Against the Gods - Volume 10 - Snow Song Flame God

by Mars Gravity

  “F*ck, you little...” Huo Rulie firmly gnashed his teeth and released his mental strength to its limit. Afterwards, he quickly stretched out his hand and placed the tip of his finger at the center of Yun Che’s brows. “This is the distance between them and their positions! However, they’re constantly on the move.”

  “Alright!” Yun Che lowered his brows. “Now at once contact Master with sound transmission. Using soul voice would be best in this scenario!”

  BOOM!!

  A formless blast of air came from distance and brushed past Huo Rulie’s chest, causing his face to turn pale as he almost vomited blood. “Hurry up! Place your fingertip on my forehead and do it yourself! I won’t be able to persevere for much longer!”

  Yun Che swiftly reached out his hand and placed his fingertip between Huo Rulie’s brows. A wisp of soul voice transferred within Mu Xuanyin’s soul in no time through Huo Rulie’s enormous mental strength.

  “Master! You need to hold on. Disciple will soon arrive at your side! Don’t curse at me and tell me to leave and properly listen to what I have to say…When this disciple’s soul voice breaks off, you need to silently count up to five breaths. Then, a small-sized profound ark will appear around you, which you have to immediately envelope with your energy. Subsequently, I… disciple will come out of the profound ark and create the opportunity for Master to be able to kill it!”

  “Believe in this disciple!!”

  Without waiting for Mu Xuanyin’s reply, Yun Che’s soul voice discontinued all of a sudden. Inside the protection barrier, he was holding Primordial Profound Ark in his hand, which quickly enlarged to around three meters.

  “Sect Master Huo, don’t cancel the barrier and immediately leave here once this profound ark disappears!”

  “If I manage to stay alive… I’ll definitely repay this favor!!”

  With that, his entire body disappeared as he entered the primordial profound ark.

  The world within the primordial profound ark regained some vitality when the energy of the Vermilion Bird Jade was poured into it.

  But, he had no idea whether the energy of the Vermilion Bird Jade was enough for the profound ark to travel one hundred fifty kilometers while carrying him… He wasn’t even sure whether it would be able to move in the first place.

  As the ancient profound ark had to move while carrying an enormous world, it consumed an extremely large amount of energy and its requirement for the level of the energy source was also extremely high… In the Primordial Era, it was a profound ark that belonged to the god race so it naturally needed a god level energy source.

  Previously, the energy of the Golden Crow Jade was poured into it, which got exhausted soon after his journey to and from the Azure Cloud Continent.

  Later on, he didn’t use the primordial profound ark and that remained unchanged even when he arrived at the God Realm. He never believed that the primordial profound ark would be able to travel through the space of the God Realm before finding a suitable energy source.

  When the Golden Crow Jade acted as the energy source, it was simply unable to travel through the dark space of the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest and the dark world under Cloud’s End Cliff. The space of the God Realm would be even more tenacious in comparison, so it would be only right to assume that it wouldn’t be able to travel through the space here when using an energy source of the same level.

  The Vermilion Bird Jade was clearly an energy source of the same level as the Golden Crow Jade. At the time he obtained it, he was thinking of using it as the energy source for the Primordial Profound Ark when he went back to the lower realm.

  But right now… there was no other choice left with him! He could only bet on it!

  Inside the world of the profound ark, Yun Che was standing with the Heaven Smiting Sword in his hand. He was silently counting in his heart as he thought: Primordial Profound Ark, you’re a divine object that belonged to the Sword Spirit God Clan! I beg you to put in some effort to move yourself… It’s only one hundred fifty kilometers you need to travel from here. Even if it leads to the total consumption of the Vermilion Bird Jade’s energy, you have to make sure to carry it through!!”

  Otherwise… if I die here, you’ll die too! Even if I survive, I’ll still smash you into pieces!!

  Two breaths…

  Four breaths…

  Five breaths!!

  All of a sudden, the space outside switched over in an instant.

  Did it succeed?

  Yes, it did!!!

  At this moment of fear, due the intact power of the Vermilion Bird Jade and perhaps Yun Che’s conviction too, the Primordial Profound Ark successfully executed its first spatial travel in the God Realm.

  Although it only traveled the short distance of one hundred fifty kilometers, it was no different from a brilliant miracle to Yun Che.

  If it was possible, the best outcome would definitely be him having Mu Xuanyin enter the Primordial Profound Ark and leaving for some far away place from here… But Yun Che didn’t dare harbor such an extravagant hope. His gambling had just begun.

  The instant it succeeded in switching over space, Yun Che activated “Rumbling Heaven,” causing his profound strength to reach its limit. Grabbing the Heaven Smiting Sword in his hand, he rushed out of the primordial profound ark, charging straight to the center of the battle of the two great Divine Masters—a terrifying place where his existence could get thoroughly erased in a split second. However, he showed no hesitation to do so, because he believed in Mu Xuanyin and he himself believed that the latter would believe in him too!

  When the Primordial Profound Ark appeared, a huge frost barrier enveloped it… which was formed by the last bit of Mu Xuanyin’s power.

  As primordial divine object, Yun Che was sure that it wouldn’t get destroyed that easily. The one who needed the protection wasn’t the Primordial Profound Ark but him.

  When Yun Che rushed out of the profound ark, he got immediately enveloped in a frost crystal. The first thing he saw was Mu Xuanyin’s eyes. She had directly bumped into him and her bloodstained palm firmly held onto his shoulder. Apparently, she had poured all her remaining energy into the frost crystal protecting him.

  “You…” She wanted to angrily scold him but there was no way that the ancient horned dragon, who was currently running amok, would give them the time for that. When Mu Xuanyin had exerted all her strength toward the primordial profound ark and Yun Che, the ancient horned dragon had also let out a bellow and swooped over to them. Frightful flames curled around its huge claws as it ruthlessly smashed them down in their direction.

  It didn’t take long for Yun Che’s outer clothing to get dyed in red by Mu Xuanyin’s blood. In the face of the hot pursuit from the ancient horned dragon and its approaching destructive power, she used most of her power to protect Yun Che and hence, was basically unable to withstand its attack any longer. It was already impossible for her to break away from its force and oppressive power and leave the place with Yun Che—because once the energy that she had used on him for his protection disappeared or weakened, let alone the remnant waves of the horned dragon’s attacks, even the coercion that was emanating from it was enough to exterminate him in an instant.

  She could not think of any reason for him to rush over in such a manner!

  Yun Che slowly lifted his head to look at the claw of the dragon that appeared to be falling from the firmament. The expression in his eyes was calm like a glacial lake and he surprisingly closed them in the face of the incoming attack.

  As he concentrated his mind, it felt as if time had suddenly begun to slow down.

  He lifted the Heaven Smiting Sword, with the tip of the sword pointing towards the sky above and then moved it in a slashing motion… as though making a standard circular arc in the air.

  In the wake of the soundless movement of the tip of his sword, space, law, and order grew chaotic all of a sudden.

  If he succeeded, there would be a slim chance of survival; if he failed, he w
ould die without a doubt!

  Father, Mother, Yuanba, Lingxi, Caiyi, Yue’er, Xue’er, Ling’er… bless me!

  I’ll definitely succeed… I must succeed!!

  It seemed as if time had frozen and the world had became incomparably calm and quiet. Following his swinging of the Heaven Smiting Sword in a complete circular arc, a colorless, formless, soundless and traceless profound formation instantly took shape; one whose existence could only be sensed by Yun Che.

  In this moment, Yun Che‘s eyes also suddenly opened and he unleashed decisive rays of cold light.

  “Evil God’s Fourth Style…”

  “Moon——Star——Restoration!!”

  Chapter 1063: Dragon Soul Explosion

  “Yun… Yun Che!?”

  “How did he get there?”

  On the Vermillion Bird projection, Yun Che’s figure actually showed up. Even more surprising was the fact that he had appeared in a place filled with the power of a Divine Master dragon. Even Yan Wancang and Yan Juehai would’ve been severely injured or killed outright in a short time if they went to that place… but somehow Yun Che was still alive.

  Before anyone could react, they saw Yun Che brazenly raising a sword and meeting the furious draconic flames of the ancient horned dragon head on.

  It was like the scene of a tiny ant raising its arms to resist the entire sky.

  At this point, it was impossible for Mu Xuanyin to meet the ancient horned dragon’s power head on even if she was alone, not to mention that she had to protect Yun Che right now. The only two conclusions of this clash were either they perish together or she withdraw her power and scrape an escape on her lonesome… But when she saw Yun Che risking his life to make his way towards her, she instinctively poured more energy into Yun Che’s body despite her blurring consciousness.

  The deadly draconic attack surged closer and closer… but in the next moment, just before it could envelop the duo entirely, the attack’s power, aura, might and even heat vanished in an instant. Not a trace of the attack could be seen anywhere.

  It was almost as if it had been transferred entirely to a silent world.

  “AOOOOO!!”

  A furious and obviously pained dragon roar resounded through the air. Mu Xuanyin immediately turned around to find the shocking sight of an ancient horned dragon flipping backwards in recoil. The innumerable wounds that riddled the dragon’s body instantly burst under pressure and caused dragon blood to spray everywhere.

  “Uuuaaahhhhh!?!?”

  “Wha… what is that!?!?”

  “Ah!!?”

  Everyone—from sect masters to disciples—standing before the Vermillion Bird projection shouted at the top of their lungs as if they were struck by heavenly thunder, eyes bulging so wide and so rapidly in absolute shock that their eyeballs nearly burst out of their sockets.

  It was because they could clearly see that the ancient horned dragon had thrown a calamitous swipe that could burn even a Divine Sovereign to dust, at Yun Che and Mu Xuanyin. But just as the attack touched Yun Che’s gigantic sword, the dragon was suddenly sent flying away, rolling, roaring in pain and bleeding all over the place… it obviously suffered a grievous wound in that one instant!

  Meanwhile, Yun Che and the Mu Xuanyin on the point of demise… were perfectly unharmed!

  “What… what… what…”

  The crowd had never distrusted their eyes so much until today. A large majority of these people had lived over ten thousand years but despite adding up the most ridiculous rumors they’d heard and the most ridiculous scenes they’d seen in their life together, the culmination was still not even one ten thousandth as ridiculous as what they’d just seen today.

  The ancient horned dragon was a Divine Master. It was the most powerful existence in the long history of the Flame God Realm since hundreds of thousands of years ago. Harming the ancient horned dragon with a single sword strike was absolutely impossible even if there were ten of Yan Wancang, the strongest human in the Flame God Realm… but somehow, Yun Che did just that.

  It… it worked!!

  Yun Che madly roared in his mind.

  One of the most direct expressions of the Evil God Arts’ strength was its ridiculous amplification of a cultivator’s profound energy after a gate was opened. It was also the power Yun Che relied on the most to defeat opponents with far greater profound strength than him. However, the true reason behind the Evil God Arts’ greatness lay on its core ability to ignore or even go against the laws of the world.

  The impossible amplification of profound energy was something beyond the boundaries of normal laws to begin with. The terrible Ice Flame he created by merging fire and ice was also a power that was outside the boundaries of laws.

  Falling Moon Sinking Star of the Evil Soul gate, Sealing Cloud Locking Sun of the Burning Heart gate and Destroying Sky Decimating Earth of the Purgatory gate were definitely incredibly powerful skills but they weren’t so powerful that they literally reversed the laws of nature.

  Moon Star Restoration of Rumbling Heaven gate was different, however. For the first time, the Evil God Arts’ outstanding ability of reversing the laws of nature was revealed!

  The moment Moon Star Restoration was fully executed, the law and order of all powers within the affected area were reversed completely. This also meant that all powers in contact with Moon Star Restoration would be reversed in an instant!

  Therefore… it was an instant counter!

  It was also a full counter. Because the skill was based on the power to rewrite the law and order of nature, the strength and shape of the powers involved were completely irrelevant. Everything would be reversed completely as long as Moon Star Restoration was executed in full, no matter the level or the form of the power!

  The only thing that could stop it was a power that could also cause havoc on the laws of nature like the Evil God’s power!

  However, since the Evil God’s Fourth Style heavily interfered with the laws of nature, it was also treated as a breach of the heavenly laws! The heavens punished all who forcefully use such skills without exception, so Yun Che was bound to suffer terrible consequences for his transgression...

  The consequence of using Moon Star Restoration was a severe reduction of lifespan!

  It was also why Yun Che had never used Moon Star Restoration even though he had been able to barely activate Rumbling Heaven for a long time already.

  The moment the ancient horned dragon’s destructive flames touched the Heaven Smiting Sword, all of its power was instantly reflected back to the ancient horned dragon like light reflecting off a mirror.

  So the feat of reflecting a Divine Master beast’s attack by a Divine Origin profound practitioner was achieved… it was a miracle that only the power of the Evil God could achieve in the entire vast and chaotic history of the world!

  Because the ancient horned dragon was in a berserk state, it injected all of its fury and power into every one of its attacks. Before the ambush, it was already covered in wounds during the long hours it fought against Mu Xuanyin. Therefore, the reflected attack was without a doubt a nightmare it had planted with its own hands.

  Even better, how could an instant counter possibly be nearly as simple as a normal counter?

  Regardless of the species, all living beings who were attacking at full force would drop their profound energy defense and mental defense to the lowest point. As a result, not only was it impossible for the attacker to protect themselves from the attack that was reflected instantly, the damage it suffered far exceeded what it would suffer from a normal counter too!

  An extremely uncomfortable feeling racked Yun Che… it was a feeling akin to having his life literally cut away from him. He didn’t even draw a breath before shouting at the top of his lungs, “Master! The dragon fault!!”

  The ancient horned dragon’s wounded roar shook the very sky. Nearly half the wounds on its body had been split open by the counter, causing blood to spray everywhere like a downpour. What’s more, its wound
s weren’t the only thing that had crumbled. Its defensive powers had fallen apart too. As the dragon spiraled backwards, out of control, the dragon fault on its stomach appeared clearly in Yun Che’s pupils...

  The dragon fault was supposed to be the place where the dragon’s greatest defensive powers were concentrated but the absolutely unpredictable and undefendable counter had caused its defensive barriers to collapse completely.

  Although Mu Xuanyin was on the verge of death, her awareness was still leagues ahead of Yun Che’s. His reminder was completely unnecessary, because Mu Xuanyin had already swung her sword arm and thrown the bloodstained Snow Princess Sword containing the last of her power straight toward the dragon fault like a piercing white beam.

  Ding!!

  The Snow Princess Sword hit the ancient horned dragon perfectly on its dragon fault… if this was before, the Snow Princess Sword would’ve bounced away upon contact. Now, at its weakest, the Snow Princess Sword, shining brilliantly with power, hit the ancient horned dragon’s one and only fatal weak spot… and sank into its flash!

  The sword penetrated all the way in to the hilt!

  “The dragon fault… it’s the dragon fault!”

  “It’s pierced!!”

  Another stunning roar woke the Flame God Realm denizens from the shock that was Yun Che sending the ancient horned dragon flying away in a single sword strike. At the same time, the new scene nearly caused their hearts to jump out of their chests.

  To a horned dragon, the dragon fault was like a lifeline to a human being.

  A horned dragon that was pierced in its dragon fault was like a human whose lifeline was severed… even if the rest of the ancient horned dragon’s body was perfectly unharmed, it was still going to die in a very short time, much less a severely wounded horned dragon that had used up most of its dragon powers.

  From the moment its dragon fault was pierced by the Snow Princess Sword… the ancient horned dragon was destined to die!

  “Aoo…. oooooooooo!”