Chapter 384: Great Penetration Technique

The Master of the Dust-Free Valley was highly wary of Su Che’s divine techniques. In fact, he was always cautious around anyone related to the Immortal Realm. At this moment, Su Che and his four subordinates worked together to capture an individual in the early Yuan Ying stage who had fallen under demonic influence. Without pause, they moved on to their next target.

Just as one picks the softest persimmons to squeeze, they targeted those with the weakest flying magic artifacts—those too slow to dodge, allowing them to be swiftly defeated under the combined attacks of Su Che and Yan Gu and the others. The opponents didn’t sit idly either. With a roar, forty demons bombarded the Wealthy One’s defensive barrier. Amidst the flashes of golden light, Su Che and his group remained unharmed, able to largely ignore these attacks. As long as no single attack could break through the Wealthy One’s defense, all the extra strikes only wasted some of Su Che’s spirit stones. There were countless spirit stones—stacked high in the Immortal Prison, never to run out.

By combining the control techniques of Soul Seizure and Demon Imprisonment, they pinned down a second demon, followed by fierce blows from Yan Gu and the others, leaving the second victim severely injured. Su Che then used the Great Plunder Technique to capture him and send him to the Immortal Prison.

Even after capturing two magic seeds in a row, the Master of the Dust-Free Valley remained unfazed. Instead, he secretly rejoiced: “Exactly. He truly possesses a spatial magic artifact of his own realm. The connection between me and those two magic seeds has been completely severed. Ordinary magic artifact spaces couldn’t possibly do this…”

He was determined to obtain this spatial magic artifact at any cost.

Just as Su Che prepared to charge at the third demon, the Master of the Dust-Free Valley finally took action. His figure vanished briefly before reappearing in place—a truly eerie sensation. Immediately afterward, Su Che’s chest took a heavy blow. Thankfully, his new Dao robes, obtained in the Immortal Realm, were mid-grade spiritual treasures with strong defensive capabilities. The robes protected him automatically, leaving Su Che only slightly shaken, unharmed.

“Where did that attack come from?” Su Che was startled and instinctively cried out.

Hundreds of feet away, the Master of the Dust-Free Valley vanished again before reappearing, delivering another punch to Su Che’s abdomen—this time even more forceful—but still not exceeding the defensive limits of his spiritual robe.

“The Wealthy One’s defensive barrier remains intact. How can he hit me?”

Su Che was greatly surprised. A flash of inspiration struck him as he suddenly remembered a powerful technique recorded in the ancient book given to him by Elder Qingxuan—“Great Penetration Art.”

The Great Penetration Art could penetrate most defensive barriers in the world, delivering the most direct attacks on the opponent. It was an extremely formidable and terrifying divine skill. Of course, the level of mastery over such a powerful technique varied: at a basic level, one could only transmit 10% of their attack power through the opponent’s barrier; at an intermediate level, 20-30%; at an advanced level, 40-50%; and at the highest level, 80% of the attack power could bypass the barrier and strike the opponent directly…

The strange technique just used by the Master of Dustless Valley was likely the Great Penetration Art. However, Su Che thought that perhaps because his mastery of this technique wasn’t perfect, coupled with his current weak state, he could only transmit 10-20% of his attack power through Jufu’s barrier.

Similar to his own Great Thunderfall Art, he could only summon lower-level heavenly thunder so far. Fortunately, each summoning allowed ten bolts of thunder, which were quite useful in group battles…

Bang!

Another heavy attack suddenly struck, passing through Jufu’s barrier and hitting Su Che directly. This kind of attack was extremely bizarre—neither visible nor detectable by senses, leaving no chance to defend or evade.

Moreover, Su Che was inside the barrier, with limited space to dodge. Constant attacks like these would be exhausting, even if they didn’t kill him.

With no other choice, Su Che took out another top-tier spiritual treasure shield and held it in front of him.

The Mi Xian realm was abundant in various spiritual treasures. Su Che could easily produce hundreds of different ones, and this shield was just one of them.

Bang!

Another attack from the Master of Dustless Valley struck the shield through Jufu’s barrier. Su Che only felt a slight tremor—much better than being hit in the chest.

“The few attacks just now were merely a final warning to you,” the Master of Dustless Valley transmitted. “If you remain stubborn, I will use even more powerful methods, eventually turning you into a deformed puppet half-human and half-demon, trapping you in eternal suffering with no chance of redemption.”

“A barking dog doesn’t bite. The more you make a fuss, the less afraid I am of you,” Su Che laughed.

Amidst laughter, a blinding attack was sent out, completely rendering blind an Envy-possessed cultivator in the Mid-Yuan Ying stage who was nearby. Then, three consecutive Soul-Grabbing attacks struck him in quick succession.

The four members of the Flame Bones group were about to launch a joint attack to seriously injure this man as well, so that their master could capture him again. But this time, the Envy-possessed cultivators, having received orders from the Master of the Dust-Free Valley, had become smarter. More than a dozen of them joined forces and unleashed pure pushing attacks at the Wealthy Man’s barrier.

Whoosh!

The tremendous force pushed the Wealthy Man’s barrier back thousands of feet, causing the attacks of the Flame Bones group to miss. The completely blind Envy-possessed cultivator was then rescued by his companions.

“Nine-tenths of his life force was wasted in vain…” Su Che felt frustrated.

As Old Black replenished his life force, he also whispered, “Master, after all, that guy comes from the Immortal Realm. Even a thin camel is bigger than a horse—his various cunning tactics are hard to anticipate. You must be prepared to retreat at any time.”

“I know,” Su Che nodded inwardly.

Although surrounded, Su Che believed he could still break through if he fought head-on. His decision to stay here was to engage him in a battle to test his strength.

A dragon trapped in shallow waters becomes a target for shrimps; a fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Though that guy came from the Immortal Realm, he was currently in a vulnerable state. Perhaps this little shrimp of his could tease him a bit.

This time, Su Che ordered the Star Emperor Compass to head straight for the Master of the Dust-Free Valley, to engage him in a direct confrontation without hesitation. If he couldn’t win, then he would retreat.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Su Che’s Destroying Fist erupted like a tsunami, while the four members of the Flame Bones group unleashed all their powers as well. Without a specific target, they all charged forward—anyone who tried to block their path would just have to collide with them.

Although those Envy-possessed cultivators were also at the Yuan Ying stage, they didn’t have a defensive treasure like the Wealthy Man’s, so facing Su Che and his group head-on would surely result in heavy losses for them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Through continuous collisions, the Star Emperor Compass broke through the obstacles, pushing the Envy-possessed cultivators aside and heading straight for the Master of the Dust-Free Valley.

“Brave, but foolish!” The Master of the Dust-Free Valley knew full well Su Che’s plans. With a sinister smile, he hovered motionless in the distance, waiting for Su Che and his group to charge over.

Apart from Su Che’s Great Plundering Technique just now, the Master of the Dust-Free Valley dismissed all other mortal powers as worthless, offering only endless contempt: Mortal strength is useless to me!

Rushing to a distance of a hundred zhang, Su Che hesitated not for a moment and sacrificed another 90% of his life force to unleash his blinding ability, targeting the Master of the Dustless Valley.
Swish!
A black dragon-shaped flame surged around the Master of the Dustless Valley, seemingly instantly countering the invisible blinding force. With a scornful laugh, he said, “Not even a fraction of the Great Curse Art—yet you think this can blind me? How ridiculous!”
Su Che remained silent. The thought that flashed through his mind was, “I knew you’d talk nonsense. Well, then, I’m fighting exactly the kind of person who loves to talk nonsense!”
While he kept talking without stopping, Su Che rushed forward. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Dozens of punches were unleashed in an instant, with Xiao Hei also sent out along with them.
The destructive power exploded repeatedly in the starry sky, tearing through space and creating black holes. The mere three-inch-tall Xiao Hei, completely black, was hardly visible, almost invisible.
“Hmm, your destructive power is somewhat interesting after all.”
The Master of the Dustless Valley still relied on the dragon-shaped demonic flame surrounding him to block all the punches, appearing unharmed at all. He continued, “This power is extremely ancient; it must be the inheritance of some ancient demon god…”
But before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed because he realized that a small black figure, about three inches tall and resembling a human Yuan Ying, carrying a pocket axe, was mixed among the explosive punches and rushing straight at him, now only ten zhang away.
For some reason, the moment he saw this tiny creature, an inexplicable sense of unease arose in his heart.
There was no need to wonder where this unease came from, as the little black figure provided its own answer.
Whoosh!
Xiao Hei’s size swelled dramatically, instantly turning him into a black giant over ten zhang tall. With arms several zhang long and a war axe of the same length, he didn’t need to get any closer. With one swing of his axe, it would hit the Master of the Dustless Valley right on the head.
Back then, Xiao Hei had already used his earth-shattering power to scare the leader of the Netherworld Sect, who wielded a mid-tier Dao artifact in the later stages of Yuan Ying, into fleeing. At that time, his strength was only one-fifth of what it was now.
After absorbing four drops of the True Blood of the Witch God, Xiao Hei’s strength had surged dramatically. Today was the first time he was attacking with full force.
“What kind of power is this?”

The Master of Dustless Valley was utterly shocked, not because of Xiao Hei’s attack power, but due to the extremely unique nature of his strength. Faced with such power, the Master felt the primal demonic energy within him trembling, like a helpless deer confronted by a fierce predator.
The might of creation itself!
That axe swing was unstoppable, and the Master of Dustless Valley had no intention of fighting back head-on. He had an intuition that if he resisted, it would be he who suffered defeat.
Swish!
The Master of Dustless Valley vanished without a trace, as Xiao Hei swung his axe into empty air. Yet, when the axe struck, the Master reappeared in the same spot, having not moved an inch.
Great Penetration Art!
When using this supreme art, not only does its attack power penetrate the enemy’s defensive barriers, but the user also enters a state of near-omnipotence, allowing enemy attacks to pass through their position. After the attack, their body reappears.
In other words, Great Penetration Art is an extremely advanced spatial spell, harnessing the laws of space.