Tu Zhongqiu and the others erupted in fury at once, while Ling Daoyan, without a second thought, swung around the God-Shooting Crossbow and fired a bolt straight at Tantai Yiting!
A cold sneer tugged at the corner of Li Guanqi's mouth as the power within him roared like an awakened primordial beast!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Guanqi's aura instantly surged to the late Body Integration Realm!
His dragon-scaled palm snapped the old man's sword in two, and boundless lightning formed a purgatory that locked the old man firmly in place!
With a savage expression, Li Guanqi gripped the broken blade and thrust it violently into the old man's throat!
As the shattered blade sank deeper inch by inch, Li Guanqi turned his head, his voice whispering in the man's ear like a demon from the Nine Netherworlds.
"I've been waiting for you to make your move."
His left hand transformed into an eagle's claw and clamped around Tantai Yiting's neck as violent lightning instantly engulfed him!
Not a scrap of bone remained; his divine soul was completely obliterated!
Li Guanqi turned to look at Yu Hua, whose assault had slackened, and said in a chilling voice, "Why should I trust you?"
As soon as his voice fell, a cold gleam flashed in the depths of Yu Hua's eyes!
The sword in her hand instantly assumed its Soul Release state, and turning her blade, she sheared through the waist of the man beside her in a single flash!
Sword qi crisscrossed violently, tearing the man's body to shreds in an instant and erasing his divine soul!
Zhao Pei's eyes were filled with terror and disbelief!
"Yu Hua, have you gone mad?!"
"Do you have any idea what you're doing?!"
Yu Hua darted forward, braving the surrounding attacks to force her way into the territory of the Great Xia Sword Sect!
Xi Yunhuai's eyes narrowed. Drawing formation runes with one hand, he instantly conjured four massive barrier screens spanning over thirty zhang, trapping her within!
As formation light flared, Yu Hua simply stood in place and screamed at the top of her lungs, "Li Guanqi! Help me!"
The moment she spoke, countless black threads began spreading beneath the skin of her forehead, between her brows!
Li Guanqi teleported over, had Xi Yunhuai open the barrier, and stepped inside.
Seeing the black lines spreading across her brow, he frowned deeply.
His formidable divine sense burst forth, immediately pinpointing where the demon insect was inside her body!
Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and he said coldly, "Open your mind. No matter what happens, do not resist."
Yu Hua nodded. Then, Li Guanqi's hand clamped down hard over her skull.
The movement nearly scared Yu Hua out of her wits, yet she still chose to place her trust in him.
She kept her mind completely open, allowing him to do whatever he wished.
Li Guanqi murmured softly, "Blood Technique: Soul Extraction!"
Hum!
Swish!
Yu Hua's origin spirit was drawn out in an instant. Within her ethereal spirit form, a fat, black insect was ravenously gnawing away at her divine soul between her brows.
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, extended both hands, and took a deep breath.
Under the control of his powerful divine sense, he began suppressing the demon insect's power to the center of her brow.
Immediately after, he brought his five fingers together like a blade and severed a palm-sized portion of her divine soul!
Li Guanqi took the demon insect into his grasp, using lightning to construct a barrier that trapped it without destroying it.
As her origin spirit returned to her body, Yu Hua opened her eyes, her face deathly pale. Feeling that the demonic qi inside her was finally gone, she breathed a long sigh of relief.
As for the lingering strands of lightning entwined in her dantian and divine soul, she did not mind them in the least.
She allowed Li Guanqi to seal her power while Xi Yunhuai frantically reinforced the barrier's seal.
Boom!
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed slightly. Fortunately, this sealing barrier had also masked some of the aura. Otherwise, his actions just now would certainly have alerted Sha!
Boom! Crack!
Having held out for less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, the sect's grand barrier shattered with a thunderous roar.
Li Guanqi did not hold back the crowd behind him. After all, the disciples of the sect could not remain under their wings forever.
Necessary conflict and slaughter were inevitable.
This struggle against invasion and crisis was unavoidable at any time.
If he was no longer around the sect in the future, they would still have to face it themselves.
Even after ascending to the Immortal Realm later on, the sect rivalries there would likely be even more brutal and bloody!
It had been a long time since the Great Xia Sword Sect had engaged in such slaughter...
The disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect had held back for far too long.
Coupled with the recent invasion by powerful foes and Li Nanting's death, Li Guanqi could hardly suppress his own killing intent any longer.
Shards of the shattered barrier showered down beside him like torrential rain.
Grip firmly on his Tianlei Peak longsword, Li Guanqi stood alone in the void before all their enemies!
Parting his lips, he spoke in a freezing tone:
"Sword Prison!"
Boom!
In an instant, the world seemed to turn upside down. With crushing dominance, Li Guanqi shattered the origin energy domains of Zhao Pei and his companion!
In barely a breath, the rampaging lightning wiped out hundreds of low-tier cultivators!
Lightning pierced through bodies, causing countless cultivators to explode into clouds of bloody mist.
The disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect surged forth through the air, their heaven-shaking battle cries threatening to overturn the sky!
Every disciple in white robes with brocade patterns charged into the fray with ferocious determination!
Ling Daoyan and Qin Xian flew out, unleashing a merciless slaughter!
Li Guanqi stood rooted in place, holding his longsword as the Divine Punishment cultivation method roared through his body, circulating with near-frenzied momentum.
A chill ran down Zhao Pei's spine...
Even though they were both in the Body Integration Realm—and his own cultivation was even slightly higher than Li Guanqi's—for some reason, the oppressive aura radiating from Li Guanqi was not inferior to that of a half-step Mahayana expert!
*No wonder he could obliterate the clone of a Mahayana Realm cultivator!*
Li Guanqi slowly raised his sword before his eyes and murmured in a chilling voice, "Did you think... that because I lost my strength, I couldn't lift my sword anymore...?"
His pitch gradually rose, turning shrill and ferocious!
"Did you think... that I, Li Guanqi, can no longer kill anyone?!"
Boom!
Though the sword had not entered Soul Release, it crackled and spit terrifying lightning sword light.
Almost the very instant Li Guanqi's roar erupted, Zhao Pei surged with demonic qi and shot backward several hundred zhang.
An astonishing wave of killing intent coalesced around him, and the blood-bladed scimitar in his grip lengthened once more!
Now the blade curved like a pristine full moon, suffused with crimson light and exceptionally sharp.
Grip inverted on the scimitar, Zhao Pei was enveloped in a terrifying crimson glow; he had clearly practiced a cultivation method of exceptionally high rank.
"Liu Ye, I'll take the lead, you support!"
"The moment we capture Li Guanqi, we pull back!"
Yet Liu Ye was already scared out of his wits; how could he have any appetite left for battle?
Yu Hua had turned traitor and instantly slaughtered Wang Zhanzhong; of the four of them, only he and Zhao Pei remained.
A ruthless glint flashed through Liu Ye's eyes, and just as he was about to speak—
Several beams of sword light came hurtling toward him. Liu Ye frantically moved to parry, but the impact sent him flying hundreds of zhang away.
The primal energy barriers around him shattered one after another. Lightning wrapped around his body, instantly sending a paralyzing numbness through him, packed with boundless destructive fury.
Liu Ye's face changed drastically. He spun through the air, his body dissolving into afterimages to dodge the lightning blasting at him from every direction.
Flipping his wrist, he thrust his longsword backward.
Carrying unmatched might, the sword in Li Guanqi's hand sent the longsword flying with a single strike. With a flick of his wrist, a dazzling blade of light slashed across.
The sword in his left hand was so fast it left no afterimage, penetrating Liu Ye's protective primal energy in the blink of an eye.
In an instant, blossoms of blood erupted across the man's body. The power the two commanded was simply not on the same level.
With the sheer depth of Li Guanqi's primal energy and the overwhelming might of his physical body, his combat prowess within the same realm was sheer domination!
Added to that was the raging fury and blazing murderous intent in his heart.
His overwhelming battle intent gave Liu Ye no room to retaliate. Both of the man's arms were severed, and after several heavy punches, his entire body went limp like a dead dog, held by the scruff in Li Guanqi's grip.
With blood spattered across his face, Li Guanqi dangled Liu Ye by the head and turned toward Zhao Pei, who was steadily gathering power in the distance. He murmured with chilling eyes:
"Will you slit your own throat, or... wait for me to kill you?"
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