Chapter 876: Ling'er's Message
All the disciples of the Seven Star Divine Palace who had come here, the weakest among them were at the Throne level, and there were even two early-stage Overlord Emperors. To the disciples of the Tai Su Sect, and even to all profound practitioners of the entire Jiangdong Realm, any one of these individuals was as powerful as a god. Yet in the blink of an eye, they were burned to ashes by flames and pierced through by ice.
Not a single one of them had touched the hem of Yun Che's clothes, nor did they have even a moment to struggle. They were nothing more than a group of insects that had rushed in to be trampled and reaped at will.
The sickly paleness on the Black-clad Divine Envoy's face had turned into a ghastly white of terror. As a Level 8 Overlord Emperor, he had been absolutely confident that Yun Che's profound force aura was only at the sixth level of the Overlord Xuan Realm. But now, even if he were an idiot, he would understand that Yun Che's strength was far from that of a mere Level 6 Overlord Emperor.
The most terrifying thing was that the other party completely disregarded the background of the Seven Star Divine Palace. Both times he had struck, it was utterly merciless, leaving no room for retreat—a lethal hand!
The Black-clad Divine Envoy retreated in fear, then suddenly shoved through the crowd and fled at top speed.
But how could Yun Che possibly let him escape? He reached out his hand, a faint blue light flickered, and an ice wall instantly condensed in front of the Black-clad Divine Envoy.
The desperately fleeing Black-clad Divine Envoy was caught off guard and slammed heavily into the ice wall. Then, an irresistible mighty force came from his back, pulling him at great speed toward Yun Che's direction.
The Black-clad Divine Envoy struggled with all his might, but even with his utmost strength, he could not break free from Yun Che's power. In immense terror, he turned from fear to malice, stopped struggling, and suddenly spun around, letting out a furious roar. He gathered all his profound force into his arm and, with a stunning vortex of profound energy, smashed it toward Yun Che's face.
Boom!
There was no earth-shaking roar or air explosion, only an especially dull, soft sound. Yun Che's hand had casually grabbed the Black-clad Divine Envoy's fist, which had been condensed with all his profound force. Instantly, the vortex of profound energy vanished, and the profound force the Black-clad Divine Envoy had gathered with all his might completely dissipated. His entire body froze in midair, and his pupils, dilated in extreme terror, nearly burst.
Crack!
Yun Che's face was icy cold. He tightened his grip slightly, and a clear sound of bones shattering came from his palm.
The Black-clad Divine Envoy let out a miserable scream and immediately fell to his knees. His left arm desperately clutched his right wrist, but he could not break free even a little. The immense pain made his entire body turn pale, and sweat poured down his forehead like rain.
"Who... exactly... are... you..."
The Black-clad Divine Envoy trembled all over, his voice pained and hoarse. His power as a Level 8 Overlord Emperor was so fragile before this person. To achieve such a feat, it must be the power of an Emperor Lord.
He never dreamed that this unfamiliar young man who had suddenly appeared before him would actually be an Emperor Lord!
As for the surrounding Tai Su Sect members, they were all frightened out of their wits. Su Haoran, Su Hengyue, and the others had long lost all color in their faces. They wanted to retreat, but their legs were trembling violently and felt as soft as jelly. Let alone fleeing, they could barely even stand steady.
This demeanor of theirs was not only due to shock and fear... Yun Che's aura had already heavily enveloped them, making them feel as if they were crushed by a mountain of ten thousand jun.
In response to the Black-clad Divine Envoy's question, Yun Che smiled indifferently.
Crack, crack, crack...
Like hundreds of beans bursting at the same time, all the bones in the Black-clad Divine Envoy's right hand were mercilessly crushed by Yun Che in an instant. The Black-clad Divine Envoy let out a pig-slaughter-like scream, his entire body convulsing and twitching like a dying worm, with sweat beads the size of beans crazily dripping from every part of his body.
"Spare me... young hero... spare... me... spare me..."
The instinct to survive drove the Black-clad Divine Envoy to desperately beg for mercy, his twisted face full of humble supplication. Yun Che still held onto his right hand with all the bones shattered, not letting go, and said coldly, "One last time. Tell me the information you obtained about Su Linger. Otherwise..."
"I'll talk... I'll talk!" The Black-clad Divine Envoy nodded desperately, his voice hoarse from immense pain. "Three... three hours ago... we received news... someone in the Langhuan Mountain Range... saw a person who was very likely Su Linger... That's all... Currently, that's all the information about Su Linger... Spare me... I am from the Seven Star Divine Palace... spare me..."
Hearing the Black-clad Divine Envoy's words, Su Hengshan's whole body trembled, and an extremely excited light shone in his eyes.
The Langhuan Mountain Range?
It is located south of the Fusu Kingdom, the Langhuan Mountain Range that separates the Fusu Kingdom from the Nantian Kingdom!
The Jueyun Cliff where he fell back then was also within the Langhuan Mountain Range.
Yun Che held his composure and continued, "So, according to the news, all your people from the Seven Star Divine Palace have now gathered in the Langhuan Mountain Range to pursue and capture Su Linger?"
"Yes..." The Black-clad Divine Envoy nodded tremblingly.
"Good..." Yun Che's eyes showed a fierce light. "Now, you will honestly do one thing for me. Immediately send a sound transmission to your people, telling them to stop chasing Su Linger right now!"
"Ah..." The Black-clad Divine Envoy's eyes widened. "Young hero... you may not know... the people pursuing Su Linger... are led by an elder of our divine palace... I am merely a small Hall Master... left here to interrogate... Su Hengshan... I simply... cannot command them... urgh..."
Yun Che's face darkened. Without another word, he suddenly extended his other hand, and the Arcane Firmament shot straight into the Black-clad Divine Envoy's heart and soul.
The Black-clad Divine Envoy, already shattered in heart and gall from fear and pain, had no ability to resist, and his consciousness was instantly invaded by the Arcane Firmament.
Yun Che began to rapidly read his recent months' memories, and the entire chain of events of the Tai Su Sect's upheaval gradually unfolded in his mind.
The history of the Tai Su Sect was not very long; all told, it was about nine hundred years. Six hundred years in, an ancestor of the Tai Su Sect went to the Southern Frontier and, by coincidence, rescued a person who was being brutally chased and was at death's door. That person ultimately died, but before dying, he handed over a pitch-black box.
What was inside was something called [Coiling Dragon Beard].
Like the Bodhi Emperor Heart Lotus that Xia Qingyue had consumed back then, the Coiling Dragon Beard was something seen only once in several hundred years, worthy of being called a "sacred object." Six years ago, Xia Qingyue took the Bodhi Emperor Heart Lotus refined by the Heavenly Poison Pearl and broke through from the Earth Xuan Realm to the King Xuan Realm in just one day. But the medicinal effect of the Coiling Dragon Beard was far more violent than the Bodhi Emperor Heart Lotus. A profound practitioner below the Heavenly Xuan Realm who rashly took it would directly explode and die; it could only be used by those at the Heavenly Xuan Realm or above.
If a Heavenly Xuan Realm profound practitioner took and refined the Coiling Dragon Beard, they would directly break through a major realm and become a Throne.
Furthermore, the Seven Star Divine Palace had a renowned divine pill that ranked among the top of the Cang Yun Continent—the "Seven Star Void Crossing Pill." Its effect was to allow a person at the peak of the King Xuan Realm to directly break through the bottleneck and become an Overlord Emperor, similar to the Overlord Emperor Pill of the Illusion Demon Realm.
And the most important and hardest-to-find ingredient for the "Seven Star Void Crossing Pill" was precisely the Coiling Dragon Beard. With the power of the Seven Star Divine Palace, they could only find one every two hundred years on average. Once they caught wind of traces of the Coiling Dragon Beard, they would go to any lengths to obtain it... even if it meant exterminating a clan to seize it.
The person saved by the Tai Su Sect's ancestor was being pursued by the Seven Star Divine Palace. The reason was naturally to seize the Coiling Dragon Beard in his hand.
The Tai Su Sect ancestor brought the Coiling Dragon Beard back from the Southern Frontier to the Tai Su Sect. He deeply understood that this Coiling Dragon Beard was enough to make their sect soar to great heights, and he also knew that if it were exposed, it could bring about the disaster of annihilation. He hesitated for a long time between keeping it and voluntarily handing it over to the Seven Star Divine Palace, and finally chose the former. He sealed the Coiling Dragon Beard in an extremely secret place and left behind a special key, passed down through each generation of sect masters. Only when a talented disciple with upright character who broke through to the Heavenly Xuan Realm before the age of thirty-five appeared in the sect could the key be used to retrieve it, allowing that disciple to take the Coiling Dragon Beard, become a powerful Throne, succeed as the new sect master, and lead the Tai Su Sect to even greater heights.
All of this was recorded in the secret scripture left by that Tai Su ancestor. This scripture could only be read by each successive sect master of the Tai Su Sect. Therefore, apart from each sect master, no one knew exactly what the "supreme treasure" passed down through generations of the Tai Su Sect was. They only knew that only when a peerless genius appeared in the sect could the "supreme treasure" be retrieved.
Over the years, Su Haoran had harbored malicious intentions and schemed to uncover the secret of the sect's supreme treasure. Later, one time, while Su Hengshan was away from the sect, Su Haoran rummaged through his inner courtyard and accidentally triggered a hidden profound formation, allowing him to see that secret scripture, and thus he learned the origin and secret of the sect's supreme treasure.
Upon learning that one needed to be at the Heavenly Xuan Realm to take the Coiling Dragon Beard, and that forcibly taking it with insufficient profound force was no different from seeking death, Su Haoran, even if he got his hands on it, would gain nothing. In his disappointment and resentment, he actually came up with the insane idea of presenting it to the Seven Star Divine Palace to gain their favor.
However, he did not reveal any of this to Su Hengshan or tell anyone else. Instead, he secretly spared no effort and paid any price to find an opportunity to speak face to face with a member of the Seven Star Divine Palace... After all, this was his "great merit," and he absolutely could not let it be conveyed through someone else's mouth.
After more than two years of "effort," he finally obtained an opportunity and personally informed a "Divine Envoy" of the Seven Star Divine Palace that a "Coiling Dragon Beard" was hidden in the Tai Su Sect.
Afterward, having received the "approval" of the Seven Star Divine Palace, Su Haoran returned to the Tai Su Sect and quickly allied with Su Hengyue, Su Wangji, and the Blackwood Stronghold, forcing Su Hengshan to hand over the key to the supreme treasure. With the terrifying backing of the "Seven Star Divine Palace," the Tai Su Sect members, struck with fear, defected to Su Haoran one after another.
As for all those who did not comply, except for Su Hengshan, they were all mercilessly slaughtered and their corpses discarded in the bamboo forest behind the mountain.
Yun Che slowly withdrew his hand from the Black-clad Divine Envoy's head, cast a sidelong glance at the trembling Su Haoran, then lowered his head and said slowly, "It seems you weren't lying. In that case, I will keep my promise and let you die a bit more painlessly!"
"Ugh..." The Black-clad Divine Envoy's face showed deep terror and despair.
Yun Che withdrew his hand, threw the Black-clad Divine Envoy to the ground, and then stomped down hard.
Puff!!!
Yun Che's right foot directly stomped through the Black-clad Divine Envoy's chest, heavily hitting the ground, leaving a mangled bloody hole in his chest. Large amounts of crimson blood, shattered bones, and internal organs violently scattered, splattering bloodstains over the surrounding area of more than ten zhang.
The Black-clad Divine Envoy's limbs convulsed, then fell completely still, without any further sound.
Yun Che lifted his foot, but not a trace of blood stained it. He kicked the Black-clad Divine Envoy's mangled body away in disgust, then lightly flicked his finger.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...
The Ice God Tree that had buried all the Divine Palace disciples mercilessly exploded. The Divine Palace disciples, who had endured the torture of the ice prison for a long time, let out final despairing screams as their bodies shattered amidst the flying ice petals.
The flying ice crystals and broken corpses knocked over many Tai Su Sect disciples nearby. They cried out in pain and suddenly woke up as if from a dream, dropping all weapons and fleeing in a panic, crawling and rolling.
"Ha, still thinking of leaving!?" A cruel cold smile curled on Yun Che's lips. He slowly opened his palm, and flames ignited. The sky above the Tai Su Sect suddenly turned a blazing red.
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