Sudden Upheaval, Li Guanqi Erupts to Kill!

Li Guanqi's eyes flickered. Just as he was about to exert force through his feet, he checked himself! An afterimage blurred across the clearing. In the blink of an eye, Luo Changqing moved with blistering speed and snatched away the Soul-Devouring Nether Butterfly! Because his target was the Soul-Devouring Nether Butterfly, Gu Xici had felt no aura whatsoever before the move. Gu Xici retracted the Realm-Breaking Immortal Butterfly in a flash, his face instantly darkening. As for Luo Gu and Luo Dongyang, neither had anticipated that Luo Changqing, who had remained silent all along, would suddenly erupt in rebellion! "Changqing! What are you doing?!" Luo Dongyang barked in furious rebuke. "Bring that... here!" The elder beside him looked grim to the extreme, his voice chillingly slow. Only then did the others realize that Luo Siyang was gone... Not only was Luo Siyang gone, but Ye Bingxin and her clone had vanished as well. Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Changqing turned, intending to tear through the void and flee. Before departing, he cast a deep, lingering glance at Li Guanqi, then plunged straight into the void! As long as he had the Soul-Devouring Nether Butterfly, he could keep Luo Siyang alive! He refused to spend another moment in the treacherous, cold-blooded Luo Clan. He was taking Luo Siyang far away from this family. This clan utterly sickened him... *Boom!* Luo Changqing swallowed a Violent Spirit Pill, momentarily locking his cultivation at the early Tribulation Transcendence Realm. In an instant, the saber in his hand achieved Apocalypse, its blade turning pitch-black in a single breath. A terrifying pressure rippled outward like waves upon water. Unleashing his utmost power, Luo Changqing slashed more than a hundred strikes in a fraction of a heartbeat! In a flash, the entire mountain hollow was engulfed in terrifying saber energy! Saber intent from the Blade Soul Realm melded into the gleaming strikes, instantly cleaving apart the space within the hollow! Dense, pitch-black fissures splintered across the void. Pained reluctance showed in Luo Dongyang's eyes. In that instant, it was as if all his spirit and vitality had been drained, leaving him slumped half-collapsed on the ground. Just as Li Guanqi was looking on in confusion, the tattoo-covered elder's eyelids twitched slightly. He slowly raised his withered hand. "Gu: Absorption Technique!" *Pfft!* Luo Changqing, who had already set one foot into the void, suddenly stiffened and spat out a huge mouthful of blood. His body grew rigid and slipped from his control. Countless wisps of black thread surged beneath his flesh, multiplying beyond number. It looked as if endless strands of hair were writhing through his meridians! A look of shock flashed through Li Guanqi's eyes as realization struck him. *Don't tell me... every member of the Luo Clan has gu insects planted inside them?!* Disbelief filled Luo Changqing's eyes. He whipped his head around toward his father. "I... have gu inside me too?" "Even I have gu?!" "Say something, Luo Dongyang! Why?! Why is there a gu even inside me?!" His gaze burned with grief and fury. He refused to believe his father had been ignorant of the gu inside his body. If his father had wanted to stop it, he could have prevented it the moment he was born. Yet he had done nothing... Bound at the mouth of the spatial rift, Luo Changqing interrogated his father like a madman. He knew he could not escape. Luo Siyang was going to die, and he was going to die as well. Yet facing certain death did not hurt him even half as much as this betrayal... With his heart reduced to cold ashes, Luo Changqing suddenly threw back his head and laughed at the sky! "Hahahahahaha!" "Hahahahahaha!" "Hahahaha! How laughable! How tragic! How pathetic!" "How utterly hateful! I hate you, Luo Dongyang! My own father!" "Do you even deserve to be my father?! Say something!" "Speak! Look at me! Speak!" Luo Dongyang sat paralyzed on the ground, his face pale as death. He did not even dare to raise his head to meet Luo Changqing's eyes. Only Luo Gu, standing before him with icy eyes, squinted at the young man. In a bone-chilling voice, he spoke: "What is the use of yelling at him?" "If you have it... does he not have it inside him as well?" At those words, a dead silence fell over the area! Luo Gu went on to himself, "Heh, fortunately I had the foresight." "Everything in the clan must remain under my control to ensure nothing goes awry." At this, the elder actually glanced back at Luo Dongyang. "See? This is proof." The moment the words left his mouth, the elder raised a hand and drew the dazed Luo Changqing straight into his grasp! Clutching the young man by the throat, Luo Gu held him tight while Luo Changqing's mind, reeling from the colossal shock, remained frozen. He had never imagined that even his father had been implanted with gu by this forefather! Which meant... As long as one belonged to the Luo Clan, not a single soul could escape the elder's dominion. A bitter smile tugged at Luo Changqing's lips. Gradually, he felt his life force slipping away. Meanwhile, the elder's countenance was regaining youth at a rate visible to the naked eye. Agony painted Luo Changqing's face. He closed his eyes, two lines of bloody tears trickling slowly from their corners. What a worthless, garbage life he had lived... He could feel his power and vitality draining away swiftly, while the elder's aura grew stronger bit by bit. Thinking back to the Realm-Breaking Immortal Butterfly in Gu Xici's hands, he finally understood why the Luo Clan had so many offspring. Luo Gu... Planting gu! The elder clearly intended to absorb them all before his ascension! The entire Luo Clan was nothing more than the gu he cultivated! *Rip!* The domain space was forcefully torn open, and the Soul-Devouring Nether Butterfly, Luo Siyang, and Ye Bingxin were all dragged out. *Thud...* Luo Siyang was already a cold corpse. The Life Soul Golden Cicada had burst out through his belly; after a few weak twitches, its breath faded away entirely. With eyes full of tears, Luo Changqing looked upon Luo Siyang, his gaze wrought with overwhelming complexity. "Foolish brother... I was foolish too..." Suddenly, Luo Changqing snapped his head toward Li Guanqi in the distant crater. Erupting with the last dregs of his strength, he forcefully shifted Ye Bingxin and her clone from midair right beside Li Guanqi! From beneath his disheveled hair, Luo Changqing's eyes were filled with desperate pleading as he roared hoarsely, "Li Guanqi! Kill me!" "I beg you..." The very moment Luo Changqing looked over, Li Guanqi—who had seemed on the verge of death from his severe injuries—suddenly erupted! He swept Ye Bingxin and her clone straight into his domain space. *Boom!* Red Lotus flared with a terrifying, eerie crimson radiance. A tremendous blast erupted as the mountain behind him shattered. A streak of chilling light burst forth! That horrifying sword intent seemed ready to tear the entirety of Dijing Slope to shreds. Dragon scales emerged, divine patterns flared across his face, and monstrous flames engulfed thirty li around Dijing Slope! With his back turned toward Li Guanqi, Gu Xici did not even have time to react before feeling a biting chill bearing down upon him. A whisper reached his ears... "Eight Desolations: Extinction!" *Boom!* A blood-red thunder sword ray hundreds of zhang long, carrying the might of world annihilation, flashed past! A severed head soared high into the air, instantly engulfed by the terrifying flames and burned to nothingness alongside the physical body! With a single strike, Gu Xici's clone was instantly slain, and the sword plunged straight toward Luo Gu! Fast—far too fast. Li Guanqi had not only fused with Pengluo, but had also swallowed a Tribulation Burst Pill. His aura surged in an instant to the peak of the late Tribulation Transcendence Realm! The elder's pupils instantly shrank to pinpricks. With no time to dodge, he threw Luo Changqing in front of him straight into Li Guanqi's incoming sword ray without a shred of hesitation! *Squelch!* Luo Changqing's body was sliced clean in two. In his final breath, his last voice transmission reached Li Guanqi: *Bury me next to him. Thank you... I am thoroughly convinced by you.* Li Guanqi's heart trembled. He nodded and replied in a deep, resolute voice, "I promise you!" His longsword swept through, severing Luo Changqing's body as his feet pushed off, shattering the void as he rocketed toward Luo Gu once more! The earth crumbled along his path, and the Luo Clan cultivators were obliterated by the stray sword Qi, leaving neither corpse nor bone behind. Eyes freezing cold, Li Guanqi slashed out his sword!