Chapter 641: Wuji Earth

Watching the large hand with black Qi radiating from its five fingers reach toward him, Zhang Nuo's gaze turned abruptly cold, and he withdrew his previous smile; this hand of Xu Zhiyuan's appeared to have practiced some kind of Body Refining technique, with fingers like hooks and cold light flickering at the tips!

"A Body Refiner!"

Zhang Nuo did not dodge; the pressure of his Late Void Refinement Stage erupted in an instant, and then, as a golden light swirled around his shoulder, he simply let Xu Zhiyuan grab onto it!

Halfway through his strike, suddenly sensing Zhang Nuo's true cultivation level, Xu Zhiyuan felt a wave of astonishment in his heart; no wonder the other party dared to be so fearless, he was actually a Late Void Refinement Stage cultivator! However, since he had already attacked and the other party had not dodged or evaded, he had no reason to withdraw his move, so he exerted his full strength and grabbed heavily onto Zhang Nuo's shoulder!

The moment Xu Zhiyuan's hand touched Zhang Nuo's shoulder, he felt as if his five fingers had grabbed onto a piece of hard steel plate; he could not even tear through his clothes!

"You lost to a character like this?"

Zhang Nuo smiled indifferently and looked at Baji Laomo; at this moment, the old demon was equally shocked. Although he knew Zhang Nuo's cultivation far exceeded those of the same rank, he absolutely had not expected it to be strong to this degree!

While saying this, Zhang Nuo gave his body a light flick, and immediately Xu Zhiyuan was sent flying toward the side of the hall like a kite with a broken string!

With a thud, after landing heavily on the ground, Xu Zhiyuan straightened his body and stood up! His eyes were practically spitting fire!

"Who exactly are you?"

A single move shows whether one is an expert! Xu Zhiyuan was not stupid; a cultivator who could withstand his full-force strike without being injured was fully capable of killing him, so he did not dare to launch a second attack!

"What did he take from you? Ask him to return it!"

Zhang Nuo ignored Xu Zhiyuan's question entirely and spoke to Baji Laomo once again.

"It was a batch of precious monster materials that I spent a great deal of effort to kill several monsters to obtain back in the day! I had intended to trade them for some Pills that would help with cultivation, but who would have thought this brat would try to swindle me!"

Baji pointed at Xu Zhiyuan and said angrily. At this moment, Xu Zhiyuan's complexion was uglier than pig liver; it was one thing that the other party had a higher cultivation than him, but to actually ignore his existence was too much!

"Did you not hear what he said? Return that batch of monster materials!"

Zhang Nuo glanced coldly at Xu Zhiyuan, and instantly, Xu Zhiyuan felt his body tighten, and cold air even began to seep out from his pores!

"You dare to run wild in the Small Demon Pavilion! You really are..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a purple electric arc flashed on Zhang Nuo's body, and with a peal of thunder, he vanished from where he stood; the next moment, he reappeared behind Xu Zhiyuan, holding a small purple Thunder Ball in his palm!

The sound of electric arcs intertwining echoed from within the Thunder Ball, crackling throughout the entire second-floor hall! Upon sensing the powerful lightning energy behind him, Xu Zhiyuan's legs went soft with fear!

That was the power of Purple Lightning Wild Thunder! This kind of lightning was an existence akin to a taboo in the Demon Realm!

"Fe... Fellow Daoist, do... do not misunderstand! Please do not... take action!"

Life and death hung on Zhang Nuo's single thought; if struck by the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder, even if Xu Zhiyuan were a Refining Void Stage cultivator, he would instantly turn into a pile of ashes. This strange lightning, which naturally restrained demonic entities, was the nemesis of any powerful demon cultivator!

"If you don't want to die, return the items to him!"

Zhang Nuo's icy voice rang out, and immediately, as if Xu Zhiyuan had received some kind of order, he obediently took out a Storage Bag and tossed it to Baji Laomo!

The old demon took the bag, opened it, and counted carefully before letting out a cold, disdainful snort!

Judging by the old demon's demeanor, he did not seem to be lacking anything; only then did Zhang Nuo withdraw the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder and slam a heavy punch into Xu Zhiyuan's back!

Bang!

For this punch, Zhang Nuo only used thirty percent of his strength, but Xu Zhiyuan still could not handle it; his entire body flew dozens of yards forward, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out! He felt as if his internal organs had been displaced, causing heart-rending pain!

"This is a small lesson for you this time; if you dare to bully him again, don't blame me for being merciless!"

After Zhang Nuo finished speaking, he prepared to leave with Baji Laomo when suddenly, a black glow flickered from the staircase on the second floor, followed by a streak of light that rushed in; when the radiance faded, it revealed an old man of about sixty, dressed in a brocade robe, with a ruddy complexion, whose cultivation had actually reached the Late Void Refinement Stage!

The brocade-robed old man first glanced at Xu Zhiyuan, who was lying on the ground wailing incessantly, and then looked toward Zhang Nuo and Baji Laomo!

"Baji, I have already given you enough face out of respect for you being a former old demon, yet you still dare to bring people to cause trouble in my Small Demon Pavilion?"

At this moment, the crowd in the hall, upon seeing this old man arrive, shrank their necks in fear and scurried out one after another! In an instant, only the brocade-robed old man, Zhang Nuo, Baji Laomo, and Xu Zhiyuan, who was lying on the ground wailing, remained!

"Shut your mouth! You disgraceful thing!"

Xu Zhiyuan's wailing was no more pleasant than a pig being slaughtered; the brocade-robed old man let out an angry roar, and strangely enough, it was like a painkiller, causing him to immediately shut his mouth, struggle to crawl up, and stumble down the second floor!

"So he was just a dog raised by someone else!"

Watching Xu Zhiyuan leave, Zhang Nuo said with a cold snort; the volume of this sentence was not loud, but Xu Zhiyuan, who was walking downstairs, could still hear it, yet he dared not harbor any more temper and could only swallow his pride as he went downstairs!

It was one thing for Zhang Nuo to ignore Xu Zhiyuan, but to ignore the brocade-robed old man as well made Baji Laomo extremely fearful! Zhang Nuo did not recognize this person, but he certainly did! This old man was the owner of the Small Demon Pavilion workshop; outsiders did not know his name, only that he had a nickname called Xiao Mo! And the name of the Small Demon Pavilion workshop came precisely from his nickname!

"Fellow Daoist Xiao Mo, this is my friend; his actions just now were offensive, please forgive him!"

"Offensive? I see that this fellow Daoist's cultivation is not weak either; he clearly does not hold the Small Demon Pavilion in his eyes at all, does he?"

The brocade-robed old man smiled coldly; Zhang Nuo's arrogant, dismissive attitude made him very unhappy! Especially since the old man was a figure of some standing in Tianmo City, this was the first time he had been ignored like this!

Zhang Nuo took a step forward, blocked Baji behind him, and said with a stern face:

"Your subordinate was forcing sales in the workshop; shouldn't he have been beaten? If you have any objections, you are welcome to come at me!"

This sentence completely infuriated the brocade-robed old man; he raised his eyebrows, and a trace of killing intent appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Oh! It seems you want to be a hero! In Tianmo City, no one dares to defy my will; even the City Lord has to give me a bit of face. Who do you think you are!"

In a fit of rage, the old man flipped one hand, and a square Magic Treasure appeared in his palm; from a distance, this Magic Treasure looked like a black stone, a foot square, with Demonic Qi surging on its surface!

"This is Xiao Mo's Wuji Earth Magic Treasure! Its unique earth-attribute divine ability is quite formidable!"

Hiding behind Zhang Nuo, Baji, fearing that Zhang Nuo would suffer a loss, hurriedly sent a sound transmission!

Zhang Nuo listened calmly, a look of greed appearing in his eyes! He was currently lacking an earth-attribute Xia Xia Xia Linggen in his body; seeing that the Magic Treasure in the brocade-robed old man's hand had strong power, it should be usable to refine into an earth-attribute Xia Xia Xia Linggen!

Seeing Zhang Nuo's solemn expression, the brocade-robed old man thought Zhang Nuo was wary of him, so he sneered in his heart, quickly unleashed the Magic Treasure in his hand, and smashed it toward Zhang Nuo!

This place was too cramped, and with Baji Laomo behind him, he would be held back if a fight broke out, so Zhang Nuo grabbed Baji and smashed through the wall to the side, rushing outside the workshop!

Seeing this, the brocade-robed old man thought Zhang Nuo wanted to escape, so he gave a loud shout and chased after him! But once outside, he discovered that after settling Baji down, Zhang Nuo was floating quietly in mid-air, waiting for him!

"Rat, pay with your life!"

Seeing Zhang Nuo waiting for him fearlessly, the brocade-robed old man could no longer suppress the anger in his heart; he soared into the sky and unleashed the Wuji Earth Magic Treasure in his hand once again!

Below, countless cultivators looked up at the high sky; no one knew where this cultivator who dared to challenge the Small Demon Pavilion had popped out from! First he injured Xu Zhiyuan, and then he started a fight with the Pavilion Master!

Zhang Nuo had no time to care about what the people below were thinking; in front of him, that piece of Wuji Earth was transforming into a giant earth hammer, smashing down toward his head!

The hammer wind whistled; this black earth hammer, several yards in size, descended with a force of tens of thousands of pounds, crashing down like a small mountain!

Zhang Nuo intended to test the true power of the Wuji Earth, so he did not dodge; a Golden Light swirled around his body, and a Dharma Image Golden Body over five yards tall appeared out of thin air!

The Phantom Immortal Dharma Image, cultivated to the peak of the Immovable Underworld King, looked like a divine deity; black and white Qi flickered on its body, its pair of crimson eyes opened instantly, and it raised its hands above its head, assuming a defensive posture!

Boom!

A loud noise rang out as the earth hammer transformed from Wuji Earth slammed solidly into the body of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image! However, to the surprise of the crowd, the Dharma Image Golden Body only swayed slightly and did not suffer the slightest damage! Before the old man in the brocade robe could even retract his Magic Treasure, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image grabbed back with one hand and seized the Wuji Earth!

Afterwards, two streams of black and white Qi rapidly enveloped the Wuji Earth! Its volume shrank rapidly until it returned to its original size, and finally, the Dharma Image swallowed it in one gulp!

This scene nearly caused the old man in the brocade robe to faint; that Wuji Earth Magic Treasure was an earth-attribute Magic Treasure he had refined for many years, possessing extremely formidable divine abilities. He had originally intended to use it as his life-bound Magic Treasure after merging his Nine Divine Seas, but he never expected it to be seized by Zhang Nuo's Dharma Image in a single encounter!