Chapter 510: Flowing Light Thunder Concealment, Phantom Lightning Extreme
Mo Li, however, gave a faint snort. "Getting into the role so quickly? Even though they are your parents, in essence, they are merely strangers with a blood bond! Before today, you had zero connection with them, and now you're willing to take risks for them?"
Yun Che said calmly, "This thing called familial affection is far more beautiful than I imagined. Yesterday, they were complete strangers to me, with no grievances or grudges. But today, I can't help but feel a desperate urge to protect them... This must be a kind of instinct when humans face family... an instinct imprinted in the bloodline."
"Hmph!" Mo Li's voice was full of disdain. "That's just your good luck, having a pair of parents worth protecting. Not all familial affection in this world is beautiful. Some can make you hate them to the bone."
Within Mo Li's voice, there was clearly a trace of dark, resentful aura. Yun Che was startled and frowned as he asked, "Mo Li, I remember you love your brother and your mother very much. What do you mean by..."
"Heh..." Mo Li let out a cold sneer. "My brother and mother were the most important people in my life, but they are already dead. As for that man... the one I have to address as 'Father King,' one day... I will kill him!!"
As Mo Li spoke, a bone-chilling murderous aura was released, causing Yun Che's body to stiffen abruptly. Father King... that is her father. But when she mentioned her father, what she revealed was a deep-seated hatred and murderous intent!
"You resent your father? Why?" Yun Che probed.
"That is none of your concern." Mo Li said coldly.
Yun Che still wouldn't give up, directly asking, "Your Father King... sounds like he should be a king of some place. Since you're so powerful, your Father King must be even more powerful, right?"
Mo Li's voice was devoid of emotion. "You want to know how powerful he is? I can tell you... it's a strength you simply cannot imagine."
Yun Che cupped his chin and muttered softly, "Could it be... the legendary Divine Xuan Realm?"
"Divine Xuan Realm?" Mo Li sneered disdainfully. "Have you ever heard of... a 'Realm King'?"
"Realm King? What kind of title is that?" Yun Che asked doubtfully.
"Since you don't know, stop asking useless questions! When you truly understand what the word 'Realm King' means, you'll naturally know that man's power... But no matter how strong he is, one day, I will definitely kill him!!"
Yun Che: "..."
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Yun Che thus stayed in the Yun Clan, dedicating all his efforts to healing Yun Qinghong and Mu Yourou's bodies. In just five days, the cold poison on the couple was completely expelled without any residue, bringing both of them, as well as Yun Xiao, almost to tears of joy. After that came the recovery of their meridians, profound veins, and bodies. Under the miraculous Great Dao Pagoda Art and Yun Che's masterful medical skills, their originally crippled bodies recovered at an astonishing speed. On the tenth day, Yun Qinghong could already walk freely. On the fifteenth day, his profound veins had initially healed, allowing him to use Mystic Void Crossing for short periods...
Yun Qinghong and Mu Yourou had experienced great storms and dramatic ups and downs in their lives, but during these days, they felt as if they were in a dream every single day.
Yun Che's stay in the Yun Clan did not cause much of a stir. News that Yun Che had sworn brotherhood with Yun Xiao and been adopted as a righteous son by Yun Qinghong and his wife spread through the Yun Clan, but after learning that Yun Che's profound strength was only at the Heavenly Xuan Realm, almost no one cared about it anymore. In preparation for the clan-wide competition and the Little Demon Queen's centennial grand ceremony, everyone was in intense preparation, especially the young disciples who wanted to stand out.
A month passed peacefully. Yun Qinghong and Mu Yourou's meridians, profound veins, and bodies all recovered completely. Amidst their immense joy, they quietly began to restore their profound strength. The level of their profound strength from back then far surpassed Yun Che's, but his Great Dao Pagoda Art still served as a powerful aid. However, he no longer needed to exhaust himself every day like he had in the previous month. He asked Yun Xiao for a training room and finally began to improve himself during his spare time each day.
The sky grew dim, and night quietly descended.
Ding!
An Ice Illusion Mirror five zhang in diameter opened within the spacious training room, isolating all sounds from within. After repeatedly confirming that no one was spying on him from nearby, he took out a jade slip emitting a faint, hazy light from the Heavenly Poison Pearl. On the jade slip were clearly engraved the four characters "Phantom Lightning Extreme."
This Phantom Lightning Extreme, which Hua Minghai had willingly brought to him, he had not dared to look at before due to his reservations. But now, being in another world, with no idea how many years it would take to return to the Tian Xuan Continent, he had no reason to refuse this movement profound skill that had such strong life-saving capabilities.
Yun Che slowly flipped through the jade slip. As his fingers touched it, profound energy surged, and the profound formula imprinted within slowly entered his mind. He then realized that Phantom Lightning Extreme was not merely a movement profound skill; it consisted of two parts:
The first part was Flowing Light Thunder Concealment.
The second part was Phantom Lightning Extreme.
Phantom Lightning Extreme was the divinely unpredictable movement skill that Hua Minghai used. As for Flowing Light Thunder Concealment, it brought even greater surprise to Yun Che's heart... This was actually an extremely powerful concealment profound skill!
When Flowing Light Thunder Concealment was used, it could arbitrarily suppress one's own profound energy aura, allowing one to display a profound strength lower than one's actual level. The most crucial point was that when Flowing Light Thunder Concealment was cultivated to its peak, one could perfectly conceal one's aura, making it difficult even for a powerhouse far stronger than oneself to detect.
And the power of Flowing Light Thunder Concealment was also perfectly demonstrated by Hua Minghai. He managed to escape the pursuit of the Fenghuang God Sect thanks to Phantom Lightning Extreme, but it was undoubtedly Flowing Light Thunder Concealment that allowed him to silently infiltrate the Fenghuang God Sect, where Overlord Emperors were everywhere and Thrones were as common as dogs, without anyone noticing. Hua Minghai's profound strength was at the late Throne stage, and the Fenghuang God Sect had many Overlord Emperors, yet not a single one detected him. He entered the treasure vault like it was an empty place. If Hua Minghai hadn't accidentally triggered a profound formation, the Fenghuang God Sect probably wouldn't even have known someone had infiltrated.
Yun Che recalled his first contact with Hua Minghai. He hadn't sensed his aura at all back then, only relying on years of alert instinct to feel that someone was watching him.
"Being able to hide one's aura from a powerhouse a whole major realm above one's own... this is simply a divine skill for thieves!" Yun Che marveled inwardly, then quickly focused his mind and began to comprehend the profound formula of Flowing Light Thunder Concealment.
Unlike the Ice Cloud Barrier and Ice Illusion Mirror, which functioned to isolate—isolating power, aura, and sound—Flowing Light Thunder Concealment was about suppressing and sealing one's own aura. For concealing aura, Yun Che already had a foundation from his training in the Cang Yun Continent. Coupled with his powerful comprehension, in less than two hours, the infinitely mysterious profound formula had been fully integrated into his heart and mind. As he circulated his inner breath, the profound energy aura radiating from his body gradually faded.
Two hours, and Flowing Light Thunder Concealment had achieved initial success!
Yun Che was confident that within at most half a month, he could reach Hua Minghai's level.
The night grew deeper. Yun Che remained still for over three hours, his profound energy aura reduced to the mid-stage Earth Xuan Realm. Moreover, when others sensed it, they would feel no incongruity at all. At this moment, Yun Che opened his eyes, leaped to his feet, extended his arm, and called out softly, "Hong'er, come out!"
With a flash of the crimson sword mark on his arm, a blood-red lightning bolt hissed between Yun Che's hands, then transformed into the massive Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword. Under its terrifying weight, Yun Che's arm suddenly sank, and with a "boom," his feet sank deep into the ground... In the beginning, Yun Che had found it quite strenuous to control the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword. After Hong'er had completely devoured the Dragon Gate, its weight had increased even more noticeably.
Yun Che adjusted his breathing. It took a while before he could finally steady the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword and stand firmly on the ground without sinking further. With a low shout, he swung the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword. Immediately, a gale surged, causing the surrounding Ice Illusion Mirror to shudder precariously.
The grand ceremony was approaching, so he had to adapt to the weight of the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword in the shortest possible time and unleash its maximum power.
"Ah woo, master is so annoying! I was sleeping so soundly, but you had to wake me up. Ugh..." Hong'er made a dissatisfied sound. Inside the orb at the center of the sword, the miniature version of Hong'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, puffed out her cheeks, and looked very resentful.
"I'll go find you some tasty treats tomorrow, alright?" Yun Che said breathlessly.
As soon as Yun Che's voice fell, Hong'er's formerly drowsy eyes instantly sparkled: "Really? Wah ah! Master has to keep his word! Master is the best! Master absolutely must not forget tomorrow!"
The sound of Hong'er constantly swallowing saliva came clearly to Yun Che's ears. He had asked Yun Xiao, and there were places in the Demon Emperor City that sold Heavenly Xuan swords and even Throne swords. Since the currencies of the two continents were different, he could only use Yun Xiao's money. Yun Xiao's private savings... should barely be enough to get a Heavenly Xuan sword, which would be enough to keep this little girl, who only knew how to eat, sleep, and play, satisfied for a short while.
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Time flowed quickly as Yun Qinghong and his wife focused on recovery, and Yun Che cultivated Phantom Lightning Extreme. In the blink of an eye, another month passed.
That night, Yun Che did not train but instead slept soundly. When he woke up, the sky was just beginning to lighten. He leaped out of bed and raised his arm. On his arm, the glow of Arcane Firmament flickered. He silently looked at Arcane Firmament for a while, and the figure of Yun Canghai surfaced in his mind.
"Grandfather, rest assured. I will never let the Yun Clan decline! Nor will I allow your reputation to be tarnished in the slightest!" Yun Che muttered to himself.
Although Yun Che had woken up early enough, the Yun Clan was already bustling with activity.
Because today was the day of the Yun Clan's clan-wide competition!
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