At the same time, nearly everyone had already suffered severe injuries.
The gulf between cultivation realms was an insurmountable chasm, one that even monstrous geniuses such as them could not cross.
Back then, a Youming who had barely broken through his realm had left them entirely helpless, let alone Xun Tian, whose true identity had now been laid bare!
Li Guanqi’s gaze grew increasingly grave.
Suddenly!
Li Guanqi roared, “Everyone, fall back!!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dazzling flurry of attacks across the sky was absorbed entirely by Xun Tian alone.
At present, Xun Tian’s hair was slightly disheveled, but he bore nothing more than a few trivial, superficial injuries.
Such terrifying strength struck dread into every heart.
Cao Yan’s face was deathly pale. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and his pupils shrank to pinpricks.
He had believed that with the combined strength of so many of them, even if they could not kill the man, they would at least be able to hold out under his hand and stall for time.
Yet things had gone contrary to their wishes. As matters stood, they could not even breach the man’s defenses...
The crowd vaulted backward in retreat. Gu Li clearly realized that Li Guanqi was about to resort to some extraordinary measure.
However...
Any measure capable of instantly elevating Li Guanqi’s strength to a level where he could contend with Xun Tian would surely come at an enormous cost!
Gu Li gritted his teeth, a ruthless glint flashing in the depths of his eyes.
He resolved not to sit idly awaiting death. He sent a ferocious roar via divine sense transmission to everyone:
“Help me!!”
As the words fell, silver radiance suddenly flashed across the backs of everyone.
A tempest of primal energy surged violently within Gu Li’s body. Even Li Guanqi was seeing his face twisted in such ferocity for the very first time.
Unable to withstand this sheer power, Gu Li’s robes shattered to pieces in an instant. Immediately after, everyone bore witness to an unforgettable sight.
Li Guanqi saw an expression of agonizing heartache flit through Gu Li’s eyes. An instant later, Gu Li clenched both hands into tight fists!!
In the distance, Xun Tian’s brows furrowed. His heart thumped wildly, and a profoundly foreboding premonition slowly crept over him.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!
The sound of storage rings detonating rang out in rapid succession!
As Gu Li clenched his fists, the storage rings on all ten of his fingers exploded. In the blink of an eye, a full million inscribed talismans took to the air.
An appalling swarm surged toward Xun Tian like a boundless ocean of talismans!
Xun Tian narrowed his eyes and spoke in a chilling voice, “You think to stop me... with just these?”
“Hmph! A fool’s dream!!”
As his words fell, a supremely overwhelming aura abruptly erupted from Xun Tian’s body. Under this crushing pressure, the flames of the Three Manifestations Flame Gate dimmed sharply.
Immediately after, Xun Tian’s long hair whipped wildly in the wind, and a colossal palm imprint of radiant spiritual light descended from the heavens!!
“Hunyuan Nine Suns Palm!!”
The golden palm imprint spanned hundreds of zhang, blotting out the sky and sun as it bore down like a toppling mountain!!
The thunderclouds previously gathered in the firmament were shattered to dust in an instant!
Beneath the gale of violent winds, the others found it difficult even to keep their eyes open.
The radiant palm imprint swept down with soul-crushing pressure!
Under this immense aura, Li Guanqi violently coughed up a huge mouthful of blood, his face turning paper-white.
In that single instant, the Spirit Incantation: Three Manifestations Flame Gate began crumbling inch by inch!
Facing this horrific palm imprint, blood trickled from the corner of Gu Li’s mouth, yet he forcibly darted forward, throwing himself in front of everyone.
Li Guanqi’s eyes flashed. He braced himself against the monumental pressure and stepped forward to advance.
Yet Gu Li abruptly raised a hand, stopping Li Guanqi in his tracks.
“Big Brother... this time... let! ME! DO! IT!!”
BOOM!!
In the course of resisting the descending palm imprint, more than half of the one million explosive talismans had already detonated.
Yet the enemy’s palm imprint had merely dimmed by a fraction. Its downward momentum remained utterly unstoppable!
Everyone who saw this could not help but be visibly shaken.
Gu Li drew a deep breath, his features contorted in ferocity!
A vicious resolve filled Gu Li’s gaze as he rasped coldly, “Not enough?”
“Then is THIS enough?!!”
With a sweep of his hands, the storage armlets on both his arms detonated one after another!
Seeing this scene, Li Guanqi, Cao Yan, and the others were completely stunned...
Gu Li was truly insane... He truly wanted to help!!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
One hundred thousand! Five hundred thousand! Two million!! Six million!! Nine million!!
Together with the prior million inscribed talismans, it totaled a staggering ten million talismans!!
Even as immensely powerful and arrogant as he was, Xun Tian was shaken beyond measure by the sight.
One had to know that Gu Li had already attained the Dao of inscribed talismans!
Such mastery over talismans was virtually unmatched in all the world, and to have such an astronomical number of them...
Xun Tian narrowed his eyes. In an eyeblink, he condensed another colossal palm imprint, stacking it directly atop the first!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He had grown afraid.
Horrifying spatial power frantically reinforced the domain space around them.
If it shattered... should any single one of the Four Kings arrive, it would not be a foe he could contend with in his present state!
Gu Li looked horrifying, his eyes bulging as if his eye sockets would tear apart, yet not a shred of heartache remained in his expression.
No one knew how much energy and time Gu Li had expended to draw all these talismans.
Moreover, if the value of such an enormous quantity of inscribed talismans were measured in spirit stones, it had long surpassed tens of billions.
Gu Li flung his arms wide, blood bleeding from all seven facial orifices.
Blood trickled down his cheeks into his mouth; the coppery sweetness flooded his senses, frantically stimulating his nerves.
Controlling ten million inscribed talismans by himself was practically overdrafting his very life at his current cultivation realm.
His face twisted in agony, Gu Li slammed his palms together. Under the aura of Xun Tian’s mid Tribulation Transcendence Realm, he forcibly took a step forward.
The tattered hem of his robe fluttered loudly in the wind. He threw his head back, glaring up at Xun Tian, who looked down upon all living beings from high in the heavens, and roared,
“Tell me! Is! It! E! NOUGH?!!”
“Remember it well—your grandfather’s name... is Gu Li!!!”
“DETONATE FOR ME!!!!!”
BOOM!!!!!!
In an instant, the entire domain shook and trembled frantically without end. The firelight of the myriad explosions ignited like a chain reaction...
It nearly turned the pitch-black void stretching a thousand li as bright as broad daylight.
The ferocious shockwave hurled everyone back several thousand zhang in an instant. The scorching heat of the blast practically rivaled that of heavenly flame.
Flames incinerated the sky. Gu Li’s body was charred black, his chest torn with lacerated flesh, and his face was as pale as paper. With the very last ounce of his strength, he bellowed,
“STRIKE!!!!”
The others, who had long been waiting, saw silver radiance blaze on their backs as talismans incinerated.
In a single flash, they teleported from all directions straight to Gu Li’s position!
Li Guanqi grabbed Gu Li’s shoulder and pulled him behind himself, taking the full brunt of the blast’s aftershocks onto his own body.
A flicker of madness blazed in Li Guanqi’s eyes. With a lift of his hand, a crimson sword light flared amid the sea of fire.
“Spirit Incantation: Dichen!”
“Spirit Incantation: Lightning Armor!”
Li Guanqi opened his mouth and swallowed a Spirit Burst Pill. Draining his latent potential to the limit, his cultivation instantly skyrocketed to the unbelievable half-step Tribulation Transcendence realm!
Li Guanqi’s eyes turned crimson and bloodshot. The void beneath his feet shattered, and colossal power erupted in an instant!
“Sword Draw: World Extinction!!!”
“Apocalypse: Thunder Wrath!!!”
“Red Lotus: Dark Moon!!”
Three peerlessly powerful sword lights rose from the ground in immediate succession, slicing right through the storm of primal energy created by the detonated palm imprints!
Such horrifying might struck awe and dread into everyone.
None of them had anticipated that Li Guanqi’s power could reach such a terrifying height.
Faced with such strength, any single one among them... would be crushed completely!
Chapter 1166