Obliteration! Eight Desolations: Extinction!

An inexplicable pressure weighed upon Li Guanqi's heart. Perhaps this man was not the strongest foe he had ever faced, but he was unquestionably the most tenacious and troublesome. After fusing with the Gu insect, the man's power had surged by far more than a single level. Though such a terrifying enhancement came with severe side effects, in a life-or-death duel, it could easily turn the tide of battle! Li Guanqi exhaled a mouthful of stale air, his gaze growing noticeably more wary. Pengluo's energy was draining rapidly, and Li Guanqi had no intention of prolonging the clash. Buzz! Just as Li Guanqi was about to strike, his forward step froze midair! Not far away, the man snapped his head up to glare at him! In an instant, his half-closed eyes snapped wide open! Eight blood-red eyes flickered with scarlet light, locking onto Li Guanqi. Within every single crimson eye, the pupil had faded to a ghastly white. Buzz! Scarlet light blanketed the void, and the empty space it engulfed began to twist and warp. An inexplicable, profound aura instantly enveloped heaven and earth! Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, muttering under his breath, "The power of laws!" Countless golden blades swept toward Li Guanqi as densely as a torrential downpour! Everywhere the golden blades passed, the void was sliced apart in an instant. His gaze focused, Li Guanqi raised a hand and spread his palm toward the man. The Dao platform in his sea of consciousness trembled slightly as all his divine sense poured forth like an outgoing tide. "Boundless: Myriad Swords Burying Gods!!" There was no need to unfurl the Sword Prison—with a single thought, ten thousand swords were born! In an instant, the winds and clouds changed as a gale howled to life. Amidst the trembling void, the golden blades of law violently collided with the purple thunder swords! The scene was as breathtaking as two opposing armies unleashing volleys of ten thousand arrows at each other. Deafening explosions resounded, the sky-filling fiery radiance lighting up the entire Second Domain as bright as day. Neither Li Guanqi nor his foe waited passively; carrying an invincible aura, they charged straight at each other in an instant! Amidst the swirling shadows of swords, the two silhouettes flickered madly, trading lethal moves with every clash. In the blink of an eye, they exchanged hundreds of blows. Gradually, the wounds across both their bodies grew more numerous and increasingly gruesome. Several severed spider limbs were lodged in Li Guanqi's flesh. He constantly looked for an opportunity to pierce the golden Gu insect nestled between his opponent's brows. Yet the man remained exceedingly vigilant, refusing to offer him the slightest opening. Whenever Li Guanqi adopted the Cloud Sword opening—thrusting, parrying, slashing, and hacking—the moment these sword momentums emerged, the man would deliberately shield his weak points. For a time, the two were locked in a fierce, deadlocked struggle! The thunderous din never ceased as their unleashed powers continued to clash. Yet in this raw contest of power, Li Guanqi remained at a disadvantage. Although his opponent had not undergone tribulations to truly reach the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, as a Mystic Immortal, his comprehension of laws far surpassed Li Guanqi's. The Geng Metal blades were infused with the power of laws; even as a Thunder Master, Li Guanqi could not directly contend with them. Suddenly! Li Guanqi felt the spider limbs inside his body unleash a terrifying burst of energy. Even though he reacted in time, it was already too late. Boom! "Pfft!" Li Guanqi sprayed out a mouthful of blood. Seeing this, a sharp gleam flashed through the man's crimson eyes. Opening his fanged maw, the man swallowed every drop of Li Guanqi's spurting blood. Thud! Thud! Thud! Four spider limbs plunged into Li Guanqi's body in an instant. In Li Guanqi's left hand, Red Lotus swept horizontally toward the man's neck! Forming an incantation gesture with his right hand, he condensed a spiritual sword that shot straight for the man's heart. Yet a manic expression surfaced on the man's face. He grinned madly at Li Guanqi. "Too late!" Buzz! The eight crimson eyes glaring into Li Guanqi's abruptly blazed with overwhelming bloodlight! A force capable of destroying Li Guanqi's sea of consciousness erupted without warning. Yet at that exact moment, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, Li Guanqi's lips curved upward slightly. Suddenly! A deep, ferociously hostile dragon roar shook the heavens! A colossal dragon nearly three hundred zhang long materialized before everyone's eyes. Coiling behind Li Guanqi, the immense dragon lowered its head slowly, its golden slit-pupiled eyes as tall as a man. Jiuxiao's draconic pupils narrowed into dangerous, pitch-black slits, fixing his gaze upon the man's eight bloody eyes. Suddenly! The force threatening to shatter Li Guanqi's sea of consciousness violently collapsed! Golden radiance blazed in Jiuxiao's eyes. "Dragon's Dignity!!" Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang! The man's eight crimson eyes burst simultaneously like ruptured bladders! "Aaaaargh!" The man shrieked in agony, his aura plummeting dramatically. Kicking viciously toward Li Guanqi, the man sent both of them tumbling over a hundred zhang apart. Suppressing the roiling blood in his veins, Li Guanqi pressed forward rather than retreating. In a single breath, he forcefully drove his power to its absolute peak! Arcs of lightning leapt unceasingly across the dragon scales over his body, primal energy roaring within him as his cultivation technique for the Void-Release Stage surged at full throttle. A blinding scarlet gleam erupted from the blade of Red Lotus. Gripping the sword with one hand, Li Guanqi's muscles bulged as he furiously poured primal energy into the blade. Taking great strides, he crossed a thousand zhang in three steps to appear right before the man. Gales whipped his disheveled hair, yet could not obscure the biting murderous intent in his bloodshot eyes. Thud! Li Guanqi stomped on the void with his left foot, causing the space beneath him to collapse more than a hundred zhang. Twisting his waist, Li Guanqi swung his sword with a fierce, ferocious grimace! "Eight Desolations: Extinction!!!!" Boom! A sword light of thunder shrouded in blood flashed and vanished! It was as if that sword ray was the first beam of dawn tearing through the dark night. Everyone's gaze was drawn to it uncontrollably. The terrifying sword light resembled a crescent moon, carrying power capable of annihilating all living beings as it swept across midair! Boom! One golden web barrier after another materialized before the man. Yet before this strike, the layered web barriers were as fragile as porcelain shards. With an irresistible, overwhelming force that crushed everything in its path, the sword light swept through the void! At that very moment, Tang Ru, hiding within the void, pressed his palms together, causing the light of eight trigrams arrays to appear beneath the feet of numerous combatants on the battlefield. Immediately afterward, silver light flashed continuously on their backs. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Over twenty people were teleported right beside the scarred-face man. As the sword swept through, mist of blood burst forth, and countless severed limbs rained down from midair. All those descended immortals were obliterated, body and soul, under that single sword strike! Hiding in the void, Gu Li swallowed hard. "Big Brother... is a beast..." Tang Ru's face was slightly pale as he said in a low voice, "Go help Third Brother and the others!" Boom! After the violent explosion, Li Guanqi stood in place, panting heavily, his expression somewhat grim... For he noticed an inexplicable spatial ripple seemed to transmit outward from the spot where the man had died. He did not know what message the man had sent, nor to whom it had been directed. Li Guanqi looked somber, his lips bloodlessly pale. The shattered dragon scales across his upper body slowly receded, leaving behind gruesome, bone-deep wounds all over. His primal energy was drastically depleted. Li Guanqi turned to glance around. He found that across the entire Second Domain battlefield, only a few fleeing descended immortals remained.