Chapter 673: The Body of the Insect King

Garuda's figure flashed, and he arrived right in front of Zhang Nuo. At this moment, he could only feel that Zhang Nuo's aura was weak, with the possibility of collapsing at any time! Turning his head, he took a look at the Chaos Insect King standing beside Zhang Nuo; Garuda still found it somewhat hard to believe!

"Human Emperor! What did you just do to the Insect King's body?"

"Just now, with the help of Fellow Daoist Yanluo, I took the Chaos Insect King's soul into the body of the Hell Butterfly, and then let my Spirit Beast Xuan Jin occupy its body!"

Explaining with great effort, Zhang Nuo withdrew all his divine abilities. At the same time, the Five Thunder Forbidden Technique in the sky also dissipated, but the backlash from the five types of strange thunder still made his brows knit tightly!

The effect of the Eight Extremes Demon Veins had already passed. Under the combined erosion of the five types of thunder and lightning on his body, Zhang Nuo wished he could just knock himself unconscious!

"Master! Can I return to your body now?"

"Not now! Even without a soul, this body of the Chaos Insect King is extremely powerful; it must be refined before it can be used! You keep this state for now, and I will think of a way later!"

Zhang Nuo held his head tightly with both hands, only managing to say this much!

At this time, seeing that everything was fine, the others moved closer to Zhang Nuo! Now, no one dared to underestimate this Human Emperor! Even the True Immortal Garuda could not help but sigh inwardly!

If Zhang Nuo were also to enter the realm of a True Immortal, he feared that even he would not be his opponent!

Just when everyone thought that things had ended like this, countless roars suddenly came from below the Wujian Diyu. Powerful lone souls crawled out from the bottom of the hell; some of these lone souls were as high as several hundred zhang, while others were only a few inches in size. However, the only thing that was certain was that they were the most difficult to tame and the most powerful existences in the Underworld!

If it were not so, they would not have been locked in the Wujian Diyu, the ultimate hell of the Underworld! The area below was pitch black, filled with lone souls, making one's hair stand on end just by looking at it!

Normally, Zhuanlun Wang and the others would not dare to release all these powerful lone souls, let alone now that they were already exhausted!

"Everyone, leave here quickly! Once these lone souls riot, we will have no way to clean up the mess! First, return to the surface and reinforce the seal of the black tower!"

Yanluo Tianzi shouted loudly, and then the Nascent Soul in the high sky threw all the Soul Chains downward. After finishing all this, it turned into a black ray of light and returned to the main body!

Zhang Nuo's body was now so weak that he could barely control his escape light. At this moment, Garuda wanted to come over to support him, but was refused by Zhang Nuo!

"Senior, you go cover the retreat! I can do it myself!"

After speaking, a red light surged out from Zhang Nuo's body, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a red-robed man; it was Qiong Qi! In the previous great battle, fearing that Xuan Jin would meet with an accident, Qiong Qi had not participated and had been watching Xuan Jin from inside Zhang Nuo's body!

Now that the Chaos Insect King was dead, he could come out safely and boldly. Qiong Qi on the left and Xuan Jin, who occupied the Insect King's body, on the right, the two protected Zhang Nuo as they flew toward the location of the Transmission Array!

At the same time, Garuda released several Magic Treasures, scattering the lone souls that rushed up one by one! But the number of these lone souls was simply too great! A few of them quickly rushed to the front of Zhang Nuo!

Before Garuda could even make a move, Qiong Qi let out an angry roar and opened his mouth wide, spraying out a red beam of light that shattered the few lone souls rushing at the front!

Just like this, the group moved toward the Transmission Array, while more and more powerful lone souls rushed up from the Wujian Diyu!

Because these lone souls had previously been bound by Soul Chains, they could not move a single inch. However, in order to kill the Chaos Insect King, Yanluo Tianzi had been forced to use these Soul Chains, causing the Wujian Diyu to lose control!

Under the blockade of the endless lone souls, the group finally returned to the Transmission Array. As the array light flashed, they all disappeared!

At this time, in the Wujian Diyu, lone souls ran rampant, wantonly attacking everything around them!

Inside the black tower of Fengdu Cheng, the Transmission Array flashed with spiritual light, and Garuda and the others all appeared! As soon as they left the Wujian Diyu, these people had a feeling of having lived through two lifetimes!

"Hurry and reinforce the sealing power of the Wujian Diyu; you must not let those lone souls run out!"

Zhuanlun Wang walked off the array quickly and said to several Underworld cultivators on the side!

These cultivators had no idea what had happened, but since even Zhuanlun Wang had said so, they figured something truly terrifying must have happened inside!

Immediately, they each fetched their Dharma Arrays and, under constant activation, rays of light sank into the ground!

After the giant black tower shook violently a few times, under the combined suppression of several cultivators, it finally returned to calm! Seeing this, the hanging heart of Yanluo Tianzi was finally put at ease!

The group returned to Senluo Dian. After sitting down, everyone's gaze fell on Zhang Nuo once again. At this moment, Zhang Nuo was almost like a pile of mud, slumped on the chair, while Qiong Qi and Xuan Jin, who were standing behind him, did not leave his side for even a step!

Especially Xuan Jin, who occupied the physical body of the Chaos Insect King; looking from afar, he was just like the real Insect King, only the fist-sized blood hole in his chest proved that the real Insect King had already fallen!

"Human Emperor! Will there really be no problem with this physical body of the Insect King?"

Zhuanlun Wang had been thoroughly frightened. After looking at Xuan Jin repeatedly several times, he asked tentatively!

"Do you not trust this Emperor?"

Although Zhang Nuo's body was weak, his eyes, which were flashing with Evil Qi, were incomparably cold! Under his gaze, Zhuanlun Wang only felt a chill crawl up from the soles of his feet, rushing straight to the top of his head!

"This King did not mean that!"

After seeing Zhang Nuo's divine abilities, even though he was very weak now, Zhuanlun Wang still did not dare to use any disrespectful language toward him!

"Alright! Since the matter of the Chaos Insect King has been resolved, the several realms can be considered safe. Everyone, go and rest first! When your strength has recovered, this Emperor will discuss the matter of going to the True Immortal Realm with you!"

Garuda swept his gaze over the remaining people, changed the subject, and said indifferently!

Upon hearing "True Immortal Realm," everyone's eyes lit up at the same time, as if the life-and-death battle they had just experienced had been thrown to the back of their minds! They all nodded one after another!

Right in Fengdu Cheng, Zhuanlun Wang settled everyone down, and then he himself returned to his room to begin closed-door cultivation. Two years later, these existences at the Great Accomplishment Stage finally came out of seclusion one after another! However, Zhang Nuo had not come out at all, which made Garuda somewhat worried. After all, that body of the Chaos Insect King was extremely powerful; if it were not handled well, it would be very easy for accidents to occur!

Before everyone could even discuss the matter of Zhang Nuo, bad news came from the Wujian Diyu: due to the battle inside earlier, all the lone souls that had been imprisoned were awakened!

The current seal had no way to trap them anymore; it was only a matter of time before the lone souls broke through the shackles of hell! The Chaos Insect King had been killed, but another problem had arrived!

"Senior Garuda! What do you think should be done now? The power of the Underworld should have no way to suppress these lone souls!"

Zhuanlun Wang bit the bullet and came to ask Garuda for help! All these things had started because of the Underworld; if Garuda refused to help, he would have no way at all!

Lowering his head and pondering for a long time, Garuda sighed helplessly and said:

"Zhuanlun Wang, it is not that this Emperor does not want to help your Underworld. The number of lone souls suppressed in the Wujian Diyu is too large, and each one is not weak. Even if we existences at the Great Accomplishment Stage all strike at once, I fear it will be of no avail!"

In Senluo Dian, Garuda's words were like a great mountain, making everyone, who had just let out a long sigh of relief from the Chaos Insect King crisis, feel their hearts sink once again!

If those lone souls in the Wujian Diyu all escaped, the entire Underworld would face a catastrophe! Although compared to the Chaos Insect King, this catastrophe would only happen in the Underworld, if the Underworld were destroyed, the other several realms would also fall into chaos because of it!

"Is there really no way at all?"

Yanluo Tianzi's complexion changed slightly, and the muscles on his black face trembled a few times!

"There is!"

A firm voice came from outside Senluo Dian. Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see Zhang Nuo wearing a plain-colored robe, walking in slowly! After his cultivation was fully restored, this Human Emperor was in high spirits, with an aura of majesty extending a hundred paces before and behind him with every gesture!

"Oh! Human Emperor, what method do you have? Hurry and tell us!"

Yanluo Tianzi rushed to Zhang Nuo's side in one stride!

"It's just that for this method, this Emperor needs the help of Fairy Ai!"

Zhang Nuo's gaze shifted and landed on Ai Yuchen! The young girl was slightly stunned; she did not know what kind of medicine was in Zhang Nuo's gourd!

"What does the Human Emperor mean by this? This young woman knows absolutely nothing about the way of lone souls?"

"Fairy need not do much; just tell Emperor the method of using the Demon Refining Pool!"

With a faint smile, Zhang Nuo said noncommittally!

At the mention of the three words "Demon Refining Pool," Ai Yuchen's face immediately flushed red! Back then, she had trapped Zhang Nuo in Huan Shou Gong for several years and had nearly taken his life!

"Is the Human Emperor joking with this little woman? That Demon Refining Pool is only useful to demon cultivators; since when has it been of use to wandering souls?"

"Fairy Ai, do not misunderstand. Did Emperor not say? Just tell Emperor the principles and specific usage method of the Demon Refining Pool! As for the rest, Fairy need not trouble herself!"

Zhang Nuo said with a solemn face, looking very serious! Ai Yuchen nodded slightly and agreed! At this moment, Garuda kept looking behind Zhang Nuo, and seeing that the body of the Chaos Insect King had not entered, felt somewhat surprised!

"Human Emperor, where is the Insect King's physical body?"

"It has been refined by me!"

As soon as Zhang Nuo's calm words were spoken, several gasps of cold air immediately echoed throughout the entire Senluo Dian!