Against the Gods - Volume 10 - Snow Song Flame God

by Mars Gravity

  Lei Qianfeng… Sect Master of the Black Soul Divine Sect, the Realm King of the Darkya Realm… The Darkya Realm’s one and only person in the Divine King Realm!!

  The other auras beside him were without question extremely strong as well. They were auras that he couldn’t match up to.

  Auras of those in the Divine Spirit Realm.

  Ji Ruyan had mentioned before that Soul Sect had several Divine Spirit Realm experts. They included several elders, the sixty-four hall masters and a limited number of branch sect masters.

  Quite obviously, the currently raging Lei Qianfeng had gathered the strongest of the sect together in a meeting… and the reason was because of him.

  After a moment of hesitation, Yun Che slowly backtracked, changing his course. He avoided the direction in which he could sense Lei Qianfeng’s aura. This was within the Soul Sect. Once he was discovered, he’d be like a fish on a chopping block, doomed to die. There was no such thing as luck now. Although he was confident in his Moon Splitting Cascade, he still had to stay vigilant and cautious.

  Though he was cautious, his speed wasn’t slow. One by one, groups and groups of Soul Sect disciples walked past him. None of them could have ever imagined that the Ling Yun they wanted to capture was actually swaggering about leisurely in their main sect grounds.

  The leaders of the sect were now in a meeting. All sixty four hall masters were out. All that Yun Che could see around him on his way were low ranking disciples. After reading several of their memories, he had arrived at his first target’s location.

  This was a luxurious courtyard. If an ordinary person stepped in, they would have thought that they had stepped into an emperor’s palace. The guards here weren’t many, but maids in makeup numbered more than the guards. They waited subserviently outside the doors of the magnificent palace.

  The doors slowly opened halfway and Yun Che entered without a sound.

  “Qian’er, Mo’er has already left. Mother just has you left, my son. Don’t go anywhere these few days. Even if there’s a sky shaking matter, you’re not to step one foot out of the sect. If you’re assassinated, mother will no longer have anything to live for.”

  Within the room, a green clothed youthful lady’s eyes were filled with tears. In front of her was a strong and stout young man who had a large black beard on his face.

  He was Lei Qianfeng’s oldest son, the young sect master of the Soul Sect. He was the blood brother of the recently deceased Lei Guangmo. Both of them had come from the same mother!

  “Mother… Do not despair any longer. Royal father will definitely get Ling Yun and take revenge for seventh brother,” Lei Guangqian replied.

  “Aah… This disaster was brought on us by your royal father, why did retribution have to fall on Mo’er? Mother doesn’t place any hope on your royal father being able to catch Ling Yun… Who knows where he’s run to… he might remain forever elusive. As long as you’re safe… that’s what’s most important,” the lady wailed.

  Mother? Yun Che raised his eyebrows… So this lady in green was Lei Qianfeng’s official wife. If I didn’t recall wrongly… her name is Xiao Qingtong?

  On the surface, she even looked a generation younger than this Lei Guangqian.

  “Is that Ling Yun really so terrifying? Why does he bear such a deep grudge with our Soul Sect? Are the rumors true? What I’ve heard was that this is a result of royal father constantly sending men to hunt the Wood Spirit Race?”

  “...” Xiao Qingtong didn’t say a word and nodded silently.

  “Bah! This Ling Yun must be a lunatic!” Lei Guangqian slapped the table, gritting his teeth. “The wood spirits are born to live wretched lives. If we don’t kill them, others will still kill them. Just because of a few wood spirits, he wishes to constantly act against our Soul Sect and even killed my seventh brother? Now that royal father has been completely angered, even if this Ling Yun is ten times stronger than he is now, he won’t be able to elude us for a few more days. Just leave him be, he will accompany those wood spirits in death.”

  “Qian’er… You must never say this… Even more so, you must never mention any of this to anyone outside.” Xiao Qingtong shook her head. “The hunting of the Wood Spirit Race is forbidden in the entire God Realm. I’ve counselled your father several times. With our current backing, we actually have no need for such shady methods but he never heeded me… Now… Qian’er, when you succeed him as Sect Master, please don’t forget how your seventh brother died. You must never continue the tradition of hunting wood spirits.”

  Yun Che squinted… Hmm… At least you still have a heart. I’ll let you off… though I never intended to kill you.

  “Yes mother, this child understands.” Although Lei Guangqian agreed on his lips but the look on his face clearly showed otherwise.

  Never in their wildest dreams would Xiao Qingtong and Lei Guangqian imagine that a pair of eyes was watching them coldly almost ten meters away.

  “Qian’er, take a good rest tonight. Come tomorrow, your royal father will have some words for all of you.”

  “Remember, do not ever leave the sect,” Xiao Qingtong reminded him once more as she departed.

  “All of you can leave, the young sect master is going to rest.” Xiao Qingtong closed the doors as the rest of the maids hurriedly took their leave.

  The instant the door closed, Yun Che calmly walked towards Lei Guangqian. Without any hesitation he released the Red Butterfly Domain without a sound.

  Lei Guangqian’s profound strength was in the late stages of the Divine Soul Realm so casting the Red Butterfly Domain on him might not work a hundred percent. However, he was in his own sect and his own courtyard; he would not have his soul on guard. Just as he felt a little strange, his soul had been entirely trapped within the Red Butterfly Domain. He stood there, eyes lifeless, drool coming out of his mouth.

  If he had tried to escape when Yun Che first released the domain, he would most likely have been able to escape. Now that he had fallen completely under its effects however, he was completely unable to escape.

  Lei Guangqian’s consciousness entered the Red Butterfly Domain. As long as Yun Che wanted, he could instantaneously annihilate his soul and turn him into the “living dead”.

  But Yun Che was not going to do so. He lifted the Sound Butterfly Blade and used the tip where he had smeared the ancient horned dragon’s poison and gently cut him on the back of his neck. Yun Che then turned around and sped towards his next target.

  Yun Che didn’t immediately dispel the domain. He wanted Lei Guangqian to exit it eventually and that would take around one to two hours.

  And after that duration, Yun Che would already be safe and far away from the Soul Sect.

  After leaving the courtyard, Yun Che sped towards his next target, Lei Qianfeng’s second son, Lei Yuanze.

  Under the cover of the night, within another thirty minutes of time, the same procedure repeated itself. Without sight or sound, utilizing Moon Splitting Cascade and perfectly pairing it with the Red Butterfly Domain, all of Lei Qianfeng’s six sons were trapped in the domain and poisoned.

  They all had the ancient horned dragon poison in them!

  Even when Yun Che stepped out of the Soul Sect’s main gates, they were all none the wiser.

  Stepping out of the Soul Sect, Yun Che blinked and gave a self satisfied cold laugh. “Lei Qianfeng, enjoy this big present of mine! Just don’t get too excited… The biggest one has yet to come!”

  Chapter 1097: Walking Right into the Trap

  Having left the Black Soul Divine Sect, Yun Che headed straight to the west. In order to return to Darkya City, he had to cross the Black Soul Mountain Range first. Although a large number of disciples of the Black Soul Divine Sect were lying in ambush in the mountain range, given the fact that he had Moon Splitting Cascade, he was confident that no one would be able to notice his existence as long as he was a bit careful.

  It was, after all, too impractical to make a detour around the Black Soul Mountain
Range, compared to overlooking such a ignorable risk.

  It was also unlikely that the disciples of the Black Soul Divine Sect, who were forced to come here following orders and were waiting idly for an opportunity, would truly believe that they would actually get one.

  Entering the Black Soul Mountain Range, Yun Che swept his spirit sense over the surroundings and discovered the auras of a large number of Soul Sect disciples and profound formations. He let out a disdainful laugh and quickly moved forward without making a sound, in his invisible state. Evading many disciples and profound formations, he soon entered the depths of the mountain range.

  As it was night time, the fog in the Black Soul Mountain Range was extremely dense, greatly restricting the sight and perception of everyone present. Therefore, the mountain range at night was several times safer than during the daytime to Yun Che. He didn’t face any kind of sudden danger at all on his way so far..

  It was at this time that a profound light soared into the sky all of sudden, from a place not that far ahead of him, which appeared especially dazzling in the dark of the night.

  This is… Someone triggered a profound formation! No! How is it possible for anyone to burst into such a place at this period of time? Could it be some profound beast?

  Considering how there were such a large number of people lying in ambush, triggering a profound formation was, without a shadow of a doubt, simply equivalent to poking a hornet’s nest. All the disciples of the Black Soul Divine Sect that were hiding in the surroundings were immediately alarmed by the profound formation and their shouts could be heard from here and there as they flocked towards it. It wasn’t the sound of a profound beast that came from the direction of the glowing profound formation but the scream of a young girl.

  “Eeh? Ah!! Who… are you people? Are you a group of bad guys? Wuaah… I’m so afraid!!”

  Yun Che was snorting disdainfully when he heard a voice. In an instant, his face went stiff, as he eyes widened.

  This… voice…

  Don’t tell me it’s…

  Little Jasmine!?!?

  Yun Che furrowed his brows. He slowly climbed up a tall tree beside him and looked far into the distance.

  A petite and dainty figure was trapped within a profound formation that was flashing with profound light. She was dressed in rainbow-like multi-colored clothing and her milky-white face was amazingly perfect. Even though it was night time, starry light could be still seen flickering in her eyes.

  It was none other than Little Jasmine!

  Being stranded inside the profound formation and then, getting surrounded by more and more people all of a sudden, she seemed to be to very scared. She had her body curled up as her extremely beautiful starry eyes timidly looked at the people around her.

  Why was she here!?

  Not only that, she even made the blunder of coming into contact with the profound formation of the Soul Sect at such a time!

  Seeing the girl before their eyes, all the disciples of the Soul Sect gazed at each other helplessly.

  “Why is it a little girl?”

  “Her profound power is only at the Emperor Profound Realm… No! How is it possible for her to have come to this place? There’s definitely someone who has come here along with her.”

  “Sss… look at the face of this little girl… Sss… Young Master will certainly like her. Oh, no, no. We should first seize her and hand her over to the Sect Master. What do you think?”

  Hearing their words, Little Jasmine became even more scared. She said whatever came to her mind, while panicking a bit, “You… you can’t bully me… and you’re even more not allowed to seize me! I, I… Let me tell you, my brother-in-law is Ling Yun, the most famous person in the Darkya Realm right now. If you dare to bully me, brother-in-law will… certainly not forgive you guys.”

  ““~！@#￥%…” Yun Che almost vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot.

  There was no doubt that suddenly hearing the name of “Ling Yun” from Little Jasmine’s mouth, was no different from firmly poking the hornet’s nest for a second time. The disciples of the Soul Sect, who had different looks in their eyes until this moment, were all startled at the same time. Soon after, an abrupt change appeared on their expressions.

  “Ling Yun… she just said Ling Yun!”

  “Capture her! We have to capture her at once!!” a leader shouted in a high voice.

  Looking helplessly at everything that happened, Yun Che’s face twitched continuously. He had no time to ponder the reason behind the appearance of the little girl at this place or the means she used to get here. The only thing he was incomparably sure about was that if she were to fall in the hands of the Soul Sect, she would have an extremely miserable end. Especially now that she had called out his name, of all things.

  But the whole place was crowded with countless elite disciples of the Soul Sect. There were also powerful vice hall masters present, as well as hall masters who had far greater strength than him. If he made his presence known in order to save her, it would be equivalent to walking right into the trap.

  “…” Yun Che exerted himself to take a breath secretly. No, he couldn’t let himself be bothered by her. She was neither his relative nor friend. Not only had he already saved her twice, he had even almost lost his life due to her the last time. He was feeling so annoyed that he wanted to rain curses on her.

  If he were to save her again this time, it would absolutely be as good as really having a death wish, acting masochistically and being a complete moron.

  Having come to a conclusion, Yun Che shifted his gaze away.

  Following the order, the disciples that were closest to her rushed over right away. Seeing the fierce and intimidating group of people coming towards her, the helpless girl let out a terrified shriek, “Wuaah… someone save me!!”

  In the midst of her shriek, the image of a crimson flame blew up in the sky. Like a shooting star falling from the sky, it instantly triggered a terrifying blast upon reaching the ground.

  BOOM!!

  As the flame light blew apart and sword aura thundered, the several hundred disciples in the surroundings were drawn into the abyss of death in no time. Their bodies were blasted into fragments as they miserably screamed in extreme terror. The profound formation in which the girl was sealed was also blown apart in a split second. That image of flame picked up Little Jasmine and fled away without any delay, soaring into the sky like a storm.

  The girl let out a very long cry of fear but when she got a clear look at the person beside her, she immediately shouted in joy, “Wow! It’s brother-in-law!”

  “Shut up!!” Yun Che increased his speed to the limit and roared while gnashing his teeth.

  What the hell is wrong with me…? Why do I lose control over myself every time I meet this little girl, as if I’m under some spell?!!

  F*ck!!

  All the disciples of the Soul Sect were thrown into great disorder due to the sudden and unexpected change in the situation.

  “Who is it!!?”

  “Ling Yun! He’s definitely Ling Yun!!”

  “It’s Ling Yun!”

  “Ling Yun has made his appearance!! Immediately encircle and finish him!!

  “Quickly send a sound transmission to the Sect Master and Chief Hall Master!!”

  They had thought that they wouldn’t be able to get any results by idly waiting for the opportunity but to their surprise, they truly got the chance to catch their target. In the silent night, each and every disciple of the Soul Sect was on the move. The crowd of those who were lying in ambush in the Black Soul Mountain region and got alarmed by the huge movement of the disciples of the sixty-four halls, who had obtained the information through sound transmission, immediately surged like a tide as they rushed forward from all directions, straight at Yun Che.

  Numerous auras were firmly locked onto him and countless other auras were rapidly approaching him from all directions… Among them were more than ten auras that were powerful enough to thoro
ughly crush him single-handedly.

  “Sect Master is really wise. He speculated that you would definitely come here!”

  “Ling Yun, let’s see if you can escape this time!”

  “Sect Master has ordered, there’s no need to capture him alive. Kill him on the spot!!”

  Little Jasmine tightly huddled up in his arms, as she said in a frightened voice, “Brother-in-law, why’re there so many bad guys at this place…?”

  “You’re not allowed to say a word!” Yun Che roared. Members of the Soul Sect had surrounded the place, so it was going to be extremely hard for him to keep his life after exposing himself… Especially in a situation where he had to divert his attention and power to protect the little girl!

  “Brother-in-law, why do you always appear at once whenever I’m in danger? Do you constantly follow me around in secret to protect me?”

  “If you don’t shut your mouth… I’ll throw you away!”

  “Didn’t brother-in-law say that you wouldn’t care about me last time too? Heehee, I simply don’t believe your words.”

  “！~@#￥%…” (This little girl can still laugh in such a situation!?)

  “Ling Yun, get ready to die!!”

  In the dark night sky that was covered with grayish fog, countless black figures could be seen soaring into the sky. The entire scene seemed like Yun Che and Little Jasmine were caught within a vast net of disciples as they drew nearer to the two at a fast speed.

  Flames ignited in Yun Che’s pupils. He was holding the Heaven Smiting Sword in his right hand, while his was body on fire. He didn’t even glance at the approaching disciples and just swung it heavily downward.

  He had put all his power behind the sword.

  The greater the number of enemies he was facing, the more clearly his heavy sword could display its utmost might.

  BOOM!!

  The disciples of the Soul Sect within an area of several kilometers around Yun Che were all blown away uncontrollably as the firmament shook and the sky thundered, along with the sounds of miserable shrieks. Like dumplings smashing onto the ground, the ones with lighter injuries were severely injured and those with heavier injuries died on the spot. Pressing forward with the force of his sword, Yun Che activated Extreme Mirage Lightning under his feet. Even though he was carrying Little Jasmine, his figure still moved as fast as a stream of light, making its way through the swarming crowd of disciples like a sharp knife. His Heaven Smiting Sword slashed down unrestrainedly with a whistling sound, as if a hurricane had been generated by the swing.