Chapter 780: Xiao Yun Missing
“So, the reason I was able to defeat Fen Juechen back then was also because of Hong’er?” Yun Che said in surprise.
“Hmph, what else did you think?”
“...” Yun Che felt extremely frustrated. After defeating Fen Juechen, he had always believed that his strength was comparable to the sixth level of the Lord Xuan Realm, but it turned out to be because of Hong’er!
No wonder that when he fought Fen Juechen that day, his aura was terrifyingly powerful, yet he felt that the Dark Profound Force was far weaker than what his aura suggested... At that time, he had found it extremely strange but never thought it was related to Hong’er. He had assumed it was because Fen Juechen couldn’t fully control that external Dark Profound Force.
Under the vermilion light emitted by the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword, the Slay Moon Demon Cave, which was originally only a chaotic darkness, became extremely clear. Even the small stones in the corners were clearly visible, and naturally, the full appearance of Shiyue Mojun was revealed... He was nearly one zhang and five chi tall, his body covered in black light, and his exposed skin was a dark gray color. His hair, however, was a stark white, hanging straight down to his feet.
At first glance, apart from his enormous size and dark gray skin, his appearance was almost completely indistinguishable from a human’s. After enduring a million years of imprisonment and torture, and ten thousand years without seeing the light of day, Yun Che had expected his appearance to be extremely ugly and ancient like a ghost. But unexpectedly, although his expression was now painful and ferocious, by human aesthetic standards, his face was quite handsome, and he looked to be only about thirty years old in human terms.
“No... impossible... it can’t be the Demon-Slaying Sword!”
Shiyue Mojun finally stood up, but his upper body was hunched, and his gray hand, covering the wound on his chest, was trembling. Between his fingers, the vermilion light showed no sign of weakening.
“The Sword Spirit Divine Clan... was the first divine clan to be exterminated... There cannot possibly still be a Demon-Slaying Sword in this world!” Shiyue Mojun’s voice was still filled with pain. In this world, perhaps nothing but the Demon-Slaying Sword could cause a true demonic body to suffer such prolonged torment from a mere half-chi long wound.
“Sword light...” Shiyue Mojun’s eyes widened as he roared: “The Demon-Slaying Sword has white sword light... That is not the Demon-Slaying Sword!! What sword is in your hand? Where did it come from?”
Mo Li: “...”
“Hmph, why do you care where my sword came from? You only need to know that you will die under this sword... and that is enough!” Yun Che held the Heaven-Defying Sword horizontally in front of him, his face no longer showing the slightest bit of the previous fear or hesitation, but instead filled with extreme confidence, as if he were smirking with victory already in his grasp.
Mo Li naturally sensed Yun Che’s psychological change clearly. She suddenly said: “Are you not a little overconfident? Shiyue Mojun’s attack just now used at most half his strength. Your ability to wound him was only because he was caught off guard. Although Hong’er’s power strongly restrains his power, that definitely does not mean you can definitely defeat him! His power base is far greater than yours! It is more than enough to compensate for Hong’er’s restraint on him.”
“I know.” Yun Che tightened his grip on the Heaven-Defying Sword with both hands, a hint of excitement creeping into his voice: “I can roughly sense his strength. The feeling he gave me before was one of complete impossibility of victory. But I don’t know why, after I summoned Hong’er, that feeling completely disappeared. Now, I don’t have the slightest bit of fear. Instead... I feel even more relaxed and excited than when I faced Fen Juechen back then.”
Mo Li: “...?”
Strange. Sacred power and demonic power mutually fear and mutually restrain each other. Yun Che himself does not possess a holy spirit body or holy spirit power, so the existence of Hong’er unilaterally restrains Shiyue Mojun’s demonic body and power.
But it only restrains the demonic body and power! It does not affect the soul level!
Whether at the level of the living being, the soul, or power, Shiyue Mojun completely surpasses Yun Che. So, not to mention that Yun Che’s power is far inferior, even if their powers were equal, Yun Che would inevitably be suppressed, especially at the soul level... The previously unconquerable fear was a completely normal manifestation.
But why had Yun Che’s fear completely disappeared, and his momentum was so strong? Instead, Shiyue Mojun... If it were a god of the same level wielding the Demon-Slaying Sword, he might be afraid. But facing Yun Che, whose strength was far inferior to his, why was his fear so intense?
Regarding the records and memories about the Demon-Slaying Sword, nothing had ever mentioned that it could suppress demons at the soul level.
By the way, Hong’er is not simply the Demon-Slaying Sword! The form and light of the sword she transforms into are completely different from the legendary Demon-Slaying Sword...
But, being able to produce such a massive soul suppression on a demon, one that almost transcends levels... such a thing should simply not exist in this world! In all the records and inherited memories of the ancient era, there had never been... even at the level of gods and demons, it was fundamentally impossible.
Unless... it was a higher-level demon or god suppressing a lower-level demon or god... that kind of pure level suppression!
“...” Yun Che’s excessively abnormal emotional display plunged Mo Li into a long contemplation.
“Very well!” Shiyue Mojun’s face twisted in anger as he slowly straightened up and walked towards Yun Che: “What that sword is, it doesn’t matter to this king! Because the result will be the same! A mere lowly creature has actually made this king feel pain... An unforgivable sin!”
“This king will first grind all the bones in your body into powder!”
As the words fell, Shiyue Mojun’s whole body surged with black energy, and he was only a hundred steps away from Yun Che. He thought that by approaching step by step, he would seem like the Grim Reaper closing in on Yun Che, terrifying him to the point of trembling all over, his heart and guts splitting, and making him turn and flee like before... But this time, what he saw was always Yun Che’s sneering face. As he approached, instead of showing fear, his eyes grew more excited, and even his profound aura showed no sign of chaos.
Instead, it was him. With every step he took, it felt like another enormous boulder was pressing down on his heart and soul, growing heavier and heavier. Especially the light emitted by the sword in Yun Che’s hand, which made his whole body uncomfortable, and he never dared to look at it directly. He had regarded this as a rejection of light due to the massive loss of his life source and soul source, until he suddenly focused his gaze on Yun Che, and simultaneously fully took in the light and form of the vermilion giant sword...
In that instant, his steps halted, and his pupils instantly dilated as if about to explode.
“Heaven... Heaven-Defying Demon God Sword!!”
Mo Li: “...!?!?”
Plop...
Shiyue Mojun’s body trembled, and his feet gave way, causing him to fall to one knee. His whole body shook violently like a sieve. It was as if he had seen the most terrifying, most unbelievable scene in the world.
All these abnormalities were a hundred times more intense than when he had shouted “Demon-Slaying Sword” before!
“What is going on now?” Yun Che had already prepared to launch a full-force attack, but unexpectedly, Shiyue Mojun suddenly seemed to have had his soul scared out of him. He furrowed his brow and looked at Shiyue Mojun with confusion... Could it be that this guy had really gone mentally unstable from such a long period of silence?
“He just shouted... Heaven-Defying Demon God Sword? Hmm?” Yun Che suddenly said: “By the way! Apart from the word ‘Demon-Slaying,’ the sword Hong’er transforms into also bears the engraved characters ‘Heaven-Defying.’ He just shouted ‘Demon-Slaying Sword,’ and now he shouted ‘Heaven-Defying Demon God Sword.’ Combined, it fits well with the sword Hong’er transforms into. Does he know Hong’er’s origins? After all, like Hong’er, he comes from the ancient era!”
“...No need to worry about that now!” Mo Li’s voice was somewhat strange, but she did not respond to Yun Che’s question: “Remember what I said earlier. Do not hold back any strength. Spare no cost or trump card. You must kill Shiyue Mojun! Now, his demonic body and power are both restrained by Hong’er. Moreover, he threw his weapon to the Tian Xuan Continent, so in terms of weapons, you also hold an absolute advantage... Fight to the death! There is definitely a possibility of killing him!”
“Alright!” Yun Che quickly collected himself. His whole body burst into flames, his killing intent chilling.
“No... impossible... impossible! Impossible!!” Shiyue Mojun roared in a frenzy, seeming to talk to himself: “Appearance... exactly the same... And this demonic might... No! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The color is different... Even if it really were that, how could it possibly have the aura of the Demon-Slaying Sword...”
At this moment, Shiyue Mojun suddenly looked up and roared at Yun Che: “That sword... what kind of sword is it? Where did it come from?!”
He had just said the origins of that sword no longer mattered... Now, he was shouting the same question he had shouted before, and even more violently.
“You talk too much!” Yun Che replied coldly, then his figure flickered and he actively charged at Shiyue Mojun: “Ask the King of Hell after you die!”
Yun Che’s words made the demonic light in Shiyue Mojun’s eyes flare up. He had actually shown fear and embarrassment in front of a human, and this made his anger explode: “When this king cripples you, then I will search your soul!”
He had changed his mind, temporarily not killing Yun Che... Clearly, he desperately wanted to know what was going on with the vermilion giant sword in Yun Che’s hand!
Shiyue Mojun’s demonic energy surged, and dark gray demonic patterns lit up on his back. In an instant, the roiling dark demonic energy coalesced behind him into a huge black shadow. This black shadow was dozens of zhang tall, split into nine streams, writhing like the legendary evil beast, the nine-headed serpent!
Streams of violent, painful, and frenzied energy emanated from it, driving the energy in the Slay Moon Demon Cave into complete turmoil, then transformed into nine streams of dark energy that pounced directly at Yun Che.
“This is the Eternal Night Nine Calamities from the Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture! It carries nine kinds of extreme negative divine thoughts. It destroys the heart before it wounds the enemy!” Mo Li quickly warned.
Yun Che showed no fear, a cold smile on his lips. All his joints cracked and popped. He swung the nearly one million jin Heaven-Defying Sword horizontally, and the power of the heavy sword, wrapped in Golden Crow Flame, instantly transformed into a firestorm that seemed to cover the sky and the earth, crashing into the nine streams of dark demonic energy.
The dark demonic energy was engulfed by the firestorm. In an instant, space shattered completely, the wind and clouds changed color. Ear-splitting air explosions and piercing sounds of devouring energy lasted for a long, long time, extremely fierce.
In terms of the power level of Yun Che and Shiyue Mojun, the Slay Moon Demon Cave, though incredibly tough, was actually too small a battlefield. The clash of their powers caused the entire world to tremble. Yun Che’s clothes were torn, his eyes radiating a deep red light. The Heaven-Defying Sword struck out again and again, each time causing Heaven and Earth to ring loudly.
Boom boom boom...
Yun Che struck more than a dozen times continuously, blocking Shiyue Mojun’s nine streams of demonic energy ten zhang away from him, not a single wisp touching his body. Seeing that his attack, which carried nearly seventy percent of his power, was on the verge of being completely dispersed, Shiyue Mojun’s figure burst forward. A pair of hands, as if from the abyss, reached out with dark demonic energy so deep it was unfathomable, grabbing directly for Yun Che’s throat.
Boom!!
Sword and claw met. Vermilion flame light and pitch-black demonic energy erupted simultaneously. Yun Che’s body shook, his upper body bending, and he felt a slight shock inwardly... This Shiyue Mojun had actually used his hand, wrapped in dark power, to block his Heaven-Defying Sword!
Just from this alone, if it weren’t for the Heaven-Defying Sword, he definitely wouldn’t be a match for Shiyue Mojun.
And Shiyue Mojun was a hundred times more shocked than he was! He was shocked that his power, as a noble demon, was being blocked by a lowly human!
He was even more shocked that... when his power struck the vermilion giant sword, it actually weakened! As if something had removed it out of thin air!
Crack crack crack...
Yun Che’s bones sounded as if they were exploding. His eyes, already light crimson, were filled with violent killing intent. The residual force of the previous clash had not yet fully dissipated when he suddenly flipped over and struck at Shiyue Mojun with his sword.
“Despicable human... You think you can contend with this king?!”
Shiyue Mojun roared in extreme rage, striking out with both claws. The pitch-black demonic light instantly swelled to dozens of zhang, as if intending to shatter the Heaven-Defying Sword into pieces and devour it into nothingness.
Boom boom boom boom...
Flame light exploded, dark light raged. In the span of a few breaths, the flame light and demonic light had clashed a hundred times. This narrow space immediately erupted into an apocalyptic disaster... If not for the Slay Moon Demon Cave, even a thousand-mile island would have been reduced to nothingness by now.
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Cang Feng Country, Cangfeng Imperial City, Imperial Palace Main Hall.
On the phoenix throne, Cang Yue’s beautiful face held a faint smile. She appeared serene and peaceful, holding a jade slip and perusing it.
Just then, a faint profound energy fluctuation came from a Sound Transmission Jade.
Cang Yue put down the jade slip and picked up the Sound Transmission Jade. The message came from Xiao Lingxi... Her voice was urgent, and there was even a hint of crying.
“... What?!” After listening to Xiao Lingxi’s message, Cang Yue stood up abruptly, her brows tightly furrowed together.
After thinking quickly, she picked up the Sound Transmission Jade and transmitted a message to Xiao Lingxi: “Lingxi, don’t panic. First, do your best to calm Seventh Sister’s emotions. Under no circumstances must she be allowed to disturb the fetus! I will immediately find a way to transmit a message to my husband.”
Putting down the Sound Transmission Jade, Cang Yue’s tightly knit brows did not relax for a long time. She murmured to herself: “My husband is currently at the Supreme Sea Palace, three hundred thousand li away. The highest-grade Sound Transmission Talismans can only transmit over a distance of one hundred thousand li...”
“Only the Bing Yun Fairy Palace might have a way to transmit a message to my husband!”
“Someone! Summon Dongfang Mansion Master and Qin Mansion Master!” Cang Yue called urgently.
The highest-grade Sound Transmission Talismans were the hundred-thousand-li Sound Transmission Talismans, and they were extremely expensive. But it was absolutely impossible to transmit a message to the Supreme Sea Palace three hundred thousand li away. The Bing Yun Fairy Palace was the only hope she could think of... But unfortunately, the only people in the Bing Yun Fairy Palace who had her Sound Transmission imprint were Yun Che, Feng Xue’er, and Xia Qingyue, but none of the three were in the Bing Yun Fairy Palace at the moment.
In a moment, Dongfang Xiu and Qin Wushang arrived quickly.
“Qin Mansion Master!” Cang Yue hurried to meet them, skipping the greetings and speaking directly: “Immediately transmit a message to all the Mystic Palaces of Cang Feng. Order all Mystic Palaces to drop all other matters for the next three days and use all their strength to search their respective regions for traces of Xiao Yun!”
“Xiao Yun?” Qin Wushang and Dongfang Xiu were both startled: “What happened!?”
“Xiao Yun went missing two hours ago,” Cang Yue said solemnly. “It wouldn’t be strange for anyone else to be missing for two hours, but Xiao Yun rarely leaves his wife’s side even for half a step. This sudden disappearance is definitely not normal! Qin Mansion Master, time is short; there’s no time to explain speculations. You know Xiao Yun’s age and appearance. When he went missing, he was wearing a set of plain white long clothes with a white waistband... Inform all the Mystic Palaces! But remember, order them to search secretly and absolutely do not make it public! If they find any trace, they must report it immediately!”
“Understood!” Qin Wushang felt the seriousness of the matter and did not say anything more. He accepted the order and left quickly.
“Should we send more people to Liu Yun City?” Dongfang Xiu asked.
Cang Yue slowly shook her head: “Xiao Yun and his wife’s profound strength is unmatched even by anyone in the Tian Jian Villa. Yet the other party managed to take Xiao Yun away without a sound. If they intended to harm others, no matter how many people we send, it would be useless.”
“Dongfang Mansion Master, my hus... Yun Che is currently at the Supreme Sea Palace. Only the Bing Yun Fairy Palace might be able to contact him! I want you to leave immediately, travel day and night, and reach the Bing Yun Fairy Palace within twelve hours no matter what. Inform them of this matter. They will naturally know what to do.”
Dongfang Xiu nodded slightly, then soared into the air, disappearing from the main hall as he headed north directly.
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