# Chapter 313: Meeting the Primordial Azure Dragon Again
Although Fen Mo Li was extremely powerful, his cultivation and temperament were not proportionate, and his temper was as fiery as flames—otherwise, he would not have attacked Yun Che on the ranking battle stage due to Fen Jue Cheng's severe injuries. Yun Che's words, full of mockery, enraged him: "Little beast! Still talking tough even at death's door! Sixteen months ago, you survived a great calamity—truly a gift from the heavens to me! Today, I will make sure you die without a complete corpse."
"Just you?" Yun Che's face was full of sneering contempt. "Back in the ranking battle, I righteously defeated your Fen Tian Gate's waste, Fen Jue Bi, yet you shamelessly attacked me in front of everyone... And after leaving the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm, you even sneak-attacked me when everyone was off guard! What Grand Elder of Fen Tian Gate? Bah! You're nothing but a mad dog that bites without regard for seniority or shame! A stinking mad dog like you dares to claim you can kill me, Yun Che?"
As the renowned Grand Elder of Fen Tian Gate, Fen Mo Li rarely even heard words of disrespect, let alone such venomous speech. His hair stood on end, sparks crackling audibly between the strands, and his hands trembled uncontrollably from extreme rage: "You little bastard... I'll take your life first, then tear your mouth apart!!"
Fen Mo Li's body burst into motion, a terrifying aura exploding from him like a bomb. A deep purple dragon-shaped flame ignited on his body, swirling around his frame before coiling onto his arms and blasting straight toward Yun Che.
Striking in a fit of rage, Fen Mo Li held nothing back in this attack. Wherever his body passed, the ground below was gouged into an increasingly long deep trench. Fen Duan Cang and Fen Mo Yu on both sides were directly knocked back by the terrifying pressure. Even they, who also cultivated the Flame Heaven Art and were familiar with Fen Mo Li's strength, felt their hearts tremble with fear. Clearly, Fen Mo Li had completely lost his temper—under Yun Che's vicious insults, he had lost most of his rationality. They quickly retreated to avoid being caught in the aftermath of Fen Mo Li's furious strike. As for helping... that was a joke!
A vast wave of force rushed toward him. The withered grass, dead trees ahead, to the left and right, and even behind Yun Che all burst into raging flames. But his face showed no trace of fear; instead, he let out a wild laugh: "Hahahaha! A mad dog like you dares to call yourself old man? Mad dog Fen Mo Li, taste your Grandpa Yun's sword!"
Not only did his erupting aura fail to intimidate the opponent, but it also earned him even more vicious curses. Every cell in Fen Mo Li's body seemed ready to explode, every pore frantically releasing rage: "Little bastard! If I don't tear you limb from limb, I'm not human!!"
The flame dragon on Fen Mo Li's arms grew even more violent, concentrating all his power into his hands, vowing to shatter Yun Che into the finest dust with one blow. Yun Che showed no intention of escaping or dodging; instead, he raised his heavy sword and charged toward him with a roar... He could feel how terrifying the incoming strike was—it was the peak power of a half-step King Xuan super expert in a fit of rage!
Just as the two were about to collide, the heavy sword in Yun Che's hand suddenly disappeared, and his defensive power exploded in an instant.
"Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking!"
Boom!!
Space trembled, the earth groaned, and a purple fire tongue over a hundred zhang shot into the sky, dyeing a massive patch of the heavens purple. Within a hundred-zhang radius, everything instantly became a purple sea of flames, with dragon-shaped flames crisscrossing and darting through it. Vegetation, dead trees, and even rocks blazed fiercely... And within the flames, a figure shot away like a meteor, disappearing from Fen Mo Li and the others' sight in an instant. A voice filled with hatred and killing intent came arrogantly from afar:
"Fen Mo Li, you old dog! One day, I'll personally take your dog life!"
After unleashing his full-power strike, Fen Mo Li's body experienced a brief depletion, but he clearly felt that his blow had not struck Yun Che's body but a hard barrier. Although that barrier was shattered by him, it had absorbed over ninety percent of the force, failing to inflict serious injury on Yun Che. Moreover, Yun Che's distant voice was full of vigor, showing no sign of severe injury or weakness.
He suddenly understood: Yun Che had deliberately provoked him, then used his furious full-force strike to borrow power and escape!!
Fen Mo Li felt like a powder keg on the verge of explosion, his blood about to burst... He had been tricked by Yun Che again! Like a stupid dog, he had been led around by the nose! His whole body trembling, he charged like a mad dog in the direction Yun Che had fled, his roars shaking the air: "Yun Che... I'll kill you!! Kill you!!"
Fen Duan Cang was momentarily stunned. The method Yun Che used to escape was very familiar to him—just three days ago, Yun Che had used the same trick to break through layers of obstacles and kidnap Fen Jue Cheng! At that time, he had borrowed Fen Mo Ran's full-force strike to charge directly in front of Fen Jue Cheng. But pulling off this move was absolutely not easy! Back then, Yun Che's ability to withstand Fen Mo Ran's blow without a scratch had already shocked him greatly. He never expected that after taking Fen Mo Li's full-force strike head-on, Yun Che not only didn't die but wasn't even severely injured! Instead, he borrowed the momentum to escape!
That was a full-force strike from a half-step King Xuan! It wasn't something you could just borrow! Even another half-step King Xuan super expert who took such a blow directly would be severely injured.
If that was a defensive profound technique... what kind of profound technique could be so powerful as to reach such an inconceivable degree?!
"We need to catch up quickly!"
Fen Duan Cang and Fen Mo Yu quickly followed Fen Mo Li as he charged forward.
Although "Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking" had blocked ninety percent of Fen Mo Li's power, the remaining ten percent was still extremely unpleasant. Yun Che clutched his chest, flying a great distance before the impact finally dissipated. He landed, assessed the terrain, activated the Ice Cloud Barrier on his body, and at the same time waved his arm. A stream of Arcane Firmament shot out, heading toward the canyon in the northwest, while he himself, under the cover of the Ice Cloud Barrier, charged toward the blackwood forest in the northeast.
This time, it was the same old trick.
But Arcane Firmament was an existence too miraculous—even someone like Fen Mo Li would never understand what Arcane Firmament was! In this area that Yun Che had deliberately chosen, the terrain obscured all lines of sight. Even an aerial view would be useless. To pursue someone, one could only rely on locking onto their aura... So, without a doubt, the enraged Fen Mo Li directly chased toward the northwest, plunging headfirst into the canyon until the "Yun Che's aura" he had locked onto suddenly vanished completely.
Fen Mo Li stopped. Fen Duan Cang and Fen Mo Yu quickly caught up. They looked around and frowned: "That brat's aura has disappeared again... What's going on?"
"He won't get away!" Fen Mo Li's eyes scanned the surroundings coldly, purple flames blazing on his hands. "His aura vanished here—he must be using some method to conceal his aura and form... He's nearby, he won't escape!!"
As he spoke, Fen Mo Li's right hand suddenly thrust out. A fire dragon crashed "boom" into the mountain wall on the right, blasting most of it flat.
"Do you think hiding will stop us from finding you?! Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I'll make sure you die without a burial place!!"
Amid his furious roar, streaks of purple flame fell from the sky, collapsing mountain walls one after another, and blasting large pits into the ground. In no time, the originally desolate, barren canyon—where even profound beasts were unwilling to roost—was scarred and ravaged, with a massive sea of fire spreading rapidly...
While the dry canyon was suffering this unwarranted disaster, Yun Che had already plunged deep into the blackwood forest. After confirming that no one was following, he breathed a sigh of relief, clutched his chest, and crashed into the thickets.
Yun Che's clothes were tattered, and his chest was bloody and mangled, but it was only flesh wounds—no internal organs were damaged. After a few heavy breaths, he slowly sat up straight, placed his right hand on his left shoulder, and forcefully twisted. With a "crack," the dislocated arm snapped back into its socket. He shifted his body, leaning his upper back against a large tree, closed his eyes, and quickly activated the Great Dao Pagoda Art.
With the Arcane Firmament's misdirection first, and then this blackwood forest's turbid aura and tangled weird trees—where it was easy to lose direction—he doubted he would be found by Fen Tian Gate's people anytime soon. After resting quietly for an hour, his injuries were sixty to seventy percent healed. He opened his eyes, stopped lingering, identified his direction, and carefully moved northward.
The Arcane Firmament's misdirection was undoubtedly perfect, because in the understanding of Cang Feng's profound practitioners, no one had ever been able to completely "separate" their own aura. So, Fen Mo Li and the others firmly believed that Yun Che had fled northwest. Their seven-man search focused heavily on the northwest. By the time they spent two days finding nothing and finally transferred to the northeast in frustration, Yun Che had already, in that time, carefully crossed the perilous territory of Heavenly Xuan Beasts and penetrated deep into the center of the Death Wasteland.
This was an open stretch of land, pitted and uneven in some places, smooth as if cut by a knife in others.
Even though two years had passed, this place still perfectly preserved the traces of Chu Yuechan's fierce battle against the male and female twin flood dragons. At the same time, there were no new traces of profound beasts having passed... Although the twin dragons had perished, their lingering might and faint Dragon God aura still intimidated the profound beasts of the Death Wasteland, keeping them from approaching.
On this open land, the only hill that had not been destroyed stood out, lonely and conspicuous. Below the hill was a pitch-black cave entrance.
"Finally back here again." Yun Che muttered softly, cautiously looking around before quickly rushing toward the cave beneath the hill.
Stepping into the cave entrance, the light dimmed. Everything here was as he remembered it... What was most unforgettable was that this was the place—the place where he and Chu Yuechan had united.
And because of that union here, they had become entangled in threads of fate that could never be severed... and an unexpected seed of life.
After a moment of silence, Yun Che cast aside distracting thoughts, raised his head, and said, "Primordial Azure Dragon, are you still here?"
Almost the moment Yun Che's voice fell, an infinitely vast aura, as if the heavens were collapsing, descended. At the same time, in the pitch-black space above, a pair of azure-blue eyes as deep as the sky opened.
"Human who inherited my bloodline, you have returned. This time is much sooner than I expected. In less than two years, you have reached the late stage of Earth Xuan realm... Very good."
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