Chapter 694: The Nine-Deaths-One-Life Advancement

Zhang Nuo did not show mercy when he struck! As long as he encountered cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction, he would immediately execute them on the spot! After all, now was not the time to be soft-hearted!

Under the might of the Red Glow Fire, the entrance to the Immortal Palace had already been burned to ashes, and even the square bricks paved on the ground showed signs of cracking!

Taking a step forward, Zhang Nuo walked straight into the gate of the Immortal Palace! Just at this moment, an escape light shot up from somewhere in the Immortal Palace and landed right in front of him in an instant! The brilliance faded, revealing an old man!

Zhang Nuo only took a glance and, based on his appearance, judged that this person was likely Xu Shuangjin, the Right Protector of Xuanyuan Jie! Because he had two Xia Xia Xia Linggen planted within his body, he was named as such!

"Who are you? How dare you run wild in the Heavenly Palace?"

The person who arrived was indeed Xu Shuangjin; he was the closest to the entrance of the Heavenly Palace, so he was the first to rush over! Looking at the man in the plain robe before him, Xu Shuangjin vaguely felt that this person was the legendary Zhang Nuo! At this moment, Zhang Nuo had already suppressed his cultivation to the Four-fold Realm!

Therefore, when Xu Shuangjin discovered that Zhang Nuo was not at the legendary Nine-fold Realm, he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart!

"Zhang Nuo!"

The moment the two words left his mouth, golden flowing light rose from Zhang Nuo's body, and immediately, a golden Dharma image several zhang tall condensed above his head!

As soon as the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image appeared, it pounced toward Xu Shuangjin with lightning speed! A black-golden light flashed across the surface of its pair of fists! It struck out a blow in mid-air!

Upon hearing the other party admit to being Zhang Nuo and also launching an attack, Xu Shuangjin raised his eyebrows slightly and his figure flashed toward the rear! But just as his figure moved, a ferocious killing intent appeared on the face of Zhang Nuo, who was not far away! Following that, his entire person vanished from where he stood!

Occupied with fending off the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image in the sky, Xu Shuangjin did not notice Zhang Nuo's movements. Just as his feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt a massive power coming from behind him! This momentum was overwhelming, covering the sky and earth!

With his thoughts racing, Xu Shuangjin felt that something was wrong! The Spiritual Pressure on the Zhang Nuo he had seen earlier was fake! He hurriedly turned his head, only to see Zhang Nuo appearing out of thin air behind him, with countless tender green branches and leaves rapidly growing from his hands! Feeling a blur before his eyes, his body was bound by the branches and leaves of the Pure Underworld Divine Tree!

The Spirit Power in his Divine Sea was frantically sucked away! Xu Shuangjin's expression changed drastically; he had not expected that Zhang Nuo would subdue him in just one move! At this moment, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image grabbed him in its hand!

Zhang Nuo stood beneath the Dharma image and did not immediately deal the killing blow; he turned his figure and shouted toward the inside of the Immortal Palace:

"True Immortal of the Shunxian Faction! Human Emperor Zhang Nuo has come to pay respects to the Xuanyuan Immortal Lord!"

His voice contained his internal power, echoing endlessly above the Immortal Palace! Before his words had even faded, more than a dozen escape lights were seen surging toward this place from several locations in the Immortal Palace!

In just a few breaths of time, more than a dozen True Immortals stood before Zhang Nuo! When these people saw Xu Shuangjin being held in the hand of a tall Dharma image, they were all greatly shocked!

With the strength of this Right Protector, even if he encountered an existence of the same rank, he could at least hold his own for a period of time; how could he have been captured alive?

"You are Zhang Nuo?"

Among the crowd, a man walked out slowly, his cold gaze not even looking at Xu Shuangjin, but falling directly onto Zhang Nuo!

"It seems you are the Xuanyuan Immortal Lord!"

Zhang Nuo sized up the speaker for a few moments, a faint smile still hanging on his face! It was as if these people before him were merely low-level existences who could not even enter his eyes!

"Not bad! It seems the rumors are not true; you are merely a True Immortal of the Four-fold Realm!"

After Xuanyuan Jie looked over Zhang Nuo's cultivation, he sneered in disdain. At this moment, Xu Shuangjin, who was being held by the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image, just wanted to open his mouth to expose Zhang Nuo's disguise, but he suddenly felt the Dharma image's palm tighten, and immediately a mouthful of blood sprayed out, leaving him unable to utter even half a word!

"Release Protector Xu, and this Immortal Lord might consider sparing your life!"

Xuanyuan Jie's gaze turned cold as he glared at Zhang Nuo!

"Is that so? This Emperor would like to see what kind of divine abilities the Xuanyuan Immortal Lord possesses!"

After saying this, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense, and the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image behind him exerted force in its hand, unleashing an 'Underworld King Explosive Kill'. Immediately, Xu Shuangjin's body turned into powder amidst countless rays of Golden Light! He did not even have time for his Nascent Soul to escape!

In front of so many people from the Anti-Immortal Faction, Zhang Nuo killed Xu Shuangjin; this was equivalent to slapping Xuanyuan Jie loudly across the face!

"Since you are courting death! Then you cannot blame this Immortal Lord!"

Even as calm as this Immortal Lord was, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart! His figure moved as he pounced toward Zhang Nuo, while simultaneously waving his hand to strike out two white mysterious lights, which flashed and arrived in front of Zhang Nuo in an instant!

Just as these two mysterious lights were about to slash onto Zhang Nuo's body, his figure was seen disappearing from the spot in a strange manner. At the same time, the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image swung its fists, fiercely smashing down toward the two mysterious lights!

With two loud booms, the Dharma image pressed the two mysterious lights into the ground, creating two pits hundreds of zhang deep. Looking at the Dharma image's hands, however, they were completely unharmed!

"Instant Movement! You can actually use the Instant Movement Technique so quickly! Could it be..."

Xuanyuan Jie, who had been rushing toward Zhang Nuo, stopped in his tracks, his thoughts racing as he seemed to sense something ominous! When he looked up at Zhang Nuo again, he discovered that the aura on the other party's body had surged, possessing the Spiritual Pressure of the Nine-fold Realm!

As Zhang Nuo revealed his true strength, not only was Xuanyuan Jie shocked, but even his subordinates showed expressions of horror!

A True Immortal of the Nine-fold Realm—this was something that had never even been heard of in the True Immortal Realm! What kind of monster was the man before them?

"Haha! Xuanyuan Immortal Lord! With your cultivation, I'm afraid you are not enough to defeat this Emperor! You all come at me together! Today, this Emperor is going to start a massacre!"

After Zhang Nuo swept his gaze over everyone present, his body vibrated slightly, and all sorts of Magic Treasures surged out! He put on a posture of fighting to the death!

"Immortal Lord! Let's attack together! His cultivation is too terrifying!"

Behind Xuanyuan Jie, several cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction immediately sent voice transmissions! After seeing Zhang Nuo's true strength, Xuanyuan Jie also lost his confidence; no wonder Xu Shuangjin was subdued so quickly! Although he had also advanced to the True Immortal Seventh Layer, he still felt uneasy!

After all, the Nine-fold Realm had almost never appeared in the True Immortal Realm! There was no standard to measure it by in his heart! At once, Xuanyuan Jie waved his hand toward the dozen or so True Immortal existences behind him. The crowd understood, their figures scattered in all directions, surrounding Zhang Nuo in the middle! Each of them brought out their most prized Magic Treasures!

Looking at the Magic Treasures flashing with various cold lights, although Zhang Nuo kept a smile on his face, he felt some unease in his heart! Among these dozen or so True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction, there were three cultivators of the Four-fold Realm, and the rest were at least of the One-fold Realm! Especially with Xuanyuan Jie, this guy with Seventh Layer strength! From an overall perspective, Zhang Nuo did not have the advantage at all!

"Nine-fold Realm! It is a pity that you cannot belong to this Immortal Lord, otherwise the entire True Immortal Realm would be ours!"

Xuanyuan Jie said with a look of deep regret.

"Forget it! To be in the company of spineless people like you, this Emperor would rather not have this cultivation!"

His words immediately ignited the fury of the surrounding crowd. Because the Anti-Immortal Faction had sought peace with the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, they had always been viewed as a faction without backbone; some words were their reverse scales, and touching them meant certain death!

Invisibly, Zhang Nuo became the first person to dare to openly touch those reverse scales. At this moment, a True Immortal of the Three-fold Realm among the Anti-Immortal Faction roared, brandishing a Magic Treasure in his hand as he pounced toward Zhang Nuo!

Seeing the cultivation of the person who arrived, Zhang Nuo did not even lift an eyelid. From within his body, a gray glow of light shot out, flashing toward the cultivator who was charging up!

The speed of that glow was very fast, and it ignored the Magic Treasure attack from the cultivator's hand, colliding instantly! A 'bang' sound was heard in the ears.

The body of the cultivator who had attacked earlier was sent flying far away, while the Magic Treasure in his hand shattered, and his body, like a kite with a broken string, had all the bones in its limbs snapped!

With a thud, the body hit the ground, blood flowing from his seven orifices as he lay motionless on the ground! Meanwhile, the gray light glow that had previously shot out from Zhang Nuo's body retracted and transformed into a human shape, while also holding a cyan-colored object in its hand!

When the crowd of the Anti-Immortal Faction looked closely, their expressions changed simultaneously, because what Xuan Jin was holding was exactly a Nascent Soul! Looking at the face of the Nascent Soul, it was identical to that of the cultivator who had been knocked away!

"With such meager cultivation, you dare to fight this Emperor! Courting death!"

Zhang Nuo said in disdain, while Xuan Jin crushed the Nascent Soul in his hand alive! The faces of those present turned deathly pale; no one had seen clearly what technique Xuan Jin had used to extract the Nascent Soul just now!

"Do not go one by one! We must coordinate our efforts!"

Witnessing this scene, Xuanyuan Jie hurriedly shouted! After his reminder, the crowd of the Anti-Immortal Faction also came to their senses! Two True Immortals of the One-fold Realm flew backward, their palms flipping continuously as several Array Disks were sacrificed! Channeling the Spirit Power in their bodies to activate the Restrictions on the Array Disks, several five-colored light curtains sealed off the surroundings!

At the same time, led by Xuanyuan Jie, the remaining True Immortals attacked together; for a time, their might could not be underestimated! Zhang Nuo hovered in mid-air, continuously driving his Magic Treasures to counterattack, but with his own strength alone, facing so many True Immortal cultivators, he was still somewhat overmatched!

Half an hour later, he became somewhat flustered, and even nearly got hit several times! In such a dangerous situation, a ripple stirred in Zhang Nuo's state of mind!

It was just like a stone being thrown into clear water! Breaking the long-standing tranquility!

"Could it be that I am about to advance?"

Zhang Nuo thought to himself, and in the very instant he was distracted, a silver-white Flying Sword struck exactly upon one of his arms!