Chapter 80: Eighty: Mistakenly Entering the Trial Ground

Zhang Nuo's body was falling rapidly, yet his mind remained clear; if he were to fall to the ground like this, he would have no hope of survival.

Forcing his Divine Sense to activate, Zhang Nuo guided the scattered Flying Swords back into the Sword Box, but the final Flying Sword caught his falling body in mid-air.

After returning to the Flying Sword, Zhang Nuo activated the Double Spirit Sea within his body, accelerated the output of his Spirit Power, and shot forward in an instant!

Zuo Mutang, who was pursuing from behind, was stunned at this sight, then roared in anger; just a moment ago, he had been fully convinced that this strike would surely knock Zhang Nuo off his Flying Sword, but he never imagined that Zhang Nuo would seize the opportunity to escape onto the Flying Sword once again.

"Little brat, let's see how many of this old man's attacks you can take!"

With a wave of his hand, the Red Skull flew back to Zuo Mutang's side; because of what had just happened, the distance between Zhang Nuo and him had closed even further, and if he seized the chance to strike, it was impossible for Zhang Nuo to be as lucky as he was last time!

Zhang Nuo, who was fleeing in front, also understood this point; at this moment, he truly had nowhere to turn! Looking out, the vast plain did not even have a single object for cover.

Suddenly, Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up; he saw that to his front right, a massive pillar of light reaching toward the sky was emitting a dazzling white glow, and looking from afar, it seemed there were even cultivators flying toward the inside of the light pillar!

When desperate, one will try anything! Zhang Nuo made almost no calculation; the giant sword beneath his feet made a turn, and he rushed toward the location of the massive light pillar.

Beneath the light pillar, the Sect Leaders of the Four Great Sects of the Tianjiang Plain were watching their disciples jump into the activated light array; this array itself was a Transmission Array, and once the array was fully triggered, it could allow cultivators to be transported through this array into the space of the Trial Ground.

Figures of cultivators, like arrows released from a bow, were rapidly vanishing into the light pillar; Zhuge An narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the disciples of his own sect leap into the light pillar, and at this moment, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl beside him was also about to rush toward the light pillar.

"Qing'er, you must be careful in everything!"

As he spoke, the eyes of this Sect Master of the Nanxuan Sect were filled with kindness.

"Don't worry, Father! Qing'er will be fine!"

The young girl gave a faint smile, and in this smile, she was unexpectedly as beautiful as one who could topple cities and kingdoms; apart from Zhuge An, many male cultivators behind him stared blankly, only recovering after a long while! From this, one could see the extent of this girl's beauty!

Zhuge Qing was Zhuge An's only beloved daughter, and her cultivation had just entered the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage a short time ago; in truth, with her strength, entering the Trial Ground was already considered safe, provided she did not provoke Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators or overly powerful spirit beasts.

Surviving in the Trial Ground for three years was no problem at all, but Zhuge An loved his daughter dearly and was still somewhat worried! However, this Four Sects Trial only opened once every three hundred years; it would be a pity not to let Zhuge Qing go in! In the end, he still agreed!

Watching his beloved daughter's figure gradually disappear within the massive light pillar, Zhuge An prayed silently in his heart, hoping that she would not encounter any accidents!

Just as he watched the disciples of the four sects all rapidly enter the Transmission Array, suddenly, from the far distance of the sky, a cultivator riding a Magic Treasure came rushing toward this side at high speed.

Everyone looked up in unison, wondering who was so bold as to trespass into the Trial Ground of the Four Great Sects. But what shocked everyone was yet to come!

A Red Skull, fully a zhang in size, emitting eerie ghostly wails, was chasing the cultivator flying in front, and behind the Red Skull, a streak of light was following closely!

At the very beginning, Zuo Mutang had not intended to kill Zhang Nuo, because he wanted to capture him alive! But when his Divine Sense discovered that there were countless cultivators gathering in front of where Zhang Nuo was flying, he immediately changed this idea!

The Tianjiang Plain was the territory of the Four Great Sects; if someone were to step forward to save Zhang Nuo, he would have no way to deal with it, so he abandoned the thought of capturing him alive and wanted to kill Zhang Nuo right here!

Seeing that Zhang Nuo was getting closer and closer to the Transmission light pillar, the Red Skull behind him also attacked his back.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the Red Skull struck exactly on the 'Nine Dragon Sword Case' that Zhang Nuo was carrying on his back; if not for the Sword Box, if the Red Skull had struck Zhang Nuo directly, his little life would certainly have been lost!

But just as the Red Skull was about to hit the Sword Box, a faint dragon roar issued from within the 'Nine Dragon Sword Case', and following that, the nine dragon carvings on the Sword Box turned strangely, releasing a layer of white light shield; the light shield blocked the majority of the attack.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; Zhang Nuo did not know anything at all, his heart set only on escaping into the Transmission light pillar, but even so, his body was still knocked flying, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, and his entire person was knocked into the Transmission light pillar; the spirit light flickered slightly, and he vanished in an instant.

All the cultivators on the ground were stunned; originally, at the flight speed Zhang Nuo had just now, he would have been intercepted by the cultivators guarding the array before entering the light pillar, but because he received the strike from the Red Skull, his body was knocked into the light pillar at an extremely fast speed.

This left the cultivators guarding the array somewhat speechless! They turned their heads to look at Xiao Zhengxing, all with faces full of helplessness! At this very moment, Zuo Mutang, who had been chasing Zhang Nuo earlier, also arrived at this place.

Originally, he also wanted to rush into the Transmission light pillar to continue hunting down Zhang Nuo. But four streaks of light suddenly rose from the ground, blocking him!

Once Xiao Zhengxing and the others discovered that the person who arrived was a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator, they knew the disciples guarding the array could not possibly be his match, so the four of them appeared simultaneously to intercept Zuo Mutang!

"Who goes there! How dare you cause trouble at the Four Sects Trial Ground!"

Zhuge An said with a hint of anger.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, no need for misunderstandings! It is I!"

The light of the escape streak converged, and Zuo Mutang revealed his figure; upon seeing the Sect Leaders of the Four Great Sects appear at once, he did not dare to act recklessly, and said with a face full of smiles, though in his heart he cursed these four people thoroughly; the cooked duck had flown away, and he had been on the verge of killing Zhang Nuo, only to be blocked by these four people!