Li Guanqi's impassioned, resounding words seemed meant for all those lurking in the shadows.
With that, Li Guanqi raised Zhao Pei's corpse and slammed it down, impaling it before the Great Xia Sword Sect's mountain gates!
Boom!
The rest of the battle held no suspense whatsoever. The disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect swept through the demonic cultivators in an overwhelming rout!
Many elders and peak masters refrained from fighting further, stepping in only occasionally to rescue a disciple in peril.
Wu Bing even took this opportunity to have those disciples who still had strength to spare bite down on Spirit Burst Pills, letting them experience the pill's power and its subsequent side effects firsthand.
He wanted them to etch that sensation into their memories, so that if they faced enemies in the future, they would know precisely where their limits lay.
Li Guanqi, meanwhile, stood quietly in midair.
His mere presence was an immense source of inspiration to the disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect.
Gradually, the demonic sealing barrier began to fracture and crumble.
Looking at the world outside under a bright moon and sparse stars, Li Guanqi finally let out a sigh of relief.
Ling Daoyan and Qin Xian flew up beside Li Guanqi. Qin Xian looked at him with concern in his eyes.
"Are you all right?"
Li Guanqi looked at the familiar elder, shook his head slightly, and said softly, "I'm fine now. By the way, Elder Qin, is Tantai Yiting's corpse still around?"
Ling Daoyan frowned. "It is, but you charred it black. There's hardly anything left to make out."
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, turned to look at the woman whom Xi Yunhuai had trapped within a formation, and said coldly, "I'll go inspect Tantai Yiting's body first. Please keep an eye on things here for me, elders."
With that, Li Guanqi nodded slightly to Nangong Qianyan, Tu Zhongqiu, and Gong Ze.
His eyes glinted as an uncanny thought flashed through his mind.
Flashing over to the Great Xia Sword Sect's Demon-Suppressing Grounds, he took a deep breath and stared down into the abyss.
Raising a hand, he used the power of lightning to completely seal the mouth of the abyss.
With an upturned hand, he drew Tantai Yiting's corpse into his grasp as a terrifying power surged forth.
Lightning crackled, and from between Tantai Yiting's brows, a jet-black crystal brimming with rich demonic qi floated out.
The demon crystal was deep black like an ink pool, diamond-shaped and only slightly larger than a fingernail.
Li Guanqi pinched the demon crystal, his eyes freezing cold. Just this tiny object was enough to send a cultivator's power soaring.
Suddenly!
One agonizing scream after another reached Li Guanqi's ears!
A terrifyingly immense pressure blanketed heaven and earth in an instant!
A slender man clad in an embroidered jet-black robe threaded with gold stepped slowly out from a fissure in the void.
He was strikingly handsome, his features exuding a sinister, seductive charm.
Behind him walked an exquisite woman in a black dress, and right on her heels came a figure Li Guanqi had longed to see for ages!
The young man had ash-white hair, an empty left sleeve swaying in the breeze, and a right hand hidden entirely beneath his black robe.
His bangs hung down over his forehead, obscuring most of his face as he stood behind the man, head bowed.
Everyone froze in place. Qin Xian's voice trembled as he breathed, "Ye Feng?"
Boom!
Ling Daoyan had somehow appeared behind a She Shen ballista. The robes on his upper body burst apart, exposing his lean, muscular chest and shoulders.
Blood mist erupted from both of his arms; his bloodshot eyes went wide with fury as his hands hauled back on the bowstring with all his might.
An arrow as thick as an arm, shimmering with mysterious golden inscriptions, blasted outward in an instant!
"Sha!"
Even though the figure had altered his appearance, the elder was still certain that this man with the sinister charm was Sha!
Ling Daoyan roared in fury. Having released the first bowstring, he rushed to draw a second She Shen ballista.
Yet the limits of his physical body would not permit it. The flesh on his arms tore open, yet the old man obstinately pulled at the string nonetheless.
Just then, a flurry of powerful hands gripped the bowstring!
Wu Bing, Qin Xian, Gong Ze, Nangong Qianyan, and Tu Zhongqiu!
Hand after hand pulled back the string together!
Bang! Bang!
Two massive arrows shot forth nearly tip-to-tail, blasting forward in an instant.
Lu Tian wore a mocking sneer as he slowly reached out a slender, elegant finger and tapped it right against the point of the arrow.
Boom!
Boundless black demonic qi instantly swallowed the spear-like arrow whole.
The She Shen ballista, which had once struck terror into the hearts of great powers, seemed utterly laughable before him.
With a flick of his hand, Li Guanqi instantly drew the six spiritual swords floating behind Wu Bing into his grasp!
Boom!
Face twisted in fury, Li Guanqi gripped the spirit-treasure sword from Tianjin Peak and lunged toward Sha in an instant!
Lu Tian wore an amused smirk, his sharp gaze sweeping across the surrounding void as faint wisps of ghostly green flame seeped forth.
"Heh, you got here fast..."
Seeing Sha's nonchalance, Li Guanqi felt murderous intent erupt within him. Cracks spread across his sword in an instant!
Amidst the raging power, Li Guanqi went so far as to swallow another Spirit Burst Pill and a Wild Comprehension Pill!
Boom!
Li Guanqi's aura instantly skyrocketed to the half-step Mahayana Realm!
"Die!"
"Apocalypse: Sword Draw Stance: Dark Moon!"
Boom!
Wind and clouds roiled across heaven and earth; gale winds tore through the air, and thunder detonated!
Myriads of lightning bolts cascaded from the heavens, as if the Heavenly Dao itself had flown into a rage and unleashed ten thousand bolts of divine retribution!
Li Guanqi drove his cultivation technique, Divine Punishment, to its absolute peak. The terrifying primal energy within him nearly transformed into Thunder Dragons rampaging through his meridians.
Sha still stood motionless with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze growing even more amused.
The terrifying lightning sword light shot forth at a speed nearly invisible to the naked eye.
Suddenly!
Ye Feng, who had been standing behind Sha all this time, made his move.
His severed left sleeve fluttered in the air, his right hand was pitch-black, and a dark ghost mask clung to half of his face...
With the sword Nu Sha in hand, Ye Feng instantly threw himself between Li Guanqi and Lu Tian!
Thud! Boom!
Li Guanqi's eyes widened in utter disbelief.
The cold-eyed young man's face was frosty, looking back at him without the slightest trace of emotion.
Li Guanqi's heart sank abruptly, yet he still forced himself to pull back thirty percent of his power before the sword light struck.
Immediately after, a familiar aura erupted as a sword light mingled with black and gold swept horizontally outward!
A phantom golden tiger wreathed in demonic qi manifested over the sword light, its terrifying force rivaling Li Guanqi's all-out strike!
The colossal roar was deafening, threatening to tear apart the sky!
The aftershocks of the blast hurled the Great Xia Sword Sect crowd hundreds of zhang backward, forcing everyone back into the sect's borders.
Xi Yunhuai blocked the shockwave before everyone on his own, his expression gravely solemn. With a wave of his hand, he had already restored the previously shattered sect grand formation.
Li Guanqi's robes whipped wildly in the tempest of aftershocks. The sword in his hand gave a plaintive whimper before disintegrating into shards.
Holding only the hilt, Li Guanqi stared fixatedly at Ye Feng with bloodshot eyes. Seeing that expressionless face, a stabbing pain gripped his heart.
He clenched his fist and struck his own chest hard, glaring at Ye Feng as he spoke with a trembling voice:
"Ye the Second... why...?"
Chapter 1031