Against the Gods - Volume 10 - Snow Song Flame God

by Mars Gravity

  “Good boy.” A strained smile appeared on Huo Rulie’s face. Right now, this was the only solace he could find. He then shifted his eyes away from the Vermillion Bird projection, because Mu Xuanyin’s final struggle was growing unbearably weak. Her wounds seemed to be worsening with every passing breath.

  For a thousand years, he hated Mu Xuanyin to the bone and couldn’t contain himself. If this had happened before Huo Ye was saved, he might have taken some joy in her suffering but Huo Ye was saved and he was saved by Mu Xuanyin’s disciple, Yun Che, no less. He was already regretting his loss of sanity and ambush of Mu Bingyun back then and now he sincerely didn’t wish to see Mu Xuanyin perish underneath the horned dragon’s claws.

  Aoooo!!

  AOOOo!!

  The ancient horned dragon’s furious roars shook the very sky. By now it had succumbed to complete madness over its companion’s horrific death and the Inferno Prison around it had been transformed into a literal calamity by its power.

  Boom boom boom boom boom——

  Mu Xuanyin was knocked horizontally away by the ancient horned dragon and she barely covered herself in a layer of ice when she hit a corner of the Inferno Prison. By the time she flew swiftly across the licking flames and flew up suddenly to escape another burst of dragon flame, the ice had already shattered completely. Mu Xuanyin spat out three mouthfuls of dirty blood in a row and morning red dots were starting to cover every part of her body… Even her long hair had lost its ice blue color.

  The inheritors of the Ice Phoenix’s divine blood weren’t born with ice blue hair. It was a state of profound strength and life that appeared after they reached an extremely high realm.

  Right now, her ice-colored hair had turned completely dim. Almost half of it had turned back to the pitch black color she once possessed at the beginning of her life...

  It wasn’t just a countdown of her remaining profound strength but also a countdown of her remaining life… the moment her hair turned fully black was also the time of her death.

  “The poison has completely entered her body,” Yan Juehai said absentmindedly. He turned around to look at Yan Wancang. “Sect Master Yan… is there anything we can do at all?”

  Yan Wancang didn’t move, almost as if he hadn’t heard Yan Juehai’s voice. A while later, he muttered seemingly to himself, “The Snow Song Realm King is truly unfathomably powerful. She is covered in serious wounds… she has burned all of her divine blood… she has used up most of her blood essences… and yet she is still able to hold on to this moment…”

  “Still, this means that she will fight until the last drop of energy. Even if a miracle were to happen and allow her to escape… she would still be dead. Haah.”

  It was at this moment Yun Che suddenly opened his eyes. A flash of fiery red fleeted across his incredibly wakeful eyes.

  “I need a favor from you, Sect Master Huo,” Yun Che said in a low tone while staring ahead of him.

  “What is it?” Huo Rulie turned around.

  “Please send me to my master’s side, Sect Master Huo.” Yun Che sounded unusually indifferent, as thought he was saying something trivial.

  “What did you say!?” His words shocked Huo Rulie greatly, “Have you gone insane!? I repeat, your puny body will be burned to literal nothing before you even got five hundred… no, one thousand kilometers away from the battle site. Get close, you say? That’s absolutely impossible!”

  “I know.” Yun Che nodded. “That’s why I need you to protect me.”

  “I can’t do it!” Huo Rulie turned around and said unhesitatingly, “I cannot do it either. Forget you, if I get that close even I will perish for sure… I don’t have to tell you in the case I have to split my powers and protect you, right?”

  “Also, what can you do if you did get close? Are you planning to die along with your master!?”

  He could never forget the day his son, Huo Ye turned stupid and sneaked close to the battle site, hoping to feel a divine profound level battle with his own body a thousand years ago… and when he was about five hundred kilometers away from the battle site, he was struck by the shockwave of Mu Xuanyin’s frost power...

  At the time, Huo Ye had just gone through a heavenly tribulation and was at the first level of the Divine Spirit Realm… The breakthrough and massive increase in profound strength had also boosted his confidence to the point of arrogance, ultimately causing that tragedy.

  Chapter 1062: Star Restoration in a Dire Situation

  Hearing Yun Che’s words, Yan Wancang and others cast glances at him. They could only come to the same conclusion as Huo Rulie… that he wanted to go and die along with his master.

  But Yun Che said with a calm and cold gaze, “Dying along with her? I’m still sane enough not to do such a stupid thing! I want to go in order to save my master!”

  “As if that’s possible!” Huo Rulie roared. “Unless a Higher Realm King comes here to lend their help, no one can save your master! With your insignificant cultivation, you don’t even qualify to die trying such a thing!”

  Yun Che looked Huo Rulie straight in the eye as he said, “Three days ago, I accomplished something that you thought was impossible, something you couldn’t possibly believe.”

  “Just a while ago, I told you over and over again that there are two ancient horned dragons. I didn’t even hesitate to take a blood oath and even then, you didn’t believe me… Do you see how things have turned out now due to your unwillingness to trust my words?”

  “Your self-opinionated attitude has lead you to be ashamed again and again! So, what right do you have left now to assert that I’m not able to save my master!? You may not be capable of saving her but how can you assume that I’m also incapable of doing it?”

  Immediately, Huo Rulie fell into a daze.

  “A few hours ago today, you vowed solemnly and said it yourself that you owe me an enormous favor and as such, would gladly give me whatever I want or fulfill whatever request I make. Heh…” Yun Che let out a light laugh in ridicule, “I was a fool to have felt respect for you at the time. Huo Rulie, who would’ve thought that your words like ‘I’ll definitely return the favor’ and ‘surely do what I said’ were nothing more than a pile of crap!!”

  “You scoundrel!!”

  There was no one that would dare angrily curse at the distinguished Sect Master of the Golden Crow Sect in such a manner. Golden Crow Sect Elder Huo Rujin flew into a rage, “Little brat of the Snow Song Realm, you actually dared to abuse my sect master? Looks like you’re tired of living…”

  “Shut the hell up!!”

  Huo Rulie howled furiously, causing Huo Rujin to quickly take two steps backward in fear. Profound energy erupted from his body, directly splitting apart his sleeves and revealing his magma rock like arms.

  “I, Huo Rulie… may be a coward but I’ve never been a vile person who would go back on his word!” Huo Rulie exhaled heavily. “Alright! If you want to throw away your life… then I’ll follow along with you! At worst, I’ll lose my life!”

  “Let’s go!!” He lifted Yun Che up, after which a violent and stormy wave charged into the God Burying Inferno Prison.

  “Master!”

  “Sect Master!”

  “Sect Master Huo!!”

  Everyone present shouted in alarm but Huo Rulie turned a deaf ear. In the blink of an eye, his figure completely disappeared from their sight.

  As he possessed might at the Divine Sovereign level, his speed was terrifyingly fast, to say the least. Just the storm alone was enough to make Yun Che feel as if his body was being torn apart. Fortunately, Huo Rulie at once covered Yun Che’s body with his profound power, which helped the latter to gradually feel at ease.

  “Sect Master Huo, hurry up… Use your fastest speed!”

  They were three thousand five hundred kilometers away. That would require Yun Che at least a few hours, even if he were to employ all his might and could approach the place alive. That was not the case for someone of a very high cultivation lev
el such as Huo Rulie. Hearing Yun Che’s words, he gnashed his teeth and cursed, before sweeping ahead with his palm. His flames ripped space one after another as he passed through them, reaching closer and closer to his ultimate speed.

  The energy density in the region of the God Burying Inferno Prison was extremely fearsome and as such, Huo Rulie could only cover a very limited distance through ripping space. However, his speed was still extraordinary and incomparably fast and they travelled the distance of a thousand kilometers before long. At this time, Yun Che slowly raised his palm that was holding a blood-red jade stone.

  Huo Rulie immediately turned around his head when he felt the scorching hot aura of the jade stone, “Vermilion Bird Jade!?”

  At Divine Ice Phoenix Sect’s Great Sect Assembly several months ago, it was the Vermilion Bird Jade that was presented to Mu Xuanyin when the three sect masters of the Flame God Realm had "payed a visit”. It was straightaway given away to Yun Che!

  Yun Che had his eyes closed as his consciousness speedily submerged and then the Vermilion Bird Jade also disappeared from his hand.

  “Slap!”

  Inside the Sky Poison Pearl, Yun Che slapped the bottom of Hong’er, who was sleeping soundly at the moment. She jumped up shouting and said with a look of grievance, hands on her behind, “Master, wh-wh-why… did you hit my butt?”

  You little girl… Yun Che gritted his teeth in anger… Such a huge incident has happened outside and she’s still sleeping here so soundly!

  Phew… cool down! Don’t lose your calm! I can’t afford to offend this little devil.

  An incomparable warm smile surfaced on his face. Then, he displayed the Vermilion Bird Jade in his hand, “Hong’er, I’ve never spent time playing with you since I arrived in the God Realm. As such, I’ve always felt guilty in my heart and so…”

  “Wow! It smells delicious!!”

  The instant Yun Che finished his words, Hong’er’s eyes brightened like stars as she looked fixedly at the Vermilion Bird Jade in his hand. Soon after, a red light flashed before Yun Che… and his hand immediately felt lighter.

  Hong’er disappeared and so did the Vermilion Bird Jade!

  Crunch! Crunch!

  Hearing crisp biting sound from behind, Yun Che turned around to look at Hong’er biting a mouthful of the pieces of the Vermilion Bird Jade that contained a terrifying amount of energy. Three bites later, she swallowed down the whole thing.

  “~！@#￥%…” The corners of Yun Che’s eyes twitched… Why did I even try to come up with a way to coax her into eating it? That was completely unnecessary!

  “Heehee!” Hong’er narrowed her eyes as she spread out her hands, “It’s gone now… aah…aah…aah?”

  Yun Che had already vanished from her her field of vision by this time.

  “Hmm…” Hong’er waved her finger from side to side, with a pondering expression, “Why did he leave all of a sudden? Could it be that Master got angry at me?”

  “Sect Master Huo Rulie, how far are we from our destination?” Yun Che regained his consciousness and loudly roared.

  As they got closer to the central area, the intensity at which the sea of flames seethed and the turbulence of the energy storms became stronger by more than several times.

  “There’s still quite some distance left!”

  “Then be a bit faster! The faster the better! My master won’t be able to hold on for too long!”

  “Damn it!” Huo Rulie let out a loud curse. His flame power surged and directly cut open a ten meter long space crack, causing his travelling speed to become even faster.

  “Boy! Since you don’t intend to throw away your life, you should at least tell me what you’re planning to do first!?”

  No matter how hard he tried, Huo Rulie was unable to think of any method that Yun Che could use to save Mu Xuanyin.

  Yun Che slightly gritted his teeth in response but didn’t say a word.

  “Then can you tell me how confident are you to succeed?” Huo Rulie asked in aloud voice, while using all his might to travel through space.

  “Not at all!” Yun Che said in a heavy voice. “There’s only… a tiny possibility.”

  “What? You… what did you say?” Huo Rulie widened his eyes.

  “But it’s my master we’re talking about!” Yun Che clenched his hands into fists. “It’s the person who took the most care of me since the time I arrived in the God Realm. Even if the possibility is negligible… I still won’t sit idle as my master loses her life.”

  “...Tch! I don’t know what kind of enchanting method those women have used on you that resulted in you being so hell-bent on rescuing her.” Huo Rulie suddenly started laughing loudly, “It’s truly strange. I might end up dying because of you, which makes me very infuriated inside and yet, I still find you even more pleasing than before. Hahahaha… grab on tight!”

  Each and every time he ripped the space of the God Burying Inferno Prison, even someone as powerful as Huo Rulie needed to exert all his strength.

  When they were two thousand kilometers away, the howling rumble of the energy storm had grown deafeningly loud.

  When they were nearly one thousand five hundred kilometers away, the scenery around them changed its colors in every instant.

  At the time when they were close to the one thousand kilometers mark, the remnant waves of the unceasingly gushing energy and its force struck Yun Che’s chest, as if several heavy hammers were hitting him, inducing extreme pain in his body. Profound power surged from Huo Rulie’s arm, which was grabbing onto Yun Che and a light red flame barrier enveloped his entire body within, effectively cutting it off completely from external influences.

  The expression on Yun Che’s face quickly returned to normal and he said in an urgent voice, “Sect Master Huo, please hurry up!”

  They were about one thousand kilometers away at present. Huo Rulie had watched the battle many times but had never come so close to it. His speed didn’t decrease in the slightest and he pressed on further ahead as he carried Yun Che along.

  Very soon…

  Seven hundred fifty kilometers…

  Five hundred kilometers!

  An extremely frightening and shocking dragon roar resounded throughout the place and the energy storm that seemed like the harbinger of doomsday came to a standstill within an instant. It at least testified that Mu Xuanyin had yet to really lose her life. Huo Rulie gritted his teeth and poured even more power into the flame barrier around Yun Che. Afterwards, he continued to rush forward.

  Four hundred fifty kilometers…

  Four hundred kilometers…

  Three hundred fifty kilometers…

  Three hundred kilometers…

  Two hundred fifty kilometers!!

  Huo Rulie finally came to a halt and said in a heavy voice, “We can’t go any further ahead. Otherwise, if the ancient horned dragon suddenly changes its target to us, the two of us will definitely die, without a shadow of doubt.”

  The space in here was vibrating and warping intermittently. Huo Rulie used half of his energy to protect his own body and the other half to protect Yun Che… If the barrier around Yun Che’s body were to get canceled at such a close distance, he would be instantly exterminated and turn to dust.

  No, not even dust would be left. He would be straightaway reduced to nothingness.

  “That won’t happen!” Yun Che said with incomparable certainty. “Since Master killed its companion, it must be in a state of insanity, only thinking of doing everything possible to kill Master. It absolutely won’t give Master any chance of a breather by switching its target to someone else!”

  “Besides, you yourself are a mighty Divine Sovereign! This horned dragon and my master both seemed to have lost quite a bit of energy by now, so it won’t be that easy for it to kill you!”

  “F*ck!” Huo Rulie shouted abuse but still resumed rushing forward holding onto Yun Che. “I am in your hands anyways… and I can’t help but do it since you saved the life of my Ye’er!
Here goes nothing!!”

  As they drew closer and closer to the center of the bitter fight between the two Divine Masters, Yun Che felt an unprecedented and indescribably terrifying sensation, even though he was being protected by an extremely strong barrier.

  With them getting closer and closer to the battle site, even the flame barrier protecting him, into which Huo Rulie had poured half of his energy, had begun to rock intensely.

  “Sect Master Huo, how far can you do sound transmission from here?” Yun Che did his utmost to maintain his calm.

  “If it was some other place, it wouldn’t be an issue to do sound transmission up to several tens of thousands of kilometers away. Here, one hundred fifty kilometers is my limit due to the interference from the flame power of the Inferno Prison and the energy of the two Divine Masters!” Huo Rulie roared.

  Two hundred twenty five kilometers!

  Two hundred kilometers!

  “Alright! In that case, getting one hundred fifty kilometers away from them will suffice!” Yun Che said.

  Huo Rulie wasted no words and continued to move ahead. He rained curses in his heart: What the hell do you even mean by that? Suffice, my ass! You’re basically playing around with our life!

  One hundred seventy five kilometers…

  One hundred fifty kilometers!!

  BOOM!!!

  Countless pillars of fire burst out in the surroundings and one among them engulfed both Huo Rulie and Yun Che.. While landing on the ground, all of Huo Rulie’s hair exploded and his body got burned black in many places. One of his hands was on Yun Che’s body and another in front of him as he used his all his might to resist the remnant waves of the energy that was being generated by the two great Divine Masters. “We’re about one hundred fifty kilometers away from them now. Say what you want to do now! I won’t be able to hold on for long!”

  “Tell me the exact distance between them and their positions… It’d be best if the distance is exact to around three meters!” Yun Che asked.