Chapter: 52

["Multiple Profound Art Casting" skill acquired!]

["Multiple Profound Art Casting" skill level maxed!]

Yuechan stared at Yun Che, her mind empty as she didn't know what to make of the current situation.

Never in her whole life had she thought that one day she would need a man to protect her.

If it were in the past, the thought alone would have made her disgusted, yet now she didn't know what to feel.

Staring at Yun Che's side profile, she was silent.

They were surrounded by hundreds of stone dragon warriors, each having different weapons in their hands as they marched towards them, to kill them.

She knew if not for her, such a situation wouldn't have happened.

The fact that the trail was more difficult than it should have been was because of her presence, yet she couldn't do anything but be a burden.

Then again, she thought: "I saved him back, isn't this his duty to protect me?"

The thought appeared in her mind and she was left speechless.

When did she start having thoughts of a man protecting her?

She didn't know, yet such thoughts weren't as disgusting as they used to be.

"You… don't have… to protect me…."

With all the energy she could muster, she spoke out her feelings.

She could see his eyes getting bloodshot with the passing of each second.

Obviously, the load of constantly using the profound arts was getting to him.

Even if he was able to make himself a profound energy generator, his mind was still not at a level where it could take the burden of so many skills being used at once.

This resulted in him with red eyes and veins appearing around his forehead.

Yet, the fact that he kept smiling through all of this made Yuechan feel pain in her heart.

"Didn't I tell you?" Not losing his smile, he softly replied. "Even if I have to lose my life this time, I won't leave you behind."

For some reason, she could feel guilt in his voice.

She thought of the time where she threw him in the cave and was left alone to defend against the two flood-dragons.

At that time, she saw the same look on his face; full of guilt and embarrassment.

Remembering it, she couldn't help but close her eyes painfully.

She wondered, was it really necessary?

Obviously, saving him was her choice.

Then why was he blaming himself for it? She didn't understand.

For someone like her, who never interacted with a man other than official talk, she couldn't understand the current state of Yun Che.

This made it even more painful for her to watch him.

Here, he was fighting for her.

Despite knowing the consequences, he didn't abandon her, and yet she couldn't understand his feelings.

In the end, she could only stare at him and stay silent.

Unaware of the fact that this image of him would forever be imprinted in her memories for as long as she lived.

{This princess has told you to stop using so many profound arts at once… Why don't you listen to me?}

Jasmine's voice resounded in his mind, making his face flinch.

The last thing he wanted right now was another person talking in his mind.

{Aren't I your master?}

"Sigh…"

He couldn't reply.

Using PEA to absorb profound energy, PEM to manipulate it, Parallel Thought Process to activate all the skills, Parallel Profound Art Casting to cast different profound arts, and Restoration to restore all kinds of damage to his brain due to the overuse; all of this meant to leave him mentally exhausted!

Having "infinite" energy didn't mean he was now at a level where he could fight against Divine Realm participants casually.

Heck! He could not even fight against Sky or Emperor Profound Realm!

If he wants, he could probably prolong the fight if it's solely based on Profound Arts.

But the moment it would get physical, that was it for him. The power gap was just that huge!

'But what is this feeling of liberation?'

Despite having a painful headache, Yun Che felt as if he was freer than before! He felt every atom of his body moving with excitement.

"Let's end this!"

With a shout, he jumped and landed and flew in the sky, making Yuechan's eyes widened to extremes.

'He was Sky Profound Realm!? This bastard! Was he hiding his strength all this time!?'

She suddenly wanted to slap his face now.

She almost died protecting him!

If he had the power of Sky Profound Realm, why didn't he help her fend off the flood-dragons?!

Reaching a certain height, he raised his hand and pointed his palm towards the sky.

A huge amount of phoenix flames burst out of his body and started to gather in the sky, in the form of a massive ball!

Yuechan had to squint her eyes as she felt another sun had appeared in the sky.

Then, in front of her astonished and anger filled gaze of Yuechan, Yun Che threw the ball towards the remaining crowd of stone dragon warriors!

"Sixth Stage - Star Scorching Demon Lotus!"

A loud "Om" sound appeared, before everything went silent.

It only lasted for a second, before a gigantic blast occurred!

Originating from the center of the crowd, a spinning ball of fire expanded before it easily covered every stone warrior inside!

"ZZZZ"

The heat felt unbearable, and Yuechan was sure that, if not for the barrier around her, she would have burnt!

That was how high the temperature was outside of the barrier!

"Ha… Ha… ha…"

Yun Che took labored breath, slowly falling back to the bed and sat on it.

Taking a deep breath, he deactivated all his skills except for PEA, PEM, and Restoration.

Once again, his profound veins started to refill themselves with profound energy.

The constant use of expanding and refilling, Yun Che could feel that he was close to breaking through into another small realm.

But knowing that there was another wave, he stopped himself from breaking through.

"You… were in Sky… Profound… Realm?" Yuechan asked, gritting her teeth, unwilling to accept it.

"No." Yun Che's reply was short. "I just have a profound art that allows me to fly before entering Sky Profound Realm."

A surprise glint passed through her eyes before a sigh of relief left her lips.

For some reason, she felt better, many times better hearing that he didn't hide his strength while she was fighting all alone.

For some reason, thinking about it made her heart ache.

{...Another wave is coming.}

Jasmine's voice woke him up as he looked back towards the destroyed ground.

He suddenly felt that the Azure Dragon old man wasn't as gentle as he had thought.

He thought he was definitely a tyrant.

"You sadistic dragon! Forget about me spending time to alleviate your loneliness now! I hate you!"

"???" Azure Dragon had a question mark in his mind, wondering what Yun Che was talking about. He wondered if he had finally lost his mind due to the constant fight.

{They are coming!}

Yun Che saw that the same yellow light appeared at the place where he melted all those stone dragons. But this time, instead of an army of stone dragons, what came in front of him was one massive Stone Dragon General!

{It's...the fifth level of the Spirit Profound Realm...}

Yun Che could feel worry in Jasmine's voice.

He thought that for someone who acted all cold to him, she sure showed emotions at weird times.

Shaking his head, with his eyes closed, he took a deep breath to calm his nerves down.

Once again, he opened the first gate. This time, he didn't stop there and opened the second gate too!

Throughout this fight, he hadn't opened the second gate because he knew he couldn't take damage to his body right now. But he didn't care anymore.

Either way, he knew this was the last wave. And seeing that the stone dragon general was a whole greater realm stronger than him, he knew he had no choice but to open the second gate!

{Jasmine...Do not be surprised now...}

{What do you mean—!?}

She couldn't finish her sentence when her small eyes shot open in disbelief as she saw Yun Che making a very familiar motion.

He raised his hand and pointed his finger at the coming stone dragon general as it started to shine in crimson light!

Jasmine's mouth was left in an "o" shape as she saw Yun Che waving his finger, in the motion of slashing.

In the next moment, everything went silent.

CRACK

The silence broke when a crack appeared in the ground and in the stone dragon general.

The next second, it was divided into two!

It wasn't even able to resist!

"Star God's Brilliant Annihilating Slash...Fuck! It took all my profound energy at once! Just how destructive is this?"

Yun Che grumbled, but neither Yuechan nor Jasmine cared as both of them could just stare dumbfounded at him; though both had different reasons for it.

{How...} Jasmine's body trembled seeing him performing her profound art in disbelief. She felt like she was dreaming. How can he perform her profound art when she never taught him? She had only used it once...!

{You learned it when I used it previously!? But that doesn't make sense! What kind of bullshit comprehension ability is that!?}

{I told you...} Yun Che smirked as he felt his mind getting cloudy. All the mental fatigue hit him at once. {The one thing I'm proud of is my comprehension ability...}

{...}

Jasmine was left speechless.

She could only silently watch him over Yuechan and go unconscious.

She had no idea what to say or think anymore.

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