Wind Spirit Incantation!

Li Guanqi offered Nangong Xuandu no explanation; his gaze merely sharpened. Transforming into an afterimage, he shot forth in an instant! At the same time, seizing this brief moment of respite, Li Guanqi instantly spread his power of thunder across the entire area! He wanted to grasp this split-second opening to turn the battlefield completely into his home ground! *Boom!* Boundless lightning power flooded the space above the Dao platform. Terrifying, sky-covering thunder pythons appeared one after another, each tens of zhang in length! Even the scales upon those thunder pythons were defined down to the finest detail, striking dread into the onlookers! Li Guanqi flitted across the air, vanishing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye! Scores of thunder pythons soared into the air and intertwined with one another, forming an extraordinary cage of lightning! Seeing this scene, the spectators rose to their feet one after another. Everyone knew Li Guanqi possessed immense attainment in the dao of spirit incantations. Once trapped, an opponent would have to face a relentless, tempestuous onslaught from Li Guanqi! No one knew whether Nangong Xuandu could withstand it... Sure enough! Amidst the churning thunder, Li Guanqi's figure concealed itself within the lightning as his hands formed hand seals. In an instant, layered barriers spanning a hundred zhang snapped into place, sealing everything together with the thunder pythons. Immediately after, an extraordinarily terrifying pillar of thunder that pierced the heavens traversed nearly the entire Dao platform from side to side! "Spirit Incantation: Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars!" Li Guanqi's figure abruptly manifested high above the barrier behind the thunder pythons! His long hair whipped upward, lightning flickering all over his body. Clearly, he had pushed this sealing spirit incantation to its absolute limit! Many gasped aloud, and some even shot up from their seats! "What blazing speed, what terrifying sealing power!" "He was careless... he shouldn't have given Li Guanqi even a moment of respite." "With just a split-second pause in the attacks, Li Guanqi actually found an opening to counterattack." "And this counterattack is suffocating, to say the least..." Yet right at that moment, Xiang Huaizhi, standing atop the mountain peak, narrowed his eyes and murmured, "People nowadays truly look down on the Eight Generals, don't they..." "Nangong's strength... goes far beyond this!" "If he wants to suppress Nangong relying on the power of these spirit incantations, he would need to use one ranked in the top fifty at the very least." Sure enough! The instant the Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars took form, Li Guanqi's expression drastically changed! *Boom!* A tremendous explosion abruptly rang out! Boundless azure sword qi swept across the entire arena! Bare-chested, Nangong Xuandu had hair dyed a verdant azure-green by radiant azure light. Surging azure primal energy shielded his body, its sheer might tearing through layer upon layer of seals! The corners of Xiang Huaizhi's mouth curled slightly upward. "To push Nangong to this point—Li Guanqi, you're truly something..." Meanwhile, brilliant light flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes, and a flicker of astonishment crossed his gaze. Yet he did not seem overly surprised by this outcome. *Swish!* *Thud!* Li Guanqi's figure shot backward in an instant! Treading on azure light, Nangong Xuandu moved with extreme speed. Before Li Guanqi could even steady himself, Nangong Xuandu struck again! Even before his blurred afterimage could solidify, sharp azure sword qi tore through the void with shrill whistles, bearing down upon him! Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that Nangong Xuandu had truly unbridled his full might now... Wind-attribute primal energy was inherently swift, not to mention in the hands of a top-tier powerhouse like Nangong Xuandu. However... when it came to speed, Li Guanqi possessed immense confidence as well! *Hum!* *Whoosh!* Sword light severed the void, but it only cut through Li Guanqi's afterimage! Before the afterimage could disperse, Nangong Xuandu instantly twisted his wrist and thrust fiercely behind him! *Whoosh!* Still an afterimage! The corners of Nangong Xuandu's mouth hooked upward, and seizing this brief gap, he whispered, "As expected of the Thunder Lord... you have a profound comprehension of the speed of thunder." A flash of purple sword light flickered and vanished! *Swish!* The strike struck only empty air! Nangong Xuandu's afterimage dissolved as well. The two figures left behind at least several dozen afterimages midair. Li Guanqi's speed was such that he could leave three afterimages in a single breath! Their longswords clashed as both pushed their respective powers to the limit! Nangong Xuandu's sword momentum grew increasingly fierce, each stance and strike carrying power capable of severing heaven and earth. Even though Li Guanqi remained exceedingly careful, wounds inevitably multiplied across his body. Certain bursts of sword qi even ruptured his protective dragon scales before striking his flesh. Yet throughout this clash, he frantically absorbed and learned from Nangong Xuandu's strengths. Be it insights into the sword dao or the application of strength, Li Guanqi improved by leaps and bounds! Nangong Xuandu was not having an easy time either. Ever since he noticed the shift in Li Guanqi's demeanor, delivering his sword strikes had felt increasingly awkward. Because... He realized that with every single clash, minute changes were occurring within Li Guanqi's power! Such changes might not seem obvious at first, but once accumulated, they would bring about an enormous transformation. Moreover, within those changes, he discerned traits similar to his own! As Nangong Xuandu wielded his sword, thoughts raced through his mind, and he muttered inwardly, *Clever brat, learning from me, are you...* *In that case... let me teach you properly!!* His sword knocked Li Guanqi away, hurling him more than a hundred zhang back. The instant he retreated, Nangong Xuandu narrowed his eyes, his left hand forming a hand seal. Watching this, Xiang Huaizhi clenched his hands behind his back. "Is Nangong about to make his real move...?" Just as the words left his mouth, Nangong Xuandu tilted his chin slightly and reached one hand toward Li Guanqi's position. "Spirit Incantation 67: Raging Waves of Wind Pressure." *Boom!* Two dense, invisible currents of air surged rapidly beside Li Guanqi! The flowing walls of wind measured a full thousand zhang in length and width! The force of the rushing winds assailed him from the front and back in completely opposite directions. Yet it was precisely this opposing force that pinned Li Guanqi in place, rendering him utterly immobile! The dragon scales across his chest and back began to fracture, and some were even ripped clean away! Li Guanqi raised an eyebrow, gritting his teeth and exerting every ounce of strength, yet he could barely twitch his fingers. That was not all. Nangong Xuandu parted his lips and spoke once more! "Spirit Incantation 62: Tempest Obliteration!" *Rumble!* Clouds shattered across the vault of heaven as an azure tempest spanning hundreds of zhang descended from above. Like an ancient beast opening its gaping maw, it swooped down to swallow everything below. Cracks tore through the space surrounding the tempest. The shrill screeching produced by the tempest's rotation was soul-shaking even to those beyond the Dao platform. *Howl! Whoosh!* Piercing wails resounded. Numerous cultivators hastily sealed their five senses with primal energy! Li Guanqi felt the impact far more acutely; blood vessels instantly burst across his eyes, and blood leaked from his ears. In a single instant, the piercing soundwaves ruptured his eardrums, rendering him deaf. Li Guanqi's expression turned incomparably grave. This was the very first time he had experienced the true terror of a wind-attribute sealing spirit incantation.