Chapter 1281: Absolute Crushing
“Brother Yun seems very off today.” Huo Poyun said in a low voice, his eyes filled with deep concern.
“...Do not speak unnecessarily.” Huo Rulie said. Recalling the exchange between Yun Che and Mu Bingyun, his heart was still pounding with alarm.
“Jinxi, you go.” Yue Huan patted Yue Jinxi on the shoulder and stepped back a few paces.
Ridiculous—although Yun Che arrogantly wanted them to attack together, they were sons of the Yue Shen Emperor and both third-level Divine Kings. How could they truly join forces to deal with a Xuan practitioner from below the King Realm and only at the Divine Spirit Realm Level 5? That would be lowering their own status and losing face.
Yue Jinxi did not decline. He was filled with pent-up anger and was more than eager to teach Yun Che a harsh lesson. He extended a hand toward Yun Che, signaling him to make the first move: “Since you’re so eager for advice, then come.”
Yun Che said nothing. His figure burst forward, his fist driving straight at Yue Jinxi’s head.
Even as the profound energy of a mid-stage Divine Spirit Realm practitioner came directly at him, Yue Jinxi felt no pressure whatsoever. He did not move his feet; only his right hand reached out unhurriedly, his face full of disdain.
He clearly intended to casually twist off Yun Che’s attack, which seemed to be a full-power strike.
On the other side, Yue Huan stood with his arms crossed, his profound energy inactive, showing no intention of joining the fight.
Yun Che was fast, reaching Yue Jinxi in an instant. Yue Jinxi’s eyes narrowed, and his outstretched hand shot out like lightning to grab Yun Che’s fist...
With a soft sound, he suddenly grasped nothing. Before him, only an afterimage was rapidly dissipating.
Yun Che’s figure had eerily veered toward Yue Huan, activating the “Sky-Shattering” realm. His entire profound energy erupted, his speed multiplied several times, and his fist smashed directly at Yue Huan’s chest.
“Wh... what!?”
It was as if a volcano had erupted in front of them. The Eastern Domain Xuan practitioners who were standing a bit closer were sent flying far away, while Yue Jinxi and Yue Huan both changed color instantly. They had seen the arcane projections of the God-Sealing Battle before, but watching a projection and personally facing the pressure of Yun Che’s explosive energy were two completely different concepts. As Divine Kings born in a King Realm, both felt suffocated by an extreme terror that reached its peak in an instant.
Yue Huan was, after all, a third-level Divine King. Faced with Yun Che’s sudden attack, he released his profound energy almost instinctively, barely crossing his arms in front of his chest...
Boom!!
Yue Huan’s arms were violently knocked aside, and Yun Che’s fist struck solidly against Yue Huan’s chest.
Yue Huan’s back arched sharply, and a stream of blood shot from his mouth like an arrow from a bowstring. His entire body was sent flying several miles away.
“Brother!” Yue Jinxi turned around, completely frozen, his pupils twitching chaotically.
“Urgh... ah...”
Yue Huan supported himself on the ground with his arms, but the moment he tried to rise, he fell back to his knees, blood pouring from his mouth without stopping. His vision was blurry; he could barely make out the color of his own blood. Inside him, it felt as if countless volcanoes were violently erupting.
His entire body trembled. He could not believe that as a Divine King, he could be so severely injured by just one punch from Yun Che... and even more, he could not believe that Yun Che, only at the mid-stage Divine Spirit Realm, could unleash such terrifying power.
But more intense and more dreadful than his injuries was the shame devouring his soul like a demon!
Yue Jinxi stood frozen. Yue Huan remained on his knees, unable to get up. The surrounding Moon Guards and Moon Divine Envoys were all shocked beyond measure. Projections were just projections. Without witnessing it in person, no one could have imagined what terrifying power Yun Che could unleash with his Divine Spirit Realm profound energy.
Yun Che did not take the opportunity to attack the stunned Yue Jinxi, as if he disdained to do so. He said coldly, “I thought you were so impressive, looking down on us Xuan practitioners from below the King Realm, but it turns out you have that much ability?”
Yun Che had laid enough groundwork—provoking the two imperial princes into anger, causing them to speak rashly, making them attack in fury, and deliberately allowing himself to be injured... But even so, as soon as he said these words, countless Xuan practitioners’ hearts tightened.
This was, after all, Shenyue City, and the two opponents were sons of the Yue Shen Emperor... How could he mock them like this?
However, the Yue Shen Emperor’s expression was utterly unchanged, and a strange light flickered deep in his eyes.
At this moment, Yue Huan finally struggled to his feet. Panting heavily, a layer of moonlight-like radiance shone from his body.
“Divine Moon Art!” many Xuan practitioners murmured.
“Yun Che, you...” He wanted to accuse Yun Che of a despicable sneak attack, but before the words left his mouth, he swallowed them back with blood, knowing that shouting such a thing would only invite more contempt.
Forcing down his injuries and turbulent profound energy, he let out a somewhat hoarse roar: “Jinxi, full power... attack together!”
The moment the words left his mouth, a white shadow flashed before his eyes. Yun Che was already in front of him like lightning, his icy blue profound light making Yue Huan feel as if he had fallen into a freezing abyss.
Yue Huan’s pupils dilated. This time, even if he were ten times more foolish, he would never dare to be overconfident again. He thrust out both arms, releasing his profound energy without reservation. But under the weight of his injuries and terror, his movements unconsciously took on a completely defensive posture.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Yun Che’s gaze was freezing cold. With the “Sky-Shattering” enhancement, his power rained down on Yue Huan like a storm. Yue Huan barely managed to withstand it, step by step retreating. With every step, his injuries worsened, and gradually, blood began to seep from his nostrils and ears...
Yue Jinxi’s face flushed red. While Yun Che and Yue Huan fought, he activated his Divine Moon Art to the extreme. All his Divine Moon power gathered in his right arm, causing it to emit a dazzling white light like jade.
A fierce light flashed in his eyes. His speed exploded in an instant, and his right arm, brimming with terrifying Divine Power, smashed viciously toward Yun Che’s back.
“Watch your back!” Huo Poyun blurted out in alarm.
But his shout was far too late. Yue Jinxi’s speed was too fast—in less than a tenth of an instant, his right arm, condensed with divine radiance, struck Yun Che square in the back...
And then passed straight through, slamming heavily into Yue Huan’s abdomen.
“Waaaahhh!”
Yue Huan curled up like a shrimp and was sent flying backward once more, unable to get up for a long time.
He had already been heavily wounded by Yun Che’s punch, and this sudden full-strength blow from Yue Jinxi nearly cost him half his life.
Yue Jinxi stood there stunned... But in a vicious fight at the Divine King level, even a brief moment of distraction could be fatal.
Boom!!
Yun Che’s figure appeared behind Yue Jinxi, and his elbow struck heavily against Yue Jinxi’s spine.
“It seems Yun Che has reached a state where he can control the Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick at will,” Mu Bingyun murmured softly.
In that instant, Yue Jinxi felt as if every bone, every muscle, every blood vessel in his body had completely exploded. He finally understood why Yue Huan, after just one punch from Yun Che, was so battered and miserable.
Yue Jinxi flew away like a ball, and by the time his focus returned, he was already several miles away.
Yue Huan lay on the ground, coughing up several large mouthfuls of blood, and roared angrily: “Yue Jinxi, are you blind?!”
But as soon as the curse left his mouth, he suddenly realized that Yun Che’s icy gaze was right in front of him, causing every hair on his body to stand on end.
A Divine King was still a Divine King, not so easily completely routed. Yue Huan gritted his teeth, ignored his injuries, crossed his arms, and summoned a Dark Moon in front of him, barely managing to withstand Yun Che’s assault.
“Yun Che... die!!”
A roar, evidently driven mad by rage, came from above. Yue Jinxi, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, lunged down like a furious beast. This time, he had learned his lesson—he did not aim for Yun Che’s back but struck from the side.
But Yun Che did not even glance sideways, nor did he pull back to dodge. He focused all his power on Yue Huan, rapidly suppressing the Dark Moon Yue Huan had conjured until it twisted.
Just as Yue Jinxi’s power was about to land, a flash of golden light appeared before him.
Golden Crow Illusion God!
The rumor that Yun Che possessed a special phantom was widely known. But knowing about it and facing it personally were two entirely different concepts. This power, which completely surpassed the understanding of ordinary practitioners at the same level, would leave Yue Jinxi utterly unprepared when confronting it for the first time, even if he lived for another thousand years...
Boom!!
Yue Jinxi didn’t even have time to scream in terror before the Golden Crow Illusion God smashed directly into his face.
A series of miserable cries followed. The profound energy Yue Jinxi was about to release completely scattered, his body caught fire, and he tumbled downward. On the other side, Yue Huan’s Dark Moon defense finally collapsed. His entire body shook violently, and he slid backward heavily in a kneeling position.
Shenyue City was dead silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Xuan practitioners from the lower, middle, and upper star realms of the Eastern Domain, as well as the Moon Guards and Moon Divine Envoys of the Yue Shen Realm, were all dumbfounded. Countless hearts tightened, and countless throats bobbed. Yun Che—this freak who had already shaken the entire God Realm—had once again made it hard for them to believe their own eyes.
Earlier, almost no one had dared to believe he could defeat both imperial princes... even defeating one seemed unlikely.
But now, facing two sons of the Yue Shen Emperor, both third-level Divine Kings, he had achieved... a crushing victory!
A complete and utter crushing!
Yue Huan and Yue Jinxi—two Divine Kings of the King Realm—their strength was beyond doubt. But under Yun Che’s hands, they were like two monkeys who had just learned to walk. Not only were they badly defeated, but they were also toyed with, and within such a short time that people could barely react, they had been repeatedly wounded by Yun Che.
Meanwhile, Yun Che had not a single wound, his Ice Phoenix Snow Robe was perfectly smooth, without even a speck of dust.
Only fifteen short days had passed since Yun Che defeated Luo Changsheng.
At this moment, they finally began to realize that on the last day of the God-Sealing Battle, when Yun Che crushed Luo Changsheng with absolute power, he had not even used his full strength!
He hadn’t even used half of his power!
Yun Che did not continue attacking. He clasped his hands behind his back and sneered coldly at the two wretched imperial princes in the distance: “So this is the strength you claimed I didn’t even qualify to challenge?”
When Yun Che exploded with all his power, his combat strength was indeed superior to that of either Yue Huan or Yue Jinxi.
But the combined might of two Divine King imperial princes would have been enough to cause him no small trouble.
Unfortunately, the gap between them and Yun Che was not just in combat strength.
Yun Che’s strength had been forged through countless corpses and brushes with death. But the two imperial princes, with their noble birth and status, had never experienced a life-and-death battle.
Their age was several times that of Yun Che, and their profound path was a full major realm above his. But when it came to combat awareness, even the sum of both of them was not worthy of polishing Yun Che’s shoes.
Severely wounded... utterly defeated... face completely lost... and then hearing Yun Che’s caustic words—both Yue Huan and Yue Jinxi’s eyes turned bloodshot. They both surged forward at the same time, like two maddened beasts pouncing on Yun Che.
As imperial princes of a King Realm, how could they have ever suffered such defeat, such humiliation—especially in front of so many eyes!
Yun Che’s gaze was cold, and he took a single step forward.
But that casual step made the onlookers’ eyes blur. In their sight, three Yun Che suddenly appeared... each one a complete figure, with a complete aura.
“Oh? Star God Remnant Shadow!” Above the clouds, Qianye Ying’er murmured softly.
Boom! Boom!
Two loud sounds. Two bursts of released profound energy shattered two afterimages. Yue Huan and Yue Jinxi were shaken by the residual force of each other’s attacks and almost vomited blood.
Yun Che’s true body was less than twenty feet above them. His arm swung down, his palm edge like a sword, and a vast divine pressure cascaded down, accompanied by a sudden wolf howl.
Primordial Fang!
Boom!!
The might of that blow, along with the tremors it caused in heaven and earth, was like the collapse of the sky itself. Yue Huan and Yue Jinxi, like two bundles of straw caught in a doomsday hurricane, flew out, spraying blood as they screamed miserably...
Boom!!
Another thunderous crash—the ground beneath their feet, paved with moonlight stone, suddenly caved in and collapsed, splitting into a bottomless chasm.
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