Chapter 782: Slaying the Moon Demon Lord (Part 5)

"Become dust in the darkness forever!" the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor declared. He stepped forward, and in an instant, the entire Moon Slaughter Devil Cave trembled as dark mist billowed wildly around him, transforming into a massive wave of dark energy that surged towards Yun Che.

Extreme darkness and chilling cold, like an endless abyss, threatened to consume him forever. Before this wave of darkness, Yun Che's body stiffened, feeling like a mere speck of dust before an overwhelming tide. His Golden Crow Flame, which had been ready to unleash, simply couldn't be discharged. Every instinct in his soul screamed 'Flee!' If he dared to confront it directly, the only outcome would be annihilation.

This was the first time an opponent's attack had instilled such profound fear in his soul before even reaching him.

Yun Che bit his tongue hard. Using Star God Broken Shadow and Phantom Light Thunder God, he instantly moved backward with lightning speed, retreating like a storm. His back slammed hard against a wall he couldn't even see.

Boom!! The Moon Slaughter Devil Cave trembled once more as the dark energy wave struck the spot where Yun Che had been. The exploding dark power splattered outward like countless malevolent spirits.

Everything within the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave had been immersed in extremely high-level dark energy for ten thousand years. Every inch of the walls and every grain of sand had become incredibly tough, possessing an exceptionally strong resistance to dark profound energy. Even this terrifying dark bombardment failed to dislodge any sand or stone; the walls merely shook without collapsing.

Although Yun Che wasn't directly hit by the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's dark profound energy, the icy aftermath still made his entire body extremely uncomfortable. He furrowed his brows, gasping for breath. Facing the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's first attack, his heart plummeted almost instantly. Both were at the sixth level of the Sovereign Profound Realm and practiced the Eternal Night Devil Tome, but the dark profound energy unleashed by the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor was many times more powerful than Fen Juechen's!

And the chilling pressure emanating from him was a hundred times greater than Fen Juechen's!!

Even when facing Qu Fengyi, the Emperor of the Ocean Palace, the pressure he endured was far less than that from the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor.

Because he was, after all... an ancient devil!!

"Yun Che, listen carefully!" Jasmine's voice was extremely solemn. "You must use all your strength against this Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor, even if it means exhausting all your trump cards, risking your life, and resorting to any means necessary. You absolutely must kill him! Only your power isn't suppressed by the dark devil energy here, so throughout the entire Blue Pole Star, you are the only one who might be able to kill him! Otherwise, if he truly recovers, an unimaginable catastrophe will befall the Azure Cloud Continent and all living beings in this world!"

"Hmph, who cares about a catastrophe right now?" Yun Che clenched his fists, letting out a self-deprecating, bitter laugh. "If I can't kill him, I'll die. I have to fight regardless... but this time, there's truly no chance of winning."

Facing him was an ancient devil!

In the million years since the extinction of gods and devils, Yun Che was remarkably the first person in the entire Primal Chaos Dimension to fight a devil!

"By yourself, you would indeed be doomed, with no possibility of victory," Jasmine said gravely. "But with Hong'er... there might not be a complete lack of hope!"

"Hmph, what a pathetic struggle!" The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor extended a pitch-black arm. A mass of dark mist coalesced before him, then violently writhed like a giant organ. As he pointed a finger, the dark mist suddenly ripped apart, releasing thousands of dark lightning bolts. They shot out like a torrential downpour towards Yun Che's location. Each dark lightning bolt was as thin as a needle, yet the power they contained made Yun Che's hair stand on end, his face drained of color.

"Don't try to break them, dodge with all your might! If you're hit, the dark power within them will directly damage your soul!" Jasmine urgently warned.

Without thinking, Yun Che used Star God Broken Shadow again to instantly move, and Phantom Light Thunder God to escape. He retreated backward along the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave's stone walls at maximum speed.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang... The dark lightning bolts pierced through the space, riddling it with holes. They eventually struck the stone walls and ground, erupting with ear-splitting screeches and frenzied dark malevolence. The Moon Slaughter Devil Cave was filled with stone walls and scattered rocks. As Yun Che retreated tirelessly, all the dark lightning bolts were eventually blocked by the stone walls. The terrifying power contained within each dark lightning bolt was enough to easily pierce even Heavenly Jade, yet it couldn't penetrate these stone walls.

These stone walls, imbued with dark energy for ten thousand years, had clearly become Yun Che's desperate shield.

"Gasp... gasp..." Yun Che's back heavily hit another stone wall. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he panted heavily. When he managed to steady himself slightly, he realized that the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's two attacks had forced him from the depths of the Devil Cave to its middle section.

At this rate, he would soon have nowhere left to run.

"No good..." Yun Che muttered through gritted teeth, looking towards the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's location. "In a place like this, running is meaningless... no matter what, I have to fight!"

"Your speed is truly surprising to this King. For a lowly being with such weak power, you actually managed to evade this King's punishment twice in a row," the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's voice echoed. "But alas, you are not worthy of being toyed with by this King. This time, even if you had ten lives and were ten times faster, you would vanish forever! Not even a bone would remain!"

The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's voice came from the endless darkness, sounding both distant and near, which allowed Yun Che to barely pinpoint his location. He gritted his teeth fiercely, forcefully suppressing all the fear in his heart.

"Inferno!!"

With a low roar, Yun Che's profound energy surged throughout his body. His pupils, and the color of the profound energy swirling around him, instantly turned a faint crimson.

"Blazing Sun Burst!!"

Yun Che flashed out from behind the stone wall. Blazing Golden Crow Flame burned wildly as he unleashed it with full force towards the approaching Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor.

Boom!! When it was still twenty zhang away from the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor, the Golden Crow Flame suddenly burst. However, the exploding destructive flames did not unleash their all-consuming Golden Crow Flame power. Instead, they quickly extinguished and vanished in the darkness, transforming into a pitch-black silence within a single breath.

"Wha... what?!" Yun Che bit down hard.

"What a futile struggle," the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor mocked coldly. "If it were Phoenix Flame, this King might show a hint of apprehension, but such a lowly Golden Crow Flame is merely a pathetic joke!"

...The fact that the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor was an ancient devil was reaffirmed! Not only did he instantly identify it as Golden Crow Flame, but he also showed not the slightest surprise!

At that moment, the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's aura suddenly solidified, and his gaze changed drastically... He sensed the change in Yun Che's profound energy, as well as the unusually colored profound light surrounding his body.

"Evil God... Arts!!" The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's voice suddenly trembled, then became filled with immense rage, hatred, and ferocity. "You actually possess the power of the Evil God... Ahh!! Then you deserve to die even more, you deserve to die even more!"

"This King has sworn countless times that the first thing I would do upon seeing the light of day again is to destroy every trace of the Evil God left in this world!"

"You human, inheriting the Evil God's power, I will obliterate your body and soul into eternal nothingness!"

The million-year seal had accumulated a million years of hatred for the Evil God!

Feeling the Evil God's power on Yun Che, all his rage erupted like a boiling volcano. The fury that made the entire Moon Slaughter Devil Cave tremble in that instant was ten million times more intense than his previous rage caused by the 'rebellious son.'

The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor roared, then suddenly flew forward, lunging at Yun Che with one hand. A dense black aura, like a demon god from the depths of an abyss, surged towards Yun Che, preceding his physical body.

He intended to imprison Yun Che with dark energy, then tear him to shreds with his own hands, to vent his million years of hatred for the Evil God.

Yun Che's will clearly told him that he absolutely could not be afraid or shrink back. However, the fear in his soul and the trembling of his body were intensely overwhelming. This was the pressure of a devil, something a mortal body simply couldn't endure. For Yun Che to hold on this long was already incredibly difficult.

"Fight... I can only fight! Otherwise, I'll just die in vain!"

His body trembled uncontrollably, and he was on the verge of grinding his teeth to dust. The fear in his heart, in its struggle, suddenly transformed into a surge of savage malevolence...

"Hong'er!!"

Crimson light shone, and the Heaven Punishing Sword appeared. At the same time, Yun Che's body suddenly shot out, actually charging head-on into the dark power that he previously couldn't hope to contend with. With a venting roar, he unreservedly concentrated all his strength onto the Heaven Punishing Sword, striking towards the endless darkness ahead.

At that very moment, Yun Che suddenly realized that what lay before him was no longer absolute darkness.

The Heaven Punishing Sword's blade emanated Yun Che's most familiar crimson light. In this world of darkness, where even the Golden Crow Flame could only illuminate a few steps, the crimson sword light from the Heaven Punishing Sword surprisingly illuminated Yun Che's feet, what lay ahead, above him... the approaching dark vortex... and every corner of the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave within his sight!!

Furthermore, the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's full form was clearly reflected in Yun Che's pupils!

At the same time, he suddenly felt that the dread, fear, and sense of invincibility he had felt towards the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor, which had long coiled around his heart and soul, had vanished completely. The dark vortex that was engulfing him no longer seemed so terrifying, and even the dark pressure from the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor was no longer oppressive.

What... was happening?

All these changes occurred the instant Yun Che desperately charged out and the Heaven Punishing Sword appeared. However, Yun Che had no time for surprise or thought, because in the very next moment, the Heaven Punishing Sword heavily struck the dark vortex unleashed by the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor.

The moment the sword's blade drew near, Yun Che clearly saw the turbulent and frenzied dark vortex noticeably slow down... or rather, violently recoil!

Riiip!! The terrifying dark vortex was torn directly in half by the Heaven Punishing Sword, like a pitch-black curtain. The surging dark devil energy did not engulf Yun Che; instead, it clearly struggled, recoiled, then twisted and frantically dispersed in the opposite direction... as if it had encountered the most terrifying thing in the world.

The terrifying dark vortex was shattered with a single strike. Yun Che was momentarily stunned, unable to believe his eyes. Equally stunned was the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor. He froze, his eyes fixed on the sword in Yun Che's hand, the gray light in his pupils becoming incredibly chaotic. "Tha... that's..."

By then, Yun Che had quickly recovered. With no fear or oppressive feeling left in his heart, he used Star God Broken Shadow to flash before the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor. The Heaven Punishing Devil Slayer Sword fiercely struck his chest.

Caught by surprise, the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor was hit by the blow.

"Arrrgghhh!!"

A hoarse, shrill scream echoed throughout the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave. Although Yun Che's sword strike was rushed, it still carried immense power, sending the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor flying far away.

Yun Che didn't pursue; instead, he stood there stunned... In his ears, the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's screams, like a wailing ghost, continued ceaselessly.

An ancient devil, who had endured a million years of sealing and possessed a powerful devil body, actually let out such a shrill shriek from a single sword strike from him... It was as if he were undergoing the most brutal torture in the world.

The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's pitch-black devil body slammed heavily into a stone wall a hundred zhang away, then tumbled to the ground. But he didn't stand up; instead, he writhed back and forth on the ground, ceaselessly howling in immense pain. On his chest, where the Heaven Punishing Sword had just struck, there was a vivid crimson wound. The crimson light from the wound was exceptionally dazzling and lingered for a long time as streaks of pitch-black blood rapidly flowed from it.

"Devi... Devil... Slayer... Sword!!"

The Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor's voice was twisted with pain. Yet, as he uttered the words 'Devil Slayer Sword,' it was clearly imbued with deep trembling and terror.

Yun Che stood rooted, gazing at the world before him, which was no longer dark but instead bathed in crimson. He looked at the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor, who had been so terrifying but was now howling in agony. Then he lowered his gaze to the crimson greatsword in his hand, a weapon he knew intimately yet now felt somewhat unfamiliar, his face full of confusion.

"Hehehehe, just as I thought!" Jasmine chuckled. "Once an ancient devil is wounded by the Devil Slayer Sword, they will suffer a thousandfold pain, and their wounds will heal ten times slower than usual! The purer the devil, the more they fear the Devil Slayer Sword!"

"Now you should understand why I said that with Hong'er, you aren't without a chance to defeat the Moon Slaughter Devil Emperor!"