Fusing the Heavenly Flames, Trapped and Slaughtered!

A single sword strike had slain nearly thirty descended immortals! This instantly relieved a tremendous amount of pressure on the cultivators of the Third Domain. When Li Guanqi stepped into the Fourth Domain, violent rumbles battered his ears from every direction. Nearly fifty descended immortals! Even the weakest among them had maintained a cultivation base at the mid Tribulation Transcendence realm after descending to the lower realm. This cohort was far, far stronger than the previous one... Yet right then, Gu Li's urgent voice reached Li Guanqi's ear. "Big Brother! Big Brother, quickly send the Flame Spirit out!!" Without even pausing to ask why, Li Guanqi had Shiwu slip directly into the void. At that moment, Nangong Xuandu was besieged by three immortals, facing grave peril. In merely a few breaths, numerous wounds had already been carved across his body. Azure sword light crisscrossed in every direction! Calm and composed, Nangong Xuandu shifted his position incessantly, ensuring he never lost track of his enemies' movements. From start to finish, the man's eyes remained completely steady, betraying not the slightest panic despite his predicament. Once Shiwu vanished, Li Guanqi exhaled a breath of stale air. "Pengluo!" "Demonify!!" Boom! Li Guanqi's aura instantly surged to the late Tribulation Transcendence realm! Across the entire Fourth Domain, Li Guanqi's cultivation level ranked among the top three. But his lethality... was unmatched by anyone! Boom! The void shattered beneath his feet. Bolstered by thunder wings, Li Guanqi reached a speed pushed to the absolute extreme—faster even than teleportation. Among cultivators of the same realm, the spatial fluctuations generated by teleportation, however subtle, could always be detected by others. But so long as his raw speed was fast enough, he could arrive right before his foe before any spatial disturbance had a chance to manifest. One of the cultivators besieging Nangong Xuandu seemed to sense danger. The very instant Li Guanqi vanished, he instinctively spun around and slashed backward! When he caught sight of Li Guanqi's face behind him, he even felt a surge of relief, silently congratulating himself on his swift reflexes. The strike made it look as though Li Guanqi had lunged his neck straight toward the incoming blade. A mere three finger-widths away, and the sword would have cleaved right through Li Guanqi's neck. Yet in the very next instant... Li Guanqi's body shattered like a mirror. "Mirror Flower: Moon in the Water." "No Return." Boom! Li Guanqi materialized at the man's flank, several thunder chains wrapping tightly around him. The sword in his hand bypassed the opponent's blade like an agile serpent and impaled the man straight through the head! With a twist of his wrist, sword qi detonated, blasting half of the man's body to smithereens in a flash of lightning! The other two were blasted back dozens of zhang by the explosion's shockwave. Standing back-to-back with Li Guanqi, Nangong Xuandu spoke in a rapid burst: "You finally got here, kid." Li Guanqi asked in confusion, "Where is Senior Xiang? Why isn't he here?" Nangong Xuandu shot forward, using his own might to suppress the two stunned immortals before they could collect themselves. "Gu Li called him away! Go do what you need to do—I can handle these two!" Hearing that, Li Guanqi pulled away and shot into the distance. He did not go to help the cultivators who were teetering on the brink of death; instead, he fixed his gaze on the enemies surrounding Long Hou and the others. Only by eliminating those foes would the rest cease to be a threat! By now, the golden armor on Long Hou was riddled with cracks and broken in numerous places. A long gash had cleaved through his golden helmet, and he had been blinded in one eye, mirroring the tear in his visor. Yet the man gripping the golden spear fought like a god of war, taking on three alone. Though forced onto the defensive, the three men confronting him could not disengage in the slightest! The spear moved like a swimming dragon, its glints shaking the heavens. Long Hou twisted and dodged, wielding the golden spear as naturally as his own limbs—chopping, picking, slamming, and hooking by sheer instinct. His spear technique was practiced to perfection, forcibly pinning all three men before him and preventing them from breaking out of the melee. Though grievously wounded, his eyes remained resolute, gleaming with murderous resolve. Li Guanqi licked his lips. Tang Ru's voice echoed in his ear. "Boss, everything is ready!" "Reach out and sense Shiwu! You take control, while Gu Li and I support you from the sides." "We're definitely giving them something massive!" As the words fell, Li Guanqi sensed Shiwu's presence. Buzz! A purplish-black flame descended from the sky, barely drawing notice amid the chaotic battlefield. As the Flame Spirit returned to his body, Li Guanqi finally understood what Gu Li and the others had been stealthily preparing. A manic gleam flashed across his eyes, and he looked up toward the spatial rift corridor high in the firmament. Fire energy blended into the thunder wings on his back, and with a single flap, he shot into the clouds like a sharp sword. Following Gu Li's plan, Li Guanqi formed hand seals. A tempestuous wave of divine sense swept across the entire Fourth Domain in an instant! Not only that, bolstered by Tang Ru's power, Li Guanqi felt the divine sense he could command swell relentlessly—drawing not only on Tang Ru's strength, but Gu Li's as well. Furthermore, situated across heaven and earth according to the directions of the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams, various flames of heavenly flames had been laid in place! Shiwu served as the array core. Purple Firmament Thunder Flame, Yinming Profound Flame, Great Sky Haze Flame, Five Yang Ghost Flame, Xuantian Divine Flame, Scarlet Sun... Counting Shiwu, there were a full seven ranked heavenly flames. Boom! Six inscribed talisman papers, each spanning ten zhang, drifted through various pockets of space. Right then, Gu Li, concealed within the void, formed hand seals. With a burst of silver radiance, he unexpectedly teleported everyone thousands of zhang away in an instant. Primal energy surged violently within Li Guanqi. In a breath, the skies churned, and fierce winds wailed. "Spirit Incantation: Hundred Realms Four-Direction Barrier!" "Spirit Incantation: Three Phantasms Jinling Gates!" "Spirit Incantation: Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars!" Boom! Boom! Boom! Under the reinforcement of three great sealing spirit incantations, nearly everything within ten thousand zhang was swallowed by a deluge of lightning. A vast sea of thunder roared and churned with wild fury. Blood streamed from Li Guanqi's nose, and crimson seeped from the corners of his mouth. Once the descended immortals realized something was amiss, they combined their strength and launched an assault. Violent tremors tore through the area, shattering layer after layer of boundary walls. Long Hou and Hong Zhi's expressions shifted slightly. Though they did not know what Li Guanqi was planning, they chose to trust him without hesitation. "Strike together! Reinforce the seal! Lock them all inside!" Boom! Boom! Boom! Everyone unleashed their full might at that moment to empower the seal, driving wave upon wave of sealing force into the barrier. Gu Li revealed himself, madness burning in his eyes. Biting through both thumbs, he slammed his hands against the air, using his blood as a conduit to sketch talismans across the empty sky! Li Guanqi's gaze turned chillingly cold as he directed Shiwu, barking out, "Heaven and Earth Flame Refinery!" Boom! With those words, Shiwu ignited the power of the heavenly flames inside the six inscribed talismans into an explosive inferno! "Shiwu: Command All Flames!!" Boom! Within ten thousand zhang, flames surged to the heavens, the scorching heat nearly incinerating the world. Phantoms of seven-colored flames manifested into the shape of a colossal alchemy furnace. Under Shiwu's command, the unique properties of the seven heavenly flames were pushed to their absolute limits! "Aaaargh!" "Help! Save me!" "Curse it!! These flames can't be blocked at all!" "Ah! It burns! It hurts!" Wretched shrieks tore through the air, drowned out by violent, booming strikes. In merely a few breaths, Li Guanqi's seals were completely shattered. Fortunately, the other cultivators were pouring everything into reinforcing the sealing barrier, keeping the enemies from breaking free. Three breaths!