Chapter 964: Strong Battle Ji Hanfeng

Yun Che was like an anomaly created by the heavens in the mortal world. His appearance consistently shattered people's understanding, whether in the Azure Cloud Continent or the Illusory Demon Realm.

Now, in the God Realm, it was still the same.

Yun Che's sword strike was like a thunderclap striking everyone's souls, leaving them stunned and speechless for a long time.

His defeat of Li Mingcheng had already left everyone in disbelief. Now, his profound energy had surged again, and with a single sword strike, he had actually forced Ji Hanfeng back!

Ji Hanfeng was a formal disciple of the Frozen Snow Hall, having cultivated there for nearly twenty years. His qualification to oversee today's assessment for new disciples was sufficient to demonstrate his strength and seniority within the hall.

Yet he had been forced back by a single sword strike from someone participating in today's Frozen Snow Hall assessment, a person whose profound energy was only at the Sovereign Profound Realm!

The impact of this scene was indescribable. Almost everyone felt as if they were in a dreamlike daze.

Ji Hanfeng, who had hastily retreated, tumbled a hundred yards away. The lingering feeling of dread was still present when he landed. While shocked, he also felt immense humiliation. He had been forced back by a single sword strike from someone he had previously regarded as a joke... it was an utter joke!

No matter how unwilling or disbelieving he was, he dared not underestimate Yun Che anymore, for the terror of that sword strike was still vivid in his mind.

Ji Hanfeng gritted his teeth, reached out, and pulled a nine-foot-long silver spear from his spatial ring. The weapon shimmered with a silver light like snow and frost, and the moment it appeared, it was accompanied by a loud dragon's roar.

"Dragon Collapse Spear!" Several Frozen Snow Hall disciples cried out in surprise simultaneously.

As a formal disciple of the Frozen Snow Hall and the overseer of this assessment, he actually revealed the Dragon Collapse Spear when facing Yun Che. Clearly, Ji Hanfeng had developed a deep wariness towards Yun Che!

"Yun Che, are you very pleased with that sword strike?" Ji Hanfeng's eyes were gloomy, and his words were gritted: "I will... return it to you tenfold immediately!"

"No matter how much a piece of trash from the lower realms struggles, it will always be trash!!"

With a roar of release, Ji Hanfeng gripped the Dragon Collapse Spear. Instead of leaping into the air, he moved like an arrow, the spear's glow intensifying with almost every step. Then, with a loud roar and a heavy stomp, the Dragon Collapse Spear shot towards Yun Che.

In that instant, the ground beneath his feet turned into dust. The Dragon Collapse Spear released an incredibly loud dragon's roar, and the entire spear seemed to transform into a silver true dragon, lunging towards Yun Che with endless draconic might.

Under this dragon's roar, all profound practitioners present felt their blood and profound energy slightly stirring, and their hearts abruptly contracted.

The combined power of Ji Hanfeng and the Dragon Collapse Spear was truly terrifying!

The same thought flashed through everyone's minds: How could Yun Che possibly withstand such an attack?!

Yun Che's brows furrowed, and veins bulged on his arms. Under the power that startled all profound practitioners present, not only did he not retreat a single step, but he suddenly forced himself forward. The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword directly met the Dragon Collapse Spear with a powerful strike.

CRASH!

As spear and sword clashed, a metallic roar echoed throughout the main hall of the Frozen Snow Hall. Centered on their positions, all the divine stones beneath their feet were violently flung away and shattered.

Both men's feet sank deep into the ground, yet neither took a single step back. Ji Hanfeng gripped the Dragon Collapse Spear tightly with both hands, his eyes wide with disbelief, many times stronger than before: "You... you actually..."

This spear strike carried the anger and humiliation from being forced back by Yun Che's previous sword. Not only had he revealed the Dragon Collapse Spear, but he had also unleashed it with full power, holding nothing back, wishing he could smash Yun Che directly into dust.

Yet a spear strike unleashed with his full power had actually been withstood by Yun Che... and it was a complete frontal block, without any fancy moves!

"HAAAHH!!"

With a roaring release, Ji Hanfeng pulled back his spear, then abruptly reversed direction and thrust it again. Yun Che's sword also fiercely swept upwards.

CLANG!

The Dragon Collapse Spear and the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword clashed again. Under a sky-shaking roar, both men were simultaneously sent flying by the immense force. Yun Che lost his balance, but Ji Hanfeng twisted in mid-air, and his spear, imbued with extreme cold, swept downwards.

"Snow Burial Sandstorm!!"

A heavy sword was naturally far less nimble than a spear, and Yun Che could not perfectly wield the newly transformed Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. Before Yun Che could even position his sword to block, he was severely struck by the spear's glow and immediately sent flying backward, skimming the ground. He forcibly suppressed the churning blood and energy throughout his body and quickly stopped himself by thrusting the sword tip violently into the ground, creating a grating screech as the tip plowed the earth.

Almost the instant he stopped himself, Ji Hanfeng had already lunged overhead, his spear like a dragon, smashing directly downwards.

Yun Che did not look up. His arms instantly swelled to three times their normal thickness, and his joints crackled explosively. The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword blasted upwards with full force, and the catastrophic roar it produced completely overshadowed the Dragon Collapse Spear's dragon cry.

Yun Che had just been swept away by his spear; even if not severely injured, his blood and energy would be in disarray. His pursuit was as fast as lightning. Ji Hanfeng never dreamed that Yun Che, who had barely stabilized himself, could instantly launch a counterattack, and that the sword's might coming at him would be no weaker than before.

BOOM!

The ground beneath Yun Che's feet cracked open again, and his legs sank almost completely into the ground. Ji Hanfeng, unable to find leverage in the air, was sent flying backward like a leaf caught in a gale.

Yun Che did not pursue. Instead, his sword suddenly sank, hitting the ground, and it took a while before he lifted it again. His breathing also finally became heavy.

Ji Hanfeng landed heavily, stumbling back over a dozen steps from the residual force, looking quite disheveled. His blood and energy were churning uncontrollably. But seeing Yun Che's state, he instead laughed: "So that's it, you are completely relying on that sword... Heh, that sword is very heavy, isn't it? I just wonder how many more times you can hold on!!"

Yun Che: "..."

Ji Hanfeng's words indeed struck Yun Che's weakness.

The profound energy cultivation gap between Yun Che and Ji Hanfeng was truly too vast. It was not merely a difference in major realms, but an insurmountable chasm in the Divine Path. Even with the amplification of the Evil God Arts and his far-beyond-normal physical strength, it was still impossible for him to compare with Ji Hanfeng, a Divine Origin Realm level six practitioner. Only by relying on the formidable power of the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword could he briefly contend with him.

But after Hong'er devoured the Eternal Night Devil Sword, while the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's power greatly increased, its weight also surged. A weight of nearly ten million jin was simply beyond what Yun Che could currently wield. Under normal conditions, even picking it up was exceptionally difficult; even in his Purgatory state, he would reach his limit after thirty empty swings.

Not to mention the current full-strength death match.

Although he had only unleashed three sword strikes in total just now, Yun Che's arms were already slightly numb, and his breathing was heavy.

"Let's see... how much longer you can struggle!"

Ji Hanfeng quickly calmed his qi and blood, then lunged forward.

Clang! Boom!

BOOM!!!

The ground exploded, shattered stones flew, and the entire hall faintly trembled. The sound of spear and sword clashing was like a divine bell constantly tolling between heaven and earth. And each roar seemed to strike everyone's hearts.

The new disciples who had just passed the assessment all turned pale, continuously retreating further and further back. They vaguely felt that if they didn't move further away, merely the roars, imbued with what seemed like divine power, would cause them internal injuries.

That Ji Hanfeng was so powerful, they could still accept, but Yun Che... was actually this powerful.

They believed that even if they completely drained and released all their profound energy at once, they could not produce such terrifying power. Yet Yun Che, sword strike after sword strike... what secret method was he using, or what kind of monster was he, to unleash such terrifying divine might with a body only at Sovereign Profound Realm Level Five?

Especially those profound practitioners who were in the same assessment group as Yun Che, in their astonishment, remembered how they had previously viewed Yun Che as a joke, acting like powerful figures, and had even burst into wanton laughter several times. They all felt somewhat ashamed.

Mu Xiaolan, who had always regarded Yun Che as a weakling from the lower realms, was completely stunned. For a moment, she was utterly speechless. Even she would find it difficult to withstand Ji Hanfeng's full-powered Dragon Collapse Spear, yet Yun Che had withstood it again and again!

Mu Fengshu's expression changed repeatedly, the anger in her heart long replaced by increasing shock. At the same time, she began to realize that Li Mingcheng ambushing Yun Che first... might not have been a baseless claim.

"Zhimou, what exactly happened earlier? Tell me everything, from start to finish!" Mu Fengshu suddenly called out to a Frozen Snow Hall disciple on her right.

The Frozen Snow disciple named Zhimou's soul trembled. He quickly replied, "To answer the Hall Master, previously... in the Ice Profound Realm assessment, Yun Che took first place. Li Mingcheng questioned Yun Che's cheating and proposed a sparring match to verify, and the result... the result was that Li Mingcheng lost. Then... then..."

Zhimou paused, gritted his teeth slightly, and continued: "Then Li Mingcheng suddenly ambushed Yun Che, directly thrusting his sword at a vital point, but unexpectedly Yun Che countered..."

"Bastard!!" Mu Fengshu's face darkened, and she cursed angrily. Zhimou quickly lowered his head: "Please calm your anger, Hall Master."

"No matter the reason, anyone who dares to injure Mingcheng to this extent must pay with their life!" Mu Fengshu whispered grimly.

BOOM!

Another loud bang. Two immense forces exploded in the air, and two figures were simultaneously sent flying from the center of the storm. Yun Che landed far away, his body abruptly going limp, and the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword also heavily embedded itself in the ground.

Yun Che leaned on his sword, sweat pouring down his body, panting heavily. After clashing with Ji Hanfeng for twenty consecutive sword strikes, under the immense burden of the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword, his entire body felt soft and weak, and his arms were completely numb. That last sword strike had almost drained his remaining strength, and as his body slumped, he could barely even pick up the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword again.

"Haa... haa... haa..." Ji Hanfeng's breathing was equally heavy and ragged, and his chest rose and fell violently, but his remaining strength far surpassed Yun Che's. Seeing Yun Che's current state, his eyes widened, and he let out a wild laugh. Giving Yun Che no chance to catch his breath, he gathered all his strength into the Dragon Collapse Spear and thrust it directly at Yun Che's glabella.

"Oh no!!" Mu Sushan's hands clenched, and his expression suddenly changed.

Because Ji Hanfeng's spear strike was clearly a killing blow, leaving no room for escape!

And Yun Che was clearly exhausted; he couldn't possibly withstand it again.

"Die!!"

He could almost see his spear piercing directly through Yun Che, and a surge of intense satisfaction churned within Ji Hanfeng. But just then, following the direction of his spear tip, he saw Yun Che slowly lift his head, a sinister, ferocious grin appearing on his lips.

A chill, whose origin was unknown, suddenly assailed his soul, causing his entire body to stiffen and his movements to slow.

BOOM!

A turbulent surge of air suddenly exploded from Yun Che's body. Ji Hanfeng, who was about to reach Yun Che and was channeling all his profound energy, trembled violently. He was actually repelled directly by this surge of air, retreating hastily. In his terror, he looked up and saw Yun Che slowly rise, his hands gripping the hilt of the crimson greatsword. Violent crimson profound energy swirled around him, and his eyes had taken on a terrifying blood-red hue.

In his ears, Yun Che's voice, sinister as a demon, resounded: "I have already crippled one... I don't mind crippling another!!"