# Chapter 348: Slaying the Thrones!
Yun Che's entire body radiated astonishing killing intent... He was indeed enraged. The Heavenly Wolf Strike was his strongest killing move, far surpassing the Overlord's Wrath and Falling Moon and Sinking Star. Since the beginning, whenever the Heavenly Wolf Strike was unleashed, it had been unstoppable, and no one could stand against its edge. But today, his Heavenly Wolf Strike was completely suppressed for the first time, and it even blasted him into the ground, leaving him battered and disheveled. The wounds on his body numbered over thirty in total, and even his internal organs had suffered no light injuries.
"I will... make you die right now!!"
"Purgatory!"
Yun Che let out a loud roar, and a layer of blood-red light suddenly covered his eyes. In an instant, all the wounds on his body burst open, blood splattering everywhere, and his profound energy aura surged violently at that moment.
Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya were about to attack again when they suddenly sensed the change in Yun Che's aura. Both were greatly shocked. From the previous exchange, he had clearly used all his strength and had sustained injuries... Yet his energy aura had suddenly increased again, reaching a level that even made Fen Yijue feel a deep sense of dread.
"Could it be that he has activated some forbidden secret technique?" Fen Ziya said in a low voice.
"Probably so. Perhaps he is burning his own essence blood... If that is the case, he is also at the end of his rope. Let's finish him off now!"
After a brief pause, the two Thrones let out low growls simultaneously. Two Heaven-Burning Seals descended from the sky, falling toward Yun Che's crown.
This time, Yun Che did not dodge. Instead, he leaped straight up to meet the two Heaven-Burning Seals, swinging Dragon Que violently upward.
With a loud crash, the two Heaven-Burning Seals, which possessed terrifying power, were torn apart like thin paper the moment they touched Dragon Que. Yun Che's body was only briefly obstructed before continuing upward. In the abruptly contracting pupils of Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya, he rushed straight to a position less than three zhang in front of them.
A pair of eyes filled with endless ferocity, killing intent, and wild rage locked onto Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya, causing their bodies, even as Thrones, to turn cold. Just as they were about to move, they suddenly felt a tightness in their chests, a deep suffocation, and even their minds experienced severe dizziness. The bodies they intended to move seemed frozen in place, unable to budge for a long moment.
Suppressing their movements was a violent collision of power—a pressure so terrifying it defied extremes.
Yun Che gripped Dragon Que tightly with both hands. His arms had swollen to twice their normal size, and streams of blood shot out. The whites of his eyes and his pupils had completely disappeared, replaced by two blood-red pupils. A ferocious and brutal aura, as if from the depths of hell, was released at that moment.
"Annihilation of Heaven and Earth!!"
BOOM!!!!!!
The entire Cang Fire City was completely enveloped in a roar that felt like the heavens collapsing and the earth sinking. All other sounds were utterly swallowed. The city trembled violently, and several li of ground below was directly sent flying. Gravel and dust rose hundreds of zhang high, almost touching the scattered clouds above.
The ears of all onlookers around went instantly deaf. Whether it was the elders of the Fen Tian Gate or the ordinary citizens of Cang Fire City, all were swept up by an irresistible storm and flung far away.
Endless shock appeared on everyone's faces. The terror of this power exceeded the understanding of all of them! Even as strong as Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya, they had never seen such terrifying power in their entire lives. They simply could not imagine how this young man, not yet twenty years old, could unleash such horrific power.
Annihilation of Heaven and Earth, the third form of the Evil God Art, was also Yun Che's ultimate destructive killing move, which he could only unleash by bearing severe consequences, overdrawing his profound energy and even his life force.
Back then in the Ranking Tournament, when facing Xia Qingyue, whose overall strength exceeded his own, he first used this move. The second time he used it was against two King Xuan experts!
And its terror was such that even two Thrones could not withstand it.
Amid the terrifying storm of destruction, Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya flew out like kites with broken strings. Their chests were a bloody mess, as if they had exploded. However, as Thrones, though severely wounded, they were not yet dead. While flying backward, they mustered all their strength to gather their chaotic profound energy to suppress their injuries... At that moment, as the thick dust settled, people saw a crimson flame shadow shoot toward Fen Ziya like a meteor streaking across the sky, its speed surpassing even that of Fen Ziya's own trajectory from the Annihilation of Heaven and Earth blast.
"Phoenix Wing Firmament!!"
Yun Che's eyes blazed with ferocity, his profound energy chaotic and violent like boiling water. With a loud crash, in Fen Ziya's despairing gaze, Dragon Que smashed heavily into his body. A violent Phoenix Flame exploded upon him...
"After you go to hell, don't forget to tell your ancestors: the one who killed you... and destroyed your Fen Tian Gate, is named Yun Che!!"
The icy voice that pierced deep into bone and soul echoed in Fen Ziya's ears. Then his consciousness went completely blank, and his body, wreathed in burning Phoenix Flame, plummeted downward like a cannonball.
Under the recoil of Phoenix Wing Firmament, Yun Che was propelled high into the air. He locked onto Fen Ziya's landing point and poured the last shred of strength in his entire body into Dragon Que.
"Phoenix... Break!!"
Dragon Que's entire body blazed with flame as it left Yun Che's hand, streaking through the air to impale Fen Ziya, who had just hit the ground with a last breath of life remaining. The violent power surged into his body, destroying his internal organs into a pulpy mess. Fen Ziya's eyes bulged, but no final scream could escape his throat. With wide-open eyes, he lost all signs of life.
A King Xuan-level Throne had thus died under Yun Che's sword.
Yun Che's body fell freely from the air. By now, his entire body was so weak and limp that not a single shred of strength remained. The three realm gates of his profound veins had all closed on their own. His injuries also caused waves of dizziness in his mind. He took one last look at Fen Yijue, who had fallen two li away, and said in a hoarse voice, "Little Chan... let's go!"
The Snow Phoenix Beast flew out from the profound imprint, caught the falling Yun Che, and soared into the sky, fleeing far into the distance. Several elders of the Fen Tian Gate wanted to pursue, but how could they match the speed of the Snow Phoenix Beast? They could only watch helplessly as it disappeared from their sight with a speed they could never hope to match.
"Supreme Elder... Supreme Elder!!"
Arriving beside Fen Ziya's body, they found his internal organs completely destroyed and not a trace of life remaining. Several elders' vision went black, and they nearly fainted on the spot. Mournful cries of anguish erupted from their mouths.
The death of a Supreme Elder... This was something that had never happened in the history of the Fen Tian Gate.
The killing of a King Xuan-level expert was almost unprecedented in the entire history of the Cang Feng Empire.
Because a King Xuan was, in the truest sense, the pinnacle of Cang Feng. At this realm, one could look down upon all living beings and be invincible under heaven. Two King Xuan-level experts could defeat each other, but killing was nearly impossible. Fen Yijue's profound strength was two levels higher than Fen Ziya's, so he could defeat him, but killing him was extremely difficult.
The reason the Four Great Sects had stood for so many years in the Cang Feng Empire was, at its very core, the existence of the Thrones within these four sects!
The Heavenly Xuan realm was an extremely high realm in the Cang Feng profound world, but it was not something only the Four Great Sects could cultivate. Many powerful sects in the Cang Feng Empire could produce Heavenly Xuan experts, including the Cang Feng Mystic Palace, which had several such experts.
But King Xuan-level experts had always appeared only within the Four Great Sects.
The King Xuan experts possessed by the Four Great Sects were the true foundation and guardian deities of their sects. Every additional Throne meant a complete upgrade in the sect's overall strength. That was why, back in the Ranking Tournament, when Chu Yuechan revealed her Throne-level power, the reactions of the other three great sects had been so intense.
Conversely, if a Throne fell, the entire sect's status would plummet!
The true deterrent among the Four Great Sects had always been their King Xuan-level experts. One less meant a significant loss of deterrence.
Although Yun Che had killed over thirty Heavenly Xuan-level elders and hall masters of the Fen Tian Gate, that did not mean he had destroyed the sect's foundation. Give the Fen Tian Gate a few decades, and they could cultivate another few dozen Heavenly Xuan experts. With the Supreme Gate Master and Supreme Elder sitting in charge, no sect within Cang Feng dared to take advantage of the situation, because the desperate struggle of two Thrones would cost even a behemoth like Tian Jian Villa a heavy price.
But the death of the Supreme Elder was a blow of the heaviest magnitude to the entire Fen Tian Gate. They had never imagined, nor would they believe, that Yun Che actually had the power to kill their sect's Supreme Elder.
The Fen Tian elders kneeling beside Fen Ziya's body had ashen faces, wailing in grief. Severely wounded, Fen Yijue finally caught his breath at this moment. His face pale, he held his chest and said weakly, "Ziya... how is he?"
The Fen Tian elder beside him, tears streaming down his aged face, said in a hoarse voice: "The Supreme Elder... the Supreme Elder... he... he... has passed on..."
Fen Yijue's whole body stiffened, then began to tremble violently. He stared at Fen Ziya's body in the distance, his pale lips quivering: "Take me... back... to the... sect..."
Pfft...
A large mouthful of blood sprayed from Fen Yijue's mouth. Amid the startled cries of the elders, his head lolled to the side, and he fell unconscious on the spot.
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Yun Che, riding the Snow Phoenix Beast, had already flown far away, now somewhere unknown. The elders of the Fen Tian Gate carried the unconscious Fen Duanhun and Fen Yijue, along with Fen Ziya's body, and flew with ashen faces toward the direction of the Fen Tian Gate. They left behind a crowd of onlookers frozen in endless shock, unable to return to their senses for a long time. Many among them had been injured to varying degrees by the aftermath, but their minds were completely consumed by what they had just witnessed, and they felt no pain from their injuries.
The twenty-zhang-wide, ten-zhang-high stone city gate of Cang Fire City had disappeared. Large sections of the city wall had collapsed. The southern area of the city was devastated beyond recognition, as if it had just endured an apocalyptic catastrophe. Huge craters dotted the ground, the largest being dozens of zhang deep and hundreds of zhang wide.
The city lord of Cang Fire City was drenched in sweat from head to toe. As calm finally returned to the city front, his heart still pounded as if it might leap out of his chest. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead furiously... He was absolutely certain that for a long time to come, Cang Fire City would become the focus of the entire Cang Feng nation, and a massive storm was about to sweep across the land.