Chapter 874: Extreme Rage
Yun Che had a clear memory of the dungeon of the Tai Su Sect. Back then, when Su Linger led him on a tour of the Tai Su Sect, she had told him that the easternmost part was the dungeon, a place she would never approach.
Concealing his aura, Yun Che moved with incredible speed, rapidly advancing to the innermost part of the Tai Su Sect. Several times, he flashed past Tai Su Sect disciples less than three feet away, yet they showed no reaction whatsoever, not even catching a fleeting shadow.
Following his memory of the location, the entrance to the Tai Su Sect's dungeon soon appeared before Yun Che. The foul air that rushed toward him was the best confirmation.
In front of the dungeon, six people were guarding it. Among them, four were dressed in Tai Su Sect attire, clearly Tai Su Sect disciples. The other two wore black clothes, and on their chests were imprinted seven crisscrossing pale yellow stars.
Yun Che's brows twitched sharply... This seven-star mark was unmistakably the emblem of a Seven Star Divine Palace disciple! On the Cang Yun Continent, no one would dare impersonate it!
The Seven Star Divine Palace was one of the largest sects on the Cang Yun Continent, standing alongside the Zhe Tian Sect and the Flying Immortal Sword Sect as the three hegemons of the continent, forming a tripartite balance. Its status on the Cang Yun Continent was no less than that of the Four Sacred Grounds on the Tian Xuan Continent!
What was going on? The Seven Star Divine Palace and the Tai Su Sect were existences from completely different realms. Why would a tiny sect like Tai Su have angered the Seven Star Divine Palace?
What exactly had happened!?
Linger... where was Linger... what had happened to her!?
The four Tai Su Sect disciples stood obediently at the dungeon entrance, each one standing straight, gripping their weapons tightly. They didn't even dare to glance at the two Seven Star Divine Palace disciples in front, looking as cautious and terrified as ants trembling before a demon god.
The two Divine Palace disciples were sitting crookedly on the ground, looking extremely impatient. Whenever their eyes occasionally swept over the four Tai Su Sect disciples behind them, they wore expressions of utter contempt. The one on the right said lazily, "I don't know what the Seat Master is thinking, staying in this godforsaken place for so many days. This kind of backwater, where I could kill a crowd with just one finger—what kind of decent treasure could it possibly have?"
The other Divine Palace disciple glanced around and then lowered his voice, saying, "I heard that the Seat Master brought us here this time... on the orders of the Grand Palace Master himself?"
"Wh... what? That... that can't be, right? Here... how could there possibly be something worthy of someone as esteemed as the Grand Palace Master?"
"That I wouldn't know, and it's not something small fries like us are meant to know. Just do as we're told and ask as few questions as possible."
Hearing these two terrifying experts adorned with the seven stars, whose profound strength had reached the King Xuan Realm, actually call themselves "small fries," the four Tai Su Sect disciples behind them all swallowed hard, their expressions growing even more panicked.
"However, from what the Seat Master said, he's already certain that item is on Su Linger. As long as we find Su Linger, this mission will be complete. But it's been over half a month, and we still haven't found that little girl."
"I hear her profound strength is only at the Spirit Xuan Realm—she can't even fly. Where could she possibly run to? She's probably hiding in some remote mountain forest. Hmph, the entire Fu Su Kingdom is now sealed off by us. The Fu Su royal family and all the sects are searching under our orders. Even a mosquito won't escape our grasp. I'd guess within three days at most, we'll have her captured."
"!!!"
From the two Divine Palace disciples' words, Yun Che clearly heard the name "Su Linger"!
She was being hunted by the Seven Star Divine Palace!
From what they said, Su Linger had not yet been found—that was a great consolation.
But she was only a sixteen-year-old girl, with profound strength at the Spirit Xuan Realm, being hunted by the massive Seven Star Divine Palace, chased by all the sects and even the royal family of the Fu Su Kingdom, who had gone so far as to seal off the entire kingdom just to capture her... and this had already been going on for over half a month!
For Su Linger, every single moment of these past half a month must have been unimaginable terror and nightmare...
Extreme anger, killing intent, and hatred surged violently in Yun Che's chest, growing and expanding until they instantly broke through the seal of his Flowing Light Thunder Concealment aura and erupted. Between his tightly clenched hands came a cracking sound of misaligned bones, loud enough to be almost deafening.
"Who's there!"
The two Divine Palace disciples were immediately alerted, but as soon as they spoke, before they could even stand up, a pair of blood-red, almost blood-drenched eyes appeared right in front of them.
Bang! Bang!
Flames exploded, and the two Divine Palace disciples turned to ash in an instant, not even having time to scream, and dying without even seeing who had sent them into the abyss of death.
The four Tai Su Sect disciples guarding the dungeon entrance were all frozen in place, eyes wide and bulging, terrified out of their wits. They wanted to scream, but it was as if something was blocking their throats, and they could only let out dry, raspy moans under extreme horror.
"As members of the Tai Su Sect, you chose to be dogs for those who harmed your Sect Master's family... you have no right to live!"
Yun Che's whole body trembled. Under his extreme rage, the Phoenix Flame and Golden Crow Flame were on the verge of losing control, burning violently on his body. He waved his hand, and the four Tai Su Sect disciples were instantly engulfed in a sea of fire, reduced to ashes.
At the same time, the dungeon gate, made of black iron, was directly incinerated. Yun Che, carrying a terrifying wave of heat and sky-high fury, charged into the dungeon.
The loud noise and abnormal aura undoubtedly alarmed the entire Tai Su Sect immediately—especially the people from the Seven Star Divine Palace within. In an instant, shouts erupted from all over the Tai Su Sect, and almost everyone rushed toward the dungeon.
"Who dares to break into the dungeon... Ah!!!"
Inside the dark dungeon were three groups of guards. They had just noticed something wrong when all of them were mercilessly blasted into pieces by Yun Che. Blood and shattered corpses splattered across the rotting, foul-smelling dungeon floor.
Alarms were sounding everywhere outside, but Yun Che paid them no heed. He smashed through all obstacles and cell doors in the dungeon with brute force. It was less like he was moving through the dungeon and more like he was violently tunneling straight through it.
Soon, Yun Che charged without pause to the deepest part of the dungeon. This was the darkest area of the entire dungeon, without any lamps, pitch black and impossible to see your hand in front of your face. But Yun Che clearly sensed a rather weak aura.
Yun Che flicked his hand, and a ball of crimson flame ignited on the wall beside him, the firelight instantly illuminating the entire dungeon.
At the end of the dungeon was a pitch-black wall forged from black iron. A person was chained to the wall by dozens of iron chains. His clothes were tattered, his body covered in blood, his aura faint, almost on the verge of death. He had clearly suffered immense torture. Half of his face was obscured by messy hair, and the remaining half was caked with dried bloodstains.
But Yun Che recognized him at a glance. This person was none other than the Tai Su Sect's Sect Master, Su Linger's father—Su Hengshan!!
A surge of ferocity shot straight to Yun Che's head, but he immediately forced it down. Taking a deep breath, he rushed forward quickly: "Sect Master Su!"
Bang bang bang bang...
Several beams of fire shot out from Yun Che's hand, incinerating all the chains on Su Hengshan's body.
The broken chains clattered to the ground. Su Hengshan's body swayed, about to collapse limply, but Yun Che quickly caught him firmly.
Su Hengshan was not unconscious. He slowly raised his head, his blurred vision peering through the tangled hair at the young man who had suddenly appeared before him. "You... are..."
His voice was dry and hoarse, but after just two words, he suddenly stopped. Even his originally dull eyes widened, releasing a trembling light...
Although it had been over six years since they last met, Yun Che was about half a chi taller, and his eyes and demeanor had changed somewhat, but his appearance had not changed too drastically. Coupled with the fact that Su Linger had never stopped thinking about him over the years, yearning for him day after day, and given his own concern for Su Linger, it was impossible for Su Hengshan to forget what he looked like.
"You... are... you are Yun Che!?"
"It's me!" Yun Che nodded vigorously, his eyes growing slightly warm.
"Really... you?" Su Hengshan reached out a trembling hand, unable to believe his own eyes.
"Really me..." Yun Che pressed his palm to Su Hengshan's chest, channeling pure world energy into his body: "Sect Master Su, I am Yun Che. I have returned!"
Under the world energy from Yun Che, Su Hengshan felt a cool sensation spread throughout his body. In just a few breaths, his once numb and limp body rapidly regained vitality. His dulled senses quickly cleared, and even his depleted profound energy was recovering at an astonishing rate.
"Yun Che... you..." Su Hengshan's excitement was tinged with shock and disbelief. For a moment, he felt as if he were in a dream. But as his mind gradually cleared, he suddenly became alert and said urgently, "No... you must go... go quickly!"
Boom!!
A loud crash came from behind. The dungeon entrance was blasted open even more violently by a tremendous force.
Yun Che slowly turned around. The killing intent and rage he had been holding back surged in his chest, nearly exploding. He sensed twenty-six auras rushing into the dungeon, while all the other auras surrounded the dungeon outside.
Among these twenty-six auras were the three Overlord Emperors from the Seven Star Divine Palace... and at the very front was the one who seemed to be the leader of all the Divine Palace disciples here—a Level 8 Overlord Emperor!
"Damn... too late!"
The rapidly approaching auras and sounds turned Su Hengshan's excitement into terror. He struggled to stand, trying to get in front of Yun Che: "Yun Che, to see you one last time before death, and for you to risk your life to rescue me, I have already resolved one great regret. At least Linger's six years of foolish waiting were not in vain. But the people here are terrifying... far more terrifying than you can imagine... If you have a chance to escape later... don't worry about me..."
Yun Che pushed him behind with a palm and slowly shook his head.
If Su Hengshan could see Yun Che's eyes at that moment, he would definitely be too frightened to speak.
They were the eyes of a bloodthirsty madman.
Yun Che's hand on Su Hengshan's chest changed from a palm to a claw. He lifted Su Hengshan and soared into the air.
Boom!!
With a deafening roar, the top of the dungeon was blasted open. Dazzling light poured in. When Yun Che landed again, he was already standing outside the dungeon with Su Hengshan, his feet on the ground of the Tai Su Sect's eastern courtyard.