As a deafening roar tore through the air, the scarred-face man's expression changed abruptly!
Raising his sword across his chest to block, he snapped backward several hundred zhang!
Boom!
A rampant, crushing pressure swept across the entire area in an instant. Dressed in white robes, Li Guanqi held his sword in one hand while his left blurred into countless afterimages.
The sky full of sword light shattered in an instant, and the formidable power of lightning spilled in all directions, forming a thunder pool beneath his feet!
A terrifying ray of sword light shot from the tip of Red Lotus like an arrow released from a drawn bow!
Thud!
The sword in the man's hands bent into an exaggerated arc, pressing hard against his chest.
Wild lightning energy spilled from the sword light, and the man's protective barrier began cracking and fracturing bit by bit.
As the sword light dissipated, the scarred man looked up, but Li Guanqi was nowhere to be found!
The man's expression hardened. His divine sense surged outward in all directions like a tidal wave, yet he still could not detect Li Guanqi's figure.
Suddenly!
From the thunder pool in the distance, dozens of spirit serpents of lightning shot forth!
At the same time, concealed within the void, Li Guanqi produced several inscribed talismans between his fingers and slapped them onto his body.
His entire upper body instantly underwent Dragon Transformation, purple dragon scales gleaming with a metallic luster.
The scarred man's body blurred into afterimages as he continuously dodged the strikes of the lightning serpents.
He dared not let them touch him in the slightest. Fragile though these lightning serpents appeared, he clearly sensed that they were far from ordinary!
Aware that Li Guanqi had to be lurking in the shadows, his eyes narrowed.
With a flick of his hand, the man condensed dozens of golden longswords and shot them toward the lightning serpents!
Boom, boom!
The lightning serpents burst apart, and the golden light shattered. Yet the scattered lightning instantly reformed into the shapes of the serpents and charged forward once more.
Their eyes flashed crimson, and they bared their gaping maws as they lunged at the scarred man!
The moment the man reached out and seized the head of one serpent, he exerted his strength, and the lightning exploded.
Suddenly!
From the mouth of the lightning serpent shot a terrifying, incomparably solid sword of lightning!
Spurt!
Blood sprayed as the lightning sword pierced straight through the man's shoulder. The wound was charred black, and terrifying lightning energy lingered within, rampaging through his meridians.
"Ngh!"
A muffled groan of pain escaped his lips. Twisting sideways, he evaded the thrust of another spirit sword and retreated at top speed!
Yet right at that moment, countless beams of blood-red lightning sword light sealed off every path ahead and behind him!
Left with no choice, the man turned to meet the attack!
Li Guanqi burst out from the void, Red Lotus carving countless afterimages as terrifying sword light engulfed the man.
At the same time, three colossal gates of thunder a hundred zhang tall crashed down from the heavens!
The three massive gates were pitch-black, forged entirely of lightning and carved with the likenesses of three thunderous true dragons!
Under the release of that terrifying pressure, the man felt his breath catch.
Swinging his sword without yielding an inch, the two exchanged over a hundred blows in the blink of an eye.
Yet this time, new wounds multiplied across the man's body!
Li Guanqi's sword momentum was elusive and unpredictable, its power shifting between heavy and light in a deeply bizarre manner.
Facing the man, Li Guanqi showed growing composure; from the very beginning, his opponent had fallen entirely into his rhythm of attack.
Another slash caught the man across the chest. The instant his ribs snapped, a powerful golden sword flare swept through the void, violently forcing Li Guanqi back.
The moment Li Guanqi retreated, he formed a hand seal with one hand, and two Heaven-Reaching Thunder Pillars plummeted from the sky!
The scarred man's face twisted in horror. Thrown into disarray by Li Guanqi's torrential onslaught, he flashed across the battlefield, evading the sealing thunder pillars more than a dozen times in succession.
A fraction too slow on one dodge, his left forearm was instantly sealed by a thunder pillar!
The moment the seal began to spread, the man decisively severed his own arm to survive!
Slash!
The arm broke away. Within the thunder pillar, the severed limb instantly charred black, crumbling into flying ash.
The scarred man's lips drained of color as he retreated rapidly.
Looking up at Li Guanqi, who had halted his own backward momentum, a flicker of unease and dread surfaced in the depths of his eyes.
He stared at the other's indifferent expression—those eyes had barely shifted from start to finish.
It was as if his every move had been anticipated!
In the distant void, Tang Ru narrowed his eyes and muttered softly,
"Boss, be careful. I sense an inexplicable threat coming from that fellow.
"His original cultivation realm was too high, though—I can't deduce what it is!"
Tang Ru's voice reached Li Guanqi's ears, and an imperceptible cold glint flashed in the depths of his eyes.
Tightening his grip on Red Lotus, Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes and held nothing back, determined to kill his foe in the shortest possible time!
"Don't worry about me. Go help Wanshu and Ye the Second!"
Boom!
Li Guanqi strode slowly toward the man, thunder seething beneath his feet.
Seeing this, the scarred man narrowed his eyes, a flicker of hesitation passing through them.
He still possessed trump cards; he had merely been afraid of suffering an unexpected defeat in an unassuming gutter.
Using this method came at a steep price...
Yet he had never imagined that the weakest layer of this Immortal Burial Realm would harbor someone as terrifying as Li Guanqi!
That onslaught just now... even he had felt suffocated beneath that crushing pressure!
"Phoo..."
"To think a mere Human Spirit Realm would force me to play my trump card..."
With those words, the man reached into the void. Li Guanqi halted, standing in place.
When the man drew an object from the void, Li Guanqi's face changed dramatically!
It was a golden spider no larger than a thumb!
The golden spider possessed eight eyes. Those tiny crimson orbs shifted faintly, sending a chill down one's spine.
Even as the scarred man looked upon the spider, a trace of dread flickered in his gaze.
Gritting his teeth, he raised his hand and pressed the spider directly against his glabella!
The sword spirit's voice suddenly rang out in Li Guanqi's mind!
"That is..."
"An Abyssal Red-Gold Spider!!"
"You cannot let him use it!"
Li Guanqi's figure blurred. Combining immense physical strength with his movement technique, he crossed a hundred zhang in an instant!
Yet swift as he was, the man had anticipated that Li Guanqi would try to stop him.
The spider's legs pierced into the man's head like sharp swords!
Squelch!
All eight legs sank into his glabella, blood trickling from the puncture wounds.
Boom!
"Aaaaargh!"
A shrill, agonizing scream pierced the heavens as bizarre golden patterns surfaced across the man's face.
Immediately after, the man's appearance underwent a drastic transformation. His long hair whipped wildly in the wind, and his clothes burst apart, revealing lean, corded muscle.
Yet his facial features were steadily warping.
Eight eyes formed across his forehead, the teeth in his mouth elongated into sharp fangs, and fine golden fuzz sprouted along his cheeks...
The transformation did not end there. The man's heartbeat thudded heavy and powerful, and his aura broke through an invisible barrier, skyrocketing straight into the early Tribulation Transcendence Realm!
Sweat beaded in Li Guanqi's palms. His eyes fixed intently on the scarred man, and licking the trace of blood at the corner of his lips, he murmured,
"What a troublesome bastard."
Chapter 1233