14: Chapter 14: Eternal Demonic Flames

"Grand Elder, do you think you've already secured victory and are just waiting to seize the inheritance and treasures from my body?"

"I'm afraid things might not go as you wish!"

As he spoke, a Seven-layered Purple-gold Pagoda floated up, hovering over Yun Che's head. Purple-gold light poured down like a waterfall, enveloping Yun Che entirely.

In less than a breath's time, Yun Che's injuries were healed, and his complexion was as good as new!

The Grand Elder had already witnessed Yun Che's incredible recovery speed and wasn't surprised. He sneered,

"Even if your injuries have healed, your profound strength is nearly exhausted. You can no longer use that forbidden technique to boost your cultivation. You're still at my mercy."

He desperately wanted to capture Yun Che alive, his dragon eyes staring greedily at him. The more he interacted with Yun Che, the more he realized the boy was not simple; he possessed too many secrets, any one of which was enough to drive him mad with envy.

At this moment, a dozen or so abyss crystals suddenly floated around Yun Che, the largest weighing dozens of kilograms. He slowly stretched his limbs with movements so gentle and natural it was as if he were embracing the entire world. The moment he stretched, every pore and acupuncture point on his body opened up like miniature gateways.

The abyss crystals began to rapidly decompose around him, turning into clouds of milky-white profound energy as pure as milk, which quickly surged toward his body and vanished into his pores.

As the clouds of profound energy continuously merged into his body, his previously empty profound veins began to fill up again. Soon, his profound energy had recovered to eighty or ninety percent of its usual level.

This was precisely the absorption and respiration method derived from comprehending the Law of Void within the Book of Inverse World!

A cultivation method exclusive to beings at the level of the Primordial Ancestor God!

According to ancient records and legends, before the Primordial Ancestor God dissipated, they left behind a special Primordial Ancestor God Manual, which is the Book of Inverse World. Its contents record the origin of the Profound Way, which transcends all laws. The Primordial Ancestor God divided it into three parts. In the ancient era, Creation God Moe and the Demon Emperor of Calamity Heaven, Jie Yuan, each obtained one part. Back then, Moe's excuse for exiling Jie Yuan was to study this Primordial Ancestor God Manual.

While on the Cangyun Continent, Yun Che inadvertently discovered the first part of the Book of Inverse World in the remains of the Moon-Slaughter Devil Sovereign after defeating him. Later, after subduing Qianye Ying'er as a slave, he obtained the second part from her. The third part was given to Xia Qingyue by the Demon Emperor of Calamity Heaven and later passed to him through Shui Meiyin. Having obtained all three volumes, and with Xiao Lingxi's help in translating them, Yun Che cultivated and comprehended the Law of Void within, opening up a new method of cultivation.

This heaven-defying profound energy absorption speed was easily a thousand or even ten thousand times faster than that of an ordinary person. The only drawback was the immense consumption of abyss crystals; every breath consumed over ten kilograms of them, an unbearable cost for any cultivator.

But for Yun Che, this wasn't an issue. He possessed the ability to sense and control abyssal dust; he was the true King of the Mist Sea. abyss crystals, which other cultivators treated as precious treasures, were like dirt to him—easily gathered and inexhaustible.

The Grand Elder found it difficult to remain rational. Even though he had lived for millions of years, he had never seen such monstrous cultivation. Today, he was constantly being struck by Yun Che's feats: the inconceivable recovery speed and the absurd profound energy absorption. He felt his life as a dragon was too pathetic and meaningless. The millions of years of effort by ordinary mortals were like a firefly compared to a bright moon when measured against Yun Che.

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With momentum like a rainbow, Yun Che raised the jietian demon emperor sword again and swung it with all his might!

Heavenly Wolf Prison God Canon, Sixth Tome — Blood Moon Immortal-Slaying Sword!

Originally, a killing move like the "Blood Moon Immortal-Slaying Sword" would consume a massive amount of profound energy with every use. In the past, Yun Che would never use it unless absolutely necessary.

Because once used, his profound strength would be exhausted, leaving him with no follow-up moves and at the mercy of his opponent.

But now that Yun Che had mastered the Law of Void and possessed numerous abyss crystals, it was no exaggeration to say he could use it as many times as he wanted, as long as it was needed.

The Grand Elder no longer dared to be careless. Holding nothing back, he exerted twelve-tenths of his strength and raised his dragon claw, slamming it down with enough force to blot out the sun. He had to end the battle as quickly as possible; Yun Che's recovery speed was too fast, and he couldn't afford a war of attrition.

"Boom—"

The sword beam of the jietian demon emperor sword flickered with an eerie and sharp black light, carrying an aura that seemed capable of slashing through the firmament as it collided once more with the Grand Elder's thick and powerful palm force.

This time, both sides went all out in an unreserved strike. Tyrannical energy fluctuations spread wildly in all directions like surging waves, and the air seemed to twist, letting out a sharp whistling sound.

Yun Che retreated dozens of steps in a row, crashing heavily into the passage wall. Blood flowed from his trembling palms, and a long wound split open across his chest.

On the other side, the Grand Elder also had a bit of trouble. He retreated several steps, his dragon claw numbed and aching with pain. Fine cracks appeared on it, with blood faintly seeping out. The more force used, the more violent the collision, and the greater the damage from the counter-shock.

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Yun Che gave the Grand Elder no room to breathe. Almost the moment he landed, he leapt up again, swinging the jietian demon emperor sword once more, stabbing toward the Grand Elder like a black nightmare.

Heavenly Wolf Prison God Canon, Sixth Tome — Blood Moon Immortal-Slaying Sword!

While in mid-air, the purple-gold Pagoda above his head spun frantically, and his body recovered in an instant!

Another pile of abyss crystals floated around him, and his profound strength recovered in an instant!

"Boom—"

Another earth-shaking collision. This time, the Grand Elder's situation was even less optimistic; his dragon claw throbbed with pain as blood continuously seeped out. Of course, Yun Che's situation wasn't much better; his body was sent flying, his chest torn open, and blood splattered everywhere!

However, Yun Che did not stop for a moment and continued to swing his sword.

Heavenly Wolf Prison God Canon, Sixth Tome — Blood Moon Immortal-Slaying Sword!

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His sword swung out incessantly. In a short time, he had already slashed over a hundred times, each strike an all-out effort, almost suicidal!

Every sword strike was a fatal blow containing his full power.

The Seven-layered Purple-gold Pagoda hung above his head!

abyss crystals floated all around him!

His body was constantly injured, yet it constantly healed and recovered;

His profound strength was being consumed at an alarming rate, yet it was always replenished at the same speed.

This was destined to be a war of attrition until death. Although the Grand Elder held a clear advantage—his strength far surpassing Yun Che's, allowing him to injure Yun Che every time—Yun Che could recover quickly every single time. Even more incredible was that his profound strength seemed inexhaustible; every strike drained more than half of his energy, yet it was replenished instantly.

The Grand Elder's situation grew increasingly dire. Every time he repelled Yun Che, he had to pay a price. The wounds on his claws worsened, dripping with blood. He was in unspeakable misery, pondering how to escape this passive situation.

(The key moment arrives)

Suddenly, an extremely eerie black flame appeared before the Grand Elder's eyes!

Just as he was exhausted from responding and his attention was momentarily diverted, Yun Che attached a black flame to the edge of the jietian demon emperor sword—the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame!

A blanket of eternal darkness descended as the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame ignited. The edge of the jietian demon emperor sword, carrying the black flames, collided with the Grand Elder's dragon claw.

The Eternal Calamity Demon Flame, a mysterious fire from the Demon Emperor's inheritance, simply shouldn't belong to this world. Its color was a pure, ink-like black without a single speck of impurity.

Its form was irregular, sometimes rising in sharp sparks like demonic claws baring their fangs in the dark, trying to tear the surrounding void; other times, it lowered into a flat shape, like a tide of darkness spreading across the land.

The surrounding air seemed to be distorted by it, and light appeared to be swallowed as it drew near, making the area it occupied even darker and deeper.

Like a dark phantom, the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame touched the Grand Elder's dragon claw in an inadvertent instant.

There was no sensation of searing heat, but rather a cold erosion! The dragon claw quickly lost its original form and color, stripped of all life and vitality as it was assimilated, devoured, and decomposed into nothingness by the darkness.

The black sparks danced before his eyes like demons released from hell, filled with evil. Amidst the flickering firelight, a look of terror appeared in the Grand Elder's eyes for the first time.

Having lived for millions of years, he had long forgotten what fear felt like. Yun Che, a young human, had helped him awaken that long-lost memory.

The Grand Elder did not hesitate. He swung his other dragon claw, its sharp edge slicing through to cut off the burning claw. He wailed in agony! Dragon blood erupted from the wound, splattering the ground.

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At this moment, Yun Che's pitch-black long hair danced in the wind, and a dark light pulsed in his pupils, resembling a soul-devouring abyss. A faint Eternal Calamity Demon Light flickered on his body, adding a touch of demonic evil to his face and aura.

Looking at the wailing Grand Elder, he felt not a shred of pity.

Heavenly Wolf Prison God Canon, Sixth Tome — Blood Moon Immortal-Slaying Sword!

He took to the air once more, and the black jietian demon emperor sword flew straight out.

Seeing the blazing Eternal Calamity Demon Flame on the jietian demon emperor sword, the Grand Elder hastily extended both claws, waving them in the air to form a barrier.

The Eternal Calamity Demon Flame touched the barrier wall and began to collapse, shatter, until it was extinguished.

However, an accident occurred—a single wisp of the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame passed through the barrier.

To be precise, it didn't pass through; rather, because the Grand Elder was missing a claw, a gap had appeared in the barrier.

By the time he realized something was wrong, it was too late.

That wisp of Eternal Calamity Demon Flame that passed through the barrier landed on the Grand Elder's chest!

Watching the black flame flickering on his chest, the Grand Elder's expression became extremely ugly.

Without the slightest hesitation, he tore open his robes, reached out with his remaining dragon claw, and violently grabbed a large dragon scale burning with the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame. He ripped it off, threw it far onto the ground, and then turned to flee at high speed.

He didn't make a sound during the entire process, but Yun Che could clearly see his facial expression was hideously distorted; he was obviously enduring immense pain.

Stripping off one's own dragon scale... just thinking about it was painful!

Yun Che watched his receding figure and did not immediately give chase.

He raised his left arm, and as a certain power in his bloodline was activated, a colorless and formless Profound Aura appeared before his "eyes" (actually sensed through his consciousness)!

Yun Che pulled a slender small knife from the sky poison pearl—the sound butterfly blade, Mu Xuanyin's weapon—and placed it into the hand of his other self, the colorless Profound Aura.

The sound butterfly blade and the Cloud Butterfly Blade in Mu Bingyun's hand were both ancestral heirlooms of the Mu family, famous in the Yinxue Realm for being able to kill enemies silently. Mu Xuanyin had given the sound butterfly blade to Yun Che while they were in the Valley of Fog Despair.

At this time, Long Xi walked up. Seeing Yun Che's raised left arm, she curiously raised her own left arm as well, but nothing happened.

Yun Che explained,

"According to records, our Yun Clan once inherited a strand of bloodline from an ancient Demon Emperor. Those with the Yun bloodline have a chance to awaken 'Demon Handle,' but after our Yun family fled to the Illusion Demon Realm, we all called it 'Profound Aura.'"

"Profound Auras are divided into eight grades: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and gold. The grade is determined at the moment of awakening. The weakest is the red Profound Aura, and the strongest is the purple one."

"But my Profound Aura is special; it has been growing and changing. At first it was red, then it gradually became purple. After merging with the Evil God's final earth seed, it even produced a colorless Profound Aura that doesn't exist in the Yun Clan's records. Furthermore, this colorless Profound Aura can carry ten-tenths of my power."

After listening, Long Xi couldn't help but curiously raise her left arm again, thinking to herself, "Could I also have a Profound Aura of my own?"

As Yun Che continued to communicate with the colorless Profound Aura, Long Xi walked over and caringly handed him a Dragon Core. It was the level eight Divine Extreme Realm Dragon Core obtained from Long Wangchu's spatial ring.

"Father, perhaps you can use this."

Yun Che took it, a surge of warmth rising in his heart.