# Chapter 334: Xiao Che, You Must Think of Me...
The nine people charging toward Yun Che all stopped in their tracks. Their expressions shifted from ferocity to astonishment, then suddenly transformed into intense fear. Their pupils began to contract sharply, and their bodies trembled like leaves in a storm.
Because before their eyes appeared a dragon... a colossal dragon that stretched across the heavens. It was tens of thousands of zhang in length, and even its head alone was as massive as a mountain. An indescribably terrifying aura pressed down from above, covering everything. Under this immense pressure, they felt as insignificant as a grain of sand between heaven and earth.
The sky darkened, and furious thunderbolts crashed down from the firmament, causing the earth to tremble and quake. The entire scene was like the sudden arrival of a horrific apocalypse.
"Th... th... th... what is that!?" Staring at the terrifying dragon that blotted out the sky and the suddenly transformed world around them, their limbs went weak, their bodies trembled, their eyes bulged, and they let out the most terrified shouts of their lives.
As if hearing their fearful cries, the enormous dragon head suddenly descended from the sky, opening its massive maw to devour them.
"AHHH!!!!"
Their fear-stricken screams nearly tore through the sky. These incredibly powerful Heavenly Xuan experts, under such overwhelming pressure and terror, were like mice beneath a tiger's claws, unable to muster even the slightest desire to resist. Their bodies went limp from fear, robbing them of almost all strength to flee. One by one, they collapsed to the ground, instinctively clutching their heads, releasing piercing, terrified shrieks...
Bang!
A trembling Fen Tian elder was impaled through the chest by Yun Che's sword. His eyes wide with terror, he toppled over straight as a board.
Bang!!
A Fen Tian Pavilion Master who was screaming in terror was cleaved in two by a single sword strike from Long Que.
Boom!!
A heavy impact sent four Fen Tian elders flying, instantly killing them... The Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation had completely collapsed. Without the powerful profound force granted by the formation, their defenses were utterly fragile before Yun Che.
Within the Dragon Soul Domain, under that immense intimidation, they had lost all will to fight. Only fear remained. Not only could they not continue attacking Yun Che, but they had almost completely lost the ability to resist or escape. These once-mighty experts had become like fragile lambs awaiting slaughter, easily killed by Yun Che's sword strikes one after another.
Outside the Dragon Soul Domain, everyone from Fen Tian Gate was in utter chaos. They only heard a dragon's roar and saw a dragon shadow appear behind Yun Che... Then they saw all those who had been attacking Yun Che freeze in place, trembling, pupils dilated, expressions filled with terror—as if they were witnessing the most horrifying scene in the world.
Almost at that very instant, the formation's light suddenly flickered, and the Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation, which had connected the profound veins and spirits of all the Heavenly Xuan experts... vanished completely!
Yun Che charged out like a cheetah, Long Que frantically smashing into elders and pavilion masters one after another... And these elders and pavilion masters seemed possessed by evil spirits. Before Yun Che, they all collapsed in terror, dying by a single sword strike amidst fearful screams... No counterattacks, no resistance. Even after death, their eyes remained wide open, filled with fear as if they had witnessed hell itself.
"Wh... what's going on!? What's going on!?" They had been moments away from killing Yun Che with the Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation, but then, as if a nightmare had suddenly descended, their powerful Heavenly Xuan experts were being slaughtered one by one while trembling in fear... The Dragon Soul Domain was a spiritual domain, colorless and formless. Outside the domain, unless one's spiritual power was strong enough, one couldn't perceive what was happening.
The Dragon Soul Domain Yun Che had activated was not large, because the larger it was, the greater the spiritual energy consumption. He had only just barely enveloped the entire Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation. The Dragon Soul Domain was not a powerful offensive domain, nor was it a control domain like the Ice Cloud Domain. It was a spiritual domain that Yun Che had never encountered before... He had never imagined the Dragon Soul Domain could be so powerful, turning these mighty Heavenly Xuan experts into unresisting lambs, allowing him to take their lives while they cowered in fear.
Such power was so terrifying that even he himself was deeply shocked!
Although it couldn't directly kill anyone, or even cause physical damage to any target, it was far more terrifying than any offensive or control domain Yun Che knew of.
After all, this was a divine domain from the Dragon God, one that could only be activated through the Dragon God's Soul!
But such a powerful domain came with immense consumption of both profound force and spiritual energy. Especially spiritual energy... After just five breaths, Yun Che's mind began to feel heavy, and increasingly strong dizziness set in. He could faintly sense that if he continued to maintain it in his current state, once he released it, he would inevitably suffer severe spiritual backlash, possibly even losing consciousness on the spot.
In those five breaths, a total of twelve Heavenly Xuan experts had died under Long Que.
"Overlord's Wrath!!"
Yun Che charged forward, rushing to the densest concentration of Fen Tian elders. Long Que crashed down violently, and the Dragon Soul Domain, which had lasted only a few short breaths, was dispelled at that moment.
Boom!!!
The ground for over ten zhang completely shattered. Six Fen Tian elders were sent flying simultaneously. Under the Dragon Soul Domain, not only did they lack the transferred profound force from the Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation, but even their own profound force defenses had collapsed in fear. With a single sword strike, Yun Che killed all six Fen Tian elders, not one spared.
It had been a situation where Yun Che was about to be killed, but in just a few breaths, he had slaughtered eighteen Heavenly Xuan elders as easily as cutting vegetables. The sudden reversal left everyone unable to react. Fen Duanhun's vision went black, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Dragon Soul Domain was released, and the remaining elders and pavilion masters suddenly woke up as if from a nightmare. They knew they must have fallen victim to some trick of Yun Che's. Seeing the corpses of their fellow sect members lying around, they roared in anger and charged at him... But the scattered Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation could no longer be erected. Even if they all attacked together, the threat to Yun Che was greatly reduced.
Yun Che's current state was only half of his peak condition, but facing these Heavenly Xuan experts without the support of the Nine Xuan Heavenly Firmament Formation, the pressure on him dropped sharply. Long Que danced, storms howled, dragging one person after another into a vortex of death. These Heavenly Xuan masters, renowned throughout Cang Feng, could hardly approach within three zhang of Yun Che under the might of his heavy sword. And whenever they were touched by Long Que, they would either be heavily injured or killed outright. Before long, these Heavenly Xuan experts were in disarray, each struggling to save themselves, expressions of despair appearing on their faces.
All the sneers on Fen Juecheng's face vanished, every muscle twitching violently. His eyes were wide as he watched Yun Che slaughter the pillars of Fen Tian Gate one by one... step by step cutting off the lifeline of Fen Tian Gate! His hands and feet turned cold, his teeth clenched, and a deep fear spread through his chest... Suddenly, he thought of something and ran frantically toward the Juechen Celestial Pavilion.
The door of the Juechen Celestial Pavilion was kicked open. Fen Juecheng's gaze locked onto Xiao Lingxi, and he rushed toward her.
A figure flashed before him. Fen Juechen blocked his path, his eyes ice-cold: "What do you think you're doing?"
"What am I doing? Taking her life to show Yun Che!" Fen Juecheng said in a low voice. "Yun Che came here for her, so she must be important to him! Bring her before Yun Che... I want him to exchange his life for hers!"
Xiao Lingxi stepped back, pressing her back against the wooden window, her eyes filled with terror.
Fen Juechen did not move aside. His expression remained emotionlessly cold: "I told you, she is only bait. That's all. That was also the bottom line I agreed to when I brought her here! Beyond that... no one is to touch her!"
"More than twenty of our elders and pavilion masters have been killed by Yun Che. He's about to destroy the entire Fen Tian Gate, and you're still shouting about your ridiculous bottom line! Get out of my way!!"
Fen Juecheng's face twisted with fury. He swung his right arm, roughly shoving Fen Juechen aside, and reached for Xiao Lingxi.
"You're asking for death!!" Fen Juechen roared in anger. A long chain of flame shot from his hand, wrapping tightly around Fen Juecheng as he lunged toward Xiao Lingxi. At the same time, Fen Juechen sprang up like a ferocious wolf, pouncing on him.
"The one asking for death is you! You useless, arrogant piece of trash. In my eyes, you've always been nothing but a ridiculous, pitiful clown! And you think you can stop me!?"
Bang!
The flame chain snapped, and the two brothers clashed. Fen Juecheng urgently wanted to capture Xiao Lingxi to coerce Yun Che, while Fen Juechen was half protecting Xiao Lingxi and half burning with murderous rage. The two brothers, who had previously gotten along relatively "harmoniously," were now locked in deadly combat, striking viciously without holding back.
Fen Juecheng's left arm and right hand were severely wounded, and he also had internal injuries. But his strength was a full major realm above Fen Juechen's, so he quickly suppressed him. After a dozen exchanges, a tongue of flame struck Fen Juechen square in the chest, blasting him far away. Fen Juechen's back slammed heavily into the wall, cracking it, and the wooden furniture nearby began to catch fire.
"Worthless trash!" Fen Juecheng sneered contemptuously, reaching for Xiao Lingxi again.
"Who... are... you... calling... TRASH!!!"
A massive flame hand, filled with surging anger, slammed into Fen Juecheng's face, forcing him back three or four steps. Fen Juechen leaped up from the ground like a thoroughly enraged wolf, pouncing on Fen Juecheng.
"You're dead!!"
Fen Juecheng's face twisted into a terrifying grimace. He roared, and the flames on his body blazed up with his fury. Fen Juechen's gaze was fierce. Although his profound fire was far weaker than Fen Juecheng's, his momentum was in no way inferior, and his eyes were colder than a blade's edge. Low growls escaped his throat as he stubbornly held Fen Juecheng back, refusing to yield. The flames from Fen Juecheng slowly burned the flesh of his hands, but he didn't utter a sound, nor did his steps retreat even a fraction.
"The things I, Fen Juechen, protect... unless I die... you will never get your hands on them!"
"Don't think I won't kill you, you useless waste!"
Fen Juecheng's expression grew even more twisted. His flames began to devour Fen Juechen's flames even faster. Both of Fen Juechen's hands were already half-burned, almost exposing the white bone beneath, but still he did not retreat... The flames spread past his wrists, up his arms...
Xiao Lingxi stood by the wooden window, her tender face already drained of all color. Toward Fen Juechen, she should have felt resentment, because he was the one who had brought her and her father here. But he had also protected her time and again... even at the cost of his own life. She didn't understand what was going on in the mind of this cold, silent person. Almost all her resentment had faded, replaced by a complex sense of gratitude...
Although her profound force was far inferior to either of them, she could tell that no matter how ferocious Fen Juechen was, he would ultimately be unable to stop Fen Juecheng. She turned her gaze, looking through the wooden window at the figure bathed in blood, fighting for her sake...
Suddenly, all her fear vanished. A sad yet beautiful smile appeared on her face.
"Xiao Che... you must think of me..."
Bang!!
She shattered the wooden window with a palm strike, then gently leaped up. Her figure passed lightly through the window frame. She closed her eyes, letting her body fall downward...
She was afraid of death.
But if she was going to be used as a hostage to threaten Yun Che and endanger his life... she would rather die.