Li Guanqi had just thought to move when he discovered that the power within his body seemed to be bound by something!
Devouring Void's grave voice suddenly rang out. "It's the power of the Black Tortoise!"
Xuan Yue glanced at the faint sword mark across his chest, his brow furrowing deeply.
Looking at Li Guanqi, he said in a deep voice, "I will wait for you to heal. Then we continue."
Li Guanqi did not speak. Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he began devouring and refining the Black Tortoise power within him.
As he mended his wounds, he replayed the previous battle in his mind.
Throughout the entire fight, Xuan Yue had displayed incomparably formidable defense and lethality.
Moreover, the man was not the slightest bit slow!
When the phantom image of the Black Tortoise appeared, Xuan Yue's eyes had lit up.
It seemed Li Guanqi's technique of turning afterimages into clones could not deceive him.
And...
Li Guanqi could sense that Xuan Yue had not used his true strength at all!
The Black Tortoise's capabilities were certainly not limited to this.
Having entered a state of cultivation, ripples of profound fluctuations flowed around Li Guanqi's body.
Watching Li Guanqi slip so effortlessly into a state of sudden comprehension, Xuan Yue could not help a slight twitch of his cheek.
Sparring with Li Guanqi offered little benefit to him.
Yet Li Guanqi's methods and combat instincts genuinely surprised him.
The boy's second offensive had been distinctly different from his first.
The first had been straightforward, whereas the second was cautious and harbored killing moves.
The corners of Xuan Yue's mouth curved upward slightly, and he murmured softly, "Relying on just these little tricks... won't be enough against me."
Lifting his head to look at the youth in the distance, Xuan Yue glanced at his own fists.
"Let me temper those motley powers of yours.
"I just wonder when you will finally realize..."
An hour later.
Li Guanqi slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air. His wounds had already healed completely.
Furthermore, the Black Tortoise power within him had been entirely refined.
Bai Su, Bie Ruxue, and the others had already departed.
Li Guanqi's aura was gradually settling into stability.
Although he had been well-prepared for yesterday's breakthrough, he had not had the time to stabilize his cultivation realm.
Now, amid life-and-death clashes, it was rapidly solidifying.
Li Guanqi rose slowly and bowed from afar to the man in the distance.
Wen Guyan had bought him three days.
Thus, every single breath of these three days was precious beyond measure.
Once both were ready, they exchanged no words at all, shooting forward to clash once more!
Li Guanqi focused completely, his sword slashing in rapid succession like a rain of blades and wandering dragons.
Yet Xuan Yue was like an indestructible mountain.
No matter how Li Guanqi attacked, Xuan Yue parried every strike!
Furthermore, Xuan Yue fought with the absolute minimum cost to himself.
When an exchange was unfavorable, he chose to yield ground.
There was not a trace of arrogant pride typical of experts on him.
On the contrary, every single move he made was aimed at slaying his opponent at the lowest possible cost!
If an attack could be dodged, he dodged it, refusing to take useless attacks head-on.
Gradually, Li Guanqi began to adapt to his opponent's rhythm of attack.
Yet just when he felt he had adapted, Xuan Yue's strikes suddenly descended like a raging storm!
Li Guanqi was momentarily hard-pressed to withstand it, his mind constantly flashing back to how the man had calmly dodged his own strikes earlier.
Spreading his thunder wings, Li Guanqi executed his movement technique, weaving and shifting through the fist astral energy!
Though he still sustained injuries, his perception of attacks grew ever sharper.
The corner of Xuan Yue's mouth curved slightly, and his fist momentum became all the more ferocious and swift!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Boom! Boom!
Clang!
Li Guanqi's figure shot back violently, his dragon scales shattered and blood streaming down.
He was covered in bruises from head to toe; the man's attacks were by no means limited to those fists.
Li Guanqi had to admit that this man had the strongest physical body among everyone he had ever seen!
He was being overwhelmed across the board.
Li Guanqi exhaled a breath of turbid air, his full focus fixed on the man.
He did not notice at all that his height was a finger's width shorter than before!
Indeed—Xuan Yue intended to shatter the Demon King Physique completely and forge it into Li Guanqi's body.
Li Guanqi likely had not realized it himself.
After his stature grew taller upon transformation, his striking form and attack range were no longer what he was familiar with.
If he could maintain his original physique while manifesting the Demon King transformation, the lethality Li Guanqi could unleash would only be stronger!
The battle raged on. Li Guanqi was like a tenacious cockroach.
He charged and fought tirelessly. Meanwhile, his control over his own strength grew increasingly refined.
The Phantom Sea power of the Devouring Void Sacred Flame grew ever more unpredictable in his hands.
Boom!
From within a sea of flames, the man's figure darted out in slight disarray.
Xuan Yue shattered the sea of flames with a single punch, turning it into a rain of fire that plummeted from the sky.
He panted heavily, his eyebrows completely burned away.
His skin was scorched black, a wisp of blue smoke trailing from his mouth, and an unfriendly glint shone in his eyes.
"You little bastard! Your lightning and flames really do... drill into every open hole!"
As he spoke, Xuan Yue's voice turned chilling, his anger clearly running high.
He clenched his fists, producing a spine-chilling crunching sound.
Li Guanqi shrugged. To win, any means was fair game.
The only weak spots in Xuan Yue's vital gates were there...
What choice did he have?
"You taught me well, Senior."
Hearing that, Xuan Yue ripped off the robes that had been shredded into rags.
"Heh, fine. Let me give you a proper lesson.
"Remember, when you scream in pain later, keep it down."
Boom!
Li Guanqi's vision blurred, and the immense wind pressure slowed his movements.
'I'm done for...'
Bang!
A fist slammed violently into Li Guanqi's abdomen. This single blow made him vomit blood mingled with bits of pulverized internal organs.
The overwhelming force bent Li Guanqi's body like a prawn. His eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and his skin turned a purplish-liver hue.
Whoosh!
His body vaulted into the air, the howling wind roaring past his ears as the scenery on both sides receded at blinding speed.
Xuan Yue crouched slightly, then unleashed his power.
Springing up like an onion pulled from dry earth, his body rocketed into the firmament like an artillery shell.
Looking at the rapidly expanding figure before him, Li Guanqi enshrouded his entire body in flames, forming armor.
The Devouring Void Sacred Flame coiled around the blade as the sluggish primal energy in his body surged wildly.
In an instant, lightning flashed and thundered incessantly across the heavens.
A berserk sword intent erupted, sword qi crisscrossing the air.
"Red Lotus: Dao Fall!"
Boom!
A terrifying sword light a thousand zhang long descended from the sky.
Slashing downward, Li Guanqi's eyes flashed with ruthless resolve.
Sensing the power of this sword strike, Xuan Yue's expression changed slightly.
"Black Tortoise: Heavenly King Transformation!"
Weng!
Heaven and earth changed color as the power of the Black Tortoise's soul erupted from within Xuan Yue.
Crossing his arms before him, he chose to withstand Li Guanqi's sword strike head-on!
He wanted to test it.
To test just how strong Li Guanqi's limit truly was!
Boom!
Bang!
A deep chasm was cleaved into the vast Dao platform, cutting completely across it to an unfathomable depth.
Within that abyssal trench, Xuan Yue lay in a deep crater, a playful look on his face.
Looking down at the bone-deep wound across his chest, the corners of his mouth curled up.
"Fierce...
"Even with the Heavenly King Transformation unleashed, he could still breach my defense and wound me!
"This sword strike... is truly something else."
Chapter 1447