Chapter 662: True Immortal Strength

Relying on the speed advantage of the "Profound Yellow Thunder Dash," Zhang Nuo traveled nearly ten thousand miles in a single step; the rumbling thunder was left far behind him!

Three days later, Zhang Nuo arrived directly within the inner sea of the Demon Thunder Sea. This overloaded use of Thunder Escape had almost made him vomit blood! The squeaking arc of electricity around him had also grown much weaker.

"Hold on a little longer! We'll be there soon!"

Whispering to the yellow arc of electricity, Zhang Nuo took a deep breath, and his figure vanished once more into a mass of arcs! One day later, in the sky somewhere within the inner sea of the Demon Thunder Sea, a thin yellow arc of electricity leaped out!

Afterward, Zhang Nuo stumbled as he flashed out from the void! He looked up at his surroundings and raised his voice to shout:

"Senior Garuda! Zhang Nuo has a matter to request your help with, please come out and meet me!"

Although Zhang Nuo knew Garuda was hidden within this void, he did not know how to enter, so he could only shout at the top of his lungs to gain Garuda's attention.

His voice traveled very far through this sky, but after a period of time, there was not even a response! His heart sank abruptly; Zhang Nuo was terrified that Garuda had already left this place.

However, according to the agreement from back then, he said he would wait for him here; why hadn't he appeared? Could it be that some accident had occurred?

The quieter it was, the more uneasy Zhang Nuo felt! Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea later, there was still no movement in the void!

"Senior Garuda! Please come out quickly, Zhang has an important matter!"

Unwilling to give up, Zhang Nuo roared again. This time, his voice traveled even further, and with his Great Accomplishment Stage strength, he shook the surrounding void!

Suddenly, just as his voice fell, the void a hundred feet away from him shattered instantly, and a monk in white robes flew out from within! It was none other than Jiemie!

Upon seeing Jiemie, the heart Zhang Nuo had been holding in his throat finally settled. He swept his Divine Sense over the monk and discovered that the monk seemed to have recovered his physical body; the surging Spiritual Pressure on his body was like a great river!

"Great Accomplishment Stage!"

Zhang Nuo whispered. He had not expected that after more than a thousand years, not only had Jiemie Heshang recovered his physical body, but his cultivation had also been restored! Upon seeing the monk, Zhang Nuo hurriedly rushed toward him!

"Master Jiemie! Is Senior Garuda here?"

Seeing Zhang Nuo's current cultivation, the monk was also greatly astonished. To be able to advance to the Great Accomplishment Stage in such a short time, Zhang Nuo was truly a monster! However, the monk immediately turned around and waved his hand, sealing the spatial rift he had just broken open!

He looked up at the anxious-looking Zhang Nuo and asked:

"Is there some important matter? Garuda is currently in secluded meditation! He is only one step away from recovering his True Immortal strength. This matter is extremely important to him, so he does not wish to be disturbed!"

Secluded meditation! These two words were like two massive stones pressing heavily upon Zhang Nuo's heart! His thoughts turned rapidly, and Zhang Nuo said again:

"Does Fellow Daoist Jiemie know when he might come out?"

"That is hard to say! Garuda has been in secluded meditation for over five hundred years. Looking at the current situation, this old monk truly cannot say for sure! Perhaps a month or two, perhaps ten or twenty years!"

Zhang Nuo's head buzzed. Never mind ten or twenty years, he couldn't even afford to wait a month or two! One had to know that the people in the Underworld were still in a standoff with Zhuanlun Wang! Once the time for the spatial passage was up and Garuda had not appeared, it would very likely result in a bloody battle!

"What exactly has happened? Can you tell this old monk first?"

Seeing how anxious Zhang Nuo was, Jiemie Heshang felt that the situation was unusual.

"Alright! Master, it is like this..."

When Zhang Nuo finished explaining the entire sequence of events in detail, the calm expression on Jiemie Heshang's face vanished. A sharp light flickered in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice:

"These fellows from the Underworld actually dare to scheme against the Chaos Insect King! They truly have a death wish! Even a True Immortal cannot deal with this Insect King; can a mere Zhuanlun Wang do it?"

Turning back, he glanced at the void that had just closed, and the monk became very hesitant.

"How about this, you follow this old monk inside first!"

As he spoke, the monk slashed his hand, a green light flashed, a large rift appeared in the void, and the two of them dove in together!

As soon as he arrived inside the void, Zhang Nuo was truly startled! It was worthy of being a True Immortal's place of secluded meditation; this void was several thousand miles in size, and inside were patches of Spiritual Medicine fields! The Spiritual Medicines growing on them were all heavenly treasures! In the center, Garuda sat cross-legged!

Watching the two streams of black and white Qi constantly rotating around his body, bursts of formidable pressure rapidly permeated this space!

Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly. The Spiritual Pressure he felt from Garuda was a power that exceeded the existence of the Great Accomplishment Stage; could this be the legendary True Immortal strength?

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this time Garuda's secluded meditation is truly very important, so this old monk dares not disturb him. As for the matter you mentioned, no matter how important it is, I fear this old monk is unable to help!"

Upon seeing that scene of Garuda, Zhang Nuo understood in his heart that it seemed everything could only be left to fate!

"I understand! In any case, there is still a little time, so I might as well wait!"

Zhang Nuo sighed, a complex expression appearing on his face! His heart was almost tied in a knot; Jiufang Yi and the others had placed all their hopes on him, yet he had encountered such a situation!

Just as Zhang Nuo entered the void, Garuda's drooping eyelids moved slightly. This physical body of his was originally possessed from Lu Yuhou of the Human Realm, and after years of cultivation, his appearance had gradually changed! However, this was not his true self after all, so to recover his True Immortal power, he had to make up for the defects in the body!

And the Yin and Yang Qi were the best catalysts. Ever since he obtained the Yin and Yang Qi, in these thousand-plus years, Garuda had not stopped for a moment; he was cultivating every single second!

One day later, Zhang Nuo was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth in this space! His gaze would drift toward the place where Garuda was from time to time! Seeing that there was still no movement from him, cold sweat broke out on his forehead!

Jiemie Heshang saw all of this, but he could not help, and he kept trying to counsel Zhang Nuo! His Buddhist dharma was profound, and although it could make Zhang Nuo's mood much calmer, distant water could not put out a nearby fire; a moment later, Zhang Nuo became anxious again.

In the blink of an eye, it had been twelve days since Zhang Nuo left the Underworld, and there were only about three days left before the passage opened by the Great Luo Heaven Eye would close! Even if Zhang Nuo were to use his Thunder Escape at full power now to rush back to the passage, there would still be immense risk!

"Fellow Daoist Extinction! Zhang does not want to wait anymore. If Senior Garuda finishes his secluded meditation, you must have him go to the Underworld!"

Having made up his mind, Zhang Nuo decided to return to the Underworld; he did not want to be treated as a deserter! Even if he were to perish in the great battle against Zhuanlun Wang, he had to go back!

During these past few days, he had been thinking of Jiufang Yi and the others every moment. They had already consumed a great deal of magic power to help Lv Yuansheng open the passage; if they were to fight a great battle against Zhuanlun Wang again, the chance of victory was almost zero!

Seeing that Zhang Nuo had made up his mind, Jiemie Heshang gave a bitter smile. Just as he was about to open the void to let him leave, at that very moment, the Zhuanlun Wang who had been sitting motionless suddenly erupted with surging spiritual light, and then the Yin and Yang Qi circling around him returned to his body one after another!

"Human Emperor! Why are you so impatient?"

Garuda's voice echoed endlessly throughout the entire void. Although the voice was not loud, to the ears of Zhang Nuo and Extinction Monk, it sounded like a great bell!

At the same time, a powerful pressure enveloped everything here; even those Spiritual Medicines turned their bodies toward Garuda, as if they were about to worship him!

"The aura of a True Immortal!"

Extinction Monk's eyes shone with a sharp light, and his words even trembled! Zhang Nuo was equally astonished. Just now, the aura on Garuda's body seemed to have changed; that mountain-like and sea-like aura made him feel somewhat suffocated!

"Senior Garuda! Have you recovered your True Immortal strength?"

Unable to care about much else, Zhang Nuo flashed and arrived before Garuda, looking at him with eager eyes!

"Hehe! Actually, this venerable one had already recovered; I just used a bit more time to consolidate it! Human Emperor, you are so anxious, there must be some major event, right?"

Looking at Zhang Nuo's slightly anxious face, Garuda knew that this person was always calm and composed, and he rarely saw him like this; even when he was an enemy of his back then, he had not shown the slightest bit of cowardice!

"Zhang truly has a major matter and urgently needs Senior to take action!"

Immediately, Zhang Nuo told Garuda the sequence of events once more. When Garuda finished listening, he was not surprised, but rather overjoyed!

"Haha! It seems Heaven really wants to give me, Garuda, a chance to kill my way back to the True Immortal Realm! To think that so many Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators have gathered together!"

This sentence of his truly left Zhang Nuo bewildered!

"Senior, what do you mean by this?"

"You need not concern yourself with that; just take this deity to the Underworld! A mere Zhuanlun Wang is not something this deity takes seriously. If he agrees to join forces with this deity, he is clever; otherwise, I shall simply annihilate him!"

As Garuda spoke, he rose to his feet, and a force like a mountain collapsing and a sea overturning made Zhang Nuo involuntarily retreat several steps! It seemed that after recovering to the strength of a True Immortal, Garuda was truly incomparable to his former self!

Regardless, since Garuda agreed to go, it saved Zhang Nuo the trouble of further persuasion. Immediately, with a flick of Garuda's robe sleeve, everything in this space was gathered up! Afterward, the three of them exited this void!

As soon as they arrived outside, Zhang Nuo's heart rose into his throat again!

"Senior, because of the time delayed earlier, we must fly at full speed; only then is it possible to reach the spatial passage!"

"No need to worry! With this deity here, these are not problems!"

Garuda smiled faintly and spoke in a noncommittal manner!