# Chapter 1245: Cruel Abuse
Zzzt!!
Minglong Blade and Yun Che's palm collided in midair. There was no explosion of profound energy, no collapse of space, and certainly no splashing blood. The only sound was a momentary thunderclap.
Beneath the thunderclap, Minglong Blade froze in the air... more accurately, it froze between three fingers that Yun Che had pinched together. The Divine King's power, enough to shatter mountains and overturn seas, was utterly devoured as if by a dimensional black hole, vanishing without a trace.
The Feng Shen Platform fell into dead silence.
Luo Changsheng's face was deathly pale, his pupils trembling in chaos. His arm holding Minglong Blade was completely numb, and he could no longer feel the presence of power... he couldn't even feel the presence of Minglong Blade anymore.
His full-powered Minglong Blade had been caught by Yun Che with his bare hand... no, with just three fingers!
Impossible...
This... is... im... possible...
Yun Che remained expressionless, as if he had simply captured a tiny flying insect. He lightly pressed the fingers holding Minglong Blade.
Ding!
A soft sound rang out, and countless pale white cracks spread from Yun Che's fingertips, covering the entire Minglong Blade in an instant.
Luo Changsheng's pupils dilated to their maximum.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang...
Wroar!
Minglong Blade trembled and struggled violently, accompanied by the mournful roar of a terrified evil dragon. But these powerless struggles and mournful roars lasted only a few moments before falling completely silent. Minglong Blade shattered under Yun Che's fingers and in Luo Changsheng's hand into thousands of gray-white fragments, scattering onto the light barrier beneath their feet.
The last remnants of light flickered hopelessly on the fragments before finally going dark.
"You... you..." Luo Changsheng staggered back a few steps, his entire body stiff and numb, as if his soul had been seized.
"Yun Che used his hand... to catch Luo Changsheng's Minglong Blade..."
"Not his hand, his fingers... and he... crushed it! Was Minglong Blade really that fragile?"
"Minglong Blade is an ancient divine blade that Lone Guxie Immortal brought back from the Tai Chu Divine Realm! How could it possibly be fragile? And it was infused with Luo Changsheng's Divine King power! It's Yun Che... Yun Che... he... he... sss..."
Gasps of cold air filled the spectator stands.
"Impossible... this is impossible..." Luo Guxie stared blankly, her mind still numbed by the thunder tribulation she had just witnessed, unable to believe her own eyes.
Minglong Blade was something she had personally retrieved from the Tai Chu Divine Realm. She had expended tremendous effort to obtain this ancient divine blade. Though its power was far from what it was in ancient times, its blade was forged from a dragon's spine. Even she would find it difficult to destroy... Yun Che had just crossed the thunder tribulation, how could he possibly...
Wait, it was the white tribulation lightning on his body!
"Changsheng!" Luo Guxie suddenly shouted loudly. "If this battle had not been interfered with by the thunder tribulation, you would have already won. To continue fighting now is neither fair nor meaningful. There is no need to continue!"
Luo Guxie was clearly giving Luo Changsheng a graceful way to retreat from battle. But the words "neither fair" and "meaningless" in her speech deeply furrowed Quhui Zunzhe's brow... If it weren't Luo Guxie saying this, he probably would have already shown his anger.
"No need to continue..." Luo Changsheng's lips trembled, whether from fear or humiliation. He looked at the fragments of Minglong Blade scattered on the ground and twisted his face as he said, "What kind of joke is this?! I have become a Divine King, and just moments ago he was being beaten by me like a dog! Would I be afraid of him!?"
Luo Changsheng – the first thirty-year-old Divine King in the Eastern Divine Region's history, someone who had shocked the entire Eastern Divine Region and earned the admiration of even many Divine Lords. How majestic, how proud he was! And three days ago, Yun Che had dealt him a setback and humiliation. In front of him, who was now a Divine King, Yun Che was like a larva that could be trampled at will. To regain his psychological balance, Luo Changsheng had wantonly unleashed all his resentment and fury upon him, choosing cruel torment and humiliation even when he could have easily defeated him and claimed victory in the Feng Shen Battle... tormenting both his body and dignity.
If he fled in panic now, the consequence would be becoming the biggest laughingstock of the Eastern Divine Region! How could he be willing to accept that? How could he bear it?
"Heh." Yun Che finally made a sound, but it was a cold laugh.
And this cold laugh, filled with deep mockery, sharply touched Luo Changsheng's terrified and trembling nerves. Like a suddenly startled beast, he let out a violent roar and lunged at Yun Che with lightning speed, his hands swirling with heaven-shaking storm power.
Facing Luo Changsheng's renewed explosive attack, Yun Che still did not move a single muscle, not even the cold smile at the corner of his mouth changed.
"Don't touch the lightning on his body!!"
A panicked shout came from afar – it was Luo Guxie.
Boom!!
Luo Changsheng's hands, wrapped in fierce storm power, slammed heavily into Yun Che's chest. The terrifying Divine King power erupted without reservation, and in the next instant... vanished without a trace.
Like a gorgeous bubble that shattered into nothingness the moment it was pricked.
And under this full-force strike from Luo Changsheng, Yun Che did not move even a single part of his body, only the hem of his robes fluttering slightly.
Luo Changsheng's hands froze against Yun Che's chest, his pupils losing their color, his entire body trembling like a sieve: "Impossible... impossible... waaaah!"
Before Luo Changsheng could even recover from the abyss of shock, he suddenly let out a miserable cry. Because as he touched Yun Che's body, white lightning coiled up, binding his hands and transmitting through his entire body.
He suddenly felt as if trapped in a terrifying invisible prison. Every part of his body was tightly bound by an irresistible force. As the lightning crackled, an intensely cruel tingling numbness instantly spread through his entire body – including his internal organs, meridians, profound veins, every cell, every pore...
White light flashed on Luo Changsheng's body. Various parts of his body convulsed and twisted violently under the lightning, making him unable to control his body or use even a trace of profound energy. The only thing he could feel throughout his entire being was a numbness that made him wish he were dead.
"So this is the Divine King power that made you so arrogant?" Yun Che sneered contemptuously. "How disappointing."
Yun Che slowly reached out his hand, grasping for Luo Changsheng's neck. His movement was very slow, but Luo Changsheng, entangled by the lightning, could not make the slightest struggle or retreat. Like a beast with all its bones broken, he was lifted by the neck in Yun Che's casual grip.
"Ugh... ah... aahh..."
Held in Yun Che's hand, Luo Changsheng could only convulse and twist, unable to struggle at all, unable to even make normal sounds. Yun Che raised his arm slowly, his gaze icy cold: "Luo Changsheng, when it comes to the path of profound arts, you are indeed a remarkable genius. If I hadn't encountered that sudden thunder tribulation, I definitely would not have been your match."
"You could have defeated me openly and fairly, and I would have admitted defeat with genuine conviction. But you had to show me that ugly face of yours... so ugly it makes me sick!!"
Yun Che had always been a man who repaid grievances tenfold.
He remembered those who were kind to him. And those who wronged or humiliated him, he would repay them tenfold by any means necessary!
As his voice fell, Yun Che's arm suddenly swung. With a scream from Luo Changsheng, he flung him high into the sky.
Yun Che's gaze was cold. He extended his right arm, and a pale lightning cord tore through space, instantly wrapping around Luo Changsheng's body. With a sudden downward swing of his arm, he slammed Luo Changsheng heavily to the ground.
Boom!!
This blow was incredibly heavy, causing even the barrier below to tremble slightly. The lightning cord wrapped around Luo Changsheng's body tightened at the moment of impact, cutting deep into his flesh, brutally carving a ring of bloody furrows across his body.
Blood splattered everywhere, accompanied by Luo Changsheng's hoarse, desperate roar.
"Changsheng!" Luo Guxie's eyes instantly cracked at the corners.
Yun Che raised his arm, the lightning cord lifting Luo Changsheng high up, then slammed him down again with force.
Boom!!
This time it was even heavier than before. The lightning cord cut a new ring of bloody furrows on Luo Changsheng's body. Yun Che's lips curled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Luo Changsheng, you must have really enjoyed throwing me around earlier, didn't you? Then let me help you out even more, so you'll remember this pleasure for the rest of your life!"
Boom!!!
The lightning cord slammed down again. This time, Luo Changsheng's head hit first. The sound of impact was as heavy as thunder, accompanied by another spray of shocking blood.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
The son of the Saint Universe Realm King, the foremost among the Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain, the first Divine King in the God Realm to reach that level at age thirty, a peerless genius who astounded the world – was now like a pitiful grasshopper tied to a rope, brutally lifted and smashed down. Each impact was incredibly heavy, each time tearing open his flesh and scattering blood. It was cruelly extreme, making the hearts of the onlooking profound practitioners tremble, unable to bear watching.
But almost no one sympathized with Luo Changsheng.
Earlier, when faced with a severely wounded Yun Che who had no strength left to resist, Luo Changsheng only needed to lightly move a finger to sweep Yun Che off the Feng Shen Platform and claim victory. But he didn't. Instead, he went mad, publicly trampling and humiliating Yun Che wantonly... That scene was still fresh in everyone's minds, showing them a completely unfamiliar, terrifyingly monstrous Luo Changsheng.
Now that the tables had turned, Yun Che's cruel retaliation was simply what he deserved!
"...Beast... vile beast..."
Luo Guxie's entire body trembled, her teeth nearly ground to pieces. Her clenched fists were already dripping blood. As Luo Changsheng's master, she had always been strict with him, but also cherished him deeply. Even when he was seriously negligent or made major mistakes, she could never bear to scold or hit him... But now, she was forced to watch as Luo Changsheng was publicly tortured like this. The splattering blood and hoarse screams were like the cruelest demons, savagely devouring her heart and soul.
Luo Shangchen's palms were clenched tightly, his eyes bloodshot.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
Luo Changsheng had refused to defeat Yun Che earlier because he wanted to vent. Now Yun Che was repaying him in even crueler fashion. The lightning cord would not kill him, nor would it let him faint. Instead, the lightning power constantly stimulated his mind and soul, keeping him fully conscious at all times, making him experience the pain and humiliation in its entirety.
Amid the explosive crashing sounds, Luo Changsheng's entire body had been horrifically lacerated by the lightning cord. The outer robe Luo Guxie had just changed for him was completely blood-soaked and tattered, making him look like he had just been soaked in a pool of blood. His screams grew hoarser and more despairing, causing some who could not bear to watch to seal their hearing once again.
Just then, an unexpected change occurred.
Crash!!!
This was the sound of space being violently torn apart. A beam of storm, compressed in range but terrifying in its power, tore through the air and struck straight at Yun Che, accompanied by a low roar filled with deep venom and murderous intent: "Vile beast, DIE!"
Luo... Gu... Xie!
This sudden turn of events shocked everyone.
"Stop!"
"How dare you!"
Two earth-shaking roars erupted, the first from Zhou Tian Shen Di, the second from the Dragon God Emperor.
Qianye Ying'er's expression changed for the first time.
Their attention had always been on the Feng Shen Platform. They never could have imagined that a Divine Lord who had shaken the world for so long, the number one figure on the path of profound arts beneath the Eastern Divine Region's king realms, someone respected and feared by all, would suddenly make a move against a junior – right in front of the entire Eastern Divine Region, and at the most solemn Feng Shen Battle at that!
This wasn't just unexpected; it was a complete disregard for a Divine Lord's dignity, for the honor of the profound path, a contempt for the Zhou Tian God Realm, a deranged act against the Eastern Divine Region!
Who was Luo Guxie? What was her cultivation level? This strike of hers was unleashed in furious rage, using nearly seventy to eighty percent of her power – enough to annihilate an entire continent into nothingness. How could Yun Che possibly withstand it? Not just one Yun Che – a million of him would be reduced to ashes in an instant!
But the storm was too fast, and Luo Guxie's attack was so utterly unexpected that even the Dragon God Emperor and the Divine Emperors could not react in time to block it.
The only one who might have been able to block it was Quhui Zunzhe, who was closest to Yun Che.
But...
Boom!!!
With a heavy sound, Quhui Zunzhe, who had not even gotten close, was sent flying far away by the residual force. His right arm was split open with countless cracks, a bloody mess.
Quhui Zunzhe let out a pained groan, forced to watch helplessly as the terrifying storm hurtled straight toward Yun Che, forced to watch helplessly as this peerless genius who had summoned the world-shaking Nine Tribulations was about to perish under this deranged, murderous hand...
At this moment, Yun Che turned slightly. On his face, there was not a trace of fear.
The lightning cord binding Luo Changsheng was withdrawn. With a violent swing of his arm, the layer of pale lightning that had been wrapped around his body suddenly detached, transforming into a pale lightning dragon as if alive. With an angry roar, it charged straight toward the storm.