# Chapter 1575: Forcible Seizure
"What's wrong?" Qianye Ying'er asked, tilting her brow.
"...!" Yun Che said nothing, turning around to look up at the sky.
"Still thinking of running?" Lu Bubai didn't even need to move his hands. With a flicker of black light in his eyes, a thin layer of black qi directly enveloped the young girl, suppressing both her body and her profound energy completely. Escaping was out of the question—even the slightest movement was a luxury.
However, it was clear that Lu Bubai had no intention of killing her. Even the power restraining her was applied with considerable caution.
"Villain...!" The girl gritted her jade-like teeth, showing no fear. Her wide eyes blazed with unwavering hatred: "The Grand Elder... and Brother Xiang... they will definitely come to save me, and they will never... forgive you!"
Her voice still carried a hint of childishness that had yet to fully fade, confirming that her age matched her appearance—probably only fifteen or sixteen.
"Save you? Forgive?" Lu Bubai sneered coldly. "With your Zuiyun Clan?"
Yun Che: "..."
The words "Zuiyun Clan" instantly stirred murmurs across the battlefield. Beihan Shenjun remarked knowingly, "That girl is from the Zuiyun Clan?"
Beihan Chu pressed a hand to his chest, gasping for breath. He said hatefully, "Yes! When my master, my martial uncle, and I were on our way here, we encountered people from the Zuiyun Clan."
"Members of the Zuiyun Clan are not allowed to leave the Zui Domain freely, are they?" Beihan Shenjun's eyes flickered. "Could it be... they intend to escape?"
"Probably." Beihan Chu said, "The people of the Zuiyun Clan scattered and fled. My master went in pursuit—that's also why he couldn't make it here today."
At this point, Beihan Chu clenched his teeth hard... If Zangjian Zunzhe were here, why would he have to suffer such outrageous humiliation?
"As for this young girl, we happened to run into her, so we captured her along the way." Beihan Chu lowered his voice. "My martial uncle said her status within the Zuiyun Clan should be extraordinary, and since the Chief Palace Master just... bringing her back to the Heavenly Palace could at least slightly mitigate my crime of losing the Zangtian Sword."
"Get back in!" Lu Bubai flipped his palm, about to sweep the girl back onto the Mystic Ark.
The girl couldn't move at all. Even if she were a hundred or a thousand times stronger than she was now, she would have no chance of struggling free. But she stubbornly refused to accept her fate. From her slender white arm, bound by darkness, a deep purple light suddenly shot forth.
A cultivator at the Divine Soul Realm could never break free from the suppression of a Divine Sovereign, no matter what—body or profound energy. But this purple light genuinely emanated from the girl's arm, not from some will-controlled profound artifact.
The purple light pierced through the air, stabbing straight toward Lu Bubai's eyes.
Seeing this purple light, Lu Bubai's movements halted, and his eyes flew wide.
Bang!!
The purple light struck directly between his brows but caused no injury whatsoever. Yet Lu Bubai stood frozen for a moment, and the next instant, an incredibly fervent radiance burst from his eyes.
Below, Beihan Chu also shook violently, blurting out in a low roar: "Purple... Demonic Energy!?"
"Heh... haha..." Lu Bubai suddenly laughed—a kind of uncontrollable, ecstatic laughter like one who had discovered a gift from the heavens: "What a treasure we've found... hahaha... Eh!?"
A shadow abruptly appeared before him, tearing his ecstatic laughter short.
Yun Che stood beside the girl. He slowly reached out, pushed her behind him, and at the same time, undid the dark seal placed on her.
"...!" The girl was stunned, standing blankly behind Yun Che. A layer of his power enveloped her, seemingly to protect her, yet also trapping her so she couldn't escape.
Lu Bubai's smile froze. His brow furrowed slightly: "What is the meaning of this?"
"This person, I want." Yun Che said coldly.
Qianye Ying'er: "..."
"You!" Lu Bubai stepped forward, then forcefully restrained himself. He said calmly, "This girl is a descendant of a criminal clan. I must take her back and administer punishment. Although you also bear the surname Yun, you clearly have nothing to do with that criminal clan. Why must you stir up pointless sympathy?"
Yun Che directly grabbed the girl's small hand and flew downward.
Even with Lu Bubai's cultivation and forbearance, he nearly exploded with rage. He twisted his body and abruptly blocked Yun Che's path, his face now bearing a hint of darkness: "My Jiuyao Heavenly Palace has no grievances with you, yet you schemed against us, causing us to lose the Zangtian Sword and subjecting our Young Palace Master to great humiliation and defeat. Even so, I and the Young Palace Master have yielded to you at every step... Do not go too far!"
By "scheming," he naturally referred to how Yun Che had deliberately shrouded the area in darkness during his fight with the Ten God Kings, preventing anyone from seeing the process. This led everyone to believe he must have used some extremely powerful demonic artifact, arousing Beihan Chu's curiosity and greed... leading to everything that followed.
Even knowing that Yun Che had intentionally plotted against him, he still accepted the loss.
But now Yun Che was pushing so aggressively... if he yielded again, he wouldn't be able to look at himself in the mirror, let alone others.
Moreover, this girl... absolutely, absolutely had to be brought back to Jiuyao Heavenly Palace!
He feared Yun Che's possible origins, but that didn't mean he feared Yun Che as a person. And even if Yun Che's true strength was not inferior to his own, there was still Beihan City, as well as the Dongxu Sect and Xixu Sect present!
As he spoke, a heavy Divine Sovereign pressure spread over him. Dark sword energy flickered faintly around his hands and shoulders, exuding an imposing demonic might.
Yun Che: "..."
A small hand grabbed tightly onto the corner of his clothes from behind, gripping harder and harder.
Lu Bubai continued: "The five realms of Youxu all follow the commands of my Jiuyao Heavenly Palace. Besides myself, there are seven Divine Sovereigns from the five Youxu realms present. The moment I give the order, including Nanhuang, they will all attack you together. Even if you possess heaven-defying abilities, you won't leave here alive."
"We could have been friends. You are a wise man. Why risk your life for an unrelated woman?"
Lu Bubai's voice was half persuasion, half threat. Until Yun Che's identity was clarified, he didn't want to completely break with him. But if Yun Che insisted on forcibly taking the girl... he would have no choice but to kill him here.
Yun Che's reply was only five words:
"Get lost, or die!"
"...!" Qianye Ying'er let out a faint sigh.
Lu Bubai's expression changed, but not to greater darkness—it settled into a calm stillness. Only in his eyes and on his body did killing intent suddenly surge.
"Seems you don't appreciate the face I've given you."
Boom!
When a Divine Sovereign's anger erupts, heaven weeps and earth quakes. Black clouds churned above, and a sinister wind swept below. Lu Bubai's previously suppressed fury and killing intent exploded together. He raised his hand, the black light coiling around his palm like a demonic ghost shrieking in agony.
Yun Che's expression also changed. The corners of his mouth tilted into a faint smirk, that line radiating boundless savagery.
"Today, her, the Zangtian Sword, and your life... all must stay!" Black qi instantly dyed his entire body. Lu Bubai's hair and beard flew wildly as the Divine Sovereign pressure blanketed the sky, causing the profound practitioners below to tremble uncontrollably in fear. "You don't know when you're well off, walking right into death. Now, even if you kneel and beg, it's too late!"
With a terrible screech, a dark sword beam shot from Lu Bubai's body, stabbing straight at Yun Che. Where it passed, the ground dozens of li below cracked open layer by layer.
In the same instant, an invisible barrier instantly unfolded around Yun Che.
Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking!
He swept the girl up with his arm, blinked aside to dodge the sword beam, and the Evil God Barrier he had spread completely blocked the residual shockwave, not harming the girl in the slightest.
At that moment, Lu Bubai let out a furious roar and lunged straight at him. His five fingers aimed not at the white-robed girl, but at Yun Che's heart.
Yun Che swung his arm horizontally, pushing the girl far away. The Evil God Barrier on his body detached and followed her. Yun Che moved forward, abruptly closing the distance with Lu Bubai. His five fingers formed claws and met the attack head-on.
Boom!
The claws clashed, shattering ten li of space like thin ice. The resulting dark storm instantly engulfed the girl. She screamed in fright... but immediately found that the strange barrier surrounding her was faintly emitting a glow, isolating her from all disaster and darkness.
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom!!!
The dark force erupted continuously. Their arms clashed again, and the already devastated space collapsed once more violently.
The battle between Yun Che and Lu Bubai erupted suddenly, catching the people on the Central Ruins battlefield completely off guard. Such power was undoubtedly a terrifying natural disaster to them. For a moment, screams tore through the sky, and countless figures fled for their lives.
The always yielding Lu Bubai, who had shown considerable restraint, suddenly attacked Yun Che with full force and murderous intent—even Beihan Chu and the various Divine Sovereigns were caught off guard.
What shocked them even more was that Lu Bubai's power... was all met head-on by Yun Che!
Lu Bubai was a fourth-level Divine Sovereign! And he had remained at the Divine Sovereign level for over eight thousand years, his profound energy vast and boundless as the ocean. Yun Che had defeated Dong Xueci, defeated the Ten God Kings, defeated Beihan Chu, and now... he was even blocking Lu Bubai's power head-on!
And the profound energy he released was still at the fifth-level Divine King!
What kind of monster was this!?
"Martial Uncle has made his move!" After the initial shock, Beihan Chu, whose heart was filled with endless humiliation and resentment, felt a surge of energy. "Father! And all you Realm Kings! Attack together quickly! Tear Yun Che into pieces!"
"No," Beihan Shenjun said calmly, looking upward. "Zhiren Lu Bubai has his status. Rushing to help would only displease him. Besides... he is more than enough alone."
Boom!!
Another dark light exploded in the sky. Yun Che's arm was forcefully knocked away. Lu Bubai's five fingers formed a sword and struck Yun Che square in the chest. The sword's might exploded, sending Yun Che flying sideways.
"Damn!" Nanhuang Chanyi muttered softly. She stepped forward but immediately stopped herself—because she suddenly saw Qianye Ying'er standing calmly at the center of the battlefield, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
Having blasted Yun Che away, Lu Bubai did not go to seize the white-robed girl but instead pounced at Yun Che again. Because she couldn't possibly escape, and with things having reached this point, Yun Che absolutely had to die!
Yun Che flipped in midair, his profound energy suddenly transforming.
Heaven-Shattering, open!
His profound energy, now several times more violent and frenzied, directly knocked the fully charging Lu Bubai backward. Before he could even register his shock, a pair of dark red eyes were right in front of him. An arm wreathed in blood light smashed down.
Boom!!
Their arms collided. Lu Bubai's eyeballs instantly bulged, nearly bursting. He felt as if he had punched an indestructible piece of profound steel. His entire right arm went completely numb in an instant. The sounds of his fingers breaking and blood vessels bursting were so distinct they were deafening.
His profound path experience was extremely rich. The residual force pulled his body to retreat as fast as possible, barely escaping Yun Che's power.
"You..." He clutched his right arm with his left hand, his voice trembling and fearful. His eyes churned with terror as if he had seen a god or demon. Several moments passed, and his arm remained completely numb, unable to lift, with only streams of blood pouring down wildly.
"Martial... Uncle!" Beihan Chu was terrified to the point of death. The various Divine Sovereigns were shaken to their very souls.
Once again, Yun Che had violently shattered their understanding and beliefs.
Yun Che did not pursue. Because the successive impacts had nearly exhausted the Evil God Barrier protecting the white-robed girl. He turned and landed beside her, extending his hand to cast a new Evil God Barrier over her.
Just then, Beihan Chu suddenly shifted his gaze. Like a flying arrow, he shot out in an instant, appearing before Qianye Ying'er. His palm released a nine-foot sword aura, pressing directly against her neck.
"...!" Qianye Ying'er did not move.
This sudden change drew everyone's attention with shock.
"Yun Che," Beihan Chu panted heavily. His sword aura needed only to advance a fraction further to cut Qianye Ying'er's throat. "This is your woman, right? Hand over that girl... to my martial uncle! Both you and she will be safe, and you can even keep the Zangtian Sword."
"Otherwise, I'll kill her!"
Well done... thought Lu Bubai, still clutching his numb arm. Though he would normally disdain such a lowly act, now he felt nothing but approval.
Yun Che showed no reaction at all. A flicker of pity passed through his cold eyes.