There are still a dozen days until the Seven Nations Ranked Tournament, and the flow of people in Shenhuang City is getting bigger and bigger every day. Why would the city gates be suddenly blocked at this time?
The most likely possibility was that Feng Chihuo, who had been ambushed, was so angry that after searching for most of the night and failing to find him, he was furious, so he issued an order through Feng Xichen to temporarily block the city gates, allowing only people to enter but not leave.
Yun Che took two steps back. After a few thoughts flashed through his mind, he suddenly sped up, forcefully knocked aside two city guards, and rushed forward.
“Stop him!!”
Yun Che's action was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Dozens of nearby city guards rushed over at once. Yun Che grabbed Dragon Fault and without even looking around, he swept his sword across. The violent power of the heavy sword was like a doomsday storm, sweeping the besieged city guards away fiercely. All of them were unable to stand up for a long time, and even the weapons in their hands were destroyed in an instant.
The sky was only slightly bright, and no one dared to act rashly in Shenhuang City, so the guards at the city gates were relatively weak. Although they had received the order to seal the city, the city gates were still wide open and not closed. After Yun Che cleared the obstacles, he rushed out of the city gate at a very fast speed, stepped onto the land outside the city, and then summoned the Snow Phoenix Beast and flew away.
"Hurry... hurry and notify Lord Chihuo." A fallen city guard screamed with all his might.
A quarter of an hour later, a wave of fire roared over the city gate, chasing the direction where Yun Che fled. It was Feng Chihuo. Feng Xichen's order to him was to assassinate Yun Che, not only not to let anyone know, but not even to leave any traces. But Feng Chihuo was obviously so angry that he even made a big noise in order to kill Yun Che completely. After all, being teased by a junior who was only in the Earth Profound Realm was an unprecedented shame. If he didn't kill Yun Che, he would not be able to get rid of the hatred in his heart!
The speed of the Snow Phoenix Beast was naturally much faster than Yun Che, so even if Feng Chihuo found the right direction, he would not be able to catch up in a short time. However, Yun Che was completely unfamiliar with the terrain outside Shenhuang City. The map that Cang Yue prepared for him only had the route from Cangfeng Imperial City to Shenhuang City, as well as the basic structure of Shenhuang City, but no terrain markings outside Shenhuang City. Whether he could find the terrain suitable for completely getting rid of Feng Chihuo depended entirely on fate and luck.
As a member of the Phoenix Divine Sect, Feng Chihuo must be extremely familiar with this area. At the same time, although the Snow Phoenix Beast is extremely fast, it will leave wisps of cold air wherever it goes, which can easily become a trace of tracking.
Under Yun Che’s control, the Snow Phoenix Beast’s speed increased to the extreme. It flew across the sky like a streak of lightning, and in the blink of an eye it was already dozens of miles away from Divine Phoenix City.
Along the way, Yun Che's face was calm and gloomy. The area near Shenhuang City was mostly empty, making it difficult to hide. However, after more than half an hour, he did not feel that he was being chased. However, Yun Che did not relax because he was absolutely sure that Feng Chihuo would never give up the pursuit. The main reason why he had not been caught up so far was that the speed of the Snow Phoenix Beast was not much slower than that of Feng Chihuo.
Yun Che couldn't help but think of Hua Minghai... In terms of the strength of his profound strength, he was not even one tenth of Feng Chihuo's, but his speed was so fast that Feng Chihuo couldn't even come close to him. If he could also cultivate what he called "Illusionary Lightning Extreme", he could easily get rid of Feng Chihuo.
His current body movement profound skill only had one, the Star God Shattering Shadow. Although the Star God Shattering Shadow was extremely mysterious, it was only limited to combat. Its existence perfectly made up for the biggest flaw of the heavy sword, allowing Yun Che to hold a heavy sword weighing tens of thousands of pounds and still move like a phantom. However, every time the Star God Shattering Shadow was activated, it was an instantaneous displacement over a short distance, and was definitely not used for normal high-speed movement.
To the southwest of Yun Che, a vast expanse of boundless chained mountains appeared in his sight. There were countless peaks in the mountains, and the tallest peak was a thousand feet high. With a thought in his mind, he changed direction and rushed towards the chained mountains. Soon, he rushed into the mountains like a meteor.
As soon as we entered the mountains, we felt an abnormal burning sensation. Several birds were startled and flew away in all directions... These birds all had red feathers and exuded the aura of fire all over their bodies.
A mountain range should be covered with green grass and the mountain breeze should be slightly chilly, but the deeper Yun Che went, the hotter the air became. There were also various trees and vegetation growing here, but the color of the vegetation was mostly red, and basically all of them released the aura of fire. Ninety percent of the profound beasts encountered along the way were fire-type profound beasts.
Could it be because it is close to Shenhuang City, or because the fire element in Shenhuang City is too strong?
After flying in the mountains for nearly an hour, there was still no trace of Feng Chihuo behind him, as if he had completely gotten rid of him. Yun Che slowed down, and then the Snow Phoenix Beast descended from the sky, descending to a height of less than a hundred feet, so that the overlapping mountains could cover his figure. At this time, Jasmine's somewhat low voice suddenly rang in Yun Che's mind: "This place seems a little unusual."
“Unusual? What do you mean?” Yun Che asked immediately.
"I originally thought that the scorching heat here was due to being in a volcano or an area with dense fire elements. But just now, I took a casual look and found that the unusually active fire elements here came from a huge profound formation hidden deep below... The entire mountain range is shrouded in this profound formation. If I am not mistaken, this huge profound formation should have been set up by the Phoenix Divine Sect, and it is at least eight thousand years old. At the same time, it also means that this mountain range should belong to the Phoenix Divine Sect's territory..."
"You seem to have entered a place that you should not have entered!"
"Boy, let's see where you can run this time!"
As soon as Jasmine's voice fell, Yun Che heard an angry roar in his ears. And the source of the sound... was actually in front of him.
Yun Che looked up and saw Feng Chihuo standing with his hands behind his back on the top of a low mountain in front of him. Although he was far away, he could still feel the rage surging from his body. Originally, Feng Ximing asked him, an eighth-level throne king, to personally assassinate a person in the Earth Profound Realm. He felt that it was an overkill and an insult to his status and ability. If Feng Ximing hadn't ordered it personally, he would never have been willing to take action. However, for such an extremely simple task that was insulting to his status, he actually failed to succeed after finding the target and struggling for half the night. Instead, he was defeated by the opponent's Sky-Destroying Thunder... During these few hours, Feng Chihuo's anger never subsided. If his body wasn't strong enough, his chest would probably have exploded dozens of times.
Yun Che was secretly surprised. If Feng Chihuo had caught up with him from behind, he would not have been too surprised, because Feng Chihuo was not only faster than the Snow Phoenix Beast, but also much more familiar with the Divine Phoenix Land than he was. But what surprised him was that Feng Chihuo not only appeared in front of him, but was already so close to him, yet he had not noticed it the whole time.
Jasmine knew what Yun Che was thinking, and whispered, “It looks like you’re going to be in big trouble soon. This profound formation, which is at least eight thousand years old, is definitely not that simple.”
Yun Che frowned, then he grabbed the snow feather on the back of the Snow Phoenix Beast and growled, “Xiaochan… Let’s go!!”
The direction of the Snow Phoenix Beast's flight quickly changed, and it turned into a white shadow at an extremely fast speed, rushing backwards. Behind it, Feng Chihuo's roar came: "Still want to run! Once you reach this place, even if you have a hundred lives, don't even think about escaping!"
The Snow Phoenix's speed increased to its maximum while its flying altitude rapidly decreased. The mountains around it quickly retreated and two adjacent narrow canyons appeared in front of it.
Yun Che glanced behind him and pressed down with both hands, forcibly suppressing the flying height of the Snow Phoenix Beast to less than ten feet. When it was close to the canyon, he activated the Frozen End Divine Art and instantly opened the "Frozen End Illusion Mirror", covering himself and the Snow Phoenix Beast at the same time, isolating their auras to a great extent. Then he stretched out his arms, released the Profound Gang and flew towards one of the canyons, and flew into another canyon himself.
This was his method of making the opponent confuse the direction of pursuit when he was being chased... It had worked every time and had never failed.
Behind him, Feng Chihuo was chasing at a not-too-fast speed, and in front of him, there was a strange fiery red profound formation that was slowly rotating. In the profound formation, there was a white dot that was slowly moving. Staring at this white dot, Feng Chihuo showed a playful sneer on his face… At this moment, his brows suddenly moved, because he suddenly felt that the moving direction of the white dot in the profound formation and the direction of Yun Che's aura were actually quite different.
"What's going on? How could the Phoenix Formation go astray?"
Feng Chihuo stopped and raised his arms. Suddenly, the red profound formation floating in front of him slowly expanded. As Feng Chihuo poured a beam of phoenix profound energy into it, the profound formation quickly rotated. Then, two clear pictures slowly appeared...
One picture shows Yun Che riding the Snow Phoenix Beast and flying quickly...
The other picture was... a streak of orange-yellow light flying at high speed.
The aura of Yun Che that Feng Chihuo felt… surprisingly came from this light and shadow. Its aura was exactly the same as Yun Che’s aura.
Looking at this beam of orange light, Feng Chihuo was stunned at first, then his pupils slowly shrank, and his face showed deep shock and disbelief. After a long while, two words of deep shock flowed out of his mouth...
“Xuan…Gang!!”
The Snow Phoenix quickly flew out of the canyon. At a glance, the highest peak of the mountain range was already in sight. It was estimated to be more than 1,500 feet high. Feng Chihuo did not catch up with him, but Yun Che did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he began to feel that something was wrong.
This feeling of being stared at by a pair of eyes all the time...what's going on?
Is it an illusion?
"Run, keep running, let me see how far you can run."
Feng Chihuo's voice suddenly came, still coming from the front. Yun Che's face changed slightly, and he looked up... In the sky less than thirty feet in front of him, Feng Chihuo was floating there leisurely, his eyes full of teasing, but Yun Che unexpectedly could not sense any murderous intent from him, and even his anger had dissipated a lot.
This time, Yun Che was completely certain that the feeling of being watched all the time was definitely not an illusion. The Feng Chihuo in front of him was clearly using some method to lock onto his movements at all times, and the method he used was most likely the “profound formation” that Jasmine had mentioned that covered the entire mountain range.
This time, Yun Che did not flee immediately. He looked at Feng Chihuo coldly and said, “Are you using the profound formation here to track me?”
"Oh? You can actually sense the Phoenix Formation here? Oh... I forgot that you also have Phoenix bloodline, otherwise, you would not be able to get in here." Feng Chihuo approached step by step and sneered: "Your ability to hide your whereabouts really surprised me. I didn't even see your shadow until dawn. If you fled in other directions, you might have been able to escape, but you broke into here... I have lived for a hundred years, and I have never seen such a perfect trap."
"Phoenix Formation? What on earth is this place?"
“This is the Phoenix Mountain Range, a place where my Phoenix Divine Sect trains and examines the younger generation of disciples.” At this point, Feng Chihuo was no longer worried about Yun Che escaping from his grasp. He said calmly, “Only those with Phoenix blood can enter here. Other humans who approach will be repelled by the Phoenix Formation. Since this is a place for training and examination, it is natural to monitor the every move of all training and examination disciples. And I happen to be one of the examination supervisors of this Phoenix Mountain Range. With the help of the Phoenix Formation here, I can keep track of everything here at any time, and even use the power of the Phoenix Formation to travel through space here.”
Yun Che: “!!”
“I knew it the moment you entered the Phoenix Mountains. However, you are much more cunning than I thought, so I didn’t take action immediately to prevent you from escaping the Phoenix Mountains. Instead, I let you go deeper… all the way to here.” Feng Chihuo stared directly at Yun Che and stretched out his hand: “You are now trapped in a jar. Don’t even think about escaping. But don’t worry, I suddenly don’t want to kill you, because you have something that is enough to interest the sect master and the four major holy places… Hehe, I didn’t expect that you are not only a bastard who stole my Phoenix bloodline, but also a demon from the Illusory Demon Realm! I saw clearly the Xuan Gang you used!”
“!!!” Yun Che’s expression suddenly darkened, and an extremely strong murderous intent flashed across his pupils.
After awakening the Xuan Gang, Yun Che's combat power undoubtedly increased dramatically, but in the subsequent battles, he never used the Xuan Gang. Even when he was almost forced into a desperate situation by Ling Tian, he never thought of using the Xuan Gang. Because ordinary people may not know Xuan Gang, but Tianjian Villa, which has a close connection with Tianwei Sword Region, is very likely to recognize Xuan Gang.
Xuan Gang is the unique magical skill of the Yun family in the Illusory Demon Realm. As the leader of the twelve guardian families of the Illusory Demon Royal Family, the Yun family is undoubtedly one of the biggest enemies of the Four Sacred Lands. The Illusory Demon Realm has long been demonized by the Four Sacred Lands. Once Xuan Gang is exposed, not only will the Four Sacred Lands come after him, but people from the Seven Kingdoms will also regard him as a "demon".
At that time, there would be no place for him in the entire Profound Tian Continent.
This would be a million times more serious than exposing the Phoenix Flame.
Yun Che clenched his hands, his eyes became icy cold. Before, he had used all his energy to escape. But now, he absolutely could not escape! The person who recognized his Xuan Gang... He must die!
No matter what, no matter how great the cost, he must be killed!
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