Li Guanqi Helps Long Hou Break Through!

As the words fell, a sharp tearing sound suddenly crackled by his ears. Li Guanqi looked down and saw that his robes had actually been shredded by the stray aura drifting around him. His expression turned stern. Long Hou currently wore a pained expression, the golden armor on his body shattered across the ground. It seemed that after sensing the aura of the Fourth Domain earlier, Long Hou had likely considered interrupting his breakthrough. Yet he had failed. Li Guanqi was barely thirty-some zhang away from Long Hou, but he had to get close to him! "Phoo..." Li Guanqi exhaled a mouthful of foul air, and his frame grew tall and imposing. Divine patterns ran across his purplish-black dragon scales, shimmering with an eerie, profound spiritual glow. Black flames coiled around him, and lightning crackled upon his dragon horns. Li Guanqi stripped off his outer robe, revealing a lean, muscular physique. The Geng Metal power scraped across his surface, yet could only leave behind faint white marks. One had to know that Li Guanqi's physical body had already become terrifyingly resilient. Yet Long Hou's power could still leave a trace upon it. The situation was critical. In Li Guanqi's perception, Long Hou's present state mirrored what he had felt during his own breakthrough. If one could not break through in a single push, the cultivator risked becoming lost in the sea of laws. This happened when a cultivator possessed the capability to break through, yet failed to seize the law source. Because their consciousness was not crushed by the laws, yet they could not grasp the law source, they ended up trapped within! Such a circumstance was rare. At least, the people around Li Guanqi would not have this worry. Their accumulation was not deep enough; if they failed to find the law source, their divine soul and consciousness would buckle under the strain, forcibly aborting the attempt. But Long Hou was too strong... Over a dozen previous attempts had long since accustomed him to the onslaught of the laws. By the time Li Guanqi pushed aside his thoughts, he was merely five zhang from Long Hou. Clang! Clang! Clang! Golden spear rays struck his dragon scales, showering dense sparks. Pricks of sharp pain seeped through, and Li Guanqi could feel the numbing shockwaves of the impacts. Taking another step forward meant his defenses could very well be torn apart. Gritting his teeth, his vitality roared as he channeled his primal energy, erecting layer upon layer of thick primal energy barriers. Taking one step at a time, Li Guanqi was like the youth of years past, forging his way upstream beneath the waterfall of the Great Xia Sword Sect. Every step was agonizingly difficult. Crack! Crack, crack, crack! Dragon scales shattered, only to mend as his vitality surged. Yet as he drew closer to Long Hou, the resisting force grew ever more potent. In the end, Li Guanqi could no longer repair the injuries in time, leaving the splintered dragon scales to bleed profusely. A sharp glint flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes. Exerting sudden force through his feet, the bluestone floor instantly exploded. His figure lunged forward. Sword qi crisscrossed around him, violently cleaving through the other's Geng Metal power. Smack! Li Guanqi pressed his palm against Long Hou's back. In an instant, spiritual light flared between his brows, and he sat down with eyes closed. Sword intent of the Sword Po realm infused into the sword qi. Lightning sword qi formed an impenetrable tempest around them. The resonance power of the Spirit-Devouring Dao Physique erupted with a roar! Lost in the vast ocean of laws, Long Hou's divine soul shuddered violently. An invisible force roused his sinking consciousness, and Long Hou's shoulders trembled. Following that, the restless power began to gradually calm down. Sensing this, Li Guanqi finally let out a sigh of relief. The calming of the power proved that Long Hou's consciousness had awakened. Long Hou quickly realized it was Li Guanqi helping him. He was far too familiar with this aura. Long Hou's expression tightened, and he murmured, "It seems... the Fourth Domain is safe and sound... "In that case, I can focus entirely on breaking through!" Having cast off his worries, Long Hou threw himself wholeheartedly into the breakthrough. Li Guanqi's power acted like the center of a vortex, madly rippling outward toward the golden sea! Under the influence of this pervading force, Long Hou's mental state steadily grew tranquil. The rich spiritual energy from their surroundings flooded into his body, refined and converted by his cultivation method into pure primal energy. Bolstered by this primal energy, Long Hou began to release his mastery over the laws. Absolute power, the sharpest spear! Deeper and deeper insights washed around his conscious spiritual form. Gradually, a spark of enlightenment blossomed in Long Hou's mind. Supported by Li Guanqi's resonance power, it took a full four hours before he finally located the constantly shifting law source! Rumble! Dark clouds blanketed the firmament, and wild gales surged. Ripples of golden light spread outward in all directions. Hong Zhi and the others looked grim and alert! "Quick, clear everything within a hundred li!" "Get ready, Eldest Brother is about to break through!" With that, Chan Kongzi and the rest sprang into action. Hum! Swish! Bathed in blood and visibly exhausted, Li Guanqi emerged into the outside world. Hong Zhi immediately rushed to his side. "Are you alright?" Li Guanqi shook his head, glanced up at the thunderclouds gathered above, and chuckled softly. "Looks like everything went smoothly. "I'll be heading back first. My brothers are still at the Pill King Tower." Hong Zhi gave Li Guanqi a grateful look. Without saying much, she simply urged him to hurry back. After Li Guanqi left, the domain boundary of the Fourth Domain was completely sealed off. During this period, no one else would be allowed into the Fourth Domain. The entire Fourth Domain was shrouded beneath a terrifying heavenly might. In the end, Hong Zhi and the others had no choice but to retreat to the very edges of the domain. Rampaging Geng Metal power tore through the void across an area of ten thousand zhang. Even the azure astral winds that clashed against it could only hold out for a fleeting moment before shattering violently! Boom! A pillar of golden light surged straight into the clouds. With shoulder-length hair dancing wildly in the wind, the man's eyes gleamed with golden light. His brow relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curved upward. Treading upon the void, the burly, muscular man beckoned with one hand. Swoosh! A piercing screech tore through the air as the golden spear snapped into Long Hou's grasp. Spear in hand, the man radiated supreme confidence. Just like Li Guanqi, he had captured the law source before the heavenly tribulation arrived. Beneath the tribulation itself, one could naturally perceive it more acutely, but that opportunity came only once. Yet now... Long Hou looked up at the thunder crackling in the sky, a slight smirk playing on his lips. Seeing this, Hong Zhi and the others were thrilled. Among them, Yu Shan trembled with excitement. Among their group, Hong Zhi, Xiang Huaizhi, and the others possessed the ability to summon their heavenly tribulations. But he was different. After absorbing all of his clones, he could barely suppress his power any longer. He had clearly sensed Long Hou's aura earlier, and back then, Long Hou's consciousness had already sunk into oblivion! Yet with Li Guanqi's arrival, Long Hou had not only regained his awareness, but also broken through in one fell swoop! Yu Shan's eyes flickered, and he murmured under his breath, "It seems forming this karmic tie... was the right choice after all!" Compared to clinging rigidly to his secrets, breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence realm and ascending to greater heights held far more allure for him!