Chapter 431: The Mighty Divine Phoenix
"You are Yun Che?" Feng Feiyan looked Yun Che up and down. Before he could answer, he sensed the aura of Phoenix bloodline from Yun Che, and then said flatly: "As I thought... So this time, Cang Feng only has you alone?"
"That's right." Yun Che answered simply and calmly.
Feng Feiyan lowered his voice and said coldly: "Since you're here, just settle down and finish this ranking battle. As for the matter of your Phoenix bloodline, after the ranking battle ends, someone will naturally settle it with you properly. However, if you let yourself die on this Phoenix Platform, that would be a good choice as well... Hmph, go test your profound strength."
The position Yun Che stood at was very close to Feng Feiyan, and the vast aura emanating from him was constantly suppressing Yun Che's body and heart. But his expression was completely calm, showing no abnormality. He didn't speak further with Feng Feiyan, walked toward the profound testing stone, and placed his palm on it.
Nineteen years old, Earth Xuan Realm, Level 10.
The profound strength level displayed on the testing stone undoubtedly triggered laughter from the entire venue. Yun Che removed his hand from the testing stone and walked leisurely toward the preparation area amidst the overwhelming laughter and gazes. The participants from the five nations who had already taken their positions looked at him as he approached, all showing extremely contemptuous expressions... Contempt mixed with disgust and pity, as if they felt that having such a person as an opponent was an insult to their own strength and reputation.
Yun Che casually stopped in a corner. Not far to his right were the ten participating profound practitioners from Canglan Nation. One of them glanced at Yun Che and said with a smile loud enough for Yun Che to hear: "No wonder the name 'Yun Che' always sounded so familiar. I suddenly remembered that two years ago, in the Cang Feng ranking battle, the one who took first place was this 'Yun Che.'"
Another person grinned and said: "Tsk tsk, a nineteen-year-old Earth Xuan Realm Level 10 can indeed be considered the number one of the younger generation in a small nation like Cang Feng."
"Hmph!" Han Ruyu slanted his eyes slightly and snorted with a faint smile: "Just a pitiful clown."
"Heh heh, Junior Brother Han is right. But this clown is quite the majestic 'number one' in Cang Feng, hahahaha..."
Yun Che raised his head, swept a glance at these people coldly, then turned away, too lazy to look a second time.
"It's actually him." Ling Kun looked at Yun Che, lost in thought.
"Oh? Elder Ling actually knows even a piece of trash like this from Cang Feng?" Ye Xinghan squinted and said.
"This kid is not as simple as he appears on the surface," Ling Kun said. Back then at Tian Jian Villa, because of Yun Che's astonishing ability to wield the heavy sword, he had taken the initiative to recruit him into Tian Wei Sword Domain. Later, he discovered that Yun Che actually possessed the Phoenix bloodline, so naturally he had a rather deep impression of him. A few months ago, Tian Wei Sword Domain received news that Yun Canghai had committed suicide, the seal on the Sword Control Platform of Tian Jian Villa had automatically been lifted, and the person who had been mistakenly trapped there two years ago had also escaped alive.
He never expected to see Yun Che here again.
"This little brother is certainly not simple, oh." Ji Qianrou's cloying voice came from the side: "With such pitiful cultivation, yet he remained expressionless under the pressure of Grand Elder Feng's aura. Look, not only is his cultivation pathetically weak, he's also all alone without even an escort, laughed at by so many people... How pitiful, oh. But his deep eyes remain calm and fascinatingly so..."
Ji Qianrou twisted his fingers and slowly extended his tongue to lick around his lips: "This little brother either has great courage or hides deep secrets... The most important thing... is that he looks so handsome, just the type I like, oh..."
Ji Qianrou's posture and peach-blossom-covered cheeks made Ye Xinghan suddenly feel a chill of disgust, almost vomiting his meal from the night before.
After the six nations came the host of the ranking battle, the supreme overlord among the seven nations of Tian Xuan... the Shenhuang Empire!
"Phoenix disciples, take the stage!" Feng Feiyan faced the Shenhuang Empire seats and let out a long roar.
As soon as Feng Feiyan's voice fell, ten figures rose into the air from the Shenhuang Empire seats, then transformed into ten phoenix fire shadows. The flames completely obscured their figures, and the sky seemed to have ten phoenixes winding and dancing, releasing a scorching and heavy pressure. The burning high temperature spread through the entire arena like surging waves, causing those with weaker profound strength to feel as if their bodies were about to ignite.
The disciples of the Fenghuang God Sect appeared, but unlike the five nations before, they did not bring cheers. As the host, the Shenhuang Empire naturally had the most people in the arena, but they all watched the dancing phoenix shadows with blazing eyes, without a single person cheering out of control... Because the Fenghuang God Sect was the eternal king, the undefeated overlord! They didn't need cheers, nor did they need encouragement. Although they were also participants in this ranking battle, in the eyes of the Shenhuang Empire, their true position was that of judges involved in the trial!
Phoenix flames blazed through the sky. The ten phoenix fire shadows wound and danced as they approached the Phoenix Platform, then let out a simultaneous long cry and landed as one. The moment they touched the Phoenix Platform, all the phoenix flames instantly extinguished, revealing ten heroic young figures dressed in fiery red phoenix robes.
The way the Phoenix disciples took the stage, along with the invisible majesty naturally released from them, completely suppressed the disciples of the six nations before them. The Phoenix disciples did not make any grandstanding moves like the profound practitioners of the five nations. They walked forward without any hesitation, not even reporting their names, and directly placed their palms on the profound testing stone.
The profound testing stone lit up... Unlike before, this time the testing stone displayed not only age and profound strength but also their names.
Feng Feibai — Twenty-four years old — King Xuan Realm, Level 5.
The entire arena instantly erupted in shock. The first person from Shenhuang Empire to test had a profound strength level that completely crushed all the profound practitioners from the six nations... But there was only shock, no cheers, because those who exclaimed were from the six nations, while the people of Shenhuang Empire remained calm. Such strength, such a margin of suppression, was simply too normal.
And soon, the people of the six nations discovered in extreme shock that this Feng Feibai, whose strength they already considered terrifying beyond imagination and almost heaven-defying, was actually merely the weakest among the ten of Shenhuang Empire!!
Feng Lingyun — Twenty-three years old — King Xuan Realm, Level 6.
The second to step forward was a short-haired, spirited woman. When her age and profound strength were revealed, the entire venue once again erupted in shock. Even Yun Che's brow twitched heavily.
King Xuan Realm Level 6, equivalent to the height of Ling Tianni! Ling Tianni was over a hundred years old, let alone being the acknowledged number one of the profound world in Cang Feng! And this Feng Lingyun was only twenty-three years old! She was merely one of the top young disciples of the Shenhuang Empire... and just a woman!
A twenty-three-year-old top female disciple of the Fenghuang God Sect, when placed in Cang Feng, matched the strength of the number one. Such a vast difference between heaven and earth made Yun Che unable to help but sigh again.
Feng Boyi — Twenty-five years old — King Xuan Realm, Level 6.
Feng Lanshan — Twenty-four years old — King Xuan Realm, Level 6.
Feng Mingzhu — Twenty-three years old — King Xuan Realm, Level 6.
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The Phoenix disciples stepped forward one after another, and the words displayed on the testing stone left the profound practitioners of the six nations all stunned, their mouths wide open for a long time unable to close. They had long known that there was a considerable gap between the six nations and the Fenghuang God Sect, but seeing it today, they realized how enormous that gap truly was!
Among the six nations, only two had produced King Xuan Realm practitioners... one at King Xuan Realm Level 1, and one at King Xuan Realm Level 2. These two King Xuan Realm practitioners under twenty-five were considered the greatest pride of the profound worlds of Heisha Nation and Canglan Nation in centuries, even hailed as miracles.
But among the Fenghuang God Sect disciples participating in the battle, even the weakest was half a realm stronger than them!
And that was half a realm at the King Xuan level!!
The gap was like a firefly compared to the bright moon, utterly incomparable.
"Is it... is it really true? Are people of the Fenghuang God Sect all... this amazing!?" Ling Jie was completely stunned, staring at the profound strength levels displayed one after another on the testing stone, unable to believe his eyes. These were just young disciples of the Fenghuang God Sect... and their profound strength was not inferior to his grandfather Ling Tianni!!
His grandfather, acknowledged as the number one of Cang Feng, was only comparable to young disciples under twenty-five in the Fenghuang God Sect!!
Such a huge contrast was hard for Ling Jie to accept.
"See, I knew you, this little brother from Cang Feng, would be scared." Hua Minghai showed an expression as if this was nothing unusual, speaking slowly: "Tsk, the gap between strong nations like Canglan and Heisha and Shenhuang is already as vast as the distance between heaven and earth. As for your Cang Feng, heh heh heh heh... I heard that in your Cang Feng, King Xuan Realm is the peak? But in the Fenghuang God Sect, King Xuan Realm practitioners are as common as dogs. If you don't reach Earth Xuan Realm by eighteen or King Xuan Realm by thirty-five, you don't even dare to call yourself a Phoenix disciple."
Ling Jie swallowed hard and couldn't speak for a long time. Originally full of confidence in Yun Che, after seeing those astonishing profound strength levels, his confidence was mostly shattered. Half a year ago, Yun Che had nearly lost half his life and, together with Xia Qingyue, barely defeated Ling Tianni at King Xuan Realm Level 6... But now, all the Fenghuang God Sect disciples deployed were at the level of his grandfather!
And on the Cang Feng side, there was only Yun Che alone!
How were they supposed to compete with that!
Hua Minghai glanced sideways at Ling Jie's conflicted face and immediately guessed what he was thinking: "Damn! Could it be that you, kid, came here with the idea of Yun Che defeating the Fenghuang God Sect? Have you been eating too many brain-damaging pills!"
"Well..." Ling Jie scratched his head and said weakly: "It's just that the boss is so incredibly strong, he even defeated my grandfather, so I always believed that among the younger generation of the entire continent, the boss should be invincible... I never expected the Fenghuang God Sect to be this powerful. This is too... too exaggerated."
"Exaggerated my ass," Hua Minghai looked at him as if he were an idiot. "Do you think the five-thousand-year foundation and divine bloodline of the Fenghuang God Sect are just for show? And I'll tell you straight: for a mere seven-nation ranking battle, the Fenghuang God Sect doesn't need to take it too seriously. So these ten people may not necessarily be the absolute strongest under twenty-five. I don't believe the Fenghuang God Sect would reveal all their trump cards among the younger generation for no reason without need. Forget it, I think if I keep talking, your little heart won't be able to take it. Later, I'll teach you a nice idiom: 'looking at the sky from the bottom of a well.'"
Ling Jie's eyes went blank, and he couldn't speak for a long time, his self-confidence suffering an unprecedented blow. In Cang Feng, he was also a famous genius acknowledged to surpass Ling Yun. But placed before the Fenghuang God Sect... it was simply unworthy of mention.