Chapter 974: Flying Snow and Mu Hanyi
The profound aura erupting from Yun Che's body was immensely powerful, far surpassing the limits of the Sovereign Xuan Realm, which truly shocked Mu Yizhou and Mu Luoqiu. However, to the eyes of two late-stage Divine Soul Realm experts, such strength was still utterly insignificant.
"Seeking death!"
Facing Yun Che, who was "actively seeking death," Mu Yizhou didn't even bother to move. He held his right hand behind his back and casually reached out with his left, instantly enveloping all directions Yun Che could reach with a wave of frigid air.
Although it was just a casual wave from Mu Yizhou, this was a chill belonging to the Divine Soul Realm. Even a Xuan adept at the tenth level of the Divine Origin Realm would be instantly frozen if touched.
Under the chill, the airflow in the surrounding space came to a complete standstill. However, Yun Che ahead charged straight through the chill, not only not being frozen, but without even a moment's delay.
Wh... what?
This scene caught Mu Yizhou, Mu Luoqiu, and even Mu Xiaolan completely off guard. For a weakling like Yun Che, who was several levels below them, how could Mu Yizhou and Mu Luoqiu bother to focus? As Yun Che suddenly closed in within their pupils, Mu Yizhou, after a moment of shock, hastily struck out, grabbing directly at Yun Che. Mu Luoqiu also almost instinctively pushed her palm forward, sending a wave of icy air blasting forward.
Yun Che, who was already extremely fast, suddenly increased his speed several times when he was only four zhang away from the two. At the same time, Mu Yizhou and Mu Luoqiu's vision blurred, and Yun Che instantly split into five identical real afterimages.
Boom! Boom!!
Two loud explosions sent snow flying hundreds of zhang into the air. The astonishing shockwave pushed Mu Xiaolan and Feng Mo, who were far away, back. Within the shockwave, all five of Yun Che's afterimages shattered and vanished without a trace.
Mu Yizhou stood still for half a breath, then suddenly turned around... Less than twenty zhang behind him, Yun Che stood there unharmed, a mocking smile on his face, holding a person's head in his hand.
And the person he was holding by the head was none other than Liu Hang, who had been protected behind them just now!
Mu Luoqiu also spun around like lightning at this moment, and both of them stood there stunned, their expressions becoming extremely ugly.
Mu Xiaolan and Feng Mo were also completely dumbfounded.
Two of the highest-level disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palace, absolute experts at the late stage of the Divine Soul Realm, had actually had Liu Hang snatched from right under their noses by Yun Che... and from directly in front of them!
"Ah... ah... ah..." Liu Hang was lifted by Yun Che, holding his skull, his pupils dilated, as if he hadn't reacted at all.
"You just said I was the joke and shame of the Ice Phoenix Palace. So what does that make you, who were robbed of a person in an instant by this joke and shame?" Yun Che grinned, mercilessly taunting them. "Stinking dog shit?"
"Yun Che, you are dismantling the last shred of mercy I have for you!" Mu Yizhou, both shocked and thoroughly enraged, stepped forward, his eyes fixed on Yun Che, and said fiercely, "So what if you snatched him? If you dare to touch him again—"
Crack!!
"Aaaahhhh!!"
The sound of bone shattering was followed by Liu Hang's extremely terrified scream. His skull cracked crisply under Yun Che's fingers, and a dozen streams of blood flowed down from his crown.
"Ah... ah... aahhh!!" Clearly feeling his skull being cracked, it was a fear no less than falling into hell in an instant. Liu Hang screamed desperately like a demon whose courage had been shattered, his body convulsing in extreme fear as if boneless.
"Xiao Hang!!" Mu Luoqiu was greatly startled, and Mu Yizhou's footsteps also stopped abruptly. They never dreamed that Yun Che would actually strike... and with such viciousness as to crack his skull, and the victim was an official disciple of the Cold Snow Hall—right in front of them.
"I touched him. What are you going to do to me?" Blood flowed from between Yun Che's fingers; the skull was already cracked. With just a little more force, he could crush Liu Hang's entire head.
Such vicious methods, yet Yun Che was smiling. That chilling smile sent a shiver down the hearts of Mu Yizhou and Mu Luoqiu.
"Yun Che... you... you dare!!" Mu Yizhou's voice trembled, and even his body shook slightly. In all his years at the Ice Phoenix Palace, and indeed in his entire life up to today, he had never encountered someone so ruthless and who left no room for leeway.
"What do I not dare?" Yun Che continued to smile. "Since I've already completely offended you, and you yourself said you won't let me off, then I might as well kill him, and at least get some profit back."
"Cousin... no... don't... don't come closer..." Liu Hang was already terrified out of his wits. "He... he will do it... he's a madman... don't come closer... don't come closer..."
"Yun Che... no, Senior Brother Yun... let me go... let me go, I won't dare anymore... I promise... I promise my cousin and cousin-sister won't cause you trouble... I promise!! Cousin, cousin-sister, save me... save me..."
"Big brother, what do we do? He... he..." Mu Luoqiu was also completely at a loss.
Mu Yizhou gritted his teeth, unable to advance or retreat. Yun Che's terrifying eyes and his method of leaving no room made both of them feel that if they made the slightest rash move, he might actually kill Liu Hang.
"Mu Yizhou," Yun Che, holding Liu Hang's head, actually walked step by step toward Mu Yizhou and Mu Luoqiu. "Originally, I was disciplining this trash who bullies fellow disciples for you. You could have thanked me, and I would have called you Senior Brother. How harmonious and beautiful that would have been. But you insisted on throwing your weight around arrogantly. You say I'm seeking death? Hah, Mu Yizhou, I absolutely have the guts to kill Liu Hang. But you... do you have the guts to kill me?"
"You..." Mu Yizhou nearly ground his teeth to pieces, momentarily rendered speechless by this "lower realm trash" he had previously dismissed entirely.
Because, indeed, he did not have the guts to kill Yun Che—even if Yun Che actually killed Liu Hang.
Although Yun Che's profound strength was low and he came from the lower realm, the entire sect knew that he had been brought back from the lower realm by Mu Bingyun herself, and so far, Mu Bingyun had only brought back Yun Che from the lower realm. Three months ago in the Cold Snow Main Hall, she personally came forward to protect Yun Che, even reprimanding Mu Fengshu over it, showing how much she valued him.
And who was Mu Bingyun? She was the younger sister of the Great Realm King, a peerless expert at the mid-stage of the Divine Sovereign Realm a thousand years ago, the foremost among the thirty-six palace masters. In terms of prestige, status, and strength, no one surpassed her. She could be called the second most powerful person in the entire Yin Xue Realm, second only to the Great Realm King.
For the past thousand years, Mu Bingyun had been in decline, rarely showing herself, and could have fallen to her poison at any time. But now, the entire sect knew that she had miraculously recovered, and before long she would regain her former glory as the Ice Cloud Palace Master who dominated Yin Xue a millennium ago. Her disciples were only Mu Xiaolan and Yun Che... Under her protection, Mu Yizhou dared to teach Yun Che a lesson, but even with ten times the courage, he would never dare to truly harm him.
Yun Che's hand, like an iron hook, tightly clamped onto Liu Hang's skull. The cold smile at the corner of his mouth looked to anyone like the sinister grin of a demon.
In the eyes of all his enemies, he had always been a ruthless person. And today, whether it was Liu Hang or Mu Yizhou, he had no deep-seated hatred with them, yet he acted arrogantly and violently, striking with vicious ruthlessness... because he felt he had nothing to fear, and also as a form of venting.
He had followed Mu Bingyun to the Yin Xue Realm in order to be able to enter the Zhou Tian Realm after thirty months with the Yin Xue Realm King, thus gaining a chance to see Mo Li. But a single Zhou Tian Voice had ruthlessly shattered that hope, and the words "Divine Tribulation Realm" were an extremely cruel joke to him. In these three months, he had forcibly taken the Jade Fall Ice Soul Pill and trained recklessly, and his heart was filled with immense pent-up resentment.
And Liu Hang unfortunately became his target for venting.
And the one who had been forced to break his promise was the Realm King of Yin Xue Realm!
He had saved the life of the Yin Xue Realm King's own younger sister, yet she could no longer take him to the Zhou Tian Realm as previously promised. Under such suffocating frustration, there was no reason for him not to act without fear!
"This corner, usually so quiet that even falling snow is careful, is so lively today. But to have a chance encounter here is still a wonderful surprise."
Just when the scene had completely spiraled out of control, a voice, so gentle it was hard to believe, like a spring breeze melting snow, softly drifted over. For a moment, even the falling snowflakes slowed down, and the originally tense, suffocating atmosphere seemed to be brushed by an invisible gentle breeze, silently easing.
"That voice... ah!" Mu Xiaolan murmured softly, then exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth in delight.
A tall figure walked slowly from the heavy snowfall. Clothed in white that rivaled the snow, his face was like polished jade, flawlessly handsome. His steps were light, as if walking on clouds. Wherever he passed, the falling snowflakes silently drifted away, as if unwilling to disturb him.
He seemed to have stepped out of a painting; the light smile at the corner of his lips painted a beauty that overshadowed the entire sky full of snowflakes. Even another man would be captivated.
Even Yun Che's gaze involuntarily paused on this figure for a moment—a perfection of appearance that would make any man jealous, an elegance like falling flowers and snow, and an intangible aura that completely transcended the realm of ordinary mortals, as if he were born to stand above the clouds, looked up to by all beings.
"Ah! Hanyi... Senior Brother... it really is Senior Brother Hanyi! Ah!!"
Mu Luoqiu, who had been tense and angry just now, let out an extremely exaggerated shriek, covering her face with both hands in excitement, her eyes brimming with surprise and shining so brightly they seemed about to emit light... like an ordinary girl who had suddenly seen her dream prince. She completely forgot the current situation, even that Liu Hang's life was still in Yun Che's hands.
Senior Brother Hanyi?
Mu Hanyi!?
The one Mu Xiaolan worshipped immensely, the one she spoke of as the most outstanding disciple of the Ice Phoenix Palace, and even of the entire Ice Phoenix God Sect, and the most likely to become one of the Realm King's personal disciples—Mu Hanyi!?
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Yin Xue Realm is the great realm that contains Bing Huang Realm. Bing Huang Realm is the independent territory where the Ice Phoenix God Sect is located, and is the core of the entire Yin Xue Realm. Young readers, don't get confused. Strange setting: ↓