advance when undergoing Heavenly Tribulation, but the Two-Headed Wolf King currently did not even have a single Magic Treasure on him; being thrown out to undergo Heavenly Tribulation in such a bare-handed manner was no different from suicide!
"Human brat! Hurry up and let this King out!"
No matter how the Two-Headed Wolf King roared, Zhang Nuo remained indifferent! Fearing the Wolf King might run away, he even specially reinforced the outer perimeter of the Dharma Array with another layer of Restriction.
These Restrictions might not have any defensive effect against the Heavenly Tribulation, but they were sufficient to trap the Two-Headed Wolf King!
Seeing the heavenly thunder and heavenly fire in the sky forming bit by bit, the Wolf King's expression became increasingly grave! He pointed his hands at the void several times in succession, and immediately, several cyan light pillars as thick as fingers appeared in the void!
The tops of these light pillars slowly grew larger; looking from afar, they resembled individual little mushrooms! It was unexpected that without any Magic Treasures, the Two-Headed Wolf King could create some defenses relying solely on his own divine abilities!
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