# Chapter 699: Angry Rebuke at the Divine Phoenix
Faced with Yun Che's mockery and derision, Feng Hengkong felt a great relief in his heart, yet the boiling rage within him could not be suppressed no matter what. His killing intent had swelled dozens of times compared to before. Because the destruction of the Phoenix God Statue was now an established fact, and this humiliation would be branded onto his reign as this generation's Phoenix Emperor, recorded in the Shenhuang Kingdom's annals, never to be erased.
"Yun Che... good... very good indeed!" Feng Hengkong could no longer bother thinking about how Yun Che had traveled from Liu Yun City to Shenhuang City in a single day. His voice was low and heavy, word by word: "Three years ago, you barely managed to save your life... and now you can't wait to come and die again!!"
All the Phoenix Elders and Princes had already arrived, along with the Phoenix disciples who had rushed over at full speed, forming an enormous encirclement that firmly trapped Yun Che within.
To have completely alarmed the entire Phoenix God Sect and be surrounded by such a massive formation—this was something unprecedented in the history of the Phoenix God Sect.
"It's actually you!!" Shenhuang Crown Prince Feng Ximing stared at Yun Che atop the ruins, his flame-filled eyes burning with a hatred so intense it seemed ready to explode. He was one of the first in the sect to know that Yun Che was still alive. Because of Feng Xue'er, his hatred for Yun Che even surpassed that of Feng Hengkong... The largest part of this hatred had nothing to do with the Phoenix God Sect but was a jealousy that had transformed into boundless murderous intent!
"You reckless beast! Three years ago, our sect showed you mercy, and today you dare... dare to destroy our sect's gate and the Phoenix God Statue!!" The newly promoted Grand Elder Feng Feilie pointed at Yun Che, trembling all over in extreme rage: "Even if you died ten thousand times, it would still be insufficient to atone for this crime!!"
"Hahahaha!" Yun Che threw his head back and laughed, then his face and voice suddenly turned dark and heavy: "A bunch of old dogs like you from the Phoenix God Sect—how dare you point fingers at me? My Cang Feng Kingdom has never had any enmity or hatred with your Shenhuang Kingdom. For a thousand years, we have continuously paid tribute to your Shenhuang Kingdom without interruption or offense! But in these three years, you have wantonly trampled upon Cang Feng's soil, destroyed Cang Feng's cities, slaughtered Cang Feng's citizens, turning Cang Feng's lands into mountains of bones and rivers of blood. Countless innocent people have lost their lives, countless women, children, and the elderly have been displaced, turning a peaceful and harmonious nation into a hell of terror!"
"Your actions are an outrage that would anger both gods and men, too numerous to record on bamboo and silk!"
"I merely destroyed your broken city gate and broken statue, and you say I must die ten thousand times to atone. Then for your crimes that would anger gods and men, shouldn't your entire sect, from top to bottom, including nine generations of your clan, be ground to dust and bones ten thousand times over!!"
"How dare you!" Feng Feiran roared furiously: "The law of survival in this world has always been the strong devouring the weak! Our Shenhuang Empire annexing weaker lands and expanding our territory is perfectly justified! Our Shenhuang Empire has stood for five thousand years, blessed by our ancestor Phoenix God, a nation favored by divine grace! How could your insignificant little Cang Feng Kingdom possibly compare! This Phoenix God Statue symbolizes the dignity and divine might of our ancestor Phoenix God! You actually dared to destroy the Phoenix God Statue, blaspheming and desecrating the majesty of the gods—this is a heinous crime that even the sacrifice of every single person in your little Cang Feng Kingdom could never atone for!"
"Gods? Hah!" Yun Che let out a low, cold laugh: "You still have the nerve to mention the Phoenix God now? History is indeed paved by the strong devouring the weak, but the most basic premise of human warfare is not to harm innocent civilians. Yet you burned cities and massacred the innocent on Cang Feng soil, using the Phoenix Flame bestowed upon you by the Phoenix God!"
"The Phoenix is a sacred beast of ancient times, and the Phoenix Flame is a type of flame recorded as 'Sacred Flame'! You inherit the bloodline and power of the Phoenix God, yet you use the Phoenix Flame to commit inhumane, beastly crimes! You stain the pure and holy divine fire with the blood of countless innocents and filthy sin... Who exactly is blaspheming and defiling the majesty of the gods!!"
Feng Feilie: "You!"
"The Phoenix bloodline I possess was inherited from a different Phoenix God!!" Yun Che stared coldly at every face in his line of sight, his gaze filled with anger, contempt, and hatred: "Its existence is in no way shorter than your Phoenix God Sect's ancestor Phoenix God! But do you know why no other Phoenix sect rose? Because... many years ago, when a Phoenix inheritor was fighting another using the Phoenix Flame, he accidentally lost control of the flames, incinerating an entire town and causing countless innocent people to perish in the Phoenix Flame. The Phoenix God was greatly enraged and carved a cruel curse into that clan's Phoenix bloodline, forever preventing their profound power from breaking through the Initial Xuan Realm, and this curse was passed down through the bloodline from generation to generation, never to be extinguished!"
Yun Che's words caused all the Phoenix disciples present to change color drastically, some even showing fear on their faces.
"They mistakenly destroyed a single town with an out-of-control Phoenix Flame, and their entire clan was cursed for a thousand years, forced to cower in some desolate corner, repenting generation after generation, never daring to see the light of day again! And you! The crimes you have committed are tens of thousands of times worse! Yet you still have the face to claim you are blessed by the Phoenix God! I spit on that!"
"I destroyed this Phoenix God Statue because you no longer have the right to call yourselves the Phoenix Clan! To place a sacred Phoenix statue in this place of sin and filth would only defile the dignity and sanctity of the Phoenix!"
Yun Che extended his finger, pointing directly at the Phoenix Sect Master: "Feng Hengkong! If the Phoenix God were still alive, seeing your extremely evil, brutal, and filthy crimes, it would personally annihilate your entire clan... Otherwise, it would be unworthy of being the Phoenix spirit!!"
"Silence!" Feng Hengkong shouted in shame and fury. Three years ago, he had already experienced the sharpness of Yun Che's tongue. Today, his Phoenix God Sect had mobilized almost entirely, surrounding Yun Che, yet he shouted them down in fury, and their momentum was actually on the verge of being suppressed! And Yun Che's voice was like thunder, more than enough to spread throughout the entire Shenhuang City, each word severely undermining the Phoenix God Sect's dignity and prestige. He said angrily: "Yun Che, you destroyed our Phoenix God Statue for no reason, offending our ancestor Phoenix God first, and yet you dare to slander us as unjust! Everything our Phoenix God Sect does is in accordance with our ancestor Phoenix God's will! Stop spouting nonsense here, confusing the masses and stirring up trouble..."
"Hahahahaha!!" Before Feng Hengkong could finish roaring, he was interrupted by Yun Che's frenzied laughter. Yun Che's gaze towards him had also become extremely contemptuous and disdainful: "Feng Hengkong, although I have always detested you immensely, I also once believed that since you could become the Phoenix Sect Master, you should be a righteous and upright person, at least someone who wouldn't disgrace the name of the Phoenix. I truly never imagined that you, possessing the bloodline, power, and status granted by the Phoenix God, along with five thousand years of glory for the Phoenix God Sect, would not only fail to repent for your heinous crimes but would instead pour this filthy filth stained with the blood of countless innocents onto the head of the Phoenix God!!"
"You..." Feng Hengkong's entire body trembled.
"Can you face the bloodline within you! Can you face the Phoenix God! Do you have even a shred of humanity and conscience! After death... will you have any face to meet your ancestors!!"
"Xue'er has a heart as pure as ice and snow, with a soul like an angel! Yet she has a father as brutal, evil, ungrateful, and beastly as you! You are not only unworthy of possessing the Phoenix bloodline, unworthy of being the Shenhuang Emperor, but even more unworthy of being Xue'er's father!!"
What Feng Hengkong had said enraged Yun Che to the extreme, leaving no trace of luck or pity in his heart. Every single word was sharp, venomous to the extreme, directly striking Feng Hengkong's vital points. Every muscle on Feng Hengkong's face trembled. In his extreme fury, his profound energy flowed in reverse, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Facing death, you still dare to spout wild words and nonsense!!" Feng Ximing stepped to Feng Hengkong's side and shouted in fury. He knew very well whether the Phoenix God was alive or dead, and he was even more clear about the orders Feng Hengkong had given over the past three years: "Imperial Father, this little beast destroyed the Phoenix God Statue first and then insulted our Phoenix God Sect. Even if he saved Xue'er's life, there is absolutely no reason to forgive him! Seize him directly and execute him on the spot!"
"Exactly right! Imperial Father and the elders, why waste time and words on him? Kill him directly... cut him into pieces!"
The speaker was the Fourteenth Prince, Feng Xiluo, standing behind the elders. When he saw Yun Che, his eyes widened, his teeth clenched, and his face was full of hatred! Three years ago, during the Seven Nation Ranking Battle, he fought Yun Che and refused to accept the humiliation of defeat. He forcibly burned his essence blood, and in the end, not only did he suffer a crushing defeat, but the heavy loss of essence blood caused his profound power to regress from the eighth level of the King Xuan Realm to the seventh level. Even more cruel was the irreversible damage to his talent.
Now, three years later, he had consumed countless spiritual medicines and a large amount of purple crystals, barely recovering to the early stage of the eighth level of the King Xuan Realm, still inferior to where he was three years ago. His talent was no longer what it once was—no longer the best among the younger generation—and his transcendent status among the princes had plummeted.
And all of this, he did not attribute to his own impulsiveness and stupidity but instead blamed entirely on Yun Che, harboring deep-seated hatred for him. Now seeing Yun Che appear alive, he was so enraged he could almost grind his teeth to powder. If he didn't know that he was even less of a match for Yun Che now, he would surely rush at him like a mad dog and tear him to pieces.
Feng Hengkong's breathing became hot, and his chest heaved extremely rapidly. It was easy to imagine the impact Yun Che's furious harangue had on him. He stretched out his hand and said in a trembling voice: "Kill him at once!"
"Blast him to death... leave no intact corpse!!"
This was the kill order personally issued by Feng Hengkong in front of Phoenix City! The words "leave no intact corpse" revealed the rage and murderous intent swelled to the extreme within his heart.
With the kill order given, from Yun Che's front, back, left, and right, four figures shot out, directly targeting Yun Che. And all four of these people were Phoenix Elders! At the assembly just now, Feng Hengkong had already stated that Feng Huwei died at Yun Che's hands, indicating that Yun Che's strength might have reached the mid-stage Overlord Xuan... or even the late stage! Therefore, the four elders did not act arrogantly but attacked together, determined to kill Yun Che in an instant!
Behind them, there were dozens more Phoenix Elders and a swarm of Phoenix disciples rushing over... Today, no matter what, even if Yun Che had ten thousand lives, he would not leave here alive.