Chapter 437 Heavy casualties, blood flowing like a river

Lin Che's strength far exceeded his expectations; even with cultivators besieging him, they couldn't pose a threat.

Just then, a chilling aura suddenly attacked from the side, and countless black threads, like venomous snakes, coiled around Lin Che's limbs.

Lin Che's heart stirred; without turning, he knew it was Grandmaster Yunluo.

At this moment, Grandmaster Yunluo was still hidden in the crowd, attempting to ambush him again with a clone, aiming to utterly kill Lin Che on the spot.

"Grandmaster Yunluo, you truly are a persistent ghost!"

Lin Che snorted coldly, his left hand reaching back to grasp the black threads directly.

Lin Che's internal vital energy suddenly erupted, and a bloody killing intent spread along the threads, instantly finding Grandmaster Yunluo's clone at the other end of the threads.

The clone was hiding behind an Ethereal cultivator; seeing the killing intent approach, her face drastically changed, and she turned to flee.

But how could Lin Che give her the chance?

Lin Che pulled hard, and the black threads instantly went taut, forcibly dragging the clone out.

"Since you like to hide so much, I'll make you disappear completely!"

Lin Che's killing intent surged in his eyes, and the Blood God Sword cleaved a massive bloody saber-light through the air.

The saber-light whistled past, directly splitting Grandmaster Yunluo's clone into fragments, and even the wisp of primordial spirit entrusted within her clone was annihilated along with it.

"A mere clone dares to act presumptuously! Today, I will destroy your true body and scatter your soul!"

Lin Che's right foot stepped into the void, and the space before him was instantly torn apart; then, without hesitation, he entered it, disappearing from his original spot… Simultaneously, beyond that Extreme Lightning, the Origin of Fire merged into the lightning, with lightning and fire intertwined!

Within the Primordial Ancient Star, one of the three forbidden lands of the Master's Association, this was a spatial rift that did not exist in the starry sky, a sacred place left by Grandmaster Yunluo's ancestors and passed down through generations!

The lake water was clear, with an island in it. Grandmaster Yunluo sat cross-legged beneath a pavilion on that island, her long black hair draped over her shoulders amidst her white robes. At this moment, her face was pale, and her eyes were tightly shut.

The moment her clone was killed by Lin Che, Grandmaster Yunluo's body shook, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!

The blood turned into a bloody mist, dispersing, with a few drops falling onto her white robes, a shocking sight!

Grandmaster Yunluo opened her eyes, her gaze filled with terror, but suddenly, her expression changed again.

As she abruptly looked up, she saw a dark vortex, like a black hole, suddenly materialize in the sky above her island!

Moreover, the instant this vortex materialized, a thunderous roar echoed through heaven and earth!

The lightning was red, and as soon as it appeared, it immediately dyed the world in bloody light. Amidst the roar, a red bolt of lightning wildly rushed towards the island where Grandmaster Yunluo sat cross-legged!

As this red lightning descended, it grew larger and larger, almost instantly transforming into a hundred-zhang giant thunderbolt, roaring down.

From afar, this scene was like the wrath of heaven unleashing world-destroying lightning, aiming to annihilate everything on this island!

An extreme pressure emanated from this red lightning. With an earth-shattering roar that wildly erupted in this world, the red lightning directly struck the island.

The entire island vibrated with a crash!

Moreover, after the lightning, endless flames surged, engulfing the island, making it appear like a sea of fire burning from a distance.

Even the lake water in the surrounding lake dissipated under this sea of fire, turning into a large amount of white mist rising into the sky.

Lightning and fire intertwined, and under the violent shaking, the island, as if struck by a giant hammer, crashed, splitting into countless fragments that scattered in all directions, completely collapsing!

"The Three-Phase Heavenly Lightning falls… The Four-Phase Sea of Fire burns… The Five-Phase Misty Island separates…"

Grandmaster Yunluo sat cross-legged on a piece of the island's shattered rock in the very center, with the pavilion behind her emitting a soft light that enveloped her.

Within that light, she spat out blood again, her face ashen, and she looked at the world with a bitter expression.

"The ancestor's divination has reached the Five Phases!"

Just then, the Extreme Lightning, after destroying the island under the burning sea of fire, rapidly approached from all directions, heading straight for Grandmaster Yunluo. This scene was quite astonishing, like countless blood-red snakes slithering.

These snake-like red lightning bolts, densely packed and rapidly contracting, in just an instant approached the soft light enveloping Grandmaster Yunluo. With another roar, they collided with the soft light.

The soft light suddenly twisted, pressed to rapidly condense inward, ultimately only stopping a few zhang away from Grandmaster Yunluo's body. It flickered violently, attempting to resist this Extreme Lightning.

But this soft light was clearly no match; after resisting for less than a few breaths of time, it immediately collapsed, allowing the endless red lightning to wildly rush into it, heading towards Grandmaster Yunluo's true body!

The moment these red lightning bolts arrived, Grandmaster Yunluo, with a bitter expression, raised her jade hand and waved it forward, revealing a black skeleton that appeared out of thin air before her.

This skeleton exuded an ancient aura; it was precisely the bones of her Master!

As these bones appeared, the surrounding red lightning immediately seemed to be attracted, roaring directly towards them. Amidst the loud noise, they struck, and the bones vibrated, then suddenly collapsed!

"The Six-Phase Ancestral Bones shatter… The Seven-Phase Return to Clan and Fusion of Souls… The Eight-Phase Autumn Orchid's Awakening… The Nine-Phase…"

Grandmaster Yunluo's figure gradually dissipated amidst the roaring sounds. After absorbing all the red lightning and collapsing, her Master's bones transformed into a storm that enveloped Grandmaster Yunluo's body.

Her body directly shattered and completely disintegrated, and even her primordial spirit crashed and collapsed, but her soul merged into the storm formed by the bones. With a flicker of faint light, it vanished with the storm into the world… within the Primordial Ancient Star.

Lin Che held the Blood God Sword, looking coldly at the countless corpses in the void.

In the previous battle, even the Cloud Sea Star Domain had tens of thousands of cultivators whose souls scattered, dying tragically here, turning into ashes and disappearing into the firmament.

Looking at the grim scene before him, Lin Che frowned slightly, subconsciously clenching his fist, and said indifferently, "I didn't expect such heavy casualties this time."

In the original work, the main reason for the battle between the Cloud Sea Star Domain and the Primordial Ancient Star race was that the Master of the Primordial Ancient Star race from outside the realm sought the Heavenly Gate to the Ancient Immortal Realm, intending to unify the inner and outer realms.

As the leader of the external forces, the Master of the Primordial Ancient Star race had reached the third step of the Empty Profound realm and had undergone three Profound Tribulations, possessing extremely powerful strength.

And the Cloud Sea Star Domain, as one of the four major star domains within the realm, had considerable strength, and the lair of the Master of the Boundary Seal was located in the Cloud Sea Star Domain, with its ninth-rank sect, the Divine Sect, being relatively well-preserved after the great war of that year.

To achieve his goal, the Master would inevitably wage war against the various star domains within the realm, including the Cloud Sea Star Domain.