Chapter 1576: Hell Has No Gate
Bei Hanchu entered the scene under the halo of the "Northern Domain Heavenly Lord Ranking," but Yun Che never once gave him a proper glance from start to finish.
The number one profound prodigy of the Eastern Divine Region, Luo Changsheng, who had shattered history, had been pinned by him on the Feng Shen Platform and tortured until he begged for death. That shadow would probably torment him for the rest of his life.
The Northern Domain Heavenly Lord Ranking? What kind of bullshit was that?
But at this moment, Yun Che had to admit that Bei Hanchu was someone of note.
Because he actually dared to point his sword aura at Qianye Ying'er!
"Yun Che," Lu Bubai panted heavily; the killing intent in his eyes had largely dissipated from before, replaced by deep shock and fear: "My Nine Radiance Heaven Palace does not wish to be your enemy, nor do we want things to become this ugly. Hand her over to me, and both sides will be safe and sound. Why must you, for the sake of a daughter of a criminal clan... fight to the death?"
He was afraid, truly afraid.
That Yun Che could withstand his power had already shocked him beyond words. But his power could still surge... and surge several times over, nearly crippling the arm of a fourth-level Divine Lord with one strike!
What kind of monster was this? This exclamation had echoed in his mind countless times today.
Yun Che said nothing; his hand pressed down on the shoulder of the girl in white.
Below, beneath the pitch-black mask, Qianye Ying'er's pupils shifted slightly.
A whisper escaped her lips, audible only to herself: *Since it's come to this... let's go all the way.*
Her fingers lightly brushed across her waist.
*Ding!*
A faint chime suddenly rang in everyone's ears... very soft, yet it coiled around their hearing, seeping straight into their souls.
A thin golden line interwoven with black abruptly imprinted itself upon the heavy, desolate battlefield.
The center of the golden line was Bei Hanchu's head.
Bei Hanchu's sword aura was pointed at Qianye Ying'er, his presence locked firmly onto her, his eyes filled with gloom. He sensed the approving look Lu Bubai cast his way, and a surge of excitement stirred within him.
He was certain that the relationship between Yun Che and this woman was far from ordinary. If he could force Yun Che to yield and exchange her for that girl who could release the purple "demon aura," then perhaps this great merit would completely offset the crime of losing the Hidden Heaven Sword.
He would also regain some ground in front of Yun Che!
Though such methods were despicable, Yun Che had been despicable first by seizing her by force. No one could say a word against him.
But... for some reason, the sounds around him suddenly vanished, leaving only that faint hum from an unknown source.
His vision also became blurred; his connection to his profound energy grew thin, and then... it completely disappeared.
The world before him began to rise... no, it was his sight that was descending on its own, growing dark, spinning... Suddenly, he saw a person who had the same build as him, the same clothes, even the same missing right hand.
In his left hand, he still held a black sword aura.
Only, this person had only half a head.
On his skull was imprinted a golden line of unknown origin, as if that golden line had cleaved his head perfectly in two.
At that instant, boundless fear and despair flooded his final consciousness. He wanted to scream, but could not make a sound. Then, his last consciousness, along with the utmost terror and despair of his life, plunged into eternal darkness.
Lu Bubai was stunned. The Bei Han Divine Lord was stunned... Everyone was frozen, their minds overwhelmed by a buzzing, like a swarm of locusts.
"Han... Han'er..."
The Bei Han Divine Lord murmured, his vision darkening... But before his trembling hand could reach out to Bei Hanchu's still-standing mutilated body, a golden flash darted before him.
Right now, Qianye Ying'er valued her life greatly.
She had thought her hopeless profound veins were recovering; she had obtained the Demon Emperor's blood, and beside her was Yun Che, a monster she could use. As long as she lived well, the day would surely come when she could take revenge with her own hands.
So she had warned Yun Che again and again not to take unnecessary risks before his strength was sufficient.
But once her killing intent was ignited, it would be utterly and completely brutal!
With one sword stroke beheading Bei Hanchu, the second sword immediately thrust at the Bei Han Divine Lord, aiming straight for his life, without a moment's hesitation and leaving no room for mercy.
As the Bei Han Divine Lord, death was the most familiar thing to him; he should not have lost his composure. But Bei Hanchu... he was not only his proudest son but also the future of him and the entire Bei Han City!
He had become the foremost disciple of Nine Radiance Heaven Palace, entered the Northern Domain Heavenly Lord Ranking, and become the greatest miracle and pride of the Five Wastelands Realms—all so lofty and dazzling. Yet now, he had suddenly fallen before his eyes.
The impact on him was no less than a cataclysm overturning heaven and burying the earth.
His soul had fled beyond the heavens, and with Qianye Ying'er's sudden eruption—a sword strike fast as flowing light and phantom shadows—by the time the Bei Han Divine Lord came to his senses, it was too late to surge his profound energy. He barely managed to twist his body slightly.
*Shriek!!*
The second golden line cleaved through space, slicing from the Bei Han Divine Lord's left ribs all the way to his left arm, severing his ribs and most of his left arm in one blow, blood spraying into the sky.
*Thud!*
Half of Bei Hanchu's head fell to the ground. The light sound of impact was like a hammer striking everyone's heart, drowning out all other noise in the world.
*Thud!*
The Bei Han Divine Lord's arm hit the ground at almost the same instant as Bei Hanchu's head.
Everything happened in the span of a spark and a flint... And Qianye Ying'er's profound energy aura was only at the fifth level of the Divine King Realm; she was a woman besides. How could Bei Hanchu, Lu Bubai, or the Bei Han Divine Lord have had the slightest guard against her?
"Ah... aaah!" The Bei Han Divine Lord's scream finally erupted. Bei Hanchu's body also toppled backward at that moment. Bereft of his son and his arm, what rang out across the battlefield was a wretched scream unbefitting of a Divine Lord.
But the next moment, that deadly golden line thrust straight at him once more.
"Ah... uwaaah!" The Bei Han Divine Lord's roar was nearly despairing. He let his left arm spurt blood like a fountain, swung his right arm horizontally, and summoned a massive blue-black greatsword, his chaotic, frenzied Divine Lord's power condensing into it as he smashed it down.
"Lord Divine Lord!" Lu Bubai above shrank his pupils and cried out in shock.
Yun Che's cultivation level was indeed at the fifth level of the Divine King Realm—no falsehood.
As for Qianye Ying'er, she was concealed by the Inverse Abyss Stone; when she unleashed her profound force, it would be fully exposed.
The Inverse Abyss Stone was an item from Jie Tian Mo Di; as long as it was not actively revealed, even the ancient gods and demons would find it difficult to see through, let alone those present.
When a fifth-level Divine King bursts forth with Divine Lord power at extremely close range, such a surprise attack could be fatal!
Though the Bei Han Divine Lord wielded his sword with one arm, the might of his greatsword was still terrifying beyond measure. Qianye Ying'er's slender golden sword seemed rather fragile and tiny in comparison.
But just as the two swords were about to clash, the slender golden sword transformed from a blade into a ribbon, like a spiritual snake piercing through the Bei Han Divine Lord's sword might and power in an instant, striking his heart—a single explosion, piercing clean through.
*Boom!*
Under the might of the Bei Han Sword, Qianye Ying'er used the force to retreat, floating away lightly. The soft sword in her hand slipped from her grasp in a stream of golden light, winding back around her slender waist, looking no different from an ordinary golden sash.
But the Bei Han Divine Lord's chest now bore a fist-sized, transparent hole.
"S-Sect Master!?"
"Father King!"
Everything had happened far too quickly—too suddenly. From Bei Hanchu's beheading to the Bei Han Divine Lord losing his arm and being struck through the heart, it all occurred in an extremely brief instant. The terrified shouts from Bei Han City only now erupted belatedly.
East Ruins, West Ruins, and Nanhuang were all staring in shock. Every corner of the Central Ruins battlefield exploded into chaotic cries of alarm at this moment.
People from Bei Han City surged forward, rushing to the Bei Han Divine Lord. The Bei Han Divine Lord planted his greatsword on the ground, standing there rigidly, his eyes staring straight ahead as if possessed.
"Father King, are... are you alright?" the eldest son of the Bei Han Divine Lord asked with a trembling voice.
Though the Bei Han Divine Lord had lost an arm and had his heart pierced, for a Divine Lord, arms could be regrown, and a pierced heart was far from fatal... After all, how easily could a powerful Divine Lord fall?
But...
*Clang!*
The greatsword slipped from his hand at that moment, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Han... er..." he whispered, as faint as a dying wind, then toppled straight backward like a wooden post.
"S-Sect Master!!"
Everyone from Bei Han City was greatly horrified. The Grand Elder of Bei Han City stepped forward and caught the Bei Han Divine Lord. In that instant, he trembled violently all over, as if struck by a heavy hammer.
Because the Bei Han Divine Lord's internal organs had been completely reduced to a pool of blood paste—as if torn and shattered by a thousand demonic claws and a thousand swords, merciless and brutal, with not even the tiniest fragment remaining.
The Grand Elder of Bei Han City stood frozen. The Bei Han Divine Lord's aura quickly dissipated from everyone's spiritual senses until it vanished completely.
"Dead... dead?" East Ruins, West Ruins, and Nanhuang all murmured the same words, just two syllables, yet trembling more violently than ever before.
Qianye Ying'er's current cultivation was still at the third level of the Divine King Realm. With the advantage of the Demon Emperor's Source Blood, against the fourth-level Divine Lord Bei Han, she could hold her own but could hardly win.
However, she was once the Fandi Shennü, with a profound understanding at the God Emperor level and methods so cruel and resolute that even God Emperors would shudder.
And then there was the golden soft sword that had always been coiled around her waist when she was the Fandi Shennü, bearing the name "Divine Oracle."
To slay a first-level Divine Lord and a fourth-level Divine Lord in an instant with the power of a third-level Divine Lord—likely only Qianye Ying'er in all the God Realm could achieve that.
"Ah... aah..." Lu Bubai stretched out his hand, his fingers curling and flexing, trembling and terrified as if a demon had seized his throat and soul.
Bei Hanchu was dead... the first disciple in Nine Radiance Heaven Palace's history to enter the Northern Domain Heavenly Lord Ranking, the pride and future of the Nine Radiance Heaven Palace... dead!!
And his father, the Bei Han Divine Lord, whose cultivation was closest to his own—also dead!
In this world... how could... such a thing happen...
To Yun Che, Bei Hanchu's gruesome death was an inevitable result. For daring to point his sword aura at Qianye Ying'er, ten thousand lives wouldn't be enough to save him. But that the Bei Han Divine Lord was also slain in an instant by her was completely beyond his expectation.
Yun Che grabbed the girl in white, flew down, and tossed her from afar to Qianye Ying'er: "Protect her well."
Qianye Ying'er caught her with one hand and said coldly: "Since it's come to this, kill them all... And after that, you'd better give me a sufficiently perfect explanation!"
Yun Che grunted coldly and lunged straight at Lu Bubai.
Having dealt with two Divine Lords for Yun Che, Qianye Ying'er made no further moves. She took the girl in white none too gently and turned back, entering the Nanhuang barrier.
The division of labor between them was clear.
As she turned back, the Nanhuang battle formation erupted into terrified screams; everyone retreated in fear. Nanhuang Jian stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.
Even Nanhuang Mofeng took several steps back hurriedly.
Thinking back to the Central Ruins battle, she had been sitting quietly in the Nanhuang formation all along. Every single Nanhuang member broke out in cold sweat. Now they were tense all over, not daring to breathe too loudly.
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[Note: The second version of Mu Xuanyin's character design has been posted on the WeChat public account. If interested, you can check it out. WeChat public account: Mars Gravity.]
[Then, next time, a character that has never appeared before will be posted—a super big boss from the Northern Divine Region, Nanhuang Chanyi's direct superior (manual satire).]