Full Firepower! The Battle Begins!

In an instant, the momentum of heaven and earth showed faint signs of falling under Li Guanqi's control. With his Ethereal Dao Body completely unsealed and resonating with heaven and earth, the entire domain fell beneath his dominion. Lu Tian's pupils constricted as he looked around at the sky and earth in disbelief. Sensing the surrounding celestial momentum, he could tell this power... already surpassed the worldly force that any Mahayana realm cultivator could mobilize! Lu Tian narrowed his eyes, a chilling murderous intent flickering within them. "This boy... regardless of whether he's the person that one above is looking for, he cannot be allowed to live!" Meanwhile, Meng Wanshu's sealed power was also completely unleashed. The might belonging to Realm Lord Bingqi began to surge. Both of them were now unleashing their full power. Standing side by side, they exchanged a glance and gave a slight nod. Looking at the Abyss Demons still welling up from all around, Li Guanqi sent a quiet voice transmission: "Old Second, I'll leave the rest to you!" Ye Feng gritted his teeth, cut down several Abyss Demons with a sweep of his sword, and said in a deep voice, "Understood!" It was not that he did not want to help; rather, the combat prowess of the three had reached a level he could no longer step into. Even though his present strength was comparable to a late Mahayana realm cultivator, the suppressive force of Lu Tian's Heavenly Demon Physique over the demon spirit within him was simply too overwhelming, leaving him able to muster less than seventy percent of his strength! Since he could not assist them, it was far better to slay the Abyss Demons and eliminate any unexpected threats. Li Guanqi teleported directly above Lu Tian's head, while Meng Wanshu stepped onto empty air and surged upward from below! In mere moments, the battle between the three reached a fever pitch. The fierce clash left the domain's earth scarred and battered, strewn everywhere with crumbled debris and ruined ramparts. The domain trembled ceaselessly. The shockwaves of their battle gradually tore the ground apart, leaving the entire domain teetering on the verge of collapse. Wounds slowly appeared on all three of them. Meng Wanshu had by now completely absorbed the inheritance of Realm Lord Bingqi, but because that power had been too immense, she had previously been forced to seal it away herself. That was precisely why, back in the Xuan clan's domain, so much time had passed before the two of them finally emerged. Now that Meng Wanshu had temporarily unsealed her power, its terrifying might forced even Lu Tian to avoid meeting it head-on. And then there was Li Guanqi. Having resonated with heaven and earth, coupled with his profound comprehension of lightning, he was able to erupt with the most devastating power of lightning at every unexpected moment. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! BANG! By now, half of Li Guanqi's body had undergone dragonification, covered in dragon scales and cloaked in lightning armor. Thunderclouds blanketed the sky above, lightning rumbling as the winds howled and clouds churned. Gradually, a fine, drizzling rain began to fall across the domain. The moment Li Guanqi was knocked back by a sword strike, his hands formed incantation signs, his lips moving in rapid chant. At the same time, to relieve the pressure on Meng Wanshu, Li Guanqi circulated his cultivation method and unleashed the Moon-Treading Sword Control Art. Under his control, the crimson longsword coordinated with Meng Wanshu in flawless harmony. RUMBLE! As the thunderclouds churned, Li Guanqi murmured under his breath, "Spirit Incantation: Dichen!" HUM! In an instant, the primal energy within Li Guanqi seemed to boil. This was an amplifying spirit incantation that he rarely employed, for it placed extraordinary demands on the caster's physical body. BOOM! "Spirit Incantation: Serpent Binding!" "Spirit Incantation: Array Breaker—Thunder Spear!" "Spirit Incantation: Binding Lightning!" "Spirit Incantation 76: Three-Elephant Jinling Gate!" "Spirit Incantation One Hundred Forty-Six: Hundred Realms Four-Direction Barrier!" "Spirit Incantation 78: Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars!" Within virtually a single breath, the winds and clouds transformed, and bolts of lightning erupted violently across heaven and earth! Li Guanqi's formidable divine sense was fully capable of sustaining the simultaneous casting of so many spirit incantations. Lu Tian's expression changed slightly as three three-hundred-foot stone gates crashed down from the sky, penning him within. Layer upon layer of thunder barrier boundaries stacked atop one another. Two horrifying cross-shaped pillars of lightning trapped him in the center. Dozens of lightning serpents bound the light pillars tightly together. Lu Tian's face darkened further as the Heavenly Demon Physique instantly erupted with violent plumes of demonic qi! Meng Wanshu, meanwhile, lowered her stance slightly, an icy-blue luminescence shimmering across her sword blade. She was clearly brewing a devastating sword technique. Lu Tian instinctively sensed a profound crisis. Biting sword qi sliced into his flesh, and his expression turned grave in the extreme. In a flash, the lightning serpents outside the Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars were instantly shattered, and dense cracks spiderwebbed across the lightning pillar seal. In the span of a breath, it completely disintegrated! Freed from the seal, Lu Tian raised his hand and slashed dozens of times in succession, shattering the layers of the Hundred Realms Four-Direction Barrier into pieces. Immediately after, demonic qi surged violently between heaven and earth as three hundred-foot demonic dragons descended from above! The three massive dragons were lifelike, their eyes flashing with crimson light as they plummeted from the sky and smashed the three stone gates to pieces! Tied to the techniques by his internal qi, Li Guanqi violently coughed up a mouthful of blood and roared, "Wanshu!" HUM! Meng Wanshu snapped her eyes open, a piercing cold gleam flashing within them. Her sword traced an ethereal arc through the air, slashing straight toward Lu Tian! BOOM! In an instant, the temperature across the entire domain plummeted drastically. Hundreds upon thousands of Abyss Demons were frozen solid on the spot. Beneath the crisscrossing dispersal of lingering sword qi, the demons' bodies shattered into sprays of ice dust. Meng Wanshu barked coldly, "Heavenly Leader Frost Severance Sword!" BOOM! A concentrated three-hundred-foot sword ray streaked forth with unfathomable speed, almost invisible to the naked eye! Lu Tian's eyes narrowed. He clenched his left fist ruthlessly in the distance. The three demonic dragons twisted and soared, fusing together into a single, terrifying dragon nearly six hundred feet long. Its aura rivaled that of a late Mahayana realm cultivator. Opening its maw with a deafening roar, it charged directly at the incoming sword ray! Yet this strike was so horrifying that it clove the demonic dragon straight down the middle, surging forward with unstoppable momentum. Caught off guard, Lu Tian could only raise his hand and slash out a hundred sword strikes in a frantic bid to intercept it. Yet the sword rays he unleashed were exceedingly fragile before that blade, crumbling upon the slightest contact. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The deafening thunder of shattering sword rays resonated through the air as the strike slammed directly into Lu Tian's chest. A hideous wound ripped open, nearly cleaving his body in two. Lu Tian was instantly frozen in place, utterly immobilized. The terrifying chill trapped him where he stood, as though even his very soul had been frozen solid! Yet before Lu Tian could catch his breath, a succession of horrifying sword rays capable of making heaven and earth tremble followed in rapid pursuit! Lu Tian's pupils constricted as he desperately drove his Heavenly Demon Physique to suppress the frigid energy inside him. "Red Lotus: World's End!" "Sword Draw Stance: Thunder Wrath!" "Immortal Slayer!" Immediately after, tens of thousands of lightning spirit swords materialized slowly around Li Guanqi! Within these sword rays swirled a turbulent, terrifying sword intent, along with... the power of heaven and earth! A deluge of sword rays rained down toward Lu Tian like a torrential downpour! Li Guanqi's face went deathly pale. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and a mist of blood erupted from his arm. Executing such powerful sword techniques in unbroken succession had nearly drained the primal energy from his dantian. The deluge of sword rays swallowed Lu Tian whole. Across the world, the torn abyssal rifts from which the Abyss Demons emerged began to dissipate one after another. Gaps had been ripped open across the domain. Ye Feng flew forward to support Li Guanqi. He then brought Li Guanqi to Meng Wanshu's side, vigilance lingering in his eyes. Li Guanqi pulled out purple gold crystals and handed them to the two of them, then swallowed medicinal pills and frantically refined the energy within. Meng Wanshu murmured in a faint voice, "Is he dead?" Ye Feng remained silent, for he did not know either. Li Guanqi sneered with a grim expression. "If he were that easy to kill, he wouldn't have survived until today..."