Chapter 192: To Survive, Charge!

Su Che was certain that the power of his Soul-Seizing Technique had also doubled, which filled him with great joy. But there was no time for celebration now. Seizing the opportunity as the man with a square face fell downward, he swiftly unleashed another Prison-Demon Technique. A large “prison” character appeared, locking him in midair, forcing him to fall headfirst while remaining in a state of mental chaos. He looked like he was hanging upside down with his feet tied, in a pitiful state.

On the other side, although Zhe Yu was trapped by the Prison-Demon Technique, he remained fully conscious. However, his vital energy and the golden core inside his body were restrained by the technique’s power, leaving him temporarily unable to move.

“Ah…” Zhe Yu screamed frantically, using all his strength to break free from the “prison” character above him. Perhaps, given a few more moments, he might be able to escape. But Su Che wasn’t willing to give him that chance.

Soul-Seize!
A blue light flashed as Su Che delivered another attack. With a buzz, Zhe Yu’s spiritual essence trembled, and his mind became utterly chaotic.

Swish!
Su Che immediately took out the gold-colored talisman bestowed by his master and activated it without hesitation. This was a battle one-on-two against two cultivators in the early stage of the Golden Core phase—any lapse could cost his life. Even though there was only one sword aura left in the talisman, he couldn’t afford to be stingy.

The last sword aura was unleashed, turning the golden sword in Su Che’s hand into a ball of starlight, thus fulfilling its purpose completely.

Whoosh!
Zhe Yu’s head was pierced by the golden sword aura, his brain splattering, and all signs of life vanished.

Soul-Seize!
Another attack pulled his spiritual essence out of his corpse. Su Che rushed forward, closing the distance, and with a simple gesture, sent his corpse into the Immortal Prison.

The entire sequence was seamless and fluid, as if practiced countless times beforehand. One done, another to go. Without pause, Su Che drew a perfect arc in the air and flew back to the man with a square face. His top-tier sword shot toward his neck in an instant.

The man with a square face was still hanging upside down, his chaotic mind still not restored to normal.

Bang!
The top-tier sword was stopped by some unknown force, emitting a clear ringing sound.

Only then did Su Che realize that the man with a square face had activated some kind of defensive measure in advance. Though he was mentally confused and trapped by the Prison-Demon Technique, his protective talisman remained in active mode, defending him automatically.

“It might be a precious armor piece. An elite spiritual sword surely can’t break through his defense. This won’t work!”
“What should we do?”
“Let him go for now? Flee back to our sect first?”
“Who knows? There might be other Golden Core elders from the Taiyi Sect lurking nearby…”
Various thoughts flashed through Su Che’s mind, but in action, he delivered another Soul Seize attack, worsening his situation even further. His already chaotic mind became completely disordered.
An idea struck Su Che. He flipped his wrist, and a black war axe appeared in his palm.
A Witch Clan war axe!
“A weapon like this, in the hands of the Witch Clan, could even kill ancient powerful cultivators. Today, I refuse to believe it can’t kill you too!”
Su Che rushed forward and swung the axe at close range.
Bang!
The sound was deafening, but it was blocked by an extremely special defensive force. Su Che felt as if he had struck something incredibly hard, completely different from ordinary protective auras.
“A Witch Clan war axe—unbreakable. I refuse to believe it can’t shatter you!”
Bang!
Su Che used all his strength and swung the axe again.
Witch Clan weapons strongly repelled cultivators’ vital energy, so Su Che didn’t use any vital energy in his attacks, relying solely on his formidable physical strength.
Bang!
Another loud noise. This time, Su Che felt as if he had penetrated deeper, with the axe blade much closer to the cultivator’s body.
Again!
Bang! Bang! Bang…
Like a woodcutter felling trees, swing after swing at close range…
Throughout the attacks, he didn’t forget to deliver Soul Seize attacks regularly, ensuring the cultivator had no chance to recover.
If anyone saw Su Che using such barbaric, crude, and primitive methods to torment a Golden Core cultivator, it would surely shock many.
A spectacle!
It truly could be described as a “spectacle.”
Suddenly, a streak of light rushed in from afar at incredible speed—clearly belonging to someone at the Golden Core stage or above.
“Ah!”
Worried that it might be an ally from the Taiyi Sect coming to aid them, Su Che became extremely anxious. A surge of anger erupted within him, and he roared frantically, “Open it now!”
At the same time, the drop of Witch Clan blood in his right atrium also pulsed abnormally.
An immense force flowed through Su Che’s arm into the war axe…
For a moment, Su Che even had an illusion—of himself turning into a giant, roaring at the sky as he swung the axe!
Thud!
The cultivator with the square face was cut in half.
Thud!
Another swing, and his head was severed as well.

Soul Seizing!
Su Che appeared mad, but his mind was clear. He promptly used his Soul Seizing skill to extract the immortal soul of the man with a square face from his corpse.
“Zhelu!”
The fleeing figure had already arrived nearby. Seeing Su Che kill the man with a square face, he let out a mournful cry.
This clearly meant he was also a Golden Core elder from the Taiyi Sect.
Swish!
Without hesitation, Su Che threw the corpse of the man with a square face into the Immortal Prison. His eyes turned red with fury as he glared at the approaching figure and roared, “How dare you, scum of the Taiyi Sect, act arrogantly in front of the Tianxuan Sect’s gates! Die!”
Die!
Die!
Die…
His roar echoed across the wilderness.
“You…”
The newcomer was a mid-stage Golden Core elder from the Taiyi Sect. Overwhelmed with grief and anger, he pointed at Su Che, too furious to speak.
Su Che’s rage wasn’t madness—it was genuine fury. He had just killed two early-stage Golden Core cultivators, and now another mid-stage one had appeared. This showed that the Taiyi Sect must have sent a large number of Golden Core elders to block the Tianxuan Sect’s gates, setting a trap to catch him.
With such blatant actions, the Tianxuan Sect surely must have noticed. So why hadn’t they stepped in to stop them? Were the Tianxuan Sect’s Golden Core elders and their Immortal Embryo ancestors all blind, or had they all died?
To be bullied right at their own doorstep with no reaction?
It was one thing to be hunted on Taiyi Sect’s territory, but now, as they were about to return home, they were still being intercepted…
Under such circumstances, how could Su Che not be angry? How could he not be enraged?
At that moment, Lao He was interrogating Helu’s immortal soul in the Immortal Prison and immediately gave an answer: “Master, don’t get angry. It’s not that the Tianxuan Sect is indifferent—they’ve been deceived.”
“Why?” Su Che asked in his heart.
“The Supreme Lord of Taiyi Sect ordered his subordinates to capture you by any means necessary. So, they came to the Tianxuan Sect under the guise of a negotiation team. Then, under the pretense of showing respect, they sent only two people inside the gates to negotiate, while the rest pretended to camp in the wilderness. In reality, they spread out in all directions, waiting for you to return.”
“They practiced cultivation separately in the wilderness, causing no harm to anyone else in the Tianxuan Sect. Over time, the elders there grew lazy about dealing with them. The so-called negotiations have dragged on to this day…”

Su Che growled in anger, “Negotiations? Bullshit! These guys were sent by the Spirit Realm. Without completing their mission, there’s no way they’ll reach any good outcome…”
The mental communication between master and servant happened in the blink of an eye—truly just a fraction of a second.
At that moment, the Taiyi Sect elder in the middle stage of the Golden Core phase said, “Su Che, hand over the bodies of your two junior brothers, and I’ll spare your life!”
“Fuck you!”
Still seething with anger, Su Che spat out vulgar words, “Spare my life? You old bastard! If you’ve got the guts, come and get me—I’ll chop off your arms with my axe!”
As he swung his battle axe, he pulled out a spirit talisman with his left hand, activated it, and slapped it on himself.
But it wasn’t a defensive spirit talisman.
Whoosh!
The once ferocious Su Che turned into a pale green aurora and vanished in an instant.
“A middle-stage Golden Core cultivator? How dare you fight me!”
A wise man avoids immediate losses. With the mountain gate just ahead, Su Che wouldn’t be foolish enough to fight to the death. Facing a middle-stage Golden Core cultivator was already extremely risky, not to mention there were other people from the Taiyi Sect lurking nearby…
“Damn it!”
Watching Su Che fly away thousands of feet, the Taiyi Sect elder was so angry his beard trembled. He had expected the other man to use those two supernatural abilities, so he had been prepared to defend himself. But instead, he escaped!
Chase!
While pursuing at full speed, the elder sent an invisible signal to his fellow sect members nearby, urging them to hurry and intercept Su Che.
There were still eight hundred li to the Tianxuan Mountain gate—there should be enough time!
Ahead, Su Che activated an elite Aurora Flight Talisman, which allowed him to maintain ten times his normal speed for fifteen minutes.
With his speed increased tenfold after reaching the later stage of Foundation Establishment, it took less than half a word (two minutes) for him to fly into the mountain gate’s protective array.
“Just half a word—I must hold on!”
Su Che encouraged himself mentally.
An aurora streaked across the sky. His current speed was comparable to that of a middle-stage Golden Core cultivator, though he could still only fly in a straight line without control over direction.
But after flying over four hundred li, he saw several other light trails approaching head-on.
Su Che couldn’t adjust his direction to avoid them, nor could he stop flying—he could only push forward bravely!
Charge!
“Ah…”
Su Che’s eyes turned red as he unleashed all his potential. His elite flying sword cleared a path ahead, his Dragon Soul Scale was ready to be activated, and his Soul Capturing Technique was focused on his forehead.
Charge!

Even though there are several Golden Core cultivators blocking the way ahead, we must still charge through.
To survive, charge!