Chapter 118 Burning Star Demon Lotus

“The …… head of the troupe is dead…… head of the troupe is dead!”

Following the successive deaths of the three deputy leaders, the strongest and highest leader of the Black Demon Mercenary Regiment first fled in cowardice, and then was easily killed by Yun Che in the midst of fleeing, and all of the Black Demon Mercenaries who had lost their backbones were fearful and unsettled. Looking at the youngster who stood beside the Black Demon’s corpse, his face as calm as water, all of their wariness turned into endless haste and fear.

In the short period of dead silence, the flames gradually went out. With a cold face, Yun Che slowly stepped forward. As he stepped forward, the eyes of the Black Demon mercenary who was closest to Yun Che’s position shrank, then suddenly let out a strange cry and fled backward in a lifeless manner. His actions also instantly woke up all the Black Demon mercenaries, and they fled in fear, no longer able to care about anything else.

“Want to leave?” Their fleeing did not make Yun Che feel relieved, and within his eyes, a cold murderous aura flashed through instead. His Xuan Force surged under his feet and he flew up, and in a few breaths, he had already chased after the fleeing group of Black Demon Mercenaries……. If these Black Demon Mercenaries had scattered and fled, he would have been unable to do anything about it, but as he had even decapitated four of their leaders, these Black Demon Mercenaries had developed a huge fear of him, and all of them subconsciously fled to the direction opposite of the position that he had been standing in a few moments ago. And that direction, too, was the only exit from the back of the mountain.

At the back of the fleeing team, Yun Che leapt forward high, reaching the highest point and then a Star God Shattering Shadow horizontal shift, reaching the team directly above him, with his Tiger Spirit Sword pointing downwards, with a blazing flame burning above the sword, and in the area of his brow, the golden Phoenix Seal released a scorching golden light.

“Burning… Star… Demon… Lotus!!!”

In a low chant, Yun Che’s entire body was ablaze with fire as he violently fell down.

Boom ！！！！

Monstrous flames exploded from Yun Che’s landing area, and the crazily released Xuan Power transformed into phoenix flames spreading out in layers, instantly enveloping the surrounding distance of more than twenty feet, and mercilessly sweeping all of the Black Demon mercenaries within. When viewed from the air, it was as if a demonic and incomparable flaming lotus bloomed angrily at the center point where Yun Che was located, but every single petal was burning with the deadly Phoenix Flame.

Countless miserable cries resounded in the huge fire lotus, as miserable as the cries from the Nine Hells. But the Burning Star Demon Lotus didn’t show mercy, still blooming mercilessly, the layers and layers of tongues of flame gradually bloomed into a larger and larger fiery fire lotus.

Blue Xue Ruo, who was standing not far away, had already looked completely dumbfounded. Although she wasn’t very old, she had already seen too many experts, including high-level Earth Xuan Realm powerhouses and even Heaven Xuan Realm super powerhouses. However, she had never seen anyone who could unleash a fire Xuan Gong so splendidly, including the Burning Sky Sect, which had the strongest fire Xuan Gong in the Cangfeng Empire.

It was even more impossible to believe that such a strike had come from the hands of Yun Che …… a teenager who was only sixteen years old!

“Entry Xuan Realm Level 1 to Entry Xuan Realm Level 10 …… Crossing a large realm in a month’s time …… Entry Xuan Realm Level 10 consecutively decimated four True Xuan Realm Xuanists …… My feeling didn’t deceive me, he must be the one I’ve been searching for.” Lan Xueruo looked blankly ahead and murmured softly.

The flame lotus had already bloomed to its maximum, the screams in it were smaller, through the layers of flames, Lan Xueruo could vaguely see a figure desperately tumbling in the flames, she turned her head away, her heart flooded with deep intolerance. At that moment, she saw that within the flames, Yun Che dragged his Tiger Spirit Sword, his demeanor exhausted, and his footsteps heavy as he walked out. The clothes on his body were already in tatters, and the spots of blood on them had all been scorched to black in the fire lotus.

“Senior Brother Yun!” Lan Xueruo let out a cry of surprise and hurriedly greeted him, but stopped her footsteps when she was about to get close to Yun Che, and for a moment, she was even more afraid to move forward. Because the Yun Che at this time made it impossible for her not to develop a strange feeling …… That surge of strength was still secondary, when he had previously beheaded the three Vice Heads, as well as slaughtered these Black Demon mercenaries, all of them were lethal without a hint of softness, and with a single Flame Lotus, he had buried more than seventy Black Demon mercenaries again… …Slaughtering hundreds of people in the blink of an eye without changing his face. Obviously only a sixteen year old teenager, but he even had this kind of almost devilish nature of heart.

“Senior sister, I’m a little tired …… help me a little.” Yun Che’s footsteps were weak and his body shook, and as he spoke, his body went limp and nearly fell. “Burning Star Demon Lotus” was the Phoenix Inflammation Technique contained in the sixth realm of the Phoenix Ode to the World Canon, the point-killing power was inferior to the Phoenix Wings Sky Dome Dance, but it had an extremely terrifying wide-range incineration ability. The Phoenix Wings Sky Dance had to be launched in the air, while the Burning Star Demon Lotus could bloom in any state, in any direction, but at the same time, it was also accompanied by a huge amount of consumption. Two Phoenix Wing Heavenly Dome Dances, one Burning Star Demon Lotus, plus the continuation of the Evil Spirit state had caused his Xuan Power to be almost completely depleted in this short period of time.

Lan Xueruo hurriedly stepped forward to support Yun Che, and after hesitating for a moment, asked, “Senior Brother Yun, have you …… killed many people before?”

Yun Che was first silent, then slowly nodded, “Killed …… many, many, far more than you can imagine.” He looked all over the fire lotus that was gradually shrinking behind him and said, “Elder sister, do you think that I’m cruel and shouldn’t kill these people who are no longer attacking us but are simply trying to escape?”

Lan Xueruo didn’t say anything, acquiescing wordlessly.

Yun Che looked at Lan Xueruo and said, “Elder sister, I once said before that your heart is too soft and kind, but these words, they are not my compliments to elder sister, they are rather a kind of sigh …… Elder sister should be able to sense that all of these evil people carry more or less hostile auras on their bodies, and that they are all people who have killed people. And the ones who killed, should mostly be the good people who were robbed and attacked by them, these evil people, they should have deserved to die a long time ago. Before that, they trapped us in front of the trial land for more than a month again, if it wasn’t for me passing that phoenix trial, it would have been impossible for me and my senior sister to escape, and the entire phoenix legacy clan would have been at risk of being extinguished, and it wouldn’t have been too much for me to kill them at all.”

Lan Xue Ruo slightly shook her lips, looking at the fire lotus that was already extinguishing, her voice drifted, “Ever since I was a child, my master has taught me to be kind-hearted, gentle to others, and fraternal to all beings……. They do have sins in their bodies, but after all, they are all living beings one by one. They have all just now thrown away their weapons and chose to flee, there is no more half threat to us, why …… can’t we let them go?”

“They are a group of vicious people, if we let them go today, tomorrow they could potentially kill someone else, and it could be many, many people.” Yun Che said with a straight face, “Whereas killing them would allow many innocent people to be saved in this way. Good people, innocent people, of course, cannot be killed. But these sinful people, instead of being sinful, killing them is saving them! Letting them go is the real sin!”

Lan Xueruo: “……”

“Little brother Yun, you really did it …… Great, just great!!!”

At this time, Feng Baichuan held the still unconscious Feng Zu’er and brought the crowd of the Phoenix Remnant Clan over, and everyone had excited faces and tears in their eyes, and their gazes towards Yun Che were even more fervent as if they were gazing at a god.

When Yun Che had killed the Black Demon, the sealing formation at the entrance of the cave had been opened by Feng Baichuan, and the ensuing images that they had seen had left them excited and shocked beyond words. Many of the old men among them even couldn’t stop whispering “This must be the messenger sent by the Phoenix God to save us, the Phoenix God has never forgotten us ……”

Yun Che glanced at the pale Feng Zu’er in Feng Baichuan’s arms and quickly said, “Clan Chief Feng, the evil people have all been cleared. Quickly take Zu’er and the others back home to find some clean water to drink, but don’t eat right away…… Quickly go, the current condition of these children is very dangerous, and we’ll talk about other things later.”

“Good!” Feng Baichuan nodded his head, then he and the crowd took the already unconscious children and ran quickly in the direction of the valley entrance, when they passed by the location where the fire lotus was burning, they suddenly all stopped in their tracks and looked ahead with a wary face.

With the extinguishing of the fire lotus, two Black Demon mercenaries who were sitting paralyzed on the ground with pale faces appeared in the line of sight, their clothes had been scorched for the most part, and their bodies had multiple burns, but they were basically just minor burns. They were just at the very edge of the Burning Star Demon Lotus, and were not really affected by the fire lotus, but were only swept by the aftermath, the reason why they are now sitting on the ground is not because of serious injuries, but by the huge fire lotus under the scare to the legs are too sore and weak to stand up for a long time. At this moment, seeing Feng Baichuan and the others arrive in front of them, their eyes instantly widened and they hastily retreated like birds of prey.

“There are actually still fish that missed the net!” Yun Che’s face revealed a shocked expression as he quickly placed the Tiger Spirit Sword into Lan Xueruo’s hands and quickly said, “Senior sister, I’m currently lacking in Xuan Power and have no way to do anything, so you quickly go and kill those two people, absolutely do not let them escape!”

Subconsciously receiving the Tiger Spirit Sword, Lan Xueruo, however, stood there and did not make a move, after her eyes fluttered for a while, she shook her head and said, “I haven’t killed anyone and I don’t want to kill anyone. For them to survive, it’s considered their destiny. With the entire troupe wiped out, they no longer have a place to return to, and after experiencing the shock just now, they are considered to have been punished …… Just let them go. The Black Demon Mercenary Corps no longer exists, and in the future, they shouldn’t be evil anymore.”

“No way!!!” Yun Che shook his head incomparably resolutely, “Being soft-hearted and cutting off the grass without removing the roots is always the biggest taboo when facing an enemy! If you don’t kill them, there might be some unforeseen serious consequences, hurry up and do it!”

Yun Che’s words were urgent and harsh, completely different from his usual gentleness when facing Lan Xueruo. Lan Xueruo’s lips twitched as she took two steps forward, but then stopped, unable to raise her Tiger Spirit Sword no matter what. In the end, she let out a silent sigh and said to the two surviving Black Demon mercenaries, ”You guys go. Don’t be evil in the future, or else if I meet you next time, I will never be lenient!”

Lan Xue Ruo’s words made the two Black Demon mercenaries who were paralyzed on the ground wake up like a dream, they hurriedly climbed up from the ground …… but instead of turning around and fleeing as Lan Xue Ruo thought, their eyes suddenly turned cloudy and pounced on Feng Bai Chuan.

“Feng Clan Chief be careful!” Yun Che’s pupils shrunk as he let out a loud shout.

But Yun Che’s shout was simply too late, that Black Demon mercenary had already rushed to the front of Feng Baichuan who was caught off guard, with his Xuan Power of the 6th level of the Xuan Realm, how could it be resisted by Feng Baichuan, and in an instant, he knocked Feng Baichuan far away from him, and at the same time, he snatched Feng Zu’er from his hands, and with his right hand formed into a hook, pinched Feng Zu’er’s neck, and with a hideous smile on his face, “All of you, don’t come over here, back off! Back off! Otherwise …… I will immediately snap his neck!”

“Zu’er …… Zu’er!” Feng Baichuan, who was knocked down, lost his voice and exclaimed.

Lan Xue Ruo’s face changed greatly, and she said sharply, “You …… you evil thief! I was kind enough to let you go, but you committed such a despicable and shameless act! Release Zu’er immediately!”

“Hey!” The Black Demon Mercenary laughed coldly, “Our Black Demon Mercenary Corps spent a huge price to enter this Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and our entire group was wiped out for the sake of a treasure, so how can I be willing to leave! Hand over your treasure to me immediately! Otherwise, I will strangle this brat! I know very well, this is the son of your clan leader! I’d like to see if it’s your treasures or this little brat’s life that’s important! If you guys don’t hand it over …… I don’t want to live anyway, being able to pull a cushion and watch you guys cry in pain before you die isn’t bad, hahahaha!”

Lan Xueruo clenched her fists, her quiet face pale with anger. At her side, Yun Che’s calm and ice-cold voice was heard, “Senior sister, this is the result of your hesitation, weakness, and mercy. You mercifully let the two villains go, but put Zu’er’s life in their hands, is this the result you want to see?”

“I …… I ……”

“Moreover, even if they don’t do that, after they escape from here, guess what they will most likely do? They will publicize the fact that there is a mysterious village and the so-called ‘treasure’ hidden here, and at that time, I don’t know how many powerful forces and clans will be alarmed to come to the ‘treasure hunt’, and at that time, the Phoenix Remnant Clan will be subjected to a crisis that will be unknown how many times bigger than this time, and even everyone, even if they don’t do it, will not be able to find the treasure. How many times greater than this crisis, and even everyone, will be slaughtered as a result.”

Yun Che eyed Lan Xueruo, his words were like needles, piercing straight into her heart, “I killed people, killed hundreds of evil people, but I avenged countless people who were victimized by them, and even saved countless people who might be victimized by them in the future. You didn’t kill anyone, and mercifully let two evil people go, while more than two hundred innocent people here, from the old man down to the children, have to all die a horrible death because of it …… This is, what you understand by mercy and fraternity?”