Chapter 279: Surprise Turn

"This profound formation, which seals the demon, is called the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation," Ling Kun said, pointing at the profound light constantly flashing beneath the barrier. "Within this Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation, anyone's profound energy will be drastically suppressed. This demon is now locked onto the Xing Tian Sword and will never escape the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation."

Ling Kun stated expressionlessly, "This demon looks exactly like us and also cultivates profound energy, but it possesses a special ability called 'Profound Aura'. However, only a minority of demons have 'Profound Aura'."

"Now that you've seen everything you needed to see, remember what I just told you." Ling Kun's gaze swept across the crowd. He took a step forward, standing in front of the barrier, and sneered at the demon, "Demon, I let you see the sunlight for so long; aren't you very grateful to me now? Before I send you back, I have some good news to tell you... Heh, your son and daughter-in-law foolishly broke into the Heavenly Might Sword Region twenty years ago, trying to rescue you. Unfortunately, they didn't know you had been moved here a hundred years ago, hahahahaha."

The demon trembled all over, abruptly looked up, and roared frantically, "You... what did you do to my son?! What did you do to him! If you dare harm a single hair on my son's head, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

"Tsk, tsk," Ling Kun sneered, shaking his head. "Your son is very cunning. He actually escaped from the Heavenly Might Sword Region and almost found this place. It's a shame he was eventually found by us. What's more regrettable is that they still managed to escape our pursuit and fled back to the Illusory Demon Realm. However, they were already severely injured and had been on the run for several months while wounded, so their life force was nearly extinguished. Although they escaped back to the Illusory Demon Realm, they were already half-dead and probably died more than ten years ago."

The demon's eyes widened, and an endless wave of sorrow, fury, and despair erupted from him. He struggled wildly, roaring frantically, "You're lying!! You're lying! My son cannot possibly be dead! Ah!!! You bastards of the Heavenly Might Sword Region... You're the ones who deserve to die!! Ah!!"

Amidst his roars, a hand suddenly shot out from the gaps in the demon's restraining chains, pushing towards Ling Kun with endless resentment. A solid beam of profound energy shot through the air.

A collective gasp of alarm instantly rose from the surroundings, and everyone instinctively retreated. Ling Kun also showed surprise, but he remained unfazed and composed, not moving a muscle. The beam of profound energy struck the barrier, but with a faint "clink," it was absorbed into the barrier and vanished completely.

"Everyone, don't worry. Although this barrier around the profound formation doesn't prevent people from entering or exiting, it can block all forms of power. The demon cannot harm us," Ling Yuefeng explained, though his expression was not calm. He knew very well the power of the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation; it was capable of suppressing a person's profound energy to less than one percent of their usual strength. Yet, despite such suppression, the profound energy unleashed by the demon's angry strike just now was in no way inferior to his own!

Sealed for a full century and still able to exhibit profound energy at the early-stage Monarch Profound Realm while inside the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation... his full strength was simply unimaginable! He was at least countless times stronger than Ling Kun.

"Hmph!" Ling Kun snorted disdainfully. "It seems we didn't chain you tightly enough back then, allowing one of your hands to come loose. But it doesn't matter; you wouldn't be naive enough to think you can break free from the Starfall Chains'封鎖 and the Xing Tian Sword's suppression, would you?"

"You despicable villains, I'll kill you... I'll slaughter all of you... Arghhh!!"

Ling Kun's previous words clearly provoked the demon severely, perhaps because what sustained him from dying was not the Demon Emperor, but his family. His roars were filled with hatred and despair. He swung the only arm he could move, sending beams of profound light frantically smashing towards Ling Kun, while releasing bestial roars from his mouth. The chains wrapped around him clanged loudly with his struggles.

"Tsk, tsk, how pitiful," Ling Kun said, shaking his head. "The former guardian beside the Demon Emperor, the 'King' above all others in the Illusory Demon Realm, second only to one, has now become a pitiful mad dog. I don't even want to look at you for another second. Let me... send you back down!!"

With a flip of his hand, a strange profound array crystal appeared in his grasp, and a small profound array materialized before him. As if in response, the profound array beneath the massive Xing Tian Sword began to flash again, then slowly rotated, carrying the Xing Tian Sword and the sealed demon's area as it slowly descended underground.

Although Ling Kun's strength was immense, he absolutely did not possess the ability to activate or stabilize this grand sealing formation. Instead, it was through the tens of top-tier experts of the Heavenly Might Sword Region that the necessary profound arrays and power were sealed within Heavenly Crystals. As for Ling Kun, to put it bluntly, he was merely an executor, running errands.

"This demon, he really seems so pitiful," Cang Yue whispered.

"He certainly is pitiful. I wonder what deep-seated grudge exists between his Illusory Demon Realm and the Heavenly Might Sword Region. Being sealed in a place of utter darkness for a full century—few people in this world could endure that. Although he appears somewhat deranged, he hasn't truly gone mad yet. This mental fortitude of his is truly astonishing," Yun Che said with emotion.

"I also think... he seems very pitiful, and I don't really feel like he's a bad person," Xia Yuanba said cautiously, lowering his voice.

"The grievances at the level of the Sacred Grounds are something we can never touch upon. Whether the demon is evil or not is something we are not qualified to judge... just observe," Qin Wushang said.

The Xing Tian Sword slowly descended, and the demon's figure gradually began to disappear from view. But his devilish roars still echoed in everyone's ears, and his frantic attacks didn't stop, chaotic profound light repeatedly smashing against the barrier: "I will kill you all... Argh!!! I will kill you all!!"

Amidst his frenzied roars, he suddenly stopped attacking, extended an arm forward, and pulled sharply.

Whoosh!!

A fierce gust of wind suddenly erupted within the barrier, then weakly extended beyond it, creating a suction force outside. Evidently, the demon, now in a semi-deranged state, was furiously trying to kill in its extreme rage, wanting to drag someone down with him to die by his hand. Once pulled into the barrier and the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation, anyone, even Ling Kun, would surely die, because even someone as strong as Ling Kun would have their profound energy suppressed to at most the Spirit Profound Realm's strength within the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation.

However, due to the barrier's obstruction, this suction force was very weak. All those present were the highest-level experts of their age group in the Blue Wind Empire, and they would not be affected by such a weak suction force at all.

"Ah!!! Ugh ahhh!!!"

The Xing Tian Sword continued its descent, and the demon's voice also began to become muffled. At that moment, the harmless suction force stopped... but two seconds later, a surge of energy suddenly concentrated in a narrow spot and violently surged outward... and it was precisely towards... Xia Yuanba's position!

Any person present could easily resist this energy surge unleashed by the demon with all its might, including Cang Yue, who was only at the True Profound Realm, but there was one exception...

That was Xia Yuanba, whose profound energy foundation was only at the Elementary Profound Realm!

Under the sudden surge of energy, Xia Yuanba was violently lifted and flew into the barrier. It was only at the moment his body touched the barrier that he let out a terrified roar.

This sudden turn of events caught everyone by surprise. No one had anticipated that the demon, about to be sealed back underground, would suddenly go insane and target a young man who was only at the Elementary Profound Realm. With the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation and the barrier in place, the demon originally posed no threat to them. But these immensely powerful experts unconsciously forgot the existence of a super weak person, and even less did they imagine that the demon would go all out to attack this weak individual, who shouldn't have even been there.

"Yuanba!!!"

This was a turn of events Yun Che had absolutely not foreseen. They were merely spectators, surrounded by numerous powerful experts, so how could they have imagined that disaster would suddenly target them and strike? Seeing Xia Yuanba being sucked towards the barrier, Yun Che's face turned pale with shock. He let out a furious roar and charged forward fiercely.

"Don't go there!!"

Qin Wushang immediately reached out to pull Yun Che back, but "Star God Broken Shadow" was incredibly swift and strange. Qin Wushang's lightning-fast reach only caught Yun Che's afterimage.

Hiss!!

In that instant, Yun Che's speed reached an all-time high. The flash of his figure created an ear-piercing spatial friction sound. At the speed of a flowing light, he caught up behind Xia Yuanba, grabbing his left ankle... But in that very moment, he and Xia Yuanba simultaneously entered the barrier, inside the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation!!

Without the barrier's obstruction, the energy surge directed at Xia Yuanba instantly became thousands of times stronger, propelling both Xia Yuanba and Yun Che at extreme speed towards the demon. What accompanied this was the demon's maniacal laughter: "Hahahahahaha... Kill! I'll kill you all! Slaughter you all!!"

"Junior Brother Yun!"

"Yun Che!"

"Boss!!"

"Don't go there!!"

Cang Yue was firmly held back by Qin Wushang, while the startled Ling Jie was sent reeling back by a slap from Ling Yuefeng. Watching Yun Che and Xia Yuanba being sucked into the barrier, everyone's faces dramatically changed. Ling Kun had explained to them what the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation was, and they were acutely aware of the consequences of being drawn into it.

Ling Kun's expression also changed drastically. For such an event to happen right under his nose undoubtedly caused him to lose significant face. Yet, even if he were given ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare enter the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation to save them. And even if he did, it would be impossible to rescue them; he would only sacrifice himself. He could only watch helplessly as the two young men were sucked towards the demon.

"Bro... Brother-in-law!!" Xia Yuanba's face turned ghastly pale. Looking at Yun Che, who was desperately clinging to his ankle from behind, he cried out hoarsely.

An immense oppressive sensation surged from all directions, firmly suppressing Yun Che's profound veins, rendering his profound energy unable to be activated, as if frozen... But this sensation of suppression lasted only a brief moment... The Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation could indeed drastically suppress any human's profound energy, but Yun Che, at that moment, became an exception under the Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation, because his profound veins were not ordinary human profound veins, but profound veins from a True God!!

How could a mere mortal Heavenly Might Soul-Suppressing Formation suppress profound veins from a True God?!

"Ahhh!!!"

With a flash of red light from the Evil God's Profound Veins, the sensation of suppression vanished without a trace. He let out a furious roar, blood-red light surged around his entire body, and his eyes instantly turned crimson.

"Purgatory!!"

In this moment of life or death, Yun Che forcibly activated the third stage without any hesitation. With his profound energy rampaging, he concentrated all his strength into his right arm, violently flinging Xia Yuanba backward...

His burst of power in that instant actually resisted the demon's suction force, flinging Xia Yuanba behind him. He roared again, twisting in mid-air, and pushed all his strength, without reservation, towards Xia Yuanba...

"Yuanba... Go!!"

Whoosh!!

With Yun Che's roar, all his power transformed into a surging storm that collided with Xia Yuanba, sending him flying at extreme speed out of the barrier. Meanwhile, Yun Che himself, under the combined force of the recoil and the demon's suction, flew at an even faster speed towards the demon's position.

"Bro... ther-in-law!!"

Xia Yuanba's body flew farther and farther back... until he finally reached the edge of the barrier. The moment his body cleared the barrier, he saw a faint, satisfied smile flash across Yun Che's face before Yun Che closed his eyes...

Bang!!

Xia Yuanba landed outside the barrier, crashing heavily onto the ground. He, who was originally sure to die, was miraculously sent back outside the barrier. Dizzy and in excruciating pain, he had no time to even gasp for breath. He staggered to his feet and lunged towards Yun Che, letting out heart-wrenching roars: "Brother-in-law... Brother-in-law!!"

Yun Che's back, at that moment, landed on the demon's palm. With a loud bang, his back completely exploded in an instant, flesh, blood, and shattered bones scattering everywhere. A blood arrow over two zhang long shot out from his mouth, and then his entire body was flung far away like a broken rag doll, after which there was no more movement. A large pool of blood quickly spread beneath him... His last conscious thought was the demon's supremely gleeful, maniacal laughter.

Boom!!

The Xing Tian Sword suddenly plummeted at extreme speed, then fully descended with a loud crash, sealing the demon, and the seemingly dead Yun Che, beneath the Sword Control Platform to an unknown depth.

"Junior Brother Yun!!" Cang Yue let out a desperate cry, like a cuckoo weeping blood, then her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.