Chapter 698: Difficult to Deal With

Yun Hua's speed was extremely fast; as a sword Dao cultivator, although he could not use mana and immortal essence simultaneously like Yan Buji, after dispelling the flesh-and-soil restriction, he immediately activated mana and unleashed the two great divine abilities that sword Dao cultivators find extremely hard to master.

Divine Ability·Sword Flash!

This divine ability, comparable to teleportation, instantly appeared before Yan Buji's eyes; Yan Buji had anticipated it, swinging the Hai Kun Hammer and smashing it toward Yun Hua!

But all that was seen was Yun Hua flourishing a sword blossom in his hand; the powerful sword Dao principle arose accordingly, and in the blink of an eye it bounced Yan Buji's Hai Kun Hammer away!

"Divine Ability·Sword Shield?" Yan Buji's pupils constricted; this sword shield divine ability is not what it seems on the surface.

A powerful sword Dao cultivator has two extremely sharp means of attack: one is Sword Flash, which can instantly close in on an enemy; the other is Sword Shield, which can predict the enemy's attack and then deflect all of the enemy's attacks, laying the foundation for a counterattack!

"Die!"

Yun Hua consecutively unleashed the two great sword Dao divine abilities, also making Yan Buji wary; at once he mobilized mana and activated the divine ability!

All that was seen was Yan Buji's hand igniting Wenwu Fire, and then borrowing the Earth Fiend Divine Ability to instantly boost the fire's momentum, he swung it all toward Yun Hua!

"What kind of fire is this?!" Even though Yun Hua has experienced many trials over five hundred years, he has never seen such a terrifying fire of this level; a mere trace of it will burn everything to ashes!

And seeing Yan Buji repeatedly activating this fire to block his path, in an instant the surroundings became a sea of fire; Yan Buji stood in midair and gave a cold laugh: "Now let's see if you live or die!"

Yun Hua's anger rose from his heart; he took a deep breath.

All that was seen was Yun Hua stopping the circulation of mana, pushing his True Essence to the utmost; in an instant the entire bloody sky was covered by that golden Buddha light, and a great Buddha's phantom appeared behind Yun Hua!

Yan Buji's pupils constricted; he secretly thought it was bad, turned and instantly teleported away without hesitation.

At this moment Yun Hua also raised both hands to the heavens, gathering the Dao Marks of his entire Martial Dao, and then lowered his hands, which were suffused with Buddhist rhythm, to strike the ground:

"Great Bitter Palm!"

Boom—

In the blink of an eye, the golden Buddha light that had spread out covered everything within a thousand-li radius in an instant; even the Wenwu Fire of supreme power gradually extinguished in that golden light, and then the spreading golden light swept out, annihilating everything around!

Yan Buji hurried to Ye Lin's side, opened a spirit shield to protect him, and turned his head asking: "Are you alright?"

"Not.... cough cough, I was careless and got hit!" Ye Lin's face darkened; he hadn't expected there to be so many masters outside.

Both being sword cultivators, he knows that a difference of a single move is experience and strength that cannot be made up for; this gap is hard for him, a genius, to accept.

Yan Buji said: "This guy is extraordinary; back then he already overwhelmed me. Now he is even more a dual cultivator of Martial and Law, both at the Nascent Soul stage, stronger than me by a notch. Your cultivation time is still short; do not rely on temporary talent."

"I understand, Hall Master."

Although the fight just now was quite fierce, it also happened in an instant. The injured Ye Lin couldn't heal his wounds in a moment to rejoin the battle, but Yan Buji realized that these geniuses still need more tempering; the experience of life-and-death combat is truly not easy to accumulate.

Ye Lin staggered to his feet, watching the golden Buddha light filling the sky dissipate, his complexion also somewhat poor, and asked: "Is this person's Martial Dao cultivation higher than Hall Master's?"

"Not necessarily, but he seems to have obtained some extraordinary treasure that enhanced his Buddhist Martial Dao." Yan Buji's face sank.

Logically, Yan Buji's Blood Heaven Ascension Degree also contains Buddhist arcane arts, but it couldn't possibly be this strong; the instantaneous burst is even stronger than his Blood Heaven Ascension Degree!

Even if Yun Hua had cultivated the Buddhist Martial Arcane Arts of the Great Demon Wuji, wanting to erupt with such power would already exceed the limits of his realm!

"His Martial Dao realm is at most early Nascent Soul; it could only be some kind of treasure boosting him—could this guy have swallowed a Buddhist monk's sarira?" Yan Buji's face looked grim.

As the golden light filling the sky faded, Yan Buji gripped the Hai Kun Hammer and the Net-Weaving Needle tightly, preparing to find a way to kill Yun Hua.

But after waiting a while, Yun Hua didn't come to attack, which struck both of them as strange.

"He couldn't have run away, could he?"

"Impossible, that person bears a deep grudge against me; as long as he has a breath left he will surely come to kill me." Yan Buji thought it over carefully and hurriedly flew over.

Ye Lin was also somewhat curious, not knowing what grudge these two had, that they had come to this point.

After the two flew over a kilometer-deep pit, arriving at the center of the previous battle, Yun Hua's trace was already gone.

"Did he really run away?" Yan Buji's pupils constricted.

It's difficult.

This Yun Hua is not so youthful and hot-headed; on the contrary, he's not easy to deal with.

I also don't know if encountering him next time will cause even more headache.

"But since we already have an understanding, dealing with him later will be simpler." Yan Buji sighed.

In this strange secret realm, engaging in life-and-death combat with others is not what Yan Buji wishes for, but who made him encounter an immortal enemy?

"Since that guy left, what should we do now?" Ye Lin also let out a breath of relief; after all, although he genuinely wanted to help Yan Buji, truly fighting to the death in this secret realm is obviously not a wise move.

The other side's sensible departure actually saved a lot of trouble.

Yan Buji and Ye Lin looked at the intact flesh-and-blood palace before them, exchanged a glance, and said: "Let's go inside and have a look."

"Hmm. I also don't know why this palace suffered no damage at all in that fierce battle just now."

Ye Lin said this and followed Yan Buji inside.

This flesh-and-blood palace is downright nauseating!

It is entirely constructed from flesh and bones, exuding a putrid evil aura so intense it makes one choke. From afar, the palace resembles a gigantic bloody fortress, grim and terrifying to the extreme. Up close, one can see the twisted, writhing masses of flesh on the walls, seemingly still retaining the pain and struggle from life; while the floor is covered with pallid bones, some broken into fragments, others still whole and pieced together, forming a bizarre pattern.

The palace's gate is even more shocking: the two doors are actually made from two huge pieces of human skin sewn together, still bearing bloodstains and hair; whenever a wind blows, they emit a bone‑chilling creak, as if telling the world of the horrific tragedies that once occurred here. The entire flesh‑and‑blood palace is shrouded in a layer of dark‑red blood mist, making its already gruesome and terrifying appearance even more gloomy, sending chills down one's spine.

"What a disgusting place." Ye Lin frowned, pinched his nose, and entered the palace interior.

Yan Buji had already entered, curiously observing the surroundings.

"Is this.... a furnace?"