# Chapter 705: Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array?
South of Shenhuang City, Yun Che sat cross-legged in a depression on a barren mountain. His eyes were closed, his entire body's profound energy gently rippling, but his expression showed little caution. He might not be able to defeat the emperor lord of the Fenghuang God Sect, but his speed at its limits—there was hardly anyone in the world who could catch him except Xiao Yaohou. Even the masters of the Four Sacred Grounds would find it no easy task to pursue him.
And for now, the Fenghuang God Sect couldn't yet produce an expert at the level of a Sacred Ground master.
"It seems I'll have to disappoint you. The auras of those dozen or so emperor lords are still in their original places," Mo Li said indifferently.
"Mm?" Yun Che's face showed surprise. "That shouldn't be the case. I killed two of his princes, yet they couldn't even touch a single hair on my head. Today, they've even given up the search entirely. Even if that Feng Hengkong has the patience of a ninja turtle (what the hell?), he shouldn't be unwilling to call out those old monsters. Could it be... that he's prepared some other method?"
"Within a three-hundred-zhang radius of the central area of Shenhuang City, there's a profound formation that's been very well hidden." This formation—forged by the combined strength of dozens of Phoenix elders and consuming a full eight hours to construct and conceal—was not only seen through at a glance by Mo Li, but her voice carried clear disdain: "This profound formation should be prepared for you. Its aura is quite similar to the sealing profound formation that the Snow Princess was caught in three years ago on the Primordial Mystic Ark."
"The Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array?" Yun Che's brows sank. Three years ago, Feng Xue'er had been hit by a Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array cast by Feng Feiyan, whose profound strength and bloodline were both inferior to her own. It had sealed all of Xue'er's profound energy for a full twelve hours, demonstrating just how overbearing it was.
"No wonder they didn't invite those old monsters out of retirement. So they prepared such a grand gift for me." Yun Che let out a cold laugh. "Such a large Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array... they really put a lot of effort into it. But it seems I'll need to be a bit careful..."
"Careful? Hmph, ridiculous!" Mo Li scoffed disdainfully. "Your profound veins were forged by the Evil God's Indestructible Blood—they are the Evil God's profound veins! In this world, unless it is power at the level of gods, no force can seal or suppress your profound veins. That mere Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array is nothing but a joke before the Evil God's profound veins."
"...Oh, is that so?" Yun Che's eyes widened, then he nodded slightly and murmured, "That seems to be the case..."
The "Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Array" of the Tian Wei Sword Domain could forcibly suppress the profound energy of his grandfather Yun Canghai, who was at the late-stage Lord Xuan Realm, yet it had no effect on Yun Che when he was only at the Earth Xuan Realm. No matter how strong the Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array was, it couldn't possibly surpass the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Array, right?
Yun Che was completely reassured. With a single teleportation, he charged straight into the range of Shenhuang City.
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"What? The entire army annihilated?"
The news from Cang Feng made Feng Hengkong instantly furious. Because of Yun Che, his mood was already at its worst. No sooner had the day fully dawned than he received another unexpected and devastating report.
"Impossible!" Feng Hengkong said heavily. "Yun Che is clearly still in my Shenhuang! Without Yun Che, how could mere Cang Feng resist my Shenhuang army? What the hell is going on? Could it be that Yun Che rushed back in the dead of night?!"
"Both the Western Army and the Eastern Army each dispatched two hundred thousand troops, marching overnight toward the Cangfeng Imperial Capital, arriving at roughly the same time this morning. After reporting that they had neared the Cangfeng Imperial Capital, the Western Army—including the supervising elder—fell silent, exactly like the Central Army before them! The Eastern Army reported that the supervising elder Feng Leiming engaged someone in combat but suffered a crushing defeat. In desperation, Feng Leiming apparently tried to channel all his profound energy to burn down the Cangfeng Imperial Capital, but the opponent used extremely powerful wind profound energy to reflect it back onto our own army, causing heavy casualties. In the end, only forty thousand battered remnants survived." Feng Feiran said solemnly.
"Wind profound energy? Besides Yun Che, does Cang Feng have another expert who can surpass my Phoenix elders?" Feng Hengkong's face grew darker and darker. Yun Che had never used wind profound energy, so that person naturally couldn't be Yun Che... But any elder of his Fenghuang God Sect was an invincible existence that could walk sideways through the seven nations of Tian Xuan. For Cang Feng to produce one Yun Che was already hard to believe, enough to shake the entire Tian Xuan Continent—how could there be another such person?
"That person is certainly not Yun Che. I'll send people to investigate his identity quickly. However, with the Central Army annihilated and the Western and Eastern Armies severely crippled, the morale of our stationed forces in Cang Feng is now in complete chaos... Sigh." Feng Feiran let out a long sigh.
"That's not too much of a concern." Crown Prince Feng Ximing said a sentence that would have puzzled outsiders: "After all, we've already gotten what we wanted. Even if we withdraw our troops now..."
"But Yun Che must die!" Feng Hengkong said with hatred.
At that moment, that nightmare-like voice came from outside, following closely on Feng Hengkong's low roar: "Old dogs of the Fenghuang God Sect, your Yun grandfather is here! Why aren't you coming out to welcome him?!"
"Yun... Che!" Feng Hengkong's full fury and hatred finally found an outlet. His black hair stood on end almost instantly, and the flame mark on his forehead directly manifested, erupting with violent flames. This time, Yun Che's voice came not from the center of Shenhuang City, but from the city gate. This clearly meant he couldn't even be bothered to sneak in as he had yesterday—he came swaggering in and then loudly announced his presence, as if afraid the Fenghuang God Sect wouldn't notice.
This was nothing less than a naked display of contempt for the Fenghuang God Sect!!
"I... will tear him limb from limb with my own hands today!" Feng Hengkong had said those same words too many times, and each time the hatred contained was far greater than the last. Just as he was about to charge out, Feng Feilie quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Sect Master, stay calm for a moment. We deliberately relaxed our vigilance and recalled even the searching disciples, hoping to lure him into sneaking in like yesterday and then falling directly into the Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array. But it seems we miscalculated. From the sound of his voice, he's clearly at the city gate... Regardless of whether his movement technique is Phantom Lightning Extreme, his speed is something we cannot match. To capture him, the safest method now is to lure him into the Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array."
Feng Hengkong stopped in his tracks. His gaze swept over everyone present and finally landed on the Ninth Prince, Feng Xilin: "Lin'er, among all my sons, besides Ximing, you have the steadiest mind and the most commanding style. This heavy responsibility falls on you. Do you have the courage?"
Feng Xilin stepped forward without any hesitation: "Your son will not let Father Emperor down."
"Good!" Feng Hengkong nodded heavily. "With those words, you have already not disappointed me. Rest assured, Xichen and Xiluo have already fallen to Yun Che's venomous hands. I will never let any of the rest of you meet with misfortune. The Phoenix-Sealing Forbidden Array combines the power of a full thirty-six elders. Even if your grandfather entered it, he would find it difficult to resist. If we can lure Yun Che in there, even if he has the power to overturn the heavens... he won't be able to escape!!"
Boom!!!
Feng Hengkong shot up into the air with blazing fury, smashing through the several-chi-thick roof of the main hall. Above the Shenhuang City gate, Yun Che was floating with his arms crossed, still wearing that calm expression and the contempt that made every Phoenix disciple wish they could tear him apart. All the Phoenix elders had also mobilized immediately, but they did not surround him as they had the day before. Instead, they scattered across the sky above Shenhuang City, locking onto him with their gazes and auras.
But behind each group of elders, a prince was tightly guarded. Clearly, with two princes already dead at Yun Che's hands, the Fenghuang God Sect had become like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. Every prince was accompanied by several elders acting as bodyguards, for fear that Yun Che would target another prince. They had even considered hiding the princes elsewhere, but the entire Shenhuang Kingdom—the place with the strongest defensive power and supposedly the safest—was ironically this very Shenhuang City.
Compared to the previous two days, when they saw Yun Che again today, from the Phoenix elders down to the lowest disciples, everyone felt a deep dread and palpitation. When he first arrived, everyone thought only that he had come seeking death. But in two days, with almost all the elders present, he had killed two Phoenix princes in succession, while he himself not only survived but didn't even have a visible scratch.
The dignity of the Fenghuang God Sect had never before been trampled so thoroughly underfoot by a single person.
Seeing Feng Hengkong appear, Yun Che's gaze turned to him: "Feng Hengkong, another beautiful day, and we meet again. Do you think you'll lose another son today?"
That kind of greeting would make even the most ordinary person explode with rage, let alone the Phoenix Sect Master. Feng Hengkong bit his teeth until they bled, forcibly suppressing the urge to charge in and tear him apart, and said in a voice as low as it could go: "Yun Che... you killed two of my sons... this irreconcilable hatred, I will make you repay ten thousand times... a hundred thousand times!!!"
"Heh," Yun Che let out a faint, cold laugh. "Whether you can avenge your sons' deaths, I don't know. But the blood debt of your Fenghuang God Sect killing my father emperor and trampling my nation and people—I will make your Fenghuang God Sect repay it in full, without missing a single one!"