Chapter 747: Counterattack Begins

“Die!!”

Boom––––Rumble––––Boom boom boom––––

In Flowing Cloud City, a continuous roar echoed from the distant east. Despite the extreme distance, the muffled sound was so oppressive it felt as if one's heart would burst. If anyone were to tell the citizens of Flowing Cloud City that these were the sounds of two people fighting six hundred miles away, no one would believe it.

This intensely muffled roar was not only exceptionally dense but also continued without pause for over an hour. Many Flowing Cloud City residents came to the east side of the city, gazing eastward, trying to locate the source of the sound.

Rip!Rip!!

Two long, dark fissures tore through Yun Che's afterimage. Every sword swing from Feng Juechen carried bone-chilling dark profound energy. However, despite his furious onslaught of dozens of consecutive slashes, all he hit were Yun Che's afterimages. As the last sword struck, the sea waves were violently cut apart, and Yun Che's figure receded further and further from view.

“Urgh-ahhhhhh!!”

The sea churned, and a massive, jet-black profound energy storm caused the sky and sea to change color, roaring towards Yun Che with a spatial tremor. Yun Che's eyes narrowed, and he crossed his arms over his chest, letting out a low roar...

Bang!!

The dark profound energy storm violently struck Yun Che, sending him tumbling dozens of times. A thousand-foot-tall reef directly below him was blasted into the air, and before it could fall, it disintegrated into fine dust in the darkness.

Yun Che did not intentionally dissipate the force; his body was carried seven or eight miles away by the impact of the dark profound energy. When he finally stopped, he looked at his arms... The lower parts of both his arms were charred black, with no bleeding or pain... he couldn't even feel the flesh anymore!

Whoosh!!

Phoenix flames ignited on his arms, dispelling the strange charring in an instant. The consumed flesh was visibly... slowly regenerating at a speed that completely defied common sense.

“Feng Juechen, it’s already been an hour and a half! You’ve truly disappointed me! Hahahahaha...”

Yun Che continued to laugh wildly, yet no part of his body was at ease. In every interval of Feng Juechen's attacks, he would relentlessly mock him, acting as if he were the absolute strongest, toying with, humiliating, and playing with his mouse-like opponent. But he knew the true situation perfectly well.

The longer the battle dragged on, the more irritable Feng Juechen clearly became. His roars were already hoarse, and the dark profound energy he released had noticeably weakened by a significant margin. Yet, his attacks remained incredibly fierce, each one a desperate, full-force blow... He was like a madman with bloodshot eyes, with only Yun Che in his gaze! The sole thought in his mind was to kill Yun Che!

Rip!!

A dark sword aura, dozens of feet long, slashed horizontally, brutally tearing through space. Yun Che's figure flickered slightly, reappearing fifty feet below on the ocean surface. He watched Feng Juechen, who was roaring and charging at him again, and let out a silent, soft sigh.

In terms of profound energy alone, Feng Juechen indeed completely surpassed him. In a head-on confrontation, while Yun Che wouldn't suffer a devastating defeat immediately, he was bound to lose.

However, Feng Juechen was ultimately too young.And his temperament was too extreme.Back in the Burning Heaven Clan, as their young master, he naturally wouldn't have experienced any life-or-death battles.

After acquiring this powerful dark profound energy, he hadn't even encountered an evenly matched opponent.

Yun Che, on the other hand, had lived two lives and experienced countless life-or-death battles. Feng Juechen had roared earlier about having "experienced hell," but what Yun Che had gone through was beyond even his imagination, despite his own hellish experiences.

Therefore, even though his strength surpassed Yun Che's, it didn't mean... he was guaranteed to defeat Yun Che!

In the Azure Cloud Continent, countless individuals whose strength far exceeded Yun Che's ultimately died by his hand!!

“It seems four hours won’t be necessary at all,” Yun Che murmured softly, focusing his mind and fully preparing to face Feng Juechen, who was approaching like a wild beast.

Flowing Cloud City, Xiao Clan.

Explosions, roars, the sound of tearing space... Under Heaven First floated in the air, silently watching the east. To ordinary Flowing Cloud City residents, these were merely unusual sounds from afar, but he knew the astonishing power hidden behind each one.

“They’ve been fighting for two whole hours,” Under Heaven First murmured, his brows furrowed. “Brother Yun is someone who can severely wound even Prince Huai with a single sword... The young man named Feng Juechen, his strength is astonishing to such a degree!”

“And he’s not even from a Sacred Ground!”

“Two hours, and still so fierce... it’s terrifying.” Under Heaven Seventh instinctively placed her hands over her lower abdomen, fearing she might alarm the fetus within.

“Big Brother is so strong, he definitely won’t lose,” Xiao Yun shouted confidently, though his voice trembled slightly.

“Little Aunt... don’t worry, Big Brother Yun will be fine. Even if he can’t defeat Feng Juechen, he can always return immediately using the profound ark.” Feng Xue’er continuously comforted Xiao Lingxi... because Xiao Lingxi's aura remained in turmoil, her expression was never calm, her face filled with worry, apprehension, and fear, and a fine sheen of cold sweat constantly beaded on her forehead.

Xiao Lingxi's hand was tightly gripping Feng Xue’er's white robes. She pleaded once more, “Xue’er, please take me there... I’m so worried, I...”

“Big Brother Yun... he’ll definitely be fine,” Feng Xue’er reassured her, then gently bit her lip. Her own worry was no less than Xiao Lingxi’s. Moreover, she had heard Yun Che himself say... that he was not Feng Juechen's match.

“Little Che can’t be hurt, and Brother Feng... neither of them can be hurt! Feng Juechen truly isn’t a bad person; he saved my life twice! If Little Che kills him, I’ll never have peace of mind... I must stop them... they’ve fought long enough, it’s enough!”

Xiao Lingxi's voice trembled with panic. The sounds from the east indicated just how brutal the battle was. A fight to the death between the two was highly likely to only cease with the demise of one party.

If Yun Che died, she would be heartbroken; if Feng Juechen died, she would find it equally unbearable.

“But... but I promised Big Brother Yun, I can’t disobey him,” Feng Xue’er shook her head in distress.

Just then, the muffled explosions from the east suddenly ceased and did not resume for a long time. The faint oppressive feeling from hundreds of miles away also seemed to vanish at that moment.

“Huh? Is it finally... over?” Xiao Yun murmured, and at the same time, everyone's expressions became solemn.

After over two hours of fierce battle, it was impossible to imagine how tragic the outcome might be...

Feng Xue’er quickly picked up her sound-transmitting jade and, with immense tension, transmitted her voice: “Big Brother Yun, are you alright? Have you defeated him already?”

After transmitting the message, every moment of waiting felt suffocatingly heavy. But soon, Yun Che's voice returned.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine, and I won’t be in any trouble. You don’t need to worry in the slightest... I’ll be back in an hour at most.”

Yun Che's voice was relaxed and effortless, full of vigor, and seemed to carry a faint smile.

Immediately, everyone let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Profound Sky Eastern Sea.

Yun Che slowly put away the sound-transmitting jade, then cast a cold gaze at Feng Juechen ahead of him. His hair was completely disheveled, and his clothes were tattered. Aside from his mouth, there were no visible bloodstains on his body, but it was covered in black marks as if he had been burned. He was panting heavily... but his breathing was far less labored than Feng Juechen's opposite him.

Feng Juechen stopped his attack. His eyes were like a wolf's, and his chest heaved so violently it looked as if it might burst at any moment. His aura was more than halved compared to its original state, but it remained sinister, furious, and icy, and his killing intent had not diminished in the slightest.

“You... are... deliberately... wearing down my... strength!!” Blood-red light flickered in Feng Juechen's jet-black pupils.

His temperament was arrogant and self-important, and he harbored deep hatred and killing intent towards Yun Che, making it easy for Yun Che to provoke him. In his rage, he attacked furiously, and his furious attacks only intensified his wrath... For these two hours, he had relentlessly assaulted Yun Che, and now, his profound energy had diminished by over sixty percent!!

As for Yun Che... his profound energy aura had only weakened by less than thirty percent!

The previous sword strike had churned up a thousand-foot wave, and as the cold seawater crashed down, drenching his entire body, the chilling impact suddenly made him realize Yun Che's intention.

Yun Che remained calm and unperturbed, smiling as he said, “That’s right. You finally figured it out. But it took you two whole hours of fighting to realize it; you really aren’t very smart, are you?”

Feng Juechen sneered, his jet-black sword emitting a horrifying tremor. “To me, you’re just a trash that must die! No matter what tricks or schemes you employ, you won’t leave here alive today!”

“Oh dear, it seems calling you ‘not smart’ was actually giving you too much credit,” Yun Che said with a relaxed, faint smile. “I’ve been able to defend for two straight hours without attacking, yet I’m neither dead nor severely injured. Even a fool should understand that with my movement technique and speed, for you to try and kill me now... that’s just a pipe dream!”

Previously, Feng Juechen's full-force attacks were terrifying in both power and momentum. But now, Yun Che was completely certain that Feng Juechen was definitely inferior to him in terms of movement technique and speed!

He had decided to confront Feng Juechen in this manner a long time ago, trusting that he would have a considerable advantage in movement technique and speed... It now seemed that this advantage not only existed but was even greater than he had anticipated.

Now that Feng Juechen had realized this, he naturally couldn't continue in the same vein. And Yun Che, for his part, had no intention of merely defending any longer.

Clang!!

A red light flashed abruptly, and the Heaven Smiting Sword was once again gripped in Yun Che's hand. In an instant, under the overwhelmingly powerful sword aura, the waves and wind howls completely subsided, as if they had been utterly frozen. The faint smile on Yun Che's face also transformed into a deep, cold sneer: “And the person who won’t be leaving here alive today... is you!!”