Yet Li Guanqi did not feel the slightest ease in his heart.
Those three sword strikes had nearly drained his primal energy dry, and there was no time to recover even with the purple gold crystals crushed in his hand.
Furthermore... the power merged between him and Pengluo was rapidly approaching its limit.
Yet at the very instant Li Guanqi unleashed his strike...
Cao Yan drew a deep breath. In an instant, he erupted with the pinnacle of his power, reining in the cutting edge of his fist momentum.
Primal energy and heavenly flame were both compressed into his fists.
His feet paced out celestial steps, sending an expanse of fist phantoms filling the sky!
"Apocalypse: Blood-Sworn Solitary Sun!"
"Great Heavenly Venerable Blazing Fist!"
In a flash, everyone was shaken by a weighty, explosive fist momentum.
Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes, taking a deep breath as his entire aura changed drastically.
The Blood God Spear erupted with a blinding, blood-red radiance, while the Great Sky Haze Flame flared up like a blazing spear tassel.
With a flick of his figure, he split into three, and three figures burst forth in an instant.
"Heaven's Weeping!"
Boom!
The spear radiance shook the heavens!
Xu Junlin stared blankly at the sight.
Even Li Guanqi was shaken...
Because... this spear strike was the very technique Long Hou had used back then to level Mingchuan!
And Xiao Chen's execution of it now already possessed eighty percent of Long Hou's power back then.
Qin Wushang and Xu Junlin also erupted with their strongest might, focusing on a single point and blasting it toward the void!
Xun Tian finally panicked.
He had not expected Gu Li to unleash such astonishing power.
Ten million explosive talismans—even an early Tribulation Transcendence expert caught in that would likely perish with regret.
Having exhausted a few of his trump cards to forcibly walk out from the nothingness, Xun Tian stumbled, his figure swaying slightly.
Xun Tian appeared thoroughly disheveled at this moment. His face was scorched black, and his long hair had been burned away completely.
His originally magnificent, pale-purple robes were now reduced to tattered rags.
The barrage of everyone's attacks landed simultaneously at a spot three hundred zhang before them.
That was where space was at its weakest following the earlier explosions.
Like a raving madman, Xun Tian actually began burning his own life force.
To prevent his domain from shattering, he would burn his life away just to employ a formidable art to weather this strike!
Clapping his palms together, his hand seals shifted, and a terrifying aura instantly suppressed the entire battlefield.
"Immortal Art: Rock Dragon Void Lock!"
Boom!
Primal energy ran wild across heaven and earth as nine massive stone dragons, each three hundred zhang long, soared into the sky!
The dragons' eyes appeared slightly dull, but although their colossal bodies were composed of massive boulders, they gleamed with a metallic sheen.
The nine dragons twisted and twined together like interlocking roots, standing tall at the apex of the firmament like a mountain that blotted out the sky and sun.
Treading on the void with hands formed in seals, Xun Tian's body burned with milky-white flames as primal energy surged violently!
On his handsome face, his eyelids twitched faintly, blood streamed from his nose, and his teeth fractured.
Veins bulged across his forehead, turning his complexion a deep, choked purple.
The powerful attacks crashed down one after another. Under their mutual collisions, the terrifying booms were deafening, rendering nearly everyone deaf in an instant.
Everyone felt as if the Dao platform in their sea of consciousness had been violently ripped out and slammed against the ground, leaving their minds in utter chaos.
Yet among them all, only Li Guanqi forcibly maintained his consciousness.
Bleeding from all seven orifices, his eyes turned scarlet as he glared fixedly at Xun Tian, who stood behind the stone dragons in the distant void.
Xun Tian's expression was grim to the extreme. Never had he imagined that one day he would be forced into such an unsightly state by a group of weaklings...
The explosions lasted for a full ten-odd breaths. Nearly everyone turned as pale as paper, their primal energy fluctuations fading to an extreme faintness.
A glint of despair flashed in the depths of Gu Li's eyes. He had not anticipated that even after exhausting every single one of his trump cards, he had still failed to break this domain.
Cao Yan and Xiao Chen exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolve for death in each other's eyes.
They would never allow the others to perish before their very eyes!
If someone had to die, they would die first!
With that thought, Cao Yan and Xiao Chen stepped forward almost simultaneously to stand beside Li Guanqi.
The three stood shoulder to shoulder, saying nothing.
Gu Li licked the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his eyes completely frenzied!
Immediately after... Gu Li stripped off his pants right before everyone's eyes.
Around his ankles were two thick bangles the width of a wrist!
Moreover, the belt around Gu Li's waist was extraordinary, gleaming brilliantly with assorted gemstones.
Seeing this, the corners of Qin Wushang's mouth twitched, and he cursed weakly, "You motherfucker, if you still had more, why the hell didn't you bring them out earlier?!"
Gu Li rolled his eyes and clutched his chest, cursing feebly, "If I'd fucking known, wouldn't I have pulled them out sooner?!"
Xu Junlin snapped impatiently, "Are there any more left?!"
Gu Li shrugged. "This time, truly, not a single one left..."
At this point, even Cao Yan couldn't watch anymore and transmitted his voice, asking, "How many?"
The corner of Gu Li's mouth curled up faintly.
"Three million!"
Yet as he spoke those words, Gu Li looked as if he were about to cry.
This was truly the very bottom of his reserves.
Yet given their current condition, he was utterly incapable of controlling such an immense quantity of inscribed talismans to detonate simultaneously!
Even if he strained himself to the absolute limit to control two million, it would pose no threat to Xun Tian.
Distributing the talismans to the others would only allow them to detonate a few hundred thousand at a time. Without the instantaneous stacking of their might, the power simply would not suffice.
An inexplicable sense of helplessness spread among them.
Li Guanqi let out a soft sigh. In the end, they had still failed to force Xun Tian to open the domain.
There were at least eight or nine two-hour periods left until the following day.
Li Guanqi drew a deep breath and walked slowly toward Xun Tian!
When Xun Tian saw Li Guanqi still daring to step forward despite his currently feeble aura, his heart leaped violently.
He licked the blood on his parched lips, his gaze brimming with madness.
"Done hiding it?"
Hearing this, the companions behind Li Guanqi were taken aback, not understanding what Xun Tian meant by 'hiding it.'
Li Guanqi's aura was already beginning to steadily decline. The divine rune power from Pengluo showed signs of receding.
However, the strength from the Spirit Burst Pill he had consumed could still sustain him for about two hours, meaning his realm could hold at half-step Tribulation Transcendence for at most the duration of an incense stick!
Yet for Li Guanqi...
If he drew upon the sword spirit's power... three breaths were plenty!
Li Guanqi walked forward until he was only ten zhang from Xun Tian.
At this distance, killing him would be effortless if Xun Tian wished to.
Yet Xun Tian clenched his fists in sheer excitement, his eyes widened to their limits as he stared intently at Li Guanqi.
Hum!
A pitch-black, human-height sword coffin slowly materialized behind Li Guanqi.
Xun Tian licked his lips and, without the slightest hesitation, swallowed dozens of pills, instantaneously restoring his power to its peak state!
All the efforts everyone had made prior were reduced to nothing in this very instant.
So Xun Tian had prepared everything from the start...
"Come! Show me!"
Chapter 1167