“Why?” Yun Che asked in confusion: “What secrets are hidden there? Is it extremely dangerous?”
Jasmine's words undoubtedly showed that what was hidden under the Jueyun Cliff was definitely not an ordinary secret.
“It’s more than just dangerous.” Jasmine said sternly, “I can’t tell you what’s hidden under the Cloudless Cliff. But its horror is far beyond your imagination.”
Yun Che: “…”
Jasmine glanced at Yun Che and said in a slow voice, “I have not told you the source of darkness in the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave or the secret at the bottom of the Cloudless Cliff. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you or that I don’t trust you, but…”
Jasmine raised her head, her eyes becoming more solemn than ever before. “I originally thought that this world was just an ordinary one among the trillions of planets in the universe, or even a low-level existence. If I hadn’t known that the seeds of the Heretic God were stranded here, I wouldn’t have come here. But as I gradually learned about some of the things hidden in this world, I realized that this world is not only not simple, but also has a level of complexity and mystery that completely surpassed my imagination and even broke my cognition several times.”
“…” Yun Che was stunned.
“Once these secrets are leaked and known by the people in the Realm of the Gods, then this world you live in will fall into endless disasters.” Jasmine closed her eyes: “So, there are some things that only I should know.”
After a brief silence, Jasmine added softly, "I can't even tell you, so naturally, I can never let anyone else know."
Although he still had a thousand curiosity and doubts in his heart, Jasmine's words, especially her last sentence, made Yun Che no longer have the desire to ask more questions. The dissatisfaction and loss in his heart were also swept away. He nodded solemnly and said, "I understand! From now on, no matter when, I will never get close to Jueyun Cliff. Even if I go to Jueyun Cliff for special reasons, I will never try to find out the secrets below... I will definitely do what I promised Jasmine."
“Okay.” Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief… Yun Che had promised her something, and he had indeed never broken his word, especially when he risked his life to get the Netherworld Udumbara Flower for her, and endured the pain of separation that ordinary people would never be able to endure even in a hundred lifetimes.
"The Azure Cloud Continent is too far away. Even for me, it would take a lot of effort to go back and forth. And your profound strength has not recovered yet. What's the point of having another ten days... Humph, the engagement banquet, or I will take you to the Azure Cloud Continent after you have finished all these messy things, so that you won't be overwhelmed by the two women and waste my energy, humph."
Jasmine's tone was calm at first, but later on, she became quite angry. After she finished speaking, she put her hands behind her back and walked away with a sullen look on her face.
“…” Yun Che opened his mouth wide, looking confused. Jasmine had always been very serious, very cold, and aloof, but considering the situation during this period of time… it seemed that every time she suddenly became angry, it was when she talked about the woman next to him.
“Could it be… that I’m really… jealous…?” Yun Che’s eyes widened as he muttered to himself.
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A gloomy place shrouded in shadows.
“Ah…”
"Well…………"
“Uhhhhhhhhhh!!”
After the heavy gasps, there was a shrill roar. The entire Desolate Ridge trembled at the roar, and countless birds and mysterious beasts flew away in fear. In the center of the Desolate Ridge, a cloud of extremely dark smoke slowly rose.
Under the smoke, there was a figure holding a dark sword.
Fen Juechen was surrounded by black mist... and this black mist was several times deeper and thicker than before. The most terrifying thing was his aura, which was as dark as the nine netherworlds from hell.
The demonic blood in his body awakened.
He felt his own strength surging wildly, and his profound strength attribute also turned into a purer darkness. His emotions were on the verge of getting out of control several times during his awakening, but they were all suppressed by his extremely strong willpower.
With both of his hands, he tightly grasped the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, which was also shrouded in black mist—also the Moon Slaughter Devil Sword. He was breathing heavily, and blood was constantly dripping from his trembling arms… That was because his body had not yet been fully tempered by the awakened devil blood, and thus could not withstand the crazy surge of dark profound energy.
The blood dripping from his body was a terrifying dark red, not the bright red of a normal human.
“Xuanyuan Wentian…” For Fen Juechen, compared to the pleasure of the sudden increase in strength, the pain in his body would be nothing even if it increased tenfold: “The first person I want to kill… is… you!!”
Because Xuanyuan Wentian was the culprit that caused the destruction of the Eternal Night Royal Family!
The awakening of the devil blood continued, and the black mist on his body continued to rise, as if it would never end. The lingering black mist lingered above him for a long time, and gradually condensed into a grinning demon face...
Fen Juechen didn't notice that under the hilt of the Heavenly Sin Sword, a pair of dark narrow eyes slowly appeared, and then suddenly disappeared.
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Over a dozen days, Yun Che had made every effort to heal his wounds. The serious injuries he had received in the fierce battle with the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord had completely recovered. Even the huge amount of profound energy he had overdrawn had been fully restored yesterday. The dormant Phoenix Blood and Golden Crow Blood had also awakened by nearly 90%.
This morning, Yun Che woke up early and prepared to leave the Ice Extreme Snow Region... because today was the day Feng Hengkong had brazenly set for his engagement with Feng Xue'er at the Devil Sword Conference.
Yun Che did not go to Shenhuang City immediately, but arrived at Cangfeng Imperial City first. He originally thought that Cangyue would go with him, but was rejected by Cangyue.
"My dear husband, the monarchs of the other five countries will definitely be present in person, but I am not only the monarch of Blue Wind, but I am also your legal wife after all, and Sister Xue'er has an extremely high status in the Divine Phoenix. If I show up at your and Sister Xue'er's engagement party, the Divine Phoenix royal family will be somewhat uncomfortable. Therefore, it is better for me not to be there in person."
"However, I have already prepared the gift, and sent someone to deliver it to the Shenhuang Imperial Family a few days ago." Cang Yue smiled, without any jealousy or reluctance between her brows, but instead full of gentleness like water: "I will definitely be there on the day of my husband and sister Xue'er's wedding. If my husband and sister Xue'er are willing to choose the imperial city as the place of their wedding, it would be the best."
“Well, then.” Yun Che knew that Cang Yue didn’t want to go, nor was it for the sake of the Divine Phoenix Imperial Family. Instead, he took Feng Xue’er’s feelings into consideration. He hugged Cang Feng and said softly, “In two or three days at most, I will be back with Xue’er. When that time comes, I will take you all back to the Illusory Demon Realm. My parents will definitely like you very much.”
"Well, I've always wanted to see them, and also... the Little Demon Queen you always talk about." Cang Yue smiled and whispered in his ear.
Yun Che left the palace, flew into the air, and came to Jasmine's side. Jasmine did not even turn her head back, and said proudly: "Is the matter done? Then let's go."
After she finished speaking, she grabbed Yun Che’s arm with her left hand and split the space with her right hand.
Instantly, Yun Che’s eyes swirled. Before he could react, the scene in front of him had completely changed. From the Blue Wind Imperial City that he was familiar with, it became the Divine Phoenix City. Judging from the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce that was as high as the clouds in his sight, its location was still the central area of the Divine Phoenix City.
Its speed and precise location were no less than that of the ancient mysterious boat.
“When will I be able to do this?” Yun Che asked with envy in his heart.
“You? It’s too early.” Jasmine said unkindly, “It takes a lot of strength just to tear space apart. To travel through space, the consumption of profound energy is secondary. The most important thing is to understand the laws of space. The laws of space are completely different from the laws of other elements. To understand them thoroughly, it takes at least thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years of comprehension and practice.”
Yun Che glanced at Jasmine in frustration, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear… You are clearly younger than me!
“Go ahead and look at the atmosphere. Those ‘distinguished guests’ have almost filled up the Divine Phoenix City a long time ago.” Jasmine looked down and said lightly.
"You're not coming with me?"
"Not interested!" Jasmine snorted, and then added: "But I will stay in Shenhuang City."
“Oh.” Yun Che responded. With Jasmine’s temperament, she was too lazy to even meet the people around him, not to mention the engagement party that would surely gather countless guests. However, it was still early, so he was not in a hurry to go to Phoenix City immediately. Instead, he thought about it and asked, “Jasmine, there is one thing I have always been curious about. What kind of power do you usually use? From the time we first met to the previous Devil Sword Conference, every time you made a move, it was… well, you directly cut the target instantly. And even though the power was so great, I never felt any aura of profound energy.”
"Isn't your power the mysterious power? And something else... some kind of power at a higher level?"
From the first time I met Jasmine, she killed Xiao Zong's people, killed Yan Long, killed Jiao Long, killed Mu Tianbei... She cut the target in an instant, and the cut was extremely smooth. When she killed people in the Devil Sword Conference, a red line flashed by, and the opponent was torn into pieces... The momentum was terrifying, but the turbulence of the profound energy was almost unnoticeable.
Regardless of whether he was fighting with bare hands, Xuanyan, or heavy sword, every strike he made was earth-shattering and sky-shattering, with a deafening force that would cause the opponent's internal organs to rupture and their blood to boil, or he would simply smash the enemy to pieces with one strike of his sword... Compared to the force Jasmine used when she killed someone, it was completely different from the force she used, as if they were two completely different forces.
“Of course it’s profound strength!” Jasmine rolled her eyes at him, and then her eyes became somewhat darker: “However, my strength is not used for fighting or hurting people, but for killing people! Therefore, it is quite special.”
“…Murder?” Yun Che was stunned.
“The growth of profound strength is essentially the growth of the density of the profound energy in the profound veins, which can also be understood as the compression of the profound energy.” Jasmine explained calmly: “Every time a small realm is promoted, the profound energy is further compressed and dense. When it is compressed to a certain degree, a qualitative change will occur… which is the promotion of a large realm.”
Yun Che nodded slightly.
Jasmine raised her own hand. It was small and exquisite, and as delicate and flawless as white snow. Just by looking at this small hand, no one could imagine that it could release the power of destroying the world with just a slight wave of it. “And my profound skill will cause my profound power to be extremely compressed again at the moment of release, reducing the range of destruction but increasing the power dramatically.”
After saying that, Jasmine's small hand reached out into the air, and two iron blocks of the same size appeared in her hand. As her hand gestures changed, one of the two iron blocks turned into a square shape, and the other turned into a needle shape, and then she threw them simultaneously towards the bell tower in front of her.
BANG!!
Chi! !
The square iron pieces cracked the stone wall of the bell tower and then fell down, while the needle-shaped iron pieces pierced the stone wall directly and then nailed to the other stone wall.
"The two iron blocks are made of the same material and have the same weight. The force I threw was exactly the same, but the former only smashed the stone wall, which was equivalent to injuring the target. Although the latter did not cause such a big injury and even the momentum was much smaller, it killed the target directly!" Jasmine put away her tender hands: "So, do you understand?"
This is my star god power, and it also means that I am destined to have... bloody hands.
“So that’s how it is!” Yun Che’s face was filled with amazement. “In this way, releasing the same amount of profound energy can create even greater power. In many situations, it can also greatly reduce the consumption of profound energy. There is actually such a powerful and magical profound skill! Jasmine, you once said that you would teach me your ‘Star God Art’. Could it be that you are referring to this profound skill?”
Jasmine did say that when she mentioned it at that time, Yun Che was not too moved, but now, his face was full of expectation and excitement. But Jasmine's answer was to slowly shake her head: "A few years ago, I did think so. But during this period of time, I have changed my mind."
“Why?” Yun Che raised his eyebrows. “Could it be that with my current cultivation level, I have no way of practicing such a high-level profound skill?”
“That’s not the case.” Yun Che could even comprehend extremely high-level profound arts such as “The Great Buddha Art” and “The Heavenly Wolf Hell God Canon” very quickly. Jasmine certainly wouldn’t think that he couldn’t comprehend the Star God Art. She said slowly, “My strength is focused on ‘Instant Destruction’. Even my Star God Fragment is designed to cooperate with ‘Instant Destruction’. Your fighting style has always been fierce and unstoppable. Compared to me, it can be said that you are two completely contradictory extremes. Especially, you use a heavy sword as a weapon. Therefore, if I force you to practice my Star God Art, not only will it not benefit you, but it is very likely to distort your growth.”
“Don’t forget, your original intention in pursuing profound strength was to ‘protect’, not to kill!” Jasmine looked into his eyes and said firmly. Deep in her eyes, there was a hint of hazy color that Yun Che could not understand.
“…” The eagerness in Yun Che’s eyes gradually faded, and he nodded gently: “Yes, I understand.”
"Go ahead. Don't call me unless it's a big deal." Jasmine turned her back, closed her eyes and stopped talking.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Yun Che always felt that something was not right with Jasmine today.
Normally, although Jasmine always tried hard to act cold and aloof, it actually did not cause any pressure to Yun Che, let alone intimidation, because he knew Jasmine's character too well.
But today, Jasmine inexplicably gave him a feeling of... a "heavy" feeling. This feeling was not clear, and it was hard to describe. Jasmine's words and actions were no different from usual... but he just had this feeling inexplicably.
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