Chapter 715: Heavy Sword Crushing

Unleashing his full power, Yun Che faced the incoming Phoenix Arrow. He actually extended his arm and grabbed it directly. With a low shout, the Phoenix Arrow, imbued with incredibly powerful Phoenix flames, was savagely torn apart by Yun Che's palm, transforming into two twisted remnants of flame which he then flung behind him.

"Whoa!" Feng Tianyu's pupils dilated, his face filled with shock and even a faint hint of fear.

"You're the one who's going to die!" Yun Che's Phoenix blood burned throughout his body. Behind him, a clear Phoenix silhouette appeared. Instantly, the Phoenix's formidable pressure combined with his profound energy aura, subtly overpowering Feng Tianyu in terms of momentum.

Yun Che thrust out his arm. In an instant, erupting Phoenix flames enveloped the entire space, leaving only an extreme crimson between heaven and earth. Possessing the Heretic God's Fire Seed, his speed in manipulating fire elemental power was unmatched, even by Feng Tianyu, who had cultivated Phoenix flames for over six hundred years.

The flames that instantly filled his vision intensified Feng Tianyu's shock beyond measure. The approaching Phoenix flames caused his protective profound energy to tremble violently. He no longer dared to underestimate or be overconfident, swiftly channeling eighty percent of his profound energy and unleashing a massive storm of flames around his body.

"Phoenix Fire Scorching the Heavens!!"

Boom!! Like a thousand-zhang boulder thrown into a calm sea, the air within dozens of miles was violently displaced, sending out a shocking and terrifying ripple. The entire sky changed color. Under the scorching red light, two masses of Phoenix flames, powerful enough to incinerate heaven and earth, collided in the most ferocious manner, incinerating, tearing, and devouring each other.

And this was just the beginning. Far from gradually extinguishing and dispersing under mutual bombardment and consumption, the two explosive Phoenix fires expanded at an astonishing rate. Their crimson color deepened. Within dozens of miles, all vegetation ignited, and even rocks enveloped by the flames began to melt rapidly.

Boom boom boom boom boom… In terms of profound energy's sheer magnitude, Yun Che was naturally inferior to Feng Tianyu. However, when both used Phoenix flames, Yun Che completely surpassed Feng Tianyu in profound art mastery, comprehension of laws, and control over the flame power—even though he was the most powerful Emperor!

Although Yun Che's sudden surge in profound energy shocked Feng Tianyu, he subconsciously still didn't believe Yun Che possessed the power to contend with him. Yet, in a mere exchange of flame bombardment, despite using a full eighty percent of his profound energy, he failed to overwhelm Yun Che's Phoenix flames. After a brief stalemate, he even began to feel increasingly heavy pressure.

"Hyaa!" A colossal Phoenix silhouette appeared behind Feng Tianyu as he raised his profound energy to ninety percent. The Phoenix flames on his body erupted once more, creating a massive fiery vortex which immediately suppressed Yun Che's Phoenix flames by force.

"Break!!" The Phoenix flames burst open, shattering space. Countless spatial fragments shot out like steel needles, piercing the sky and the earth. Under the explosive flame storm, Yun Che and Feng Tianyu were thrown far apart. Feng Tianyu's pupils constricted as he stared intently at Yun Che... Although Yun Che in his sight had been blasted farther away, his complexion remained calm, not a trace of paleness. Only his clothes were shredded; there was no sign of injury on his body.

Twenty-two years old... Profound King Realm Stage Three... yet in a pure clash of profound energy, forced him to use ninety percent of his power. This was something he could never have imagined, even in his wildest dreams.

"This child... must not be allowed to live!"

Only after clashing with Yun Che did Feng Tianyu, who initially had little regard for him, truly realize how terrifying he was. To be like this at merely twenty-two years old, he couldn't imagine how terrifying Yun Che would become when he reached Feng Tianyu's age. And this person was also a mortal enemy of the Phoenix Divine Sect...

No matter what, at all costs, he had to die!!

"Your master... who is he?" Feng Tianyu's muscles and veins bulged across his body. Around him, fire spirits began to appear with increasing density. Realizing Yun Che's terror, he had decided to unleash his full power against this junior, to kill him in the shortest possible time. If he didn't die... he would surely become the Phoenix Divine Sect's nightmare in the future.

Like everyone else, he wanted to know who had trained such a disciple who could make even an Emperor's heart palpitate with shock!

"You are not worthy to know," Yun Che said coldly.

"Then die." Feng Tianyu hadn't expected an answer from Yun Che. He spread his arms, his hair standing on end as if burning. The Phoenix silhouette behind him let out a loud, piercing cry.

He didn't unleash Phoenix flames from his body, but the air temperature rose at a terrifyingly rapid pace. Space rapidly turned crimson amid distortions. Pebbles and fine sand on the ground trembled and even began to float in large quantities.

"Phoenix Domain!!" As Feng Tianyu's gaze flashed, the surrounding dozen-mile radius instantly transformed into a vast sea of flames. Within this sea of fire, countless Phoenix flame shadows danced wildly and shrieked, releasing destructive power capable of incinerating everything.

In the center of this massive flame domain stood Feng Tianyu and Yun Che. Feng Tianyu raised his hands; he was naturally the master of his domain. He could freely alter the domain and command the power of every corner. Everything within the domain would become a factor advantageous to him. "Brat," he declared, "before you die, use your life to truly witness what an Emperor-level domain is! In this Phoenix Domain, even if you use all your power to defend, you will be reduced to ashes within ten breaths!"

An Emperor-level domain was indeed unparalleled in power. It could be said to be the highest level of power in the Azure Cloud Continent.

However, Feng Tianyu could never have imagined, even in his dreams, that pure flame power, even ten times stronger, could not inflict the slightest damage on Yun Che, who possessed the Fire Spirit Evil Body.

Standing at the center of this destructive domain, Yun Che calmly glanced around. The expression on his face was not panic or fear, but rather a cold sneer that Feng Tianyu couldn't comprehend: "If you hadn't used this Phoenix Domain, perhaps you would die a little slower."

"Hong'er, time to work!!"

"Ah... oh!" A flash of vermillion light, and the Heaven Punishing Sword was already in Yun Che's hand. At that instant, all the raging flames in the entire Phoenix Domain seemed to pause, and Feng Tianyu's pupils suddenly spasmed as if pierced by steel needles.

Feng Tianyu had lived for hundreds of years, but this was the first time he had seen such an enormous sword. From this giant sword, he could barely sense any aura, yet merely by glancing at it, his heart and soul uncontrollably twitched with fear.

Whoosh!! Yun Che swung his arm, and the Heaven Punishing Sword carved a vermillion arc. It was just a simple swing, yet it produced a tearing sound like startled thunder... His most powerful force, this Emperor-level Phoenix Domain, had a crack, over four zhang long and half a chi wide, torn open in front of the giant sword's trajectory.

Even as the surrounding Phoenix flames raged and Phoenix shadows danced, this crack remained unhealed for a long time.

"That's... what kind of sword?" Feng Tianyu's voice trembled.

Yun Che did not reply; his bones cracked loudly throughout his body... After marrying the Little Demon Empress, he had received a large number of peerless famous swords. Under Hong'er's daily ravenous consumption, the power contained within the Heaven Punishing Sword became increasingly terrifying. Its mere weight had already reached over six hundred thousand jin.

Had it been Yun Che upon his arrival in the Illusory Demon Realm, it would have been almost impossible to wield. But the current Yun Che controlled it as easily as his own body!

Seeing Feng Tianyu's Phoenix Domain, Yun Che also saw the limits of Feng Tianyu's power. This confirmed to him that not only had he no reason to lose to Feng Tianyu, but his chances of killing him today were over seventy percent!

Yun Che leaped up, flying straight through the Phoenix Domain. The Heaven Punishing Sword swept horizontally towards Feng Tianyu.

Wherever the Heaven Punishing Sword passed, the Phoenix Domain shattered layer by layer. The originally volatile Phoenix flames were completely suppressed and extinguished. In an instant, a hundred-zhang long gash was torn through this dozen-mile domain. Feng Tianyu's face contorted. The Phoenix silhouette behind him struggled. His protective profound energy around his body sizzled as if being pierced by thousands of steel needles. He seized a flaming halberd, concentrating all the flames within a hundred-zhang radius onto it, transforming it into a massive fiery python that lunged towards Yun Che.

Boom!! Flames burst, and the sky changed color again. Under the Heaven Punishing Sword's power storm, Feng Tianyu's fiery python lasted only half a breath before being shredded. Feng Tianyu's vision went white, and he felt as if his chest had been struck by a mountain. His flesh was instantly pulverised, barely stopped by his ribs and the newly surging protective profound energy.

Wind whistled past his ears. Feng Tianyu was sent flying backward in a straight line for five or six miles before finally stopping. His blood and qi boiled, and blood streamed from his abdomen. He extended his arms, only to find several long cracks had been opened on both his left and right arms from the impact.

The surrounding flames dispersed, and the temperature rapidly dropped. Without power to sustain it, the Phoenix Domain directly collapsed.

He had just declared that Yun Che would be incinerated within ten breaths inside the Phoenix Domain. Yet ten breaths passed... only for the Phoenix Domain itself to tragically collapse.

"Impossible..." Feng Tianyu clutched his abdomen, forgetting to suppress his not-too-severe injuries. He stared at Yun Che directly in front of him, his face contorted as if in a terrible nightmare: "Impossible... How could this happen..."

He had used all ten portions of his profound energy, yet was wounded by a single strike from his opponent... His domain, which concentrated his highest level of power, had actually collapsed in just ten breaths.

The power that just struck him... How could it have come from the hand of this person, who was only in his twenties!!

"I already said, if you hadn't used your domain and saved some energy, you might have died a little slower!" A cold murderous intent flashed in Yun Che's eyes. He gave Feng Tianyu no chance to catch his breath. The Heaven Punishing Sword blasted out again, causing the space dozens of zhang ahead to severely indent under the overwhelming power of the heavy sword.

The power he had just endured was a nightmare. How dared Feng Tianyu meet it head-on? His pupils contracted, and his body flickered into a fiery afterimage, rapidly retreating dozens of zhang... But the heavy sword's attack range was immense, incomparably vast compared to ordinary weapons. Even though Feng Tianyu retreated at extreme speed, he was still caught by the Heaven Punishing Sword's residual power. Though merely residual, it violently flipped his entire body, almost causing him to fall.

Feng Tianyu was both shocked and enraged. He launched both claws, unleashing two streams of Phoenix flames, several zhang thick, that violently converged into one, blasting straight towards Yun Che.

Boom!! With a thunderous roar, the Phoenix flames Feng Tianyu unleashed with full power were scattered by a single swing of the Heaven Punishing Sword. After the dispersing flames, the massive sword body rapidly approached. Feng Tianyu paled with fright and retreated at full speed again, his entire body's profound energy fiercely protecting him. In his terror, he no longer dared to counterattack.

In Phoenix City, the constantly flickering red light in the southeastern sky was clearly visible. Although the roaring sounds were extremely distant, they were still somewhat deafening.

"Hehe, that Yun Che truly couldn't escape the Grand Elder's grasp," Feng Ximing sneered. "The Grand Elder personally intervened... that's practically letting him off easy!!"

"It's been a while since the Grand Elder made his move, and it's still not over... Is the Grand Elder playing a game of cat and mouse?" Feng Feilie said with a faint smile. None of them doubted that it would be effortless for Feng Tianyu to kill Yun Che.

Feng Tianqing's expression was initially calm. But as the light in the southeastern sky grew more intense and the sounds grew heavier, his brows gradually furrowed.

Noticing the change in his expression, Feng Hengkong asked: "Grand Elder, has something happened on Elder Tianyu's side?"

Feng Tianqing whispered, "Tianyu initially used half his profound energy... then eighty percent... and now, he's actually using full power! What's going on? No matter how exaggerated Yun Che's strength might be, it's impossible for him to force Elder Tianyu to use his full power... Has someone else appeared? Or perhaps a powerful helper with Yun Che?"

Just then, Feng Tianyu's profound soul transmission, filled with urgency and panic, suddenly entered Feng Tianqing's ears:

"Come quickly... I am not his match!!"

Feng Tianqing's expression drastically changed; he could barely believe what he had just heard. He looked up at the southeastern sky, took a deep breath, and without time to explain to Feng Hengkong and the others, he soared into the sky, rushing away at his fastest speed.