Against the Gods

“This is really     

unbelievable, you were actually able to forcefully comprehend the     

Phoenix Flame Techniques from the fifth and sixth stages of the [World     

Ode of the Phoenix] by utilizing your profound strength’s extremely     

strong affinity to fire, even under the situation where the concept of     

the phoenix’s flames’ power was severely lacking! Human, you astonish     

me.”    

“The core power of these two great realms lies in raising the     

power of the phoenix flame by a wide margin, yet all I did was merely     

comprehend the two great flame techniques; it really wasn’t anything     

impressive.” Yun Che said calmly.    

“No! The flame techniques of the     

two huge realms, ‘Empyrean Dance of the Phoenix Wing’ and the ‘Star     

Scorching Demon Lotus', are closely related to the concepts of the     

flame’s energy and are together as one. To thoroughly understand these     

two great flame techniques under these circumstances, I believe that     

even if the Phoenix was here in the mortal world, he would certainly be     

immensely astonished as well. Admittedly, this is related to the fact     

that you possess the Fire Seed of the Evil God and have an extremely     

strong affinity to fire; however, even if the Evil God was here instead,     

it would basically be impossible for him to do this in the short span     

of one month. Your astonishing comprehensive ability is sufficient to be     

crowned as the best in the present world.”    

This is the evaluation     

that the Phoenix Spirit had towards Yun Che. Being the spirit of a     

divine beast superior to the mortal world, it had never expected that it     

would give such an evaluation to a human one day.    

The jade that     

recorded the [World Ode of the Phoenix] slowly vanished in Yun Che’s     

hand, and the Phoenix Spirit’s voice sounded again: “Your time in this     

trial ground is reaching its end, and it’s time for me to send you out.     

However, before I do so, I should perhaps give you a special present.”    

Inside     

the pitch-black world, a golden light suddenly came flying and touched     

Yun Che on his forehead. Instantly, the scarlet phoenix imprint on his     

forehead appeared.. but the color had turned into a pure golden color     

from the previous scarlet color! Just like a cluster of burning,     

golden-colored flames.    

“This is…” Feeling the phoenix’s imprint of     

his forehead change color, Yun Che subconsciously touched his forehead     

and asked puzzledly.    

“This is a special power that I can only use     

once in my lifetime, but I never thought the day where I used it would     

actually come. However, as the one who carries the power of the Evil     

God, your future is destined to be extraordinary, and bestowing this     

power upon you is more than suitable. As to what kind of power this is,     

when the time of you using it comes, you will naturally know.”    

“Now     

then, let me send you out. Your friend, and that one Phoenix Clan that     

had been cursed by me are currently facing a great crisis, and only you     

can save them now… Now go.”    

As the Phoenix Spirit’s voice faded,     

the pair of huge golden eyes disappeared within the darkness, and the     

space in front of Yun Che’s eyes immediately distorted...    

——————————————    

When     

the seal formation had been temporarily opened, Lan Xueruo rushed out     

with her fastest speed, and understood the situation outside clearly     

with one glance. With her jade sword out, she rushed directly at the     

frontmost Black Demon mercenary. The seal behind her also quickly     

reactivated immediately after she exited the cave.    

Captain Black     

Demon was not around, and the three others with the power of the True     

Profound Realm - Black Tiger, Black Devil, and Black Wolf - didn’t seem     

to be around either; this was undoubtedly the best situation for Lan     

Xueruo. With her profound strength of the third rank of the True     

Profound Realm, it was fundamentally impossible for these Nascent     

Profound Realm villains to stop her.    

“That chick came out… Quick! Quickly go inform the Captain!”    

Seeing     

Lan Xueruo suddenly rush out, the closest squad was also caught     

unprepared. Before they even had the chance to act and stop her, all of     

the weapons in their hands were flicked away by Lan Xueruo… With Lan     

Xueruo’s strength, she could have easily killed the few of them with one     

strike of her sword. However, in her heart, there had never been the     

thought of killing people.    

The tent that stored the food was     

directly in front of her, and Lan Xueruo located it instantly with a     

single glance. Brandishing her jade sword, her graceful body swiftly     

drove forward like a butterfly fluttering through the flowers and broke     

through the barricade of a dozen and more people. She reached the tent     

in less than a few breaths of time before quickly removing the spatial     

ring that was on her left hand.    

However, at this moment, two     

blasts of dangerous gales suddenly came from both sides. Vice Captain     

Black Tiger and Black Wolf simultaneously jumped out from the back of     

the tent while laughing sinisterly; two Wolf Fanged Maces swung toward     

Lan Xueruo from both sides, and forced her to rapidly retreat. Behind     

her, Vice Captain Black Devil also hopped out from who knows where. The     

three of them readied their Wolf Fanged Maces, encircled Lan Xueruo, and     

laughed with incomparable obscenity.    

“I knew you would do     

something like this. Tsk tsk, we’ve indeed waited a long time for you.”     

Black Wolf licked the corner of his lip and looked at Lan Xueruo with a     

gaze filled with obscenity.    

“This woman is actually beautiful to     

such an extent that she’s actually worth dying for.” Seeing Lan Xueruo     

up close for the first time, Black Tiger’s saliva had already started to     

uncontrollably flowed out.    

“What are you spouting rubbish for!     

Let’s capture her first. This beauty may indeed be young, but her     

profound strength is no weaker than the Captain’s; you should more or     

less be a little careful!”    

Amidst a low shout, three Wolf Fanged     

Maces swung towards Lan Xueruo from three different angles. Lan Xueruo     

revealed a bitter smile; it had already been four days since she had     

drank anything. Even though her profound strength appeared to be     

unaffected, in actuality, under the long period of hunger, anxiousness     

and sorrow, her body had become utterly weak and unstable. Because of     

this, she could barely bring out half of her profound strength; even to     

the point of being unable to detect where these three had been hiding.    

Under     

normal circumstances, she would be still able to handle these three     

first rankers of True Profound Realm by herself, but in her current     

condition, it was almost impossible for her to escape, much less defeat     

them.    

Waving her jade sword and releasing her profound energy, she     

blew back the attacks from all three with a single strike of the sword.     

However, in doing so, she nearly lost her balance from the recoil.     

Biting her jade teeth, the golden glow in her eyes slight wavered as she     

consolidated all of her profound energy. She didn’t try to continue the     

fight but instead suddenly lept up before somersaulting in the air,     

with the intention of escaping their encirclement. However, the three of     

them seemed to have expected her actions long ago. Black Devil coldly     

laughed: “Want to run? Hehe, since you have come out, don’t think that     

you can just go back in… Heaven Rumbling Strike!”    

Black Devil     

jumped right after and ruthlessly swung his mace toward the airborne Lan     

Xueruo. Lan Xueruo used her sword to block the attack, only to stumble     

as she landed. At this moment, a wild and loud laughter came from behind     

her back: “Hahahaha! Excellent! How excellent! I have indeed not waited     

in vain for this past month; the beauty has delivered herself to the     

doorstep, Hahahaha!”    

This voice gave Lan Xueruo’s heart a sudden chill, because this was clearly Black Demon’s voice.    

As     

the voice just faded, another blast of violent wind suddenly came from     

her rear. Lan Xueruo had no place to dodge, there wasn’t even enough     

time to swing her sword; she could only forcefully intercept it with a     

backhand swing.    

Poof!!    

Completely exhausted of profound     

energy, while also under the condition of being sneak-attacked, how     

could the current Lan Xueruo possibly withstand a blow from Black Demon     

from her rear. Her delicate and frail body was directly blown away, and a     

trace of blood slowly flowed down the corner of her mouth.    

Contrary     

to expectations, Black Demon was actually stunned. He had exchanged     

blows with Lan Xueruo previously and was even injured by her stab; in     

his heart, he was still more or less fearful of her, which was why he     

had chosen such a despicable sneak attack. However, he did not expect     

that this blow would actually result in such an impressive outcome.     

While looking at Lan Xueruo who was slowly wiping off the blood at the     

corner of her mouth, Black Demon drew closer step-by-step, and laughed     

while grinning hideously: “Hehe, little beauty, you can’t escape this     

time anymore. Obediently follow me back and be my wife; I promise that     

you will be able to live and eat well. When that time comes, wouldn’t     

releasing everyone inside just be a matter of a word for you.”    

Lan     

Xueruo stood up from the ground, her beautiful eyes were cold as ice,     

yet her heart was instead overwhelmed with grief: Never would I have     

thought that my noble body, would actually be forced into an almost     

despairing state by bunch of substandard villains. She did not say a     

word; after placing her jade sword in front of her body, she prepared     

for the final life-and-death struggle.    

“Tsk, what a tough nut to     

crack.” Black Demon squeezed his chin with his fingers, smiling more and     

more dangerously as he moved closer and closer to Lan Xueruo: “It seems     

that you won’t be obediente unless I knock you out. When the time     

comes, and you wake up to find yourself stripped naked, let’s see if you     

can still act so tough.    

All of the the surrounding Black Demon     

Mercenaries let out a wave of obscene laughter. Black Demon also took a     

big step forward, and horizontally swung the Wolf’s Fanged Club towards     

Lan Xueruo.    

Clang!    

Clang!    

CLANG!!    

Lan Xueruo     

gritted her jade teeth and blocked Black Demon’s attacks with all her     

strength. The first block, she retreated a big step back; and for the     

second block, her right arm felt a wave of numbness, nearly causing her     

to fall down; as for the third block, she was directly thrown onto the     

ground, and the jade sword in her hand was also blown far, far away.    

“Hehehehe,”     

Black Demon threw the Wolf Fanged Mace behind him and rubbed his hands     

together as he walked towards the fallen Lan Xueruo. In the midst of his     

lewd laughter, he grabbed at her with one hand.    

Scree~~~~~~~    

It     

was at this moment that a loud, ear-piercing phoenix cry suddenly     

resounded near their ears, and made their ears ring for a moment. Black     

Demon’s entire body also completely froze, and stopped his movement.     

Before he was even able to react, he saw a huge flaming figure suddenly     

breaking through the seal of the cave; it rushed directly at them while     

carrying a scorching heatwave.    

That flaming figure.. was like a miniature phoenix spreading it wings and dancing in the breeze!    

Wait a minute… Phoe… Phoenix?    

Everyone’s     

eyes instantly stared wide open with mouths agape. Whereas this     

“Phoenix”, after breaking through the seal formation, came flying down     

toward Lan Xueruo’s position like a comet falling at extreme speed.    

BOOM!!!!    

The phoenix crashed into the ground, triggering a blazing explosion that measured over fifty meters in diameter.    

Black     

Demon, Black Tiger, Black Devil, Black Wolf and all the Black Demon     

Mercenaries nearby were all blown away by the waves of flame, and nearly     

lost consciousness before frantically rolling on the floor screaming as     

they tried to extinguish the flames burning on their body.    

Black     

Demon had been blown several tens of meters back. He stood up with     

difficulty before using all his might to slap away the flames on his     

body, and wildly howled: “WHO! WHO IS IT!!”    

Just as he shouted,     

his eyes suddenly opened wide... because as the red glow of the flames     

slowly faded, he discovered countless corpses laid before his eyes.     

Within the radius of the blazing explosion just now, everyone under the     

fifth level of Nascent Profound Realm had died on the spot. Some bodies     

had been blown into bits, dying without their body parts intact, while     

some bodies were still burning ferociously, and slowly became charred     

corpses that were too gruesome to behold.    

As the red glow from the     

flames slowly faded, at the core of the explosion, Yun Che was hugging     

Lan Xueruo’s waist and embraced her weak body with the gentlest of     

movements. His body was also covered in a layer of a faint red blaze,     

yet it did not cause even the slightest of burns to Lan Xueruo’s body or     

clothes. As he looked at her deathly-white face and the trace of blood     

at the corner of her mouth, he keenly sensed the deep feeling of     

weakness come from her body, Yun Che’s heart throbbed with pain as he     

gently said: “Senior Sister, sorry, I’m late…”    

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