Chapter 1547: Desperate Situation?
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These few words were like an emperor looking down, judging a few lowly commoners!
Yet the eight people he faced were the most top-level beings of this region!
They were all stunned, then all laughed, as if they had heard the greatest joke, or perhaps laughed out of anger.
With their strength and status, when had they ever been so slighted! Even a Great Realm King would never say such words to them... this could no longer be described by the word "arrogance."
"Heh, hahahaha!" The Yenxing Tower Master laughed out loud directly: "Interesting, truly interesting! I thought it would be some great figure, but instead it's a clueless madman."
"Take back your words and get out of the Eastern Ruins Realm, and the Suiyue Monastery will not make a move," the Suiyue Monastery Master said calmly.
"It seems the Eastern Domain has been too peaceful for too long. Someone actually wants to step on all of us. Hah, how ridiculous," the Black Fiend Sect Master glanced at Mingxiao and said sarcastically: "Clan Chief Mingxiao, is this the kind of person that scared you out of your wits?"
"..." The hot-tempered Mingxiao said nothing.
Hearing and seeing are always two different concepts. Moreover, Yun Che's profound aura was indeed only at the Divine King Realm Level 1, and among the eight of them, the weakest was at Level 6 Divine King. How could they feel any pressure from Yun Che?
"Hmph! No need to waste words with him!" Green Profound True Person said solemnly: "Yun Che! No matter what your background, you killed our Lunar Yin God Mansion's Vice Mansion Master and Grand Guardian. Since I have come in person, you won't leave this Cold Blossom Peak alive today!"
Zheng!
With a ear-piercing hum, a half-zhang wide and long green cauldron had appeared in Green Profound True Person's hand.
The moment this cauldron appeared, everyone was shocked.
"Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron!" Shouts came from both the peak and the air.
"Heh, you even brought the Mansion-Suppressing Divine Cauldron. It seems the Lunar Yin Mansion Master is determined today," Blood Hand Poison Lord said with a smile.
"Tch, the blood debt from Purple Profound must be repaid. Speaking of which, Poison Lord, aren't you the same?" Green Profound True Person said sidelong: "The scent of 'Poison Hand' can't be hidden!"
Blood Hand Poison Lord's lips curled. With a flash of dark light, a pitch-black glove had appeared on his right hand... In an instant, a terrifying poisonous aura spread rapidly, causing the sect masters' expressions to slightly change.
Donning the black glove, Blood Hand Poison Lord looked at Yun Che as if he were already dead.
"Hahahaha," another burst of laughter rang out. Yenxing Tower Master slowly picked up a star array disk: "It seems none of you plan to let him leave here alive."
"Hmph, to dare provoke and despise our nine great sects like this, if we let him leave alive today, wouldn't we become a joke!"
Indeed, they did not underestimate Yun Che. Mingxiao's severe injury was no fake. So they came in person, and all brought extremely powerful profound artifacts!
Killing members of the nine great sects and being so audacious as to provoke all of them alone... how could they let him off easy!
And Yun Che's extreme arrogance and contempt made them laughable, but also even angrier... and their methods would only be more vicious.
"Is this your answer?" Yun Che's eyes were calm as he nodded slightly: "Very well."
With that, he took a step forward. A faint black light flickered in his placid pupils. His long black hair lifted without wind, accompanied by a sudden, formless pressure.
It was indeed the aura of the Divine King Realm Level 1, but for some reason, this dark pressure from a Level 1 Divine King directly penetrated the depths of their souls, causing them all to feel an instant of fear.
Yes, fear... a fear that transcended their will, originating from the instinct of their souls.
Though only for an instant, it froze their expressions. And accompanying that instant of fear was undoubtedly a vague unease. Especially Mingxiao, who had personally experienced Yun Che's strength, showed deep terror... then gritted his teeth, forcefully suppressing this unwarranted fear, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
"Heh, nice bearing! Too bad... you're asking for death!" Green Profound True Person held the cauldron in his left hand and a sword in his right. His hair and beard flew as his figure appeared above Yun Che like a ghost, a green sword body whipping up a blue-black storm that crashed down towards Yun Che.
It was a terrifying gloomy wind as if from the depths of hell. In an instant, profound practitioners far below Cold Blossom Peak felt as if hell had opened its doors, devouring them mercilessly, causing countless fearful shouts.
In the Eastern Ruins Realm, and even the five realms of Youxu, many high-level sects cultivated wind profound. Wind drives darkness, dark swirls storm, giving birth to an incredibly astonishing destructive force.
The sensation far below Cold Blossom Peak was already like this; one could imagine how terrifying this dark storm was.
Green Profound True Person struck first; the others did not move. They wanted to witness what strength Yun Che truly possessed. And Green Profound True Person was undoubtedly the best tester.
Standing at the center of the storm, Yun Che's black clothes rustled... But to everyone's surprise, facing Green Profound True Person's dark gloomy wind, Yun Che did not retreat, nor did he burst out with profound energy. Instead, he casually extended his arm, directly grabbing towards Green Profound True Person against the dark storm.
This confused them, and then their eyes twitched.
As Yun Che's hand shot out, the terrifying dark wind dissipated layer by layer, as if swallowed by formless void. And when his palm approached Green Profound True Person's body, the dark storm had vanished without a trace, like a phantom erased.
This shock was no small matter. Green Profound True Person's pupils nearly burst in terror. Despite his shock, he did not lose all composure. His seemingly ordinary green robe flashed with a strange light, instantly transforming into an illusory yet solid black armor.
Boom!
With a loud bang, Cold Blossom Peak shook violently. Green Profound True Person was sent flying by Yun Che's palm like a bundle of straw. His body smashed through over a dozen massive boulders, then embedded deeply into the mountain, bringing with it a large burst of blood mist.
Cold Blossom Mountain Range instantly became as quiet as a ghost domain, eerily silent.
Green Profound True Person, the Mansion Master of Lunar Yin God Mansion, a powerful Level 7 Divine King and one of the acknowledged overlords of the Eastern Domain, had been directly blasted away and severely injured by Yun Che in a single exchange!
Boom!
The section of the mountain where Green Profound True Person had crashed collapsed. He emerged from the rubble, his bloodied face no longer bearing the earlier calm authority, but deep trembling... He knew well that without the protection of the green robe, that palm just now would have taken half his life!
His strength was actually this terrifying!
"Attack together!" Green Profound True Person shouted loudly.
The moment he finished speaking, two figures had already pounced on Yun Che simultaneously.
Injuring Green Profound True Person in a single exchange—across the entire Eastern Domain, only the Fallen Sun Sword Master could do it. At this moment, amidst their shock, they were forced to recognize one thing... Though Yun Che was only a Level 1 Divine King, his strength was very likely comparable to the Fallen Sun Sword Master!
None of them could match him alone!
They were destined to join forces. At the same time, they began to rejoice that, to ensure absolute certainty, they had all brought their sect-suppressing profound artifacts.
Yenxing Tower Master and Blood Hand Poison Lord struck at the same time, two strands of dark power intertwined with poisonous mist, tightly sealing the space where Yun Che stood.
But Yun Che didn't move. He casually grabbed with his palm.
Rip!
The combined dark profound energy of the two sect masters was torn apart like fragile cloth. Before they could even get close, they were struck by a tremendous force and sent tumbling back.
But in almost the same instant, four more figures bore down on Yun Che!
Weeping Soul Supreme Elder, Suiyue Monastery Master, Black Fiend Sect Master, and Yecha Demon Lord—the dark profound power of the four sect masters burst out simultaneously, rapidly converging. Suddenly, atop Cold Blossom Peak, a massive dark vortex appeared. Those who saw it felt their sight and soul being pulled by an invisible force, as if they might be eternally devoured at any moment.
Yun Che raised his arm, fingers spread. Black light flickered in his palm, expanding instantly, meeting the approaching dark vortex.
The two streams of dark light collided, and the entire peak of Cold Blossom Peak was plunged into pitch blackness. A bone-piercing cold spread through every corner of the mountain in an instant. In the darkness, the four people's bodies shook violently, blood surging, nearly spurting out.
Facing the combined force of two sect masters and two supreme elders, Yun Che was no longer completely unmoved. His upper body leaned back slightly, and his foot shifted back a half-step.
Though they were four in cooperation, their condition was far worse than Yun Che's. Under the black light he casually condensed, the dark vortex formed by their combined power was suppressed and devoured layer by layer. Their bodies felt as if a thousand blades were cutting them, agony unbearable, as if they might shatter at any moment. Their shock was beyond measure.
While they struggled, the other four did not advance. Yenxing Tower Master, Green Profound True Person, Blood Hand Poison Lord... strange auras began to surge from their bodies.
Mingxiao had already fled far away. With his injuries, it seemed natural for him not to attack.
Boom!!
With a deafening crash, the black light exploded. The four who had been briefly stalemated with Yun Che were finally defeated, all spitting blood as they flew back. At the same time, the star disk in Yenxing Tower Master's hand stopped glowing. He spun his body, soared into the air, and the star disk dropped sharply, releasing a strange dark star array that instantly trapped Yun Che, who had just shaken off the four, locking him at the array's center.
This scene delighted everyone. Yenxing Tower Master roared: "Strike!"
"Well done!" Green Profound True Person leaped from the ruins. The Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron flew from his hand, expanding to a hundred zhang above Yun Che, then crashed down, engulfing him.
"Hahahaha!" Watching Yun Che swallowed by the Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron, Green Profound True Person let out a venting laugh: "Yun Che! Let's see how you can still be arrogant now!"
Shouts of shock spread across the mountains.
"Alas..." Eastern Cold Nation Master sighed heavily and closed his eyes. Yun Che had severely injured Green Profound True Person in one exchange, and alone shattered the combined power of four—how shocking! But when he was sealed by the Yenxing Array and trapped by the Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron, Eastern Cold Nation Master knew it was all over.
"Ah..." Eastern Cold Hanwei tightly covered her lips, body trembling, unable to speak.
Though young, she knew what the Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron was.
It was said that the Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron had refined countless dark corpses, accumulating endless death aura, ghost aura, and resentment. Once trapped inside, one would gradually suffer mental collapse under the heavy, terrifying death aura, ghost aura, and resentment.
Once the spirit collapsed, no matter how strong one's profound energy or body, they would be quickly refined into a dark corpse... It was said that no one had ever escaped from within.
Moreover, at the same time he was trapped, he was already caught in the Yenxing Array.
"Hmph! No wonder he had the audacity to provoke our nine great sects. In terms of strength, he was qualified. Too bad... this is the consequence!" Yenxing Tower Master sneered.
"Yun Che, daring to show such contempt for our nine great sects and the Eastern Domain, you are the first. As for the consequence, you will know soon enough. This is all your own doing," Blood Hand Poison Lord said, opening his right hand: "Let me send you off!"
He extended his right arm, the hand wearing the "Poison Hand" suddenly expanding a hundred zhang. A black fingertip image gripped the Lunar Yin Ghost Cauldron, releasing the dreaded dark poisonous mist directly into the ghost cauldron.
Weeping Soul Supreme Elder stepped forward, saying solemnly: "To have us go this far, you die without regret! Too bad, even if you kneel and beg for mercy now, it's too late!"
As he spoke, he pushed his palm, and a small black bell flew out, landing beside the ghost cauldron. As it shook, layer after layer of black demon patterns rippled outward.
Instantly, the entire Cold Blossom Mountain Range was filled with soul-shaking ghostly wails.
Weeping Soul Bell! The first demon instrument of Weeping Soul Monastery! And the strongest instrument of demonic sound in the Eastern Ruins Realm!
Star array, ghost cauldron, poison hand, weeping soul... Looking at the scene atop Cold Blossom Peak, feeling the terrifyingly distant yet extremely dreadful aura and sound, they couldn't imagine what kind of torture and despair this was for Yun Che.
Everything was completely over. This was the consequence of angering the nine great sects.