Chapter 693: Demon Spots

Seeing Xuanyuan Jie rush out, the crowd in the great hall followed immediately. They looked up at the sky and could not help but be slightly startled, for large black spots had appeared across the heavens.

Within these spots, powerful forces surged. Although they had only just formed, they had already reached a certain scale. Looking across the sky of the True Immortal Realm, there was a hundred-zhang-wide black spot almost every few hundred thousand li!

"Haha! It seems that even the heavens want to help us this time!"

Xuanyuan Jie laughed loudly, his arrogant expression unbridled!

"Immortal Lord! Is this... is this the Demon Spot?"

Among the crowd, several people were seeing this sight for the first time, and their hearts could not help but stir!

"Correct! This is the precursor to the 'War of Seizing Heaven'! Since the Demon Spots have appeared, the time until the arrival of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons will not be long! Based on past experience, it will not exceed ten years!"

Xuanyuan Jie said loudly, unable to suppress his excitement!

"Immortal Lord, after these Demon Spots appear, won't Dong Lizhong and the others have no time to prepare?"

As Xu Shuangjin's thoughts turned, he suddenly thought of something!

"That's right! Those fellows who claim to be the Shunxian Faction, if they don't reclaim the Immortal Palace soon, they won't have enough strength to deal with the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. With time so pressing, even if they come knocking, they are just throwing their lives away!"

As soon as Xuanyuan Jie's voice fell, many cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction laughed loudly. They seemed to see the scene of the Shunxian Faction group being trampled under their feet!

Dong Lizhong, who was in seclusion within the mountain belly, felt a sense of unease. He hurriedly stood up, his brows locked tight, as if pondering what was happening!

Just at this moment, Jialouluo ran in from outside.

"Lord Immortal Lord! It's bad!"

Upon hearing the words "it's bad," Dong Lizhong's heart immediately sank. Now, any news unfavorable to them would lead to the failure of the entire plan!

"What happened?"

"The Demon Spots have appeared!"

Arriving before Dong Lizhong, Jialouluo said with an ugly expression! Hearing this, Dong Lizhong also gasped, unable to recover for a long while! He stomped his foot violently on the ground and said with slight anger:

"Does the heavens truly wish to destroy us? The 'War of Seizing Heaven' has actually advanced by so much!"

His voice was not concealed at all, so all the cultivators in the mountain belly heard it clearly. The crowd swished and gathered before him!

"Immortal Lord! What is going on?"

A True Immortal asked, greatly puzzled. According to the normal timeline, the 'War of Seizing Heaven' was still at least several hundred years away; how could it have advanced so suddenly!

"It must be the work of that fellow Xuanyuan Jie!"

Jialouluo said with certainty. Zhang Nuo also stood in the crowd, his face shifting between light and shadow. Now, not only had they failed to reclaim the Immortal Palace, but the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were about to arrive. It was truly one wave after another; for the people of the Shunxian Faction at this moment, such news was no less than a bolt from the blue!

"Lord Immortal Lord! I think we cannot wait any longer. The longer we delay, the more unfavorable it is for us!"

Jialouluo steadied his mind and looked at Dong Lizhong.

"But with the strength of our group now, we have no ability to contend with the Immortal Palace. If we attack by force, we will only be wiped out!"

"Then we can't just wait here for death, can we?"

Several True Immortals said anxiously.

"Of course not! If everyone has no objections, we will take a risky move. If we succeed, there may still be a glimmer of survival!"

Lowering his head to think for a moment, Dong Lizhong said meaningfully!

"Immortal Lord, let us hear it! As long as there is a chance, even if we perish, we will not regret it!"

The crowd said in unison, their faces revealing resolute expressions!

"Good! Since you think this way, then this old man will say it! However, the key to this matter does not lie with us, but with him!"

As he spoke, Dong Lizhong reached out and pointed at Zhang Nuo! At the same time, the eyes of the crowd also fell upon Zhang Nuo!

Without any preparation, Zhang Nuo was completely bewildered! Why did it involve him again?

"Immortal Lord, please speak. As long as Zhang Nuo can do it, I will certainly not shrink back!"

Now was not the time to act cowardly, so Zhang Nuo did not waste words!

"Only you can handle this matter! In the back hall of the Immortal Palace, there is a secret Xumi Xiao Kongjian. This space was prepared by this Immortal Lord just in case. It seems it will come in handy this time! Inside that space, there are several Magic Treasures of no small power, as well as several types of Pill. Once we can get in and obtain the Magic Treasures and Pill, we will have a chance to fight the people of the Anti-Immortal Faction!"

As soon as his words left his mouth, the eyes of the crowd lit up! But then, Jialouluo asked tentatively.

"Lord Immortal Lord, if that Xumi Kongjian is discovered by Xuanyuan Jie and the others..."

Although he did not say the following words directly, the crowd understood his meaning! If they arrived to find nothing and failed to obtain the Magic Treasures and Pill, they would truly have no way out!

"You can rest assured about this! First, that Xumi Kongjian is very hidden and not easily discovered. Furthermore, this Immortal Lord possesses a divine ability connected to that Xumi Kongjian. Once it is opened by someone, I will immediately sense it. However, this feeling has never appeared, which means that until now, no one has ever opened it!"

Seeing Dong Lizhong speak so definitively, Zhang Nuo and the others nodded slightly!

"What does the Immortal Lord want me to do? Could you tell me so that I may prepare?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, the task I have for you is indeed quite dangerous. It is to lead the charge and attract the attention of Xuanyuan Jie and the others to the front hall of the Immortal Palace, while we take the opportunity to sneak into the back hall. In this way, there is still a chance!"

Dong Lizhong said it lightly, but Zhang Nuo's face turned bitter. If one were to use fishing as a metaphor, he was the bait! To be besieged by numerous cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction—the mere thought of it was terrifying! Those were legendary True Immortal existences! They were not comparable to ordinary Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators!

Seeing Zhang Nuo in a dilemma, Dong Lizhong did not urge him. He understood in his heart that if such a thing fell upon him, he would not agree immediately either!

Reaching the True Immortal realm was not an easy task; if one were to perish now, a lifetime of effort would be in vain!

"Alright! I will go and meet those True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction! But whether I can withstand them, I have no confidence at all!"

"As long as Fellow Daoist Zhang does your best, we will be deeply grateful!"

Dong Lizhong bowed deeply to Zhang Nuo! For him, as the leader of the Shunxian Faction, to make such a gesture truly surprised Zhang Nuo! At the same time, the others also bowed to him one after another!

"Everyone, please don't be so formal! Since we are in the same boat, we must weather the storm together!"

Zhang Nuo returned the salute to the crowd, saying with heroic spirit! One might ask who would dare to face the entire Anti-Immortal Faction's cultivators alone; perhaps Zhang Nuo was the first!

The group discussed some more details before hurriedly setting off, rushing toward the direction of the Immortal Palace! The situation had reached a very thorny point, and they could not afford to think too much!

Along the way, Jialouluo used a hidden teleportation Dharma Array to bring the group to a place a million li away from the Immortal Palace! Even so, it took about two years!

Zhang Nuo looked up at the Demon Spots in the sky. He saw that while these Demon Spots had not grown much in size, the power within them had increased several times over. If things continued to develop this way, the War of Seizing Heaven would begin very soon!

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you go to the Immortal Palace first! Only when you start fighting can we sneak into the Immortal Palace! Everything is entrusted to you!"

Dong Lizhong finally cupped his hands toward Zhang Nuo. Now, any words seemed pale and weak! Saying more would only make the group lose confidence! So Zhang Nuo just nodded heavily, his figure turning into a streak of light, and he flew away toward the location of the Immortal Palace!

The moment his figure disappeared on the horizon, Dong Lizhong and the others also secretly approached the Immortal Palace!

High in the sky, the thick clouds suddenly became restless, and immediately after, a streak of light as fast as lightning emerged from within the clouds, arriving at the main gate of the Immortal Palace in a few flashes!

At this moment, two gate guards wearing golden armor were just about to ask who was inside the streak of light! They only saw two white rays of light shoot out from within the streak, directly decapitating the two of them!

The next moment, the streak of light landed at the gate of the Immortal Palace, the radiance faded, and Zhang Nuo's appearance was revealed! With a movement of his Divine Sense, he retracted the two Flying Swords he had just unleashed back into his body!

He looked up at the majestic palace that seemed to have no end in sight! A grave expression appeared on his face! This time, what he had to face was the pressure from the entire Anti-Immortal Faction! Even though he had advanced to the Ninth Layer realm, he had no confidence in his heart at all!

Just as Zhang Nuo killed the two guards, dozens of streaks of light flew out one after another from inside the Immortal Palace, surging toward the palace gate!

Zhang Nuo swept them with his Divine Sense and discovered that the cultivation of the people in these streaks of light was only at the Great Accomplishment Stage! They were not worth fearing at all! Thinking of this, his figure stood motionless in place, he opened his mouth slightly, and a miniature fire bird flew out; the fire bird's figure rapidly grew larger, reaching a hundred zhang, and amidst a phoenix cry, it soared into the sky, sweeping toward the several streaks of light rushing over!

Instantly, the fire illuminated a large expanse of the sky, and a heat capable of burning the heavens and melting the earth directly burned the few streaks of light at the very front into ashes!

Seeing this, the others immediately wanted to turn around and flee, but the Red Glow Fire spirit in the sky did not give them a chance at all! A pillar of fire erupted, and in an instant, the area in front of the Immortal Palace turned into a sea of fire!

By the time the sea of fire receded bit by bit, not even the bone fragments of the dozen or so people who had fled remained! It was as if they had never appeared at all!