Once he melted into the darkness, Chi Hua could not detect a single trace of Li Guanqi's aura!
Yet the corners of Chi Hua's mouth curled slightly. He didn't take this little trick of Li Guanqi's seriously at all.
Li Guanqi had blended entirely into the shadows, a concealment technique even more potent than Pengluo's ability.
Suddenly!
Li Guanqi struck with shocking speed, executing three continuous slashes of the Heaven Shattering Sword Art.
Enveloped in terrifyingly sharp sword light, the blade in his grasp burst forth from the void like a bolt of lightning.
Three beams of sword light converged in a pincer formation, thoroughly engulfing Chi Hua.
Yet at that very moment, the Crimson Flame Sky Pattern Technique manifested once again!
Spiritual light shaped like miniature crimson arrays flickered into existence around him.
Its dread defensive power exceeded that of many dharma artifacts.
The three formidable beams of sword light failed to breach Chi Hua's defense in the slightest!
The young man's lips curled upward in a disdainful sneer.
"Thinking someone like you could break through my defense? Sheer delusion."
Li Guanqi's expression shifted slightly, and his figure flickered, vanishing instantly.
Concealed within the void, Li Guanqi's gaze flickered. He was certain that maintaining the technique Chi Hua was employing took a tremendous toll on him.
Still, the power of this esoteric art far exceeded his expectations.
He had not expected his three full-power strikes to be parried by his opponent with such ease.
Just as he was considering his next move, flecks of starlike fire abruptly drifted into view beside him.
The moment those sparks were about to touch his body, Li Guanqi turned into a streak of flowing light and disappeared.
Chi Hua abruptly turned his head to look behind him and scoffed, "Why aren't you hiding anymore?"
Li Guanqi curled his lip. Looking at the flame-wreathed young man, he said calmly, "I gave it some thought, and it seems there's really no need to hide from someone like you."
The moment his words fell, Li Guanqi's aura erupted with a thunderous roar!
An incomparable, overwhelming force bore down upon the firmament.
Boundless lightning power burst out from within Li Guanqi's body.
The dread lightning expanded across a radius of nearly ten thousand zhang.
Such a terrifying reserve of primal energy sent a shiver through even Chi Hua.
The moment the lightning expanded into a veritable thunder pool, Li Guanqi looked like the Thunder God descending into the mortal world, wrapped in dazzling bolts of lightning.
Across the entire Fourth Domain, dark clouds roiled across the heavens.
Lightning pierced between heaven and earth like towering spears.
At this moment, everyone across the battlefield felt the drastic shift in Li Guanqi's aura.
Boom!
Li Guanqi's long hair whipped wildly in the wind. Tall and burly, he exuded a crushing sense of oppression.
Chi Hua swallowed hard and muttered under his breath, "He was holding back his strength earlier?"
Yet what Chi Hua was about to witness would show him just how terrifying a man who could fight an unarmored Long Hou in an all-out battle truly was!
One breath Chi Hua was staring at Li Guanqi, and the next, he saw Li Guanqi's body subtly twist and blur.
A frigid gleam flashed violently from the corner of his eye!
Clang!
Slash!
This thrust was swift as lightning. Though intercepted by the Crimson Flame Sky Pattern Technique, it still scared Chi Hua half to death as a palm-length line of blood opened across his neck!
His opponent's sword speed was over thirty percent faster than before!
With that strike just now, the speed of his defensive art had failed to keep up.
Chi Hua slashed outward with a backhand strike, yet it only shattered Li Guanqi's afterimage.
Li Guanqi planted a kick squarely into Chi Hua's back.
The Crimson Flame Sky Pattern Technique activated once more!
Layers of crimson arrays materialized behind his back.
Chi Hua's face twisted into a vicious snarl as he muttered, "Got you!"
Yet Li Guanqi remained completely calm. As his vital energy surged, echoes like the roars of dragons and mammoths rumbled within him.
This kick... was overwhelmingly heavy, as though capable of crushing the firmament itself.
Purple light flickered beneath his foot amid the roar of screeching thunder.
Boom!
This single kick nearly shattered the technique entirely!
Crack, crack, crack, crack!
Dense fracturing sounds rang out as the young man was hurled backward, stopping only after smashing through a floating isle.
Before he could catch his breath, boundless lightning erupted from the shattered rocks, engulfing him completely.
Immediately following, layered sealing barriers and sealing lightning pillars crashed down from the sky!
The lightning slammed against his body in a relentless barrage of impacts.
"Ahhh! Crimson Flame Burning Sky!"
Boom!
Flames erupted, forcibly tearing through the sealing barriers and teleporting him hundreds of zhang away.
Yet the surging sword momentum had already caught up. Chi Hua raised his sword to block, only to discover his opponent's sword attainments were far superior to his own.
That sword intent nearing the Sword Po realm filled his heart with dread.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The upheaval created by their battle nearly tore the sky apart.
Scorching flames bearing the resolve to incinerate the heavens twisted and churned the void.
Terrifying lightning, carrying the might to destroy all living things, wreaked havoc in every direction.
Two figures stood aloft in the void, the sword light in their hands weaving an impenetrable storm.
The shockwaves unleashed by their clashes caused many surrounding cultivators to cough up blood and retreat frantically.
Li Guanqi looked at Chi Hua, his gaze perpetually tranquil, like an ancient, unchanging frigid pool.
Chi Hua was under tremendous pressure. Li Guanqi's imposing, towering frame exerted immense psychological oppression!
He was already barely able to withstand Li Guanqi's sword momentum.
Li Guanqi was like a primeval behemoth, possessing strength beyond measure.
Leaning downward as he swung his blade only amplified Li Guanqi's advantage.
The Crimson Flame Sky Pattern Technique Chi Hua was deploying now emitted relentless clatter and the sharp cracking of fractured array runes.
These sounds grated on his nerves incessantly. Raising his hand, he pulled out several radiant pills and swallowed them down.
With the influx of power, he finally felt the pressure on him ease slightly.
Yet right then, not far away, Gu Li sneered.
Immediately, nearly twenty inscribed talismans across Li Guanqi's chest and back ignited all at once!
Li Guanqi felt surges of immense strength augmenting his body.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Boom!
Li Guanqi overwhelmed his opponent with absolute dominance.
Blood sprayed from Chi Hua's body; he couldn't gain even the slightest edge in their exchanges.
Panic, terror, helplessness.
A tangle of tumultuous emotions spread through Chi Hua's heart.
Despair...
He had no idea what kind of monster he was facing.
He could not comprehend why Li Guanqi was so powerful—so powerful that he could barely summon the will to resist.
"Why?!"
"Why would such a person appear in the Human Spirit Realm?!"
"A monster like this would be an absolute prodigy even in the Immortal Realm!"
"No..."
"A spirit physique! He possesses a spirit physique!"
Bang!
The Crimson Flame Sky Pattern Technique around Chi Hua shattered in an instant.
The technique he took such pride in was thoroughly crushed head-on by Li Guanqi's savage onslaught.
His body flew backward, spewing blood mingled with bits of minced flesh.
For the first time, the terror of death surfaced in Chi Hua's eyes.
Before he could even recover, mid-flight he realized to his horror that talismans had appeared all around him without his noticing!
"Damn it!"
"When did these talismans get here?!"
Boom!
The talismans detonated, and golden chains bound him tight.
"Flame Wall!"
Amid Chi Hua's roar, flames surged and gathered into a blazing wall to shield him.
Flames scorched the sky. The talismans' power only restrained him for a single breath before he tore free.
Yet that single breath was all it took for Li Guanqi to close the distance!
"It's over."
Slash!
"Aaaagh! No!"
The blade flashed through the air, and the young man's sword-wielding arm flew into the sky.
Li Guanqi held his sword in his left hand, while his right hand manifested a Thunder Scabbard.
"Sword-Drawing Stance: World Annihilation!"
Boom!
An impossibly terrifying, dazzling sword light flashed out of the void.
The sword light spanned a thousand zhang across the heavens, its concentrated might sundering the void itself.
Chi Hua threw out several immortal artifact magic treasures, but before this sword light, they were utterly fragile.
"Eight Treasures Seal! Spirit Crane Banner!"
"Heavenly Command Armor! Nine Heavens Flag!"
Four magic treasures blazed with brilliant spiritual light, forming a shield before him.
With overwhelming, destructive force, the sword light swept across the night sky.
Yet against the sword light, every one of these magic treasures shattered with a roar.
Thud!
Chi Hua fell to his knees in empty air, his life force rapidly draining away.
Across his chest lay a sword wound that nearly halved his body, slicing all the way through his neck and cheek.
The charred wound looked hideous beyond measure.
He knew well that nothing could save him now; his divine soul had been obliterated by the endless lightning.
Now, only a lingering shred of consciousness remained.
Chi Hua glared venomously at Li Guanqi, using the last of his strength to roar,
"Li Guanqi, I will remember you!"
"Commence the plan!"
Boom! Bang!
The young man's body detonated, but before he died, he crushed his storage ring!
Li Guanqi's expression drastically changed as a hundred-zhang-wide Immortal Ascension Platform suddenly manifested within the void!
With the emergence of this Immortal Ascension Platform, Li Guanqi instantly realized something was terribly wrong!
"Not good..."
No sooner had the thought arisen than across the battlefield of the Fourth Domain, numerous Immortal Realm cultivators brought out Immortal Ascension Platforms of their own!
Song Yuan was drenched in blood. Ye Feng pressed his advantage relentlessly in their dogfight, not granting him an instant of respite.
Sensing that Chi Hua's aura was vanishing, Song Yuan's face shifted violently, and he bellowed in a deep, booming voice:
"Cultivators of the Immortal Burial Realm, all may step onto the Immortal Ascension Platforms to ascend!"
"Su Xuan is occupied and unable to intervene! The chance to ascend and become an immortal that hasn't appeared in ten thousand years lies right before you!"
"This opportunity will come only once! Think carefully about whether you want to ascend!"
Ye Feng sent Song Yuan flying with a sword strike as the power inside his body surged and erupted!
Boom!
Half-step Tribulation Transcendence realm!
Geng Metal power erupted around him, and laws began to emerge.
Chapter 1297