Chapter 1049: Specifically for Those Who Refuse to Submit
After Yun Che stated his name, not only did these three react intensely, but the look they showed was clearly one of strong hostility.
"Wait a minute, could it be fake? His aura is way too weak?" the young man on the left whispered.
"No mistake, I heard that all disciples of the Ice Phoenix God Sect wear white robes with Ice Phoenix patterns, and Master also said today that the Yinxue Realm King would come. Since he can come with the Yinxue Realm King, he must be her personal disciple."
"Senior Brother Poyun also said that Yun Che's profound strength is only at the Divine Origin Realm."
Yun Che: "..."
The three quickly whispered among themselves for a bit, having already confirmed Yun Che's identity. The young man on the right stepped forward, chest out and head high, and said, "Are you the personal disciple that the Yinxue Realm King just accepted?"
Yun Che nodded: "That's me."
"Then... three months ago, was it you who defeated Senior Brother Poyun?"
Yun Che nodded again: "Also me."
"You... you actually have the nerve to admit it!" The girl among the three stepped forward aggressively and said, "Senior Brother Poyun is so formidable, how could he possibly lose to someone like you! At that time... you clearly relied on cheating in the Yinxue Realm!"
"Exactly! Someone as weak as you, even I could take on a hundred of you. How could Senior Brother Poyun possibly lose to you! Even if Senior Brother Poyun admitted it himself, we would absolutely never believe it!"
"..." Yun Che rolled his eyes inwardly. He now understood why these three young people reacted so strongly upon hearing his name. He sighed helplessly and explained, "I only slightly surpassed your Senior Brother Poyun in the laws of the elements. If we're talking about profound strength, I'm far inferior, of course."
"You're lying!" The girl was even more aggressive, her face full of anger. "Senior Brother Poyun's strongest skill is his flame laws, even stronger than his profound strength. Even the Sect Master said that Senior Brother Poyun is the greatest genius in ten thousand years! Even if your profound strength were equal to Senior Brother Poyun's, you could never defeat him, let alone at a mere Divine Origin Realm... You clearly feared losing and secretly cheated. You people from the Yinxue Realm are really despicable!"
"Exactly!" The two young men on either side echoed loudly.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Yun Che turned his head away, too lazy to explain.
"Hmph! Speechless, aren't you!" Seeing Yun Che's reaction, the girl pressed her advantage. "Don't think this matter is over. You cheated in the Yinxue Realm, but here, this is our Yan Shen Realm territory! It's time for us to seek justice for Senior Brother Poyun."
As she finished speaking, the girl's figure suddenly moved forward, golden crow flames igniting on her body, her aura instantly becoming astonishingly fierce. "Yun Che! You claim to have defeated Senior Brother Poyun, right? Then come and compare with me. I'm not even worthy of holding a candle to Senior Brother Poyun. If you can't even beat me, then honestly admit that you cheated!"
Yun Che: "..."
"Ah... Junior Sister Xiaorou, he's only at the second level of the Divine Origin Realm, and he's a... guest. Isn't this a bit too much? And what if the Yinxue Realm King finds out..." The young man on the left said quietly.
"Shut up! I'm seeking justice for Senior Brother Poyun!" The girl saw that Yun Che was completely unresponsive, and lifted her chin. "Hmph! Scared, aren't you? Feeling guilty? Then honestly admit that you couldn't possibly have beaten Senior Brother Poyun, and that the match three months ago was cheating! Otherwise... you'll suffer the consequences!"
"Ugh." Yun Che sighed helplessly. He glanced at the three and said weakly, "Alright, alright. In that case, why don't you three just come at me together?"
Upon hearing this, the three young people were all stunned. The flames on the girl shot up twice as high, and she shouted angrily, "Are all you people from the Yinxue Realm so thick-skinned! Someone as weak as you, I can handle with one finger. Three of us? How ridiculous!"
Before the girl's voice faded, Yun Che extended his arm, and the Heaven-Defying Sword appeared in his hand. As he turned his body, both his profound aura and sword momentum exploded simultaneously. In an instant, the ground trembled slightly, and a terrifying wave of energy swept outward like a sudden tsunami, engulfing all three of them.
The three young people's expressions changed dramatically in an instant. The girl in front let out an "Ah" of fright and stumbled back several steps, the arrogance on her small face instantly turning into terror.
A moment ago, Yun Che's aura at only the second level of the Divine Origin Realm had made them dismiss him, but the moment his profound aura erupted, the terror of his momentum made them feel as if mountains were pressing down on them, and they completely stopped breathing.
"Little girl," Yun Che slowly raised the Heaven-Defying Sword halfway, "do you want to reconsider whether it's one on one, or all three together?"
"He... he... he's really at the Divine Origin Realm?" The young man on the right gulped hard, his face full of disbelief.
"In... in any case, he absolutely could not have defeated Senior Brother Poyun!" The girl was clearly startled, her voice and momentum greatly diminished. But then she gritted her teeth and said impatiently, "What are you two standing there for? Attack together! We must make him admit that his victory over Senior Brother Poyun was cheating!!"
"Ah... yes."
Clang!
The girl, who had clearly not intended to draw her weapon, quickly pulled a broadsword from her space ring that was quite mismatched with her petite figure. With a sharp cry, her sword danced like a flaming dragon, hurtling straight toward Yun Che.
The two young men also pulled out very similar broadswords. Under the burning of the golden crow flames, the already scorching air temperature rose wildly again. The three figures wove through the air, clearly operating with great tacit understanding, and at the same instant, three broadswords smashed down directly at Yun Che from the front. The three's golden crow flames merged the moment the swords descended. Even before the blades approached, the flames had already burst violently.
The intense flames were blindingly bright, and the might of the golden crow flames was absolutely terrifying. But Yun Che didn't even glance at them, letting his body be engulfed by the three's golden crow flames. He gathered his profound aura and casually swung his sword in a horizontal arc.
Rumble!!
The golden crow divine flames, condensed by three disciples of the Golden Crow Sect at the Divine Soul Realm, were torn apart like tissue paper by Yun Che's casual sword swing. Yet the sword's might did not diminish in the slightest as it heavily struck all three of them.
Their golden crow flames had been torn apart with a single sword stroke, and the three's expressions changed in shock. As the storm of profound aura from Yun Che descended upon them, they clearly felt their own unleashed power scatter in the blink of an eye. The immense force struck them like a ten-thousand-jun heavy hammer, sending all three flying into the air.
When they stabilized themselves in shock, they found themselves already a hundred zhang away.
The golden crow flames they had combined to unleash had scattered into fragments of dissipating fire. Yun Che stood motionless amidst the scattered flames, his lazy and casual posture as if he were looking down on them.
"Junior Sister Xiaorou, how... how is he so strong?" The young man on the right stammered as he spoke.
"He... maybe... really..."
"Ahhh!" The girl let out a frustrated scream, clearly unable to accept this result... or rather, she absolutely could not accept that Huo Poyun had been defeated by Yun Che. She put away her broadsword, gathered her hands together, and raised them high, fully activating her golden crow flame power without reservation.
"Yun Che! Senior Brother Poyun said you could catch his golden flame blade with your bare hands! I don't believe it! If you have the guts, try catching mine!!"
"Hey! What are you two spacing out for? Show him what we're made of!! Senior Brother Poyun absolutely, absolutely, absolutely could not have lost to him!!"
"Ah? Oh!!"
These three golden crow disciples had clearly often trained together, and their coordination was extremely high. As they activated their golden crow flame power, their auras quickly synchronized subtly. The "Golden Annihilation" technique required great power and consumption, and the time needed to condense the flame power was relatively long. Although these three had profound strength a full major realm above Yun Che, they certainly couldn't compare to Yun Che's flame control ability. As they burned and compressed their golden crow flames with all their might, it took a full three breaths before the Golden Annihilation finally took shape... and they did so simultaneously.
Throughout this process, all three were unquestionably wide open to attack. But Yun Che couldn't be bothered to move, letting the three golden crow flame blades take form... and then, at the same instant, they were hurled toward his head to show off their power, without even a trace of a junior disciple to be seen.
At least before, he had Mu Xiaolan to tease. Sigh.