The Seven Heavenly Demon Scions: Mu Congyi!

*Rumble!* Heaven and earth shuddered; mountains and rivers quaked. A colossal sword beam flashed through midair at blinding speed, its terrifying might carving black fissures through space. *Boom!* The very instant the sword beam was about to strike the mountain, a horrifying barrier manifested! Meng Wanshu frowned slightly at the sight of it, for her divine sense had failed to perceive its existence. *Crack! Boom!* The barrier shattered, warping space across tens of li around them. The terrifying sword beam tore through the barrier with overwhelming force before dissipating into heaven and earth with a thunderous roar. In that instant, an even more terrifying barrier completely enveloped the Eighteen Misty Peaks. Demonic qi hung grimly across heaven and earth, stealing the sky and swapping the earth until the air was filled with nothing but demonic corruption. The sky plunged into darkness, and the lightless interior of the barrier seemed to transform into a demonic domain! Upon the highest peak at the center, densely packed pavilions and towers came into view, exuding an eerie, sinister air. Only faint, flickering torchlight illuminated the pitch-black structures. From within the seemingly deserted buildings on the peak, numerous black-robed figures suddenly darted out! Embroidered upon their black robes were two characters: "Heavenly Demon"! *Buzz!* A formidable aura suddenly surged from the central grand hall! A terrifying pressure instantly suffused the void! Cracks fractured the void under this immense pressure. Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, detecting a faint, elusive sense of threat. A handsome young man stepped forth, clad in a form-fitting black robe. Demonic qi surged around him, accentuating his sword-like brows and starry eyes. He carried a pitch-black longsword in hand, eyeing Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu with an amused, playful gaze. Beneath his curiosity burned an intense, fervent hunger. Treading upon the void, the young man flickered forward until he stood just thirty zhang away from Li Guanqi. Li Guanqi frowned slightly. He could sense an extraordinarily powerful aura emanating from the youth, whose cultivation was not in the least inferior to his own! The mid Mahayana realm! Since when had Mahayana realm cultivators this young become as common as dirt? At the same time, Li Guanqi detected an exceptionally potent demonic qi inside him. This demonic qi... was somewhat familiar... It felt just like Ye Feng having absorbed a powerful demon spirit. The youth looked at Li Guanqi with a brazen, intensely aggressive gaze, his body leaning forward slightly without realizing it. Narrowing his eyes at Li Guanqi as demonic qi swirled within them, he spoke with a light, flippant chuckle: "Li Guanqi?" A glint of cold light flashed through Li Guanqi's eyes. The other party clearly had not heard of him for the first time, for his tone carried absolute certainty that he was indeed Li Guanqi! Not only that, there was a trace of irrepressible excitement in his voice. It felt as if he had been anticipating this meeting for a very long time. All around, numerous figures from the Heavenly Demon Hall emerged in dense clusters. They spanned various cultivation realms, though most were at the Nascent Soul and Soul Formation realms. There were hundreds of them in total. Aside from the youth before him, however, those capable of stepping into a battle at Li Guanqi's level... ...were two elderly men. Their faces were withered, their expressions sinister, and their auras formidable. Yet neither of them posed as great a threat as the youth. In Li Guanqi's perception, the young man's aura was rather bizarre, and his spiritual root attribute was veiled in a murky haze, defying clear detection... "Who are you?" Full of confidence, the young man walked slowly toward Li Guanqi, tying his hair back as he strolled forward. "I've heard about you many... many times." "It seems... everyone fears you." By now, he was less than twenty zhang away from Li Guanqi. Staring intently at Li Guanqi, the youth murmured with an admiring gaze: "Even that man, whenever he mentions you, only says that compared to you... we're nothing but useless trash!" "Of course, every time the Left Protector mentions you, he is inevitably punished. Yet he willingly endures it every single time, suffering the agony of having his soul lashed by demonic whips again and again." His voice slowed, an expression of curiosity and amusement surfacing on his face. "Just as if... he refuses to forget something." "Oh, right. I am the third of the Seven Heavenly Demon Scions, named... Mu Congyi." The moment the words left his mouth, the scabbard in Mu Congyi's hand shattered. He had secretly stored an immense force within it! All so he could land a devastating blow once he closed the distance! *Swish!* A terrifying ray of sword light cloaked in nauseating demonic qi slashed down instantly. Yet building up power like this was a trick Li Guanqi had long mastered. From the moment Mu Congyi had begun walking toward him, Li Guanqi had already sensed the shifts of primal energy within the youth, but he had chosen not to call it out. Instead, he had gleaned a great deal of news about Ye Feng from Mu Congyi's lips! When had Ye Feng become the Left Protector? And what were the Seven Heavenly Demon Scions? Were there really seven people like Mu Congyi... Why did that sound reminiscent of the Seven Domains and Eight Generals? *Clang!* Li Guanqi raised his sword to parry, but his body was blasted backward in an instant! The astonishing force caused even Li Guanqi's expression to shift. *Rippp!* Mu Congyi slowly tore his black robe to shreds. His entire upper torso was covered in bizarre demonic runes. Twisted faces of demon spirits flickered across the demonic runes—three of them in total! Moreover, this power had been concealed so deeply that Li Guanqi had failed to detect it at first. Li Guanqi shot backward over a hundred zhang! Mu Congyi turned his head to the side and sneered, "Meng Wanshu, who disappeared for several years?" "Heh... saves me the trouble of searching for you!" "Jiren, Jichang! Take her down, the two of you!!" Li Guanqi signaled to Meng Wanshu with a glance not to worry. Meng Wanshu nodded, then took a step forward, instantly pulling both old men into her domain! Li Guanqi felt completely at ease regarding Meng Wanshu, knowing full well what she was capable of. Looking down at the split webbing of his hand, he chuckled softly. With a surge of primal energy, the wound healed in an instant. Next, dragon scales spread over his upper torso. Li Guanqi intended to pry some useful information from this fellow's mouth today! After executing that strike, Mu Congyi had not moved. He sneered, "Does the man Mo Da constantly dwells upon possess only this much strength?" A flash of icy killing intent flared in Li Guanqi's eyes! *Mo Da... Ye Feng...?* *Boom!* "Apocalypse: Red Lotus!" "Sword Ruins, Open!!" "Blade Break! Lethality! Illusory Form!" Sword intent pierced through the thick clouds of the heavens as a blood-red phantom manifested behind Li Guanqi. His long hair danced in the wind, his eyes cold as frost, and bone-chilling killing intent saturated the firmament. Terrifying pressure shattered the void as lightning coiled and hissed incessantly around him. Li Guanqi's long hair whipped wildly in the gale, the hem of his robes flapping violently in the storm. Clad in lightning armor, Li Guanqi raised his gaze, tilting his head slightly toward the paling youth before him. "You are the first to witness me at my full strength since I stepped into the Mahayana realm."