Chapter 655: Dearest and Most Beloved

What Zhang Nuo did not expect was that the vengeful spirit released by King Song again was actually that of Gao Dakuan! This senior brother, whom he had only been able to meet in his dreams countless times, was now appearing right before him, and what's more, he had his arms spread wide, protecting his own enemy!

"Senior Brother!"

Zhang Nuo could no longer hold it in and shouted out loud! Only now did he finally understand why Zhu Shaoye had been restrained by King Song; it turned out that at every critical moment, this coward would use the other party's closest loved ones to block attacks!

Even upon reaching the Great Accomplishment Stage, one could not completely sever all emotional ties, let alone when these vengeful spirits were those of one's own kin! How could Zhang Nuo possibly bring himself to strike?

"Little Junior Brother! You have actually advanced to this level! Senior Brother is truly happy for you!"

It was that same honest voice, that same smile like a kind father; Zhang Nuo's heart was completely shattered! Before, it was Zhuge Qing, the first woman he had ever loved! And now, it was Gao Dakuan, the man who had been best to him!

No matter which one of them it was, Zhang Nuo absolutely could not harm their vengeful spirits. Once their spirits were scattered into nothingness, these two people would vanish from the world entirely, without even a chance to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

"King Song, you bastard! If you have the guts, stand out and fight me one-on-one!"

Zhang Nuo roared like a madman! The Evil Qi on his body surged out, and his eyes turned blood-red once again.

"Oh! I truly didn't notice, you actually have the fate of the Seven Killings! No wonder you are filled with such Killing Intent! However, this King does not wish to waste too much energy on you. Besides you, are there not several other existences at the Great Accomplishment Stage? This King wants to turn you all into living signboards one by one, to warn those who harbor evil intentions toward the Underworld!"

Saying this, King Song looked toward Zhu Shaoye below, his eyes filled with a smug expression!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo felt as if he were calling to the heavens with no response and crying to the earth with no answer. He had never felt so helpless; possessing a body full of divine abilities, yet unable to unleash them!

Looking at the two people he held most dear before him, he could not bring himself to strike no matter what! At this time, the Qiongqi standing beside him also wore a look of helplessness; this kind of battle simply could not be fought, as they were constrained at every turn!

"Master! We cannot go on like this! Perhaps King Song has prepared other traps; if we drag this out any longer, we will have no way out!"

The voice of Xuan Jin rang out within Zhang Nuo, but this did not improve Zhang Nuo's heavy heart! He naturally understood this logic, but asking him to strike at Gao Dakuan and Zhuge Qing was simply something he could not do!

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Nuo finally shook his head! He went through all the divine abilities he knew, but in the end, there was not one that could attack King Song without harming the split souls of the two!

"Human Emperor! Aren't you very good at fighting? Why aren't you fighting now? You were able to sever half of Qin Guang Wang's body back then; come over and try to sever this King's!"

Provocative words came from King Song's mouth. His original intention was to enrage Zhang Nuo and make him lose his composure, but these very words caused Zhang Nuo's heart to jolt, and a flash of inspiration struck his mind! He seemed to have remembered something!

The incident from back then, when he severed half of Qin Guang Wang's body, surfaced! Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo let out a cold laugh:

"Severing half your body is nothing! This Emperor will make you suffer endless pain to resolve the hatred in my heart!"

Having said this, Zhang Nuo moved his body, letting the Qiongqi return inside him. Then, five-colored lightning flickered on his body surface, and he instantly activated the Five Thunder Clone. The humanoid forms transformed from five types of strange lightning flashed and surrounded King Song in the middle!

"Five Thunder Clone! Hmph! Is this kind of thing useful? Can they really strike your loved ones?"

Curling his lips, King Song said noncommittally.

Zhang Nuo ignored him and charged toward King Song. At the same time, with a flip of his hand, the Zhutian Blade appeared in his grasp. Simultaneously, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image and the Five Thunder Clone were activated together, and various attack techniques bombarded King Song!

However, the figures of Zhuge Qing and Gao Dakuan circled King Song like ghosts, and every time the attacks from the Five Thunder Clone and the Dharma Image were halfway through, they had to be stopped!

Zhang Nuo was not surprised. Holding the Zhutian Blade, he wove between them! Suddenly, the clone transformed from Black Evil Demon Lightning lunged forward, attempting to reach King Song! However, Gao Dakuan's figure flashed over rapidly, and with his arms spread wide, he disregarded everything to block in front of King Song!

Witnessing this, Zhang Nuo's heart sank! Black electric arcs flickered on his body, and he quickly swapped positions with the lightning clone transformed from the Black Evil Demon Lightning!

In this way, it was Zhang Nuo facing Gao Dakuan, not the lightning clone! Looking at Gao Dakuan, who was still smiling at him, Zhang Nuo said softly:

"I am sorry, Senior Brother!"

As he spoke, Zhang Nuo raised one hand, and a stream of azure water surged out from his palm, quickly enveloping Gao Dakuan within it! A water sphere a zhang in size appeared out of thin air!

Gao Dakuan's vengeful spirit was imprisoned within the water sphere and actually lost the ability to move. Taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Nuo opened his mouth slightly and inhaled the water sphere into his body!

The next moment, without Gao Dakuan's obstruction, King Song was immediately exposed. Opportunity knocks but once; Zhang Nuo finally seized an opening and slashed back with his sword! A zhang-long streak of Sword Qi tore through the air. Wherever it passed, the void was severed, and the space storms within mixed with the Sword Qi; the majestic momentum was enough to make one's hair stand on end!

Fully expecting that Gao Dakuan could block the lightning clone's attack, King Song did not expect the person to be swapped halfway, and Zhang Nuo had taken away Gao Dakuan's vengeful spirit!

Watching the whistling Sword Qi, King Song was greatly shocked and hurriedly raised the staff in his hand to block the attack!

Boom!

A heaven-shaking and earth-shattering sound erupted. King Song's body was blasted hundreds of zhang away by the Sword Qi, and the hand holding the staff, along with the entire arm, revealed ghastly white bone!

If not for his cultivation being quite strong, that hand would likely have been crippled! After the strike landed, Zhang Nuo did not pursue immediately but turned his body and arrived before Zhuge Qing, using the same method to seal her in a water sphere and inhale her into his body as well!

Watching everything Zhang Nuo did, King Song was almost driven mad with rage. He mobilized the True Essence in his body to first repair his damaged arm; the flesh and skin could be seen growing back with the naked eye, and soon the hand was as good as new!

"What kind of water did you use just now?"

Recalling the scene just now, King Song asked in a deep voice.

"Hmph! Why do you care what kind of water it is?"

Zhang Nuo snorted coldly. Now that there were no vengeful spirits of Gao Dakuan and Zhuge Qing causing trouble, Zhang Nuo could fight without restraint.

"Even if you don't say it, this King can guess. It is Nirvana Divine Water, right?"

King Song asked tentatively. Nirvana Divine Water was also a rare and precious item for an existence like him at the Great Accomplishment Stage; this water was a wonder from when the heavens and earth were first opened!

"So what if it is? King Song, wait to die! You must pay a heavy price for everything today!"

Thinking of Gao Dakuan and Zhuge Qing's vengeful spirits, Zhang Nuo's anger surged to his head. At this moment, the Five Thunder Clone charged at King Song without hesitation, and at the same time, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image also flashed over, attacking with Yin and Yang Qi!

For a time, King Song was beaten into a flurry, not even having time to deploy his Magic Treasure! Zhang Nuo stood coldly in the high sky, watching. He was waiting for an opportunity to use the method of swapping positions with the Five Thunder Clone to deliver a fatal blow to King Song by surprise!

Having suffered a loss once, King Song would absolutely not fall for the same trick a second time. He shook the staff in his hand, and immediately the three vengeful spirits beneath the staff soared into the sky. After a few changes, they transformed into lonely spirits several tens of zhang tall!

Each of these three lonely spirits possessed strength no less than the Integration Late Stage, and they pounced toward Zhang Nuo as they flew! The strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" might work on others, but using lonely spirits to attack Zhang Nuo was a major miscalculation by King Song!

Looking at the three tall vengeful spirits, Zhang Nuo only gave a cold smile. A streak of Yin Qi flashed across his brow, and then the Hell Butterfly flew out. As the butterfly appeared, it transformed to several tens of zhang in size. With a soft chirp, three streaks of black gas as thick as fingers, transformed from Yin Qi, rushed toward the three tall lonely spirits!

With one entanglement, the lonely spirits were all bound, and then with a forceful flap of its wings, the three lonely spirits flew toward the Hell Butterfly's mouth!

"No!"

Witnessing this, King Song screamed in terror! Among these three lonely spirits, one contained a wisp of his split soul, which was why their power had surged. Once they were swallowed by the Hell Butterfly, his split soul would also be devoured. Although compared to cultivators of other realms, the soul power of Underworld cultivators was much stronger.

However, once a split soul was damaged, one's cultivation would also be damaged! Because the move was too hasty, King Song had actually forgotten that Zhang Nuo possessed the Hell Butterfly!

Driving his Divine Sense to make the three lonely spirits resist the Hell Butterfly, King Song's peripheral vision glanced toward Zhang Nuo's direction. When he saw the position where Zhang Nuo was standing, his heart turned completely cold!

Because the figure standing behind the Hell Butterfly was not Zhang Nuo at all, but a blue lightning clone! Since Zhang Nuo was gone and the lightning clone appeared there, the real Zhang Nuo must be at the spot where the blue lightning clone had originally stood!

Turning his head abruptly, he saw Zhang Nuo standing less than five zhang behind King Song, with a crimson long sword in his hand!

"Red... Blood Demon Sword!"

King Song's voice even became a bit stuttering! The Red Blood Demon Sword was a Mysterious Heaven Spirit Treasure used by True Immortals; King Song knew a thing or two about it. He did not expect Zhang Nuo to be holding this sword now. If it were unleashed, he would not even have a sliver of a chance to survive!