Chapter 560: A Thousand Years in a Dream, Explosive Strength Gain

Four beams of destruction and six beams of amethyst sword light shot toward the six Heavenly Lords in the opposite side at incredible speeds. Ordinary teleportation techniques would surely not be fast enough to dodge them—only the advanced teleportation arts of the Immortal Realm could possibly avoid them.

The four Heavenly Lords who had just launched a joint attack on Su Che each had to face one beam of destruction and one beam of amethyst sword light, while the two who were responsible for defense only needed to deal with one beam of amethyst sword light each.

The amethyst sword light was still slightly faster than the beams of destruction, barely perceptibly so, and it struck the defensive barrier protecting them first.

Hiss… Hiss… Hiss…

The defensive barrier created jointly by the two Heavenly Lords was effortlessly pierced by the six beams of sword light, with almost no significant resistance—only causing the beams to dim slightly.

The defensive barrier was instantly torn apart, and the beams of destruction followed through unimpeded.

The expressions of the six Heavenly Lords changed abruptly as they each unleashed their strongest defensive techniques in an attempt to withstand these attacks.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

The amethyst sword light, like heavy hammers, took effect first, shattering their protective auras. The beams of destruction immediately penetrated the bodies of the first four.

With two loud explosions, the two Heavenly Lords struck by the destruction beams had their bodies explode. However, they didn’t turn completely into red powder—part of their flesh turned to powder, while another part exploded into countless small pieces, as if they had actively used some kind of disintegration technique.

Indeed, they instantly realized that this destructive power was terrifying, with almost no chance of counteracting it. So they resorted to a desperate disintegration technique to save their lives. Even if their physical bodies were destroyed, as long as their spirit remained intact, they could rebuild their bodies and restore their strength within two or three years.

If one were in the Refining Void stage and their body was destroyed, it would take over twenty years to rebuild it; but in the Tribulation stage, it only took two or three years. For those in the Great Vehicle stage, it was even more astonishing—they could rebuild a brand-new body in just ten days.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Without the protection of their physical bodies, their spirits became extremely fragile. The spirits of these two Heavenly Lords hesitated not at all and, like in a teleportation, flew thousands of feet away in an instant, escaping far away.

Their reaction was swift, and their decision to abandon their physical bodies was decisive. This left Su Che no time to use his soul-seizing technique to capture their spirits, forcing him to watch helplessly as the two spirits escaped.

However, it didn’t matter. After all, he had defeated two Heavenly Lords in one strike, and Su Che was quite satisfied and proud.

Now, let’s look at the other four.

The two who were in charge of defense only had their protective auras shattered by the purple crystal blade’s light, and their flesh was struck by the remaining blade energy, sustaining slight injuries that did not affect their combat strength at all. The other two were not so lucky. Although they seemed to possess some kind of supernatural ability that allowed them to neutralize most of the destructive energy within their bodies, preventing total damage, blood gushed from all over their bodies as if a swollen water bag had been pierced by dozens of needles, spraying water in all directions before quickly deflating.

Yet these injuries appeared severe, and Su Che could tell that they were expelling the destructive energy still harming their vital forces through blood loss. Losing a bit of life force was nothing for advanced cultivators. He remembered that whenever he used the Destruction Fist before, he would lose two-thirds of his blood each time yet still remain healthy.

“Haha! One counterattack left all six cultivators in the Tribulation stage injured; two even lost their bodies and vanished!” Lao He shouted wildly in the Immortal Prison. “Master, you’re truly amazing! It’s unimaginable—how can you be so powerful?”

“Yes!”

Su Che himself felt as if he were dreaming: “It seems like a thousand years in a single night; my strength has increased hundreds of times overnight…”

No wonder Su Che felt this way. In the vast universe, his total cultivation time was only about a hundred years, but within the Time Wheel of the Sky-Devouring Rat, he had cultivated for a thousand one hundred years. Without such rapid improvement, he would indeed be considered useless.

Suddenly, someone let out a furious roar: “You brat Tian Yu, I’ll fight you to the death!”

The one who roared was the round-faced, slightly overweight Tribulation Heavenly Monarch who had been in charge of defense earlier. He had only suffered minor injuries and basically no losses, but somehow, he was filled with extreme anger.

“Could it be that one of the two who lost their bodies just now is his immediate relative or close friend?”

With this question in mind, Su Che focused intently, his blue-and-white porcelain vase in his left hand ready to block any supernatural attacks. But…

With a whoosh, the seemingly aggressive and frenzied fat Heavenly Monarch not only failed to launch any attack but also used a short-range teleportation technique to retreat nearly a thousand feet in an instant. Then, at his fastest speed, he transformed into a tan-colored streak of light and vanished into the horizon.

Indeed, his cultivation at the Tribulation stage was obvious—if he really intended to escape, Su Che’s flying speed wouldn’t be enough to catch up.
“This guy…”
Su Che was both amused and frustrated—he had been tricked by this fat man!
With this man leading the way, the remaining three Tribulation Heavenly Lords and that one in the later stages of Refining Void also followed suit, immediately taking to the air in an attempt to flee.
Faced with Su Che’s unpredictable and terrifying attack methods, they lost all confidence and fighting spirit; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were terrified.
“This Tian Yu has combat strength comparable to the Great Vehicle stage. No matter how many of us there are, we’re just courting death!”
With such thoughts in mind, they deeply regretted troubling this peerless demon. At this moment, all they wanted was to escape as quickly as possible, the farther the better.
Bang!
The Heavenly Sound Bell rang just in time. In mid-air, one figure, who hadn’t yet increased his flight speed, suddenly stumbled as if his feet had lost their balance.
It was the long-faced Heavenly Lord named Luo Qi!
This man had just spoken rudely to Su Che. Tian Yin found him extremely annoying. It was fine for others to run away, but he couldn’t let him escape.
Although Tian Yin, who had also reached the Refining Void stage, didn’t possess as overwhelming combat strength as Su Che now, he still had the profound skills of a great shaman from his past life, allowing him to defeat opponents beyond his level. At this moment, he didn’t aim to kill instantly but only to briefly restrain them—that would suffice.
At a distance of just three hundred zhang, Su Che reacted swiftly. With a flash of red light in his eyes, he swung his long sword in mid-air.
A beam of destruction, along with a purple crystal sword glow, instantly caught up to the struggling Luo Qi.
“Ah!”
Luo Qi let out a brief, agonized cry. Without even having time to fully activate his defensive talismans, he was struck by both attacks.
The sword glow struck first, completely destroying his protective aura, with its remaining power still causing him harm. The beam of destruction followed closely behind, piercing his back. Then, what happened next…
Bang!
A large amount of crimson powder scattered high in the air, falling down—verifying the fate of being reduced to ashes.
“What a shame…”
It seemed Su Che, ever greedy, couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
It wasn’t because of those who had escaped just now, but because without the Immortal Realm, dealing with enemies stronger than himself was easy enough to kill them, but capturing them alive became nearly impossible.

Unless one can strike at the perfect moment with perfect luck, it’s possible to capture a being in the Tribulation Phase and turn them into a soul slave of one’s own… In this struggle for the Witch God’s Order, Su Che achieved a complete victory with extreme ease, leaving the Snow Jade Fairy hiding in the shadows with no chance to launch any covert attacks.
“Tian Yu and Tian Yin together—even if they’re not on par with a true Mahayana Phase being, they’re still very close.”
Li Jiu said in a low voice, “In some aspects, their special abilities are even more troublesome than those of many Mahayana Phase beings. From now on, it will become increasingly difficult to find their weaknesses.”
The Snow Jade Fairy remained silent, her beautiful eyes glowing with an indescribable light. At this moment, instead of thinking about how to ambush Su Che, she was wondering who exactly Tian Yin was and why she could be by his side.
“Her background must also be extremely complicated…”
For some reason, the Snow Jade felt a strange emotion toward Tian Yin—almost as if she didn’t want her to be by Su Che’s side at all.
“Is this jealousy?”
“Does it mean that if one can obtain Tian Yu, it’s equivalent to gaining control of that treasure pagoda?”
“If one path is blocked, can one not choose another path in time?”
All sorts of thoughts flashed through the Snow Jade’s mind…
On the other side, in the courtyard, Su Che then cast a cleansing spell to clean up the battlefield, especially the red powder formed from the corpses—essentially their ashes—which must not touch Tian Yin in the slightest.
After cleaning, the two sat down leisurely, drinking tea, chatting, and discussing philosophy, as if the battle that just happened never took place.
In a secret room of the Tianbao Pavilion, the still-shaken owner of Tianbao muttered to himself, “How is this possible? With only a mid-stage Refining Void strength, how could he defeat a Tribulation Heavenly Lord so easily? Even more astonishingly, he fought alone against many enemies and won… It’s simply unbelievable. This Tian Yu truly is an unparalleled demon—his strength is almost excessive!”
Beyond his amazement, the more important thing was to send word of what he had seen today to Heavenly Lord Wu You through the spiritual communication array as soon as possible. As a subordinate, the owner of Tianbao would advise the Heavenly Lord, “That Tian Yu is extremely terrifying. One can only coexist peacefully with him; one must never become his enemy…”