Chapter 255: Destruction Like a Tide

Faced with the raging celestial fire, Yan Ming and his companions experienced Su Che’s destructive power. In fact, just the first attack cost them two men, yet such losses couldn’t dampen their desire to seize the treasure.
“Who knows what kind of divine power lies behind his punches? How can he release them at such a rapid frequency?” Yan Ming sent a message to his companions.
“I’m not sure,” Mu Yu replied slowly, shaking her head. “It feels like some extremely ancient form of destruction—very strange and rare.”
“I’ve always said this kid is really weird,” Cang Jiuzi grunted.
Generally, even the most powerful divine arts at the Golden Core stage couldn’t be unleashed instantly; they required prior buildup or preparation. Yet Su Che’s barrage of over thirty punches left Yan Ming and the others utterly stunned.
Crackling and exploding nonstop—how could anyone endure that?
“Let’s do this…”
After some thought, Yan Ming made up his mind and said to his companions, “I’ll lead the others in a frontal attack. Mu Yu and Cang Jiuzi, find a weak spot and see if you can break in through a wall of the sect master’s hall.”
Mu Yu hesitated for a moment before replying, “Destroying the buildings inside the secret realm, especially the sect master’s hall, might trigger unpredictable changes.”
As experienced treasure hunters, they all knew this basic principle: unless absolutely necessary, avoid damaging the essential facilities or key structures within the treasure site…
Before Yan Ming could respond, Cang Jiuzi said, “I already had this in mind. The Tianya Hai Pavilion has been silent for 70,000 years—its various arrays and restrictions should have lost their energy by now. The chance of unexpected changes is low.”
Yan Ming nodded. “I’m worried that dragging this out too long could lead to a situation highly unfavorable for us.”
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky and sighed, “The Tianyuan Sea is too close to the Hunyuan Sword Sect…”
The implication in his words was obvious to everyone. Mu Yu nodded. “Then let’s give it a try.”
Though they were aware of the threat posed by the Hunyuan Sword Sect, they didn’t realize that four of its Golden Core elders had already entered the barrier and were searching everywhere within the secret realm—they might find them any moment.
Once a superpower like the Hunyuan Sword Sect got involved in treasure hunting, others would surely end up with nothing left.
Mu Yu and Cang Jiuzi rushed toward the two sides of the hall’s outer wall, one on each side.

Su Che saw everything they were doing, and this was exactly what worried him the most: what kind of situation would arise if the outer wall of this main hall were damaged? Su Che didn’t think the main hall of Tianya Hai Ge could be easily damaged like an ordinary house. The main buildings of various sects were equipped with numerous formations, acting like advanced magic artifacts, not to mention that this place was the most crucial core of the sect. “Let’s wait and see. Anyway, I can’t stop them.” Su Che could only guard the door of the main hall; as for the outer walls, he was powerless to do anything about them. Boom! A loud noise came from the left—Cang Jiu Zi must have taken action first. At the same time, Yan Ming and the others launched an attack on Su Che. This time they learned their lesson and didn’t rush into the battle zone but stood twenty zhang away, using spells or supernatural powers to attack Su Che from a distance. Among them, Yan Ming’s gold-based supernatural power was the most peculiar. With a whoosh, a chain made entirely of golden energy suddenly appeared above Su Che’s head and descended to bind him. If caught by those chains, the consequences would be unpredictable. Yet Su Che ignored them and continued to focus on dealing with the attacks from ahead, unleashing more and more Destruction Fists. Someone else took care of the golden chains falling from above. Snake Woman Ye Lan and Ghost Emperor You Ming combined their powers to halt the chains in midair. The supernatural techniques of a high-level Golden Core cultivator required their joint efforts to counter them. Boom! Boom! Boom… Su Che unleashed another dozen Destruction Fists, neutralizing the spells heading his way and retaliating against Yan Ming and the others twenty zhang away. The fierce destructive force forced them back a little further. It wasn’t that Su Che had the combat strength to fight ten enemies at once, but in such a head-on clash, as long as the Destruction Fists kept coming, Yan Ming and the others couldn’t get any closer. During the clash, Su Che sensed faint movements on the right side of the main hall. Clearly, Mu Yu was also trying to damage the outer wall on that side, but she used subtle corrosive methods, causing little noise. In just a few breaths, dozens more Destruction Fists were unleashed. Su Che didn’t know how much longer he could hold on. If it weren’t for the Immortal Prison’s life force constantly repairing his injuries, he would have collapsed long ago… Boom! Another loud noise came from the left side of the main hall—definitely created by Cang Jiu Zi. “Has he broken that outer wall?” Su Che worried silently. It was this loud noise that finally triggered some reaction in the main hall.

Huh…
A brilliant light flashed before their eyes, illuminating the entire hall with dazzling brilliance. The protective formation that had remained dormant for tens of thousands of years was finally awakened by “an invasion by external enemies.”
Su Che and Yan Ming both frowned slightly, their hearts tense as they braced themselves to wait for what would happen next.
Was it in my favor, or in their favor?
Soon after, Cang Jiuzi returned, looking rather disheveled. Earlier, he, as the disruptor, had suffered the backlash from the hall’s protective formation and had a tough time.
On the other side, Mu Yu also returned with a grim expression, cursing Cang Jiuzi from afar.
Su Che, who was guarding the hall entrance, was unaffected at all. It seemed that this protective formation only targeted outsiders, not those inside, and would not attack those within the hall.
With the help of this protective formation, Su Che’s pressure diminished greatly, and he naturally felt relieved. But the good news didn’t stop there—Shui Yue’s even more excited message came through: “Senior brother, there’s a response!”
It could be seen that the key in Shui Yue’s hand emitted light again as the protective formation activated. The statue of a woman on the front of the key slowly turned its head and said to Shui Yue,
“A body of water spirit can receive inheritance.”
Whoa!
A beam of light descended from above, enveloping Shui Yue. Immediately afterward, an unknown force lifted her into the air, and countless golden runes fell down along the beam, sinking into the top of her head one by one.
Shui Yue closed her eyes tightly, seemingly falling into a deep sleep.
Su Che knew she was receiving the sect’s inheritance, which was undoubtedly a joyous event. But the problem was that the emergence of that beam of light had shattered the isolation barrier he had created. This meant…
“There’s another woman in the hall!”
Yan Ming and the others immediately noticed this. How could they not realize that Su Che was guarding the hall entrance to buy time for that woman, so that she could…
“What’s she doing…?” Mu Yu murmured. “It seems like some kind of inheritance ritual…”
These words instantly inspired those around her. Yan Ming’s expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted, “Bad! She’s receiving the sect’s inheritance. After the ritual ends, she will become the new master of this secret realm. It’s very likely she’ll use some power to drive us out!”
Undoubtedly, if they were driven out, all their hopes would be ruined.
“We can’t let her succeed! Hurry, stop her! Attack now!” Cang Jiuzi’s aged face twisted in desperation, his words becoming incoherent from his anxiety.

For this treasure, these people had invested at least thirty years of effort. If their patience ran out and they chose to give up and leave in disappointment, that would be one thing. But now that hope was right before their eyes, forcing them to accept a futile outcome would be unacceptable to anyone.
Boom!
The ten treasure hunters went wild with anger and charged at Su Che, who was guarding the entrance, launching full-force attacks.
Just as they had done to break through the barrier, they united their efforts to bombard the target they had chosen—Su Che!
Failure!
Su Che had no other choice but to fight back with relentless punches, shattering each of the attacks that came his way.
There was only one way to get through here: wait until my life force was completely exhausted.
Swish! Swish! Swish…
Blue light flashed continuously, as the Soul-Grabbing Technique was activated repeatedly. At such a moment, precision wasn’t important—whichever target was hit was dealt with…
On the other side, in the underground chamber of the treasure vault, Mad Long was concentrating intensely on breaking the door’s restrictions, muttering from time to time, “One barrier broken.”
“Two barriers broken.”
“Three barriers broken.”
Wu Ya and Li Xue, who were guarding the stone stairs and had nothing to do, didn’t dare disturb him but wondered inwardly, “Damn these restrictions! How many more do we need to break before we can open the door?”
It had to be admitted that Mad Long was truly a genius of his generation. Though his character was poor, he had profound expertise in many areas. His research on restrictions ranked among the best in the entire cultivation world.
As he himself said: “There are no restrictions in the cultivation world that I can’t break; it’s the restrictions of the Spirit Realm that pose real challenges for me.”
At this moment, though the protective restrictions on the treasure vault’s door were extremely complex, breaking them was just a matter of time.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…
Faced with the relentless attacks from Yan Ming and the others, Su Che had to throw hundreds of punches in just a dozen breaths to counter their assaults.
Of course, a few spells still managed to find gaps and attack. Fortunately, Snake Woman, Ghost Emperor, and Fire Crow were by his side, helping to absorb these less powerful strikes.
During this time, another treasure hunter in the early Golden Core stage was unlucky enough to be hit by the blue Soul-Grabbing light and struck by a Destruction Punch, falling into the heavenly fire and joining the two who had died earlier.
Su Che continued to throw punches relentlessly, never forgetting to use the Great Fire Control Technique to keep the power of the Golden Sun Fire at level eight…

Suddenly, the flames in the arena slowed down as they were strongly suppressed by some force. The flames, which were originally over twenty feet high, were reduced to less than three feet.
Swish!
Four figures appeared behind Yan Ming and the others, radiating a sword-like aura and sharp intensity.
The four Golden Core elders of the Hunyuan Sword Sect had finally arrived, including Qian Li of the Qianli Sword Sect, who was at the advanced stage of the Golden Core realm.
“This place is quite lively…”
With a hint of deep laughter, Qian Li asked slowly, “So, is there anyone willing to tell me what you’re fighting over?”