Chapter 547: Purple Shield

As Xiao Hei attacked the woman in blue, Su Che once again faced a joint attack from the three members of the Hongyun Clan. Divine spells of the metal, wood, and fire elements surged toward him, but this time, although one person was missing, the absence of the water element—whose power countered those elements—significantly reduced the pressure on Su Che. His defensive barrier managed to block their combined attack without breaking.

Though the attack was blocked, it still nearly sent Su Che flying off his feet, leaving the situation extremely dangerous.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Su Che threw hundreds more Destruction Fists to buy time, fully aware that in a one-on-one fight, the outcome against any of them was uncertain. Now, facing three opponents, there was only one possible result: a crushing defeat. Without a miracle, defeat and death were inevitable!

But where could a miracle come from? Su Che racked his brains: “Xiao Hei is in action, and Shadow is too. It seems I have no other trump cards left…”

“The Yuan Ying cultivators in the Immortal Prison World can be temporarily transformed into soul slaves, but they can’t be summoned for help. Who else can I rely on?”

“The existence form of the Nether Ghost Emperor is considered a ghost cultivator, also part of the cultivator community, so it can’t be used as a summoning creature either…”

In an instant, various thoughts flashed through Su Che’s mind. He quickly adjusted his position and state, preparing to use his strongest defense to withstand the third wave of attacks from the Hongyun Clan.

As for Xiao Hei and Shadow, Su Che could only hope that they would manage to trap the woman in blue as long as possible—that would already be great.

Just as he was thinking this, he was surprised to see that the third wave of attacks launched by the three Hongyun Clan members deviated in direction. The strongest attack didn’t target him but landed about ten feet away from him.

“Did they miss?”

“How is that possible?”

As a result, Su Che only suffered minor scratches and managed to survive the third attack fairly easily, with his defensive barrier remaining intact.

Normally, three Great Perfection-stage experts like them wouldn’t make such a basic mistake, failing to maintain even basic accuracy. In such a confined space, the maximum distance between enemies and the protagonist was only about two hundred feet—there was no way they could miss.

Even if one of them made a mistake, it was unlikely that all three would make the same error and hit the exact same spot…

“It’s Shadow’s doing!” Old Hei shouted loudly inside the Immortal Prison.

Although Su Che’s consciousness was impaired, in this duel ground, Lao Hei’s detection abilities were not restricted in any way. Just then, he faintly sensed a slight strange distortion in the shadows of the three Hongyun Ancestors. He then realized that the shadows must have split into four, each hiding within their projections and using some method to disrupt their judgment.

Su Che and Lao Hei had already witnessed the shadow’s ability to create duplicates back in the Time of Phantom Stars. Shadows could split into countless copies to attack dozens, or even more, members of the Shadow Clan simultaneously.

Although shadows were the nemesis of the Shadow Clan, capable of easily devouring their Shadow Soul energy, dealing with these Great Vehicle-stage powerhouses would not be that easy. Yet, their bizarre and cunning tactics could still cause considerable disruption to the Hongyun Ancestors in a short time.

Lao Hei’s judgment was correct—the mistakes made by the three Hongyun Ancestors were indeed caused by the shadows.

The main strength of the shadows remained focused on the woman in the blue dress. Her movements were severely restricted by a powerful binding force, forcing her to stay in place and endure Xiao Hei’s relentless, high-frequency slashes.

In addition, the shadows split into three phantom duplicates, hiding within the projections of the three Hongyun Ancestors. Using some kind of illusionary technique, they caused spatial distortion in their visual perception. The position of Su Che they saw was incorrect, offset by at least ten feet.

The woman in the blue dress had long noticed that her feet were trapped in a very strange manner. At that moment, the three Hongyun Ancestors also realized that their vision and senses were being disrupted by some force. But in the short time available, they couldn’t figure out the cause and didn’t consider their own shadows at all.

“This Tianyu is truly eerie. Even in such a situation, he can still wield such bizarre supernatural techniques…”

They could only temporarily attribute the cause to Su Che.

This assumption wasn’t entirely wrong. Shadows were indeed one of Su Che’s trump cards, so it made sense to say it was his doing.

“Tianyu, I must admit that some of your unique abilities are truly admirable, just like those great techniques you master,” said the Hongyun Ancestor slowly, making an attacking gesture as he spoke in a deep voice. “But after all, your true cultivation level is only at the Huashen stage, and you’re alone. These peculiar tactics can only be considered a last-ditch effort to survive.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he and the other two at the Mahayana stage launched their fourth attack simultaneously. This time, all were wide-area killing moves. Even if the attack points deviated by a few zhang, the difference was minimal. Wide-area killing moves might have slightly weaker lethality against a single target, but their shock and impact forces were often greater. Su Che didn’t have time to dodge these attacks; he could only desperately stabilize his stance, remaining firmly in place like a nail, refusing to be blown away or tossed aside. It was precisely this stubborn resistance, with no attempt to reduce the force, that made it seem as though countless heavy hammers were striking Su Che’s defensive barrier. With a crack, the barrier shattered, and the remaining force continued to impact Su Che’s protective aura… Bang! Although he eventually held out and managed to persevere, Su Che was further injured—suffering his second wound. Su Che’s face suddenly turned an abnormally bright red before gradually fading back. Such injuries could be temporarily suppressed, but if they accumulated over time, they could ultimately crush a person. The defensive barrier of his Dao artifact being shattered meant the artifact had suffered severe damage and could not be used for a while. He needed to replace it immediately with another defensive Dao artifact to withstand subsequent attacks. Su Che could only resort to his old tactic, firing hundreds more Destruction Punches in a row to buy enough time to activate another artifact’s defensive barrier. However, Hong Yun and the others had already figured out Su Che’s intentions and would not give him such an opportunity again. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Hong Yun and his two companions simply braved the attacks of the Destruction Punches without any defense, relying solely on their own defenses to withstand them, launching another attack at Su Che nonstop, aiming to deny him any chance to catch his breath. Before Su Che could activate his defense, another heavy strike hit him, forcing him to continuously unleash his Destruction techniques in a counterattack to fend off the opponent’s attacks. Such a method of counterattack couldn’t completely neutralize wide-area attacks, so at least one-third of the force still hit Su Che directly. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Su Che stepped back three times, spitting out a large mouthful of blood uncontrollably. His body was covered in wounds, turning him into a mess of flesh and blood. Fortunately, thanks to the integration of numerous Demon God bones, Su Che’s bones were as hard as mid-tier attack Dao artifacts—unyielding and extremely resilient. Even after such severe blows, not a single bone was damaged, allowing him to stand upright like an iron pillar.

Together with his extraordinary regenerative abilities, Su Che’s wounds stopped bleeding instantly and healed rapidly, minimizing the damage from these external injuries. He barely managed to withstand this wave of attacks again.
“But this isn’t a solution. There’s no time to activate defenses. If I keep taking hits passively like this, I won’t be able to hold on much longer…”
On the surface, Su Che remained calm, seemingly unafraid of death, but inside, he was frantic, unable to think of any good strategy.
Huh!
Just as Su Che stabilized himself, Hong Yun and the others launched another barrage of attacks, coming like a tsunami, leaving him not even a moment to catch his breath.
Bang bang bang bang…
With no other choice and almost no defense, Su Che could only use the Destruction Fist to fend off the attacks, already realizing that he might not be able to stand this time.
With injuries piling up and facing even stronger blows, he was truly in a desperate situation, with no way out anymore…
At this critical moment, just as the attacks were about to hit him, suddenly, a huge purple shield appeared in front of Su Che. Bang bang bang bang— it blocked all the attacks, keeping Su Che safe behind it!
A purple shield?
Su Che looked closely and saw that it wasn’t a shield at all, but a gigantic amethyst long sword.
Several zhang long, over one zhang wide, and over one chi thick—this massive sword was like an impenetrable amethyst gate, shielding Su Che completely. The combined attacks from Hong Yun and the others left not even a scratch on its blade.
Of course, the amethyst long sword was thrown by Lao Hei from the Immortal Prison. It not only saved Su Che from this crisis but also made Lao Hei shout in joy, “Master, I’ve finally transformed that mutated energy and can now control this sword…”
Earlier, when Su Che was transported to the duel site by the mysterious old man and found himself in a desperate situation, Lao Hei also became extremely anxious. Unable to think of any solution, he resorted to a nearly insane method of energy transformation, hoping to “tame” this sword at the critical moment as Su Che’s only hope to break through despair.
Now, this giant sword stood before Su Che, its enormous size unchanged. Su Che surely couldn’t use such a massive weapon.
No problem—Lao Hei had a plan!

The people from Hongyun across from them were even more astonished to see such a giant long sword appear before them. Moreover, since their combined attack earlier hadn’t been able to shake it even slightly, it was clear that this sword was extremely extraordinary.
“Tianyu has countless tricks—how many more cards does he have in his hand?”
A mere cultivator at the Huashen stage was causing them, who were at the Mahayana stage, so much trouble. Intuitively, they could sense that this sword might well become Tianyu’s ultimate weapon to turn the tide…