**Chapter 835: Heaven and Earth Net**
"Heh!" Xuanyuan Wentian said with a faint smile. "The things I know are far more than you imagine."
With the movement of his arm, he grabbed a slender sword about six feet long with a slight white luster. "Now you have the qualifications to make me, the Sword Master, use a sword. Don't you want to kill me? Come on, come on, bring me more surprises! Let me fully enjoy the fruits of planning for a full thousand years!"
The vast sword intent spread from Xuanyuan Wentian's body as the center. As the slender sword in his hand swung, the space actually became layered and stacked, as if what was being cut through was not the void but the silent surface of water. Xuanyuan Wentian's sword intent had reached the terrifying realm of turning the formless into the tangible.
Fen Juechen's background and power were huge secrets known only to him — he firmly believed that. Xuanyuan Wentian's words made him feel uneasy, but his killing intent and hatred grew stronger. His dark profound force was stirring, but the space within ten li was suppressed to the extreme. The originally white scattered clouds in the sky turned into dull dark clouds, then into gloomy black clouds. This oppression and darkness spread rapidly in silence like a plague sown by a demon, expanding from over ten li to several dozen li, then to a hundred li... Within a hundred li, the sky was dark and the earth dim. And this was not the release of Fen Juechen's profound force, but merely his dark pressure. In contrast, Xuanyuan Wentian, at the center of the pressure, wore a faint smile with half-closed eyes. The slender sword in his hand only had a slight layer of white light, and all his profound energy was concealed within his body, as calm as an ancient bell that had been silent for a thousand years. The auras of the two presented an extremely stark contrast.
The oppressive silence lasted a long time. At a certain moment, Fen Juechen suddenly exploded, his entire dark aura erupting like a suddenly bursting volcano, shooting into the sky. His body turned black in an instant... this was not caused by the reflection of dark profound energy, but his skin and flesh truly turned black!
Xuanyuan Wentian's eyes changed slightly from his calm state. He fiercely shook the slender sword in his hand, and the peaceful aura he had created instantly twisted. As the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword struck, a bloody hell seemed to appear before his eyes, covering him with endless resentment and killing intent.
"This is... the power of a demon!" Facing the darkness that covered the sky, his soul trembled, and even a trace of fear arose in his heart. But his pupils released excited light... This dark profound force from a demon god — a thousand years ago, he had experienced it from Ye Mufeng. But even Ye Mufeng of that year had not brought him this feeling. In terms of strength, the Fen Juechen of today was far inferior to the rampaging Ye Mufeng of that time, but he had awakened and merged his demon blood and demon soul, executing the true "Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture". The demon profound force he released was clearly purer than what Ye Mufeng had released!
With a trembling and excited roar, Xuanyuan Wentian retreated under the pursuit of the dark storm — because even he was not confident in directly facing Fen Juechen with full dark profound force unleashed. And with each position he retreated, a thousand invisible sword rays appeared behind him, until they formed a sky-covering sword array of hundreds of thousands of sword rays, like a storm attacking the dark storm that seemed to come from purgatory.
The space tore like tattered cloth. The dark demon profound force was instantly cut into a dense spiderweb. Dozens of sword rays even crossed the darkness and stabbed onto Fen Juechen's body... Fen Juechen's body, shrouded in darkness, was as hard as divine iron. These sword rays, weakened by his power, struck his body with a clang of metal and shattered immediately, causing no injury to him, only a momentary sting. And these stings made the black aura on Fen Juechen's body boil even more. The Eternal Night Demonic Sword continuously struck, and the world instantly became even darker. All the sword rays were swept into the darkness.
"Eternal Night Without Light!!"
*...*
Rumble...
The earth-shaking roar came from behind, and the light gradually dimmed at an obvious rate. Feng Xue'er turned around and saw the southern sky was pitch black, as if hundreds of li of black clouds had accumulated. Two terrifying auras, even at such a great distance, made her whole body shiver with cold.
"Fen Juechen?" Feng Xue'er muttered in disbelief. "Is he fighting... Xuanyuan Wentian?"
"Brother Yun..." Feng Xue'er immediately turned back. She felt the last trace of Yun Che's aura that had not dissipated under her phoenix flame protection, and softly murmured, "Brother Yun, you will be fine. Please, hold on..."
Her figure streaked across the sky like a fleeting red shadow, flying towards the unknown north.
*...*
Darkness!
Sword rays!
Two completely different forces intertwined in the high sky, with terrifying power that made heaven and earth tremble. The sword rays came from the number one swordsman of the Tian Xuan Continent. Under his sword rays, the sky-covering dark storm was continuously peeled apart and shredded, but then immediately pounced again like an angry beast, always firmly suppressing his sword array, not appearing at a disadvantage at all. The barren mountainous land below had long since lost its peaks. The ground had sunk to an unknown depth under the catastrophic force, leaving only the ancient foundation that had not seen sunlight for ten thousand years, a scene like doomsday!
The battle of Emperor Lords could already destroy heaven and earth, let alone those who came from the "Lunhui Jing", and they all similarly hid it from the Sacred Grounds, coming alone.
"... " Huangji Wuyu remained silent for a long time before finally speaking. "Fen Juechen's strength level is indeed almost comparable to ours. But after all, he is young, lacks experience, and the power he has gained is too abnormal, so he clearly cannot fully control it yet. It seems evenly matched for now, but if it goes on for a while, he will definitely lose."
"And the most critical point..." Huangji Wuyu's voice sank, and a heavy gloom gathered between his brows. "Have you noticed that Fen Juechen's current appearance and the black profound energy he uses... are very similar to Ye Mufeng from that year!"
"What!?" Qu Fengyi and Ye Meixie were both startled. In the next moment, they exclaimed simultaneously, "That is... the Eternal Night Royal Clan's Eternal Night Phantom God Record!!"
"..." Huangji Wuyu's gaze fell on the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword in Fen Juechen's hand, and he said slowly, "Fen Juechen's power is so abnormal, it is very likely related to the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword in his hand... No! It must be related!"
"That Heavenly Sin Divine Sword must indeed hide a huge secret. But when we unsealed it that day, we detected nothing and treated it as a dead sword. Later, that red-clothed demon girl threw it to Fen Juechen... Now Fen Juechen's strength has skyrocketed, and he uses the profound art of the Eternal Night Royal Clan. His form is also similar to Ye Mufeng who held the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword that year... It cannot be wrong!"
"To let a person at the sixth level of Lord Xuan Realm reach our level in just over ten days... Could it really be the secret of the divine path?" Ye Meixie's pupils dilated.
*Ding!!*
The bracelet on Qu Fengyi's right wrist flashed with a faint blue light. Qu Fengyi's brow twitched, and he said in a low voice, "Seven hundred li to the north, Feng Xue'er's trail has been found. Do we continue chasing her, or..."
Qu Fengyi gestured toward Xuanyuan Wentian and Fen Juechen. The abnormal change in Fen Juechen could only be explained by the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword. Since that was the case...
"Go! Chase Feng Xue'er!" Huangji Wuyu made the decisive call after a brief hesitation.
"I think the same as Brother Huangji." Ye Meixie chuckled lightly. "Xuanyuan Wentian harbors treacherous intentions and wants to monopolize the Lunhui Jing again. Hmph, letting Fen Juechen hold him up here is a godsend. Unless there is a major accident, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword will likely return to Xuanyuan Wentian's hands. At that time, the three of us can join forces and take it back from him."
"Good!" Qu Fengyi nodded slowly. "The Black Moon Merchant Guild's informants are fully activated. This is the largest net covering heaven and earth on the Tian Xuan Continent. As long as Feng Xue'er and Yun Che are still on the Tian Xuan Continent, they will never escape from sight! Before nightfall today, she and Yun Che will definitely fall into our hands!"
"After we obtain the Lunhui Jing, the three of us will jointly explore its secrets. As for Xuanyuan Wentian..." Huangji Wuyu smiled faintly. "Let's not even mention his treacherous heart. Now that Tian Wei Sword Domain has lost its Three Sword Attendants and the Northern Domain is destroyed, he is no longer qualified to stand on equal footing with us. On the day we retrieve the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword from him, we can settle the accounts for his many schemes against us over the years... Let's go!"
The three no longer lingered and did not delve deeper into the matter of Fen Juechen. They flew straight in the direction Feng Xue'er had gone.
*Swoosh!!*
A white rainbow flashed through the sky, cutting through the darkness that covered the sky and the earth. Beneath the rainbow light, Xuanyuan Wentian's pupils flickered with a strange light... And the direction his gaze shot toward was precisely where Huangji Wuyu and the other two had departed.
"Such incredibly powerful power, allowing you to grow to this level in just nineteen days. So, if it falls into this Sword Master's hands, I could become invincible in the world in no time!"
Xuanyuan Wentian muttered, then let out a ferocious roar: "This power surprises me, but unfortunately, your ability to wield it disappoints me too much... It's time for this Sword Master to collect the fruits of a thousand years of painstaking work!!"