Chapter 347: Burning God Seal
After trading blows with Fen Yijue, Yun Che was far from relaxed, but after thoroughly understanding Fen Yijue's full strength, he gained absolute confidence in defeating, and even killing Fen Yijue. This was because he had numerous trump cards that Fen Yijue could never anticipate.
However, Fen Ziya's sudden appearance was beyond Yun Che's expectations, sharply increasing his pressure.
"Yun Che, no matter how despicable and cunning you are, you've still fallen into our hands. Even if you have the greatest divine powers today, don't think you can escape from our grasp! Die!"
Fen Ziya leaped into the air, his Golden Flame Blade sweeping out a three-zhang-long flame chain that smashed downward, intending to trap Yun Che within the flame chain. Fen Yijue also let out a great roar, his Ultimate Flame Blade blazing with light, its blade radiance shooting out to stab directly at Yun Che's throat.
The two King Xuan-level experts acted simultaneously, their immense might causing turmoil in the wind and clouds before Canghuo City. Even the sky suddenly darkened, as if an apocalyptic storm was about to arrive. Yun Che's figure flickered, instantly splitting into four afterimages with different movements. Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya both saw two Yun Che rushing toward them...
Riiip!!
Fen Yijue's blade radiance pierced through Yun Che's afterimage, leaving a fleeting ripple in space. Fen Ziya changed his blade stance, and the thick flame chain coiled through the air like a spirit snake, entangling both Yun Che's figures. One Yun Che vanished instantly, while the flame chain that touched Yun Che's true body disappeared as if it had encountered thousand-year-old ice. Yun Che's heavy sword moved like a dragon, and Overlord's Wrath smashed down fiercely.
Clang!!
Fen Ziya retreated more than ten steps, his entire right arm severely numb and trembling faintly. And on his Golden Flame Blade, a two-inch gap had appeared, along with a crack that extended almost a third of the blade's length.
"This is... a King Xuan Weapon!" Fen Ziya stared at the heavy sword in Yun Che's hand, the terrifying might causing his own Golden Flame Blade to tremble involuntarily.
Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya had an absolute advantage in movement techniques, but Yun Che also had his own advantage... an absolute suppression in terms of weapons!
Fen Ziya's Golden Flame Blade was a peak Earth Xuan Weapon close to a Heavenly Xuan Weapon, but the gap of two levels meant the Golden Flame Blade was courting self-destruction against the Dragon Gate. A single clash and it directly cracked. Fen Yijue's Heavenly Xuan Weapon, the Ultimate Flame Blade, in its previous clashes with the Dragon Gate, had also acquired countless gaps of varying sizes on its edge.
"Ziya, his understanding of the law of fire far exceeds common sense. Mysterious fire can barely harm him. Stop wasting your profound strength on mysterious flames. Use Heaven-Burning Blade and Heaven-Burning Seal to deal with him!" Fen Yijue said in a deep voice.
"Understood!" Fen Ziya nodded, directly putting away his Golden Flame Blade, and began forming hand seals with both hands.
The Heaven-Burning Seal was the supreme profound art of the Fen Tian Gate, requiring King Xuan-level profound strength to activate. Throughout the entire Fen Tian Gate, only Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya could execute it. Even Fen Moli, who was at the Half-step King Xuan Realm, did not have the ability to use it. Although each Heaven-Burning Seal consumed a great deal of energy, it possessed the power to shatter heaven and earth. In terms of destructive power in a small area, it far surpassed the Heaven-Burning Flame of the same level.
"Heaven-Burning Seal!"
"Sea-Burning Seal!"
The giant hand seals from the two King Xuan experts descended from the air simultaneously, bringing an overwhelming sense of oppression.
Countering the Heaven-Burning Seal of either one alone would pose no problem for Yun Che, but facing the Heaven-Burning Seals of two King Xuan experts head-on was extremely difficult, even though Yun Che's power was predominantly fierce and powerful. If he tried to forcefully resist, it would be accompanied by enormous consumption and unpredictable risks. He continuously used Star God Remnant Shadow, splitting his body into four indistinguishable afterimages, chaotically weaving beneath the descending Heaven-Burning Seals.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
Each time a Heaven-Burning Seal struck, it blasted a pit over two zhang deep into the ground. Yun Che's upper garments were already in tatters, but he had not suffered substantial damage... With his Dragon God's Body, even if he took a Heaven-Burning Seal head-on, he would not be too heavily injured, let alone just the impact of the shockwaves.
Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya were both over twenty zhang high in the sky, looking down from a superior position, already in an undefeatable stance. Their Heaven-Burning Seals pounded Yun Che, making his situation look perilous, leaving him no room to fight back. But after over a hundred consecutive Heaven-Burning Seals, their expressions grew increasingly grim... Yun Che's movement technique was bizarre to the extreme. The four constantly splitting and shifting figures made it impossible even for them to tell which was real and which were illusions. Under their continuous attacks, although Yun Che appeared disheveled and completely on the defensive, they knew full well that not a single seal had struck Yun Che directly. Each Heaven-Burning Seal also came with massive consumption. After over a hundred seals, they both clearly felt the severe depletion of their profound strength.
"Mountain-Burning Seal!"
A "mountain"-shaped hand seal descended from above, its heaven-covering earth-overwhelming pressure like a mountain falling from the sky. Before it even struck, the ground had already deeply sunken...
Boom!!
The ground was completely upheaved, countless pieces of gravel blasted dozens of zhang into the air. In an instant, Yun Che's figure flashed like teleportation to ten zhang away, still pushed backward by the force of the Mountain-Burning Seal. He did not resist this impact, letting his body tumble through the air. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and with a low roar from his throat, the Dragon Gate was swung wildly in Fen Ziya's direction.
"Phoenix... Break!!"
The two had been bombarding Yun Che from above with Heaven-Burning Seals, suppressing him until he couldn't catch his breath. They never expected that Yun Che, while being blasted away by the Mountain-Burning Seal, could suddenly counterattack. The Phoenix Flame that suddenly shot forth was as fast as a meteor. The high temperature and momentum it carried made Fen Ziya's face change slightly. He had no time to dodge, so he let out a great roar, poured his power into both palms, and pushed them forward with full force against the oncoming Phoenix Flame.
Boom!
The Phoenix Flame exploded in front of Fen Ziya, scattering a rain of Phoenix Fire. But the Phoenix Break was not simply pure Phoenix Flame; it was also infused with the violent power of the heavy sword. Although both were King Xuan experts, Fen Ziya at Level 2 King Xuan Realm was far weaker than Fen Yijue at Level 4 King Xuan Realm. Yun Che's heavy sword attacks were barely manageable for Fen Yijue, but they were something Fen Ziya could not handle.
Fen Ziya let out a miserable scream. His left wrist was directly dislocated. The Phoenix Flame touched his hands and spread rapidly like meeting dry grass, quickly enveloping both his palms. By the time he barely managed to drive away the Phoenix Flame, his two hands were severely burned, nearly half charred black. In the most severely burned spots, even white bone was exposed.
Fen Ziya had cultivated fire elemental profound arts all his life and had strong resistance to mysterious fire. Yet he ended up in such a miserable state. If it were anyone else, daring to block the Phoenix Flame so directly, their hands would probably be burned down to the bone.
"This brat!" Fen Ziya quickly wrapped his hands in profound strength, gritting his teeth in pain.
"Hmph, I wanted to capture him alive at first, but now, it's better to just send him straight to hell... Ziya, lend me your power!" Fen Yijue glanced at Fen Ziya's injuries and said in a deep voice.
Fen Ziya was slightly stunned, then caught on. He flipped his palms and pressed them against Fen Yijue's back in mid-air, pouring his profound strength without reservation into Fen Yijue's body.
"Brat, you dared to injure this old man... this time, I'll make you pay the price of shattering your bones and grinding your ashes!" Fen Ziya roared savagely, staring down at Yun Che. Fen Yijue in front of him clasped his hands together, his entire power surging wildly. On the surface of his body, a layer of blood-red sheen appeared... as if he were seeping blood.
A terrifying pressure enveloped the space below. Everything within a hundred zhang fell into complete stillness under this pressure.
"Could it be... could it be..." Fen Ziya's appearance made all the Fen Tian Gate elders think of the legendary ultimate profound technique. For a moment, they trembled with excitement, their eyes wide open, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing any subsequent moment.
"Burning... God... Seal!!"
"Monster, die!"
Fen Yijue let out a fierce roar, and a blood-red hand seal blasted out. As it descended rapidly, it expanded quickly, in an instant covering the entire sky, as if the whole sky had suddenly overturned.
The might of this profound seal was several times greater than before, and it covered nearly a hundred zhang of space. Even if Yun Che continuously used Star God Remnant Shadow, he could not escape. He retreated several steps in succession, staring fixedly at the ever-closer blood-red hand seal. A deep ferocity flashed in his eyes. He let out a low roar, the dragon's roar and wolf's howl resounding through the sky. One sword, Heavenly Wolf Strike, blasted out...
"Boom!!"
The shadow of the Celestial Wolf collided with the blood-red profound seal, forcibly stopping the huge blood-red seal in mid-air. This scene made Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya show expressions of shock. Their entire profound strength surged again, pouring into the Burning God Seal.
"Hissss!"
After a brief stalemate, the Burning God Seal pressed down again, gradually swallowing the shadow of the Celestial Wolf bit by bit. During this process, the Burning God Seal also shrank, but the rate of shrinkage was noticeably slower than the rate at which the wolf shadow was devoured. Finally, the shadow of the Celestial Wolf was completely swallowed, and the Burning God Seal, still at nearly thirty percent of its original size, suddenly descended and struck Yun Che. The rampaging force violently tore apart his protective profound strength and surged into his body.
A sound like cloth being ripped was heard. Yun Che's upper garments burst open completely. Blood sprayed from his mouth, chest, and shoulders. His entire body was savagely smashed into the ground, then deeply buried by the dust and debris that rose and fell.
A chorus of gasps came from afar. Yun Che, who had never been defeated under the pressure of the King Xuan experts, had finally been crushed this time. The terror of that hand seal made everyone believe that there was simply no one in Cang Feng who could withstand it... Had this heaven-defying genius, who had broken history, truly fallen?
Looking at the patch of earth that had buried Yun Che, Fen Yijue slowly withdrew his hand. Fen Ziya also lowered his arms and said with a frown, "He actually withstood nearly seventy percent of the Burning God Seal's power. This brat is simply a monster... But absorbing thirty percent of the Burning God Seal's power should have shattered his internal organs."
"No, he probably isn't dead yet," Fen Yijue said. "But that's even better. If he isn't dead, he must be severely injured and near death! Letting him die so easily would be too merciful! Come, let's drag him out!"
Boom!!
Just as Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya were about to descend, a sudden explosion came from below. The ground was blasted open, scattering a hail of pebbles. A figure leaped up and landed heavily on the ground. His hair was disheveled, his clothes torn into countless strips, and his body covered in bloodstains. Streams of blood flowed over his heavy sword and dripped onto the broken earth.
The shock and horror in Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya's hearts at this moment could only be described as extreme. Although Yun Che, who had risen from the ground, was covered in blood and looked bedraggled, he stood straight. His body did not even tremble slightly. And his power aura, compared to before, had hardly weakened at all. Instead, it carried a killing intent several times more sinister and colder than before.
In this state, he was not even close to dying, let alone severely injured... At worst, it was a condition slightly more serious than a light injury. His power, moreover, had almost not diminished at all from this.
Having taken the Burning God Seal and only suffered such injuries... Was his body forged from refined steel?!
Under the utterly shocked gazes of the two King Xuan experts, Yun Che slowly raised his head. His eyes blazed with a terrifying and violent aura: "You... have successfully... angered me!!"
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