Chapter 882: Ling'er Tragic News

At the forefront of these profound practitioners, a lavishly dressed young profound practitioner asked the solemn-faced middle-aged man in front of him, "Father, who exactly is Su Ling'er? I heard she's the daughter of some sect from the Jiangdong region, and she's only in her teens. Why is the Seven Star Divine Palace pursuing her?"

Yun Che, who was about to step forward and inquire, immediately stopped in his tracks.

Judging by the middle-aged man's demeanor and the profound energy emanating from him, he seemed to be the leader or sect master of these people. He shook his head slightly, "Your father doesn't know either. It's best not to inquire too much about matters concerning the Seven Star Divine Palace."

The young profound practitioner instinctively flinched, his voice dropping a few octaves as he mumbled, "No matter who she is, if the Seven Star Divine Palace has its sights on her, any escape attempt will be futile."

"Alas," the middle-aged man sighed heavily, then added in a very low voice, "The Seven Star Divine Palace is, after all, the Seven Star Divine Palace. Even though only twelve people have come, at their command, all city lords and sects must bow down and obey. Now, all the sects in the entire Mountain North Region have set up defenses here. Su Ling'er, let alone being just a young girl, even if she possessed immense power, wouldn't be able to escape today."

Yun Che's teeth clenched fiercely... His premonition had been correct. These people belonged to one of the Fusuo Kingdom's sects, ordered by the Seven Star Divine Palace to search for Su Ling'er.

Yun Che's mind raced. He was about to rush forward and randomly grab someone to use Soul Capturing on. Just then, the middle-aged man suddenly picked up a sound transmission jade, from which urgent profound energy fluctuations emanated.

The middle-aged man quickly read the transmission jade, his expression noticeably relaxing. He turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, relax your guard and prepare to withdraw."

The young profound practitioner hurriedly asked, "Father? What's happening? Has Su Ling'er been captured by the Seven Star Divine Palace?"

Yun Che: "…!"

"I don't know," the middle-aged man calmly replied. "But based on multiple traces, it's been confirmed that she fled towards Absolute Cloud Peak. Previously, she could barely hide by relying on the complex terrain and the interference of profound beasts' aura here, but once she's on Absolute Cloud Peak, it's a dead end. Not long ago, after confirming from the traces that Su Ling'er must have fled to Absolute Cloud Peak, the twelve seniors of the Seven Star Divine Palace personally pursued her onto the peak. This matter can now be considered concluded."

"The Seven Star Divine Palace's purpose for capturing that girl, and what happens afterward, are not for us to know... Everyone prepare to withdraw. Don't ask any more questions. If you don't want to die too soon, the less you know, the better."

Bang!!!A thunderous explosion of air erupted as Yun Che, like a bolt of lightning, surged towards the depths of the Langhuan Mountain Range. The sudden hurricane he created knocked all the profound practitioners preparing to withdraw to the ground. They instantly fell into disarray, their faces filled with terror, thinking they were under attack by a powerful profound beast.

Yun Che unleashed his full profound energy, and his Phantom Light Thunder Extremity circulated to its maximum, reaching a speed that would leave even an Emperor at a loss for words...

No... This is too slow!

Relying on his memory of the Langhuan Mountain Range, the distance from his current position to Absolute Cloud Peak was approximately four hundred li. At his speed, this distance could be covered in a very short time, but now, not even half a breath could be wasted.

While running, he swiftly summoned the Primordial Profound Ark, instantly traversing four hundred li of space, arriving directly at the foot of Absolute Cloud Peak.

Looking up, the colossal mountain body soared towards the heavens, its peak disappearing into the clouds. The moment Yun Che appeared, he didn't bother looking for a mountain path. He charged directly up the mountain, his profound energy surging with immense ferocity.

"Ling'er!!" Yun Che let out a tremendous cry. "Ling'er, where are you? It's Yun Che... Ling'er, where are you!!"

Carried by his profound energy, his shouts echoed across the land, startling countless profound beasts on Absolute Cloud Peak, sending them scattering in all directions.

Absolute Cloud Peak was enormous. Even with Yun Che's spiritual perception, he couldn't completely cover it. Moreover, with numerous profound beasts and mixed auras, even if he confirmed Su Ling'er was on Absolute Cloud Peak, he would struggle to find her quickly... If the people from the Seven Star Divine Palace found Su Ling'er before him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

His mind racing, he summoned the Primordial Profound Ark again, estimating the peak's location and forcibly performing a vertical spatial traversal.

From above, it would naturally be easier to locate his target.

Through the Primordial Profound Ark's spatial traversal, Yun Che appeared directly on top of Absolute Cloud Peak. The first thing he saw when he looked down was the broken cliff stretching across the clouds. Beneath the cliff, an endless abyss, like a demon's maw devouring all light, released a heart-pounding, terrifying aura.

The summit of Absolute Cloud Peak... Absolute Cloud Cliff!!

Although his destiny had returned to the Profound Sky Continent, he would never forget this place on the Azure Cloud Continent... the place that had ended his fate there.

Just a few months ago, he had promised Jasmine that he would never approach Absolute Cloud Cliff again. Yet, as soon as he returned to the Azure Cloud Continent, he found himself facing Absolute Cloud Cliff once more.

But at that moment, he had no time for even a fleeting moment of melancholy. His gaze swept past Absolute Cloud Cliff, quickly scanning downwards as his body rapidly descended... Just as he was about to loudly call out for Su Ling'er again, he suddenly noticed a dozen figures near the edge of Absolute Cloud Cliff.

Yun Che's eyes instantly narrowed. In front of Absolute Cloud Cliff, there were a total of twelve people. Their auras were quite powerful: six Sovereigns, five Tyrannical Emperors... and astonishingly, one Emperor!

Judging by his aura, he should be a third-level Emperor.

The twelve individuals wore similar attire. Eleven of them were clad entirely in black, with a green seven-star emblem on their chests. The old man emanating an Emperor's aura wore silver robes, also bearing a seven-star emblem on his chest... but unlike the others' pale green, his was a striking bright blue.

Yun Che's heart clenched fiercely... The sect guarding the mountain path had mentioned that after confirming Su Ling'er entered Absolute Cloud Peak, the Seven Star Divine Palace's people personally ascended the mountain to search for her. Their number was precisely twelve!

These twelve people were none other than the twelve from the Seven Star Divine Palace, not one more, not one less!

They had actually pursued her all the way to the peak!

Wait... where's Ling'er??

Back then, he himself had been forced into Absolute Cloud Peak and knew clearly that it had only one accessible side, with the terrifying Absolute Cloud Cliff on the other. Once forced into Absolute Cloud Peak, one either had to fight their way out of the encirclement or be driven to the dead end of Absolute Cloud Cliff; there was absolutely no possibility of escaping from the other side of the mountain.

And with Su Ling'er's profound strength, it would be impossible for her to break through these twelve people. Since these individuals had already pursued her here, why wasn't Su Ling'er visible?

Yun Che's heart sank drastically. He no longer cared about anything else and plunged downwards... As he descended, the people from the Seven Star Divine Palace below also noticed him. The leading elder roared, "Who are you!"

Bang!!Yun Che landed heavily in front of them, his eyes dark and terrifying, his entire body seething with murderous intent. He let out a frenzied roar, "Where's Ling'er? Where is Su Ling'er? Where have you hidden Su Ling'er!!"

"Heh, you brat, you dare to yell at our Seven Star Divine Palace? Are you tired of living?" a Divine Palace disciple sneered with disdain.

The leading elder, however, sharply raised a hand, signaling everyone not to act rashly. From Yun Che's body, he distinctly sensed a dangerous aura. He slowly stepped forward and calmly said, "Who are you? Are you looking for Su Ling'er? Could it be that you intend to snatch her from our Seven Star Divine Palace...?"

Before he finished speaking, his vision suddenly blurred with a fleeting shadow. Before he could react, an incomparably terrifying aura enveloped him, and an iron-cold hand clamped down on his throat, lifting him off the ground.

"You..." The Divine Palace elder's eyes bulged, filled with utter horror. He was a dignified elder of the Seven Star Divine Palace, a third-level Emperor who stood proudly above Azure Cloud! Yet, in an instant, he was seized by the throat like an infant. In his terror, he tried to struggle, but to his shock, he found his profound energy suppressed by a force so immense and irresistible that he could barely use even a trace of it. As an elder of the Divine Palace, he could only hang in Yun Che's hand like a dead dog.

"Elder Duoxing!!"

The surrounding Divine Palace disciples all paled in shock, then charged forward in unison.

"Speak! Where is Su Ling'er... Speak!!!"

Yun Che's hand, gripping the Divine Palace elder, trembled, his out-of-control fingers digging deeply into the elder's flesh. His roar was like a thunderclap. The Divine Palace disciples charging forward were struck as if by a heavy hammer under this roar, screaming as they were sent flying backward. The six Sovereign disciples suffered ruptured organs, collapsed to the ground, spitting large mouthfuls of blood, unable to stand for a long time.

The Divine Palace elder's bulging eyes were on the verge of exploding from extreme terror. The pair of eyes before him were the most terrifying he had ever seen in his life, both pupils crimson as if they had just been steeped in fresh blood.

"Speak quickly! Speak!!!"

"Sh-she..." Immense fear and icy despair made the Divine Palace elder desperately utter a pained sound: "Sh-she... just now... jumped off... Absolute... Cloud... Cliff..."

Buzz—In Yun Che's mind, it was as if countless profound thunderbolts had exploded simultaneously. His nearly bloodshot eyes almost instantly turned grayish-white.

When he appeared on the peak and saw only the people from the Seven Star Divine Palace but not Su Ling'er, a terrible thought had flashed through his mind... that ending her own life would be better than falling into the hands of evil people. But he had instantly crushed that thought, because he didn't believe it and absolutely could not accept any harm befalling Su Ling'er.

But when those few cold words escaped the Divine Palace elder's mouth, Yun Che felt as if struck by five thunderbolts.

"No... No... Impossible..." Yun Che's face and lips instantly lost all color, and his whole body swayed. "Impossible... It can't be like this... Impossible..."

Suddenly, both his hands clamped down on the Divine Palace elder's neck simultaneously, and he roared like a madman, "You're lying to me! You must be lying to me!! Tell me... where is Su Ling'er?! You must have hidden her... Where is she, where have you hidden my Ling'er?!"

"Urgh..." The Divine Palace elder's throat bones shattered, his entire body convulsed, and dry, hoarse groans escaped his throat as his body gradually turned a deathly grayish-white.

All the Divine Palace disciples present knew the elder's strength clearly. Watching him held in Yun Che's hand like a small chicken, without even the slightest power to struggle or resist, none of them dared to step forward again. One Divine Palace disciple stammered, "This... senior, Elder Duoxing isn't lying to you. Su Ling'er... she really did jump."

"!!!..." Yun Che's murderous aura, like that of a blood-soaked, desperate beast, made all the Divine Palace disciples tremble uncontrollably.

"N-no... it's not our fault, we didn't want this either," another Divine Palace disciple stammered in panic. "We just wanted to get something from her, we never intended to harm her life. Who knew... who knew that as soon as she saw us, she suddenly jumped."

"Yes, yes, yes... we didn't even touch her. We didn't even have time to say a single word before she suddenly... jumped," the speaking Divine Palace disciple frantically pulled out an object. "This is the token she... dropped from her body when she jumped... Senior, please... look."

The small and exquisite wooden token in his hand bore an intricately carved character: "Su."

His last shred of hope and desperate wish were utterly shattered. Before Yun Che's eyes, the world spun.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!"All the blood in his body seemed to rush to his head at once. Yun Che's face became demonic, and he let out an ear-piercing scream, slamming his fist onto the head of the elder in his grasp.

Bang!!With a loud explosion, the Divine Palace elder's entire head instantly transformed into a shower of blood and gore.

"Aaaah—aaah!!!!"Boom!!Yun Che, acting like a madman, slammed the headless body onto the ground. Under the uncontrolled immense force, it was instantly smashed into dozens of unrecognizable pieces.

This gruesome and horrific scene terrified the Divine Palace disciples, who shrieked in ways they had never heard themselves before, fleeing frantically down the mountain. But they hadn't run far when the roaring of a devil, growing closer and closer, echoed from behind them.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!!!"Bang!!Bang!!!

How could their speed possibly allow them to escape Yun Che's grasp? Yun Che, who had almost completely lost his sanity, caught up to them one by one. He didn't use a sword or fire; instead, he brutally slammed his fists into their bodies. Each punch would cruelly smash a Divine Palace disciple's body into pulverized flesh.