CHAPTER 1040: CHAPTER 1038: THE NASCENT SOUL MASTER ESCAPES

"Did it succeed?"

Even Chen Nan couldn’t quite believe it himself. It wasn’t until the immense power connecting him to Heaven and Earth dissipated, allowing him to stand up, that he finally felt relieved.

This time, even he was making a risky gamble.

The Demon Suppressing Sword was Chen Nan’s trump card.

Previously, when Chen Nan used the Demon Suppressing Sword to kill, it directly absorbed and refined the divine souls of the deceased. There was no reason it wouldn’t work on a Nascent Soul.

After all, both divine souls and Nascent Souls are of the same type, which is the Yin Soul category.

The Demon Suppressing Sword was specifically designed to restrain Yin Souls.

Moreover, the Demon Suppressing Sword wasn’t just an ordinary Spiritual Artifact but an unknown Secret Treasure, even formidable monks like Cheng Ming carried it, indicating its extraordinary nature.

Fortunately, this time, Chen Nan’s gamble paid off, and the rewards were immense.

The Demon Suppressing Sword absorbed a Nascent Soul and increased its Yin attribute. Even a single glance could make one feel as if their body would freeze, naturally enhancing its power.

Furthermore, although Master Sang Feng died, he left behind a storage bag for Chen Nan.

He stepped forward to remove the storage bag from Master Sang Feng’s corpse, looking around at the terrified black-robed individuals with a joyful smile on his face.

However, to the black-robed people, his smile looked like that of a devil!

"Hiss—"

The surrounding black-robed individuals collectively gasped, as if they sucked all the air out of the space in an instant.

Those black-robed individuals close to Chen Nan, regardless of their cultivation levels, subconsciously took a step back, some even stumbled and fell, their bodies uncontrollably trembling slightly.

A chill shot from their tailbones straight up to their heads, making their hands and feet icy cold.

Even the two Golden Core Stage cultivators who were guarding the cave and rushed in for support stood motionless as if an immobilization spell had been cast on them, their expressions of shock frozen on their faces.

They looked at Master Sang Feng’s broken corpse on the ground and then at Chen Nan standing there as if they were looking at a monster.

The metallic scent of blood in the air hadn’t yet dispersed when suddenly, a demon beast’s roar came from afar, finally breaking the deathly silence of the place.

"This... This is impossible!" someone exclaimed in disbelief, suddenly snapping back to reality, their voice piercing and shrill.

"Foundation Establishment killing Nascent Soul? I... I must be under an illusion!"

Some people desperately slapped their own faces, trying to wake up from what they thought was an illusion.

More people were overwhelmed with immense fear, seeing Chen Nan at this moment as a devastating flood or beast.

As a result, some black-robed individuals turned and fled.

Chen Nan ignored these Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and, instead, turned his gaze to the two Golden Core cultivators.

They represented the only threat to him in this place.

The two Golden Core Stage cultivators didn’t even look back, flying swiftly into the air to flee the scene.

What Chen Nan had just done left them with no courage to confront him.

Seeing the two Golden Core Stage cultivators flee, Chen Nan also let out a silent sigh of relief.

When he had killed Master Sang Feng, he had done so with no reservations, expending almost all his mana and leaving his spirit utterly exhausted.

He knew he wouldn’t be able to handle those two Golden Core cultivators if it came down to it.

Regarding killing the Nascent Soul, Chen Nan believed that luck played a significant role.

If Master Sang Feng hadn’t been severely injured, if the Demon Suppressing Sword hadn’t been particularly effective against Nascent Souls, if he hadn’t gone all out, it would have been him who perished instead.

Ignoring those who had fled, Chen Nan stashed away the storage bag and quickly returned to the cave.

"Who are you? Where is Sang Feng?"

Zha Guang asked sternly upon seeing Chen Nan.

"I just killed him,"

Chen Nan replied nonchalantly, causing Zha Guang to look incredibly shocked.

After a moment, Zha Guang burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Sang Feng, who would have thought you’d be killed by a little cultivator from the Foundation Establishment Stage, how hilarious!"

Hearing this, Chen Nan rolled his eyes in annoyance, "What, are you thinking of learning from him?"

"No, no, no, I’m just curious about why you killed him?" Zha Guang asked with a smile.

To Zha Guang, the enemy of his enemy was a friend, so he had no ill feelings towards Chen Nan.

"Maybe because he previously sent people to kill me."

Chen Nan spoke sincerely.

Zha Guang frowned, suddenly recalling what Sang Feng had told him before.

"The person he killed was you? You’re the one who caused him trouble? That doesn’t seem right."

"You can’t judge a book by its cover," Chen Nan was annoyed with Zha Guang’s constant emphasis on cultivation. They’ve cultivated for so long, whereas he hasn’t cultivated for nearly as long.

How can you still have cultivation discrimination?

"Let’s talk later, do you want to get out or not?"

"Of course, I don’t want to end up like Sang Feng." Zha Guang blinked, seemingly in good spirits.

Chen Nan stepped forward, trying to release Zha Guang, but didn’t know where to start.

Four iron chains plunged deep into the mountain, forming a special array, the tips piercing through both Zha Guang’s hands and feet.

Surely he couldn’t cut off Zha Guang’s hands and feet?

Seeing Chen Nan’s hesitation, Zha Guang chuckled and said, "Actually, you just need to pull out the iron nail from my chest."

"Oh."

Chen Nan finally understood what to do, grabbing the iron nail with one hand and then exerting force, but the nail seemed fused to Zha Guang’s body.

"I don’t believe it!"

He spat on his hands, gripping the iron nail with both hands, and bracing one foot against Zha Guang’s chest, exerted his strength in an instant!

Veins bulged on his arms, and he gritted his teeth, using all his strength.

At this moment, Zha Guang also showed signs of pain but stubbornly held back from crying out.

Finally, the iron nail was slowly pulled out, and as it came out, Chen Nan’s body was thrown backward, crashing heavily into the stone wall.

Once the iron nail was removed, the pained expression on Zha Guang’s face vanished, and an imposing aura surged from him, soaring into the sky!

"This aura is... a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator?"

Chen Nan widened his eyes in shock; no wonder Master Sang Feng was so concerned, it turned out Zha Guang was also a Nascent Soul True Man!

Luckily, he recalled he hadn’t been too disrespectful earlier, so Chen Nan relaxed a bit.

"Hahaha, finally free, I really have to thank you, young friend!"

Zha Guang laughed, slowly taking flight. The chains piercing his hands and feet automatically fell off, and the wounds quickly healed.

He extended his hand, gathering a mass of mana in his palm, like a glowing sphere, which he hurled at the ground beneath him.

With a roar, the ground shattered, revealing red array patterns on the debris.

Instantly, this sealing array was destroyed, and both the chains and the iron nail in Chen Nan’s hand vanished into thin air.

It turned out that this was an array formation.

"Let’s go, tell me why you became a problem for Master Sang Feng?"

Zha Guang flew to Chen Nan, grabbed him by the shoulder, and shot into the sky, piercing straight through the mountain, leaving a vertical hole behind.