Chapter 1577: Fallen Celestial Wolf
"Wait... wait!"
Seeing Yun Che suddenly close the distance, Lu Bubai quickly raised his head and said urgently, "I'll give you this daughter of a sinful clan. I'm leaving right now. From now on, wherever you are, I, Lu Bubai, will retreat three hundred miles!"
Lu Bubai had lived for nearly ten thousand years and experienced countless storms, but never had his soul been so shaken as today.
If it were the Yun Che of the past, he would have cheerfully roared: Are you learning face-changing!?
Having lost the Heaven-Concealing Sword and lost Bei Hanchu, instead of going mad, he immediately changed his attitude and offered the "daughter of a sinful clan" as a gift... One could call him cowardly, or one could call him rational. It also highlighted how utterly terrifying Yun Che's repeatedly imagination-shattering strength was to him.
What a pity... Since he had already thoroughly offended the Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace, of course it was better to kill one less enemy!
Moreover, Yun Che stepping on Bei Hanchu and "extorting" the Heaven-Concealing Sword was only to set up the darkening of Nan Huang Chanyi... The appearance of the white-robed girl caused Yun Che's attitude toward the Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace to change drastically.
Just as Lu Bubai raised his hand to admit defeat, Yun Che's speed did not decrease at all. The black light on his body turned into golden flames, instantly illuminating the entire gray sky into a golden color.
Few in the Northern Divine Region cultivated both fire and darkness. Lu Bubai had also had little contact, but it was enough for him to see at a glance that Yun Che's flames were extraordinary. In terror, he retreated violently, but immediately found that Yun Che's speed was more than twice his own. Even at full speed, the distance was closing rapidly.
Before the flame might of the golden flames even erupted or drew near, his soul suddenly felt a burning pain.
Lu Bubai was even more horrified, but he no longer held any hope of luck. His expression turned fierce again, and his killing intent once again filled the air, more thoroughly than before: "Yun Che! You push people too far! Today, either you die, or I do!!"
He no longer retreated. His hands crossed, and two blue-black long swords appeared in his left and right hands. He counterattacked toward Yun Che, and in an instant, a violent storm howled across the Central Ruins battlefield, the sky and earth changing color.
The Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace was based on dark profound force, mainly cultivated swords, and also dabbled in storms. With no path of retreat, Lu Bubai had already opened his profound energy fully. His sword swept up a storm, instantly engulfing Yun Che's body.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sword and palm clashed, causing winds and clouds to surge in every instant. Lu Bubai wielded twin swords, while Yun Che faced the blades with empty hands. But amidst the raging storm and trembling space, it was Lu Bubai who retreated step by step, and with each eruption of power, blood vessels burst on his arms, blood droplets flying everywhere.
Gradually, as Lu Bubai's expression grew more pained and twisted, he felt his arm bones beginning to crack, and the sensation in his arms rapidly fading into increasingly severe numbness.
"Ahhhh!" With a loud cry, he seized an opportunity to hastily retreat. Behind him, nine black wheel marks suddenly appeared—the most powerful Nine Radiance Force from the core profound arts of the Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace.
But before the Nine Radiance could take shape, his pupils suddenly contracted. In his vision, Yun Che had already closed in on his body, a faint flash of firelight passing by.
In that instant, every hair on his body stood on end.
Boom————
A hundred miles of flames exploded in the sky, drowning out all light and sound. Within the sea of fire, Lu Bubai desperately surged upward. His green clothes, his hair, his beard—all were burned away. The flesh from his left chest to his right ribs was scorched through, revealing black charcoal-like bones.
As he wildly struggled to suppress the flames on his body, he let out a ghostly shriek: "Why haven't you attacked?! Don't you want to live?!"
A moment of silence. Then, from the east, west, and north, four figures shot up simultaneously, charging straight at Yun Che.
The aura bursting from them was all at the Divine Sovereign realm!
The Great Elder of Northern Cold City in the Northern Ruins Realm;
The Western Ruins Realm King, Western Ruins Divine Sovereign;
The Eastern Ruins Realm King, Eastern Ruins Divine Sovereign, and Supreme Elder Dong Jiukui.
Two third-level Divine Sovereigns, two second-level Divine Sovereigns.
All the Divine Sovereigns present from the three realms attacked Yun Che at once... Not because they wanted to, but because they had no choice!
Otherwise, they couldn't imagine what kind of punishment the Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace would later impose.
Only the Southern Phoenix did not move.
Because the Central Ruins Realm was rich in high-level storm resources, most of the sects in the Five Ruins Realms also cultivated wind-type profound energy, especially the realm king sects. The power of the four Divine Sovereigns easily converged, forcibly suppressing Yun Che's flames and figure, allowing Lu Bubai, who had frantically escaped the fire prison, to catch his breath.
Lu Bubai struggled to suppress his injuries and let out a furious roar: "Southern Phoenix! If you don't attack now... one day, the Nine Radiance Heavenly Palace will slaughter your entire clan!"
"..." The Southern凤凰 crowd all stiffened, sweat streaming down their backs. Above, Lu Bubai was roaring; beside them stood Qianye Ying'er, who had instantly killed Bei Han and his son. They dared not move or even utter a word.
Today, the Southern Phoenix had two Divine Sovereigns present: the Southern Phoenix Divine Sovereign and Southern Phoenix Mofeng.
"Do not attack," said Nan Huang Chanyi.
"Everyone fall back!" the Southern Phoenix Divine Sovereign immediately ordered.
Watching the Southern Phoenix not only fail to attack but also rapidly retreat, Lu Bubai screamed in fury. Seeing the four Divine Sovereigns temporarily suppressing Yun Che, he flickered his gaze but did not join the battle array. Instead, he abruptly changed direction and madly fled into the distance, leaving behind a fading shriek: "Hold him off at all costs!!"
But...
Boom!!
The dark storm formed by the combined power of the four Divine Sovereigns was violently torn apart by flames. The four Divine Sovereigns, as if struck by a heavenly hammer, flew back with miserable roars, each spitting out a thick stream of blood arrows.
Only by facing Yun Che personally did they truly realize how terrifying his power was, and why someone like Lu Bubai was so horrified.
There were four of them, Divine Sovereigns, two of whom were even the Realm Kings of the Eastern and Western Ruins. Yet, combined, they were so utterly pathetic before him alone.
How ridiculous that they had looked down on this Level 5 Divine King and pointed fingers at him earlier... How laughable.
Even more laughable... this terrifying person had actually come to participate in the Central Ruins battle!?
What for!?
Yun Che looked in the direction Lu Bubai had fled, the corner of his mouth curling:
Trying... to run?
The Golden Crow flames in his hand transformed into Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder. Endless purple light, like Heavenly Dao divine chains, shot toward Lu Bubai, as well as the four Divine Sovereigns he had just sent flying.
Lu Bubai fled fast enough, but how could he outrun the Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder? Before he could even turn his head, the Calamity Thunder pounced like a giant python, coiling tightly around him.
First fire, now lightning... Lu Bubai had no time to be shocked. He struggled with all his might, but could not break free from the coiling lightning python. He was dragged back toward Yun Che even faster than he had been fleeing.
"Southern Phoenix!!" Lu Bubai roared, this time with a plea mixed into the threat and intimidation.
But the two Southern Phoenix Divine Sovereigns turned a deaf ear and retreated without pause.
Divine Sovereigns were still Divine Sovereigns. Although Yun Che had completely suppressed five Divine Sovereigns single-handedly, killing them was far from easy.
If he focused his power to blast one person, it would definitely give the other four enough time to escape.
But that was for normal circumstances, for normal people.
And Yun Che had never been within the bounds of normalcy.
He swung both arms, and the five Divine Sovereigns were viciously hurled downward by the lightning chains.
Yun Che did not pursue. He stood proudly in the air, his profound energy suddenly swelling.
"Yama... Emperor!"
Blood light exploded on Yun Che's body. His dark profound energy turned into a thick blood color, and his entire being transformed into a blood-fiend demon god emerging from a purgatory blood pool.
Accompanying the blood-colored profound light was a terrifying pressure that made everyone's expressions change again, as if a demon god had descended upon the world.
"Aaaaahhh!" Lu Bubai and the others, plummeting downward, let out heart-rending screams.
The Yun Che from before, though frighteningly strong, hadn't completely crushed their hope. But now... that was clearly the aura of death.
On the Central Ruins battlefield, over ninety percent of the profound practitioners were directly pressed to the ground by the pressure descending from the sky, unable to rise. Their wills were completely filled with terror and panic, nothing else.
"Little You."
With a soft call, the pitch-black Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword appeared in his hand. Within the demon bead, the long-slumbering Little You opened her four-colored pupils.
Hong'er and Little You sharing the Calamity Sword body had also caused the Calamity Sword to mutate. Back then, whether it was the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword with Hong'er as the soul's main body, or the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword with Little You as the soul's main body, he was completely unable to wield them.
But now, as his profound power had stepped from the first level of the Divine King realm to the fifth level, under the Yama Emperor state, he could barely manage to wield it... roughly able to swing five times or so.
This was Little You's first battle, and also the first time the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword displayed its divine might in the Northern Divine Region... a gift bestowed upon these Divine Sovereigns who had forcibly stormed into hell!
He raised both arms, pointing the sword at the sky. In that instant, the heavens darkened, and the world lost all light.
"Fallen... Celestial... Wolf!!"
His voice was like a demon's chant. The Demon Emperor Sword descended slowly, bringing with it the entire sky, which had turned into a dark demonic abyss, crashing down together, swallowing the five Divine Sovereigns... and all the space below in an instant.
Fallen Celestial Wolf. The first technique Yun Che had created after arriving in the Northern Divine Region, a fusion of the first move of the Evil God, Falling Moon and Sinking Star, and the first sword of the Celestial Wolf, Celestial Wolf Strike.
Falling Moon and Sinking Star was created jointly by the Evil God and Jie Yuan. Celestial Wolf Strike was a Celestial Wolf divine technique recorded in the Celestial Wolf Prison God Scripture. Their final forms had all undergone tens of thousands of years of refinement, and their level was unmatched in the present age.
Yet Yun Che, with no attachments and only seeking the power of revenge, had achieved a strange fusion within a single month, giving birth to a destructive force far surpassing both Falling Moon and Sinking Star and Celestial Wolf Strike.
Lu Bubai, Eastern Ruins Divine Sovereign, Western Ruins Divine Sovereign, Northern Cold Great Elder, Dong Jiukui... In that moment, they heard no sound, saw no light, and could not even scream.
In their minds, there was only a huge dark celestial wolf pouncing on them, engulfing them into an eternal dark abyss.
Buzz————
The Southern Phoenix battle array's crowd had their mouths wide open but could not make a sound. They frantically surged their profound energy to protect themselves. Their hearing was completely buried, unable to hear anything. Before their eyes, there was only total darkness.
Until... no one knew how much time had passed. The darkness finally dispersed.
The Southern Phoenix crowd released their hands from their heads and opened their eyes. When they saw the world before them, they were all stunned, as if their souls had been lost.
The Central Ruins battlefield had disappeared.
The five Divine Sovereigns had disappeared, without a trace. No aura of theirs could be sensed, nor any remnants seen.
The Eastern Ruins battle array, the Western Ruins battle array, the Northern Cold battle array... and even the nearly ten million watching profound practitioners—all had vanished.
The entire vast Central Ruins battlefield had vanished... leaving only a pitch-black, bottomless abyss that even divine-level eyesight could not see the end of.
And a small patch of land beneath the Southern Phoenix battle array.
"Ah... ke... si..."
Sounds unlike human voices leaked from the throats of every survivor. They slowly raised their heads to look at the sky. There, a figure drifted silently, dressed in black with black hair, showing neither joy nor sorrow, only a bone-chilling coldness that made the soul tremble.
This time, Yun Che had followed Qianye Ying'er's words and done it thoroughly.
Except for the hundred people of the Southern Phoenix battle array, everyone present was completely annihilated!
He, who had once been utterly unwilling to kill the innocent, now left a blood debt of ten million without changing his expression.
All to avoid leaving even the slightest hidden danger.