# Chapter 415: Tragic and Fierce
Every time he blocked Yun Che's sword, Feng Chihuo felt as if a mountain had slammed into him, shaking his internal organs to the point of nearly shattering. Facing Yun Che's blood-red eyes and the terrifying impact force transmitted through his arms, he began to truly feel fear... but at this moment, under the suppression of Yun Che's heavy sword, he couldn't retreat or escape, nor could he even utter a single word.
The world in Yun Che's vision had turned into a hazy red, and within this red world, only Feng Chihuo remained. His heart was completely filled with the desire to kill Feng Chihuo. After all, Feng Chihuo was a high-level King Throne. Even under Yun Che's most extreme state of attack, he still managed to block him time and time again. Yun Che's gaze grew even darker, and from his left arm, a beam of cyan light suddenly shot out.
Arcane Firmament was initially red, turned orange after obtaining the Dragon God bloodline, yellow in Evil Soul state, green in Heart Incineration state, and now in this "Purgatory" state...
It had astonishingly turned into the same cyan color as Yun Canghai's! Cyan Arcane Firmament possessed power equivalent to half of his own!
In his extreme state, using Arcane Firmament would undoubtedly greatly increase his consumption, causing an unpredictable and violent impact on his body. But to completely suppress Feng Chihuo, Yun Che finally resorted to using Arcane Firmament.
Boom!!
Feng Chihuo was already barely managing to block the heavy sword. With Arcane Firmament's appearance, he had no remaining strength to defend. Arcane Firmament slammed heavily into his head... Instantly, a roar exploded in his mind, and his entire body flipped backward through the air before crashing headfirst into the ground fifty zhang away, creating a pit several zhang deep. His head and upper body were buried at the bottom of the pit.
"Ah!! You damn..."
Feng Chihuo let out a beast-like roar and leaped fiercely out of the pit. His mouth and face were covered in blood, his complexion redder than blood itself, and on his forehead was a fist-sized bloody hole. Frantic with rage, he was nearly insane. But before his curses could fully leave his mouth, a figure flashed before his eyes, and in his pupils appeared once again the gray heavy sword burning with Phoenix Flame, along with the cyan Arcane Firmament transformed into a heavy sword.
Feng Chihuo's eyes were bloodshot. Gripping his sword with both hands, he poured all his utmost strength into the flaming blade, meeting Yun Che's heavy sword and Arcane Firmament.
Boom!!!!
In that instant, three small mountains near them collapsed simultaneously. In the flattened area between the mountains, it was as if a blood-red sun had risen out of nowhere. Within that blood-red sun, all the rocks, trees, and vegetation were reduced to fine dust. The two figures, like leaves swept up by a violent wind, floated lightly in two different directions.
Bam!!
Feng Chihuo's body slammed heavily into an ancient tree. He tumbled to the ground, coughing violently. With each cough, large clots of blood came out—he was practically coughing out his shattered internal organs... But even at this point, he still couldn't catch his breath, because Yun Che's figure had appeared before him again like a clinging vengeful spirit.
At this moment, Yun Che looked even worse than him. He was covered in blood—from his face to his limbs, there was hardly a spot not stained. Especially his arms gripping the heavy sword, from which streams of blood dripped down. But his terrifying aura and ghostly speed showed no sign of diminishing. The moment Feng Chihuo caught sight of him, in the next instant, Yun Che had used Star God Remnant Shadow to rush in front of him.
"You... madman!!" Feng Chihuo's eyeballs bulged with terror. Although he had suffered Yun Che's heavy blows, Yun Che had clearly also taken his full-powered sword strike. He could see how severely Yun Che was injured... Yet in such a state, instead of suppressing his wounds, he was pursuing so quickly!
Feng Chihuo had lived over a hundred years. He had seen madmen before, but never one as insane as this.
Gritting his teeth, he was about to gather all his profound energy when suddenly his eyes widened... reflected in his pupils was an azure dragon shadow roaring up to the heavens.
Dragon Soul Domain!
The soul-shaking dragon roar echoed through the skies above the Phoenix Mountain Range, causing countless flame profound beasts in the mountains to prostrate themselves on the ground, trembling. Feng Chihuo's entire body began to shrink back, deeper and deeper fear gathered on his face. The profound energy he had just gathered rapidly dissipated in terror...
Yun Che's "Purgatory" state had lasted until now, approaching its final limit. If he could, he would have loved to use "Annihilation of Heaven and Earth" to destroy Feng Chihuo. But his internal and external injuries were extremely severe, and his body was on the verge of complete collapse. If he used "Annihilation of Heaven and Earth" now, his body might explode in an instant.
Using Dragon Soul Domain would, in addition to exhausting his body, cause massive damage to his spirit... But since he couldn't use Annihilation of Heaven and Earth, even at great cost, to eliminate all variables and completely kill Feng Chihuo, he resolutely opened his Dragon Soul Domain. Not only would the domain ensure his sword would hit inevitably, but most importantly, it would cause his opponent to be so terrified that even their profound defense would completely collapse.
If Feng Chihuo had been in his normal state as a high-level King Throne, the Dragon Soul Domain's influence on him would have been greatly diminished. But for Feng Chihuo, who was covered in wounds and in mental disarray, his spirit was shattered more than half in an instant. Yun Che charged forward, gathering all his remaining power into his hands.
"Falling Moon and Sinking Star!!"
The heavy sword was raised, the Phoenix Flame flared up, and the Dragon Gate, bearing Yun Che's last strength, carried the aura of death itself as it smashed toward Feng Chihuo's heart... Facing imminent death, Feng Chihuo, trembling in fear, instinctively extended his hands to protect himself and even barely managed to open a profound defense.
Boom!!!!
The ground split apart. Feng Chihuo's hastily erected defense shattered like fragile soap bubbles. Amidst the earth-shaking roar, a crack spread rapidly beneath Yun Che's feet, extending over a hundred zhang away. Feng Chihuo had completely disappeared from sight... his body had been smashed deep into the ground, who knew how far down.
Drip...
Drip...
Streams of blood, like broken beads, quickly dripped from between Yun Che's fingers onto the ruins beneath him, each drop shattering. The all-out strike just now had caused hundreds of cracks to split open over his entire body. Blood dyed him like a blood-soaked demon crawling out of an Asura battlefield. Even the wind brushing past him carried a pungent smell of blood.
Finally... it's over...
Bam!!
The Dragon Gate fell weakly from Yun Che's hand, landing heavily on the ground. The red light in Yun Che's eyes faded, and Arcane Firmament returned to his arm. His eyes slowly closed, and after swaying for a moment, he finally collapsed heavily onto the ground... When he was determined to kill Feng Chihuo, he knew this battle would be tragically fierce. Because with his current strength, killing a high-level King Throne required an enormous price. Fortunately, he had succeeded... Killing a late-stage King Xuan while at the Earth Xuan realm—he had arguably created a myth never before seen on the Tian Xuan Continent.
And this outcome was crucially aided by his initial surprise attack that broke Feng Chihuo's arm. Otherwise, even in his extreme state, he would have found it difficult to suppress Feng Chihuo.
"Must... leave... here... now..."
Yun Che's arm reached out with difficulty, pressing against the ground ahead. Using almost all his remaining strength, he managed to drag himself forward a few inches. What he should have done most was heal his wounds. But this was the Phoenix Mountain Range, the territory of the Phoenix God Sect! Below was the Phoenix Grand Array. His fight with Feng Chihuo had caused enormous commotion, likely already alerting the Phoenix God Sect. If he didn't leave immediately, the consequences would be disastrous. If someone came—let alone a King Throne, even just the lowest-level disciple of the Phoenix God Sect—they could kill him with a wave of their hand.
He looked at his left hand, repeatedly summoning the Snow Phoenix Beast with his will. But the profound mark flickered several times, and the Snow Phoenix Beast never appeared. The profound mark hadn't disappeared, proving that the Snow Phoenix Beast wasn't dead. But Feng Chihuo's strike had surely left it severely wounded, near death.
"Haah... haah... ugh..."
A heavy, pained groan suddenly came from behind Yun Che, gradually growing closer. Yun Che's expression changed slightly, and he turned his head bit by bit. At the edge of the trench carved by that Celestial Wolf Strike, a hand suddenly reached out... Then a blood-covered figure slowly climbed up.
Feng Chihuo!!
"Damn... he's not dead yet," Mo Li said in a low voice.
Feng Chihuo at this moment was utterly miserable—his entire body was a bloody mess, barely recognizable as human. But he was clearly still alive and climbing out of the trench so quickly, proving his condition was at least much better than Yun Che's.
Impossible... under Dragon Soul Domain... he had almost no defensive ability... how could he not be dead...
The Feng Chihuo who climbed up stood swaying. The moment he saw Yun Che lying on the ground, covered in blood, he staggered but let out a hoarse, insane laugh from his mouth: "Ha... haha... hahahaha... you... little bastard... how could you... possibly kill me..."
He stepped forward, walking toward Yun Che, a horrifying grimace on his face: "I'll... tear you apart bit by bit... tear your whole body completely apart..."
Just then, a huge shadow suddenly swept across the sky, accompanied by a somewhat weak cry. Yun Che raised his head with difficulty, and suddenly joy surged in his eyes: "Little Chan!!"
Nearly half of the Snow Phoenix Beast's snow-white feathers were stained red, but it still flew over with remarkable resilience. It came to hover above Yun Che, flapped its wings lightly, and three ice spikes shot straight toward Feng Chihuo with a cold gleam.
Pfft pfft pfft!!
Under normal circumstances, how could the Snow Phoenix Beast's attacks harm Feng Chihuo in the slightest? But now, Feng Chihuo's entire body was broken and shattered—he could barely walk, let alone defend against the Snow Phoenix Beast's attack. All three ice spikes easily pierced through Feng Chihuo's body. One of them punched a fist-sized bloody hole through his throat.
Feng Chihuo's eyes bulged wide. Under the impact of the ice spikes, he fell heavily backward and lay still, a large pool of blood rapidly spreading beneath him... This time, he was dead beyond dead. Perhaps he had imagined many times how his life would end, but he could never have thought he would die so miserably, nor that he would be killed by a mere Earth Xuan profound practitioner and his only Heavenly Xuan contracted profound beast.
Yun Che let out a long sigh of relief. As his spirit relaxed, the side effects of unleashing the Dragon Soul Domain came crashing in, causing severe haziness in his consciousness. He reached out to the Snow Phoenix Beast and said in a hoarse voice: "Little Chan... we... need to go... as high as possible... as far away as possible..."
The Snow Phoenix Beast stirred up a gentle breeze, sweeping Yun Che onto its back. Then it flapped its wings and soared straight into the high sky.
Yun Che's heart finally settled a little. But just then, Mo Li spoke coldly: "You'd better try to stay conscious... When you called it so many times before and it didn't appear immediately, you should have known it was severely injured, especially in its wings. It's barely flying now, but it definitely won't get far."
Yun Che: "..."
Mo Li's words were no exaggeration. Yun Che bit the tip of his tongue, briefly clearing his mind, and immediately felt that the Snow Phoenix Beast's entire body was trembling violently. Normally, even the strongest winds couldn't shake its steady flight, but now, even a gentle mountain breeze caused it to sway dramatically.
"Little Chan... hold on!" Yun Che shouted in a low voice. If they couldn't fly out of the Phoenix Mountain Range, he would surely die.
But he had clearly underestimated the Snow Phoenix Beast's injuries. After struggling to fly for over a dozen li, a strong wind blew head-on. Under this gust, the Snow Phoenix Beast suddenly let out a pained cry, its wings spasmed, and its entire body plummeted downward.
"Little Chan!!"
In response to Yun Che's shout, the Snow Phoenix Beast gave no reaction—it had already fainted in midair. Yun Che had the Phoenix bloodline, the Dragon God bloodline, divine profound arts protecting his body—his physique was monstrously resilient, able to endure any wound. But the Snow Phoenix Beast was different—it was just an ordinary Heavenly Xuan beast. Struggling to fly this far under severe injuries was already its limit.
Yun Che fell along with the Snow Phoenix Beast. His powerless hands couldn't even grasp its snow feathers, and he gradually separated from it in the air... Not long after falling, his body slammed heavily onto a not-too-hard patch of ground—it seemed to be a very steep slope. After landing, he and the Snow Phoenix Beast rolled rapidly in one direction. Through his blurred vision, he caught sight of where they were tumbling toward—it was a cliff of unknown depth!! Gazing past the cliff, he saw low mountains below... none reaching the height he was at now.
In that instant, he understood—he and the Snow Phoenix Beast had landed on the highest peak of the Phoenix Mountain Range. They were rolling down from the summit... a height of over one thousand five hundred zhang... falling...
His body finally rolled off the cliff, and the rolling became a straight vertical fall... His head was up, so he couldn't see below—whether it was mountain, mountainside... or whether he would just keep falling until he hit the bottom.
The wind roared upward past him. His spirit and physical strength were severely overdrawn, and his entire body was injured. He couldn't control his body in the air at all, couldn't even muster any defensive profound energy... He wasn't sure if his body, protected by divine bloodline and power, could withstand the impact of landing without any profound protection... or if he would shatter into pieces...
The howling wind drowned out all sound. In Yun Che's consciousness, there was nothing but the wind, and he had completely lost the strength to even shout. Dozens of breaths passed, and still the wind roared in his ears. Finally...
Boom!!!!
He heard the loud sound of his own landing, and faintly, it seemed there was a girl's crisp cry of alarm...
The pain throughout his body faded, and his vision blurred rapidly as his consciousness slipped away... The last image was half of the high cliff and half of the azure sky. At the very end of the image, the blue sky suddenly revealed a dreamlike, beautiful girl's face. She stared at him with eyes brighter than stars—pure as the bright moon, filled with innocence, shock, surprise, and curiosity. Yun Che had countless beautiful women around him, but before this dreamlike beauty, his heart still trembled uncontrollably...
So beautiful...
Is this an angel from heaven...?
This visage so beautiful it seemed not to belong to the mortal world became Yun Che's final conscious thought. Then he completely lost consciousness.
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