Chapter 78: Falling Moon and Sinking Star

Yun Che took a stance, his face grim. Xiao Luocheng, in contrast, was calm and smiled, showing no signs of nervousness. However, inwardly, he was already seething with amusement.

He had a reason for making his move. This Yun Che had given him a certain sense of unease. Of course, this wasn't because he thought Yun Che could defeat him. Rather, despite being only at the first level of the Nascent Profound Realm, Yun Che had managed to defeat Lu Zhannan, who was at the seventh level of the Nascent Profound Realm. The fire profound art he used had also reached an incredibly high level. Xiao Luocheng, as the Young Sect Master of the Outer Sect of the Xiao Sect, had never seen or even heard of anyone possessing such ability at the first level of the Nascent Profound Realm.

Even he, when he was at the first level of the Nascent Profound Realm, could never have achieved this.

This implied that at the same level, even he would likely be no match for Yun Che.

For many years in New Moon City, he had always been recognized as the undisputed number one. Among the younger generation, no one had ever appeared who could earn his respect. Yet, facing Yun Che, he couldn't help but feel a sense of inadequacy. This feeling made him extremely uncomfortable. Such a person should not exist in New Moon City, let alone appear before him.

Furthermore, Yun Che's arrogant demeanor and unrestrained words, coupled with his previous mockery of the Seven Sects and the miserable, humiliating defeats he inflicted on their top disciples, meant that these sects undoubtedly harbored resentment towards Yun Che. Whether they would resort to underhanded tactics after today was uncertain, but becoming friends was essentially out of the question.

In that case, he had to be destroyed... In New Moon City, only Xiao Luocheng deserved the title of "genius"!

And this Yun Che was strong enough, arrogant enough, and even foolish enough! He had actually dug his own grave! With this, Xiao Luocheng had no more reservations about destroying him.

At this thought, the smile on Xiao Luocheng's lips became more enigmatic. He casually gestured to Yun Che, saying, "Brother Yun, please begin."

Xiao Luocheng's posture clearly indicated he wanted Yun Che to make the first move.

Yun Che didn't hesitate. Stepping forward with a series of evasive movements, he swept his right arm towards Xiao Luocheng's chest. There was no technique or finesse, just a direct clash of profound energy. He was clearly trying to test the depth of Xiao Luocheng's profound energy.

Testing the tenth level of the Nascent Profound Realm with profound energy from the first level!

The disciples of the Xiao Sect's Outer Sect all sneered in mockery. The profound energy levels of the two differed by almost an entire major realm. If Yun Che wanted to last longer, his only option was to rely on movement profound skills, but he immediately resorted to a direct profound energy clash, which was utterly ignorant. A hint of disdain flashed in Xiao Luocheng's eyes. With his right hand behind his back, he casually threw out his left hand.

With one hand, using only thirty percent of his strength.

With a "bang," their arms collided. Xiao Luocheng stood rooted, not even swaying, while Yun Che's body slid back over two zhang, almost falling to the ground, his entire right arm trembling slightly. A look of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes as he said, "As expected of Young Sect Master Xiao, your profound energy is truly immense!"

"Heh heh," Xiao Luocheng chuckled faintly. "Brother Yun's profound energy is also incredibly dense; no wonder you could defeat Lu Zhannan. However... what if I told you I only used thirty percent of my strength just now... would you believe it?"

"Haha, Young Sect Master Xiao really knows how to joke." Yun Che laughed twice, appearing to take Xiao Luocheng's words as a jest, which drew cold snickers from the Seven Sect disciples. He took a small step back, raised his right hand again, and said with a furrowed brow, "However, Young Sect Master Xiao should be careful with the next move. If you take it head-on, you might suffer serious injuries."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Xiao Luocheng's mouth twitched violently twice. The disciples of the Seven Sects burst into laughter once more. While Yun Che's displayed strength had indeed shocked them repeatedly, at this moment, his excessive confidence and ignorance seemed to outweigh his power by countless times.

"Thank you for the advice, Brother Yun. Please, make your move, I will meet it. Even if my strength is insufficient and I suffer serious injuries, with so many witnesses here, I will certainly not blame Brother Yun." Xiao Luocheng said with a laugh. He was starting to regret stepping forward... fighting such an overconfident idiot felt like an insult to his status! Arrogant and ignorant to this degree, no matter how high his talent, he would never amount to anything significant; there was no need to be apprehensive in the slightest.

Yun Che took a deep breath, his gaze becoming exceptionally serious. A vortex of profound energy rapidly coalesced on his right hand. Clearly, he was desperately concentrating all his power into his right hand. In fact, since his battle with Xuan Yu, he had never displayed any offensive profound skills apart from one movement profound skill. All his attacks had been the most ordinary profound energy impacts.

This time was no different. Everyone was fully convinced that Yun Che simply had no offensive profound skills.

"Young Sect Master Xiao, take this move!" Yun Che roared in a deep voice, delivering a heavy punch fiercely towards Xiao Luocheng's chest. This punch clearly gathered all of Yun Che's profound energy, exuding an imposing aura, and the profound energy fluctuations it generated were at least twice as strong as those of an ordinary first-level Nascent Profound practitioner.

Wielding such power at the first level of the Nascent Profound Realm was enough to astound anyone. But for Xiao Luocheng, it couldn't pose the slightest threat. Feeling a profound energy aura that could barely be considered forceful approaching him, a cold, disdainful sneer flashed in Xiao Luocheng's eyes. Losing all patience, he also threw out a simple punch, devoid of any profound art or skill, but this time, he directly used seventy percent of his strength.

Thirty percent of his strength was enough to send Yun Che recoiling, but seventy percent was more than enough to shatter the bones in Yun Che's entire arm into several pieces, and even his internal organs would be severely displaced by the profound energy impact.

"Idiot... die!" Xiao Luocheng sneered inwardly, his gaze dark and sinister, as if he could already see Yun Che severely injured, unconscious, and his right arm a mangled mess in the next second.

Just as their fists were about to collide, a strange light suddenly flickered in Yun Che's eyes, and a deep roar echoed in his heart.

"Evil God's First Style: Falling Moon Sinking Star!!"

Deep within Yun Che's body, the first gate of his profound veins suddenly unleashed an intensely fiery red light, as if a sleeping devil god had suddenly opened his terrifying and violent eyes. Instantly, all the profound energy within Yun Che's profound veins and throughout his entire body was activated, surging wildly towards his right fist, expanding at an astonishing rate as it flowed...

When Jasmine bestowed the Evil God's Profound Veins upon Yun Che, she had explained that each of the seven gates within the Evil God's Profound Veins, once opened, would empower the corresponding realm of the Evil God Art and simultaneously unlock a related Evil God Profound Skill. Neither the Evil God Art nor the Evil God Profound Skills required cultivation; they could be activated at any time, as long as the gate was open.

When the first gate opened and the Evil Soul merged with him, the name and activation method of the Evil God's First Style simultaneously appeared in Yun Che's mind.

This was one of his ultimate hidden trump cards, and a grand gift he decided to bestow upon Xiao Luocheng after sensing the sinister aura deep within his eyes.

The seven gates of the Evil God's Profound Veins represented seven Evil God skills. The first Evil God Skill, "Falling Moon Sinking Star," implied that when the Evil God wielded it, it was powerful enough to destroy the sun and moon. Naturally, Yun Che could not unleash such heaven-defying power, but the name alone was enough to demonstrate its terrifying might.

BOOM!!!!

When the two fists collided, an earth-shattering roar, like thunder, erupted. A terrifying shockwave furiously expanded outwards from the point of impact, and with a series of cracking sounds, large sections of the main hall's marble floor shattered, sending large pieces of floor tiles flying far away.

From the center of the profound energy maelstrom, a figure shot backward like a cannonball, slamming violently into a pillar near the main hall's entrance. With a "boom," the sturdy stone pillar shuddered, countless cracks rapidly spreading across its surface, and a large amount of dust rained down from the hall's ceiling.

Strangely, the figure that crashed into the pillar was not bounced away; instead, half of his body was directly embedded within the pillar by the incredibly violent force. After a long moment, his body finally slid slowly down the pillar, then collapsed to the ground, covered in blood, unconscious, his fate unknown. His clothes had been completely ripped apart from his chest, revealing his entire torso as a mangled mess of flesh and blood, with faint glimpses of white bone. As his body touched the ground, his entire left arm was almost instantly completely stained red with blood. And this person was not Yun Che, but Xiao Luocheng.

The entire hall immediately fell into a deathly silence, every pair of eyes wide open, with no one making a sound for a long time. Then, almost simultaneously, Qin Wuyou stood up, Sikong Han stood up, Tie Zhancang stood up... The various sect masters and elders who commanded respect throughout New Moon City all rose almost at the same time, their eyes wide with a fixed stare, as if desperately trying to confirm whether their eyes were deceiving them.

"Ugh..." With a painful groan, Yun Che abruptly dropped to one knee, breathing heavily, his entire right arm hanging limply. His qi and blood surged within him, a mouthful of blood nearly gushing out, but he forced it down. After swallowing the inverse blood, his body felt light and insubstantial... his profound veins were completely drained, and his profound energy was almost entirely depleted. At this moment, he was so weak he could barely stand.

Slowly, he raised his head, looking towards Xiao Luocheng, and a satisfied smile silently curved his lips.

If you hadn't provoked me, you would still be the majestic Young Sect Master of the Xiao Sect's Outer Sect, the undisputed number one among the younger generation in New Moon City. My arrogance is a form of self-preservation. But your arrogance... is truly digging your own grave!