Chapter 681: Absolute Strength

Seeing the earthen hands emerging from the ground, Zhang Nuo narrowed his eyes, and killing intent erupted from within his pupils! These earthen hands were merely some earth-attribute supernatural abilities; it seemed the golden-armored man opposite him likely possessed an Earth Spirit Root!

Things had reached this point, and Zhang Nuo had no way back. If he were to flee, the golden-armored man would certainly not let him go, and it might even attract more Patrol Envoys!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo slammed one foot hard against the ground beneath him!

"Bang!" A muffled sound rang out, and the earthen hands that had just been baring fangs and brandishing claws as they lunged at him all instantly sank back into the ground! This gave the golden-armored man a great shock! A look of fear flashed in his eyes!

His earth-attribute supernatural ability had been suppressed and forced back so easily by the white-robed youth before him; this was enough to show that the opponent's strength was far higher than his own, at least in terms of Earth Spirit Root, he was stronger than him!

Faced with such absolute strength, the golden-armored man was not stupid. He raised his hand and lifted the giant golden sword stuck in the ground. With a quick swing, a golden streak of light, fully three zhang long and over a zhang wide, slashed toward Zhang Nuo!

The dazzling golden radiance was like a flowing golden river! Flashing with a metallic luster, it reached Zhang Nuo in the blink of an eye!

Zhang Nuo remained calm and collected. An arm suddenly reached out from his robe sleeve, and golden flowing light instantly covered the entire arm. With a light wave forward, he immediately sliced the golden streak of light rushing toward him into two halves, which flew past his body!

Two loud bangs erupted behind him, and dust and smoke rose everywhere! The metallic streak had struck the ground! Two large pits with a diameter of several zhang appeared! Rolling heat waves continued to surge within the pits!

After this move, the golden-armored man was even more horrified! How could the cultivator opposite him be so terrifying? With a casual gesture, he had neutralized his two attacks! And the opponent hadn't even made a move yet?

"Who exactly are you?"

"Do you still not understand?"

Zhang Nuo took a slight step forward, and suddenly, an overwhelming momentum surged forth, fully exposing his true strength!

"True Immortal realm!"

The golden-armored man's expression became increasingly ugly! He turned his body, wanting to flee immediately! Even though he was a Great Accomplishment Stage existence, when facing a cultivator of this True Immortal realm, he only had the option to flee! Especially since Zhang Nuo had shown a move earlier, which made him dare not be careless!

"Stay here!"

Zhang Nuo gave a strange smile, and then, as his figure moved, a gray figure rushed out from his body, and with just a flash, it arrived behind the golden-armored man!

The gray figure reached out one hand, grabbing the golden-armored man's shoulder as if grabbing a small chicken! A sound of bones shattering could be heard in his ears; the golden-armored man let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground!

Before he could make his next move, that gray figure had already stepped one foot onto his chest, and immediately, another sound of ribs breaking rang out! A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from the golden-armored man's mouth!

Looking up, he saw that the person who had just injured him was a gray-clothed man, his skin faintly glowing with a metallic luster, and killing intent filled his pair of eyes; this momentum alone was terrifying enough!

"Xuan Jin, don't kill him yet, I have questions to ask!"

The gray figure that had just attacked was none other than Xuan Jin. After merging with the physical body of the Chaos Origin Insect, Xuan Jin's power had grown greatly at this time; with a wave of his hand, he had captured a Great Accomplishment Stage cultivator!

Zhang Nuo walked in front of the golden-armored man and smiled disdainfully!

"I didn't expect there to be such weak existences in the True Immortal World! It seems this Emperor truly overestimated the cultivators of the True Immortal World before!"

Upon hearing this, the golden-armored man became even more furious! In the True Immortal World, not all cultivators possessed the strength of the True Immortal realm, and as a Patrol Envoy, all living beings except those in the Immortal Palace had to fear him by three parts. He did not expect that today he would be called worthless by the white-robed youth before him!

"Are you in cahoots with Garuda?"

The golden-armored man said angrily.

"You are not qualified to ask me now!"

Stretching out five fingers, Zhang Nuo pressed them onto the golden-armored man's head without the slightest hesitation! Once the Soul Searching Technique was activated, after a short while, Zhang Nuo's expression also became exceptionally ugly!

Through the golden-armored man's memories, he knew that the current Anti-Immortal Faction had already become suspicious of them and had issued an order: regardless of whether they were in cahoots with Garuda or not, any cultivator who ascended from a lower realm was to be executed without exception! Better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go!

However, regarding the overly major matters of the Anti-Immortal Faction, this golden-armored man did not know, as his status was limited, and he did not know much!

With a light flick of his finger, a fireball flew out and landed on the golden-armored man. In an instant, along with his golden armor, his entire person was reduced to ashes!

Fearing that he might leave any traces, Zhang Nuo stamped one foot on the ground, and immediately, as the ground churned, it swallowed the ashes.

At this time, Xuan Jin also returned to Zhang Nuo's body, and his figure rushed into the high sky, hurrying toward the distance!

The moment the golden-armored man was killed, under a large tree in the Immortal Palace, a man meditating with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes, and the thunder-shaped scar on his forehead twitched violently several times!

This person was none other than Lei Fengyu! Seeing his thoughts turn rapidly, he raised one hand, and a mass of golden light flew out from his sleeve! After a few twists and changes, it turned into a palace several dozen zhang in size!

This palace was like a miniature version of the Immortal Palace, just a bit smaller! With a soft boom, the small palace landed in front of Lei Fengyu. He stepped into a small room inside the palace, and saw that in the front of the room, several bright lamps were placed! The lamplight flickered, emitting a faint Spirit Power!

And among the many lights, one had already gone out; it looked like it had just gone out not long ago! Faint blue smoke was still drifting from the wick!

"How could his Life Origin Spirit Lamp go out? Could it be that he met with an accident?"

The room in this small palace was the place where the Life Origin Spirit Lamps of the Patrol Envoys were kept; once the flame went out, it meant that this person had already fallen!

In the True Immortal World, the position of Patrol Envoy was not considered very high, but because they were always walking in the lower realms, those cultivators who had not stepped into the Great Accomplishment Stage were very wary of them, and no one would ever kill a Patrol Envoy! It seemed the person who attacked just now must have a great background!

"Hehe! You finally showed your face! Good! I, Lei, will go and meet you!"

According to Lei Fengyu's guess, the person who killed the Patrol Envoy was very likely Garuda. He immediately walked out of the small palace, and with a flick of his sleeve, he took it back. Then, his escape light rose, and without greeting anyone, he flew away from the Immortal Palace!

Ever since he killed the first Patrol Envoy, Zhang Nuo had a plan in his heart. From now on, whenever he encountered a Patrol Envoy, he would avoid them if he could, and if he couldn't, he would strike to kill! Afterward, he would destroy the bodies and erase the traces!

In this way, the words Garuda told him before were completely ignored! More than a dozen years later, the number of Patrol Envoys who died at Zhang Nuo's hands had already exceeded six!

This number was already not small for the True Immortal World! In the previous thousands of years, not so many Patrol Envoys had fallen!

Every time a cultivator fell, Lei Fengyu felt more and more that the person he was chasing was Garuda! This made him incomparably excited! Following the places where each cultivator fell, he approached Zhang Nuo all the way!

But after more than a year, what made Lei Fengyu feel depressed was that although he was pushing his escape light with all his might, he still could not sense the existence of the cultivator ahead!

Thinking of this, he took out a Jade Slip and sank his Divine Sense into it! After looking at it for a while, a sinister smile appeared on his face! He put away the Jade Slip, and with a backhand press toward the void below, thunder immediately erupted everywhere, and cyan electric arcs flashed incessantly! A Thunder Array appeared instantly!

Moving his hands several times in succession, he cast several Dharma spells, which flashed and disappeared into the Thunder Array! With a loud rumbling sound! The Thunder Array erupted with dazzling cyan light, and when the cyan light dissipated, Lei Fengyu had disappeared from the spot! Only residual electric arcs remained, flashing incessantly in the high sky!

On a large mountain in the True Immortal World wrapped in five-colored clouds, there were a few simple houses, and in front of the houses was a Dharma Array about a zhang in size!

Suddenly, faint cyan electric arcs appeared on the surface of the Dharma Array, followed by loud thunder, and a figure appeared amidst the endless electric arcs! He lifted his feet slightly and walked slowly off the Dharma Array!

Hearing the thunder, two people rushed out of the house quickly! These two were dressed in uniform golden armor, and their cultivation had reached the Late Void Refinement Stage!

"Welcome, Lord Lei!"

After seeing clearly the person who walked out of the Dharma Array, these two golden-armored men hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects!

"Forget it! You two have merit for guarding my Thunder Array here! How about this! After I finish this matter, I will teach you some techniques to help you advance to the Great Accomplishment Stage sooner!"

The person who came was Lei Fengyu. He had teleported to the top of this mountain through a Thunder Array at a specific location, all to arrive ahead of Zhang Nuo! However, this method of teleportation via Thunder Array was also extremely consuming of Spirit Power, and the landing point could not be chosen at will; it could only reach pre-set locations!

Hearing Lei Fengyu's words, the two golden-armored men were overjoyed.

"Keep an eye out recently, see if any powerful cultivators pass by here, and once there are any, come and notify me immediately!"

After speaking, Lei Fengyu walked into a room, sat cross-legged on the bed to recover his Spirit Power, and waited quietly for Zhang Nuo's arrival!

The two men in golden armor did not know what this Lord Lei intended to do, but in order to advance to the Great Accomplishment Stage as soon as possible, they had no choice but to agree!

Immediately, the two of them simultaneously took out two half-foot-sized magic disks, cast a few incantations, and a cluster of pale blue light rays instantly surged out from the surface of the magic disks! At the same time, the two men stared fixedly at the magic disks!