Chapter 715: Divine Phoenix Nightmare

Beyond the Four Sacred Grounds, among the seven kingdoms of Tian Xuan, the only one with an Emperor Lord was the Fenghuang God Sect. The appearance of the first Emperor Lord in the history of the Fenghuang God Sect represented that its power had reached a new level, and the most direct proof of its continuously strengthening strength was the gradual increase in the number of Emperor Lords.

A thousand years ago, the number of Emperor Lords in the Fenghuang God Sect exceeded ten, shocking all of Tian Xuan, including the Four Sacred Grounds, and also signifying that the Fenghuang God Sect truly had the qualifications to challenge the Four Sacred Grounds.

For five thousand years, the Emperor Lords of the Fenghuang God Sect had always died of old age, and those who replaced them were only stronger. The fall of an Emperor Lord was something that had never happened before in the Fenghuang God Sect. Currently, the Fenghuang God Sect had thirteen Emperor Lords. Perhaps there were even more powerful hidden cards within the sect, but they would not exceed thirteen by much. The fall of one Emperor Lord directly caused the Fenghuang God Sect's deterrence to plummet instantly. For the entire sect, this was by no means the consequence of cutting off a finger... but was almost equivalent to having an entire hand severed!!

It was the shattering of one of the only dozen or so cornerstones of the Fenghuang God Sect!

Thus, Feng Hengkong's words were undoubtedly a thunderbolt from a clear sky that rang in the ears of all the members of the Fenghuang clan.

All the Phoenix elders and princes were shocked, their faces turning pale. Although this was personally spoken by the Phoenix Sect Master, they still found it impossible to believe.

"Impossible. Elder Feng Tianyu is an Emperor Lord, the strongest person in this world! How could he possibly die... impossible..."

"Could it be Yun Che... no, impossible... With Elder Feng Tianyu's strength, how could he possibly lose to Yun Che... Even if he encountered people from the Sacred Grounds, he shouldn't have met with trouble in such a short time... Sect Master, surely there is some mistake."

"Feng Tianqing... what about Supreme Elder Feng Tianqing..."

The Phoenix elders were in chaos. The fall of a Phoenix Emperor Lord was a loss and blow far heavier than killing four princes and five elders combined. Feng Hengkong's face was deathly pale. He had vaguely guessed that this might indeed be Yun Che's doing... Before his heart and expression could ease even a little, the sound of another soul imprint shattering sounded in his mind, causing his pupils to dilate once more. His chest, already heavy and painful to the extreme, felt as if another poison blade had been viciously stabbed into it...

"Elder Feng Tianqing... also died..."

Feng Hengkong spoke lowly, his eyes vacant, his entire body limp. Under the heaviest of blows, he could no longer muster any strength.

Another bolt from the nine heavens fiercely struck the souls of everyone present, making the world spin before their eyes.

In each generation of the Phoenix Sect Master's soul, the soul imprints of the sect's core figures were stamped. These imprints were connected to each person's life soul. Once they died, the soul imprints shattered, and the Phoenix Sect Master would know immediately.

These words came from Feng Hengkong's mouth; they could never be a joke. His reaction and words clearly indicated that the soul imprints of Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing... had all shattered and vanished.

"Who... who on earth is it?" Feng Feilie said, his voice trembling.

"It absolutely cannot be Yun Che... No matter how great Yun Che's abilities are, he cannot be a match for the two Supreme Elders... let alone kill both Supreme Elders in such a short time... Who on earth is it!" Feng Ximing growled in a low voice.

"In this world, the only ones capable of harming the two Supreme Elders are probably people from the Sacred Grounds. Are they preparing to break all pretense with us?" a Phoenix elder said through gritted teeth. None of them were willing to believe that Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing's deaths were caused by Yun Che. Feng Tianyu was a Level 3 Emperor Lord, Feng Tianqing a Level 2 Emperor Lord. For an Emperor Lord to fall was the most difficult thing in the Tian Xuan Continent.

To kill both Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing within half a quarter of an hour... even a Lord Xuan Realm Level 5 would absolutely not be able to do it.

"Sect Master, let us go and investigate immediately!" Feng Feilie said as he prepared to leap into the air.

"Even Elder Feng Tianyu and Elder Feng Tianqing have fallen together... Are you prepared to throw your life away for nothing?"

The low voice made Feng Feilie's body freeze in place. Feng Hengkong finally straightened up. His face was still pale, every muscle on his face twitching uncontrollably, and the Xuan energy on his body was extremely chaotic. The development of events each day far exceeded his expectations, and the results grew more terrifying by the day...

When Yun Che first arrived, he had secretly rejoiced that this was a self-delivered trap... But in just four days, he had destroyed the Phoenix God Statue, killed his four sons, five elders, and over a hundred disciples... and now, he had killed two Supreme Elders at the Emperor Lord Realm!

He had truly shaken the very foundations of his Fenghuang God Sect!!

These four days, he felt as if he had been dreaming—a dream that was unreal, yet a nightmare so terrifying it defied description.

He had begun to realize that the person he had provoked was not a small figure to be kneaded and shaped at will, but a true demon.

"Xi Ming..." Feng Hengkong muttered in a daze.

"Your son is here." Feng Ximing quickly stepped forward.

Feng Hengkong extended his hand and placed a strange jade emitting a scorching red light into Feng Ximing's hand: "This is the Feng Shen Jade... Take it, enter the Fenghuo Langhuan Realm... go see your grandfather... tell him... Elder Feng Tianyu and Elder Feng Tianqing have fallen... and your four imperial younger brothers..."

"B... but..." Feng Ximing held the Phoenix Jade, momentarily at a loss. The Fenghuo Langhuan Realm was the absolute forbidden ground of the Fenghuang God Sect. Although he was the Prince of Shenhuang, in the hundred-plus years since his birth, he had never been allowed to enter.

"Go quickly!"

"Yes!" Feng Ximing had no choice but to agree, then swiftly rushed toward the direction of the Feng Shen Great Hall. The only entrance to the Fenghuo Langhuan Realm was the Feng Shen Great Hall.

Feng Hengkong did not choose to go in person because he felt he was not worthy to face his father alone. What it meant to lose two Emperor Lords—as the Phoenix Sect Master, he knew better than anyone. It was a tremendous loss that would take the Fenghuang God Sect centuries and incalculable resources and effort to recover.

"Alas, so be it." Feng Feilie let out a long sigh. "Our sect's strength grew stronger year by year, long making the Four Sacred Grounds uneasy. They must have had designs for a long time... With the deterrence of our ancestor, the Phoenix God, they dare not act recklessly in Shenhuang City. But this time, Elder Feng Tianyu and Elder Feng Tianqing left the boundaries of Shenhuang City and thus fell into an ambush..."

This was the only explanation Feng Feilie, based on his understanding, could conceive. Because in this world, the only ones capable of killing Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing were the Four Sacred Grounds. Although this explanation was a bit too far-fetched, he could think of no other possibility.

"No," Feng Hengkong slowly shook his head. "Even if the masters of the Four Sacred Grounds came in person, they would not lightly make a move against our sect's Emperor Lords... The ones who killed Elder Feng Tianyu and Elder Feng Tianqing are Yun Che."

"What?" Everyone around was startled, and then expressions of utter disbelief appeared on their faces: "Impossible... absolutely impossible! No matter how formidable Yun Che is, how could he possibly be a match for the two Supreme Elders who have stepped into the Emperor Lord Realm... And earlier, when faced with the Supreme Elder's personal intervention, Yun Che's first reaction was clearly to turn and flee! There is no way it could be Yun Che!"

"It is not impossible just because you think it impossible. I, too, find it utterly unbelievable..." Feng Hengkong's breathing was extremely heavy. "Elder Feng Tianyu left no soul message before his death, clearly caught off guard and killed before he could react... Elder Feng Tianqing destroyed his own heart meridians and Xuan meridians... The soul sound he left before death was only two words..."

"Yun Che..."

At that moment, everyone in the Fenghuang God Sect was suffocated.

"There must... be some other situation in this! Three years ago, Yun Che's strength was only slightly superior to the Fourteenth Prince. Even if his growth rate is heaven-defying, he cannot..." Feng Feilie still refused to believe, and everyone else also refused to believe.

"Calm down first. Once the Grand Sect Master leaves the Langhuan Realm, no trouble will remain unresolved." The Fourth Elder consoled in as calm a voice as possible. For now, they could only wait for the Grand Sect Master to come out and take charge.

At the mention of the words "Grand Sect Master," the heavy atmosphere noticeably eased. Although the current Sect Master was Feng Hengkong, Feng Hengkong was still in his growth period. For the generation of elders, the words "Grand Sect Master" carried a weight thousands of times heavier than "Sect Master."

But this easing of tension did not last long. All the Phoenix elders' expressions changed abruptly as they looked to the southeast. There, a violent air current was charging toward them at terrifying speed.

This time, Yun Che made no attempt to conceal his aura. The terror of this Xuan energy aura field, though still nearly a hundred miles away, had already caused all the Phoenix elders to turn pale with fright.

"Quickly activate the Fenghuo Barrier!" Feng Hengkong roared.

Such a terrifying aura... Yun Che was clearly coming with fury and murderous intent! With his strength that could kill Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing, once he arrived and began a massacre, no one would be able to stop him! Who knew how many Phoenix elders and disciples would fall by his hand.

Now, the Grand Sect Master Feng Tianwei had not yet emerged. They absolutely could not suffer another wave of enormous losses before that.

Yun Che's speed was at its maximum, his Xuan power maintained in Heart Incineration state, his gaze locked on the location of Phoenix City. As he neared Phoenix City, an unusual fluctuation of Xuan energy suddenly appeared ahead. Yun Che quickly slowed down, but his body still slammed heavily into a transparent barrier.

With a "bang," Yun Che was sent tumbling far back. Ahead, a crimson light flashed for an instant and then immediately vanished.

"A protective barrier?" Yun Che narrowed his eyes and sneered. He summoned the Heaven-Defying Sword and slammed it at the space ahead.

BOOM!!!!!!

The deafening roar nearly tore the sky apart. The entire barrier, and even the entire Fenghuang God Sect, trembled. Inside the barrier, countless Phoenix disciples with lower cultivation were instantly deafened by the boom, their vision going black.

In Shenhuang City, countless people were thrown to the ground on the spot, covering their ears and wailing in pain.

BOOM!!!!

Sword strike after sword strike, like heavenly hammers, viciously smashed against the Fenghuo Barrier. Each strike shook heaven and earth, vibrating every inch of space in Phoenix City.

BOOM!!!!!!

The thirteenth sword. This thousand-year-old barrier that protected the entire Fenghuang God Sect—the foremost sect among the seven kingdoms of Tian Xuan—before Yun Che, a crack of crimson appeared, spreading slowly at first, then quickly.

Inside the barrier, those Phoenix elders who had absolutely refused to believe that Yun Che could kill Feng Tianyu and Feng Tianqing all changed color, their faces filled with terror and horror, as if they had seen a legendary demon...

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West of Phoenix City, Qifeng Valley.

The muffled booming sound came from the direction of Shenhuang City, causing ripples on the quiet blue lake. By the lakeside, Feng Xue'er, who had been leaning against the Snow Phoenix Beast in light slumber, opened her dreamlike beautiful eyes and looked toward Shenhuang City.

"The sound is coming from the city..." She stood up and murmured to herself, "Could something big be happening..."

A booming sound that could travel this far could not be ordinary. Feng Xue'er hesitated briefly, but in the end could not rest easy. Her snow-white hands stroked the feathers of the Snow Phoenix Beast: "Something big must be happening in the sect... Xiaobai, let's hurry back!"

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