Chapter 342: Phoenix Flame Scorches the Sky

When the members of Fentian Sect believed that with the Supreme Sect Master and Supreme Elders personally intervening, Yun Che was doomed, they did not see the Supreme Sect Master and Supreme Elders returning with Yun Che captured. Instead, they only saw Yun Che.

“Yun... Yun Che!!”

When Yun Che appeared within Fentian Sect, striking the ground with his sword, everyone was utterly terrified, as if they had seen a demon from hell. Fen Moji roared in disbelief, “Where are the Supreme Sect Master... and the Supreme Elders?! How can it be you!”

“Oh, you mean those two idiots?” Yun Che sneered mockingly. “They’re probably happily playing with fire in some forest right now. They like playing with fire, and I... I like killing dogs!!”

Yun Che’s eyes and voice instantly turned chillingly cold. Accompanied by a furious dragon’s roar, the Dragon Fault was swung forth with immense force.

“Stop him!!” Fen Duanhun bellowed. Having witnessed Yun Che’s terrifying power yesterday, Fen Duanhun now felt only deep apprehension and fear towards him. Seeing Yun Che escape from Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya and breach the Fentian Sect again, his heart sank to the bottom. He could only secretly pray that Yun Che’s injuries from yesterday hadn’t recovered much.

To his disappointment, when Yun Che brought his sword down, the terrifying heavy sword storm directly sent five elders flying! Its power surpassed that of yesterday, showing no signs of injury or weakness.

“Father, where are you? Yun Che has broken into the sect again!!” Fen Duanhun roared into a sound transmission jade, retreating as he spoke. No sooner had he finished shouting than a deathly aura suddenly approached. He looked up to see Yun Che’s heavy sword less than five zhang away from him.

“Do not harm our Sect Master!!”

Roars erupted like thunder. Over a dozen thick fire dragons shot towards Yun Che from different directions, exploding simultaneously on his body. However, these powerful profound fires from Sky Profound practitioners only briefly delayed Yun Che. They did not harm him in the slightest. Yun Che broke through the flames, without even looking ahead, and struck down with a Tyrant’s Fury, accompanied by a soul-shaking dragon’s roar...

Boom!!

Under the absolute suppression of his strength and profound weapon, the four Earth Profound Fentian blades blocking Yun Che were all shattered into pieces. Four Fentian elders also vomited blood and were sent flying backward, landing dozens of zhang away, unable to stand for a long time.

“Burning Fire Blazes the Heavens!!”

A long blade blazing with purple flames suddenly slashed at Yun Che from behind. Yun Che remained motionless, seemingly unaware. Just as the Fentian blade was still half a chi away from his vital spot, his hand suddenly shot out like lightning, seizing the blade’s edge... With an extremely harsh clang, the Fentian blade, along with its purple flames, shattered.

The elder who ambushed Yun Che gaped, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. Yun Che flipped his palm, and the broken half of the blade in his hand shot out, piercing the Fentian elder’s body and pinning him to the ground.

“Nineteenth Brother... Ah! Yun Che, I’ll kill you!!”

Watching the elder pinned to the ground by his own Fentian blade, Fen Moji’s eyes turned bloodshot. His initial fear transformed into madness. He discarded his Fentian blade and charged at Yun Che, unleashing a massive blood-red claw straight at Yun Che’s chest.

“Hmph, overestimating yourself.”

The blood claw collided directly with the Dragon Fault’s sword light. In an instant, the Fentian Blood Claw, imbued with the power of the Sky Profound, was shattered. Against the reckless Fen Moji, the Dragon Fault was swung out with effortless ease.

“Second Elder, get out of the way!!” The sect elders and pavilion masters, who deeply understood the terror of Yun Che’s heavy sword, roared in panic.

Bang!!

The Dragon Fault slammed heavily into Fen Moji’s chest. The sound of over a dozen ribs breaking simultaneously rang clearly in everyone’s ears. Fen Moji flew out like a broken kite, spitting out a mist of blood and pulverized internal organs. By the time he hit the ground, he was lifeless.

Following the horrific death of First Elder Fen Moli, Second Elder Fen Moji also met a tragic end by Yun Che’s sword.

“Second Elder!!”

Everyone in Fentian Sect trembled in fear. They couldn’t have imagined that the “prey” they had meticulously plotted to lure, even resorting to despicable methods, would turn out to be such a terrifying devil, slowly driving them towards an abyss of despair. In less than thirty breaths since he re-entered Fentian Sect, three more elders and one pavilion master had died by his hand, and eight others had sustained injuries of varying degrees. As for the Fentian disciples below the elder rank, a large number had perished. Even the aftershock of Yun Che’s heavy sword was something they couldn’t withstand; they simply died, there was no talk of mere injury.

Fen Duanhun roared in grief and indignation, “Yun Che, you’re going too far!!”

“You were the ones who went too far first!” Yun Che retorted, roaring back, “Your Fentian Sect repeatedly tried to kill me, yet I still left you some leeway! But instead of restraining yourselves, you dared to harm my family... and now you accuse me of going too far? Bah!”

Yun Che pointed his sword at Fen Duanhun and growled, “In my eyes, your entire sect isn’t worth a single hair on my family’s heads! Since you dared to lay a hand on my grandfather and little aunt, I will wipe out your Fentian Sect!”

Fen Duanhun’s face twisted. Thinking of the root cause of all this, he truly wished he could cripple Fen Juecheng with his own hands. He furiously exclaimed, “Daydreaming! Our Fentian Sect has a thousand years of foundation; how could you possibly hope to destroy us... Elders and Pavilion Masters, stop him with all your might! The Supreme Sect Master and Supreme Elders are returning to the sect at full speed; they’ll be back any moment!”

Fentian flames erupted, turning the night sky a blazing purplish-red. The profound fires of the elders and pavilion masters completely engulfed Yun Che. Yun Che sneered coldly and roared, “Don’t you Fentian Sect members love playing with fire? Then I’ll let your Fentian Sect... truly play with fire this time!!”

“Burning... Star... Demonic... Lotus!!”

Yun Che leaped high into the air. The largest Phoenix Fire Lotus he had ever summoned instantly bloomed in mid-air, its crimson flames expanding to a hundred zhang, completely engulfing everything within that hundred-zhang radius in a fiery glow.

“Quick... run!!”

The terrifying high temperature emanating from the aerial fire lotus made everyone, even those who had played with fire since birth, blanch in terror. The quicker-reacting elders and pavilion masters, without thinking, erected the strongest defensive barriers with all their profound energy, then fled desperately beyond the hundred-zhang range.

When the Burning Star Demonic Lotus reached its full bloom, it appeared from afar as a magnificent, crimson fiery lotus blossoming in mid-air, possessing an indescribable allure in the night sky. As this fiery lotus descended from the sky, an inferno instantly formed, relentlessly devouring and incinerating everything. The scorching heat spread throughout the entire Fentian Sect almost instantly, making it seem as though the sect was being roasted by the fires of hell. Within the Phoenix flames, those Fentian disciples who hadn’t managed to escape were instantly reduced to cinders, unable to even utter a scream.

Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya, still thirty li away, clearly saw the sky above Fentian Sect turn a fiery red. They both let out furious roars, accelerated to their utmost, and charged back like madmen.

Yun Che did not intend to stay in Fentian Sect for too long. It wasn’t that he feared Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya, but rather that he was worried about his grandfather and little aunt. If he had to face both Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya simultaneously, it would be far from easy to escape.

Yun Che leaped out of the fiery lotus, and following Fen Zizai’s memory, he charged directly towards Fen Juecheng’s residence.

Bang!!

The wall of Juecheng Pavilion was blasted open by a single sword strike. Yun Che instantly saw Fen Juecheng’s bloodless face. Fen Juecheng had spent the entire day trembling in fear, knowing full well that he was the one who initially tried to kill Yun Che, and that all the animosity between Yun Che and Fentian Sect ultimately stemmed from him. Fen Yijue was also furious with him because of this. By this moment, he was utterly consumed by regret... And upon suddenly seeing Yun Che’s face appear before him, he felt as though he had plunged straight into a nightmare.

“Yun Che, you...”

No sooner had Fen Juecheng stammered out three trembling words than Yun Che grabbed him by the collar, lifting him up like a small chick.

The Dragon Fault vanished from Yun Che’s hand. Yun Che transformed into a fleeting shadow, heading straight north and quickly disappearing into the night. Behind him, anxious shouts of “Young Master” echoed.

When Fen Yijue and Fen Ziya rushed back to Fentian Sect, it was already a chaotic mess, with Phoenix flames still raging fiercely. These flames possessed the Phoenix attribute, making them incredibly difficult for even Fentian elders with strong fire-attributed profound arts to suppress and extinguish.

Yun Che had long since vanished without a trace, taking the Young Master Fen Juecheng with him.

Fen Yijue trembled all over, nearly spitting out a mouthful of old blood. In Fentian Valley, his devil-like roar echoed, “Yun Che! As long as I, Fen Yijue, live, I will grind your bones to dust!!”

Yun Che traveled north, then gradually looped back to the north, returning to where he and Xiao Lingxi had hidden previously. In front of the cave, the Snow Phoenix Beast was faithfully guarding it. Seeing him return, it let out a joyful cry. Rushing into the cave, he saw Xiao Lie guarding Xiao Lingxi. It was at this very moment that Xiao Lingxi, who had been unconscious for a long time, happened to open her eyes.

The dark night passed, and the first light of dawn quietly streamed down. The streets of Profound Fire City were completely silent. Apart from the night watch guards, hardly a single moving figure could be seen.

However, a Galebird flew above Canghuo City at this time. On its back was a young man, seemingly seventeen or eighteen years old, with an anxious expression.

Canghuo City was completely quiet, which surprised the young man somewhat. He paused in mid-air. After long thought, he suddenly slapped his forehead and muttered to himself, “That’s right! I remember I left his sound transmission imprint.”

The young man quickly took out the sound transmission jade and its corresponding talisman. After a moment’s thought, he cautiously said, “Boss, it’s Little Jie. I’ve just arrived in the Canghuo region. I pretty much know everything that’s happened between you and Fentian Sect these past two days... Is there anything I can help with?”

The sound transmission talisman array slowly faded. After a short while, an array appeared on the sound transmission jade, and Yun Che’s voice came through: “Where are you?”

Receiving a reply, Ling Jie’s face lit up with surprise. He quickly transmitted back, “I’m currently above Canghuo City. Where are you? Can I come find you?”

Yun Che’s voice quickly returned: “About twenty li south of Canghuo City. I’ll naturally detect you when you arrive... I do have something I need your help with.”

“I’ll be there right away!” Ling Jie put away the sound transmission jade and sped off on the Galebird towards the south of the city.