Chapter 912: No Return Absolute Sword

"Oh? You only sustained minor injuries?" Observing Yun Che's condition, Xuanyuan Wentian's dark eyes widened in profound surprise, but his expression quickly shifted to a sneer. "Very well, this Venerable One will thoroughly enjoy watching you struggle!"

Xuanyuan Wentian's voice grew wild and unrestrained. As he unleashed his Divine Dao power, Yun Che's strength could no longer exert the slightest pressure on him. He let out a loud laugh, and the Eternal Night Devil Sword cleaved through the air. A dark sword energy, a hundred zhang wide, spanned space and struck towards Yun Che.

Yun Che's gaze sharpened. He leaped into the air, soaring a thousand zhang. As black light flashed beneath his feet, the sea below was instantly cleaved by the dark sword energy, forming a dark chasm. He raised his hands high, locking onto Xuanyuan Wentian's position. Flames blazed on his sword, and a Heavenly Wolf's roar echoed across the vast ocean.

"Phoenix—Heavenly Wolf Slash!!"

Chiiii!!!!

Space was ripped apart like silk, and the dense dark aura was violently pierced. The Heavenly Wolf's shadow pierced through several miles of space, striking directly at Xuanyuan Wentian's chest.

"Hmph, before this Venerable One's Devil God power, this meager strength is nothing but a joke!!" Xuanyuan Wentian didn't use his sword; instead, he directly extended his hand. A mass of black light collided with the Heavenly Wolf Flame Shadow. Amidst a sudden burst of piercing screams, the Heavenly Wolf Flame Shadow's trajectory twisted sharply, darting past Xuanyuan Wentian's side, then exploding behind him. The resulting power storm was quickly devoured by darkness.

Yun Che: "..."

"Do you see? This is the power of the Divine Dao, this is the gap between you and this Venerable One!" Xuanyuan Wentian extended three fingers, stained with black light, towards Yun Che. "Thirty breaths, within thirty breaths, this Venerable One will obliterate you into dark dust! Even if you use the Primordial Profound Ark, don't dream of escaping from this Venerable One's grasp!!"

"And then, that little phoenix!!"

"What you call 'infinite possibilities' and 'future' are nothing but jokes in this Venerable One's eyes!!"

Darkness surged. Xuanyuan Wentian streaked through the darkness as an illusory black shadow, rapidly closing in on Yun Che. The Eternal Night Devil Sword struck out again, unleashing a strange hexagonal sword energy that, upon reaching Yun Che, transformed into a massive dark sword array, stabbing directly at Yun Che's soul with a searing pain.

A look of struggle flickered across Yun Che's face. In the end, he chose not to meet the attack head-on, swiftly evading the sword array completely using the Star God Broken Shadow. Xuanyuan Wentian instantly re-locked onto his position, thrusting out a second sword. A spatial rift, like surging lightning, shot towards Yun Che.

Yun Che's figure flickered again, shattering into five afterimages, and reappeared fifty zhang away.

Boom!!Boom!!Crack!!

Xuanyuan Wentian unleashed five consecutive sword strikes, all missing their mark against Yun Che's elusive Star God Broken Shadow.

The core strength of Yun Che's profound art, the Evil God Arts, lay in its profound energy rampage. The heavy sword in his hand allowed his destructive power to reach its peak. Thus, what he never feared was a head-on clash. Normally, he mostly used the Star God Broken Shadow to compensate for flaws in his movement technique, leaving opponents with no escape and forcing them into a direct confrontation. This was the first time he had continuously used the Star God Broken Shadow to evade a head-on clash with his opponent.

Because just two sword strikes earlier had already inflicted considerable injuries upon him. The terrifying nature of Divine Dao power truly far exceeded his expectations.

"Flee?" Xuanyuan Wentian's face twisted into a sinister grin: "This Venerable One will see how you escape!!"

Xuanyuan Wentian suddenly reached out his palm, making a fierce grabbing motion towards the space where Yun Che stood.

In an instant, the space hundreds of zhang around Yun Che completely twisted, then converged upon his location amidst the distortion. Yun Che's expression instantly changed, for he clearly felt the space tightening, as if every part of his body was pressed by ten thousand jin iron plates. Even his breathing was severely impeded. He quickly tried to move, but his body merely swayed. The surrounding space suddenly contracted violently again, and the oppressive force on him instantly increased severalfold, rendering him unable to even lift his arms for a moment.

This... this was...

"At this Venerable One's realm, space is so fragile." Xuanyuan Wentian withdrew his hand and approached leisurely: "This is the Divine Dao power's interference with space, a mighty force you will never have the chance to touch in your lifetime!!"

"Let this Venerable One see if, in your despair, you'll also wag your tail and beg for mercy like those lowly ants! Hahahahahaha..."

Facing Yun Che, who was now a trapped beast, Xuanyuan Wentian burst into wild laughter. He swung the Eternal Night Devil Sword, and a three-zhang long jet-black sword energy, imbued with terrifying and unparalleled Divine Dao power, shot towards Yun Che, who was trapped by the spatial lock.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!!" Yun Che gritted his teeth and groaned, struggling with all his might. This lock was completely different from the 'Dark Prison' Xuanyuan Wentian had used previously. The Dark Prison forcibly restricted a target's mobility with dark devil aura, whereas what was now applied to Yun Che was a spatial lock purely achieved by powerfully interfering with space.

Yun Che had not been unfamiliar with spatial locks, but he had never endured such a terrifying one.

His profound energy surged madly throughout his body, yet it only allowed him to shift his body slightly to the side. Meanwhile, the dark sword energy had already pierced through space, heading straight for his chest.

Pfft!!!

The dark sword energy from the Eternal Night Devil Sword, which even the Heaven Smiting Sword couldn't fully disperse, fiercely slammed into Yun Che's chest. As black light exploded, a large spray of blood mist erupted, instantly dyeing most of Yun Che's upper body red, and pained groans escaped his lips.

"Hm?" Xuanyuan Wentian's eyes narrowed... because his sword strike, imbued with Divine Dao power, had clearly struck Yun Che's chest directly, yet it failed to pierce his body.

"What a truly resilient body." Xuanyuan Wentian slowly murmured, his gaze holding a hint of mockery, but his heart was filled with lingering shock and disbelief. He was certain that if his own body had been struck by that sword energy, it would have been pierced straight through.

Could Yun Che's body actually surpass this Venerable One's demonic physique!?

Absolutely impossible!!

"Then what about this sword strike...!"

Xuanyuan Wentian's lips stretched into a demonic sneer. A nearly hundred-zhang long jet-black sword energy suddenly burst forth from the Eternal Night Devil Sword. Subsequently, this sword energy began to rapidly contract, shrinking from a hundred zhang down to less than two feet.

Hiss... Sizzle...

The space around the jet-black sword energy let out a mournful wail, seemingly trembling in fear beneath the terrifyingly extreme power of this sword energy.

"Die!!"

Bang!!

The space around the Eternal Night Devil Sword completely shattered, breaking into countless spatial fragments. A jet-black sword energy, deeper than any abyss, cut through the broken space, carrying the aura of death as it shot towards Yun Che's chest.

Almost at the exact same instant, brilliant golden flame light suddenly erupted from Yun Che's body.

"Yellow—Spring—Ashes!!!"

Boom boom boom boom boom boom——

The Golden Crow's searing flames exploded madly, centering on Yun Che's body. With each roar, a layer of flame light burst outwards. The space, extremely compressed and locked by Xuanyuan Wentian's profound energy, was instantly forcibly incinerated through. Even the incoming sword energy, after piercing through over twenty layers of flames, was completely incinerated several zhang from Yun Che's chest.

"Oh?" Xuanyuan Wentian's pupils widened again, followed by a wild roar that was impossible to tell if it was from rage or excitement: "Yes! Struggle like this! Struggle to your heart's content!!"

Against the terrifying, wildly exploding flames, Xuanyuan Wentian charged forward with a roar. All the dark aura behind him instantly converged onto the Eternal Night Devil Sword, then, with a swing of the sword, transformed into a massive dark arc of light that slammed into the rapidly spreading sea of Golden Crow flames.

Buzz-boom!!

The exploding Golden Crow flames were instantly severed by the dark arc of light. From afar, it looked as if a blazing sun had been brutally sliced in half. Yun Che, who had just broken free from the spatial lock and exerted all his strength to release Yellow Spring Ashes, hadn't yet caught his breath when an overwhelming pressure descended from the sky.

Yun Che clenched his jaw fiercely, forcibly mobilizing his profound energy which had become utterly chaotic throughout his body. With a loud roar, he thrust the Heaven Smiting Sword upwards with all his might.

"Annihilating Heaven and Earth!!"

The vermilion heavy sword's aura surged upwards, fiercely colliding with the dark arc of light from the Eternal Night Devil Sword. The dark arc's power instantly weakened, but it was still too much for Yun Che's hurried strike to block. After a brief stalemate, the heavy sword's power disintegrated with a crash. Yun Che groaned, and like a withered leaf caught in a hurricane, was sent flying far away.

"It seems your struggles end here! This time... die for good!!"

Xuanyuan Wentian slowly raised his arm. An invisible sword intent silently resonated between heaven and earth. Then, he gently pushed the Eternal Night Devil Sword forward.

The world suddenly fell silent for a moment. All colors, sounds, and objects froze completely. Between heaven and earth, only a massive dark sword, as if from the depths of hell, pierced through everything... That jet-black trajectory seemed to have sliced the entire firmament in half.

The Sword of No Return, an ultimate sword technique that could only be unleashed at the highest realm of the Heavenly Might Absolute Sword, and the pinnacle of Xuanyuan Wentian's lifelong sword dao attainments.

Since the day he mastered it, no one had ever managed to dodge this sword strike.

This sword strike was simply too fast; so fast that even with Yun Che's vision, he couldn't detect the slightest trace of its trajectory. However, a fatally chilling sensation fiercely pierced his soul. His body, prior to his consciousness, almost instinctively activated the Evil God Barrier.

CRACK!!!!!!!!!

The instant the Evil God Barrier formed, the Eternal Night Devil Sword seemed to fly out from a void rift, slamming into the Evil God Barrier. Yun Che felt as if struck by lightning. His body, already in a state of backward flight, instantly plummeted like a falling meteor, and in an instant, he was carried dozens of miles away.

Hiss... Yun Che's teeth were almost shattered. All the power in his body was concentrated on the Evil God Barrier, and all the injuries on his body thoroughly ruptured. This seemingly simple sword strike carried a terrifying power he had never before witnessed. The moment it impacted the Evil God Barrier, Yun Che felt as if all the bones in his body had been completely shaken apart.

For a mere, negligible instant, he was directly sent flying fifty to sixty miles. In that same instant, countless cracks appeared in the Evil God Barrier, pushing it to the very brink of complete collapse. And the tip of the Eternal Night Devil Sword, now inches away, had already plunged violently into the barrier, less than five inches from his chest, and was still rapidly approaching.

This was the sword of the number one swordsman in the Profound Sky Continent.

It was also his ultimate sword strike, empowered by Divine Dao force.

That he could withstand this for even an instant with mortal strength was already a miracle worthy of being recorded in the Profound Sky Continent's history.

And in the next instant, he absolutely would not be able to hold on.

"Heaven—Breaking!!"

Yun Che clenched his teeth sharply, blood foam splattering from his mouth, as the fourth gate of the Evil God was activated.

BANG!!!!!!!!!

Profound energy surged, profound light erupted, and the Evil God Barrier's defensive capabilities instantly soared before exploding with a crash.

By this point, Yun Che had been carried nearly a hundred miles by the Eternal Night Devil Sword, his back less than ten miles from the Supreme Ocean Palace.

Under the shattered Evil God Barrier, the Eternal Night Devil Sword was finally, incredibly, grudgingly shaken away. A long trail of blood sprayed across the sky, carrying Yun Che straight down into the sea.

At this distance, the powerful experts of the Supreme Ocean Palace could clearly witness the scene.

"Big Brother Yun!" Feng Xue'er, her face pale with fright, screamed, forgetting everything else. Phoenix flames ignited all over her body, and she flew straight north. Feng Zuikui and Feng Tianwei hastily tried to stop her but only grasped empty air.

But before she could fly out of the Ocean Palace area, Yun Che's voice suddenly reached her ears: "Xue'er, don't worry about me. Protect Yuanba and the others well."

Although his voice was somewhat weak and pained, it was exceptionally calm. Feng Xue'er slowly came to a halt, gazing blankly at the vast sea that had swallowed Yun Che.

The Eternal Night Devil Sword traced a long black light in the air before flying back into Xuanyuan Wentian's hand.

"He actually forcibly blocked it," Xuanyuan Wentian murmured to himself, eyes narrowed, then let out a sinister laugh: "It seems he used some final trump card, but he must be close to death."

No sooner had his words fallen than he suddenly felt Yun Che's aura coming from deep beneath the sea, and it was moving farther and farther away.

"Hm?" Xuanyuan Wentian's dark eyes sharply narrowed: "He still has strength left... Heh, trying to escape?"

"This Venerable One will see where you run!!"

Xuanyuan Wentian's body plummeted, sinking into the boundless sea, directly pursuing Yun Che's aura.

In the vast deep sea, there was no discernible edge, no known destination, and no clear direction. Yun Che put away his Heaven Smiting Sword, pressing one hand against his chest, rapidly recovering from his injuries. His body parted the cold seawater as he fled at top speed towards the deeper parts of the ocean.

Behind him, Xuanyuan Wentian's aura suddenly enveloped the area and rapidly approached. His wild, unrestrained laughter pierced through the seawater and reached Yun Che's ears: "Yun Che, run to your heart's content, run for your life! But even if you flee to the ends of the earth, don't imagine escaping this Venerable One's grasp!"

...Yun Che didn't turn back. He sped up again, his entire body like a sharp sword, cutting through the heavy resistance of the seawater, rapidly plunging into the deeper ocean.

Behind him was Xuanyuan Wentian's increasingly heavy and sinister dark aura. When Xuanyuan Wentian had closed the distance to just a li, both had descended ten thousand zhang beneath the ocean surface.

Ten thousand zhang deep in the sea, there was complete darkness, not a trace of light. The water pressure here was enough to crush a profound practitioner into a paste in an instant, making it an utterly terrifying death zone.

And it was here that Yun Che, who had been fleeing deeper into the sea, suddenly stopped... The moment his body turned, a dense black light flashed in his pupils, and a faint, eerie smile crept across his lips, which were still slowly bleeding.