Chapter 439: Lei Yuhuang Appears

Feng Caichen's expression remained calm, but in his clear eyes the sword intent grew ever purer and more chilling.

Facing the sky‑filled crimson sword curtain, he simply extended a sword forward.

This sword was neither fast nor slow, and it lacked any spectacular momentum.

Yet at the instant the sword was delivered, the crimson sword curtain seemed pulled and sliced by an invisible force, splitting to both sides on its own, revealing the stunned face of Xue Jianchen behind it!

And Feng Caichen's sword tip had already struck the spine of the sword Xue Jianchen hastily raised in defense!

Ding!

A clear, resonant sword tone rang, as if echoing deep within the soul!

Xue Jianchen's whole body convulsed violently, as if struck by a heavy hammer; the web of his grip shattered instantly, blood gushed, and the crimson long sword linked to his spirit emitted a mournful wail before flying out of his hand!

He himself was blasted away by an irresistible, supple sword force, soaring through millions of zhang of sky like a kite with a broken string, blood spouting from his mouth, his breath instantly waned by more than half!

Feng Caichen sheathed his sword and stood, his white robes brighter than snow, immaculate, as if that world‑shaking strike had not come from his hand.

He gazed calmly at the struggling Xue Jianchen trying to rise in the distance, did not pursue, seeming to think another strike was unnecessary.

Yet, just as Feng Caichen's sword sent Xue Jianchen flying, the old force had just left and the new force not yet formed, his mind, slightly relaxed from the assured victory, in that fleeting, insignificant instant—

Behind him, the previously tranquil Void suddenly rippled violently like water waves!

No tearing roar of Space, no sign of energy gathering, only an extreme sense of treachery and concealment!

A towering, burly figure enshrouded in raging violet Lei Dian materialized in the Void like a long‑coiled poisonous snake!

Its position and timing were cunningly ruthless to the extreme, striking the very blind spot of Feng Caichen's sight and perception at that moment!

This Lei Dian figure had clearly been plotting for a long time, biding its momentum, and the moment it appeared delivered a shocking, fatal blow!

His right hand curled its five fingers into claws; in the palm a fist‑sized, yet compressing the destructive Lei Dian power to the extreme, a violet‑black Thunderball had formed, its surface crisscrossed by fine black fissures that flickered, emitting a terrifying pulse that could freeze one's very soul!

Without any hesitation, a ruthless glint flashed in the Lei Dian figure's eyes, and a claw lunged fiercely toward Feng Caichen's unguarded back heart!

Before the claw wind arrived, the terrifying aura of the destructive Thunderball had already locked onto Feng Caichen's spirit and flesh, intending to blast him and this piece of Space into primordial particles!

This strike was a true killing blow!

"Heavenly Sword, be careful!"

In the distance, sharp‑eyed Nine Heavens Living Being shouted in horror, eyes bulging!

Yet Feng Caichen's reaction was faster than everyone's shout!

Almost at the same instant the Void rippled and death loomed, he seemed to sprout an eye behind him, his body not even fully turned, and his sword‑holding right wrist bent backward at an incredible supple angle!

Clang!

A clear, resonant sword tone rang again!

An ultra‑refined sword light, like the cold gleam of autumn water, flicked up from beneath his ribs, precisely meeting the Lei Dian claw cloaked in the destructive Thunderball!

This sword, issued hastily, still carried Feng Caichen's unique sword Dao flavor that directly struck at the Primordial!

Hiss—!

The sword tip collided with the Thunderball, without the expected earth‑shattering explosion.

That refined sword light seemed to possess a strange penetrating and disintegrating power, and at the critical moment it pierced the most unstable point of the destructive Thunderball's energy structure!

The violet‑black Thunderball quivered violently; the chaotic, raging Lei Dian power inside seemed to find an outlet, not fully exploding but, following the sword tip's direction, turning into a twisted lightning serpent that shot obliquely into the distant Void, blasting a swath of Space into chaotic blur.

And the owner of that Lei Dian claw clearly hadn't expected his finishing move to be deflected this way, causing his figure to pause slightly.

In that brief pause, Feng Caichen had already turned fully, his white robes fluttering, sword in hand, his clear yet icy gaze landing on the assailant's face.

The assailant's surrounding raging violet Lei Dian slightly subsided, revealing a towering, majestic figure beneath and a face now filled with gloom, ferocity, and a hint of unexpected emotion.

In his eyes looking at Feng Caichen, violet heavenly thunder flashed wildly; the murderous intent not only failed to wane from the botched ambush but boiled even more nakedly, even tinged with a furious embarrassment at being exposed.

Many Nine Heavens Living Being who were intently watching the battle, upon seeing his face, first froze, then their expressions erupted with incredulous shock and astonishment!

"Is that... Lei Yuhuang?!"

"Thunder Clan Young Master? Why... why would he ambush Lord Feng?!"

"No! That strike just now was clearly meant to put Young Master Feng to death! How dare he!"

"Lei Yuhuang! Have you gone mad?!"

Shouts and questions erupted instantly among the Nine Heavens Living Being, countless eyes flashing with shock and anger like arrows toward the towering figure wrapped in Lei Dian!

It was indeed the contemporary Young Master of the Thunder Clan, one of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths great families, a top Heavenly Pride whose name reverberates across the Zhutian Wanjie—Lei Yuhuang!