# Chapter 361: Dual Domain
"What!?"
Yun Che's sudden change caused a violent shock in Ling Tianni's heart, because the aura that had been weak to less than one-tenth suddenly surged the moment the flame ignited, instantly increasing to its previous state... no, even surpassing his previous state!
Ling Tianni's breadth of knowledge in the path of profound cultivation was unmatched by anyone, yet Yun Che continuously displayed one bizarre phenomenon after another that he could not understand.
This was the second time Yun Che had directly burned the Phoenix Blood, which would cause him to completely exhaust all the power within the three drops of Phoenix Blood, at the cost of being unable to use Phoenix Flame for the next two to three months. He clenched his fists, and within his eyes, two balls of crimson flame were clearly burning: "Qingyue, the power within me can only last for at most twenty breaths... I need to borrow your Ice Cloud Domain... I must make him suffer a crushing defeat before me within twenty breaths!"
To make the Sword Saint suffer a crushing defeat within twenty breaths—this would be regarded as nothing but a ridiculously absurd joke by anyone who heard it. Xia Qingyue's gaze rippled slightly. Just as she was about to say something, Yun Che let out a great roar, shot up into the sky, and Long Que blasted out several torrents of Phoenix Flame, bringing with it a dragon's roar and phoenix's cry that shook the heavens.
Xia Qingyue gave a soft sigh in her heart, said no more, and flew up. Bing Huang Qiong Hua Ling danced out a sky full of ice blossoms... Phoenix Flame and Ice Phoenix Divine Art—one left, one right—both blasted toward Ling Tianni.
Ling Tianni's body instantly became as if half in a lava hell and half in an ice prison. He swung his cyan sword, sweeping out vast sword qi, and sliced through both the Phoenix Flame and the Ice Phoenix Art simultaneously. At this moment, Yun Che and Xia Qingyue also closed in on him.
"Qingyue!" Yun Che shouted in a low voice.
Tens of ice chains materialized out of thin air, sealing off all of Ling Tianni's escape routes. Xia Qingyue's icy hair fluttered, her entire body flashing with a violent blue light. Thousands of ice spirits scattered, and within a hundred zhang of surrounding space, it instantly transformed into an ice-blue world.
Ice Cloud Domain... activated!
The air suddenly became bone-chillingly cold. The Sword Saint's movements immediately slowed, and his sword momentum also weakened significantly. However, although the Ice Cloud Domain was enough to restrain the Sword Saint, it was not enough to pose a threat. Ling Tianni casually lifted his cyan sword with a detached expression. With a piercing sound, a long crack appeared in the ice-blue domain.
"Heavenly Sword Divine Art can easily tear apart various forms of domains. Unless you can suppress me in profound power, using a domain before me is completely useless. It will only accelerate your own profound energy consumption pointlessly," Ling Tianni said indifferently. As his voice just fell, he suddenly sensed an extremely strange aura. His movements paused, and he fiercely turned his head to look at Yun Che.
Within Yun Che's eyes at this moment, a strange azure-blue light was blooming. Behind him, a faint, shifting azure-blue image floated... That silhouette roared up at the sky, bared its fangs and claws, majestic and imposing. Although blurry, it exuded an aura that looked down upon the entire universe... It was clearly an azure-blue dragon shadow!
A majestic and domineering dragon's roar arrived from the horizon, trembling the soul and spreading across the world. Yun Che twisted his body and counterattacked. Even the last traces of profound energy supporting him were gradually on the verge of collapsing. The power Yun Che was frantically releasing was also approaching exhaustion little by little. He took a deep breath, stared at Ling Tianni, whose entire body was covered in blood and both arms had been broken off, raised Long Que high, and a howling wolf shadow appeared behind him...
"Heavenly Wolf Strike!"
"Big brother!"
Just as the Heavenly Wolf Strike was about to come crashing down, a hoarse shout from Ling Jie seemed to reach his ears. His movements paused slightly, and the power of the Heavenly Wolf Strike immediately withdrew by sixty percent.
Bang!!!!
The azure-blue wolf shadow slammed into Ling Tianni's chest, and a spray of blood violently burst open on his chest. Watching that spray of blood blossom, Yun Che's hands holding the sword slowly drooped down. An irresistible heaviness rushed in from his brain. He let out a long breath and fell powerlessly.
The Ice Cloud Domain disappeared. A light shadow flickered, and Yun Che, who was falling, was gently supported by Xia Qingyue's palm and slowly landed on the ground. On the other side, Ling Tianni also landed heavily. Ling Jie shouted loudly, ran over swiftly, and half-knelt beside him.
This was within the Cangfeng Imperial City. The crowd was already extremely dense, and the number of people drawn here had long exceeded a hundred thousand. But at this moment, such a massive crowd was utterly silent. Everyone stared blankly at that completely devastated land, almost losing the ability to think...
The Sword Saint... the number one invincible figure of the Cang Feng Empire... had actually... been defeated!
Anyone could see that under the dozen or so swords Yun Che had continuously blasted out, Ling Tianni had clearly sustained extremely severe injuries... especially the final strike. His chest had completely exploded, and it was possible that even his internal organs had been utterly destroyed.
This youth, who had only risen to fame last year, had grown at an unimaginable speed in less than two years, continuously creating one myth after another. First place in the Heavenly Xuan Ranking Battle... disrupting the Burning Heaven Young Master's wedding procession... annihilating the Burning Heaven Sect...
And now, he had even severely wounded Ling Tianni!
And to defeat this number one figure of Cang Feng clearly meant... that he was now sufficiently qualified to replace Ling Tianni and become the new number one of Cang Feng!
And yet he was only nineteen years old this year!
"How are you?" Xia Qingyue supported Yun Che, feeling that his body was completely limp, almost devoid of any strength.
The power that Yun Che had suddenly erupted earlier all came from the Phoenix Flame. Now, his Phoenix Flame had been completely extinguished, and the three drops of Phoenix Blood that had exhausted their power had fallen into a dormant state lasting two to three months. He himself was also completely drained of strength. Adding to that his earlier activation of the soul domain, his spirit had become drowsy and hazy... It was no exaggeration to say that at this moment, any Xuan Entry Realm profound practitioner could kill Yun Che.
"I'm fine... just a little tired." Yun Che calmed his breathing and gasped. The Dragon Soul Domain, this heaven-defying power that completely suppressed everything in terms of level and laws, had forcibly created such a result when facing the Sword Saint, whom he could not possibly have defeated otherwise.
Ling Tianni's injuries were extremely severe. He was supported by Ling Jie to barely stand. Since he had become famous, this was his only defeat, but it was a defeat at the hands of a youth whose strength was far inferior to his own. Compared to the physical wounds, the blow to his spirit was far heavier...
Moreover, within his soul, the terrifying Dragon Soul Domain had planted a mental demon that could never be eliminated.